Cruel Summer

Chapter 25

Saturday, December 8, 2018

5:45 A.M.

~Torin~

"Babe, I'm back from shooting basketball with the boys!" I said as ran upstairs as I started to take my black Nike hoodie off.

There was dropped dead silence. I probably could hear a pen drop.

"Babe, you still here, or did you go out with Whitney? Well, if you went out with Whitney...don't answer that because you wouldn't respond if you weren't here." I said chuckling as I jogged to the bathroom.

My parents were usually out of town, so I basically lived and was raised by myself. I have an older brother, but I rarely see him. He's living his best life with whatever girl he's hooking up with this week. I guess college can really change you.

Since my parents are never home, my girl always make sure I'm never alone. I'm thankful for her because I would go insane in this house 24/7.

"Alexa, play my, 'It's A Concert In This Biyatch' playlist on Apple Music." I said as I started dancing.

I started dancing as "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys started blasting.

"Baby, Baby, Baby!" I said yelling as I took my shirt off and walked towards my bedroom door. I'm glad there's two ways to get to my bedroom. I always thought entering the bathroom first was the quickest shortcut to my bedroom instead of walking a couple of steps down the hall to my bedroom door.

I'm not even trying to brag about the size of my bedroom, but my homies wore me out. I didn't feel like walking too far.

"And it feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name!" I said singing horribly as I stared dancing as I took my t-shirt off and started to look for a new one.

"Man, what did I do with my favorite shirt? I know it's in this closet." I said sighing as I bent down.

As I started looking, I noticed that I threw it by my window. I remember that I was trying to put the hidden weed for my homeboy into my bookbag.

In my defense, I had to hurry and put it into my bookbag before my dad left for his business meeting in London. My mom was gone to visit my grandmother this weekend in Colorado.

"Shoot it's over here let me grab it." I said as I closed my closet door and started walking towards the window.

"Ooh, it set my soul on fire
Ooh, baby, baby—" I started to sing again when I tripped over a leg.

I caught myself on my bed before I look down and seen the unexpected.

"BABY! BABY!" I said as I ran to her and held her in my arms.

She was laid out cold in the floor.

"Babe, what the hell happened? Wake up!" I said as I started to panic.

She wouldn't move a pinch.

"Baby, Baby, Ryan!"

..........

*BEEP BEEP*

"Ryan!" I said as I quickly woke up in a little sweat.