Rider Chick (Lil Durk & Ari Love Story)

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He nodded

"Yeah.."he said

"We ain't been there since-

"I know ma...it's aight..imma make sure it's safe..get a bunch of armed security"he said

I nodded

"Where you about to go?" I asked

"I got another interview."he said as he got up and started to get ready again.

"You gone be gone all day?"I asked

He shrugged

"Ion kno..I'm prolly gone go to the studio wit Baby after."he said

"You always gone be on the road ain't chu?"I asked

He nodded.

"I gotta make money ma..especially wit this baby coming...I got keep my bread up ma"he said

I started touching his dreads

"What made you get dreads...and why you dye them blonde?"I asked curiously

"I got dreads cause...that's like an essential to being from the raq...and I dyed cause I wanted to be different...ain't no other nigga walking around with blonde dreads"he said

I kept touching them.

*

I looked at the venues

"What chu find?"Miracle asked

"Nun..nice..I mean it's aight but I need THE venue ya know?"I asked

"You want everything to be perfect"she said

"I sure do...and expensive..I deserve it." I said

"What's the theme?"she asked

"I want sum kinda like...ion know like...magically...I like sum winter wonderland type shit."I said

"You sure you gone be able to pull that off in time?"she asked

"I hope so..."I said as I kept scrolling on the website

"Durk still at the studio?"she asked

"Yup....he recording a new song.. I can't wait to hear it." I said

That's when I found sum that caught my eye

"Aighttt...hold on...I think I found sum...gimme a second"I said

"Send it to me."she said

I shared the link to her phone and looked at the pictures

"This place is nice as hell."she said

"Exactly...and it's new...look at the floors."I said

"Mhmm"she said

"This might be it...you and Trinity should go look at it for me ."I suggested

"Why I gotta do it?"she asked

"Cause I ain't in Chicago right now...and y'all is..I'll probably fly out there tomorrow."I said

"Aight I got you twin."she said

That's when I got a call from my husband.

"My husband is calling...I'll call you back."I said

"Aight."she said

I hung up and answered his call

"Hey papa."I said while smiling

"Wassup ma..you aight?"he asked

"Mhmm..."I said

"Is a baby shower or is a gender reveal?"he asked

"It's both..we doing the gender reveal and a baby shower"I said

"Aight...how it's going?"he asked

"I think I found a venue..all I need to do is find someone to decorate."I said

"Ma."he said simply

"Yea?"I asked

"You know I love you..and our baby right...more than anything in this world?"he asked

I furrowed my eyebrow

"What chu do?"I asked

He sighed

"Ion think...imma be able to make it."he said

"You think or you know papa?"I asked

"I know." He clarified

"What the FUCK Durk?!"I asked

"Ma hea me out..my manager agreed to a performance that same day and ain't tell me...I just got off the phone wit em..."he said

"Babe"I said 

"I know...but on the bright side...I got a couple more dates available at the end of September-

"No..I done already told people to come for this date..I can't change the date."I said

It was silent until I broke it

"Where's your show?"I asked

"Houston."he said

"You can't postpone it?"I asked

"Ma I start not showing up now..it might fuck wit my career later...my manager agreed to it months ago...they don't already paid me for it and everything"he said

"Okay."I said as I felt my eyes fill up wit tears

"Ma..you crying ma?"he asked

"N-no."I lied as my voice cracked

"I'm sorry..."he said sincerely

"It's okay."I said as a tear fell

"Stop crying ma."he said

I wiped my tears