Sane

Perfect timing

I was watching him lean closer by the nanosecond. And the poopyshow mi be, mi just a rememba seh mi nuh know how fi kiss, how kiss taste? When him kiss mi him spit aguh guh inna mi mouth. Wah him duh wid him mouth a day time?

Despite everything, the man look good and my first kiss fi can rememba. I closed my eyes. I waited, I'll let him do it.

When I opened my eyes, I was met with blue lights. I also opened my eyes to seeing a gun being slid between my legs into a compartment I was certain other cars didn't have.

I sat there in shock as he avoided eye contact looking straight ahead as an officer knocked on his window. He seemed calm as he rolled down the window, like he's done it a hundred times before.

While I on the other hand could hardly breathe straight.  Officers were here. They might search the car and there's a gun under my seat that belongs to the man I met one day ago, hid from my guardian to see and is sitting in a car with about to kiss. Mi feel like mi life deh pon tv show.

"Yuh change yuh abound Williams" the officer said obviously acquainted with this illegal firearm holder I've been fantasizing about.

He didn't answer him. Instead he looked ahead with a bored expression and the most chill way of resting one's hand on the steering wheel.

"Mi did aguh search yuh car but mi find yuh reason fi deh up this side already. Young lady, how old are you?" he asked scrutinizing me from his distance.

"Officer I'm 18" I said bored and uninterested. I was inexperienced but I watched enough tv and read enough books to know that I should play it cool and mimic the actions.

My response made the officer ease up. He believed me. "Have a nice night Mr. Williams" he said before walking off and heading to the car and driving away. 

We sat there in silence watching the car go down the hill and the blue lights disappear. We didn't make any movements but I was considering on changing that. I turned towards the door and tried the door, and to my dismay, it was closed.

"Celene".

Although I should be fleeing for my life at this point, him saying my name did things to me. I felt calm, I felt safe and I felt....... tingly.

"Yes Ranique". I responded with a little attitude. I had to try and fool him too. Maybe I still had the chance to run and hide. Instead of responding he stretched  towards me, I didn't want to see it again, so I closed my eyes, but to my luck, he placed my phone in my hand.

"Thanks". I said.

"Mi know yuh probably uncomfortable at the moment. But mi just proud a yuh inna the same breath because yuh neva get nervous or tell the right age" he said a bit nonchalant.

I didn't respond. This is the same person who slid a gun between my legs into a weird car compartment.

"Mi naah guh force yuh, you're underage and I really should not be here with you right now. If yuh eva need mi, call mi or text mi." He said waiting on a response since he turned to look at me.

"OK".

I turned to open the door but it was still closed, I turned my body towards him and came 2 inches away from him as he invaded my personal space.

"Yes, yuh underage and police aguh kill mi wid problem if mi continue come up here, but just know this, mi just a give yuh time fi turn 18, mi aguh have yuh unda surveillance and mi a come back, do not lose my number, use it whenever yuh need something, anything" he said all while looking into my eyes allowing his words to pierce through my skull and cause a remarkable amount of braincells to die as I sat with an armed stranger smiling like an idiot. A click signaled to me that the door was now open.