Playing With Fire

Chapter 49: Make It Like It Was

Jhene:

"Where y'all nigga's been?" Ty asked us as soon as me and Chris walked into the sitting room together. I went and sat down next to him with Asia on my lap whilst Chris went and plopped down in the opposite seat next to his brother Aaron.
"Mind yo fucking business nigga" he chuckled in reply to Ty as he put his feet up on the small coffee table ahead.

"Christopher take your dirty feet off of the table!" Mama J scolded him before she left out the room with a pile of dirty dishes. Chris done what she asked but then waited for her to leave the room before he rebelliously put his feet back up on the coffee table.Ty looked over at me and then leaned in closer and sniffed "What the?...move son!" I laughed pushing him away from me.

"Yeah I know exactly where y'all foul asses have been" he scrunched up his face playfully

"Fuck is you asking us for then nigga?" I said making everyone in the room laugh.

"Ohhh I see you J, just got a little bit of Chris in you so now you got heart now huh" he joked; once again everyone began laughing with a mixture of ohhhs going around.

"Oh my God, fuck youuu!" I laughed out of embarrassment and then punched him dead in the arm for saying some bold shit out loud like that. In annoyance Asia whinged at me constantly moving around whilst she was trying to sleep and then restlessly turned in my lap and laid her head on my chest with her hand hugging my neck to get comfortable.

"Look you getting on your daughters nerves" Ty laughed at me. I smirked at him and then looked down at her and pushed all the loose curls from her ponytail outta her face as she slowly began to drift back off into her sleep.
"Shut up. It's past her bedtime so she's being moody" I chuckled.
"She sleepy?" Chris asked looking over at me.
"Uh huh, she falling asleep now..."

"Aight, let me put her on Mama's bed" he said getting up again, I nodded and then pulled Asia up and carefully past her over to Chris. Once again she whinged a little bit before she found her comfort on him and went straight back to sleep. "She got something to sleep in?" he asked me.

"Nah I didn't pack nothin, just take off her clothes and leave her in her vest, she should be cool like that"
"Aight, I'll be back" he mumbled and then walked out the room with her on his shoulder. I looked over at the door until I saw Jen walking down the hallway towards Chris, subconsciously I leaned back further into the chair so I could get a better view of them. Chris stopped in front of her and I heard her ask him where he was going before she looked over at the living room door and eyed me, Chris said something and then swiftly moved past her and headed upstairs with Asia whilst Jen stood there and waited for him to comeback down. All whilst screwing the hell outta me.
I rolled my eyes inwardly and then turned around and focused on the conversation of the room. Right now she and her ugly ass face expressions were the least of my problems.

Chris:

I walked up the stairs and made my way towards my Mama's room when I spotted Niecey sitting outside on the floor half knocked out. "Lil Mama!" I called to her; immediately she sat up in a daze and then rubbed her tired eyes staring up at me. "What you doing little girl, why you sleep on the floor?" I chuckled.
"Becauseee, Deshaun and Cairo said I have to play hide and seek with them so they put me as it but I'm too tired I don't wanna play no more I just wanna go to sleep now!" She whinged in that annoying whiney voice little kids always put on when they were being moody.
"Aight, Aight! Stop with that voice man" I laughed helping her up off the floor.
"Daddy can you tell them I don't wanna play with them no moreee!" she continued to complain as we walked hand in hand towards my Mama's bedroom.
"Ok Niecey, stop talking now" I mumbled. I pushed open the bedroom door and then walked with both of them inside the room. I walked over to the bed and placed Asia down first, she was already completely knocked out and I knew she weren't waking up until the morning now. That little girl loved her sleep way too much, Jeniece on the other hand... I picked her up and then laid her down in the bed and began undressing her so that I could put her pajamas on and she could finally go to bed.
"Daddy I don't wanna sleep in Grandma's bed today!" she continued to complain as she fought with her sleep, this little girls eyes were half shut yet she still found energy to moan about nothing.
"Where do you wanna sleep then Jeniece?" I sighed pulling her legs out of the bottom of her dress
"I don't know! I wanna sleep with you in your bedroom"
"I'm not going to sleep though baby" I said as I pulled her shirt up over her head.
"Whyuhhhh!"
"Because I'm not sleepy yet"
"You are though!" She argued. I laughed and then grabbed her bag and took her pink pj's out of it and began dressing her in them.
"You wanna sleep downstairs by yourself?" I asked her
"Nooo!" she cried
"Ok then, so you have to sleep in here"
"But I'm not even sleepy anymore daddy" she said as a big yawn escaped from her mouth
"You not sleepy but you're yawning like that" I laughed, I continued dressing her in her pajamas and then like Asia I laid her in the middle of the bed and then pulled the covers up on them both and put their clothes on top of my moms dresser. I glanced over at Neicey and her eyes were shut so I assumed she'd fallen asleep.
"No daddy can you sleep here for a little while" she mumbled quietly just as I was about to walk out, I should of known she wasn't sleeping yet. I sighed and then laid right back next to her. I saw her smile with her eyes shut when I done that. I waited about 5 more minutes with her before light snores finally escaped from her mouth; signalling to me she'd finnaly gone asleep.

Jhene:

"She's not even cute Ty!" I laughed disapproving of the girl he was showing me on instagram. All of them so far that he'd shown me just looked like ratchet hoes with fat asses. None of them were cute in the face. I just couldn't understand why guys thought having a fat ass automatically means you fine.
"What you mean she ain't cute? You seen her ass?" he replied.
"Aight, She got a big ass but that don't mean she cute that means she just got a big ass!" I laughed
"Nah man you a hater. She fine ass hell" he brushed me off scrolling down some more on the page.
"Oh wait! Now she's cute!" I laughed stopping his hand. Ty looked over at me with a simple face causing me to laugh even harder than I already was "Whaat she is cute!"
"How can you call yourself cute Jhene?" he said referring to the picture I posted on instagram earlier on.
"Because, I am" I shrugged.
"You aightttt" he joked shaking his hand
"Aight?! Nigga I'm hot! Talking bout aight, you aight!" I laughed
"Nah man. I'm sexy" he said rubbing his chin making me laugh harder.
"Sexy? You pushing it dawg"
"Name one thing on my face that don't make me sexy" Ty raised his brow at me.
"You really wanna go there Ty Ty? Cause that big ass forehead of yours now..." We both laughed.
"But you got a big ass forehead too though!" he retorted.
"My forehead is not big! My forehead is perfectly in proportion with my cute ass face. You on the other hand...Whew!"
"Man your forehead is fucking wide as hell Jhene, both you and that ugly ass nigga Chris got some wide foreheads" he laughed
"Shut up! You better not talk about my boy like that!" I laughed slapping his shoulder.
"Hush up, that nigga ugly"
"You gay as hell bruh..." Ty smiled at me and threw his arm comfortably over my shoulder.
"Jhene" I then heard my name being called; both me and Ty Iooked over from laughing, at Marlon who was standing by the door with a pissed off expression on his face" "C'mere for a second..." He signalled to me with his head.

"Oooh, gonna get yo ass whooped now" Ty snickered. I smirked at him and then flicked the tip of his nose.

"You shut up" I cleared my throat and then got up from my seat, "hold this" I said to him droping my phone in his lap before I proceeded to the door to see what was up with Marlon.

***
"What's wrong?" I asked folding my arms over my chest as me and Marlon stood alone in the hallway.

"I gotta go to the studio, so come on let's go" he said handing me my jacket from the banister. I took it from him and then placed it right back where it was. I rolled my eyes slightly and then looked down at what the time read on my watch. It was only quarter to 9 and today was his day off anyway so why was he going to the studio. "I thought you had the day off today" I said to him.
"I did but Brandi needs me so I gotta go to the studio, so can you get ready!" he huffed. Once again I rolled my eyes. I was beginning to get sick of hearing about this stupid Brandi chick and her damn studio time. At every chance she got she'd call him 'needing' him at the studio. It was annoying as hell now. "Well can't Brandi wait? You've been in the studio with her damn well everyday these past couple weeks, one day with you not being there isn't gonna hurt her or her upcoming career!" I argued back. I watched his jaw tighten and then he closed his eyes, taking a deep breath in through his nose. Lastly he exhaled and looked down at me again
"Why you always gotta argue the case Jhene? I said I need to be at the damn studio. Time is money and you fucking waisting it right now! So can you please get your shit so we can be out?" he snapped at me.
"I'm not stoping you from going to the studio Marlon, I'm just saying. And if your money is that important go ahead. But I'm not ready to leave right now" I said. Honestly I didn't want to go just yet, it had been a while since I'd hung out with everybody. Especially since me and Chris hadn't been talking I'd kept my distance a lot from the guys and in all honesty, I missed being around them. Besides, I fucking hated going to the studio with him, the first 2 times yeah it was cool, but after the intial stages it became boring, all i done when I was there was sit on the couch and watch him work with whoever had booked recording time. I wasn't an artist so I didn't care about the damn studio unless it was one with a big ass mirror which involved me dancing in front of. Other than that, you could miss me with studio time.

Marlon briefly looked around once again before he peered down at me, "Jhene stop fucking around and let's go" he said through gritted teeth in a rather harsh tone. I frowned my brows at him and shook my head no
"I'm not fucking around, I'm said I'm not ready yet Marlon, so if you want to go, you can go. I'll just see you later" I said ready to turn back around.

That's when he roughly grabbed a hold my left arm and forcefully dragged me back to him. Immediately I winced in pain and then looked down where I could begin to see his fingers leaving red imprints in my fair skin. "Marlon let go of my arm!" I stressed, as the tight grip he had was causing my left arm to grow weak. Quickly realising what he just done, he let go and then vastly scratched the nape of his neck. For a moment after we both said nothing; we just stared at each other in shock.

"...So you really gonna disrespect me...and stay here Jhene?" he asked, his voice remained calm but I couldn't help but feel slightly threatened.

"Well I'm definitely not going anywhere with you right now" I said rubbing my arm as I stepped back from him. Marlon nodded his head ok and then grabbed his car key out of his pocket. He spun the key ring around his index finger and then pressed the small button on the side for the key to pop up, he then smiled at me and leaned forward and kissed me gently on my cheek.
"So after you spend the night with Chris, I'll just come and pick you up in the morning" he said with a sick ass smile stretching across his face. I screwed my face at him and his weird ass behaviour right now. Why the hell would he say a thing like that and with a smile on his face.
"What are you talking about right now I'm not staying here tonight with Chris or anyone else Marlon, but your not taking me home either" I said to him. He nodded his head ok once again and then looked up at the stair case hearing the floorboards creak. I glanced up too and saw that Chris was making his way back down the steps, but his head was stuck in his phone so he hadn't yet noticed me and Marlon posted up at the bottom. Marlon smirked slightly and then turned his attention back onto me.

"So I'll come see you after the studio. Leave your door unlocked for me" he said louder than he needed to; I guess he intended on Chris hearing because from my peripheral I saw Chris stop in his tracks. I felt myself cringe as Marlon raised my chin and then leaned in and kissed me, at that moment I didn't even attempt to kiss him back. I was really upset with him grabbing me the way he just did. He knew I was upset too because he pulled away when I didn't return the kiss and then slightly frowned at me. "Please don't be upset" he muttered quietly just so I could hear. I didn't respond. I just looked away from him. I'd never seen that side of Marlon, I don't know if it was the alcohol he'd consumed or what but I didn't like it at all. Matter of fact, the way he'd been acting today I didn't like, just like him insisting on coming with me tonight and then demanding when he thought it was time to go.
Marlon cleared his throat in the mist of awkwardness and then glanced up at Chris. He didn't speak a word as he narrowed his eyes at me and then turned around and walked out of the front door, slamming it shut behind him.
I peered down at my arm and the small finger print I could see and then pulled down the bottom of my sleeve before attention was brought onto it. I looked up at Chris who was stood there staring at me. I pushed my hair behind my ear and then turned away from him and made my way back towards the sitting room. "Aye!" he quickly called to me. I stopped in my tracks and sighed before I turned around.

"What?"

Chris frowned and then walked down the rest of the steps and towards me. "What did that nigga just say to you?" he asked. I sighed and then looked down

"Nothing Chris" I sighed once again.

"Don't lie to me Jhene, why you so upset now?" Chris asked looking over at the front door.

"Nothing. I'm fine" I shrugged. Chris huffed and then narrowed his eyes at me. I just knew he wasn't about to drop it and it was gonna get on my nerves "look Chris can you just drop it! I said nothing's the matter so let it go!" I snapped at him before he had the chance to say anything. He screwed his face at me and then kissed his teeth

"Why the fuck are you snapping at me? I'm just checking if you're aight!" he snapped back

"Yeah well I don't want you to check on me, I said I'm fine and you won't drop it! Your starting to get on my nerves!" I kissed my teeth as I walked off.

"Aight, aight" he quickly pulled the loop of my jeans back towards him. I huffed and then turned around to face him, honestly I didn't wanna take my attitude out on him but it was inevitable, right now I was in absolutely no mood. "I'm sorry aight, I'll drop it" he apologised gently lifting my chin

"Thank you" I muttered, he smiled looking at me with those deep brown eyes; at that point I couldn't even stay mad, a small smile broke out on my lips, without even trying he always knew what to do to make me smile.
"You gonna stay with me tonight?" he asked
"Where?" I frowned
"Probably here, I can't be asked to drive home right now" he laughed
"Alright yeah" I nodded smiling a little as he kissed my forehead and then pulled my chin up and kissed my lips, entertaining us with a short but sweet kissing session.
I pulled away from him first and then wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him, snuggling my face into his chest. Despite everything it felt so nice to be wrapped up in his arms again. I was still abit upset but I figured as long as I could stay with Chris tonight, and he could take my mind of Marlon, I would be fine.
Our little moment however was short lived because after what felt like a short while I felt Chris quickly push me off of him as if he just realised he didnt want me to touch him, my heart fell before I quickly recovered and looked up at him totally confused. I then followed his eyes as to where they were looking. I rolled mines as Jen walked back down the hallway towards us with her coat and bag in tow. I then glanced back at Chris who looked at me with a sympathetic apology on his face. I didn't say anything, I just stared at him blank faced.
As she approached Jen looked me up and down before she purposely stood directly infront of me facing Chris, you could say the stupid bitch was practically standing ontop of me she was that damn close. She put her arms around Chris' neck and then placed a small kiss on the side of his mouth. I bit my bottom lip as I stepped back some and then folded my arms across my chest making sure to tuck my hands in to prevent myself from doing anything like grabbing this fool by her neck whilst
watching her stupid desperate attempts to try and make me jealous. It was so obvious.
"Baby I'm ready to go home now, can you walk me to my car?" she spoke innocently, stroking the side of his face. I rolled my eyes at her facade and then turned my head looking away, she just looked so pathetic, I wish she knew how to play this game a little better.
"Jen I'm talking to Jhene right quick, can you just wait a second" Chris huffed subtly taking her hands from around his neck.
"Babe, I'm sure Jhene doesn't mind. Do you Jhene? You don't mind if my boyfriend walks me to my car right?" she said turning to face me. I glared at her smug face before I looked up at Chris' stupid face.
"Do your thing" I said to him before I walked past the both of them and back into the sitting room. Right now I couldn't be asked to feed into Jens bullshit or the stuck on stupid looks Chris was giving me. At this moment I was just in a fuck everybody type of mood; now I just wanted to go home. I walked back into the sitting room and grabbed my handbag that was placed on the dinning room table "Ty, did you drive here?" I asked walking back over to him, seeing as Marlon originally was my ride home; I hadn't drove and I couldn't be asked with Chris right now or to stay here with him tonight, somehow I needed to get home.
"Yeah why wassup? You want a ride?" He asked handing me back my phone
"Please?"

Chris: