Ex best friend

TRIGGER WARNING!!!!

Imaani

"SARAH I'LL GET THE DOOR JUST CHECK on the cookies it's probably Jax- Faye?!" I exclaim in shock when I open the door to see her standing on my doorstep.

"Hey, girl! I've missed you soo much" she steps forward and wraps her arm around me.

I was too stunned to do anything "Hi Faye, what are you doing here?"

"I'm in town for work, and I remembered your address so I thought why not? And here I am. Besides it seems you lost your phone cause you don't call, we're best friends" she did not just utter that rubbish

"The phone works both ways and no I didn't lose my phone"

"Imaani who's at the door?" Sarah asked before walking up to where I was stood

"Hi, I'm Faye, her best friend." Faye introduced herself with an outstretched hand

I heard Sarah snicker before shaking her hand it was low, but I heard it. And it was making it hard for me to hold my laugh in

"Sarah, nice to meet you"

"Come in Faye" I invited reluctantly

Left to me I had no issue with letting her stay there for however long she was visiting.

Sarah led her to the living room "Please have a seat"

"Sarah just made some cookies, would you like some?"

I knew the answer but decided to ask anyway

"They're really good" Sarah added

"Nah, gotta maintain this perfect body you know" She smiled "A glass of water is fine"

"Sure" I went into the kitchen to get her glass of water, already dreading every minute she was going to be here for.

"So what brings you to New york Faye?" Sarah asked her while I gave her the water

"I got a modelling gig here. At first, I didn't wanna come cause I was like the pay is not enough for me and whatnot. I'm good and pretty they gotta pay me well ya know. But then I decided to take it besides I'm due for a vacation and my best girl also lives here. So, why not?" She chuckled and took a sip of her water "Uhm Imaani, is this water clean? I don't wanna get sick before my au- big day" she cleared her throat and dropped the cup

Lord give me patience "It's clean, Faye"

I excuse myself to go make a call. I pick up my phone to call Jax, it was mainly an attempt to leave Faye's presence before I rip her weave out.

Same answer I've been getting since the last three calls, not answering. I send him a text instead to know if he was still coming over.

"Is Jax still coming over?" Sarah asks once I take my seat back

"I dunno I just called him and he's not answering, he's probably still busy I'll call him again later"

"Who's that?" Faye asks

none of your business

"My boyfriend"

"You got a boyfriend?" I'm glad I'm not the only one that heard the condescending tone in that sentence because I saw the way Sarah looked at her before turning back to the television

"Yeah I do" I replied shortly hoping she takes the hint and doesn't comment on the topic anymore

"Damn how did that happen?" she laughs and looks at Sarah as if expecting her to laugh too

"What do you want Faye?" I was too frustrated and angry to continue pretending like she and I was cool and friends.

"What do you mean?"

"You can't just show up to my house uninvited and run your mouth however you want acting like everything is cool with us!"

"Girl, calm down. You're overreacting, I-I get that I've not been calling before but that's changed, look I'm sorry and-

"Calling? Do you think this is all about you not calling? Still, the same Faye aren't you? God! to think over time I kept making excuses for you saying you can't do something like that, you may be a horrible friend but you're not like that"

"Girl I don't even know what I did to you," She says loudly and she gets up to stand

"The last time we spoke who was the guy you with you?

"What?"

"The last time I called you to tell you about my day and everything do you remember? You said you were gonna call back....never did"

'Yeah?"

"Good. Who was the guy?" She better not even think of lying

She bites her lip and avoids my eye for a split second but I notice it "What guy?"

"You want to act like you don't know"

"What's this about Imaani?" Sarah who has been quiet since I started asks

"I was raped when I was eighteen"

"Oh my God" Sarah gasps and makes her way towards me

"Yunno I thought I'd put it all behind me but every day I have to wake up and face the fact that somewhere out there that bastard is still alive. And to top it all off, Faye, you've been fucking him"

"It's not like that girl"

"What! did you know about what he did to her?" Sarah asks

"It's not like that I me-

"Did you fucking know?!"

"YES! YES! I knew he raped her!" Faye yells finally losing her shit as I expected

And as usual, watch her play the victim.

"He's changed. He was there for me when no one else was, including YOU! Imaani. You left me at my fucking lowest and he was there for me" she sniffs and wipes a tear from her eye

"You've got to be fucking kidding me! Are you mad or something?" Sarah leads me to the couch to sit and then faces Faye

"What?" She asked shocked that for the first time, no one falls for her deceit

"He fucking raped your best friend! And you're here shedding unnecessary tears talking about how he was there for you! He is a fucking rapist! Oh my God, you are crazy" Sarah yells at her and runs her fingers through her hair in frustration

"Why did you do it?" I ask Faye "We were best friends. At least you were mine, you were my sister".

She sighs defeatedly while massaging her forehead "Look It's in the past, Imaani. What has happened has happened it's been five years girl." She explains carelessly "Okay, I'm sorry for sleeping with him beside it's not even that serious you know. He's just there for-

The sound of Sarah's hand hitting Faye's face, has me gasping unexpectedly

"Get out!" Sarah yells to her

"What! Imaani You just gonna let this white girl treat me like this, all because of a tiny issue?"

"This white girl is her best friend, now get the fuck out before I hit you again or better yet, toss you onto the streets where you belong"

"Oh wow," Faye exclaims "I always knew your bitch ass was weak, always having people fight your battles. To think I felt bad for you and decided to be your friend in high school, shoulda dumped your fat ass a long time ago"

"I can fight my battles by myself, Agatha. I don't need anyone to do it for me. But sometimes with cases like yours, I just gotta sit back and watch while you do all the work" I notice how she tenses at her real name

Yeah, Faye is Agatha. She changed it because of how people always teased her saying her name was ugly and shit.

I was the one person that made that change possible going around correcting people when they called her Agatha.

Looking back at it I did it because I thought I owed her, skinny, pretty, perfect Faye, and she's friends with the fat girl.

"Get out of my house" I walk towards the door and open it widely

"Always knew you were dumb, Mariah was right. Outchea acting like you one of these white people, go to the fucking gym-" Her remaining words are cut short when Sarah pushes her out and slams the door shut

"Thank you" I mumble to Sarah

She walks towards me and embraces me, at this point I can't hold the tears back anymore and I start bawling uncontrollably.

"Hey it's okay, they're not worth it." Sarah rubs my back in a soothing motion.

We walk to the couch and take a seat. "I'm here for you okay, whenever you're ready to talk, I'm here," Sarah said reassuringly

"Thank you"

"But you're going to need to open up to somebody, even if it's not me, maybe Jax?"

The mention of his name suddenly brings me back to the lunch we were supposed to have together. I pick my phone to see if he had called or texted back to at least explain why he didn't show up.

Nothing.

I tried his number one more time, and still the same thing.

"Do you mind driving me to Jax's place, he's not picking me up I just want to make sure he's okay" I was worried, but I tried not to show it. It was a way of coping for me. Convincing myself that he's okay and imagining that he can't be hurt. I was not willing to let my thoughts take me down that path

"Sure" Sarah gets up and grabs the keys before heading to the car after me

On our way there all Sarah could do was hold my hand. I'm sure she hoped that the little action conveyed all the words she couldn't say.

Upon getting to Jax's place I looked up and could see the light from his living room still on.

So he's in.

We make our way to the elevator to go up, and stationed at his door is Mason.

He's one of Jax's bodyguards

My brows raise in confusion but I don't voice it.

"Hey, Mason, is he in?" I know the answer but I want to hear the order that was given to him

"Yes ma'am but he's currently busy" Mason replied not making eye contact

"Busy? Excuse me please" he doesn't budge

"I'm sorry but I can't let you in. Orders." Mason said his eyes still looking ahead

"He said not to let me in?"

"Not to let anyone in, ma'am"

"Well she's not anyone" Sarah exclaims before pushing him very hard, enough for us to slip past him and run inside

"Hey!" Mason yells after us as we make our way inside to find Jax

Curse this big house!

I'm running around when I hear voices from the kitchen and I make my way in there.

"Hey Ja-" Mason's voice cuts me off as he grabs my arm and pulls me back

I hear chairs scraping against the floor and feet shuffling before I see three people make their way out of the kitchen in a rush.

Mason starts "I'm sorry sir they made-

"Get your fucking hands off her!" Jax yells and then pulls a gun out very fast and he points it at Mason

"Holy shit!" Sarah yells from somewhere behind me

"Did he hurt you?" Jax asks, his eyes darting to the spot on my arm, where Mason held before diverting his gaze back to Mason

"Wha- drop the gun please"

"She's okay Jaxo-" Veronica starts to say out of nowhere

"Shut the fuck up, Veronica! Did he fucking hurt you, sweetheart?" He asks again his voice louder

My eyes unknowingly dart towards Veronica and the unknown woman that came out of the kitchen with him before looking back to Jax "No. No, he didn't"

"Get out!" it takes about a second for it to register that he was talking to Mason and not me.

Mason shuffles to his feet and runs out of the house immediately

"You have a gun," Sarah says out of nowhere from her hiding spot

"Good day to you too, Ms Levington" Jax replies before tucking his gun away and making his way towards me

Veronica and the woman walk down too.

Jax pulls me into a hug, his eyes land on my arm and I feel him tense before he gives me a knowing look "What are you guys doing here?

"I've been calling and texting you, why didn't you pick up? did you forget about lunch?" I ask, remembering why I'm here

He looks off behind me "I'd like you to meet Giselle Smith, my mother"

H-his mother!

I look at the woman again and that's when the resemblance between both of them becomes obvious

"Hi, I'm Imaani. It's nice to meet you, Mrs Smith"

She shakes my outstretched hands "Please, call me Giselle. You're gorgeous" she compliments making me smile

Oh, she's smooth.

"Thank you, Giselle. I'm very sorry I ruined your lunch, I was just worried about him"

"It's okay, darling. I intend to have many more with my son. Besides it's nice to know there's someone else that cares about him as much as I do" she smiles and looks at Jax who only nods briefly.

I introduce Sarah to Giselle and they hit it off talking about shoes or whatever they had an interest in together

"Hi, Veronica" I don't want her to think there's any bad blood between us

She smiles and continues to type on her phone

Although I won't lie and say I'm not slightly bothered Jax was with her since his mum was here and she seems pretty cool too, then it's all good.

"I didn't know your mum was around"

"Neither did I, I've not seen her since- I lost count after the eleventh year" my heart sinks at the revelation

"How did you find her?" Did she find you?" So many questions

"I found her, for him" Veronica replies appearing out of nowhere.

"Oh that's...that's nice Veronica I-"

Jax cut me off with his arm around my waist and he pulls me aside "Excuse us, please" he says to them, more like a whisper because I doubt anyone apart from Veronica heard that

"I was talking to her" I protested

"Let's talk about how ravishing you look in this dress. But first I'd like to know why you lied to me, love?"

"What?" I pretended not to know what he was talking about

"You know how much I hate repeating myself" he took a step forward backing me up against the wall

"Okay! you were freaking the guy out and it's not that bad, it will clear-

"His handprint is on your arm! don't tell me it's not that bad. How hard did he even hold you for fucks sake"

pretty hard for there to be a mark, but you don't need to know that.

I place my palm on his cheek to make him look at me "it will clear off, trust me" I place a quick kiss on his lips so I can go back to the living room.

But Jax has other plans. He pulls me closer and deepens the kiss. I'm unable to pull away before I feel his hands grabbing my buttcheek

"Your mum is right around the corner, have some respect"

"I don't care." he continues to kiss my neck

"Jax, your mum" I raise his head from my neck and look at him

he frowns "Don't call me that"

"What? Jax?"

"Yeah"

I chuckle "That's your name though. What should I call you then?"

"That's not what you call me" He traces small circles around my waist with his fingers.

"Babe?" I smile at him

He nods briefly and kisses my hand

"You're such a baby" I laugh quietly