Duality

XII

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyoncé heard a knock and her phone ringing at the same time that disturbed her from her sleep.

She checked her phone first, seeing it was from that same number—she ignored it.

She then got up and was ready to yell at whoever the hell decided to knock on her door at nearly 5am in the morning.

She scratched her exposed stomach and opened the door irritated.

It was Onika.

Her attire threw Beyoncé off but made her laugh a bit, she was wearing baggy blue overalls with a red shirt.

"M-Morning!" She said with a grin and Beyoncé leaned on her doorway. "Morning..you look like mario." Beyoncé said and Onika pouted.

"I-It's my working outfit. Remember? We—well—you—offered to help my aunt move with me—unless you don't want to we'll probably be there all day.." Onika mumbled feeling silly at how excited she was to do this with Beyoncé.

Beyonces eyebrows shot up, "Crap, right." She mumbled remembering she did offer that a few days ago to Onika.

"You—you don't have to if you don't want to." Onika said and Beyoncé shook her head, "No, I don't wanna break anymore promises. I know what false hope is like—come in." Beyoncé said moving out of the way.

Onikas eyes widened—she'd never been in Beyonces apartment. She stepped in nervously and was surprised by how clean it was.

"I gotta take a shower and get dressed I'll be like 20 minutes—you okay with that?" Beyoncé asked and Onika nodded. "T-Take your time." The shorted one of the two mumbled.

Beyoncé headed to the bathroom connected to her bedroom, and Onika waited on her couch. She really liked Beyonce's apartment.

She got up out of curiosity and started looking around, she saw photos on her shelves. She immediately recognized a younger looking Beyonce, with a few teeth missing hugging a older woman that kind of looked like her.

She looked so happy.

She saw some others of who she assumed to be Beyoncé, smiling some with dogs—some with that same older looking woman. She smiled at the one where Beyoncé was in a lacrosse uniform.

"That was Robyn and I, in lacrosse."

Onika jumped and turned around to see Beyoncé,

Onikas face lit up seeing her—dressed in baggy jean overalls as well—but with a green shirt.

"Luigi!"Onika said with a grin and Beyoncé smiled a bit. "I didn't mean to look like Luigi calm it." Beyoncé mumbled rolling her eyes.

She actually searched for a little while for that green T-shirt.

"You ready?" Beyoncé asked and Onika nodded, she wanted to ask Beyoncé about those pictures but they were out her apartment in a second.

Onika skipped to the elevator and Beyoncé could tell she was excited, "How are you this happy at 5am?" Beyoncé asked and Onika turned around smiling—showing her dimples.

"Why wouldn't I be? I'm gonna see my cat again—oh and then I'm gonna see aunt and help her out—and she makes a mean brownie cake so hopefully she'll bake for us as a thanks for our help." Onika went on excitedly.

Beyoncé chuckled a bit, "She's a baker?" Beyoncé asked and Onika nodded, "She's a great one. She—she's opening a spot in a few weeks." Onika said and the elevator dinged indicating they were in the parking garage.