Tre POV:
I haven't been to school in months, since that night. My mom constantly yells at me and calls me a failure for not going. It's like she has no sympathy for me. I mean, she didn't even go to the fucking funeral. I mean, my dad did, but he wasn't there for me, he was there for Yuna, but Yuna wasn't there anymore. He left before they lowered the casket into the ground.
"Tre!" She bursts into my room "Wake ya ass up, and go do somethin with your life. I'm sick of you sitting in my house on your ass all day not doing nothing. You moping around about a girl that died MONTHS ago damn!" she says
And that's when I snap
"That girl has a name! And I loved that girl! So excuse me if I'm grieving the loss of my GIRLFRIEND!" I say as tears form in my eyes "10 minutes! I left her alone for 10 fuckin minutes and she was gone! I could have saved her! If I would've just stayed there a little longer!" I say as I begin to cry and the tears roll down my cheeks "She was my whole world, and now she's gone, because of me"
"Tre" she sighs "I know you loved her, we all did, but honey you gotta learn that although she's gone, you're still here. I'm sure she would want you to take that blessing and make something with yourself, go back to school, graduate, go to college. If you can't do it for yourself, you gotta do it for her." she says as she pats my back "I'm gonna go start dinner, I made you some lunch for tomorrow. You better get back to school Tre, you're wasting your life away."
She walks out of my room and leaves me alone. She's right. Yuna wouldn't want me to be sitting here wasting away. She would want me to go on with my life and keep going, and that's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna get my shit together. I have to, for her.
Deion POV:
I wake up to someone tapping me but I don't bother to open my eyes, that is until I hear HIS voice.
"YOO BABY BRO" My brother says
"What! Nigga when did you get out" I say shocked
"Got out last night, and dad bought me a hotel room so I could come home and surprise you." He says with a smile
"Damn...Well welcome home Damien." I say
"Yeah thank you thank you, but uh also...you gotta get yo ass up for school" He tells me
I look over to the alarm to see that it's 8:46, I am late as a mothafucka!
"SHIT!" I yell "I gotta get to school man" I say
"Yeah yea, I gotchu bruh" he says as he heads out of my room and into his.
I rush to get dressed and grab my bag and rush out to the kitchen.
"Hey baby" My mom says as she takes a shot of something and snorts a line of cocaine.
She said she was done with that shit, but hell she's said that before. How could I believe her this time around. Damien comes outside with keys in his hand.
"Lets ride" He says with a smile on his face
"Ight" I say as I get into the car
When Damien drops me off I see Tavon, Aushrea, and Mahogany at the front entrance.
"Yoo" Tavon says
"Yo" I say back
"Aye, is that big og triple og D" Tavon says with a smile
"Ye, he got out last night" I say
"OOOO! Deion yo brother get finer everytime!" Mahogany says
"Okay, and on that note, we needa head to class" Aushrea says in a laugh
The day goes on as usual. When I get home Damien is sitting on the couch.
"How was school?" he asks
"It was good" I say
"You know, I've been thinking" he starts
"About?"
"I wanna get my GED, and then go to college, and I want us to graduate, together"
"Really?" I ask surprised
"Yeah man, I'm a lil rusty, but my brain still remembers most of the curriculum." he says
"Well damn, if you think you can do it, then try." I say
"That's what I wanna hear." He says
The next day we both get ready for school, and he drops me off. Then he goes to park the car and we head into school.We go to the office and Damien registers for his classes, then we head to first period. The bell rings and we head to our next class, unfortunately he had math, I didn't, so we went our separate ways when we got in the hallway.
Melo POV:
I walk into math class and my jaw drops. What the hell is he doing here? And why did he look so damn fine?I sit down next to Kennedi and start pulling out my notebooks, still shocked that he's here.
"Bitch, isn't that Damien?" I ask Kennedi
"Yea, Deion said he got out last night."
Then I feel a tap on my shoulder. It was him! Of course it was fuckin him.
"Yeah?" I say
"Uhh, can I get a pencil" He says
He looks at me as if he doesn't even notice me. I mean it has been a while, the last time Damien saw any of us we were in the 8th grade. I was definitely not as good looking then. I had braces, terrible acne, and I just could not dress if my life depended on it. Now though, I think I'm pretty damn hot. Straight teeth without the braces, my skin is way clearer, and thanks to Tavon I know how to put that shit on. Damien snaps me out of my daydream when he waves his hand over his face.
"Hello?" He says
"Oh yeah um, let me just look in my bag" I say
"Preciate it" He says
"Mr. Becker, if you wanna talk, how about you come talk about solving this problem." Ms. Worrick says
"Oh my bad, I was just askin for a pencil" Damien says
Damn, that voice was still deep and sexy. I don't know why I'm fantasizing, I know this nigga straight.
"Umm why, don't you know how to make one." Ari says from across the class
"What?" Damien says confused
"I'm sorry, I know in jail they only give y'all the bare minimum to survive so I just thought you knew how to take your resources and you know, manage." Ari says, which cracks up the whole class
"Girl, shut the fuck up ms. pimples, and take care of that big ass bump on yo nose." Kennedi says, she shut her up real quick
"Ms. Anderson, watch your mouth." Ms. Worrick says
"Ms. Worrick, control your students." I but in "That was completely uncalled for, Ari was obviously just tryna make a joke out of someone, even though... she is the joke." I say
"Ok class, lets just carry on" Ms. Worrick says
The class goes on as normal. I finish my work early and look over at Kennedi's paper and see she's having trouble.
"Hey, you need help?" I ask
"Uh yea, I just don't understand this" She says
"Here let me teach you" I say as we both start laughing
"Let me teach you" is a little inside joke me and her have. When we were little we used think we were on Baddies, and that was my favorite line.
"Oh yea, you remember that?" She says with a smile
"How could I forget." I say back with a smirk.
After a few minutes we finish the problems and I head out the door. The rest of the day goes by fast and before I know it, the school day is over.
Damien (Deion's Brother)