Crushing

Ch. 11 : The Date

Erica in MM .

*Amiyah*

Oml .. This date was bomb asf.. Well most of it was at least . We got pizza, went to a drive-in movie, then the park to just walk & talk .

*Rewind to the date*

"Amiyah.. Terrell is here!" I heard my dad yell.

Lord.. I got butterflies as soon as I heard the name. When I got downstairs, I thought wild elephants were stampeeding in my stomach.

"Hey," he said smiling. Lawd his teeth just so straight & white..

I smiled back & waved.

"C'mon," he said hold his hand out. I took it & smiled hard asl. His hands were big & kinda rough but I liked it.. My hand felt like a baby's hand in it.

*Terrell*

When she took my hand, she smiled hard. Her smile is just so.. Whoo Jesus. Her hand is so soft & small in mines.

We walked out to my car, & I opened the door for her like a gentleman.

"Thanks," she said.

"No problem."

I got in & started the car. The radio was playing Tink- One in a million & she started to sing it to her self. From what I barely heard she was actually a little good at singing.

The song went off then 679 came on & she turned the station. I looked at her confused & she said "He's a devil worshiper. I don't wanna listen to that."

I just shook my head & said "He said Imma do the worst to her but okay whatever you say."

She smiled & sat back in her seat. Well shit, this not just finna be a quiet 3 minutes we gone talk.

"So.. Where's a ya moms?" I asked.

She went from smiling to a kinda sad face. That was the wrong question. "Nevermind," I said.

"No. I can tell you." She took a deep breath & said, "When Zaya was 8, I was 7, & Emani was 4, my parents were constantly arguimg. Mom assumed dad was cheating cause he was always on trip cause he's a lawyer. Really, Mom was cheating & she made us not tell. So.. One day, Dad came back from a business trip early & Mom had a guy over. Dad walked in on them & immediately got a divorce. They divorced & she didn't want to see us cause we'd remind her of how bad she fucked up. So.. She's somewhere doing her. We haven't heard from her in couple of years."

"Damn.. I can relate to that though," I said.

She looked at me from the corner of her eye & raised her eyebrow. "How?" she asked.

"I hope yo' eyebrow get stuck like that. But my pops won't ever in my life. Actually when he found out my mom was pregnant, he left. The 1st time I met him was when I was 14. He tried to make things right by us but he just up & left again. After that, I've just despised him."

"Dang. I'm sorry to hear. & shut up, its not gone get stuck," she laughed.

"How you do that shii anyways ? I be tryin so hard , I swear . Both my eyebrows jus' be archin' though ."

She laughed again. "I don't know. Some people can do it, others can't."

"Nope. If I wanna do something, I will. So you're gonna teach me," I declared.

"Fine. But don't get mad when you can't," she laughed.

"Bet," I replied smiling & nodding my head.