I woke up. It was cold. I turned and saw I was alone. I got up and put on some leggings and a black shirt. I walked downstairs and saw my dad sitting watching some old footage with my mom. She was crying. I walked over and sat down next to her.
"Oh Rosy look how young you were." My mom cried. I nodded and looked at old home videos of me playing with blocks and having pigtails. I smiled.
"My daughter." My dad whispered. "Your gonna be 18 soon Rosy." My dad said. I nodded. Four more months. I looked at my phone and saw Tony had called me. I walked away and called him back.
"Hey." He said answering the phone.
"What's up Tony?" I asked him.
"Well I was wondering if maybe after you go out of school you'd like to go on a real date tonight." He asked. I screamed internally.
"Well I'm not going to school today but for sure." I said smiling.
"Oh well how about I pick you up in an hour and half?" He asked.
"Sounds good." I said.
"Alright I'll see you later bye." He said. I hung up and walked back to the living room. My mom pulled me close to her side.
"So much has changed." She said. I didn't know why they were getting emotional. They still had Lily. We stayed and watched them in silence for a couple minutes. I got up and walked to my room and looked through my closet. I found a nice black dress to wear and some nude heels. I curled my hair and applied enough makeup for like 5 people. I looked nice. I walked over to Lily's room and saw she was still asleep. I was walking back to my room when I heard a noise behind me.
"Where are you going?" Darla asked me. I shrugged and told the truth. I was till angry and couldn't believe she tried to tell me what to do last night. It's my life.
"On a date." I said walking to my room.
"You think is okay to date older men? I can't believe you wanna disregard my feelings in this situation." She scoffed. I laughed.
"Get over it." I said walking into my room shutting the door. I stared in the mirror for a bit. Then I heard the door open. It was Rakim.
"You look nice." He said in a soft speaking tone. He soundly a little sad.
"Thank you." I said not looking away from the mirror.
"Not going to school today I see." He said. I nodded. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm going out with Tony." I said. He nodded and looked away.
"Look I just wanted to come and say I was sorry." He said hanging his head low.
"For?" I asked in a serious tone.
"For not being there last night when you needed me after that huge argument, I know those usually turn out bad." He said with a hint of shame in his voice. He sighed and looked around my room.
"No need to apologize, I dont care." I said.
"See there you go again, with your I don't care bullshit, you say you don't but then you over here crying and shit over thugs you said you didn't care about, I've never met anyone who made me feel the way you do but I can't with all this up and down crap." He said. I scoffed.
"None is telling you to stay Rakim, were not in a relationship." I said back. He was taken back.
"I'm fully aware we're not but I'm trying to help and better myself for you, I love you Rose." He said. I was shocked. I couldn't deal with this nope not today.
