"he just left?" juliet's face turned into a confused one after liani explained her and ashtray argument from the day before. liani nodded in response.
she thought that ashtray was being childish, and after he hadn't answered the three texts she sent him she gave up on trying to get him to answer. she figured she'd just let time pass and whenever she stopped being in a pissy mood, she'd text or talk to him.
ashtray knew the argument the two of them had was pointless, he was mad and took it out on her, like she had said. he felt bad for acting the way he did towards her, and planned on apologizing later in the day. he didn't like when they wouldn't talk, he didn't know what she was doing or what was happening to her.
bitting the inside of his lip, he let out a huff before pressing her contact and sending her a text.
lani
ashtray
i'm sorry ma
you still mad ?
he moved back and forth on his chair that was in front of his computer, waiting for her to respond. he knew she was in school, meaning she was probably not on her phone. there was also a good chance that she was just ignoring him, like he had done to her.
liani heard her phone go off twice, and she picked it up reading the notifications. a smile smile formed on her face, but she waited a while before answering it. he had ignored her, she wanted him to have to wait for a response as well.
after a good five minutes, she unlocked her phone and answered him.
ash ð¤
lani
no
you still gonna be pissy ?
ash ð¤
nah
you coming over today?
lani
r u gonna pick me up ?
ash ð¤
fs
lani
then yeah
ash ð¤
ight see you ma
ashtray had picked liani up from school like he said he would, and now the two were sat on his couch. liani had her head laid on ashtrays lap as he passed around a blunt with fezco and faye, his other hand rubbing her back.
he had felt bad for being rude to her yesterday, and was being clingy because of it. liani had noticed, but she was enjoying it and wasn't going to say anything and make him stop.
faye stood up, walking over to the kitchen and pouring herself a drink before grabbing the trash and taking it out. "there's like, a truck parked outside." she told them, pointing to the window with her thumb, sitting back down on the couch.
ashtray turned to fezco, who was already looking out the window. his eyes squinted before he shook his head, "what the hell, man."
ashtray tapped lianis arm, making her sit up. he stood up and walked over to the window, looking outside he and fezcos exchanged looks before ashtray walked off to his room, and a little after they all heard the back door, that was in his room, close.
liani looked at fezco who was watching the window, before she heard the back door open and again and her eyebrows raised as she seen ashtray dragging cal jacobs in, with a shotgun pressed to his back.
she watched ashtray force him to sit down on a chair, while fezco sat on the back of the couch looking at him. "so first you come to my fuckin job, askin all these weird ass questions like the feds, then i find you out front of my house.. fuck are you doin man?"
"you're free to call the cops." cal told him.
"why the fuck would i do that?" fezco asked.
"well, it's either call the cops, let me go or.." he looked up at ashtray, "kill me."
"what the fuck, man. what's with your family, are you all just a bunch of fuckin assholes?" fezco asked.
"you beat up my son."
"yeah, well he deserved it, man, he's a fucking bitch."
"oh, okay, tough guy." cal mocked, immediately getting hit in the head by the bottom of the shotgun, "oh, ow!"
liani eyes widened, "okay..." she mumbled.
"why did you do that?" cal asked ashtray.
"cause you're in no position to talk shit." ashtray kept eye contact.
"i'm warning you, you hit me one more-" cal was cut off by the gun connecting with his head once again.
"why don't you call the cops?" ashtray spoke.
"the chief of police, will greenwood-" cal was, again, cut off by ashtray hitting him once more.
fezco glanced at liani as she moved her head to the side, looking away as ashtray repeatedly hit cal, not liking the sound of his groans and the gun hitting his head. "alright, ash.. chill out, man."
"this guy don't want the fucking cops involved, watch." he told fez, taking a step back to pull out his phone and set it on the table next to him. "call the cops."
"i will!" cal told him, glancing between him and the phone.
"dial, bitch." ashtray hit him again. "if you got nothin to hide, call the fuckin cops."
liani looked up at fezco, the gun connecting with cals head again. fezco gave her a look, she didn't know what it mean but she gave him a nod to let her know she was fine, as he looked worried.
"stop, stop, stop." cal waved his hand in front of ashtray.
"i'm not fucking stopping." ashtray let him know. "i'm not stopping, call the cops."
as cal caught his breath, ashtray looked up at fez, purposefully not looking at liani. "told you."
the blood running down cals head was making lianis stomach hurt, she didn't do well at the sight of blood.
"alright, man, i get it." fezco told ashtray.
"i know you and your drug addict friend, that girl, are trying to extort my son." cal looked back up to fezco.
"what?" fezco chuckled.
"cause of what i did to her friend." cal told him.
"fuck are you talking about, man?" fezco asked.
"you know, the blonde." cal wiped the blood off of his eyes and mouth.
"who, jewel?" fezco questioned.
cal sighed, "look, man, i didn't know she was seventeen."
liani cringed, side eyeing cal as she closed her legs shut.
"you tellin me you had sex wit jewel?" fezco leaned his head forward.
"who's jewel?" faye looked at liani.
"what the fuck, man?" fezco looked at him.
"do i know jewel?" faye asked liani again, who just shook her head.
"the fuck are we even talking about right now, bro?" fezco asked.
"jewel.. jewel.. jewel.." faye mumbled, trying to see if she remembered her.
"i just want the disc." cal spoke.
"what disc?" fezco seemed clueless.
"of jewel and i." cal looked up.
liani furrowed her eyebrows, she didn't know this part.
"yo, you recorded that shit?" fezcos mouth opened slightly in shock.
"i didn't know." he told him.
"you didn't know that you were recording?"
"i fucked up."
"obviously, man. yo, who the fuck even told you i gave a shit about this, anyway?"
"my son."
"your son, the one that's in love with jewel?"
liani snickered, putting her head down onto the couch.
"aw, that's cute!" faye smiled.
"that's not cute, man, what the fuck?" fezco shook his head.
"what?"
"what kind of weird ass father-son shit is goin on around here, bro?"
"i'm extremely confused."
"you're confused? i'm fucking confused, bro."
"me too." faye nodded, while liani shrugged since she had none most of it already. "i knew."
"ion even know what the fuck you're doin here."
"do you mind if i just leave? i'm not gonna say a word about anything, i swear to god, let's just pretend like, none of this ever happened." cal asked.
fezcos eyes switched between ashtray and cal, while ashtray repeatedly shook his head, no. "yo, ash, lemme talk to you real quick."
the two walked away, leaving liani and faye alone with cal. liani would be lying if she said she didn't feel a little creeped out being sat right in front of him.
he looked at her, and she mugged him.
"hi, what's your name?" faye asked.
"cal." he answered.
"do you and son, likeâ do you like, fuck people together?" she asked him.
liani let out a laugh, while cal looked away annoyed.
"yo, check it out, man. imma let you walk up outta here on one condition." fezco and ashtray walked back in the room.
"anything." cal told him.
"you keep up bitch ass son outta of my fuckin life. and rues, and lianis, and jewels, until the end of fuckin time, you understand?"
"i promise." cal said.
"ion know shit about no fucking disc, man, that's not my problem." fezco told him, cal just nodding.
fezco nodded his head at ashtray, "get this mother fucker up outta here, ash."
cal stood, ashtray walking closely behind him into his room, and then out the back door.