Not An Obsession

You dont know me

School was a complete drag. But hey it was Monday. We were all walking to the auditorium for some junior and senior assembly. It was going to be stupid no doubt.

I saw mike as I was walking. I looked around to see if Tae was around then hugged him when I saw that he wasn't.

"What are you hear for?" "Nice way to talk to me nae." "You know what I mean."

"I'm helping with this assembly." "Boo it's going to be boring no doubt." "Naw you just wait and see."

I took a seat in the front row next to Jade. We had to be the last class in this bitch. Principle Johnson walked out on stages and shhhhed everyone once he got quiet he introduced our guess speaker and I couldn't believe my eyes.

Chris fucking brown walked on that stage. I looked over at mike and he had a smirk on his face.

"What's up y'all?" Almost every girl in here was going insane. Including me.

"Thanks for all the love y'all but I got to talk to y'all about something real serious that's been taking affect on young people like us."

In the background was a projector and right across the screen read the words. "Domestic Violence" "ok we're going to start this with a few questions. How many of y'all know what happened to me less than 6 months ago?"

Every hand went up. "Ok so you know that I was set as the abuser. Ok how many of y'all know someone or are in domestic violence relationship?" I looked around to see a lot of people raising their hands. "And how many of you think that someone you love and care about is being abused?" I looked around and I saw Ky looking at me. She raised her hand slowly and I just looked down.

"Wow that many. Domestic abuse is too high in people our age. I'm only 19 myself. And I been through hell and back. Be real how many of you are the abuser?" Chris put his hand up and looked around. I did too and nobody else hands were raise.

"Ok well how many of you are being abused. Don't feel bad you'll be surprised who raises there hands." I looked around to see a lot of my classmates boys and girls raising there hands.

"I hope y'all know there is such thing a coabuse. And what that means is both people are abusing eachother. That's the kind of relationship I was in. Me and Robyn were hurting eachother, but were going to start with how it starts. Abuse isn't just physical it's mental and emotional. It starts with the yelling and bringing other people down..."

I got up. I couldn't take hearing this shit anymore. I walked out of auditorium. I walked to my locker got my shit and started walking. I didn't know where I was going but I walked, and I walked until I realized I was right infront if my grandmothers bakery. It was tearing her apart to know me and my mother where going head to head like this.

I walked in and she looked up from the register.

She walked from behind the counter and hugged me. "Alona where have you been?"

"She kicked me out nana. She doesn't want me around." I started crying. She grabbed both of my hands and looked at me. "Alona your mother loves you more than life it self. You know that. She's given you everything your little heart has wanted. She's just worried about you." She put her hand on my face and I flinched in pain. I guess she noticed. She licked her finger and wiped makeup off.

"Who did this to you?" I looked down and she lifted my chin. "Who?"

The bells to the door opened and Mike and Chris came walking in.

"I knew when you walked out this would be the first place you'd come." Mike said looking at me.

"Michael do you know what happened to her face?" He looked at me and I shook my head no. "She's been with Dontae Franklin. He did that to her." I started crying more and I ran out of my grandmas bakery. I ran into the park near by. I sat on the swing and cried. I heard the swing next to me squeak.

"Hey are you ok?" I looked up and I saw Chris. I put my hands back in my face. "Ma you ight?" I looked up and chuckled from the southern in his voice. "I'm straight." "Why you walk out on my assembly today?" "Cause I didn't want to be there. " "why not cause everything I was saying was true?"

I looked away from him. "You don't know me." "But I know girls like you and trust me your better than that." "Tell me then what's up with me? Humm? Tell me." "Your a beautiful girl with a bunch of people who care but you still feel like nobody does. You meet a some nigga who you think loves and care about you but he beating that ass. He says he loves you and never meant to hurt you but he does it anyway." I rolled my eyes. "You can talk to me if I'm right." I shook my head. "I'm right." "And? What does it do for you. Your some big shot all around the world you don't care about people like me." "If I didn't care I wouldn't have ran after you. If you need someone to talk to I'm hear to listen I promise. I mean I've made my mistakes and I'm only trying to help people not go thru what I'm going through."

Chris sound real genuine at the moment. With everything going on I needed somebody to just listen not advise me just listen. I looked at him and he wipes my face. "It all started when I was young..."

I went on and on. He'd nod in agree me or shake his head. He told me about how it was for him growing up. He was so real. I never imagined meeting someone so real with me.

"It's getting late let me drive you home." I nodded and he grabbed my hand and we walked to the bakery where his car was parked. I directed him till we got to my house. I saw Michael's car parked in my drive way and my mothers parked next to it.

I walked in the house with Chris right behind me. "Alona?" I heard my mother voice say. "Yes ma'am." I walked into the living room. She got up and hugged me. "I love you so much. You know that right?" I nodded my head in her shoulder. She ran her fingers through my hair. "You've been my world for the last 18 years. And you will continue to be my world do you understand me." She kissed my head.

"Nae tell them everything. You know they love you. They just want to be here for you ok." I heard Chris say. I looked back at him and nodded.

"Ma I've been with Dontae Franklin. And.. He's been abusive." She looked at my face a touched each bump and bruised my grandma had wiped away earlier.

"Michael you knew and didn't come to me." "I've been taken care of her auntie T. You know y'all family to me. Tae got his coming trust me." "I've stayed with him and Tianna." "Your home now and that's all that matters. And tomorrow were going to the police he won't be getting away with this. " "Ma no. He has this whole life ahead of him. I'm not going to take that away from him." "If he doesn't learn you won't be his last victim." " it's my choice and I just don't wanna ruin his life."

She hugged me. "Just promise to stop seeing him." "I promise." "Go upstairs sweetie." I nodded I walked to mike and hugged him. Then Chris and hugged him. "Thank you." He hugged me back "your welcome." I went upstairs back to the place I needed to be.

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Michaels pov

Me and Chris drove back to La after leaving Naes house. We went back to my place to light up for a little while.

"What's the story between y'all too anyway?" I looked at him. "What you mean?" "Why y'all so close?"

"Her grandpa and grandma damn near raised me. He kept me out of so much trouble while my mom was working. And before he passed I promised to always look after her. Make sure she stayed with a strong man in her life. Regardless if it was me or a boyfriend somebody was gone take after he's only little girl."

"So it's only like a brother sister thing?" "Yea. I thought about dating her once but it wasn't right. Why?"

"She real cool. You think she'd be into me."

"Not gone lie to you she into niggas like her daddy. Rough neck hood boy. It's not what she need but it's what she want." "So basically no chance?" "Probably not. But I could be wrong."

He blew smoke out and nodded.