New Beginnings

Fighting.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came for you and Cam.”

“Well now is not a good time. How’d you even find out where I live?”

“Public records.”

“So you just typed in my name and found out where I live? That’s how low you’re going to go?”

“Sophia I came here for the two of you.”

“James, leave.”

I looked behind him and saw Tariq had just pulled in.

“Great. Just great.”

James turned around.

“Who is that?”

“My boyfriend.”

“A nig-”

“Don’t you dare!”

Cam walked up.

“What’s going on?”

He saw James.

“Why’s James here?”

“Don’t ask me.”

Tariq walked up.

“Sophia, who’s this?”

“James.”

He walked up and around James then tried to shake his hand.

“It’s nice-”

“Yeah yeah, I need my daughter and son.”

“For?”

“I need help.”

I chuckled.

“What?”

“Look I am sorry for everything that has happened. But as you know, I am dying. There are no treatments left for me to do so I want to finish my last days with my children and pray that you can forgive me. But for right now I need you to do something.”

“What?”

“Can I come inside?”

“No.”

He nodded his head.

“I need you two to meet with my lawyers and help me with my will.”

I looked at Cam.

“You two have always been my favorites. My only daughter and my first born. I was the hardest on the two of you because I knew the world would be roughest on you. If I didn’t get you used to being hurt, you wouldn’t have survived this world.”

I looked back at James and I was shocked.

“Why now are you telling us this?”

“Because I knew you would never forgive me unless I was on my deathbed. I am putting everything in both of your names and a few things in the rest of theirs.”

He took a breath.

“Can you meet with them next monday?”

“Sure.”

He smiled then left. I shut the door and I turned to them.

“I can’t do this.”

I rushed to the bathroom and started sobbing. A minute later Tariq came in and pulled me onto his lap. He rubbed my back and head while we sat there.

“I’m sorry.”

I felt him get confused.

“You have nothing to be sorry for. You just had to go through something extremely painful and you did it without freaking out. Sophia, you are strong and I have no idea how you do it.”

He pulled me closer and onto him so I was sitting on his lap facing him. I remembered the greenhouse then my eyes got wide.

“Promise you won’t get mad at me.”

He got confused.

“Why? What’d you do?”

“Promise?”

“Depends on what you did.”

“Cam helped.”

His eyebrow started twitching so I got off his lap. He stood up and looked at me.

“Sophia, what did you do?”

He walked out and tried to figure out what we did. He walked into the kitchen and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the greenhouse. A wave of so many emotions rushed over him and he didn’t know what to do.

“You got a greenhouse?”

“Yes.”

He looked at me.

“How much?”

I looked down.

“It was my money.”

“Sophia.”

He looked at Cam and he threw up his hands.

“Don’t kill me. All I did was bring it here and build it.”

Tariq rolled his eyes then got closer to me.

“How much?”

I looked away but he grabbed my chin.

“Answer me.”

“A thousand dollars. It was the cheapest one I could find for its size.”

His eyes got wide.

“Are you mad?”

He took a step back.

“From now on, absolutely no more buying expensive things without approval.”

I rolled my eyes.

“You know I could make that in one day and more.”

“That isn’t the point.”

“I know. I would have gotten a cheaper one but I didn’t wanna buy a used one and it break on me. I wanted something like this and this was the cheapest one I could find. Believe me, if I could have gotten a cheaper one like this, I would’ve.”

I walked up to him and started hugging him. 

“We can do whatever you want tonight.”

He chuckled.

“Bet.”

I let him go then I finished making dinner for the three of us. He saw the dorito chicken and got curious.

“What in the hell?”

“It’s dorito chicken. Try it.”

He looked skeptical then took a bite. He didn’t know what to think so he took another bite.

“It’s weird but it’s good. How did you come up with this?”

“Cam’s birthday. He loves chicken and doritos so I thought, let’s put them together. So I did and it was surprisingly really good. After that we would make it randomly and everytime it was amazing.”

“Well we are making this more often because this is fire.”

I chuckled then we ate dinner. Cam left and went home and I was doing the dishes. I felt Tariq behind me then I felt his hands on my hips. He pressed his print against me which made me gasp.

“Remember when you said we can do whatever I want, I wanna f**k you roughly in every single room in this house.”

I stopped doing the dishes then he picked me up and set me on the counter. He started kissing me then removed my shirt. I took my bra off while he took his shirt off, then he took me off the counter and bent me over the island. He pulled my pants and panties down then started eating me out from the back. 

After a few minutes he took his pants and boxers off and put it in. He put his hands on my hips and made me take every inch and damn did it hurt and feel amazing at the same time. After a little while he pulled out then we walked over to the couch. He made me lay down then got on top. He put it in and started going slow and deep. 

I pulled his face closer to mine and started kissing him to try to muffle myself but it wasn’t working.

“Guest room.”

He got up and we walked into the next room downstairs. As soon as we got in there, he pinned me against the wall then put it in from the back. I started whimpering because it hurt like hell but he didn’t stop.

“T- T- Tar- Tariq s- st- stop.”

He pulled out then I collapsed to the ground.

“Oh shit.”

He went to the floor with me then he noticed that I was shaking a lot so he put his hand on my leg.

“I didn’t see.”

“I know. I didn’t like that last position.”

“Okay, we don’t have to do it. I was just trying something new.”

He got up and went somewhere then came back with his boxers on and with our clothes.

“We aren’t done by the way.”

We got up and went to the room and he put me on the bed. He threw our clothes to the floor then took his boxers back off then got on top. He put it in and started going slow but deep. He started getting faster which made me get louder. He put my legs on his shoulders and started going fast like that.

I started moaning uncontrollably then there was a knot in my stomach.

“T- T- Ta- Tar- Tariq.”

He started slowing down then pulled out. He looked down then got up. He came back with a towel which made me confused.

“What’re you-”

He put it back in and pinned my legs by my shoulders. He went fast and rough which made me get really loud. He kept going faster until the knot came back then when I went to tell him to stop, I started squirting. He pulled out and ate me out while I did then he looked at me completely satisfied.

“I’ve never done that before.”

“I know. You’ve never had that knot in your stomach.”

“How-”

“You really wanna know?”

“I’m debating it.”

“I’ll put it simply like this, I was a hoe in highschool.”

“Rose told me. She told me you were a player and rarely ever got in a relationship but when you did, it didn’t last long.”

“True. I’ve made a few girls squirt so that’s how I knew.”

“Don’t start talking about your past.”

“Jealous?”

“Don’t start.”

“Ooh.”

He went to kiss me but I scooted around him then he chuckled.

“That’s how it’s going to be?”

I went to the bathroom and locked the door. I started the water then I heard him rattle the door knob.

“Open this door.”

I didn’t say anything or open the door.

“Sophia don’t play with me.”

I got in the shower and started cleaning myself off.

“Open this door.”

I kept taking my shower and ignored him. After a while of him yelling at me to open the door, he stopped. I finished my shower then walked into the room. He was sitting there and he looked mad but I didn’t say anything to him. I put on my sweats and a hoodie then went back into the bathroom. I was brushing my teeth then he walked in.

“Are you really mad at me for talking about that?”

I didn’t say anything. I finished brushing my teeth then tried walking past him.

“You’re not going anywhere until you answer me.”

I shoved his arm out of my way then walked over to my side of the bed. I sat down and got on my phone. He walked around and took my phone out of my hands.

“Answer me.”

I rolled my eyes then laid down on the bed. I pulled the blanket over myself and tried to go to sleep. I felt him get in bed and rest his hand on my waist but I pushed him off of me. I fell asleep then I woke up to my alarm. He wasn’t in bed but I didn’t care.

I went into the bathroom and started getting ready for the day. I went to the room and put on a pair of leggings and a hoodie then went downstairs. Tariq was making breakfast so I made a cup of coffee then went into my office. I started working then he walked in.

“Can you please eat?”

I opened my phone and dialed a number.

“Hello?”

“Hi, is this Mr. Harley Quinton?”

“Yes, who’s this?”

“This is Sophia Jones.”

“Oh hello Sophia. It’s good to hear from you.”

“Yes, I’m so sorry it’s taken me so long to reach you. My schedule got a little hectic.”

“Oh it’s alright. Mine did as well.”

“I would like to schedule a meeting with you. What time would work best?”

“I have Friday free. How about lunch?”

“Sounds perfect. Send me the address and I will be there.”

“Great. I’ll see you then.”

“See you then.”

I hung up then put it in my schedule. I started working on my computer then Tariq walked back in with eggs and bacon over toast. He set it next to me.

“I know you’re upset with me and I’m sorry. But don’t let me be the reason that you don’t eat something.”

He walked away and I could tell he was hurting. I cannot cave yet because he shouldn’t have gone that far. He walked away and I went back to working. I scheduled a few more meetings the Apollo trotted into the room.

“Well hello there handsome.”

I picked him up and sat him on my lap while I worked. He fell asleep while I was working then he heard Tariq walking and got up. He followed him around the house then they came back to the office.

“Sophia please. I can’t just walk around all day not being able to talk to you.”

“Go talk to them hoes you f****d around with.”

“Really?”

“We both know you would do the same thing if I started talking about how much of a hoe I used to be.”

“You never were.”

“That’s besides the point. How would you feel if I started talking about how fast I made a bunch of dudes nut? Hmm? You’d be pissed off and not want to talk to me either so excuse me for being reasonably mad at you.”

“I’m sorry okay? I didn’t think you’d be this mad at me.”

“This is pretty calm compared to what I wanna do and say.”

“Sophia, please. I truly am sorry.”

“Sorry isn’t going to cut it. You f****d up and now I’m going to ignore you until I feel like you’ve learned your lesson.”

I closed my computer then took my phone and computer with me while I went into the bedroom to get ready. I changed into a different pair of dress pants that were really cute and a black top. I put on my heels then walked downstairs to grab my bag. I put my phone and computer in the bag then walked into the kitchen where he was.

“I have some things getting delivered here today. Bring them to the back yard into the greenhouse.”

“Where are you going?”

“I have work.”

I was about to walk out then I heard him say, ‘I love you’. I got in the car and drove to the warehouse. There’s a gym there and in my locker I have a workout outfit so I changed and went into the gym. I grabbed my boxing gloves and wraps then started hitting the bag. I hit the bag for thirty minutes with my gloves then I took them off because I wanted my knuckles to hurt.

I was there for an hour before some of the members started training. I ignored everyone and just kept working out. Elijah walked over.

“Looks like you’re working out your issues again. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

I said between kicks. He took off his jacket.

“Let’s get in the ring.”

“Come on Elijah. I’m just working out.”

“Tariq called me to know if you had to work today. He said you two got into a fight?”

I punched the bag as hard as I possibly could and I dented it. He looked at me with pure shock on his face.

“What was it about?”

“He thought it was a great idea to talk about how much of a hoe he used to be in highschool.”

I kept hitting the bag.

“While we were having sex.”

“Really?”

“Yep. So me ignoring him and working it out is better than me trying to kill him.”

“Don’t you think you’re overreacting just a little bit?”

“How do you think he would feel if I started talking about all of the dudes I have had s*x with? If I did what he did? He would do a lot more than just ignore me.”

“True.”

We got in the ring and started boxing.

“Did you two talk today?”

“We got into a fight then I got ready for work then came here. Decided to work it out so I changed and here I am.”

“Look, you’re like a daughter to me. But you need to make it up with him.”

“Wow.”

I kicked his legs out from under him.

“Just wow.”

I got out of the ring and got on a treadmill. I started running and I ran for a good thirty minutes. Elijah walked over eventually.

“Sophia, you have to make up with him. The poor kid is losing his mind.”

“That’s his problem.”

“He’s planning on-”

He stopped himself.

“What?”

“Nothing, forget I-”

“Elijah don’t you dare.”

“He’s planning on proposing soon.”

I chuckled.

“I know.”

He got confused.

“He told me in Scotland.”

He shook his head.

“Damn idiot.”

I laughed again. I got off the treadmill and went over to the weight rack.

“Mind spotting me?”

“Sure.”

I put some weight on there then I maneuvered the pole around my hair. I started doing squats while he talked to me.

“This boy is in love with you Sophia. Give him a chance to make it up to you.”

“And how does he plan to do that?”

“I don’t know. But he loves you and he really is sorry. He called me earlier and he sounded broken and hurt. Please Sophia.”

“He shouldn’t have said that and you both know that.”

“I agree with you, it was stupid but he has suffered for it.”

“Me ignoring him for a few hours is suffering?”

“You knew what I meant.”

“No Elijah. Imagine the love of your life telling you about him being with other women. That knife in your heart that he was slowly turning. He was already almost married!”

“And you were pregnant.”

“He knew that as soon as he met me. And now I’m pregnant again but it’s his baby.”

“I know. But you have to understand that he’s not talking to those girls anymore. He’s with you and he made a dumb mistake.”

“I understand that but he doesn’t know how it felt to know that he was about to get married. They were a month away from their marriage Elijah. To think that he was about to get married to a woman and have a life with her scares me. It scares the hell out of me and there is nothing that I can do about that.”

“Get it out.”

“He was about to get married to her. I’m scared that he’s going to remember what happened and think that I am like that. Then back out of the marriage, not want anything to do with me or our baby, and abandon us. I would then have to raise our baby alone and I would be broken Elijah. That scares me.”

He nodded his head.

“I didn’t know you were hurting like that.”

I took a breath, Tariq heard all of that. I set the bar back on the rack and turned around.

“You mother fucker. You set me up.”

“Not entirely.”

I looked at Tariq.

“Yeah, that doesn’t even scratch the surface of what goes through my mind. When you told me about those girls, I imagined it. I imagined you with them and that dug the knife in my heart deeper.”

“I didn’t mean it like that.”

“I don’t care. Because it still happened and there isn’t anything either one of us can do to change that.”

He shook his head.

“I really am sorry.”

“That’s not going to cut it. You still said it. You said it with pride.”

“You think I’m happy about that? Yeah, I have a past but so do you and I accept you while knowing another dude knocked you up. Knowing your baggage and your hurt but I still accepted you.”

I scoffed.

“So I’m supposed to accept that you were about to get married and have a family with another woman? That if you really did stay with her and take her back after what she did, that we wouldn’t even be talking to each other right now. Do you ever think about that?”

He went to say something.

“That’s all I ever think about Tariq. All of the ‘what if’ questions. And another question that is constantly running through my mind is, would you still want to be with me and marry me if I weren’t pregnant? You say it but I don’t think you mean it because I know deep down that you are terrified.”

“Of course I’m scared. Every second of every day I’m worried that something might go wrong but that isn’t stopping me from trying to live my life and be happy. And the last day I have realized that I cannot do that without you Sophia.”