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Mariah loved birthday parties, she thought they were the cutest thing in the world–a whole celebration of someone's birth, of their time on this earth.

But god were they fucking stressful to plan and put together. Her mom had thrown her a few lil parties over the years, but she only ever had a big birthday party once, for her 16th birthday. She used to have this group of girlfriends in high school, who nobody really knew, but they planned a birthday party for her at one of their houses and the whole teen population of East Highland showed up.

Shit, even Fezco was there, selling drugs. He was invited by some junkies in his DM's on Instagram, asking him where he was at and why the fuck he wasn't at the party of the year.

Fezco pulled up, but didn't know who's house it was, or who's birthday it was, despite him keeping an eye out all night for the birthday girl while he sold drugs. Nonetheless, he slipped a $50 bill into the box the girls throwing the party made to collect gifts for Mariah, and also signed the big poster at the entrance with a pink Sharpie.

Isabella was going crazier than she already was planning Reyna's birthday, so crazy that she was stressing everyone around her out. Mariah was fed the fuck up with her, and was wishing that she had just stayed with Fezco and ghosted her older sister when she hit her up asking where she was at to help with the party, even if it meant she'd miss Reyna's birthday.

But luckily, the day of the party was finally here, and this would be the last day Mariah would have to hear any bitching about it. She was up late last night helping Isabella put together goodie bags for all the kids, and by helping, she means doing all the work while Isabella handed her the bags with princesses on them and yelled at Mouse to stop smoking in the house, which only ended in a fucking argument.

"I'm going to work, have fun at your party princess," Mouse gave Reyna's forehead a kiss after he walked into Mariah's room, where Mariah was doing the little girl's hair and makeup for her party.

Mariah side eyed Mouse as she paused the movement of the eye shadow brush lightly blending some purple eyeshadow on Reyna's eyelids, getting all tense when he placed his hand on her back.

"Get your fucking hands off me," Mariah snapped and stood up from where she slightly bent down as she did Reyna's makeup.

Mouse clicked his tongue, which made Mariah cringe. She found it super hot whenever Fezco clicked his tongue but she wanted to throw up hearing Mouse do it.

"Fezco owns you now or somethin?" Mouse scoffed before laughing. "Nobody else can touch you? I know you his bitch, but loosen the fuck up."

"He doesn't own me," Mariah returned the scoff, going back to doing Reyna's eyeshadow.

"Yeah? That tattoo says otherwise," Mouse retorted.

"What tattoo?" Mariah asked, playing dumb as her heart dropped. How the fuck did he know?

"What tattoo?" Mouse mocked her, letting out an amused huff as he pulled up the bottom of the big shirt Mariah was wearing to look at the tattoo on her butt.

"What are you doing?!" Mariah pushed his hand away and pulled her shirt back down. "You're really gonna be a fucking pervert in front of your daughter?"

"You forget who's fuckin house this is?" Mouse questioned, squinting his eyes at her. "I do what the fuck I want as long as you under my fucking roof. If you don't like it, go run off to your bitch ass boyfriend."

Mouse was protective of Mariah. But he wasn't protective like Fezco–Fezco was protective out of love, he was protective because he wanted his girl to be safe. Mouse was protective out of control. He liked to be in control of those around him. He liked to be in control of Mariah.

Why else would he fight with Isabella when she tried kicking Mariah out the house? Why else would he get all protective when he found out Danny was putting his hands on her, as if Mouse himself didn't put his hands on Isabella? Why else would Mouse scare Danny off when he was at the door, begging Mariah for forgiveness, or why else would he call up Fezco to prove himself and beat Danny 3/4 to death after he choked Mariah?

Because Mouse liked to be in control of others. And doing so, he was in control of everyone.

But Mouse was jealous. He knew he couldn't have Mariah, and in all honesty, he didn't want her...anymore. But if he couldn't have her, he believed nobody else could either. So he made Fezco somewhat get rid of Danny, and now he was gonna get rid of Fezco.

"Go and run off to your bitch ass boyfriend, Mariah. We'll see how long you last over there before you come crawling back," Mouse grinned wickedly.

"What makes you think I'd ever come back if I left?"

Mouse shrugged. "You'd come back if yo bitch ass boyfriend ain't even there to run to."

Mariah's heart dropped at his words–they could mean so many different things. She watched Mouse give Reyna's forehead another kiss before he gave Mariah a once over and exited the room, leaving the girls by themselves.

Reyna didn't understand more than half the shit her dad said, eyebrows furrowing in confusion as she watched Mariah's eyes watering while she continued doing her makeup.

"Are you okay?" Reyna asked her.

Mariah laughed, "Yeah, just got something in my fucking eye. Give me a sec, I'm gonna text Fez, okay?"

"Okay," Reyna smiled, watching Mariah put the eyeshadow brush and palette down before grabbing her phone off the vanity and opening her messages with Fezco, reading their previous texts from about an hour ago.

iMessage

Superman💋💙
Good morning lil mama

Superman💋💙
Bro I had the wildest dream

Superman💋💙
I pulled a gun on you cuz I
thought someone broke into
the crib but it was jus you
and you liked it and I fucked
you wit a gun to yo head

Superman💋💙
Almost nutted in my sleep mayne
that shit was crayz

Lil Lovebug🐛
u have a gun kink omg
me too

Lil Lovebug🐛
now u HAVE to fuck me
with a gun to my head idc

Superman💋💙
Hell tf no

Lil Lovebug🐛
didn't u like it ???

Superman💋💙
That shit ain't safe tho baby
ain't no way we doin that

Lil Lovebug🐛
do u know how wet I get
every time I see a gun in
ur jeans

Lil Lovebug🐛
it doesn't need to b
loaded bby

Superman💋💙
🤨🤨🌊🌊🌊

Superman💋💙
Ima think about it

Lil Lovebug🐛
kk thnx daddy😽😽😽

Lil Lovebug🐛
heart warmed at u having
wet dreams about me🥰

Lil Lovebug🐛
wet dreamin thinking that u
smashin but u sleeping

Superman💋💙
Stfu J Cole

Lil Lovebug🐛
make me

Lil Lovebug🐛
id def stfu if I had a glock
to my head🙈

Superman💋💙
You wild shorty

Lil Lovebug🐛
you love it tho

Superman💋💙
I do

Superman💋💙
Hella miss you I can't
wait to see you

Lil Lovebug🐛
same I'm so excited :))))

Lil Lovebug🐛
you're gonna wear pink
with me right ??

Superman💋💙
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Lil Lovebug🐛
so handsomeee 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨
🤤🤤🤤🤤

Superman💋💙
😂😂

Superman💋💙
I got a couple things to do
but I'll pull up soon as I'm
done

Lil Lovebug🐛
kk be safe my love💜💜

Superman💋💙
You too ma love you

Mariah reread their entire morning conversation, giggling at some of the stupid shit they said. She absolutely loved this man.

Lil Lovebug🐛
I love u more boo😽
b safe plssssss

She took a look at the mirror picture he had sent of him in his pink polo while smoking his morning blunt, smiling and saving it to her camera roll. She was absolutely in love with this man.

"Okay, you ready?" Mariah asked Reyna as she set her phone back down and grabbed the eyeshadow brush and palette again.

"Yup," Reyna nodded her head once before she stayed still so Mariah could continue. "Fez is your new boyfriend?"

"Yeah," Mariah smiled.

"Cool. I like him better than Danny," Reyna let Mariah know, making her laugh.

"Me too, girl."

Once Mariah was done with Reyna's makeup, she began to do her own, along with her hair and then Reyna's hair before she got dressed into the pink outfit she was wearing to match her man. She pulled her hair back into a slicked low bun, pulling out two pieces to frame her face as she checked herself out in her mirror.

Mariah walked out of her room once she was ready, noticing Carlos ready in his baby carrier and Reyna sat beside him eating candy she stole from one of the piñatas and telling her baby brother that she was excited to see the fucking rat at Chuck E. Cheese.

"You ready?" Isabella asked Mariah as she walked into the house from packing everything into her car, eyeing Mariah's mini purse which meant she was ready.

"Yeah. Lovebug what's with you and that rat," Mariah laughed, nudging Reyna as Isabella grabbed her things.

"She's a mini rat like her dad, so she's falling in love with her own kind," Isabella muttered. "Speaking of mini rats, I'm having a third."

Mariah raised her eyebrows, "You're pregnant?"

"Yup. I'm not too sure if this one's gonna be a mini rat though, if you know what I mean," Isabella laughed dryly. "Alright let's go."

Mariah stared at her sister with a stunned expression at the fact that Isabella was pregnant and at the fact that it's not Mouse's before she followed her outside to the car. She didn't think about it all too much though because whenever she tried to tell Isabella anything, she would go off on Mariah and make her feel like shit.

It wasn't any of Mariah's business anyway, I mean, at least she wasn't the one with two baby daddies. Or any at all.

After setting up all the princessy decorations in their section at Chuck E. Cheese, people started to arrive, Mariah noticing that the guests walked in with not one, but two gift bags.

"Thank you for coming," Isabella smiled as she spoke to someone Mariah didn't know, probably one of Mouse's family, taking the two gift bags in her hands and glancing at Mariah who gave her a weird look. "I put on the invitations for everyone to bring me a gift too."

"You're fucking unbelievable," Mariah rolled her eyes from where she entertained Carlos, who had just woken up from a nap.

"Um no, I'm fucking smart," Isabella corrected, rolling her eyes back as she organized the gifts table.

"I'm literally so sorry that you're gonna be stuck with her for the next 18 years," Mariah muttered to Carlos as if he could understand anything she was saying. But it seemed like he did, smiling and giggling at Mariah, making her smile.

Mariah was talking to all of Reyna's friends from school about their favorite Disney princesses and eating pizza when Fezco arrived.

He had texted her to let her know he was there, but she had also seen him get out of his car after he parked it in an empty space out front, holding the big ass gift bag that contained the dream house they bought.

Mariah blushed seeing him in his pink polo, typing something into his phone right before her phone dinged in her lap. He looked so good, eyed squinted due to the bright sun.

He looked so fine, Mariah felt her panties dampen between her crossed legs. Nothing new though.

"When I grow up, I'm gonna be a princess," One of Reyna's little homegirls said to the group, snapping Mariah back into reality and dragging her eyes away from Fezco to glance down at the girls she was sitting with, all of them wearing a princess tiara on their heads. Even Mariah was wearing one.

"Me too! Who's gonna be your prince?" Reyna asked.

"Him," The little girl pointed at Chuck E. the rat, who was printed on the plates they were eating pizza off of.

Reyna gasped dramatically before scoffing, "No, he's my prince!"

Mariah stood up from where she sat, ignoring the girls arguing as she made her way towards the door, watching Fezco retrieve a bouquet of pink flowers from his car and take out two to hold outside the bouquet before he walked in.

He knew his girl loved pink flowers, no matter what type they were, and he was more than happy to buy some for her unexpectedly. He liked seeing the pretty smile on her face at the sight of him holding the bouquet for her.

Like now, mirroring her smile as the front attendant stamped his left hand and let him further inside, being met with his girl the second he was in.

"Hiii," Mariah excitedly greeted him, throwing her arms around his neck in a hug, making him hug back with the arm that held the flowers.

"Who's that?" One of the girls asked Reyna.

"That's my Titi's prince," She answered as a matter of factly, giggling when Fezco looked over at her and smiled as Mariah told him about how excited she was for him to come.

She annoyed the fuck out of her dad all day yesterday talking about how Fez was coming to her birthday party.

Mariah glanced back at Reyna, giving her a playful look for being all smiles with Fezco.

"I swear she was about to swing on one of her lil homegirls over the rat," Mariah laughed as Reyna got up and excitedly ran over to the couple.

"Damn, so she just like you?" Fezco playfully narrowed his eyes at his girlfriend and smirked, referring to the way she almost swung on bitches over him.

"Shut up," Mariah rolled her eyes, backing off of him as Reyna approached them.

"Hiii," She waved at Fezco, making him laugh because she really was just like her aunt.

"Sup, happy birthday, girl," He smiled, leaning down a little and handing her the two little flowers he picked out the bouquet.

Mariah couldn't help but smile, he was so cute.

"Mommy I got flowers!!" Reyna grinned at the flowers, squealing as she ran over to her mom.

"And these for you," Fezco handed Mariah tbe bouquet, the cutest smile on his face as he did.

"Thank you," She returned the smile before giving his cheek a kiss and grabbed his now free hand to pull him along with her.

Fezco shamelessly checked his girl out, humming in response at her talking about how the girls were just about to start playing games.

"You beautiful as fuck, ma," Fezco mumbled as Mariah glanced up at him, smiling to himself in accomplishment when she blushed. "Hella cute."

His eyes swept over the princess tiara that matched all the other little girls' minus Reyna, who's tiara was more elegant, sitting perfectly in his girl's hair.

"Shut upppp," She giggled, nudging his arm at the smug smile on his face, turning to see Isabella walking over to them from where she sat with the moms of Reyna's friends and some other people she invited.

"Hey," Isabella spoke, smiling at Fezco before she looked at her sister. "Mari, who's your friend?"

"Girl, this is my boyfriend," Mariah gave her a weird look and laughed before glancing up at Fezco besides her. "This is my sister. Reyna's mom."

Fezco had heard a lot about Isabella, and he didn't really like her. He didn't like the way she treated Mariah, and he didn't like the way she let Mouse treat her.

From all the shit Mariah ranted to him about, on the verge of tears one night after a bad high, he thought Isabella was a fucking bitch.

"Isabella," She introduced herself, holding her hand out for Fezco to shake.

But he wasn't about to be rude, that's not how he was raised.

"I'm Fezco," He dapped his girlfriend's sister up before handing her Reyna's gift.

"Where's my gift?" Isabella asked him giving him a weird look for dapping her up as she took the gift bag, making Mariah roll her eyes.

Fezco furrower his eyebrows, exchanging looks with his girl, hella confused.

"What?...I ain't...I ain't know I was suppose to get y–"

"You weren't, she's fucking dumb," Mariah interrupted him with a fake laugh.

Isabella shot her sister a glare before she looked at Fezco again, who was looking between the two girls.

Isabella thought it since she first saw Fezco at the carnival when she and Mouse went to pick Reyna up, but Fezco was fine.

"It's okay, Fezco, you can always give me my gift later," Isabella told him as she looked him and down, smiling suggestively.

Mariah just stood there, staring at Isabella in disbelief.

Is this bitch dead ass flirting with my man right now right in front of me

Bitch you're literally pregnant and you don't know who the fucking dad is

"Let's go eat," Mariah said to Fezco, who had been awkwardly and uncomfortably also just standing there.

"Fezco you can some sit over here with the grown ups," Isabella shot him an attempt at a flirty smile, which started to really push Mariah's buttons.

Isabella had made her sit with all the kids yet she's over here inviting Fezco to go fucking sit with her.

"I'm aight, thanks though," Fezco mumbled when Mariah didn't say anything and just pulled him to the kids table with her.

Thanks though...Fezco babe, I love you and I really don't wanna be a hypocrite since I used to get beat but I'm seriously about to smack you

"You aight?" Fezco asked his girlfriend as they sat down, being handed a plate with the rat's face on it.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Eat so we can go play," Mariah urged, picking her pizza slice up from her plate and bit into it.

Unconvinced but not tryna press it any further in the moment, Fezco grabbed a pizza slice, staring at his girl as she rubbed her leg with his.

He smiled at that, dropping his free hand in her lap and finding hers with it before lacing their fingers together.

"I like your shirt," Reyna told Fezco as she ate, the flowers he gave her clutched in her free arm.

"Thanks lil one, I like yo dress."

"Do you like my Titi's dress?" Reyna asked him.

"Hell yeah, she look hella pretty, huh?" Fezco smiled, side eyeing his girlfriend.

"Are you a prince?" One of the girls sat next to Reyna asked him.

"Actually he's Superman," Reyna informed the girls, who sprung to ask her a bunch of questions.

"No he's not," One of the girls argued.

"Yes he is, right, Fez?" Reyna asked Fezco.

"Uh, yeah," Fezco nodded, exchanging looks with his girl, who tried not to laugh while she ate.

"Prove it. Can you fly?" The little girl asked.

"Duh!" Reyna scoffed before turning to Fezco. "Right, you can fly?"

"Yeah, but shit, I don't got my cape again, so I can't right now," Fezco used the same excuse as last time.

"Okay well can you see through that door?" The same little girl who didn't believe he was Superman asked, pointing at a door by the ticket blaster.

Fezco glanced over, nodding his head and knowing damn well he could not see through that door, but he wasn't about to kill the joke and burst Reyna's bubble because one of her friends was basically a mini Ashtray.

"Yeah, the rat behind there," Fezco half lied, eyebrows raising a second later when the fucking rat opened the door and walked out into the main room.

All the little girls let out gasps of surprise, all squealing because they were sitting at the same table as Superman.

Even Mariah was a little surprised, giggling when Fezco looked at her.

"So you've really been Superman all this time, huh? You saw through the door?" She joked.

Fezco grinned, "Yup."

After eating, Reyna grabbed both Mariah and Fezco's hands and dragged them into the game room with her and her friends, but soon ditched them when the rat started throwing tickets around. The couple didn't mind, dying of laughter while they played balloon blast at the way Reyna followed the rat around.

Well, Fezco was playing balloon blast, and Mariah was just hyping him up as he played against a group of kids, him winning of course.

Sure it looked funny, a 19 year old guy beating some 12 year olds at the game with his girlfriend encouraging him by his side, but Mariah didn't care and continued on with her cheering.

He hadn't ever been to Chuck E. Cheese before, and he never got to experience this type of shit as a kid. So fuck it, Mariah was excitedly yelling words of encouragement into her man's ear until the bell dinged, indicating that he had won.

"Ha!" She laughed at the kids besides them, who had been talking mad shit while they played against Fezco.

Mariah giggled, feeling Fezco wrap an around her and pull her away from the game after collecting his tickets, handing them for her to keep.

"You're good at like, all of these games," Mariah told him and laughed, folding the tickets up as Fezco stopped at one of those zombie shooting games.

He smirked as he grabbed the toy gun off the game, glancing at his girlfriend. "What you was sayin bout a gun kink?"

Mariah's cheeks flushed red, "Oh my god, shut the fuck up there are kids around."

Fezco just laughed, shaking his head at his girl because she was soooo bold over text but now she was all shy. They were alike in many ways.

But she wasn't gonna lie, even if he was holding the fake gun, this was still a very hot sight to see.

"Plus, it was you who brought it up. Be having wet dreams about it," Mariah teased him as he put the gun back, giving her a smug look.

"Whatever ma, play me at basketball," Fezco nodded at the basketball games side by side before dragging his girlfriend over. "Whoever win picks tonight's movie."

"Oh I'm going home with you?" Mariah smiled. Music to her ears.

Fezco stammered, "You want to?"

"I'd loveeeee to. We're watching Radio Rebel."

"Hell nah, you losin, and we ain't watchin no more of those corny ass Disney movies," Fezco scoffed as he put tokens into both the basketball games.

"Corny? Babe, have you met yourself?" Mariah laughed.

"Yeah and I still ain't as bad as those fuckin movies. That last one was terrible."

"I still can't believe you didn't like Lemonade Mouth," Mariah rolled her eyes as the game started.

They only had 30 seconds to shoot as many hoops as they could, and let's just say that they definitely weren't watching Radio Rebel.

"We watchin Pineapple Express tonight," Fezco smiled at the score. 26 to 10.

"Whateverr, you wanna play skeeball again?" She asked him.

"Damn, you want me to beat you at that one too?" Fezco laughed, but put in tokens for skeeball anyways.

They played skeeball until Mariah finally won, Fezco applauding her and laughing when she flipped him off. The two made their way back to their section to leave their hands full of tickets to give to Reyna since it was her birthday, and the Chuck E. Cheese prizes sucked anyways.

As they put their tickets down, the rat came out with a cake that had his face on it while the rest of the employees and the Reyna's party guests sang her happy birthday.

She didn't give a fuck about her party guests, engulfing the rat in a huge hug when he set her cake down in front of her.

"Awwwee," Mariah giggled at the sight.

Fezco nudged her side with his elbow, half nodding at Reyna and the rat with a lil smile on his face before he glanced down at his girl.

"That's you an me," He told her, making Mariah smile and engulf him in a huge side hug.

They stayed at Chuck E. Cheese until Reyna opened her presents, saying their goodbyes to Reyna's friends and of course to the birthday princess.

"Thanks for the present," Reyna said into Fezco's ear when he bent down to accept the hug she opened her arms for, glancing up at Mariah so she knew she was thanking them both.

"You're welcome lovebug," Mariah smiled, heart melting at the sight before her while she held her flowers in her arms.

I cannot wait to give this man some children

And also some head. But I'm doing that soon as we're in the car ;)