A Dangerous Game of Love (25 page)

They waited until Nicole got inside of her house before pulling off. Gio drove a couple blocks before throwing a quick glance at his sister. If something like
this happened to her he would kill everyone in sight, no questions! Shaking his head,

“
Iight spill it…what’s going on? And don’t tell me nothing either, it’s written all over your face.”

Knowing her brother knew her better than anyone else, she didn’t even try to lie. She told him everything Nicole told her and Gio was beyond infuriated. Gia tried to calm him down, but at this point, calming him down was like moving a mountain.

"I always knew it was something pussy about him, I never liked him and that’s not because G is my nigga. It’s just something about him just rubbed me the wrong way. But I promise you I'm going to take care of this, that's my word; Nicole and Aniya are my like little sisters so if he did it he got to pay," he tells her.

"Gio please don't do anything stupid, I don't want to lose you, let’s just tell the police," she suggested.

"Nah I got this fuck the police they're not going to do anything," Gio replied.

Continuing his rant out loud, Gia just sits and listens while softly crying. Pulling up to their crib he tells Gia to stay put until he gets back.

“Do not leave until I get back. I mean it Gia, do not go anywhere! I’m not playing with you either.”

"I’m not I promise and please be safe bro, I love you," Gia tells him while exiting the car.

"I love you too and I got this I'm good. I promise you I'm going to take care of this.......”

He watches her till she's in the house and then speeds to Gavin's house, on his way he calls up two of his lil homies to stay put outside of his house and Nicole’s. Barely parking he jumps out and starts banging on Gavin's door. About five minutes later Gavin finally comes to the door yelling.

"Who the hell is banging on my damn door?"

"Yo G, it's me up open my nigga," Gio fired back.

"My nigga this better be good, fuck you doing banging..." Gio doesn't even let him finish, he pushes past him and goes into the living room while saying,

"Your girl is in trouble yo."

“Girl? Who the fuck is my girl? I don't have a damn girl! I swear if you're talking about Jayla that bitch is not my chick, hell out of here," Gavin stated now pissed.

Laughing a little Gio replied, "damn my nigga she still on it, she haven't gave up yet? But nah I wasn't talking about that hoe, I'm talking about Aniya." Nervous for some reason he asked, "What about Niy man? Spit it out."

"She good as of now but I heard some crazy shit bout her new nigga," Gio tells him.

"What you hear G?"

Spending about five minutes he informs Gavin of what took place with Nicole and what he and his sister discussed.

"That nigga living foul Yo, I’m going to check his ass I swear I am," Gavin stated.

He was beyond heated, fist balled while biting the inside of his cheek. Speaking ever so calmly he told Gio,

"I swear on my unborn child if he does anything to Niy I will kill him with my bare hands Yo. Fuck that, why we still sitting here lets go handle this."

"Chill G, we can't go run up and kill homeboy remember he has Niya with him, you don't want him to do anything crazy to her. We have to play this smart and get at him when he least expects it,” Gio told him.

"True but, yo G I can't keep having Niy around him man. What if one day he snaps and does something to
her? Shit he doesn't expect it now so we should just handle it," Gavin suggested.

"You are not thinking, you running off of pure emotions. Think about this, if we go up in there while Niya there and tell him what we know you think she going to believe us? We have no proof
, no nothing, yeah we can handle him other ways but that would be too easy I want him to feel it. But at the same time, protect Niya from getting hurt."

Thinking about what Gio just told him, Gavin knew everything he was saying was right. See this is where they differ they was so much alike but yet different at the same time. Gavin was a doer; he reacted on pure emotions while Gio on the other hand was a thinker he sat and thought about the problem figured out a way to solve it while also thinking about a plan b just in case things went wrong.

An Eye for an Eye…Right?

They sat around trying to figure out how they were going to handle this situation. If it was another, they would’ve just made a couple of phone calls and it would be handled but this one was personal. They had to handle it themselves; they needed for it to be dealt with properly with no mishaps. Gavin sat with his head lost in the clouds; he felt he was part responsible for what happened to Nicole. No he didn’t tell Kendrick to attack her but he did give him the power once he lost Aniya and Kendrick entered their lives. If he would’ve been upfront with Aniya from the start they wouldn’t have broken up, she would’ve never met Kendrick, he would’ve never been around to the point he felt comfortable to rape her own best friend. Though it was wrong he couldn’t help but to wish it happened to someone else and not Nicole. He thanked God that it wasn’t Aniya, but Nicole had become like a little sister to him so it still hit hard. The fact that Aniya was sleeping with the enemy still pushed him over the edge. All the “what if’s” begin to run through his head.

Gio sat quietly while his mind went in overdrive trying to come up with a couple of plans. Kendrick crossed the line, not only did he harm someone in their inner circle; he was walking around with not a care in the world. On top of all of that he had Aniya so close to him, when at any moment he could snap and harm her. After much thought he came up with two ideas but one he was going to keep to himself unless it was truly necessary. He knew that one wouldn’t sit well with Gavin, but if it came down to it he had no choice. Calling out to Gavin, he broke him out of his own plotting. Gio took his time telling Gavin the idea he had just come up with.

Gavin took in everything Gio told him and let it process in his head for a while. He played the whole scenario in his mind from the beginning, to how would it end. He then turned Gio’s way with a big smile plastered on his face.

“That’s smart yo…real talk. I like it! When we putting this in motion?”

“I say ASAP, but I got to get Nic situated at my crib first and then fill both her and Gia in on everything. As much as I don’t want Niya to continue to see that nigga, we need her to. We can’t tell her yet, you know if we do it’s not going to sit well with her at all and she might try to confront him. I’m going to get Gia to take of most of her time or something that way she’s barely with ol’ boy.”

“Word we need to handle this quick. Just the thought of him hurting her, I get pissed all over again. That’s my word I can strangle him with my bare hands yo,” Gavin said as he felt himself getting angry.

“Calm down G, we’re going to take care of this, as a matter of fact go get dressed so we can get this shit started with.”

“Cool…”

Getting up and leaving Gio, Gavin headed upstairs to get showered. As he was standing in the shower letting the water run down his face, he braced himself up by holding onto the shower wall. He closed his eyes and imagined Aniya and her beautiful face. His thoughts went to the moment he first seen her face and her smile; the one that lit up the room. Images of them having sex came in the picture, her love faces always made him weak in his knees. The last image that popped up was the day they broke up, seeing the tears running down her face and her looking so broken crushed his soul. He promised himself that if it was the last thing he did, he would find a reason to bring that beautiful smile back to her face.

Images of Kendrick caressing her, making love to her, hugging her, kissing her doing everything that he was supposed to be doing popped in his head. His temperature staring rising, as he felt himself getting angry all over again. He quickly washed and rinsed his body before getting out. He had to shake those thoughts before he reacted. Going along with his mood he dressed himself in all black everything, from the head to his feet; a black wife beater, a black hoodie, pair of black jeans and black ACG boots. He grabbed a black snapback before heading back downstairs.

“Yo you ready?” Gavin asked as he entered the living room, but to his surprise Gio was on the couch knocked out with his hat covering his face.

“This nigga here,” Gavin spat. He blood was bumping and every minute they lounged around was a minute wasted.

“Wake that ass up yo, you sitting here sleeping and we got moves to make,” Gavin said as he threw a pillow at Gio, waking him up out of his deep slumber.

“You shouldn’t be talking; it took ya ass mad long to get ready. I swear you worse than a chick yo. Hell were you doing shaving ya damn or legs or something? A nigga tired and shit and you got me waiting. I been ready but I had to wait for ya slow ass,” Gio smartly replied.

“Whatever G, let’s roll out.”

In the car, Gavin went straight to plugging up his iPhone to the system and turned on 50 cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
album.

“Where we going
to your crib or Nicole’s?”

“My crib, I think Niya is at Nic’s crib now.”

“Oh iight cool!” Gavin said before pressing play and turning the volume all the way up…

The whole time Aniya was at Nicole’s house she felt horrible. She tried to be strong for her best friend but she couldn’t, she couldn’t fathom why someone would do this to Nicole. She never bothered anyone, always kept to herself. Nicole was one of the sweetest people she knew so why someone would do this really puzzled her. So wrapped up in feeling devastated for Nic, she didn’t pay much attention to Kendrick or his attitude. When they were coming from the hospital he didn’t bother to say nothing to her and when she told him she was only going to pick up her car he sucked his teeth at her.

The moment they pulled up he kept his face turned out the window acting like something was really interesting, Aniya just shook her head and told him she would see him later before exiting. She barely had time to close the door all the way before he sped off. Shaking her head in disgust she got in her car and continued on with her plans. If he wanted to act funny then so be it but she didn’t have time to baby him like he was a child or something.

She cleaned the entire house from top to bottom, everything was spotless. She used so much bleach that the smell overwhelmed her, she had to open up windows hoping it would air out by the time Nicole came home. While she was changing the sheets on Nicole’s bed she caught herself crying as she saw all the blood and what appeared to be wax, he heart broke as she imagine the torture she was put through. She threw the sheets in the trash, knowing Nic didn’t need a reminder of that horrific night.

Hearing a car pull up, Aniya raced to the window and just as she suspected it was them pulling up in Gio’s car. She went downstairs to meet Nicole as she entered. The moment their eyes connected both girls broke down but what Aniya didn’t know was that they both was crying for two different reasons. Aniya cried because she felt so bad for Nicole and Nicole cried because Aniya had no idea who this new guy in her life really was and the moment she did her heart would be broken yet again.

Composing herself Nicole wiped her tears away before telling Aniya, “Niya no more tears, I don’t want to cry anymore. I need you to be strong for me, I need you to be my strength, and I need you to make me forget about this. I see it is if I cry that means I’m broken, that means he broke me and he wins. I can’t let him win.”

Looking up at her friend, Aniya was in disbelief, here Nicole was
, the one who went through the traumatic situation and she was showing so much strength and courage, while she was breaking down and dying inside. She took a deep breath and got herself together. Her friend needed her to be strong for her, she had to be her strength, and she had to be there for Nic the same way she was always there for her.

“Ok no more tears. Together we will get through this.”

“Yes we will, but right now I just want to forget about it, I don’t want to talk about it because then I have to relive it. I’m going upstairs to shower, I’ll be down shortly.”

“Ok whatever you want, just know that when you are ready to talk about it I’ll be here. In the meantime I’ll look in the kitchen and see if I can us something to eat.”

Sticky Situation…

Seeing the looks on both Gavin and Gio faces, Gia knew shit was about to hit the fan. She looked towards Gavin who stood in the far corner of the room pacing back and forth; she knew it was only a matter of time before someone felt his fury. Gavin had a good way of disguising his dark side but once it came out it would be like hell trying to putting it away. Not many knew the vicious side of the guys but she did, she knew just how deadly they could get. Kendrick better had said all his Hail Mary’s, his time was coming and it was approaching quickly.

“Gia pay attention, you’re over there losing focus. I need you to be here all the way. It’s too crucial for mistakes and mishaps. This shit is serious!” Gio said very harshly.

“Don’t talk to me like I’m a child or something and I know this is serious so I don’t know why you’re telling me that. It’s my two best friends for crying out loud so I
KNOW
what it is. Of course I’m paying attention you don’t have to worry about that, but I mean damn can I get a minute to digest everything you’re telling me?”