"Didn't you hear me?" Ricky said and waited for one of them to do something other than stand there and look at him.
Katrina's hand was still clutching on to Scott's shirt. Her mouth was open but no words were coming out. She had never seen Ricky look at her like that, as if she had betrayed him.
Scott just swallowed and decided enough was enough. It was going to be hard but he had to tell him the truth and how it was.
"Ricky, look man, Katrina and I have been together for some time now." Scott said.
"So you're fucking my sister?"
Scott pulled away from Katrina, "It's not like that man. I love and care for Katrina."
Ricky narrowed his eyes at Scott as he stared a hole through him. Scott didn't back down, he just wanted Ricky to calm down and listen.
"Is that true?" Ricky asked looking at Katrina.
She sighed to herself trying not to feel like the little girl she always felt when Ricky confronted her so angry. She looked over at Scott and he had a somewhat pleading look in his eyes as if to say "back us up".
"Yes," she swallowed, "It's true."
Ricky cleared his throat and turned around looking up at the ceiling. Katrina and Scott exchanged glances trying to decipher what to say next. Katrina nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Ricky laugh. He turned to them both and shook his head.
"Wow, you both dropped a bomb on me, huh?"
"We wanted to tell you sooner man. You're my boy and I didn't want you to feel like I went behind your back."
"But you did. You did the one thing that I wanted you not to do, but hey you know it's okay. I don't know what I expected from you, you always were shit when it came to loyalty, huh? I guess you wanted to add my sister to that list too." Ricky said and turned to walk off.
Scott's eyes widen when he heard those words from Ricky, "Ricky?" Katrina said as he walked off.
Scott went after him wanting to know what the hell brought that on. He caught up with Ricky heading to the dining room and grabbed his shoulder. Ricky instantly shrugged him off and turned to face him.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Scott said.
"You know exactly what that means. You couldn't keep your dick in your pants after I told you do not mess with my family."
"Look, I don't know why you're coming at me like I'm some dude off the street, but it's me man. You know me."
"Yeah right, I do know you. I know that you have never been in a real relationship and you just fuck around on your girls. Who's always been around to keep your secrets? Me, that's who and you go and do this." Ricky said stepping into Scott's face.
"You don't have to remind me what I have done, I already know. I'm trying to tell you that this is different."
"And I'm suppose to take your word, that you didn't take advantage of my little sister!"
"No, he didn't." Katrina said trying to pry between the two.
"Stay out of this Katrina!" Ricky yelled.
"Man, don't yell at my girl like that." Scott said feeling his own temperature boil.
"Oh, excuse me, your girl? I guess that's suppose to make it all better since now you are actually claiming someone huh?"
"Don't forget man, you were with me doing a lot of the same shit I was doing."
"You guys, stop!" Katrina tried again, but they still stared at each other.
She could see that the both of them were reaching their boiling point. Ricky's fist didn't stop clenching at his side and Scott was turning red.
"That's different, you crossed the fucking line!"
"There was no line to cross, we just fell for each other."
"Not my sister! You are not going to add her to your fuck them and leave them list."
"That's up to your sister to decide man and she already said she isn't going any where, so you better deal."
"Fuck you man!" Ricky shouted, pushing Scott against the wall, "You're not good enough for her!"
"Ricky, will you just stop and listen?" Katrina pleaded.
"Listen to what? Some nonsense about you two being in love. He's going to leave you Kat, that's what he always does. He doesn't care about anyone but himself."
"Fuck you!" Scott retaliated, pushing him back, "I took care and carried your ass for years!"
When Ricky found his stance, he charged Scott and punched him in the face. Katrina let out a scream as Scott pushed Ricky away. Scott didn't want to hurt him, even though he was pissed, he didn't want to fight Ricky. Ricky kept charging after Scott and Scott kept trying to push him off. Katrina came over by the two and still tried to pull them away from each other. Pretty soon, everyone came in to see what the commotion was about. Ricky tackled Scott to the ground which knocked Katrina down and she hit her head against the wall. Scott and Ricky's mom tried to shout at them both to stop. James and Nik came to pull the two away from each other. James held Ricky back as he tried to still go after Scott. Kendra instantly went over to Katrina. Katrina shook her head and grabbed her head.
"I'm confused. Did ya'll know you were fighting each other?" Nik asked looking puzzled between the two.
"You okay?" Kendra asked, helping her to her feet. Katrina could do nothing but nod.
"You know what? Forget this!" Ricky shouted, "I don't need a friend like you. Just stay the fuck out of life! I'm done with you!"
Scott shook himself out of Nik's grasp, "Fine by me." Scott turned to walk out, maneuvering away from his father's grasp.
"Katrina, come on." Scott said as he walked to the door.
"Katrina! Don't you run after him!" Ricky warned.
Katrina looked between the two and set her eyes on Ricky. She couldn't believe that he was acting like this and was so careless about her feelings. She shook her head and started backing away from him.
Ricky's eyes widened as she made her way to Scott, "Katrina?" she turned around and ran over to Scott, "Katrina!"
He watched as they both left. He was about to go after them both and heard Kendra faint voice calling his name. A body stepped in front of him and his eyes focused to see his mother's face.
"Stop! Just let her go, Ricky." she said.
Ricky raked his hands down his face as he made his way to the back. Kendra followed behind him trying to comfort him, but he just shut her out. The only logical thought that ran through his mind was, what did he just do?
Scott helped Katrina into the truck and got in on the other side. They didn't say anything to each other as he drove. Her mind was elsewhere. She just couldn't believe the look on Ricky's face. She had never seen him so angry. She couldn't understand why he became so angry. They grew up together and Ricky was always telling her how great Scott is, now he treated Scott as if he didn't know him. She looked over at Scott and saw that his cheek was still red where Ricky hit him. She wanted to run her fingers down the bruise but saw how his jaw tensed up. She just settled back in her seat and continued the ride in silence.
They stopped in front of her house and she looked over at him. He still hadn't looked at her, just straight ahead. She had to start out slow to make sure he didn't pull away from her. She couldn't imagine what he was going through but she wanted him to talk to her. She grabbed his hand that rested on the gear shift as she tried to fight the tears. He squeezed her hand back and looked over at her.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he touched her forehead, it still stung a little.
