008, FACETIME.

"vinnie you can take

me off pause now, i'm

awake." khalieah said,

flipping her camera

so he doesn't see her face.

he took her off of pause.

"what the fuck, what

time is it there and why

am i looking at cereal?"

he asked.

"it's 7 in the morning,

so it should be like 4

for you right?" she asked

"yeah, it is. can you

see me?" he asked

she turned her camera

to herself and laughed

when she looked at vinnie.

"boy i been able to see

you, stop biting your

lip it's not cute." she said

"ouch. this is coming

from the same girl that

asked me to blow her

back out like the first

or second day we texted."

"okay? and? i asked

everybody that, you not

special."

she set her phone up on

the milk carton and began

eating her cereal. vinnie

laughed. "bro i deadass

can't sleep. like, i've been

watching anime the

whole time you were sleeping

but i didn't wanna hang

up on you so now you're

gonna have me up another

few hours."

"no i'm not, nigga i got

to go to work in a little

bit. that's why i'm up

so early." she responded.

vinnie groaned and

khalieah stares into

the camera with confusion

all over her face.

"emily just woke up, i

forget she wakes up this

early too."

"what she on about?"

khalieah asked

"she asked why i never

facetimed her back. i'm

gonna tell her i was on

the phone with you and it

was important."

khalieah shrugged. "to

be honest, ion think you

should say that. if i was

your girl id be mad as

fuck knowing you hung

up on me for another

female." she explained

"but she's not my girl,

and i'm not doing anything

wrong. all we did was

talk about our trauma and

shit." he said "but okay i

guess, i'll just not respond

and act like i'm asleep."

"see no, i would hate to

be your girlfriend. i

would've flew my ass right

to sacramento to beat

the fuck outta you." she

threatened

"lieah... it's seattle."

"ain't they the same thing?"

she asked, picking up her

bowl and putting it in the

sink.

"no, it's not actually. and

why do you only have a

wife beater and underwear

on?" he asked.

"because this is my

mama house and i'm the

only one up... plus this

what i sleep in. what's

the problem, vincent?"

"there isn't one, i just didn't

ask to see your ass on my

screen." he responded

she threw her middle

finger up at him. "i would

shake my ass, but i don't

have the energy right now.

anyway, i'm finna go get

ready for work so i'll

text you later."

"noooo i wanna see you

get ready for work."

"and i wanna see you take

yo ass to bed. i cant stay up

past 10, and you're literally

still up for what."

"key word, YOU can't stay

up past 10. i'm a vampire,

chomp chomp."

khalieah snickered. "you

are so stupid, but no

for real i'm gonna be

rushing to get out the house

fucking with you. go to

bed, goodnight."

"lieah wait."

"what?" she asked.

"don't give your ex the

attention when he's out of

jail, he's obsessed and

crazy and you deserve so

much better. i'm always here

for you, hope you know

that. goodnight lieah."

"thanks vinnie, goodnight."

AUTHORS NOTE.

ok. am going back

to sleep. gn 😁