The Crippled Savage

Chapter 11 : Bittersweet

I could tell she didn't know how to handle the situation because she wouldn't stop freaking out. She just kept on yelling at me.

"Tyrell. What the hell? You could've killed him or something. Why did you do that?" She said yelling at me once again.

"Because he kept disrespecting you. I couldn't just let him run his mouth about you like that." I responded.

"I'm not going to argue with you about this while I'm driving this damn car." She said rolling her eyes. "Where are we even going?"

"How about my crib?" I suggested putting my address into the GPS on the dashboard in front of us.

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"Armani can you please sit down?" I asked her.

She had been pancing back and forth in my living room ever since we had gotten to my house. She was still pretty shaken up over everything.

"Do you know what could've happened if I hadn't showed up when I did? I mean really? A knife!?" She screamed at me.

"I already told you what the deal was! Why don't you understand? I did it for you! He was disrespecting you! Talking about how he was going to smash! What did you want me to do?! Sit there and agree with him?!" I yelled back.

"You didn't have to pull out a knife on him!" She said as she stopped in the middle of her pacing and turned to me.

"Did you want me to use a gun? Huh?! What would you have suggested?!"

"Nothing! Are you insane? What kind a person pulls out a knife on another person on school grounds! That really sounds crazy! I don't want you to do anything like that ever again. Do you hear me?" She yelled.

"It's not like you even care what happens to me! No one ever cares about me! I'm always taken for granted. So why would anyone care about me!" I could feel my face getting hot. I could've sworn the blood in my body was starting to boil up. She didn't understand how mad she was making me. But I had to control myself before I did something that I would regret.

Her face softened when the words I had just uttered soaked in. She stood there not saying a word. She looked at me like I had just hurt her in the worst way possible.

"How could you say something like that? I do care about you. If I didn't I wouldn't be here right now. I'm just scared of being hurt." She said softly.

She walked over to where I was sitting and took it upon herself to take the seat right next to me. She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me in tightly. The warmth of her body was welcoming. I just couldn't understand why she cared so much for me. No one has ever shown me this type of affection before.

"And I'm not? You think I act this way on purpose?!"

"I know what it's like to feel like your heart has been ripped out of your chest. But you can't just go around stabbing people like this. You and I both know this isn't right." She said smiling at me.

I don't know what it was about her that just made every problem seem to disappear into thin air. She was like a drug that made me forget everything that was bothering me. She made me feel calm. No girl has ever had this affect on me until now. She was just...different. She made me happy without her even knowing it.

Before I knew what was happening she pressed her lips against mine and held me close. Having her kiss me like this felt amazing. I never wanted it to end. It was just too perfect.

Our lip locked came to an end when she playfully pushed me back and blushed. She just looked so beautiful. Even in her ripped shirt and baggy sweats she still looked like an angel.

"Do you want to watch tv or something?" She asked interrupting my thinking.

"Uh...sure. The remote is on the coffee table." I replied.

She picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels. There didn't seem to be anything good on right now until she stopped on the A&E channel. Beyond Scared Straight was going on.

"Oh my gosh, I love this show." She squealed. "Hey you know you could end up on this show if you don't act right." She joked.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Come over here." I said laughing.

She climbed onto the couch and cuddled up next to me. I could tell she was enjoying herself because she couldn't stop smiling. I loved her smile. I loved everything about her actually. In my eyes she was everything I could ever want.

I couldn't help but laugh when she started talking shit about the kids on the tv. She was really a clown. Most of the stuff she was saying didn't make sense but I think she was just trying to fill the silence in the room.

I loved her overall vibe. It made me happy. She was definitely different from all the other girls I've messed around with or been with before. I just wanted her to be mine forever and ever.

"Armani?"

"Yes?" She said with so much enthusiasm I couldn't help but smile at her.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier. I just don't like people disrespecting what's mine, you know?"

"What's exactly is yours?"

I took a deep shakey breath and let it out. I was type nervous to ask her this question but it was now or never.

"Mani, do you wanna be my girlfriend?"

"You? The biggest player in the city wants to be in a relationship me?" She asked acting fake shocked.

"It was stupid of me to -"

"Of course I'll be your girlfriend." She said as she gave me the most passionate kiss I've ever had.