Hearing a loud knock at his door, ashtray stood up and walked over to it. he looked through the peek hole, letting out a loud groan when he saw who it was, but nonetheless he moved and opened the door, letting her in.
"hi, rue." liani waved at her from the couch, but furrowed her eyebrows when the rushed past her, and to fezco that was currently in his grandmas room.
ashtray shook his head, plopping back down next to her. "she's off her shit."
"yo, fez, so you know how in every 90's thriller, right, morgan freeman plays like, the same semi-psycho black cop?"
liani laid her head back on the couch, looking over at rue who was standing in the hallway talking to fezco.
"yeah." she heard fezco respond.
"so, i know that's kind of racist, but the point is, in every movie he's always calmly putting the fucking pieces of the case together. while every everybody else around him is fucking freaking out saying, "you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, morgan. you'reâ you're a fucking bad husband, you should retire." but no, morgan is fucking hyper-focused. because, he can see beyond the little details. he's looking for the big fucking picture. cause all thsi shit? it's connected, fez. and it's way bigger than any of us can even fucking see." she continued.
rue pointed at her head, "the point is, that's me. right now, that is fucking me. i can see everything so fucking clearly." she spoke with her hands.
"i know what happened, i know why it happened, and i know what the fuck i'm gonna do about it."
"word." fezco only said.
"word." rue repeated, before pointing at his grandma, "she can't hear me, right?"
"she can't see you, either." fezco answered.
liani glanced at ashtray who wasn't at all paying attention to anything rue was saying, as rue walked into fezcos grandmas room and her voice became quieter.
"okay, good. cause this is like, some real top-secret shit."
"trust me, rue, she not gon gossip." fezco said, cussing liani to let out a snicker. she continued to watch the tv while her head rested on the couch and she listened to rue speak.
"okay." rue breathed, "do you still have that gun?"
"what gun?" fezco asked the question liani was wondering.
"the one from the couch."
"i mean, i got a couple guns." liani furrowed her eyebrows, taking another glance over at ashtray.
"why do you have so many guns?" rue asked.
"my grandma." fezco answered her.
"that's cool." rue told him.
"why you worried bout my guns for?" fezco asked.
"okay, well, i was thinking.. that maybe, you could use one to scared nate jacobs."
"are you serious?" fezco questioned.
"i mean, im not, not serious." rue told him.
"rue, that must be the dumbest shit you've said all fucking day."
"you don't have to fucking point it at him. you could just... you could like, you could flash him."
"you really have lost your fucking mind, rue."
"fuck, it's a bad fucking idea, okay? i was just fucking spit balling, here." she sighed, "i mean, he fucked with me, he fucked with jules, and i want fucking revenge, okay? sorry."
fezcos phone rung, causing ashtray to quickly stand up and pull liani up with him. "what?" liani asked, "fuck, mouse is here." fezco answered for him.
lianis eyes squinted as she tried to think of who mouse was, but ashtray didn't give her much time as he dragged her over to his room, closing the door behind both of them. "mouse?" she mumbled, looking up at ashtray who was looking through the window in his room.
"you just need to sit your manic ass down, and be quiet for five fucking minutes, rue. i'm not fucking playing wit you. sit down, and shut the fuck up!" fezcos shouted at rue.
liani pulled her lips into a straight line, slowly walking over to ashtray so she could also look through the window. he glanced at her, wanting to tell her to sit down but just let her be.
they watched as fezco opened the door for mouse, and him and custer walked in and sat down at the couch. liani finally got a view of who mouse was, and opened her mouth and realization. "oh, that's mouse." she mumbled, remembering now when he was told her and rue his name.
ashtray and liani watched mouse and fezco talk, while lianis eyes slowly moved towards the hallway where rue was slowly tip toeing out of the house. she prayed mouse wouldn't see her, thinking wrong and out fezco i'm danger.
liani knew fezco had also seen rue, as it seemed as he got nervous and was trying not to look at her so mouse didn't get suspicious.
rue hurried out the door, closing it quietly. ashtray shook his head, "fucking dumbass." he whispered, letting liani know he had also seen rue.
luckily, the drug deal went smoothly, even if it didn't go how fezco wanted, it happened.
sitting on the ice cream container at fezcos store, liani turned her head towards the loud truck that pulled up. seeing nate jacobs driving, with maddy in the passenger seat.
"can you get me a mango la croix?" she heard maddy shout, "and those cherry rolling papers?"
"anything else?" nate asked, before walking into the store.
maddy turned her head, watching nate walk in the store, before her eyes landed on liani. she gave her a small smile, followed by a wave.
liani waved back, returning the smile as well.
fezco blew out the smoke from the blunt he recently had between his lips, glancing at liani and the mirror so he could see nate.
nate walked around to the front of the store, "what up, fez?"
"what's up, man?" fezco replied.
"yo, can i get uhh, two of the rolling paper too, bro?" he asked fezco.
"yo, man.. ion know what's been going on with you, rue, and jules and shit. but you should know, i really do care about her." fezco looked over to nate.
lianis heartbeat increased, as she remembered the talk he had with rue recently, and wondering if he would actually go through with it.
nate smirked, "aren't you like her drug dealer?"
"nah, man." fezco answered.
"what, are you in a relationship?" nate asked.
"nah, bruh. that's like my family." fezco shook his head.
"so it's platonic."
"look, man, all i'm saying is, leave her and her friends alone."
"is that a threat?"
liani began slowly sliding off of the ice cream container, before standing right in front of it.
"nah, im just telling you." fezco spoke.
"or what?" nate asked.
liani glanced at maddy, before taking a few steps toward the two talking in front of her. she heard something move behind the freezer doors, and turned her head to see ashtrays eyes directly on her. once they made eye contact, ashtray shook his head as a way to tell her not do go any closer.
"we're not gon be having this conversation." fezco told him.
liani didn't like how close nate was to fez now, and with everything in her wanted to walk closer and push him back, but she was going to listen to ashtray.
"fezco, let's get this straight. you're like, half a retard, you dropped out of school at twenty, and now.. you're a gangster. what are you like, fucking tony montana? what's the plan?" nate leaned down to get closer to fezcos face.
"hm? you gonna be living in a mansion, fucking pet tigers and shit?"
nate laughed, "go fuck yourself."
liani glanced at ashtray again, shaking her head and ignoring what he mumbled as she took another step close.
"listen, bruh. all i'm saying, you keep fucking with rue and her friends, and imma kill you."
liani paused, not expecting fezco to say that. she took a step back as fezco turned to the register, "it's gon be five seventy five, playboy."
nate glanced at liani who mugged him, before he slightly chuckled and threw the money down on the counter, grabbing his things and walking out.
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