"What If Rico Lied?"

Hailee's View

"So what do you do?" Alice asks.

"Uh, I'm an actress." I say.

"Barely." Y/n mumbles.

"Just like how you barely won that Grammy, couldn't have got it without paying somebody." I say.

"Just like how you barely get gigs?" Y/n asks.

Alice stares at us and squints.

"It's just a little joke we've got going on." Y/n says.

"Your careers a joke." I say.

"See?" Y/n ask laughing.

"Oh, I get it." Alice says.

"Just like how I barely wanted to keep you when I found out I was pregnant." Alice says.

I laugh and Y/n rolls her eyes.

Time Skip

I've been with Y/n and her mom all day and it's doing it making me wonder how she became such an asshole when her mom is such a nice lady.

"You are so much better than the other girl she was with." Alice says.

"Really?" I ask.

"Really. I mean, that girl was all over the place. I love sex workers - I think what they do is great - but that girl was-" Alice says.

"Mom!" Y/n says as I laugh.

"What?" Alice asks.

"She's not a sex worker. She's a model." Y/n says.

"Coulda fooled me." Alice says.

I laugh and Alice smiles.

"Uh, you ready to go home?" Y/n asks.

"Home? I thought she was gonna stay the night." Alice says.

"No, I-" I say.

"I can sleep down here so I don't hear you guys." Alice says.

I widen my eyes and Alice laughs. Y/n closes her eyes and sighs. She reopens her and eyes and looks at me. I sigh and nod.

"Alright." Y/n says.

Alice smiles and nods.

Y/n's View; 45 minutes later...

"Let me know if you need anything." I say.

"Okay." Mom says.

I hug mom and she kisses my cheek.

"That girlfriend of yours is a keeper." Mom says.

"You think so?" I ask.

"I know so. None of your exes have compared to her. I'm proud you found someone who actually cares about you." Mom says.

I smile and nod.

If only she knew...

"G'night." I say.

"Goodnight." Mom says.

I walk out of the room and shut the door. I walk down the hall and open the room door. I walk in and shut the door.

"I hope you're sleeping on the floor." Hailee says.

"It's my bed." I say.

"Well, I'm not sleeping on the floor." Hailee says.

"So shut up." I say.

Hailee grabs a pillow and hits me with it. I grab a pillow and hit her. She hits me again and I stumble backwards. I trip on the edge of the rug and fall.

She trips on the rug too and lands on top of me. Her elbow hits my left eye and I shout.

"Holy fuck." I groan in pain.

"You're fine. Lemme see." Hailee says.

Hailee moves my hand and widens her eyes.

"Damn!" Hailee says.

"Bitch, I can't see." I say.

"What?" Hailee asks.

"I can't see!" I say.

"Are you serious?" Hailee asks.

"Yes!" I say.

"How many fingers am I holding up?" Hailee asks holding up 3 fingers.

"Are you fucking dumb? I can see of out of my other one." I say.

She sighs and gets off of me.

"Let's go." She says.

"Where?" I ask.

"To the hospital." She says.

I groan and get up.

Time Skip

"What if you're blind forever?" Hailee asks.

"I'm gonna sue your bitch ass." I say.

"As if you need anymore money." Hailee says.

"I'm petty, I'll sure you for 1 dollar and 72 cents." I say.

"Why 72 cents?" Hailee asks.

"Because I wanna slap you 72 times." I say.

Hailee thumps my eye and I groan.

"You deserved that shit." Hailee says.

"For what?" I ask.

"For being such an asshole after all these years." Hailee says.

"I'm the asshole for wanting to defend myself when a random bitch I'd never spoken to before decided she wanted to talk shit?" I ask.

"On everything I love and beyond, I never mentioned you." She says.

"Well I never mentioned you because I had no idea who you were." I say.

We stare at each other and she squints.

"Are you making fun of me because I can't do that?!" I ask.

"I'm not worried about your fucking eye! Not everything's about you!" She says.

"Rude..." I say.

"What if Rico lied?" She asks.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I ask.

"Rico was a PR manager, the more his clients were in the news, the more money he could make. What if he lied about us just so we'd constantly argue and constantly make headlines?" She says.

"I've got a way to make you a big star, a big shinning star." Rico says.

"Bigger than I already am?" I ask, chuckling.

"Oh, yeah. This will set us up for months, possibly years." Rico says.

"You know..." I say.

"That might be the smartest thing you've ever said." I say.

"It makes sense, doesn't it?" She says.

"Yeah." I say.

She sighs and sits on the edge of the hospital bed.

"I'm sorry for everything I said over the years. I didn't mean it, you were still my number one artist. Walking Thru Fire has me in a chokehold." She says.

We both laugh and stares at me.

"Your turn." She says.

"Like I said, I'm real petty. I'll mail your apology." I say.

She hits me and I laugh.

"I'm sorry. I was a kid in a cutthroat industry and thought someone was as targeting me." I say.

"I get it." She says.

I smile and she hugs me.

"How weird... I no longer feel the urge to put a knife in your back." I say.

She gasps and I laugh.

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