Lipstick Madness

Fill Chapter 11

I turned my phone on silent and waited for my mama. When my mama got home, I told her about everything that happened with India. She was upset but she insists that I talk to Vonna and Akeelah. She never liked India but she respected that we were friends. She just felt sorry for Tae because of the situation she was in. As for Chino, she was pissed but she still loves him like a son. What can you expect? Everybody loves him. It goes deeper than what my mom cares to tell me about though. As a matter of fact, she talks about him being her son all the time. "Ma, why do you call Chino your son?", I ask her. She sighed and began to speak. "His mother and I used to be best friends but that's a story for another day. You call my girls and talk to them. I will take care of Mr Chino." She hugged me and walked out. I checked my phone and had 23 missed calls; 3 from Vonna, 2 from Akeelah, 1 from Kevin, 2 from Jason, 10 from Tae, and 5 from Chino. And text messages........ Chino and Taylor blew my phone up. I need time to cool off. Jason's the only person I'm not mad at so I called him. He picked up right away.

J: Lil sis, you okay?

Me: Yea. I just a hard few days.

J: I heard about everything. I'm sorry about that. I kicked my lil brother ass by the way.
I laughed a little.

Me: You didn't have to do that. He already got what he deserved by losing our friendship.

J: You're right but speaking of kicked asses, Akeelah and Vonna beat the fuck out of India. Everybody seen that shit! Aye them girls got ya back.

Me: I know. I'm just still kinda mad. I will call them later.

J: I know you probably heard this before but be careful with Chino. He in the streets plus he got a lotta bitches after him. You too good to get caught up in all that. I know and seen a lot of females to know you deserve better.

Me: I know. Thank you.

J: Well I love you sis and ima holla at you later. Ya breath seepin through the phone.
I hung up on that fool.

He can never just be nice. I took my mom's keys to her car and turned my phone back up. I drove to the beach and just sat by the water to calm down. I know I promised Chino that I wouldn't let anything come between us but I couldn't let something like that go. Eventually, I'll muscle up the nerve to talk to him but right now I just have to have this time to myself. I looked out on the water and thought about the night that he and I had that date on the beach. I thought about how romantic it was. I thought about us getting to know each other. I thought about how relaxed I was. I thought about his kisses. Lord, his kisses! I thought about how much I miss him. I have to talk to him even if I just cuss him out. I looked at the last text message that he sent me.

Cheater: Baby just talk to me so I can make this right. I know you're mad but you promised that you wouldn't let anything come between us. This is me trying to explain what's really goin on but you won't give me a chance. You got everybody at my throat right now for hurting you. Even yo mama! Just call me so we can talk about this. I roll my eyes. I sent him a text message saying I'll call you when I get ready. Maybe I could think about forgiving him but India broke the girl code. I don't know I'm just hurt right now...