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Michael

"So you just want me to drop her completely?" I asked not looking at Lori. "Do you see what is trending right now on social media?!" Lori started off. "Yeah but she's my best friend everyone knows this" I expressed. "Do they?!" She asked. "Lori what video are you even referring too?" I asked as she handed me her phone to look at the video.

It was a video of Y/N and I from last night at the premiere on the carpet. "All I did was ask her was she okay and moved her hair back in place what's the problem?!" I questioned. "Michael do you not see the way you look at her?!" Lori stressed. "I seen the way you looked at her the other day at dinner, hell you even paid for her dinner when it's YOUR birthday" she expressed.

"Y/N and Dani were high and she gave me the money back for it" I said. "She could've paid for her own ticket I don't know why you always feel obligated to make sure she's okay. She has a boyfriend to do that already she doesn't need you" Lori explained. "I don't feel obligated to make sure she's good that's my best friend I'm going to always make sure she's good at the end of the day." I explained.

"If she can make it through college without you, get a house without you, do all these things without you she doesn't need you" Lori said as I just sat there. "And every time I talk to you about it you make me feel like I'm crazy for feeling this way knowing damn well you know how you feel about her." She expressed as I just looked away.

"She decided to stop talking to me for YOU and the fact you out here acting like this about her is beyond me. Literally before we hit the carpet she was worried about YOUR ass. Not her and her relationship but me and yours and always have worried about us but you're so caught up in a bunch of social media shit you don't even see that part" I explained.

"Maybe she needs to start worrying about her own relationship instead of ours" Lori simply said as I was trying to hold onto my patience but she was taking it there. "Lori you got to go" I simply said standing up from the couch. "You constantly push me away but feen for her and I'm your own girlfriend" she argued trailing behind me as I headed for the door.

"You want to know why?!" I asked turning to look at her. "Why Michael ?!" She shouted. "I've been trying to tell you constantly and open up to you lately about how I've been feeling and I'm not there emotionally nor mentally and your answer for it is because it's due to Y/N" I argued back. "She's not the problem, it's me! I don't fucking feel like myself!" I expressed loudly.

"All you do is say it's Y/N when she's not even the problem but because you think she has feelings for me she's the issue and you keep attacking her" I said. "SHE HAS FEELINGS FOR YOU MICHAEL DON'T BE FUCKING STUPID!" She shouted.

"LORI IF SHE HAD FUCKING FEELINGS FOR ME, YOU AND I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE ARGUING RIGHT NOW!" I shouted back as she just looked at me lost for words.

"That's what you wanted to hear right?" I asked sarcastically as she looked at me crazy.  "Well I already talked to her boyfriend about everything going on and according to him this morning she chose him over you once again so you don't have to worry about Y/N no more." She simply said.

"Lori what the hell are you talking about?" I simply asked. "I spoke to Keith about how you've been acting about Y/N and according to him she's not right either so we came up with a decision to give y'all an ultimatum. It's either you two and we walk away or it's your relationships and you two don't speak" she explained.

"That ain't your place" I simply said "well it's mine when my boyfriend admits to having feelings for his girl best friend" she said as I shook my head. "You can leave" I simply said as she looked a little taken back. "What?!" She asked. "Y/N got feelings and shit but I ain't Y/N" I started off "you can call Keith and tell him that shit too since you two calling each other" I added.

"Are you serious right now?!" Lori questioned "dead ass, I already placed Y/N on the back burner before numerous of times and I'm not doing that shit again." I truthfully said. "She's not leaving him for you" Lori said. "I'm not asking her too, I can get counseling to get over her but I'm not leaving my best friend so you can take that or leave this where it's at but I'm not dropping her" I said before opening my front door for her to leave. She left out as I grabbed my phone trying to call Y/N but she didn't answer. I decided to call Dani but she also didn't answer. I then called Steelo and he answered on the third ring.

"Yo!" He started off "yeah you know where Y/N at? Or if Dani know where she's at?" I questioned. "Yeah we out walking in LA, her and Dani just went into Dior and they're talking." He started off. "Why what's going on?!" He asked. "Nothing everyone just got me fucked up" I started off before hanging up. I got into the car going to their location.

Y/N

I was out with Dani and Steelo just trying to clear my mind I then felt my phone vibrate as I ignored it. "Let me go in here before they close" I said as we were all about to walk into Dior but Steelo stayed back. "Let me take this right quick I'll be in there in a minute" he said as we walked in. "What's going on with you and Michael?" Dani asked. "Hell what you got going on because the headlines were crazy today" she asked as I just shook my head. "At this point I don't even know what is going on" I said looking at a purse.

"Let's start off with Michael" she started "you two went to the premiere and looked stunning" she expressed making me crack a small smile. "Thank you" I thanked. "So you two are back talking, that's good right?!" She asked. "I uh-not necessarily" I admitted as she looked at me. "What's up?" She asked. "We talked and the night for the most part went well, it started off rocky but we ended up actually talking and then we got back to my house" I started off as Dani's eyes grew big.

"You slept with him?" She asked in a whisper "he ate me out" I honestly said as Dani smirked. "Mmmm how was it?" She asked as I just looked at her. "Dani" I started off. "Aren't you the same person who said I needed to step back?" I asked. "Yeah but let's be honest you two were going to find your way back to each other" Dani said as I just playfully rolled my eyes taking the purse off the display looking down at it.

"Well this morning Keith and I talked-" I started off "you two broke up?!" She asked excitedly as I just looked at her. "What?! He was hugged up with a girl kissing all on her" Dani explained. "Yeah and Micheal ate me out so I think we're even" I admitted. "But Supposedly Keith and Lori talked about Michael and I and how we've been since we stopped dealing with each other." I said as Dani had a confused look on her face. "They're saying our problem is we won't let each other go fully and now it's putting a strain on our relationships. So now we have to choose between our friendship or our relationship." I explained as I looked up at myself in the mirror fixing my hair and outfit some.

"Wait a damn minute" Dani started off as I just looked at her. "For one that's not their place to be sitting there talking to each other about you two" Dani said. "And how they going to come in between a relationship that was established WAY before they were even in the picture?!" Dani expressed. "Wait don't tell me you said what I think you said" Dani started off as We just looked at each other.

"I'm looking at the fact of what if I was in Lori's position i understand exactly why she feels the way she feels" I said as Dani looked at me crazy. "So you really chose Keith over Michael ?!" She asked. "Dani I don't know what else to do" I started off. "Time for you to be fucking honest" Dani said as I just looked away from her at everyone else shopping.

"You know that your feelings towards Michael are more than what you tell everyone. Just tell him how you feel the Nigga already likes you" she said as I just took the purse to the register. "Retail therapy ain't going to help either" she added as I just looked over at her before swiping my card and taking my bag with my purse in it.

"The stress is not going to stop until you take the first step which is being real with yourself and him" Dani said as we walked out of the building and seen Michael walk around his car.

Reporters started to take pictures of us all as Micheal clearly didn't care about any of them. He stepped onto the curb as he looked dead at me. "Let me talk to you" he said walking up to me as I just looked at him. "I rode with Dani" I informed "that's fine, come on" Michael said as I just looked at him. "I'm out right now" I said as Michael just looked at me. "Yo what the hell is going on?" Steelo asked.

"Y/N" Dani called out as I just looked back at her. "I'm not doing this in front of all these people. You and I aren't going out like that so let's leave please?" Michael asked as I just said my goodbyes to Dani and Steelo before getting in the car with Michael.

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Michael

Y/N and I were in the car as it was quiet the whole ride to my place. I parked the car in the drive way as we just sat there for a moment. She got out of the car and closed the door behind her as I just watched her walk across the car to the doorstep. I finally got out the car going to the doorstep unlocking the door as we both walked in. I closed the door behind us and locked it as Y/N just turned to look at me.

"don't tell me you chose that Nigga over me" I started off as she didn't say anything. "Really?" I questioned. "Michael look at everything going on we would feel the same way as they do if we were in their shoes" she said as I looked at her crazy "So you just going along with the okie doke like we wasn't tight since we've been kids?" I asked. "Michael it ain't even like that" she started off. "Yeah it is. It's exactly like that. I sat there and told Lori my ultimatum about you and you couldn't even do the same for me" I expressed. "You're the last person I would've thought would switch up like that!" I shouted.

"First off lower your fucking tone, we came here to talk Not argue" she started off. "No because I've been patient with you and everyone else. The fact you really agreed with that Nigga and Lori to drop me says all that I need to know" I frustratedly said loudly. "Really?" She asked "yeah" I simply said. "I should've stayed my ass in Atlanta" She simply said before she scoffed and went to walk towards the door. "To what?! Keep running?!" I asked out as she just looked back at me.

"You're hurt because I didn't give an ultimatum and that I picked another guy over YOU?" She asked. "You dead ass right now?!" She questioned. "Yeah because when it was you. You were throwing attitudes everywhere" he expressed. "NO" I interrupted him as he tried to talk over me. "You being scary all for a Nigga who has been caught with another girl!" He said as I just looked at him.

"Yeah" he stated "I recently started opening my mouth about shit you've been doing for years" I started off " and the only reason you're even mad is because you're getting a taste of your own medicine" I said. "But it was okay when you were doing it. right?" I asked looking back at him. "I'm tired of this bullshit with you" he simply said waving me and the situation off. "Well you don't have to worry about me talking about it anymore" I simply ended before walking out of the house.