awkward.

seventy-seven

She's so frustrating. The least she could do is tell me if she's seeing him.

Obviously I'm going to leave home again but still. I want to know.

I grabbed my keys and left. On my way to Onikas house, I tried to make myself feel better so I wouldn't ruin our evening.

I also stopped to get her some red roses because it felt like the right thing to do. Onikas my first girlfriend so I haven't done any of this before.

When I got to her house I got out with the roses and knocked on her door. I didn't text her beforehand but she already told me she was ready.

Onika's mom opened the door and I smiled. "Hi, Ms.Maraj."

"Hi honey, how are you?"

"I'm good. You know, in love. How are you?"

She laughed when I said I was in love. "I'm good. I was just doing some work in the garden but my back just isn't what it used to be."

"Well I can always help you. I live on a farm, I'm good at that type of stuff."

"Reall-"

"Twin!" Onika came running down the stairs and into my arms. If she wasn't so small, she probably would've knocked me down.

We haven't seen each other since she went with India to get her abortion so we really missed each other.

We've been texting but she's been stressed about school this week so I've been giving her space and time to do her work.

I missed her but at least we were still texting and talking over Facetime.

She looked so beautiful. She was wearing a little black dress with a slightly oversized coat that covered her figure.

"Hi-"

She squealed and took the roses out of my hand. "Are these for me?"

"Yeah, happy Valentine's Day."

She handed them to her mom, "Happy Valentine's day from me and Bey. I'll be back home not soon."

"Okay, be good and be safe. I love you too."

"I'm always good with Bey, but I love you too. I'll text you when we're on the way back."

She took my hand and started pulling me away so I quickly waved goodbye to her mom before she closed the door.

I opened the door for her and helped her inside. She's pretty used to my truck now so I don't have to help her as much but I still like to.

As soon as I got in the car, she turned my head and kissed me. I wasn't expecting it but I managed to keep up.

She pulled back out of breath. "I wanted to kiss you when I saw you but I didn't want to kiss you in front of my mom, that would've been weird. I missed you."

I couldn't stop smiling. "I missed you too, I'm so happy to see you."

"I have someone to show you but I don't want to turn you off by how obsessed I am with you. You might not like it."

"You could never turn me off, what is it? Is it something bad?"

"No. But I got two tattoos while I was away."

"Two tattoos?" She never mentioned that to me. "Can I see?"

It looked like she was thinking for a second. "I'll show you the one first and the other one later."

"Okay, that's fine." I was kind of scared to see it now that she made it such a big deal.

She took her left arm out of the coat sleeve and showed me her face. She had a tattoo going down her arm, it said something in some east Asian country.