H.E.R

DO THINGS ACTUALLY GET BETTER?

"Hey thanks for the ride Mike"

"No problem Kierra,goodnight."

My intrusive thoughts kick in. I hold his hands. He stares at me with dead eyes.

"I hope you finally get the courage to open up to me" I say

"Ihope so too' he replies. I race into the house not looking back and slam the door.

'YOUNG LADY!' my mom yells "do not break down my door,your father built that in.

"I'm sorry mum"

"Why are you even in a haste though? what happened?"

"Nothing mummy,i love you, goodnight."I give her a kiss and race up to my room and close the door.

why is my heart even racing?

Immediately I land on my bed I receive a facetime call from yas.

''What do you want yas, I am famished"

''Is that the way you talk to your helper''

''Helper?''

''Come on kie, give me all the tea with mike,i has to fake gone just for this''

''Bro I knew you were not that tired and he just dropped me off nothing much''

''Boring boring boringgg''

''Well that's my life,goodnigh yas,it was a long day'' I say as I end the call

Immediately I end the call,i strip off my clothes and go into the bathroom to take the longest bath ever. I come out of the bathroom,change into my singlets and shorts and pass out on my bead,

Hours later I hear knocking. I slowly and reluctantly open my eyes and I see a figure standing in my room and staring at me, I scream loudly but the figure grabs my mouth thereby muffling my screams,i manage to squint and look at it and then I see mike.WTH?

''What are you doing in my room at this unholy hour you weird being''

''Relax,i just wanna talk''

''Talk about what?''

''You remember when you told me you hope I find the courage to open up yeah?''

''Well that courage knocked on my window and led me here to you''

''By 2am'?'' I ask flabbergasted

''Ready or not?''he asks clearly annoyed

''Ok ok shoot'' I say quickly

''Well,i got arrested when I was 13 and spent some months in juvie, during that time I only had Trevor and James, I spent my time indoors homeschooling while my mates were in the world having fun,i lost my dad during this period and least how to blank the world the out of my life,i fell into depression and never met new people but that changed when I met you Kierra, for some absurd reason, I want to talk to you, I want to laugh with you, I want to see you, but I try to stop myself but now here I am in your room by 2am ranting,well that's what you wanted right there you have it.''he sniffles

I stare at him, I'm dumbfounded. I just give him a hug.

''Thank you for opening up to me. I really appreciate this''

''Please don't tell anyone okay. Trevor and James already know so that's safe''

A question still hooks my throat. I look at him and notice he's staring at me.

''What's the problem I know you have a question''

''Why were you arrested mike?'' I ask clearly shaking

''Well I was quite a stubborn child when I was little, so I was caught pick pocketing.''

''Oh'' I say. the atmosphere is tense and heavy, I try to lift it a little

''Hey, you wanna sneak into the kitchen and make chocolate chip cookies?''

''I thought you're the perfect child he says chuckling''

''Shut up doof''

We sneak past my moms room into the kitchen.

''Grab the floor in the pantry'' I tell Mike.

We spend hours littering the kitchen, pouring flour on each other.

Now its 4am and we hear someone coming, I and Mike hide under the kitchen island.

''Kierra, I know that's you, now come out' 'my mom yells

I come out looking a mess, there's chocolate chip in my hair, flour all over my body as I lick a spatula

My mom doesn't even look surprised.

Is that our neighbor's son there with you?

''Uhm yes mum'' I say

''Is he decent?''

"Yes ma'am " Mike says which makes me laugh

He comes out looking worse than I and we both start laughing loudly.

''Mike, go home now! And you Kierra, to your room and make sure you clean this kitchen, both of you!'' My mom says as she leaves.

''THE COOKIES!'' Mike yells and we both rush over to the oven and grab our cookies.

We laugh while cleaning the kitchen and munching our cookies.

''Suddenly Mike drags me in for a hug, this is the most fun I've had in months, thank you.'' he says grinning.

We stay that way. Things seem finally right.

AUTHOR'S NOTE.

HEY GUYS! LONG TIME INNIT? ARE THINGS FINALLY WORKING OUT RIGHT? WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THIS BOK UNFORTUNATELY. PLEASE ,PLEASE ,PLEASE VOTE!!!!!!!