When hearts race, the downtown teens

Part 3: confessions (not love)

"Hi" i say walking towards him.
"Oh, hi" he says, he looks... you know I can't make out his emotion.
"What happened?" I ask pointing towards the little red house he just came out of, it looked like my house.
"My parents are mad" he says, again I can't tell his emotion, maybe sad?
"Oh, sorry, what about?" I ask him with sadness in my eyes.
"My grades, I got a C+ and there mad" he kicks a rock and we start walking.
"School just started though" I tell him, more as a question. We didn't have home work or anything yet.
"Yeah, but I'm also a sophomore... we get a lot of homework and tests now" he states with a shrug.
"Good thing I'm not a sophomore" i say raising my eyebrows then dropping them.
"Yeah.." is all he responded with, I could tell something was off, like he wasn't telling me the full truth.
"Ok, what is actually going on" I say stopping to look at him.
"I just met you, I don't have to tell you everything." He moves me out of the way, the nerve.
"Yes, maybe you did just meet me but you can still trust me" I hold his shoulders and look into his eyes. That's when I noticed a cut above his eyebrow and below his lip, I know exactly what happened.
"I'm sorry" he says, I can tell that he knows I notice the cuts on his face, probably form his dad or mom.
"It's ok, it's not your fault" i say hugging him tightly as I felt a singular tear in my shoulder.
"I know" he says as he releases and we begin walking but I suggest something.
"Wanna skip?" I ask pointing towards the mall.
"Honestly, yeah" he turns the other way with me and we begin walking to the mall.

This mall was smaller than a lot of them in Chicago, but it was still pretty good sized. We walked in and I noticed that a few more shops were added. There was a jump park now.

"Um" i smiled and pointed towards the jump park.
"No, no" he throws his hand up then drops them to his side awkwardly.
"Yes, yes" I say copping his town and taking his hand taking it into the jump park.
"Why are you making me do this?" He questions with a smile.
"I know you want to, I can see it" i let go of his hand as we reach the counter. It was in moments like these I would forget about home life. Specifically my parents divorce.
"Thanks" i say as the employee gives us the paper bracelets.
"What do you want to do first?" I ask him as we walk around.
"Climbing wall?" He asks pointing to it with a smile on his face.
"Heck yeah" I smile back and run to it.
"Beat you!" I say as I laugh at him, he laughs a bit then stops, I realize what I just said... beat.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to mention that." I say patting his shoulder.
"It's ok" he says with a smile on his face, he's lying I can tell, but I know it will only make things worse if I talk to him about it, so I keep quiet.
"I bet I can make it to the top" he said while gripping one of the rocks.
"We'll see about that" i say laughing and gripping a rock too.

We began climbing but I fell into the foam pit and then he fell too landing about 2 inches away from me.

"Holy crap! You scared the crap out of me!" I yell laughing while throwing foam blacks at him.
"Sorry" he says while laughing and gets out of the pit. The rest of the time went well, we left there and visited the arcade that was in the same building.

"I bet I could get more points than you" Rowan says pointing to a basketball game...
"I think so" i say walking up to it.
"You're never played any sports?" He asks like he's in disbelief.
"We'll, I do play one sport" i say looking up smiling a bit.
"What sport" he asks, he actually seems interested in what I have too say.
"Track, but that season is over." I say, it got a bit awkward after that.

The rest of the day was fun I actually enjoyed it, he dropped me off outside of my house. This time I didn't these yelling.

"Mom!? Dad?!" I yell walking into the house, I saw something I could never unsee. Mom was crying with her head down on the table, what could have happened?

"Mom?" I say walking up to her, she looked up and froze.
"Mom, what's going on?" I ask with a bit of panic now.
"Your father, h-he, he left a n-note that says... I can't read it out loud" she says sniffling and she gives me the note.

Sorry maya, sorry Lori but I'm leaving you guys, I'm going to love in the Bahamas with my new family, love you. Goodbye. -Tom

"How could dad do this" i sniffle a bit too looking at my mom who looks numb, she's wide eyed and you could tell she needed a break.
I get her some water and lay her down on the couch, I lay next to her comforting her.

"Also CPS called, they think your dad was hurting you" mom says squeezing me a bit tighter.

Oh no, what I get taken away into the system, what if someone comes to get me because they think I'm being abused, I mean I was but dad left. These thoughts were i my mind all night long...

I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping and then I realize, it's Saturday! Heck yeah!

I don't know why but right now I don't give a crap that dad is out in the Bahamas with his new family, or that CPS wanted to take me away.

"Love you mom" i give her a kiss on the cheek before running out of the house with my swim bag. Pool party!

A/n: thank you for reading my book!!!!!
Also
You are beautiful
You're eyes are beautiful
Your eyelashes are beautiful
Your just stunning, there are so many things I could list off that I love about you but my fingers would fall off from all the typing...love you! Stay strong 💪