A promise.
It seems like the simplest thing in the world to keep. But so often, they're broken, empty and hollow.
They seem like the easiest thing in the world to believe, but after the words are left out to bleed, after they leave you waiting and...
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"I still cannot believe you have your own place now, pooh! I'm so happy for you," Kash grinned as she walked around Aryn's new place. She was living with her aunt and cousin all through college and while she worked and saved.
So, after four years, she was able to get a nice studio apartment not too far from Kash's house and also relatively close to her job—which she was extremely thankful for. She'd had it for about three weeks now, but this was Kash's first time seeing it as it was fully furnished now.
"Thank you, friend," Aryn grinned. "My lil studio is enough for me, I love it," she sighed contentedly.
"As you should! Now, we need to get down to business—why is Davon texting me and asking me about you?" she raised her eyebrows and Aryn groaned. "I thought y'all were friends!"
"We are! But—man this is so ugly. I like him way too much, Kash. Every time he comes over I just want him to stay, I wanna kiss his stupid ass and have him sleep over," she sighed.
"I am not seeing the problem here," Kash chuckled as they got comfortable on her sofa. "If you don't stop lying to yourself, Aryn. You wanna be in a relationship!"
"Uh...maybe? I don't know, Sadé! I'm literally just here, minding my business and here comes these damn feelings, I didn't ask for this, I don't like it. We can talk about that later—tell me what happened at your job," she quickly changed the subject and Kash squinted her eyes at her friend for a moment before starting.
"Well first off, my daddy got me a restraining order, so even if I did wanna go back to that trifling ass place, as long as he's there, I can't," she began.
"Bit—they didn't fire his ass?!" she asked incredulously.
Kash shook her head with a loud sigh. The following day after the incident, she took the day off to get her head straight and think about what she'd even say when she got to the office, how she'd approach the situation and what her options were based on what her supervisors said.
"They only gave him unpaid suspension, but they had the same logic as the cops. Since they don't know if he had motive to harm me or whatever other bullshit they can't take any permanent action because they're scared they'll get sued," she ranted.
For days after she was told that, Kash was extremely angry. She felt as if he was being protected although she was the victim in the situation and was the one who felt threatened. She felt as if they forced her hand to quit—and she did just that. Today marked her fourth day after leaving.
"Well what the fuck else would he be doing following a 21 year old around at 8:30 at night with no lights?! These sick ass fuckers always trying to save men, I'm sick of the shit, they not gon learn till we start putting bullets in they ass!" she rolled her eyes. Aryn was very defensive about the situation, as Kash was her best friend and a very nice person.
