Mulan Dawson | Mu

"That's not funny Mulan." Jaylen said as I was rolling while cleaning his face.

"It is not only did you lose the game but you got ya ass beat." I laughed some more.

"Ain't nobody beat my ass, you crazy as hell."

"I'm just saying, Josiah came out with no bruises." I shrugged as he pushed me out the bathroom closing the door. "You getting mad at me like I whooped ya ass."

I laughed deciding to leave him alone since he was already mad I grabbed the silver bucket off the table deciding to just go get some more ice. As I got to the ice machine Josiah got off the elevator looking like he was carrying the world on his shoulders. 

"You good?" I asked catching him off guard.

"I'll survive." He shrugged.

"Why you here? I thought you went back with Memo."

"Zay popped up but I was already leaving cause we decided we just going to co-parent without the extra friendship or whatever."

"We decided or you decided?" I raised a eyebrow.

"I decided Mu." He shook his head. "I see how much stress I'm putting on her so Imma just go, she engaged to that man, I don't even know what I thought thinking it was going to be so simple. I had my chance and I fucked up, he stepped up being the man I couldn't be. She deserve him, to be honest."

"Who deserve you then?" I asked tilting my head to the side. "We can all admit, you was a asshole in high school, a cocky selfish self absorbed asshole but that was high school Jo! You was still finding yourself, you're a grown ass man now and we can't even believe you was the same person from back then. Stop being so hard on yourself for real, we all see something in you."

"Thanks Mu, I needed that for real." He nodded. "Imma still back off though cause she love that nigga and I got nothing but respect for Zay to even be going behind his back like this, We was close as hell so I'm not gon do that to him or her."

"Have y'all talked?" I asked referring to Zay.

"I tried calling him and texting him wanting to talk about the situation but he never called or responded." He shrugged.

"Technically you don't even owe him an explanation, I get that y'all was friends or whatever but Memo is your baby mother at the end of the day."

"You right but as I said, I got nothing but respect for Zay."

Before I could say anything Jaylen walked out the room looking down at his phone walking towards me. "Mulan what's taking so damn long to get ice?" He asked without looking up but when he did he handed me his phone.

"Oh this what y'all not bout to do." I stood between them as Josiah calmly took off his bag throwing it to the side.

"How ya mouth feeling?" Jaylen asked laughing. "Looking a little swollen, next time you know not to run it."

"You talking too much." Jo said walking to him but I pushed both of them back.

"As I said, y'all not about to do this!" I raised my voice pushing them again. "I'm not breaking up no fight between two grown ass men who weigh more than me times four."

"So don't break it up." Josiah said before he leaped over me to punch Jaylen.

I know Jaylen was caught off guard because as soon as Jo hit him, he went down. Josiah waited for him to get up and when he did he hit Jaylen three times then stepped back pulling his pants up. I shook my head because he was whooping Jaylen ass like I knew he would since he wasn't all there right now, mentally.

Jaylen finally coming to his senses kneed Jo then kicked him in his face once he hunched over, I winced at it. After that they were throwing blow after blow making me sigh, I wished somebody was here to break this up before they killed each other.

As if God was hearing me, Olem and another team member was turning the corner laughing until they saw them fighting. They ran to us breaking the fight up, Olem grabbed Jo meanwhile the other boy grabbed Jay. I shook my head seeing Jaylen face bleeding, now Imma have to hear his ass bitching.

"What the hell Mulan?" Olem said looking at me.

"You expected me to break up a fight between their big asses? Look how y'all struggling to hold them back, imagine me. Yeah okay." I scoffed. "I'm not breaking my nails for nobody."

"Chill the fuck out bro!" Olem pushed Jo into the wall. "Y'all keep fighting over petty ass shit."

"I don't give a fuck, y'all getting me mad." Jo said leaning against the wall eating some ice.

"It makes no sense how much I love you." I looked at him laughing. He really had one leg on the wall just leaning on it eating ice as Jaylen mad ass was still getting held back.

"Nah cause he think he could beat me because he fucked me up after I cheated on Memo. I'm a grown ass man now, I ain't taking no more Ls."

"Nigga suck my dick!" Jaylen yelled.

"This is sad." I shook my head.

"What the fuck is going on?" Joshua asked coming out the room with Remy behind him.

"Nigga where was you when I needed help breaking them up?" I asked looking at him.

"Man, I'm tryna spend time with my girl and I hear y'all niggas yelling. Dead this whole situation cause y'all making me mad!" He spoke looking at both of them. "Jaylen, Memo is a grown ass woman she can take care of herself, mind ya business! And Josiah, you not bout to keep hitting people because you mad at the world, you fucked up and it's that! Just leave this whole situation alone!" 

"Daddy has spoken." Remy smirked making me smile at them. "But seriously, I was in there trying the grapefruit technique so can y'all stop? Or at least move from the door?" 

"Remy!" I gasped laughing as they all looked at her in disgust. 

"Go try it Mulan, maybe he wouldn't be this mad." She laughed closing the door.

"Come on Jaylen, let's clean your face again." I rolled my eyes. "Jo, text me."

i grabbed his hand since he wasn't moving, I rolled my eyes sitting him in the bathroom pulling the first aid kit back out. I wiped his face then put ice into a rag holding it up to his eye shaking my head.

"You do need to mind your business, Memo already beating her self up about this. Don't you see you making this more harder now? Let her make her own decisions, whether it's for the good or bad."

"That's my sister, I have her best at heart. I can see through this shit, Josiah not the one for her, Zay is."

"But once again, that's not your choice to make. She knows everything Josiah done and what Zay has done, obviously she see something in Jo that you don't. She don't have to explain herself to anyone about her feelings, you can't help who you love Jaylen. The heart wants what it want."

"Zay has been loyal to her since he met her, he didn't even know Memo like that and still stuck with her through her pregnancy. She deserve the happiness Zay gives her."

"You don't get to determine her happiness."

"She only feeling this way towards Josiah because Zay isn't with her everyday, that's why I booked his flight and gave him her hotel room number. Watch how all those feelings go away now that she's in his presence." 

"No you didn't Jaylen." I looked at him in disbelief. "That's not your business Jaylen! You crossing boundaries, that's not something you do!"

"I don't care, she wasn't about to be on vacation with Siah thinking they could be together. He don't deserve my sister."

"Jaylen you aren't helping her! You're making her more confused if anything, she has to handle this situation on her own with your dumb ass!"

I mushed his head back then went to grab my phone texting the group chat that contained Ny, Remy, NeeNee, Journee, Memo and I, asking if Memo was okay and did she need saving, everybody else in the group chat answered but her making me roll my eyes as I had to put them on.

"So what you mad at me now?" Jaylen asked as he came out the bathroom only in some Calvin Klein boxers. He pulled my legs and laid on top of me putting his heavy ass head on my chest.

"I'm not mad but I been in her spot before, not knowing who really have your heart. The shit already put you through so much stress and you just added more on to her plate. Memo isn't as strong as me, she don't know how to handle stress."

"You played yourself trying to pick between us anyway, everyone knew where your heart was. You knew it too but you just wanted to test him out because you wanted to see if we'll find each other again."

"That's not true and you getting off task cause we're not talking about us."

"What's not true? Who eating ya pussy ona regular? Who faithfully fucking you? Why you be having my dick down your throat? Who spoiling you with gifts, love and being ya number one supporter as I always been? If your heart belonged with him then you wouldn't be in my bed right now."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever but I'm just saying just how you describing our relationship that's probably how Jo describing their relationship. We are outsiders looking in, we don't really know what's going on between Jo and Memo because it's not our business. Who knows Josiah could be her Jaylen."

"I get what you saying baby but I just can't and won't support their relationship. Not at all."

"It's not your relationship to support." I shrugged.

He lifted his head up at me and sighed, he nodded knowing I was right. He kissed my lips then laid back down on me getting comfortable until we both dozed off.

Ivory Whitaker | Memo

"Surprise." Zay said blankly as him and Josiah continued their staring match.

I didn't say anything as I looked at both of them, I never imagined my life going through something like this. I just wanted both of them to leave me alone until we got back home, this was my vacation. I just wanted to be happy for these three days.

"Wassgood?" Josiah spoke breaking the silence.

"Wassup?"

"I was just leaving, enjoy y'all night." Josiah said looking me up and down then walking away.

Laughing, Zay scoffed then walked in the room. He looked at me then smiled. "Hey baby!"

I continued looking at him blankly, I didn't have anything to say to him. Going back to the bed, I pressed play on my movie ignoring what he was saying until he turned the t.v off.

"Why you still mad at me? Aren't you happy to see me?"

"I am Zayn." I mumbled honestly.

"Then why you not acting like it?"

"You just gon forget about everything you said to me?"

"Yeah and I want you to do the same. You're my fiance, we gon have arguments and disagreements but our love so strong it gets over anything." 

"No it doesn't, you not about to say what you want then think Imma forget about it." I rolled my eyes.

"Okay, well I apologize." 

"Okay."

"So what was tonight about? Josiah done whooped everybody ass." He said making me laugh.

"I don't even know, everything just so stupid."

"Word but I ain't see him and Jaylen fighting, they too close to be fighting."

"They'll be alright, I just hope they can get past this. If not everything is going to be annoying as fuck."

"Do you know why they were fighting?"

"No." I lied. 

"Hm." He looked at me then got up. "It feels like tension is still in the air."

"It is." I said not even wanting to lie. "It doesn't even necessarily have to do with you, I'm just not up for anything. I'm stressed out and nothing makes sense."

"Wanna talk about it?"

"Not really."

"Okay, what we doing tomorrow then?" He asked.

"I have the day planned out with the girls."

"So? Cancel them."

"What?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Cancel them, you always with them, they could wait."

"Um, no. We came down here for a vacation and I told you that on the phone, this is our girls trip. When we go home, we won't be with each other that much so we using this time right now."

"But I'm telling you I want to spend time with you."

"Okay, I understand that but I have plans already. Remy just told Josh she pregnant and she still coming out with us, I'm not about to flake just because you came here. We had one night to spend with our boys then the rest of the trip was about us."

"Oh so that explains why Josiah was here, he ya boy huh?" He laughed.

"You're trying to be petty and funny but it's not working, he has nothing to do with what we're discussing." 

"He has everything to do with it." He laughed. "Why was he even here?" 

"Josiah was on the verge of walking out the game forever and I offered to pig out and chill so I can get his mind off of it."

"That nigga wasn't going to leave the NBA, he just said that so you could run into his arms and have sympathy for him." He shook is head. "You fell for it too."

"If you say so."

"He confessed he loved you on national television so everybody could have pity on him but I was there to experience the shit he put you through firsthand. I don't even trust him around you no more, niggas sneaky as fuck."

"Not once has he stepped out of line, he may wear his feelings on his sleeve but he knows his boundaries."

"I don't care, I don't want you around him."

"I share a child with him, we gon be around each other whether you like it or not."

"What y'all have to be around each other for? Aspen know how to work a phone and you don't have to say more than two words to him while dropping her off."

"Josiah isn't just my baby father, he's also my best friend so if I want to exchange more than two words than I will Zayn! Who the fuck are you? Whatever you did with the old Zay bring him the fuck back please."

"Ain't no old Zay, I'm still the same. You just letting these bitch ass niggas in more than they should."

"Why are you calling him out his name? He don't disrespect you or come out the side of his mouth talking down on you so do the same. He was just your boyfriend two weeks ago and now you disrespecting him, pipe down."

"Yeah, that was when I thought we were on the same page but that's my stupid ass befriending a nigga who had sex with my bitch."

"Your what? Who's your bitch?" I asked standing up.

"Memo." He sighed. 

"I'll sleep on that bed and you could have this one, don't think about getting in the bed with me. How about you don't exchange more than two words to me?" I mocked his words getting mad all over.

He looked at me in disbelief then walked into the bathroom slamming the door as I rolled my eyes picking up the phone going to the groupchat seeing the messages from Mulan and them. I replied back to them then texted Josiah to see was he okay, I saw that he read my message then three dots appeared but then they disappeared. I sighed and just laid down trying to stop the tears that was daring to come out.

All I do is cry now, I couldn't handle all of this stress. It was taking a toll on my body, I was really considering just going home to just cuddle with my baby. She'll be happy to be in bed with me, all my stress would leave.

After silently crying for around ten minutes, I felt myself dozing off until a well needed slumber.
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WELP! I might update again before the night over but IDK cause I'm bout to go fight I think LMAO It's 9;36 and I'm going to go fight, so sad lmao 

Excuse any mistakes though.