"Don't Take Your Clothes Off" 😭

It was almost time for everyone to get settled into bed. Megan couldn't even fake it....She was terrified to be alone all night with two girls who were guilty of attempted murder! She wanted to grab her clothes, grab her sister and get the fuck out of there!

But....she thought about the fact that in this house, there was a fridge full of food, a pantry full of snacks, a game room, TVs in each bedroom, and she was in love with Fantasia's immaculate cooking skills! The fried chicken, cheesy scalloped potatoes, greens mixed with cabbage and cornbread muffins was much better than the fried salami sandwiches and cheap store bought french fries that she and Courtney would eat often.

Also, she liked being mothered by Taraji and Fantasia. Her mother was more like another teenager in the house to her. As the oldest child, she felt like she always had to be the parent in the house because her mother was so irresponsible and unstable.

"So, you ready to go in the room with psycho one and psycho two, Meg?!", Michelle asked. Causing the other girls to laugh.

"Bae, chill! Don't scare her like that....but for real, Megan...you better run to our room if they try to sacrifice you!", Beyoncé exclaimed as she sat cozily between Michelle and Onika. The girls laughed again.

Normani and Renee were already in their room. The other girls had just got done watching a movie in the living room. Taraji, who is a  psychologist for young children and teens, overheard what the girls were saying and decided to put them in check immediately!

"Girls, stop! I'm tired of y'all talking about Normani and Renee. Especially since y'all don't really know their business and don't need to know their business! They both have been through some traumatic stuff... So please stop judging them and gossiping to Megan and Courtney about them. Allow them to make up their own minds about Renee and Normami", Taraji said.

"How about this, babe. We can just take away privileges from anybody else that we hear talking mess about Normani and Renee for a whole two weeks", Fantasia suggested.

The girls groaned and complained. But they knew they better not let their house mothers hear them talking shit about Renee and Normani anymore.

"Alright! Y'all gotta get up early for classes so go ahead and get ready for bed", Taraji commanded.

"Oh my God! We are too old to be going to bed at eleven o'clock!", Kelly complained.

"Exactly! It's not like we have to actually get up and leave the house to go to school. All we're doing is coming back down here", Onika stated.

Which was true. Fantasia was their teacher. Due to the girls' behavioral and/ or mental problems, the girls had to be homeschooled. Megan and Courtney could've went back to their old school, but they opted to go ahead and be taught by Fantasia.

"Ladies, get your showers and go to bed! Please and thank you!", Fantasia exclaimed.

"The youngest in the house gets to shower first and the oldest goes last", Beyoncé explained to Megan and Courtney.

"So who's the youngest and who's the oldest?", Courtney asked.

"I think you and Renee are the only ones who are sixteen. So you gotta go see if she took her shower already. If not, it depends on who's birthday is first. Rihanna just turned eighteen so she goes last", Beyoncé replied.

"Wait....you can still live here after you turn eighteen?", Megan asked.

"Yeah. The house is for female teens. You don't have to move out until you turn twenty. Plus I still gotta get my diploma", Rihanna replied.

All Courtney could think about was the fact that she  had to approach Renee. No matter what Taraji said about not judging her, she was still afraid of Renee and Normani.

"Megan, can you ask that Renee girl for me?", Courtney asked her sister.

Megan was lowkey scared too! But of course she had to be the brave big sister. So she said yes.

They headed upstairs. Megan walked into the room, but she didn't see Renee there....Only Normani was in the room. Normani didn't even look up to see who had entered. She was already in bed watching TV.

"Hey.....Um....do you know where Renee is....?", Megan asked.

"Shower... ", Normani responded dryly. Still not looking at Megan or Courtney.

"Well baby sis, we just dodged a bullet....at least with that one...", Megan said as she went back out into the hallway with Courtney.

"Are you going to be ok in there with them?", Courtney asked.

"I'll be good, CoCo Bean", Megan replied. "Go ahead and get ready for your shower since you're up next.

"Ok. Love you", Courtney said as she hugged her sister and went back to her assigned bed.  

Megan took a deep breath and walked back into the room. Normani still wouldn't look her way. Normani never looked at anyone. She barely looked at Renee but she would at least talk to her. Renee and Normani only talked to each other in their room. They were detached from everyone else.

"Um....is it a specific bed I'm supposed to take...?", Megan asked Normani.

"The middle one....Renee hates being in the middle and so do I", Normani replied. Still not looking at Megan.

"This is going to be a long first night in this bitch", Megan said under her breath. She looked down at her phone and saw that she had a text.

Coco: "Hey. I told Kelly your birthday. She said you will get in the shower after Normani."

Meg: "I think she already took her shower. She has pajamas on. Her and Renee probably we're getting ready for bed while we were watching the movie I guess. But I'll ask to make sure. I don't want no smoke."

"So, you already took your shower, right?", Megan asked.

Normani just nodded her head while watching TV....wishing Megan would stop fucking talking to her!

"Ok...was just asking because I was supposed to go after you...", Megan said.

Since Megan was used to sharing a room with someone, she wasn't uncomfortable getting undressed in front of others. So, she took off her hoodie and then her jeans. Normani was distracted by Megan's movement so she finally looked in her direction.

"No....what are you doing...?!", Normani asked nervously.

"I'm just taking my stuff off!", Megan replied.

She didn't think it would be a big deal to get undressed in front of another female. She just wanted to take her hoodie and jeans off and wait until it was her turn to shower. She didn't understand why Normani was panicking. 

"No! Please don't do this! I don't want to!", Normani exclaimed with fear in her eyes.

"What are you talking about?!", Megan asked in a confused manner.

"Please don't make me....I don't want to....", Normani said as tears streamed down her face.

"Hey....it's ok....I'm putting my stuff back on....", Megan assured the frightened young lady.

"See, all dressed....ok?"

Normani was rocking back and forth, staring out the widow with tears still pouring from her eyes. She looked back at Megan to see that she was fully dressed again.

"Don't take your clothes off....Bad people take their clothes off and do bad things...", Normani said while crying.

"Ok.....I'm sorry...I won't hurt you though....I promise...Ok?"

Normani nodded. With ease Megan moved closer to Normani....She reached out to touch her but Normani jumped.

"Hey....I said I won't hurt you remember? I just feel like you need a hug.....That's it....", Megan said to Normani.

Normani was still scared. But she allowed Megan to hug her anyway. Megan found out Taraji was right....nobody had a clue what this girl had been through.....

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Author's Note: Happy 26th birthday, Coco!!!