𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝐵𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒; 𝐷𝐿 (18+) 𝑂𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑

~11~

I jump at the sound of Tyler's voice as I leave Derek's room

"Uh yeah I did"

We both stand there in awkward silence before Aariah enters the hall

"Morning guys!"

She says with the same cheerful tone she has 24/7. We both look at her without saying anything which causes her to be a bit weirded out

"Fine, don't respond "

She says heading to the bathroom

"Derek's waiting for you. He's downstairs "

Says Tyler. I thank him as I make my way downstairs only to find Derek with a blunt in his hand, surrounded by his own smoke clouds

"You needed me?"

I ask walking towards him. He looks at me and puts his blunt down right away, motioning for me to come closer

He holds my waist and places me on his lap as we kiss a slow kiss

"I gotta ask you something "

He pulls away

"What is it?"

I ask curiously.

"I gotta ask, if you really into this. You've left me once already and lemme tell you it fucked me up. So I gotta know, you with us Cinderella or not?"

I look him dead in the eye. Knowing his past, knowing his reputation, knowing his heart but only seeing Derek Luh. I want this

"I'm with you Derek. I want this"

"I'm glad you said that mami. Cuz I'm bout to treat you like a motherfucking queen. I want you to run this shit with me"

"What do you mean?"

I ask

"I'm known as the dangerous Derek Luh. Because of my lifestyle. I do all kinds of drugs, go to clubs all night. I'm known. But it's hard running this shit alone. I need me a ride or die and you and Aariah are a couple of bad bitches good for publicity. I need you by my side"

"Sounds like a lot of work "

I say

"I know and I ain't tryna pressure you into anything. This life ain't easy. But with you by my side we could run this joint. King and Queen of this shit, you and me"

I nod thinking about everything and everyone thinking highly of me. I finally accept his offer and he plants a smiley kiss on me

Aariah walks towards us and plops herself on the couch

"You're looking at your new financial assistant"

She says smiling

"I see Sammy told you"

said Derek

"Y'all picked the right girl, Aariah doesn't fuck around when it comes to money "

I say, right before Swazz enters the room.

Everyone becomes silent as he finds a seat next to Aariah. She rubs his arm in a comforting manner and he places his left hand on her thigh

The silence continued until Derek decided to break it a few minutes later

"You good man?"

He said in hopes of getting a good response

"Yeah I'm straight" he nods

I sigh in relief to myself. One thing I didn't want was a grudge held against me from Swazz. Especially since he has a thing for my best friend and I'd just recently found out we'd be spending a lot of time here

I'm excited to find out the kind of things I'd get myself into now being Derek's right hand. What people we'd run into, the kinds of tasks we'd have to get done

Derek's phone beeps and he's quick to look at it

"911 with Big Sal, 2 blocks away"

I guess we'll find out now