hi icy gang, we back with it! 😊

I've realized that, this plot was WAY too good to just scrap and forget about it. Since MM is coming to a close, I'll go ahead and finish this.

Besides, I missed Raj and Lei. 😊

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Soleil's feet lazily glided back and forth in the water, listening to the many different conversations that took place around her. Her thumb resting on the opening of her Sangria bottle, as the corners of her mouth curled up into a small smile, watching as her friends joked around.

Her friend Marco grabbed another one of their friends, throwing her into the pool; the rest laughed as Lei shook her head. She looked past them and saw as her boyfriend Elias and her friend Jaelyn walked into the house together, making her perk up a little.

She sat the sangria bottle down to her side and pulled her feet out of the now lukewarm water before; getting up from the concrete ground and started to walk towards the house. A few others outside spoke as she passed by them, slowing her down a little.

On her way into the house, another guy spoke to her, "What's up, Lei?" Kelz gently grabbed her elbow. She gave him a light-hearted smile and waved as she continued to pass by until she decided to stop him again.

"Hey, uh, Kelz." She stopped him, he paused and turned around to face her again. "You saw Elias?" she asked him; he nodded his head and pointed to where the stairs were. She thanked him before, passing through the small crowd in the living room, and made her way up the stairs.

She started to walk past one of the doors until she heard very faint voices, causing her to stop in her tracks. She pressed her ear to the door and tried to make out what was being said, but the blasting music and extra noise added on top made it extremely hard to hear what was being said. She covered her other ear and began to focus on the voices.

"We just need to tell her," She recognized the voice of Jaelyn say, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. "We owe it to her; I can't keep going on and acting like that night didn't happen." Lei jerked her head back from the door as her mind began to wander even more as to what Jaelyn was referring to. She quickly placed her ear to the door again as she waited for the conversation to continue.

"Well, what the fuck do you want me to say? How do you think I feel having to lay wit' her at night, knowing what I did? I told you to keep yo' distance from me, but you just had to let yo' feelings get the best of you." Lei heard as Elias's voice finally spoke.

She pulled her ear away from the door again, crossing her arms over her chest, as she now began to realize what was going on. Her mind started to race with thoughts and mixed emotions. Her tear-filled eyes darted around to completely nothing in particular as she tried to grasp the new information.

"Just stay the fuck away from me," Elias harshly spat as he finally opened the door. Ready to walk out but came to a halt once he saw that Lei was standing in front of him. The two both let go of a soft gasp, their hearts dropping into their stomachs. "Ba—" he tried reaching out to grab her arm, she quickly snatched away from him, taking a step back.

"Don't," Lei warned him, trying to hold back the tears that were desperately trying to leave the brim of her eyes. She looked from him to Jaelyn, anger filling her body, her arms dropping down to her side, as her hands began to form into a fist. "I oughta beat the fuck out of you; you was posed to be my friend!" she shouted at her, taking a step closer until Elias stopped her, grabbing both of her wrists.

"Stop fuckin' touching me!" she yelled, now gaining the attention of those who were chilling nearby the stairs. Hearing the commotion that was going on, people began to ascend up the stairs, "Fuck both of y'all! Stupid fucks,"

She walked off, leaving both of them standing there in shock, as well as the audience they attracted. She squeezed through the crowd and made her way down the stairs. She walked back to the pool area and grabbed a red solo cup off one of the folding tables before grabbing the Amsterdam bottle, pouring herself a drink. She turned around and instantly bumped into someone, almost causing her to spill her drink.

"Watch where the fuck you goin'," she frowned, looking up, recognizing that it was Kelz again. He was looking down at her with a puzzled expression. He opened his mouth to say something until Lei walked around him, walking back to the house. She passed through the crowd again, feeling the stares of everyone as she tried her hardest not to cry—or have an anxiety attack.

She made it out of the house and began to chug the liquor in her cup. She threw her head back and swallowed the liquor, feeling the burning sensation in her throat. Throwing the cup down in the grass, she continued to walk down the sidewalk. She didn't know where she would go, but she no longer wanted to be around people; she felt she had been hit by a bus.

Lei began to stumble around a little, her vision becoming blurry. It wasn't from the tears; she felt as if the liquor she had drank hit her all at once.

The walls vibrated from the loud music blasting through the two-story house, making Soleil stir around in her sleep. She groaned, shifting her position in the bed. She paused once she felt the heavyweight of someone's arm wrapped around her waist. Slowly opening her eyes, the dim light that was barely illuminating the room she didn't recognize. She groggily pushed herself up off the bed and glanced around the room in confusion.

As soon as she sat up, she felt the pounding of a headache coming on. She placed her hand on her head and groaned in pain. Sluggishly getting out of the bed, she felt the cool air brush against her bare skin. She looked down and saw that she was completely naked. She saw a guy—whom she recognized as Kelz in the bed, passed out, clutching an empty Hennessey bottle in his other hand.

"What?" Soleil muttered, furrowing her eyebrows. She mentally cursed herself for getting too drunk. She was now unable to remember anything within the last couple of hours. She searched around on the floor for her clothes and her clutch.

Getting on her knees, she felt around under the bed and felt the snakeskin of her purse, pulling it out; she opened it and reached in to grab her phone. She went to dial one of the recent numbers in her call log while getting dressed.

The line ringed a few times before he finally picked up. "Hello?" she heard his groggy voice answer.

"Hey, um, were you asleep?" Soleil asked Siraj, she heard him deeply sigh.

"Whatchu' think Lei? It's four in the morning man, what do you want?" Siraj caught an attitude, quickly peeking at the time on his phone. After closing shop late, Siraj wanted nothing more than to just get his rest before it was time for him to get back up for work.

"I—um, c-can you come get me?" Lei asked him, slurring her words a little. She hoped she wouldn't have to catch an Uber back to her house. She hated that she was even bothering Raj, but she trusted that he would get her home safely.

"Whatchu' doing?" Lei was startled by Kelz's voice from behind her. She turned around and saw him now sitting up in the bed. He grabbed her wrist, trying to pull her back into the bed. Lei tried to snatch away from him but failed miserably from him having a tight grip on her. "What's wrong? Why you trying to leave, I thought we were having a good time." he groggily slurred.

"Who is that?" Siraj questioned her, hearing the voice in the background. He sat up a little, becoming alert to the situation that was unfolding. "Send me your location Lei," he flipped the covers off of him,

"Please let go of me, Kelz," Lei begged him, still trying to pull away from his grip. He tried getting up out of bed but stumbled a little as his foot got tangled in the sheets. Lei hit him a couple of times with her purse before he finally let go.

She rushed out of the room, almost bumping into someone in the hallway. She took a step back and seen that it was Jaelyn. Her eyes darted from Lei to Kelz, who was stumbling out of bed in the room. She opened her mouth to speak, but Lei quickly brushed past her down the stairs.

She carried her sandals, her purse, and her phone in her hand as she walked down the sidewalk. She wiped away her teary eyes, sending her location to Raj like he told her to. She glanced behind her every few minutes to make sure she wasn't being followed by Kelz or anyone else.

Meanwhile, Raj rushed to put clothes on. Ximena watched him with her eyebrow raised, her arms over her chest. "Where are you going?" She questioned him, her eyes following as he paced back and forth between the room and the closet.

"I gotta go get Lei," He said, grabbing his keys off of the nightstand.

"From where Raj? It's four in the morning,"

"I don't know, but she was slurring her words, and I heard someone in the background tryin' to grab her." He slipped on his shoes. Ximena deeply sighed and got out of the bed, slipping her feet into her slides.

"Well, I'm coming with you."

Raj ignored her, as he didn't have the energy or time to argue with her. The two walked out of his apartment and got onto the elevator to go down to the car garage. As the pair got settled into the car, Raj heard as his phone dinged, indicating that he had a text message.

It was Lei, texting him her location. He checked in maps how far she was, seeing that she was merely thirty minutes away from his apartment. Without another thought, Raj pulled out of the garage and onto the street.

"You can't keep doing this, Siraj," Ximena said, "She needs to be a little more responsible,"

"She's just going through a tough time Mena, she's grieving." Siraj defended, glancing over at her, who was pouting with her arms crossed over her chest. She gazed over at him and slightly rolled her eyes. "Stop actin' like that."

"Well, she needs to find an alternative way to grieve because this isn't it. She's going to end up just like her mama." Ximena argued.

"Mena!" Raj looked over at her again, with a frown on his face. "Yo' you need to chill out, forreal. Everyone grieves in their own way. Do I like that she's choosing this way to grieve? No, in fact, it pisses me off. However, I'm not going to scold her for it because I don't know what it's like to lose a sibling—especially a sibling that practically took care of her while their mama was in rehab and shit. Cut her some fuckin' slack,"

"Whatever, Raj," Ximena waved him off, looking out of the side window. "You keep babying her. She's gotta learn on her own eventually. You don't have to hold her hand through this process,"

"Do you hear yourself right now—" Raj managed to say before, swerving around the body in the street after catching a glimpse of it. He slammed on the brakes, causing Ximena and him to jerk forward as the car came to a screeching halt. "Did you fuckin' see that?"

Ximena looked behind her and saw a girl passed out onto the sidewalk, half of her body in the road. "Is she—is she dead?" she nervously asked, as they both stared at her with widened eyes. Raj unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the driver's door. "Raj, what are you doing? Don't get out!" she hissed at him, glancing around frantically to make sure no one was around.

"We can't just leave her there; what if she needs help?" Raj argued before, shutting the door. He slowly walked around the car and cautiously walked towards the girl.

The closer he got, he recognized the familiar features of Lei. Once he realized it was her, he ran up to her, crouching down. He grabbed one of her wrists, checking for a pulse—which she had. "It's Lei!" Raj yelled out. Ximena got out of the car, continuing to watch their surroundings.

"Should we take her to the hospital?" Ximena asked, eyeing her from a distance.

Lei slightly groaned, peeking one of her eyes open. "Raj?" Her raspy voice barely muttered above a whisper.

Raj shook his head, still staring at her. "Nah," he answered Ximena's question, sliding his hands under Lei's body. He carefully picked her up from the ground before carrying her back to his car. He approached the back door and stared at Ximena, waiting for her to open the door. "Come on, man, I don't have time for this. Open the door," the tone of his voice now filled with annoyance.

Ximena deeply sighed and opened the back door like she was prompted to. Raj gently laid her across the back seat, strapping the seatbelt over her before shutting the door and jogging back to the driver's side.

Neither Raj nor Ximena spoke as he sped through back streets back to his apartment as Lei passed out again.

hey hey, so like I said at the beginning, I'ma gone head and finish this. I missed writing for this, and I think a very HUGE part of the reason why I took it down, was because I was so solely focused on MM.

Now that, MM is nearly done, I can put my focus onto this book again. The plot for it was really good, and I love the characters. Plus, some of you asked about it. So, why not lol.

I'll be putting all of the chapters up, each day. I already have the newly written chapter waiting to be put out, but I'm gonna wait and give y'all time to refresh your memories, and also any new readers the chance to catch up.

NO, this is not one of the books that will be up. I'll be putting that out, when MM is done.

That's it, that's all.

y'all be easy,

Thanks for reading guys,

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