“Where were you yesterday?” Danielle asked as I meet her outside of my house. “And why are you out so early?”
“I just had a fresh start this morning.” I lie. I just didn’t want her to see the outfit that Samuel had bought for me, nor the teddy bear, although I did have the reeboks on.
“I was just around.” I shrug and she raises an eyebrow as we walk.
“Around?”
“Yeah,” I say simply and she scoffs.
“You were with Samuel, weren’t you?”
“I . . . Well –"
“Loa I thought you were going to stay away from him?"
“I was. But Danielle he’s really not as bad as you think. Sure he has a little anger problem, but he’s really sweet and – "
The ride to the Zoo was extremely tense, with the occasional glance from Samuel, who wouldn’t stop looking at me. I drummed my fingers on my knees, anxious to get there and see all the animals.I found it sweet that he even thought about bringing me here, and wondered if he perhaps knew about my obsession with animals.Danielle sat quietly with her arms crossed, staring outside the window while Carter just seemed guilty. His expr
“You wanna watch porn?”I slowly turn to Danielle, as she sat in front of her laptop.“What the hell dude?” I raise both eyebrows at her and she shrugs. “Why would you even – ““Well . . . I&rsquo
After school I had Samuel drop us off at the mall, and even after refusing his money, it still burned me from my back pocket where he forced it into. My mother’s words echoed in my head but I threw them to the back of my mind.“So he bought you a new phone?” Danielle frowns down at the cell in my hand and I shrug.“I didn’t ask him to . . . he just did.” I say and she looks thoughtful.
“Have you ever tried to find out what was the source of your anger?” Night had fallen, and we still lay peacefully on the blankets, staring up at the stars. I prayed that it didn’t rain tonight, the waves crashing gently on the shore.“Not really.” He replies.
I hated parties, really.As soon as we parked, I regretted agreeing to come in the first place.First of all, there were over 100 cars parked outside, just imagine the number of people that maybe there. Secondly, as soon as we entered through the back door, the scent of weed, alcohol, and sweat
“Samuel?” I open the bathroom door to find him gone. Wet and frantic, the area surrounding was completely empty, everyone now outside. I race towards the pool, and the crowd was so thick that I couldn’t see what was happening. The music had stopped, and all i heard were loud grunts and yelling.“He’s gonna kill him!” A female screams and I panic, roughly pushing through. I find Samuel and Jack throwing punches at each other, and of course, Jack was losing. His punches seemed precise enough,
S A M U E LI paced my room, back and forth running a hand through my hair. Loa declined my calls and then suddenly they weren’t going through, my texts were unanswered and I was seriously considering going back to her house.We weren’t even together so I don’t understand why I
It was a little before four, and I was panicking. I was fully dressed, but I was nervous as hell and I couldn’t stop sweating. It was really hard detangling my hair, as it was wet from last night, and shrunk pretty badly. I tried my bed to let my afro look presentable, laying my edges for effort. I didn’t have any make up, and to top it off, the sandals looked like the straps could break any second now.I sigh, and tilt my head at myself in the mirror. At least the dress looked good. The color complimented my skin,