Because I Can :) *8*

When I got up. The first thing I did was check the time. I saw that I ha 11 missed called. I checked them. Tyrone. Nikki. Nikki. Nikki. Nikki again..... What in the world this one was from 4 something in the morning? I said clicking her name and placing the phone to my ear as I walked over my closet to pick out what I was going to wear today. She answered on the 3rd ring.

" Hello." I heard her as she sniffled in the phone.

" Hey girl, what's up?" I asked. She sounded horrible.

" Oh my god Kiki, it feel so bad." she said. I could hear her heaving.
" What happened?" I asked.

" It's Ronnie, he.. he..." she studdered.

" What happen to him?" I asked paranoid and not quite understanding.

" He hit me Kiki. He hit me." she kept repeated.

" Come again?!" I exclaimed. " He did what now." I said verifying if I'd heard her correctly.

" He hit me Kiki. He got mad cause' I wouldn't give him any and I tried to break up wit him." she cried into the phone.

" Where are you?" I asked feeling my body tense up. There was no way this ignorant ass boy was get away with doing this to my best friend.

" Home." she sniffled.

" Stay where you are girl I’m bout to go ask Trey can he drive me down there." I said and hung up. I was so pist at this point. I could almost see the steam fuming from my head. He got some nerve putting his hands on her.

I slipped on my black shorts and my shirt that read, " Cutie with A Booty". I grabbed my sandals and quickly jogged out the door and down the stairs. I saw Trey them like always hanging out outside the building smoking.

" Trey, I need you to take me to Nikki's house." I said. It was more of a demand.

" I'm busy right now." he said taking a long drag on the blunt.

" Yea and I don't care." i said putting my hand on my hip.

" Yo' brother said for you to stay yo lil fast ass in the house." he said looking at me. I started to go off on him but instead I took a deep breath.

" Look Trey, do this for me alright. It's important." I said changing my voice into that sweet little girls one. He looked up at me and I put my famous sad face, that always gets me what I want.

" Where she live at ?" he asked.

" Riverdale street, over there by 25th where Julie use to stay." I explained. He nodded.

" So are you gone take me." I asked again.

" Yea." he said taking his turn and passing it to the boy next to him. " I'm gone be back so I’ll check yall in a minute." he said dapping them off. We walked to him car and soon we were off down the street. I was so glad he didn't drive slow.

" Thank you Trey." I said.

" Yea, whateva man." he said turning up the radio. I kept thinking on the way and I was sure thatI was gone kick Roonie's ass when I see him again. Even though Ronnie was twice my size, I was not just gone let this slide. This shit was not over.

" Slow down its that house right there." I said. He pulled to the curb.

"Ok, bye Trey." I said getting out.

" Umm gurl, bye to you too." he said looking at my butt. I rolled my eyes. He was 19 years old but he respected my brother and believe me that was only reason he wasn't tryna get at me. I knocked on the door as Trey sped off. No answer. I knocked again getting inpatient. I tiptoed and looked inside the peek hole as if I could really see inside and I as I struggled the door popped open hitting me in the face.

" Ouch." I said looking at Nikki standing in doorway.

" Sorry." she said. He eyes were bloodshot red. She had whips on the side of her face.

" It's ok, let's go inside." I suggested. We walked to her room and flopped down her bed.

" So, tell me again how the fuck this nigga got out the house alive." I said with a glare.

" He was stronger than me." she said silently. Obviously Kiki I thought to myself. Apparently this fussing at her thing wasn't help the situation.

" So where did he hit you?" I said trying to be more compassionate.

" Well, first he slapped me because he said he was tired of him always having to beg me for some booty so I mushed him in the face and that's how I got this..." she said pulling up her shirt revealing a big bruise on her rib.

"Oh shh...." I said covering my mouth. She let her shirt drop back down. Seeing her bruise made me rethink fighting him myself.

" You got to tell somebody." I said.

" No Kiki, he said if I old somebody or if I even think about breaking up with him again...he would .. Umm he would..." she said and she broke down crying. I took her into a careful hug and patted her back soothingly.

" What did he say hun? You have to stop crying." I said rubbing her back to calm her down.

" He said he would kill me." she blurted out and then she started crying all over again but this time harder. I didn't know what to say.

" Do you really believe he will do that?" I asked after her cry turned a occasional sniffle.

" Si chica, this dude was serious and I know he as a gun too." she said looking up at me.

" Nikki, you have to tell someone before this gets too serious." I said seriously.

" No Kiki, I can't do that. This is my life. I'm trusting you to just be there with me through this. I don't want to die." she babbled.

" It's ok, you're not going to die." I said rethinking everything." You aren’t going to die?" I said again softly. But at this point I was starting to question my own words. If we didn’t tell somebody I think she is going to end up hurt.