Unbelieveable

Chapter 21- A Promise

Chapter 21-A promise

Nicki

After the fair I went to check on my mom and she wasn't feeling well. She said it was just a little cold but she didn't look like herself. Lately it seemed like she was losing weight and she wasn't herself. I know it may seem like I wasn't there for her but it's just because I've been so confused with my love life. Like one minute I was in love with Reggie but I wanted to help Chris. I just who wanted to know who I should be with. Chris shouldn't even be a problem I didn't even come home to see him and I wanted to see my mom so she can help me with my problems. Like she always does but I haven't gotten a chance to talk to her alone. All I been doing was running after Chris and he doesn't even want to be my friend anymore. He's mad at me for going away to college. I was supposed to stay here and we were supposed to go to NYU together but I got accepted to Temple University and that's where I went I just wanted a change I was tired of living in NYC. I was born here and I spent every day here for seventeen years. I just wanted a change but I should have stayed here especially after Chris's mom died but I just ran away because Ms. Joyce was a second mother to me and her death hit me like a ton of bricks. I just couldn't stay here I wanted to get away. Even though I see Chris start to fall apart in front of my eyes. I remember it like it was yesterday.

Flash black

It was five years ago June 25, 2008. It was the day me and Chris were graduating from high school. It was our time to shine I was sitting next to him and we were waiting to hear our names called. Chris went first I heard his mom screaming that's my boy. Then I few minutes later it was my turn and I got up and walked up on the stage and got my diploma. I sat back down until it was time to throw our caps up in the air. We threw our caps in the air and yelled class of 2008 we made it. Then we made it back to where are moms were but stopping to take pictures on the way with our friends. We made it back and our mothers were crying and we went out to dinner together. We went to Fridays then we went home. I lived across the street from Chris and his mom. I went over to see if he wanted to go to the graduation parties that our friends were having. Chris didn't want to go he just wanted to stay home with his mom but Ms. Joyce said go head and have some fun you only graduate from high school once so you should celebrate with friends. Okay mom he said and he got dress and we left the house. We left at 8 and returned home around 2 am. We went to seven parties that night but once we came back. The block was closed off and we went underneath the rope and made our way home. There was a fire truck, ambulance and police. I just thought someone got shot but it was much worst. Somebody broke into Chris's house to rob them but Ms. Joyce wasn't having it so we she fought him and he pulled out a gun and shot her then burned down the house. It was crazy Chris blamed me and said this was my fault because he wanted to stay home and I wanted to party. He could have stayed home and protected her but no I had to make him go and now his mom was dead. We were never close after that again well until I caught him with a gun I his hand and he told me how he started to sell drugs and occasionally do drugs as well because he didn't know how to deal with the pain that he felt after his mom died. He became a big time drug dealer and everyone knew who he was. It was crazy Chris went from being a nice guy to some monster overnight I didn't even know who he was. So when I got my acceptance letter to Louisiana state university for fashion design. I told him Chris he was crushed but I didn't want to stay here anymore I didn't like the person Chris was becoming and I was scared of him because of all the things people were staying about him and how he killed the person that killed his mother and anyone else that crossed him. So I ran away to school and never looked back well until now as I came back into reality from my flashback as I heard my mom started coughing. So I went into her room and I seem her on the floor coughing and I ran over help her and I see there was blood on the tissue that she was coughing into and I said mom we got to take you to the hospital and she" no honey I'm fine it's just one of the symptoms that I have, I have terminal cancer, just help me into bed and hand me take my medicine "she said. I was quiet and just helped her into the bed and pulled the covers on her and gave her a medicine and got in bed and wrapped my arms around her while she fell back to sleep.

Chris

I came home and found my house empty. I was expecting Nicki to be here but she wasn't here so I got in my car and drove to her house. I got there and used my key and went upstairs. The house was dead silent. I made my way to Ms. Carol's room and there was Nicki and RJ curled up next to her sleeping. I guess she must have found out about her mom. I went over and tapped Nicki a few times to wake up and she did and I put my fingers to her lips and told her to be quiet because I didn't want to wake her mom " come on let's go to the park" I told her. No she shook her head. " come on it will be find I promise you" she thought about and finally she got up and carried RJ in her arms and we got in the car and I drove to the park. RJ went to go play and me and Nicki sat on top of a picnic table and I asked her" tell me how you feel". " I feel helpless and scared how I am going to survive without her". You'll be fine I promise you I felt the same way when I found out about your mom". " you knew and you didn't tell me" she said angrily. " yeah I knew who do you think was taking her to her doctor's appointments when you weren't here it was me when you went away to college and only called her every once in a while to talk for five minutes me not to mention the fact that we stopped talking so there was no reason to call you anyway. I stopped talking when RJ came up to us and said he was hungry I said come on RJ let's go get you a hotdog and we went to the hotdog stand. We came back and Nicki said she was ready to go. So we got in the car and left. I drove to her house and walked them to the door and Nicki looked me in the eyes and said I don't need your help anymore and I can take care of my mom by myself so you can leave us alone. I hear you I said and walked to my car and drove home.