3 weeks later
August 2010
"I couldn't believe I kissed him. My first kiss, was August. His soft, sweet, cheery, plump lips felt amazing. I didn't know what to do. I stayed up all night thinking about it." I wrote the lines in my diary. " Ringggg!" I heard the school bell. I grabbed my diary and put it in the back of my bookbag. I exited the half broken school doors and went to August and I's stop. He was waiting for me...as I walked up he grabbed my hand and kissed my cheek. " Ay' Bella" he said smiling at me.
" Hey August" I said back looking at him. " How was ya' day today?" He asked. " It was good, yours?" I said. "It was straight," he said. The rest of the way home was silent. I spoke to mama Sheila for a few minutes, and went to sit with Melly on the front porch. He was staring at the house. The house that gave me nightmares and terrible memories. He looked angry and upset. I gave him a hug and laid my head on his shoulder. I hated that house.
"Bella, your 15 babygirl and your getting older." He said looking at me.
"Have you started liking boys yet ?" He asked me. I looked at him and shook my head no. "We'll one day, ya' gonna meet a boy. An' he gon' be so so lucky ta' have ya'. You understand. Never thank' ya' need a nigga. Cause ya' don't, he need you. Never let him disrespect ya', an' ya' damn' sho' Betta' not let him put his hands on ya. And promise Melly that you'll never let him do anything to you that you don't want him to. Promise ?" He said looking at me.
"I promise Melly" I said hugging him. "I love you Melly" I said. "I love ya' too Bella"
That night was one of the most funest nights ever. Melly, Mama, and Miss Sheila, and I ate dinner together and laughed an talked all night. August came in late, but he sat with us until bedtime. Melly and I slept on the sofa, while August, Mama, and Miss Sheila slept in the beds.
August 31st 2010
Melly didn't come home last night. There were no eye witnesses and there was nothing we could do. I haven't left my room ever since Mama came in and woke me out of my sleep to tell me this devastating news. He was gunned down in New Orleans East. Melly is gone. I could hear August crying and punching holes in his wall at night. He was breaking any and everything he could get his hands on. He was hurting. We all were. How could someone do this. I couldn't even imagine what Cha was going thorough. His 3 little girls weren't even gonna be able to meet their daddy. I cried even harder. I saw my window slowly open up and there stood August. He walked over to me and hugged my tight. I cried in his shirt and he rubbed my back. I want Melly and I miss him. Bang! I heard banging on my door. I didn't open it. I knew it was daddy, and I knew he was drunk.
1 month later
August pov
I stood on the side of tha' corner an' laid my head down. Mama kicked me out da' house. I was sellin' rock an' she said I had to go. How she jus' gone kick me out da' house. I'm the only son she got. Ever since Mel left, she been trippen. She on' even act da' same.
Arabella cries ha' self ta' sleep almost every night because she misses him. I sing ta' ha' when she cries. It helps calms ha' down. I hate seein' ha' like this. But ion' know what else to do.
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