Playing With Fire

Chapter 81: The Wait

Chris:

"Tell me one thing you're afraid of." I looked down at her
"Hmm...I dunno, nothing really" she shrugged
"Bullshit, everybody's afraid of something"
"Well what are you afraid of?" she turned to face me as we laid side by side in the dark on my bed. I l glanced at her and could see her eyes glistening in the dark as she awaited my answer.
"Spiders" I shrugged
"Are you being serious?" She giggled brushing her curls away from her face.
"I'm being dead ass. I don't fuck with spiders man, the way their legs are all long and shit and then they move mad fast but they small so they just be creepin up on yo ass, nah!" I shuddered
"That's soo funny, you like 6'1 scared of a tiny ass spider!"
"Tiny? Have you seen the size of a goliath birdeater!"
"Nigga you ain't never seen no God damn birdeater in LA! Stop it!"
"Whatever now I've told you my fear, what's yours?" I asked her again.
"Well I only really have one real fear"
"Tell me"
"It might be stupid, but I'm just scared that...that I'll go out like my mom did one day"
I looked over at her again and this time she was staring up at the ceiling. "What does that mean?" I asked.
"I'm just always scared that I'll get into a really bad car accident or something one day. It's always been a fear of mine. And Sometimes the way mine and mothers live mirror each other's, I just feel like it's destined" She shrugged. I frowned.
"Can you not think like that please" I slightly snapped.
"Like what?" She looked over at me.
"Talking about its just destined. Don't think like that man, don't even put that type of shit in the air Jhene. I'd loose my mind if some shit like that happened to you; for real" I mumbled the last bit. I felt the bed shift as Jhene suddenly sat up on her elbows. I glanced her way as she stared down at me with a small smile on her face.
"What are you smiling for?"
"because That was so cute.
"What was cute? I don't find nothing cute about this conversation."
"Well I do. You really care about me..." she said as if she'd only just managed to come to this conclusion.I looked at her as if she was crazy. Of course I cared about her, I damn well was spending every single day wIth her since the moment we met. Just 'Caring' about her was the least bit of emotions that I felt towards her. She didn't know it yet but the truth was, I was falling in love with her.
"I feel more than care for you Jhene" I muttered.
"What does that mean?"
"you'll understand one day"
Jhene smiled cutely as she leaned in closer to me so that her forehead was resting against mine. "Well if it's any consolation baby. I'd loose my mind if something ever happened to you too..."

***
"Nigga get up!" I felt somebody kick my foot.
I opened my eyes slowly adjusting to the light. "What?" My voice came out rough.
"Fuck you dreaming about bruh!" Ty laughed loudly as he stared down at me.
"Nigga why are you so close to my face!" I pushed him back.
"This nigga having conversations in his sleep" he said, everybody began laughing.
"Fuck you" I mumbled with a chuckle as I sat up. I looked around realising I was still at Mijo's and was dreaming "What time is it?"
"Nearly 4, a nigga needs to be getting home" Trey answered as taped Tae who was stretched out comfortably on the couch.
"Babe lets just stay here tonight, I don't wanna move" Tae whined.
Trey looked over at Mijo and Mijo shrugged. "I don't care what y'all do, just don't fuck on my couch" he joked.
"Mijo!" Tae smacked her teeth.
"I'm just saying" Mijo shrugged
"I need a piss" I rubbed under my nose before I stood up and made my way to the bathroom. I was tired. I was having a crazy ass dream about Jhene. The thing is, it felt so real. Like she was here with me. I was holding her and touching her, talking to her. That shit was weird. It felt too real to be a dream.
I watched as my piss drained into the toilet before I flushed the toilet and washed my hands in the sink. My knuckles were swollen pretty badly, and I was sure I'd broken if not fractured a few bones in my hand. I turned off the sink and quickly made my way back into the living room. When I got back in everyone's attention was occupied by the TV "What y'all watching?" I yawned as I plopped back down on the couch.
"The news. There was a bad crash on The highway" Mijo replied.
"Oh" I mumbled pulling out my phone. The screen was completely smashed from where I threw it earlier, but there was still parts of the screen that was working. Parts of the screen I could see messages and missed calls all from Jens name. I just smacked my teeth as I saw it. What did that bitch not understand when I told her to stay the fuck away from me. I was still stuck on the fact that Jennifer would decide to spring this shit upon me now! I didn't know if she was saying Jeneice wasn't my daughter just to get to me, or if she was tired of her conscious eating at her, keeping a secret like this. I was hoping she was lying and just saying that shit just to get to me, but deep down something told me she wasn't. I just didn't wanna believe she was that cold hearted. If Jeniece really wasn't my child after I'd invested all my time and love into her; I honestly just don't know what I'd do. I couldn't even allow myself to think about it until I got some physical proof confirming what she had said was true, because the more I thought about it, the angrier it made me, and nothing but bad shit came from my anger. For once in my whole life, I was trying to think on a logical sense instead of lashing out and asking questions later.
"Hi this is CNN news I'm Pauline Firmer Reporting live from the fatal scene where it's said that a mother and baby have been found trapped inside a 4 by 4 Mercedes Benz vehicle..."
Catching my attention I suddenly looked up from my phone at the News reporter on the screen.
"Damn..." Both Trey and Mijo said in unison as the camera quickly panned to a view of the car collision. A black Mercedes car was flipped over, with the front of a mini truck completely smashed in from where it had collided, I frowned as I sat up.
"Oh my God there's people in there that's so heart breaking" Kyra said
"I know" Tae chimed sympathetically.
I watched closely.
"...Eye witnesses who were at the scene of the accident say that car skidded out of control colliding head first with and oncoming mini truck. No information on the full identity of the woman or child has yet to be revealed, but as Calstar air ambulance arrive to the scene, we do know both mother and baby are said to be in very critical condition. I'll keep you updated on the current events as we receive more information but for now. I'm Pauline Firmer, Back to CNN news"
Instantly my heart sank. My palms began to feel sweaty and without hesitation I got up from the couch.
Something just didn't feel right.
"You good nigga?" Ty looked up at me.
"Aye Throw me your phone bro" I called over to Mijo.
"What's wrong with yours?" He asked as he leaned up and grabbed his phone.
"I can't use it. Throw me your phone" I repeated. Mijo chucked his phone to me and Immediately I dialled Jhene's number.I paced back and fourth just listening as the phone rang. "Chris are you okay?" Kyra asked worriedly.
"Yeah fam, you good?" Mijo chimed in. I held my finger up at them and listened as the phone rang and rang with no answer. By now everybody was looking at me. I went back and dialled 'Jhene' again in the recent call log and brought the phone to my ear. This time it didn't even ring, it just went straight to voice mail. "Yo something's not right man" I mumbled handing Mijo his phone, I had this horrible gut retching feeling pit of my stomach, something wasn't right.
"Who you tryna call?" He asked taking it from me
"Nae-"
"Wait. Why are you calling Jhene?" Tae instantly cut me off sitting up
"I'm worried about her and Asia, I just have a bad feeling somethings happened man"
"Yo why the fuck would you say some shit like that Chris!" Tae snapped grabbing her phone to dial Jhene.
"Yeah why are you thinking like that?" Kyra added with worry.
"The reporter on the Tv was talking about a mother and baby trapped in a Benz, I'm calling her phone all of a sudden she isn't answering. Something's telling me it's her man. It's her and Asia in that car" I admitted
"Her phones not ringing!" Tae panicked.
"Y'all need to calm down! Nae probably asleep that's why she ain't answering" Mijo added trying to calm the situation.
"Man I know her! She don't sleep that damn hard not to answer her phone blowing up!"
"Babe you saw her last, what did she say to you?" Trey asked Tae
"That she was going home after she got Asia, I dropped her to her my Uncles"
"So somebody call her pops, make sure she ain't crashing there tonight or something" he replied
"Nah I spoke to her after that, she was driving home then, that was about half hour ago" I added.
"I'm gonna call Tikira, make sure she didn't go over to hers instead" Kyra added dialling Tiki "....Yo Tiks, you seen Nae?" Kyra asked as soon as she answered. I could hear Tikira's voice, but I couldn't make out what she was saying.
Suddenly my phone started going off in my pocket, causing all of us to jump from the startle. Everyone looked at me as I quickly pulled it out and answered my phone. "Who's this?"