• Saturday | April 1st, 2017 | 08:26pm •
"let's give it up one more time for the bride and groom"
Everyone got up on their feet clapping and hollering. Who knew that a dead man could have this many friends, then again I'm the only person who thought he was dead so I guess.
"can we leave already?" Dillon asked playing with the food on his plate
"I don't want to be here either but I promised we'd stay for the whole thing, it's the least we could do" I sighed
"least we could do? They left us without an explanation, not the other way around"
"Dillon either ways we're here so we might as well have fun with it" I said nodding towards the gift table
"are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He said with a sinister look on his face
"a couple of missing gifts won't hurt nobody" I said with a smile
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• Thursday | March 30th, 2017 | 07:00am •
48hrs earlier...
I groaned as my annoying alarm rang through the room waking me up for school. I lifted my head and looked over to see the other side of the bed empty and untouched. I know watching me all hugged up on Dillon must've upset him but the boy was dying.
I really didn't feel like going to school but I kept reminding myself of graduation and the fact that I'm privileged enough to be able to go to school. I dragged myself out of bed and slipped my clothes off, heading to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for school.
As I was walking to the bathroom I couldn't help but hear yelling coming from the living room, which was mainly from Damien. Not wanting to be nosy since it was probably family business I continued to the bathroom.
Once I was done showering and doing my hair I went back in the room and started to get dressed. Still I could hear the boys arguing and my showers are at least forty-five minutes long so that's really a problem.
My phone started to ring and it was my mom. I pressed ignore not wanting to hear what she had to say. I love my mom, I do, but I just can't forgive her for this. not that quickly anyways.
I grabbed my bag and charger then left the room joining the boys in the living room. As soon as they both noticed me they stop yelling. I just stood there awkwardly not knowing if I should ask or what.
"so..." I said
"please tell my sweet little brother that he needs to go to therapy, since he obviously listens to you more than me" Damien said sarcastically
"for the twentieth time I don't fucking need therapy" Dillon groaned laying down on the couch
"talk to him please, while I go get ready to drop you off" Damien said before walking past me to go to our room
"please tell me your own my side" Dillon said raising his head
"honestly...you probably should go to therapy" I said joining him on the couch
"not you too" He said rolling his eyes
"Dillon, you're obviously going through some issues or you wouldn't do something as drastic as trying to kill yourself. You scared me yesterday, both of us, we thought we'd never see you again. You need to talk to someone about this, about whatever that is going on"
"fine so then I'll talk to you" He suggested
"no I mean you need to talk to a professional, someone with a degree. This isn't just for you, it's for us too. We'll feel much better knowing you have someone to talk to about these problems. I can't force you to go but it would make me really happy if you did" I said adding a cheesy smile
"fine. but I'm not paying for it" He said pulling out a pack of cigarettes
"don't worry Damien will pay, and I don't think you should be smoking when your lungs were basically filled with water hours ago"
He just shrugged and lit the cigarette anyways, putting the stick between his lips.
"thanks for throwing me under the bus like that" Damien said walking back into the living room
"well you suggested it" I chuckled
"nigga how many times do I have to tell you to stop smoking that shit in my house" Damien said smacking Dillon on the back of his head
"that wasn't necessary" Dillon scoffed, rubbing where he had gotten hit
"let's go before you're late" Damien said walking to the door
I picked up my bag and followed behind him as we walked to the elevator. As we waited for the elevator to come my phone started to ring in my pocket so I automatically assumed it was my mom.
"you're not gonna get that?" Damien asked
"it's probably my mom" I replied, walking onto the elevator
"so you're really going to ignore her?" He asked looking concerned
"I just want some time to think right now. I'm pretty sure she kept him away for legit reasons but I still missed out on the father-son bond and thats not fair to me. and It's not fair to Dillon to have his mom just walk out of his life without any care in the world for him"
I noticed his face got hard when I mentioned Dillon's mom. I think there's more to the situation than I know, probably than Dillon knows. She kept mentioning they took him from her and wouldn't tell her his name, she's probably just lying but you never know.
"Veronica is different, she picked drugs over Dillon. You'll never find out why your dad left until you let your mom explain" He said as we walked out of the lobby
"I could've sworn you were arguing with him last night" I said
"oh I don't like him, I don't want him near you. but you still do deserve to know, that's why I said ask your mom" He replied as we got in his car
The car ride to school was silent, after all I didn't feel like speaking about my so called father and whatever reason he had for leaving. What bothered me the most was the fact that they said he was dead, why? They could've just said he left or something, why let me grow up thinking my father's dead?
"Adonis! We're here" Damien said tapping me on the shoulder
I hadn't even realized that I had drifted asleep. I had been thinking about yesterdays events all night that I hadn't gotten enough sleep.
"Hey, if you want to go home and take a day off I'm pretty sure it'd be okay" He said placing his hand on my thigh
"nah, nah. I'm good" I said putting on a fake smile
"Aight well I'll come pick you up early if you need me to" He replied unlocking my door
I opened the door and got out immediately regretting only wearing a sweater. It was brick dick outside and I deadass don't understand why.
As I was walking to the entrance of the school I spotted Mr Daly's car and seen him and Tyler get out. Tyler immediately saw me and motioned for me to wait for him. And so I did even though I was freezing. He caught up with me in a minute, allowing us to walk in together.
"Hey, before we go in don't tell anyone I'm related to Eli, they probably gon think I'm getting special treatment or something" He said wrapping his arm around my shoulder in a friendly gesture
"aight no problem, you got your schedule yet?" I asked as we walked down the hallway.
"yeah Eli got it for me yesterday" He said reaching into his bag to get it
"Adonisss" The annoying sound of my best friends voice filled through the hallways
"India, for once can you behave like a normal human being?" I asked turning to see her and Dom approaching us
"Normal, normal? Nope doesn't ring a bell" She said looking confused which scared me
"who's this?" Dom asked grilling Tyler
"This is Tyler, he's Mr Daly's...new student" I caught myself, remembering that he didn't want anyone to know he's Mr Daly's nephew
"You're cute. If I was straight you probably would be mine. Oh well" India shrugged
"Ignore her. let me see" I said reaching out for the schedule in his hand
We had most of our classes in common if not all. I guess Mr Daly wanted him close to me so he scheduled him based on my schedule.
"well we have Calculus so let's bounce" I said turning back around
"wait, Dom has something to tell you" India said nodding her head at him
"okay what?" I asked facing him
"this is kind of personal" He said looking directly at Tyler
"India walk him to Calculus, and don't fucking bother him"
"Yes sir" She said giving me a military salute then grabbed Tyler's hand and led him to class
"what's up?" I asked looking at him seriously
"aight what I'm about to tell you is gonna change your life, a lot" He said nervously
In all my life Dom has never been nervous, not that I know of. What ever he had to tell me must've been big or he wouldn't be shook like this.
"Dominic, what's wrong?" I asked
"I noticed this a while ago, I wasn't sure but I tried to tell you once. That day after your birthday when I came over to give you your work, I tried to tell you. Later I realized I was probably just seeing things, but the other day I knew I wasn't crazy. Adonis...I saw your dad. I know this sounds crazy and shit but-"
"I know" I said cutting him off
"and you might be mad but...wait, what?" He said looking confused
"I know he's alive, I met him yesterday"
"oh. so what did he say?" He asked
"Nothing worth hearing, he just came over to tell me he's getting married Saturday and wants me to be there"
"so he didn't explain where he was, or why he left, or why your mom said he was dead?"
"he tried but I kicked him out" I said starting to walk to class
"why, don't you want to know?" He asked following behind me
"no, no I don't. My dad is dead, end of story"
"so you going to the wedding?" He asked
"I don't know. At first I wasn't but now I'm not sure"
"well if you decide to go you know India and I will be there for you" He said patting me on the back before going his separate way
When I got to Calculus, Bree and Britt, the school biggest thots, were all up on Tyler. Of course they would go after him, he's new which meant he didn't know about they're hoe status plus he's cute. He looked back at me with pleading eyes for help.
"Ladies, I just heard that there's a new rich kid. He's down the hall from Chemistry" I said walking up to them
There's no way I could describe how fast they were off Tyler and out of the room. It was like one second they were here and the next they were gone, magic.
"thanks" Tyler said straightening out his shirt
"anytime, but I didn't peg you as the type to reject a girl or two" I said raising my eyebrows
"honestly I wouldn't, but they both reeked of dick. I like good girls" He said with a smirk
"ah, I see" I said taking a seat next to his
"I hope you're good in math, because Ms Troy doesn't go slow" I said warning him as Ms Troy walked into the room
"that's right" She said adding herself to our conversation "you must be the new kid, Tyler?"
"yes ma'am"
"I've seen your SAT scores, perfect 1600 huh?" She said with a straight face
"yes ma'am"
"1600?" I asked shocked "then why do you need me to tutor you in English?"
"I don't" He said with a wink
This nigga smart as fuck, the highest I've gotten on my SATs was a 1460. That's pretty good but damn, what I would do for a 1600.
"okay class turn to page 312 in your textbooks"
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"well today was...interesting" Tyler said as we walked out of the building
"so which school do you like better this or your old one?" I asked out of curiosity
"definitely this one. my old school made us wear uniform" He said making us laugh
A car honked drawing both of our attention. It was a bright red sports car and when the windows rolled down guess who it was...ding ding ding...the sperm donor
"you know him?" Tyler asked
"something like that, I'll see you later" I said giving him a dap then walking over to the car
"you stalking me now?" I asked as he stepped out of the car
"you've been avoiding your moms calls" He said ignoring my question
"and so you're here to pass the message?"
As he opened his mouth to speak a familiar car pulled up right behind his. It was Damien to my rescue.
"what's he doing here?" Damien asked getting out of his car looking like he was about to fight someone
"...anyways, as I was saying your mom wants you to come over preferably now. She has something important to tell you up front and it can't wait" He said ignoring Damien's presence
"I'm still wondering why you're here" Damien said walking up in front of me
"you're how old? don't you think you're a little too old to be dating my son? I mean you're robbing him of his childhood" Chris said calmly
"and don't you think it's a little too late to be acting like a father?" Damien said taking a step closer to Chris
"okay both of you stop. Chris you leave please and preferably don't come back. and Damien get in the car I'll meet you there" I said getting in between them
"you sure?" He asked
"yeah, I'll be there real quick" I said
Damien looked hesitant but walked away to his car, glancing back a couple of times
"Adonis what are you doing with a guy like that, he's too old for you on top of that he's not a good role model"
"Da..Chris...what I do with my life is my business. If you wanted a part of it you should've stayed but now it's too late. Just please go and leave me alone, congratulations on your wedding" I said turning to walk to Damien's car
"just please go to your mom's, it has nothing to do with me" He said as I continued to walk
"also think about the wedding" He added
I got in car waiting for Damien to drive. He was staring out the window in deep thought.
"I hope what he said isn't bothering you" I said putting my hand over his
"to your moms?" He asked pulling his hand from under mine
"yeah" I whispered
The car ride to my moms house was awfully slow and quiet. I knew Damien was thinking deeply about what Chris said to him, and there's nothing I could really do about it. He stated the obvious, Damien is much older than me whether I want to admit it or not. I just don't know how he knows about Damien's jobs, unless mom told him.
When we arrived to the house there was a huge for sale sign outside planted in the grass. What the hell?
"Mom!" I called out as soon as we entered the house, which was unlocked
"Adonis?" She said from upstairs
I heard footsteps and looked up to see my mom coming down. She looked terrible, like she had been crying for days and her hair was a mess. I felt bad because I hadn't answered her phone calls, she probably was blaming herself.
"Chris said you had something to tell me" I said trying to stay strong and not break down seeing her like this
"yeah, yeah. you guys go have a seat, I was cooking some dinner" She said walking past us to the kitchen
"we're not stayi-" but she was gone before I could finish my sentence
We walked into the living room which was destroyed. It looked like a earthquake had hit this place. There were boxes everywhere, dust everywhere, and for some reason some of the walls were destroyed.
"what the fuck?" Damien whispered as he looked around
"oh you boys ignore the mess, hopefully everything will be packed and ready by Saturday" My mom said walking in the living room with a tray of milk and oreos
Okay she has officially lost it. Never has she served any of her guests, so why her own son. Sis would not even serve me when I broke my left leg in the seventh grade. She would let me limp all the way down the stairs when I wanted food or basically anything.
"what's all this...where are you going?" I asked confused
"I'm moving, just to Virginia for a little while. I got...uh...I got a new job out there" She said setting the tray down on the center table
"what? why?" I asked
"I got a better job there" I knew she was lying, I could tell from her eyes
"I don't expect you to come with me, especially since your this close to graduating it wouldn't be fair to just move you. I put some money in your account, enough for you to get your own place and a car. I've also linked our bank accounts, so if hypothetically anything happened to me all my funds go to you"
"mom...why are you doing this?" I asked not even realizing that I was now crying
"baby don't cry, this is just for a little while. I'll be back for your graduation, and whenever you need me. But I need you to be strong and independent. I understand you're staying with him right now but I want you to get your own place, just in case things don't work out"
"when are you leaving?" I asked
"Sunday morning" She replied
"so you're not going to the wedding?" I asked
"whether or not I was moving there was no way I could put myself in that kind of pain and watch the only man I ever loved get married to another woman"
"okay so I'll pass by Sunday morning to say goodbye" I said turning around
"you're not gonna wait for dinner?" She asked
"nah, thanks though" I replied
I started to walk to the door with Damien following behind me. He hadn't said a word since we've gotten here which was kinda scaring me. He closed the door behind us as we walked out and grabbed my hand pulling me back.
"is everything alright?" I asked
"no, no it's not alright" He said sitting on the bench on the porch
"Damien please tell me this isn't about what he said, I already told you to just forget about it" I groaned taking a seat next to him
"but I can't, he's right. I am robbing you of your childhood. Adonis next month I'll be turning twenty-four, I'll be a whole seven years older than you. This is not just because he mentioned it, it's something I've been thinking about for a while now"
"and Mariah was ten years older than Nick, Jay Z is twelve years older than Beyoncé, even Tyga is eight years older than Kylie. so your point?"
"you can't compare our lives to celebrities Adonis" He sighed
"so what, you're having doubts about us because of a stupid age difference. You never heard the saying age is nothing but a number?" I asked
"not only that, but last night too, with Dillon. Adonis this is what I'm talking about, you need to be with someone your age, Dillon is that person for you"
"no, don't do this" I said feeling a tear roll down my cheek
"you'll be much happier with Dillon than you are with me. I'm going to drop you back at the loft and grab a few things then head out. I figured it would be awkward for all of us living under one roof, you guys shouldn't worry about the bills I'll take care of it"
"no Damien"
I could tell he didn't want to do this, but he was forcing himself to not show any emotion. I on the other hand was crying a river right now. Sure I have feelings for Dillon but I also have the same feelings for Damien and don't want him to leave.
"this is me setting you free. Explore the world Adonis, have fun, party, get drunk, live your life. I've done all those things it's time for me to grow and mature. With me you'll grow up to fast and I don't want that for you. I love you Adonis, I love you"
"if you love me don't do this to me, stay, let's talk it over" I pleaded
"Adonis don't make this harder on me than it already is. I do love you and that's why I'm doing this. You may not understand now but you will one day" He said standing up
"Damien no" I said latching onto his arm
"Adonis yes. take your time and grow into the man we both know you can be. when our time is there you will know"
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