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𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘

january 2023

location: the safa-sinclair household, manchester

"amara! hello sweetheart. how was last night?" muna beamed, bringing her exhausted daughter into a tight hug.

"mum can you stop shouting. i'm really hungover. and last night was rough." she mumbled into her mum's chest.

"i'm not even shouting. how much did you have to drink?" muna asked quietly as to not disturb her daughter.

"i don't even remember." amara yawned back before rubbing her eyes to stay awake.

"oh look it's sleeping beauty. she's finally awake." aria sarcastically remarked as her twin brought amara into a tight hug.

"why don't you shut up ri. you're being so loud and it's the morning." amara sarcastically smiled in response.

"first off, i'm not being loud. second off, it's not the morning. it's two in the afternoon." aria retorted, folding her shoulders over her chest.

"shut up!" amara groaned, causing her mother to swat her arm.

"don't tell your sister to shut up. and aria don't annoy your sister, she had a rough night." muna scolded, with both her daughters pouting and aziza laughing at the both of them.

"why is that any of my business?" aria replied, causing aziza to snort.

"she doesn't speak for me. i wanna know how your night went." aziza reassured, her older sister smiling down fondly at her.

"you're my favourite." amara replied, causing aziza to stick her tongue out teasingly to aria.

"not fair! why exactly would you choose her over me?" aria jokingly replied.

"maybe because you've been pissing her off for the last five minutes." aziza quickly replied.

"aziza, language. aria, don't be sassy. and amara don't choose favourites." muna sighed, growing extremely tired of her children's constant bickering. "now mara, would you mind telling us about your night? and why exactly it was a 'rough night'?"

"alright fine! so i get to the bar and it's fine since it's just me, jas, mira and ria catching up. we all take the mick out of drink samira, because she gets so sensitive." amara reminisced, laughing at the memory.

"it's so funny! she gets so hurt by the smallest things when she's drunk. i love it." aria laughed.

"exactly. that and jasmine just being unhinged-" amara continued.

"when isn't she?" aziza interrupted, with aria laughing, her mother scolding her and amara trying to repress a smile.

"as i was saying, it was so fun at the start. then oakley and...ugh...david appeared." amara continued, gagging when mentioning dave's name.

"bit of an extreme reaction." muna replied.

"you say that mama, but you didn't get to experience how annoying he was. it started off with oakley apologising and me saying to them that they don't have to apologise and we could all hang out together. then this absolute prick-" amara began to rant.

"language!" her mother interrupted, glaring at her eldest daughter.

"sorry mama but it's true! he is!" amara replied as her sisters giggled at her reaction. "anyways he had the nerve to say that he didn't know i could be so nice and in my opinion, he totally insinuated i was fat because i was taking so much space and he was sat on the edge. to make it worse he just stuck his nose into me and jas's business and when i tried to congratulate cench on something this little twat-" amara continued to rant, her sisters listening with their eyes widening and her mother trying not to laugh.

"what did i just say about language mars?" muna interrupted, her daughter pouting in response.

"sorry. anyways he interrupted our conversation. when i was congratulating oakley, he joked that it was shocking to hear since i always had something mean to say. and that's fine because he's my friend. but david just had to put two cents in and agree and tell me i'm a rude person. he doesn't her to get away with it because he's not my friend. scratch that, i don't even rate him. and on top of all of that, he has the nerve to annoy me while calling me mars. i mean what an absolute- ugh i can't stand him! he interrupts my night out, calls me rude and expects me to be okay with that. i mean he didn't even apologise properly and admitted to only doing it so to get it over and done with. i mean what a little- why are you guys smirking?" amara asked, noticing her family's large smirks at her long rant.

"because you guys are so obviously attracted to each other." aziza replied.

"what?! ew! no. why would you even say that?" amara asked, pulling a disgusted look.

"why so defensive mars? were we right?" aria teased, her smile stopping after seeing amara's deadpan stare.

"no. i'm not even being defensive. i don't like him and he definitely doesn't like me. trust me if that's the case, hell would freeze over." she replied, aziza rolling her eyes in response.

"yeah as if. you're both into each other and too immature to ever do anything so you mask it by taking the mick out of each other and arguing." aziza retorted.

"exactly. me and your father have a bet going to see if you'll get together. he, stupidly thinks you won't, but i know you will." muna laughed.

"well be prepared to lose your money mama because it's never going to happen." amara folded her arms.

"uh huh...." aria replied, her tone conveying how unconvinced she was. "anyways how's work going? you told us you've started writing and recording your next album."

"yeah...it's going fine... i don't know. it's just hard because i'm writing and singing about my experience with jacob. it was such a toxic relationship and i went through so much being with him. and when he cheated- it's just that it's hard to relive all of that when i'm writing." amara admitted, feeling her throat clog up as she spoke and her mother bringing her into a hug.

"i know habibti and you are so strong for pushing through ok? and you are so brave for even talking about because talking about being in a toxic relationship is difficult and not only are you talking about it, you're writing about it. you're letting the whole world in. you're incredibly brave for that and i am so proud of you." muna mumbled in amara's hair as she rubbed her back.

"exactly. plus, so many people can relate to that. seeing someone as famous as you talk about being in a toxic relationship, they'll know they're not alone and they can get through it. that's really powerful." aziza added, with aria nodding and smiling in agreement.

"thanks az. thanks mama." amara added, trying to hide the happy tears that welled in her eyes due to her family's support. "you know what though, i low-key miss being in a relationship. even though jacob was extremely toxic and manipulative, it was nice being with someone. i miss that." she admitted, her mother letting out a chuckle.

"no way you miss being taken! i would love being single. all the fun dates and meeting new people, how is that not fun?" aria exclaimed, her mother raising her eyebrow at her, "in theory obviously. i mean i'm only 16, what would i know about dating?" aria nervously laughed, her sisters smirking at her nervousness.

"you see it sounds nice hypothetically. but in actuality, it's so dead. every guy i've went on a date with is either completely full of themselves, intimidated by my fame, or extremely boring." amara ranted, rolling her eyes at the thought of her many failed dates.

"a date with dave wouldn't be boring." aria mumbled under her breath, amara happening to hear it.

"what did you just say?"

"nothing! she said nothing!" aziza tried to defend but it was too late.

"i said, a date with dave wouldn't be boring." aria responded, her twin sending her a 'what are you thinking?' stare.

"you are so dead!" amara exclaimed, jokingly chasing her sister out of the kitchen, with her mum and aziza laughing at the two of them.

"amara please don't hurt your sister!" muna exclaimed in between her laughs.

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location: some hotel, manchester

just as amara had spent her night thinking about how she managed to get into another argument, so too did dave. although he was less annoyed by it and more confused. he couldn't help but think about what amara had said to him before they returned to the group, 'but please don't ever say that about me considering you were rude to me first'. all dave could think about is what she could

"cench?" dave groaned, lying on his bed and turning to face oakley.

"what?! bro i've got a banging headache and i'm hungover. what do you want?" oakley retorted, flipping off his friend for, in his opinion, talking too loudly.

"why did we drink so much? i feel like a train's ran over me twice." dave groaned, rubbing his eyes.

"because we were all trying to drown out you and mars fighting. why did you argue with her so much last night?" oakley asked, his voice slightly raspy.

"she just pisses me off. i don't know how to explain it. everything she does drives me mad and i'm not gonna lie, it's kinda fun winding her up." dave chuckled.

"huh-what are you-what?!" oakley exclaimed, feeling extremely confused.

"stop shouting! i just mean that it's fun pissing her off because she gets so angry every time. and i don't like her so those are two reasons why i argue with her." he replied, trying to keep himself awake.

"bullshit." oakley croaked out.

"what?"

"i said that's bullshit. you want me to believe that you argue with her because it's fun and you don't rate her? that. is. bullshit. you fancy her and this is the only way you can get her attention." oakley argued, finally sitting up and facing dave.

"no! no. i don't like her. at all. she's so annoying. she's so childish and rude! and she said that i was rude!"

"you? rude? never!" oakley stated sarcastically, causing dave to roll his eyes.

"shut up."

"proved my point." oakley mumbled, raising his hands in defence after seeing dave glare at him.

"anyways when i apologised-" dave started before being interrupted by oakley once again.

"ah yeah 'apologised'. which really means start beefing her immediately." he laughed. "sorry, sorry i'll shut up now." he stated after meeting dave's unimpressed stare.

"thank god you've shut your mouth, it was moving way too much. when i apologised to her, she said that i should remember that i was rude to her first." dave recalled, his incredulity evident. but in a more humble and confused tone, he mumbled, "do you know what she meant by that?"

"i'm sorry man, i don't think i do. i'd ask ria cause she's known you both when all this beef started. she'll know what she meant." oakley advised, his expression dropping after mentioning ria. all of a sudden, all of his memories of the night before became less hazy. all the memories that included samira. that included how he looked at her and how he captured his attention. and how she wasn't his girlfriend but in fact one of his friends. he felt a wave of guilt wash over him and couldn't look dave, her best friend, in the eyes.

"i might y'know. how are you and riri? whenever i ask her she just changes the subject." dave mumbled the last part, feeling slightly hurt that his two closest friends weren't letting him in on how they were feeling. he also asked in hopes that the reason she wasn't telling him about her relationship wasn't due to something oakley had done. he always felt extremely protective over ria and wouldn't hesitate to cut oakley off if he did anything to hurt her, even if it would mean losing a really close friend.

"it's going- it's- ok i'm not gonna lie, we're not doing well. it's not like we're arguing or anything, it's just kinda....fizzled. i've brought it up to her so it's not like i'm leading her on or anything and she agrees. but it's just weird. we don't want it to be dead but it is and we've been dating for a year and all her friends are my friends. i just don't want it to be weird." oakley admitted, feeling relived that he was finally telling someone about how he felt. even if he still did feel guilty for how he was behaving around samira the night before.

"bro you're definitely deeping it. if she says she feels the same, then it's cool. as long as you've told her how you feel and you aren't leading her in. because if you did, especially with the way you were looking at mira last night, i think i would snap you in half." dave threatened jokingly.

"you noticed that?"

"who didn't? you were staring at her as if that was the first time you saw a girl." dave joked.

"fuck. ria's gonna skin me alive and i don't even blame her. the worst bit is, it's not like i've got it bad for samira, she's just leng. but i just had to look at her like she was the first person i saw in my life." oakley ranted, feeling his hungover state take over.

"you don't like her? can you please be for real. the ways you was looking at her, bro you looked at her like she made the world spin or something. it was baddd. you better not hurt either of them." dave warned.

"i won't hurt them.....i feel so doneeee. imma go back to bed." oakley groaned out, his sleepiness taking over.

unfortunately, dave didn't get so lucky. he was too busy thinking about amara and what she said to him at the bar. he was too busy feeling guilty. he was too busy trying to wrack his brain to confirm what she meant. but he was met with nothing. he was so guilty in fact he was willing to temporarily give up and apologise, which for him is a huge milestone. he couldn't help but feel guilty, especially since she looked also confused when he had argued she'd always been rude to him. he didn't know why he felt guilty. he never usually did, he usually didn't care. but it was something about amara's face that night that stuck with him and he couldn't help but feel bad. and he didn't like that feeling. so he tried to fix it.

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𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗲 - 𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮 - 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
amara?
AMARA?!

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
what the fuck do you want

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
rude?
i wanted to apologise

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
for?

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
why are you being so cold with me?
i'm trying to apologise
and you're being a bitch

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
a bitch?
great apology david

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
well if you'd actually let me get to it
i'll show you it is an amazing apology

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
omfg 🙄

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
i'm sorry for being rude to you at the bar
and ruining your night out
and whenever i gave you impression
that i was rude first

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
ok that was a shitty apology

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
why are you always so jarring
i gave you an apology just accept it
you always have to make everything
into a big deal and dragging it
just accept my apology so we can move on

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
no.

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
no?

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
no.
do you not know what that means?
do i have to teach you that?

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
shut up you know what i meant

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
i did
idc
i'm not gonna accept your apology
if you aren't even sorry for anything
you literally JUST proved that
i'm so done with your fake apologies david
and with you thinking i was all of a sudden
rude to you
i wasn't
and if you had a fucking brain you'd know that
ykw i'm too hungover for this bullshit
take your apology and shove it up your ass
goodbye

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
what do you mean you weren't suddenly
mean to me?
that's exactly what happened.

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
fucking hell
do you not know what goodbye means either?

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱
what's your problem?

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮
you
fuck
off

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a message from becca

go me for finally updating!! i mean i don't know if anyone even reads this but i miss writing about dave and amara so i had to do this. also no exams so i can update more often!!!! yay!!!!

anyways how are you lot? i hope you're all doing ok. take care my lovelies. i love you allll 🫶🏽🫶🏽