JoVaughn Virginie Scott
"This shit is so expensive" Reggie complained while throwing stuff into the shopping cart. We we're at Whole Foods because she was starting to take her healthy eating serious. I didnt understand why we couldnt buy healthy food from the regular grocery store.
"You knew it would be before we came here" I chuckled. I was ready to go. She took too long to find shit.
"Very true but I was hoping it wouldnt be this bad. Maybe I should just go to Walmart" she stopped and looked at me as if she was contemplating.
"You think?" I said sarcastically. Reggie sucked her teeth at me and looked around like she had done something bad. She then grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the store.
"Why did you just do the most?" I asked her as we walked to the car.
"Because, i'm a nice person and I'd hate for whoever has to put all that stuff back to see me leaving it. They already think us black people are ignorant" she said.
I scrunched my face up. "Thats their job, to put it away."
"Thats like leaving something messy and saying its the janitor's job to clean it anyway."
"Exactly" I said pulling out of the parking space. Reggie sucked her teeth and pinched my arm. I just laughed and headed towards Walmart.
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When we got home Reggie started cooking. She had music playing from her computer through her speakers. "What are you making?" I asked her curiously.
"Tacooooosss!" she shouted and started to dance. I watched her act crazy.
"You okay? Do I need to sedate you?" I raised my eyebrow at her. She stopped and side eyed me.
"Should I fry the fish?" she asked looking back at me. I shrugged.
"I dont care. As long as it tastes good" I pulled out my phone opening twitter. I composed a tweet.
JoZifBadmon: Reggie is on drugs. I swear.
"What do you think about these new rappers?" she asked me.
"Like who?"
"Like Lil Yatchy, Uzi, 21, Carti, and people of that nature."
"I think they're creative and fun to listen to but if we talking lyricism and flow they get a G for Good Try" I told her my opinion.
She started laughing. "I agree. They're all weird too."
"Says the girl that bumps country music."
"Heeeeyyy, I listen to it along with my contemporary gospel on sunday mornings" she laughed.
"I dont see how you like that country shit. Its boring."
"Its lit. You just have to listen to the right people."
"If you say so" I chuckled. Apple Pie by Travis Scott started playing and Reggie started milly rocking while seasoning the fish. I shook my head.
I grabbed her phone and started going through our messages. Literally the only time we texted was when she was at work and telling me all the things her coworkers do.
When I was done I exited our thread. I was about to lock her phone but something caught my eye.
I wasnt a nosey nigga, but I had to look.
She told me she wasnt talking to Shameik, but lo and behold, there was a thread. I opened it. The only message was from yesterday and it read, 'Come see me again. I got something for you.'
I chuckled. Reggie wouldnt lie to me right?
"Did you hear me?!" her voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked over at her. I was really trying to contain my anger. I was about to snap. But I wanted to hear what she had to say about it first.
"What'd you say?" I asked her.
"I said, you need a retwist. Do you want me to do it again?" she asked. I just stared at her. I was pissed but at the same time I didnt want to bring what I had seen up. I didnt want us to argue. I wanted to let it go. I didnt want to hear a truth that I wasnt ready for.
But I was so pissed....
"You wouldnt lie to me right?" I asked her.
"No, why?" she furrowed her brows.
"Whats this?" I showed her the message. Her eyes got wide.
"Before you get mad, just know it wa-"
"Did you go see him?" I asked her. That was all I wanted to know.
"I went to g-"
"Its a yes or no question."
She looked like she was about to cry. "Yes" she mumbled and looked away from me.
"When?" I asked her.
"The day before you and Denzel fell out" she answered. I instantly felt myself growing even more mad than I was before.
"So you lied to me?" I chuckled angrily.
"No I didnt lie. I dont talk to him anymore" tears were falling down her face now.
"But you went to the niggas house the day before I asked you? You really went to this niggas house after all the shit he did?! And you with me Regine, why the fuck are you entertaining him?!!" I yelled. I wasnt comprehending this at all.
"I went to try an-" she sniffled.
"Save it. I dont want to hear it. I'm gone" I shook my head and grabbed my keys. I didnt know how to feel. I wanted to hear her out but to me there was honestly no good reason for her to have went to that niggas house or even still have his number. And she lied to me straight through her teeth so I wasnt sure if anything else she told me would be the truth.
Everybody was lying to me left and right.
I felt as if I couldnt trust anybody.
Nothing was making sense anymore.
Reggie came after me and before I could reach the door she grabbed me.
"I WENT TO TRY AND HELP YOU!" she shouted.
"How the fuck does that benefit me?!"
"I wanted to see if your art was really destroyed" she told me.
I shook my head. "Dumb ass move." I didnt believe her.
She wiped her face and frowned at me. "I was trying to HELP JoVaughn."
"Yeah right. You done?" I asked her blankly. I didnt even want to see her at this point. She had officially wrote her name on my shitlist.
"Oh wow really?" she questioned.
"Yeah really. We done. We over. I'm gone" I left it at that.
