Under your skin
Feel my blood flow with yours
My heart beat with yours
Sharing this body as one
Save me as I save you
This skin holds enough room for two
Under my skin
I belong with you
As you belong with me
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"Suspended from school, suspended from track, that father of hers wants to press charges. Hayden I'm so disappointed in you....what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking about defending myself and my skin! This is the second time that racist little girl tried to belittle me. And to take it as far as this...did you not hear what I said earlier? Her and her little friends told the school you sold me for crack. She keeps calling me a gutter baby and anything else. She talked about my hair." I started to cry while telling my mom and no they weren't sad tears. I was pissed off. "Every chance she gets she has been trying to push me over edge and she finally got it and you're disappointed in ME?"
I gave my mom a glare and she sat back with a sigh.
"I just wish it was handled a different way-"
"Why? Because the black girl has to keep her head up and be the bigger person? We're better than the way they act? They go low we go high? No mom. She went low, she got these hands. I could deal with the comments about my locs, I could deal with her saying I was fat. I could deal with being called a gutter baby or a hood rat. But she disrespectedyou.....nobody....disrespects you."
She saw me getting heated all over again and pulled me into a hug.
"Okay okay...shh...."
A knock on the door startled us both and I looked up to see Xavier. My mom got up and opened the office door.
"You're not supposed to be here, you could get in trouble." My mom explained.
"I just wanted to bring her bag. And make sure she was aight." He paused. "And apologize."
I stood and walked behind my mom.
"What you gotta be sorry for Micah?"
"She picking on you cuz of me."
"Baby this is not your fault. It's her business. Just because she's salty you're with me instead of her does not make this her fault."
My mom cut in. "She's right. This isn't something you blame yourself for. It's her choice."
He sighed and leaned against the door frame.
"I just feel like I brought drama into your life and I ain't wanna do that."
I stepped around my mom and I front of Xavier, grabbing his face in my hands.
"You have never...once in the time that we've met or been together, brought me drama. You bring me so much solace. How could you blame yourself for this? Xavier you did nothing wrong."
He looked defeated, I could see it in his eyes. He really was beating himself up about this. I poured before bringing him closer to me, and into my arms.
