Noel
Tuesday, November 4
"This lady just left me a fifty dollar tip" Hannah said with a smile as she walked into the kitchen. Meanwhile I was busy putting up my dishes from my last table of customers before I got off. I had to work a double today and I was beyond tired. Before I came into work I was already feeling bad but luckily today was a good day.
"I'm just ready to go homeeee" I groaned, putting the last plate up
"How much longer you got?"
"Like 15 minutes" I answered as I looked at the time on my phone. Just as I was about to put it away, it started to vibrate. An unknown number flashed across the screen, making me look at the phone confused. I'm not the type to answer unknown numbers but for some reason I felt like I needed to answer it so I did
"Hello?"
"Aye, Noellll" Ben cheerfully said from the other end of the phone
"Ben?"
"Yeah now listen.... funny story. So you know that party me, Yb and Baby joe went to tonight"
"Yeah. A party on a Tuesday night which is what I find odd but go on" I answered and he started laughing
"Well... this girl Yb used to fuck with came over to him and was tryina start up a conversation and shit but he ain't entertain her, ima go head and tell you that before you get upset-"
"Just get to the damn point" I cut him off, feeling impatient right now because simply I wasn't in the mood
"Well.. her boyfriend ain't like that so he got into it with Yb and you know how that go"
I immediately sighed and looked up
"Where is he?"
"Right here chillin out on the bench"
"What bench? Where y'all at?"
"Jail"
"WHAT!?" I yelled out loud, causing everybody to look at me.
"What's wrong?" Hannah asked me and I blew a breath, ignoring her
"Okay. I'm on the way" I told him before hanging up the phone. I immediately took my apron off and handed it to Hannah "can you put this up for me I really gotta go"
"Okay. Just text me and let me know everything's alright"
I nodded and hurried out of the kitchen so I can get these dummies out of jail
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"Noel" Kentrell called out my name as we walked into the house. I threw my keys on the table and walked right through the living room then down the hall. He sighed and followed behind me
"you ain gone talk to me?"
"Kentrell, please" I softly spoke as I grabbed a pair of shorts and one of my tank tops then went into the bathroom to change. Once I was done changing, I walked over to the dresser and fixed the ponytail in my hair. Meanwhile Kentrell sat on his side of the bed and watched me
"So you gone stay mad for the rest of the night?"
"I'm not mad Kentrell" I plainly responded and he stood up, walking over to me but I didn't feel like dealing with that right now "please move"
"Well whatchu call it then?"
"Kentrell forreal.. MOVE"
He grabbed my hands and I snatched them away
"What part of move don't you understand? I'm really not in the mood. I told you this morning I wasn't feeling good and I still had to go in and do a double THEN I had to just go and bail you, Ben and baby joe outta jail. The fuck was y'all thinking?!"
"I told you I was sorry Noel but you know how I get"
"Which is exactly why I didn't agree with you going because every party you go to some shit goes down. Kentrell I just want you to stay outta trouble but obviously that won't happen"
I refused to get stressed out right now but damnit, this is too much. I walked pass him and got into the bed while Kentrell muttered something under his breath. Eventually he got in the bed as well and looked at me. Once he realized I wasn't gonna say anything, instead I just turned on my side with my back towards him then closed my eyes, he huffed. I felt his arm stretch across me and I could feel his breath on my cheek
"I love you"
I turned to look at him and blinked hard once "I love you too Kentrell but forreal I don't feel good and you smell. Go wash or something"
He smacked his lips and got up. I heard him talking shit but like any other time I didn't care. He went into the bathroom and after a while I could hear the shower water running. While he was in the shower and I laid in the bed, my head started to pound
"What the hell" I mumbled while sitting up in the bed. I slowly got up and shuffled my way into the bathroom while holding onto my head. I don't know what was going on but I needed some pain relievers fast! I opened the bathroom door and the sent of Kentrell's body wash hit my nose and although it smelled so good, right now wasn't the time
"Babe!" I yelled over the sound of the water while releasing my hand from my head to hold onto the door, keeping myself from falling
"What?" Kentrell yelled back
"Where's the Ibuprofen?"
"Shit ion know. I think Elena had em in the living room the other day"
I lightly exasperated and slowly closed the bathroom door before dragging myself across the room to go into the living room. With every step I took, it seemed like my head grew worse so I had to stop and hold onto the dresser for a minute
"Shit" I cursed myself, feeling every bit of pain fill my head. Just as I let go of the dresser everything grew blurry and once I took another step I lost my balance then the last thing I remember was hitting the floor
