Aubrey caught Jaliyah's gaze, a storm of emotions brewing in his eyes. "Jaliyah, I know it's complicated, but I can't shake this feeling! We belong together," he confessed, his voice low and earnest. "
Jaliyah met his intensity with a quiet resolve...
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"Oh shit!" I heard Jaliyah shout. I glanced her way and saw her looking straight at me before she got up and rushed out. I looked over at Nikki, who was quick to motion for me to check my phone before she followed Jaliyah.
"The fuck is going on with them?" Mark asked, confused.
I grabbed my phone, noticing a bunch of Instagram notifications blowing up my screen.
"Aye, nigga, check IG!" Chubbs says, clearly in the loop. Without looking up, I responded, "I'm already checking."
As soon as I opened the app, the first headline that hit me said, "Have Drake and Jaliyah been together all this time? Best friends move like this?"
"The pictures of y'all together don't actually prove shit but yo!! These niggas posted y'all text messages AND with the voice notes! Nigga I done told you about those 8 minute voice notes," Chubbs added, his voice cutting through the noise.
I scrolled through the posts, seeing a bunch of leaked shit, our private conversations, photos of us together, photos and videos we've sent each other. Shit, you don't want floating around on the internet. Shaking my head, I stood up, deciding to go after Jaliyah.
She wasn't inside, so I headed toward the exit. That's when I spotted her and Nikki outside, both of them looking upset. Edy followed me as I made my way to them.
"Who the fuck leaked all this shit?" Jaliyah asked Nikki, clearly stressed out.
"Baby," I called out once I reached her, trying to calm her down.
"Aubrey, I don't know how any of this happened. I..." She started panicking, but I grabbed her hand to stop her.
"Liyah, calm down. You know I'm not mad. I'm surprised it took this long for shit to leak, honestly. Niggas been thinking we're just best friends and shit," I said, trying to ease her mind.
Nikki, always quick, cut in, "Nigga, you must have leaked this shit yourself."
I laughed a little, "Hell nah." But I looked over at Jaliyah, and she was still staring at her phone, looking more worried than anything. I noticed Kahlil's name flashing on her screen.
"Oh shit, I forgot about that nigga," I muttered under my breath.
Jaliyah shot me an irritated look. "Of course you did. I don't even know what to say to him. He knew I messed around, but he didn't know with who." She frowned, looking stressed.
I didn't care about Kahlil. What was he really gonna do? Nothing.
Nikki chimed in again, "Girl, just get it over with and talk to him. It needed to end anyway. You got too much history with this one right here, and now y'all don't have to sneak around. Your ass just needs to get yourself together!" She points to me.
