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"Leave me alone." I spat back, making my way to the bathroom.

27.

Tiana

Same night

12am

Now laying in the bed, I felt completely calm as I looked up at the ceiling. I was just waiting for Dom to get out of the shower so that we could relax and have another one of our many midnight talks. I just hoped that he wasn't too much in his feelings about the little game I played on him earlier.

Brushing me away from my thoughts, I heard one of our phones vibrating on the dresser. I listened as it vibrated twice and then started to ring.

"Ugh." I complained, rolling out of the bed since I figured it was my mom or one of my friend's from school calling.

Making my way over to the dresser, I quickly realized it wasn't my phone, it's was Dom's.

"Oh." I said to myself, watching it ring with the contactDiamond?? plastered across the screen.

I furrowed my eyebrows, wondering who Diamond could be and I almost answered the phone out of curiosity but I quickly decided against it. I figured I'd just ask him about it since we were supposed to be building a new fond relationship built upontrust.

Letting it ring until it stopped, I made my way back over to the bed. As I laid there, I tried my hardest to focus on other positive things like finding a nice apartment and having a great job soon but I was way too throwed off by the call. It was doing something to me, I really needed to know.

About twenty minutes later, Dom came into the room with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Hey." I said to him, letting him know that I was still awake, even though all the lights were out.

"What's up?" He spoke lowly, making me laugh.

"Oh you're still being a cry baby?" I asked as I watched him get dressed.

"I'm chillin'. I took that shit in the chin and handled it like a real nigga." He hyped hisself up, making me laugh.

"Oh shut up and come over here so we can cuddle." I told him and he chuckled, making his way over to the bed.

He got in bed beside me and he pulled me toward him, wrapping his arm around my waist. As he did, I began to wonder how I was about to bring this up. I couldn't just ask him who the girl was, I needed to gradually move toward the topic.

"I've been thinking, T." He ended blurting out.

"Yeah?" I asked as I laid my head on his chest.

"I think I wan' go to college too." He spoke, making me pull back to look at his face.

"What?" I asked in complete shock and I watched as he smirked.

"Yeah, ma. I been thinking about it since you graduated." He admitted and I couldn't contain my happiness.

"You really inspire me, T."

Hearing those words warmed my heart. More so because Dom was a firm believer of not going to college when we graduatedhigh school. He thought it was too expensive and a waste of time. He could just make real money doing "street shit."

"Baby, you-" I started but stopped myself, catching my words.

"I mean Dom."

"You really want to go?" I asked and he just looked at me for a while before nodding his head.

"Oh my god." I whined, making him smile.

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