JUVIA BLUE LANGSTON
manhattan, new york

juvia hummed the lyrics to h.e.r//are you dumb by tory lanez as she got ready to go out with the girls for their monthly shopping spree. as juvia applied her liquid blush, she heard her bedroom door open. she knew it was kay from the simple fact that he didn't knock.

kay didn't say anything, but did what most typical brothers do and just start touching random shit. juvia didn't pay kevin any mind as she continued to finish her makeup. she honestly felt like she was moving on autopilot because she was so zoned out.

later after she hangs out with the girls, she's going to allow notti to come over, so they can talk. juvia already informed lelia, kay and her mom and none of them were really onboard with the idea, but it was going to happen regardless.

"i still don't think you should let notti come over here tonight." kay spoke as he sat down on juvia's bed. the young girl rolled her eyes at her brother as she finished up her base. "i get it, but i'm doing it and i don't want you, mommy or lelia to be here." kay furrowed his brows. "you kickin niggas out they own house, just to talk to a nigga who we all know?"

"yes because i know how you all get, plus you don't even live here anymore." juvia replied as she put on her strip lashes. "just go back to the bronx for the night, i'm sure you have your own stuff to do." kay side eyed her because she was right, he did have his own stuff to do. "ight ight, but what about ma and lia?"

"mommy going to auntie house and lelia going with her girlfriend. i already talked to them about it." kay side eyed her again because he deadass can't believe she convinced everyone to leave the house just so she can talk to that cheating ass nigga. let him try to get everyone out the house so he could have some alone time with a girl when he was sixteen, their mother would've knocked his head off his shoulders.

"mane this ain't fair. momma got soft on y'all." juvia turned her vanity chair around and looked at kay with a deadpan expression. "nigga she not soft on us, but me and lelia at sixteen is way different than you at sixteen. be serious with yourself kevin."

kay couldn't even say anything because once again, juvia was right. at sixteen he was just doing all sorts of shit that he ain't have no business doing. he's still doing shit he has no business doing, but he's grown now, it's a bit different.

"plus, lia gay, so mommy don't gotta worry about anything with her foreal." juvia said as she got up from her vanity and went over to her closet to pick out her outfit. "you not gay though, so she still gotta worry about you."

juvia turned around and looked at kay like he was stupid. "kevin, do you really think i would let ethan knock me up? fuck no. i'm team fuck them kids foreal." juvia stuck up her two middle fingers to further explain that she really was team fuck they kids. "plus, mommy already took me to get myself situated, so no worries." juvia waved kay off as she continued to look for a cute outfit.

kay decided to ignore the fact that their mom probably took her to get some birth control pills, it wasn't a conversation he wanted to have with his little sister. "ight, just be careful."

"oh, trust, imma be careful. i refuse to have kids at my young ass age." juvia replied as she threw a pair of light washed blue jeans on her bed beside kay. "you gonna see ya father soon?" kay asked switching the topic. juvia groaned at the mention of her and lelia's father.

"i don't want to." juvia answered as she threw the rest of her outfit onto the bed. "lelia wanna go see him and she wants me to come with, but i deadass don't care to see that nigga. not tryna bond with a nigga in jail, but imma go for her."

"these or these?" lelia held up her hot pink ugh tasman uggs and her light pink and hot pink dunks. "the ugg slippers, but you came and saw me when i was in jail though?"

juvia put the dunks back in the box. "yeah, but it's not like i met you in jail. you've only been to jail twice, so far, but it wasn't for long." one thing about kay is he's gonna side eye the fuck out of juvia because why would she ever say "so far" like damn, what if a nigga wanted to change his life around? (he's not)

juvia laughed at kay side eyeing her. "i'm joking kay, but yeah it's different with you. i met my dad in jail and he's been in there literally since mommy got pregnant with me. i don't really feel like i need him cause i got you and the guys."

kay couldn't help, but to smile slightly hearing his sister say that him and his friends were enough for him. "you already know how we feel bout you juju, we rocking with you the long way." kay and juvia did their infamous handshake. "imma let you finish getting dressed or whatever, you need a ride to the mall or shay got you?" juvia shook her head. "no, shay got me." kay just nodded his head at her and walked out the room.

"its no reason it should be this many people here." rory said as the trio walked into the busy mall. shay laughed at her. "bitch, its saturday, you know its gonna be hella people here." rory rolled her eyes playfully and linked arms with juvia and shayera.

"where should we go first?" juvia asked as they stood in front of the mall doors. "maybe h&m? i need more basics." shay replied.

"wait, can we eat first? a bitch dumb hungry." rory asked as she rubbed her stomach. shay shrugged her shoulders not really caring what they do first. "aight, let's go to chick-fil-a." juvia suggested.

as the group walked over to the long chick-fil-a line, they began to talk about notti and juvia. "have you talked to notti, juju?" rory asked as she stared at the menu. juvia froze at the sudden question. she knows that rory and shay have no idea about her talking to notti a few days ago and she doesn't want them knowing.

"nope." juvia smiled as she lied through her teeth. she felt guilty for lying to rory, but she felt it was better if they didn't know.

"you're lying." rory replied dryly not turning her attention away from the menu. one thing about rory, her biggest pet peeve was a liar. "i know you two talked when we was all at ddot house."

juvia felt chills up her spine. rory was talking to her very coldly, but rightfully so. juvia knows how much rory hates being lied to. "how do you know that?" juvia decided to just not deny it because that would only make rory more mad.

luckily for juvia though, shayera wasn't paying attention to their conversation at all since she was too busy texting ddot. shayera finding out that juvia and notti spoke at all would cause so much drama and she didn't have time for that.

"i saw you two hug when me and shay pulled up to ddot's house." rory turned her attention to juvia finally. "i'll keep your secret, but be careful juvia. don't get your heart broken by the same boy again." rory smiled at her kindly as she placed a hand on juvia's shoulder.

eventually the girls placed their orders. currently they were just standing in the pick up line waiting for their numbers to be called. "ugh, ddot and nem comin to the mall." shayera groaned as she shoved her phone in the back pocket of her true religion jeans. "why are you upset about it?" juvia asked as she texted her older sister.

"cause it's supposed to be girls day and these niggas comin to ruin shit." shayera rolled her eyes. rory squinted her eyes at shayera. "they never bother us on girls day though, so what's really going on?" fortunately for the girls, juvia was too busy texting lelia that she wasn't paying attention to their conversation.

"fucking notti figured out juju was coming with us to the mall, so he convinced the boys to come, so he can talk to her." shayera whispered to rory who just shook her head at notti's foolishness. rory knew that notti is tryna get back with juvia, but he's about to make a fool out of himself. juvia isn't going to fuck with him while rory and shayera are around.

"just cause he's coming doesn't mean he's gonna find us." rory said trying to lighten shay's mood. "rory, we both know how crazy all three of them niggas are. they're fucking stalkers!" shay whispered yelled. notti coming to the mall would truly kill everyone's vibe. don't get the girls wrong though, they still fuck with notti. however, he cheated on juvia and that's something they also cannot get over. they'll always put juvia before notti, no matter who their boyfriends are.

"order five hundred!" the chick-fil-a worker yelled causing the trio to look up realizing their order was being called.

"notti, this is the dumbest idea you've ever had." justin said as he grabbed his car keys from the dinning room table. "i don't understand why you needa ruin her lil girls day when you finna be at her house later." notti rolled his eyes at his older brother while he put his coat on.

"see, the nigga can't even defend himself." dd replied as he came running down the steps. just as dd was about to get in notti's ass, his phone rang. he grabbed his cracked up phone from the pocket of his chrome hearts hoodie. "oh, wassup baby?" dd put the phone on speaker, so he could put his shoes on.

"why are yall coming to the mall?" rory immediately began questioning her boyfriend. "i don't even know, tried to convince notti to not go today, but he just had to go today." dd sighed knowing that notti just wanted to see juvia. "look, i know about juju and notti linking up in the alleyway near ddot's house. i know notti wanna talk to juju or whatever, but right now ain't the time. ain't shit at the mall he needa get. tell his ass to stay the fuck home." rory whispered yelling trying to make sure the girls didn't hear her.

justin and dd made awkward eye contact with notti. "yeah, baby he heard you." dd said as he quickly grabbed his phone and took it off speaker. "good. he already know juju not gon fuck with him while me and shay are with her."

"i know, but he just don't fucking listen. juju is literally gonna ignore his ass as if he doesn't exist. plus he's going to juju house later any-fucking-way." dd huffed as he side eyed his younger brother who looked defeated.

"wait what? fuck you mean he's going over there later?" rory looked at juvia with the most confused look on her face. don't get rory wrong, she's not mad at juju for wanting to hear notti out, but them being alone together at her house is too soon in her opinion.

"juju said she was willing to hear him out." dd sighed. he couldn't lie, he didn't agree with juvia's decision at all. however, he was gonna support her though because that's his twin.

rory sighed on the other end of the phone. "i just feel like it's too soon for that, but we can't tell juju what to do. i just hope she knows what she's doing. oh wait, i gotta call you back baby, i love you." rory could be heard blowing a kiss.

dd smiled. "i love you too, text me later." the couple hung up the phone. "ight so we goin or not? i got other shit to do." jay asked as he stood at the door. "nah, it's cool. imma just see ha later." notti replied while taking his coat off.

jay and dd watched notti walk towards his room looking depressed. "i think you needa lighten up on him." jay said as he looked at dd who looked irritated. "for what? he made a dumbass decision and need to accept his consequences."

jay nodded his head. "right right, but if juvia is tryna hear him out, don't you think you should too? don't get a nigga wrong, i love juvia like she my own sister, but notti is our brother and he needs us right now and you know that." dd looked at his older brother and sighed.

deep down dd has been regretting his decision of treating notti so harshly, but he felt it was needed due to what he did to juvia. "ight i hear you. i'm finna go talk to him now." dd dapped up jay who was about to leave out and hang with his friends. "remember, he's young. he's gonna make mistakes. don't beat him up about something he's already beating himself up about."

dd took heed to justin's words and made his journey towards notti's room. dd knocked on notti's door before granting himself permission to enter.

"yo, let me talk to you for a sec." notti looked at his brother with slight annoyance. "if you about to make me feel worse about what the fuck i did, you can get out honestly. not in the mood for ya shit right now." notti replied not even looking at dd anymore.

dd rolled his eyes and sat down on notti's bed. "nah, i'm done doing that." notti fully turned around in his desk chair to face dd. "jay made me realize that i've been too hard on you. i was making you feel ten times worse than you already are. i know you feel regretful for what you did to juju. i see it all day everyday. but i just can't wrap my head around the fact that you could do that to a girl who has been nothing but good to your ass."

"that's the thing bro. i've never ever thought about cheating on juvia. especially not at no damn birthday party she threw for me." notti reasoned as he leaned back into his chair. dd squinted his eyes at his little brother. "i'm lost. if you ain't ever think about it, then what the fuck happened?"

"i don't even know! ion even know the bitch who i cheated on her with. like i've never even see this bitch until my party. ion even know who she came with." ethan dragged his hands down his face in frustration. "like yo, if i wanted to cheat on juvia, don't y'all think i'd do it with someone i actually know?"

dd shrugged his shoulders, but before he could verbally respond, rory was calling him. "hold up." dd said to notti who nodded his head and continued doing what he was doing before dd came to talk to him. "hey baby, wassup?" dd questioned as he laid down on notti's bed.

"so, our girls day got cut off early because shay gotta do something for her mom, so i'm coming over there. i'm like five minutes away." rory never really asked her boyfriend to come over, she just came and dd never minded it. "ight, that's perfect lowkey. i'm hearing notti out right now and this shit dumb confusing."

rory furrowed her brows at dd's words. "okay, i kinda wanna hear him out too, so pause the convo. i'm like around the corner." the couple said their quick goodbyes since they were about to see each other in less than a minute.

"wait, wait. so you don't even know the girl you cheated on juju with?" rory asked tryna make sure she heard notti correctly. "no bro. she's literally random as fuck." dd and rory looked at each other. "not gon lie, i kinda believe you." rory sighed. "you cheating on juvia doesn't make sense, but then again, you never really know with niggas these days."

"but," rory continued. "if you were to really cheat on ju, it would be with someone you know. cheating on her with a rando would be weird as fuck, cause you don't even let bitches get close to you. especially not if juvia not around."

"exactly!" notti stood up. "like i don't even like being around bitches if ju not around. literally hate any bitch that's not her." notti frowned.
"ight, so let's recap the night." dd thought. "that should help."

"before we do that though, i feel like we should get juvia over here." rory stated. "her and notti were gonna talk about this later on anyways. i feel like us being here," she pointed between her and dd. "would help juvia to think more clearly, you know?" she looked between the two brothers.

"yeah, i feel that." notti replied. "you gotta call her though, i'm still blocked." notti rubbed the back of his neck out of embarrassment.

rory paid notti's embarrassing ass no mind and she called her bestfriend. "hey sweetie." rory smiled as she saw juvia's face come into frame. "hey, you okay poo?" juvi asked as she set her phone up showing rory her kitchen. "yeah, you busy right now?" juvia shook her head no as she sat down at the kitchen island. "you think you could come to dd and notti house? it's some
shit you should hear." juvia scrunched up her face, but ultimately decided to go. she was seeing ethan later on anyways.

"yeah, okay. imma get kay to drop me off." notti's stomach dropped to his ass hearing kay's name. he already know kay's gonna kill him if he sees him. "okay baby, let me know when you're outside." the two girls blew each other kisses before hanging up.

"i pray kay don't try to come in here with juvia. notti not gonna make it out alive." rory sighed as she flopped down on notti's bed.

juvia sat in notti's room trying to take in the information she was just told. "okay, so let's retrace our steps from the night. how did ethan end up completely alone anyways?" juvia questioned as she made herself comfortable on notti's beanbag chair.

"i know i left the group first because i went to get me and you something to drink." dd said. juvia nodded her head at that. "yeah, i remember that."

"i don't know when i left, but i do know that when i did leave, shay, you and ddot were still with him." rory added. "right right, and then i came back asking where you went and ddot told me the bathroom."

"wait, hold on." rory held her finger up getting everyone attention. "when i came back from
the bathroom, you asked me and dd to come with you to the kitchen cause we were about to sing happy birthday to notti!" rory exclaimed feeling everything come back to her.

"so then, the last people to be with notti was ddot and shay." juvia said she started to think really hard about that night. "fuck, i wish we weren't so damn intoxicated." she mumbled as she threw her head back onto the top of the beanbag chair.

"okay, so i feel like this could and most likely couldn't have happened, but what if notti was drugged?" notti sat up now completely interest in the conversation. "but who would fucking drug me though?" the group couldn't lie, all fingers were pointing to shay and ddot.

"nah, we gotta get that thought out of our heads. ddot and shay would never do no shit like that. at least not ddot." dd spoke tryna get the group to refocus. "right. let's think of everyone who was there." rory advised. "that wouldn't work though, cause it was hella people at the bnb." notti said as he tried to replay the night in his head.

"i think i have a guest list. cause i definitely made people rsvp." juvia replied as she started scrolling through her notes app. "okay, here's the list of people who i know for a fact were there." juvia gave her phone to dd who showed it to rory and ethan.

"damn, hella people came to his shit. ion even remember seeing half these niggas." dd said as he kept looking over the list. "maliyah, loren, zeke and kiki are my top contenders for the druggers." rory said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

juvia shook her head. "we can't just accuse people. we don't even know if notti was drugged."

"okay, well what if we drug test him? i can get my mom to give us a drug test from her job." rory asked. "i'm down wit whatever to prove my innocence." notti admitted. "but has it been over thirty days since your party?" rory asked notti. "cause if it's over thirty days, we won't know."

notti began looking on his calendar counting the days. "seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one. it's been twenty one days since my party." notti thanked the gods that it was under thirty days. he needs juvia back. he feels so
incomplete without her.

rory nodded her head as she began calling her mom. "hey mommy, i gotta question."

"and i have a answer." rochelle laughed as she continued typing away on her computer. "you think you could get me a drug test for your
job. i need it for notti." rochelle furrowed her thin brows at her daughter. "what does he need a test for? is he getting a job?" rory shook her head. "remember how i told you that he cheated on juju?" rochelle nodded her head allowing rory to continue.

"well, ive come to the conclusion that he was most likely drugged because nothing about him
cheating makes sense." rory added trying to
plead her case to rochelle. her mother sighed as she ultimately agreed to give them a drug test. "i'm not going to get off work until late tonight, so if you want it now, yall are gonna have to come
get it."

"you ain't say nothing but a word, we on the way
ma."