Love Me Tomorrow

Chapter 17

Keira

            Ashlee and Alejandra layed on my bed as I finished my makeup. Tonight was my first date and my first time seeing him since the game.

         "Are you ready?" Ashlee asked me as she came up closer to me and studied my makeup. "I'm a little nervous." I honestly confessed. "Chica, be yourself. That's what attracted Trey to you, don't be what you're not." Alejandra advised.

          I am so nervous, I've waited so long, but I feel like something is going to happen and ruin the moment. But I just don't know what. I mean Evan is out of my life, I don't have any other boyfriends, so what could happen?

        As I prepared to leave, Charice walked in. Yeah after all that bullshit, we're still roommates, but Charice doesn't talk, instead she just stares into the ceiling like she's a mentally challenged person in an asylum. Sure there's hard feelings between us two, but I still care about her.

         "Hi Charice." I greeted her. "Hey Keira you look nice." She complimented me. "Thanks, I'm going out with Trey tonight." "That's great have fun." Charice layed down on her bed and that's when I noticed the bruises on her arms and legs. Before I could say something, Trey texted me saying he was outside.

         I grabbed my stuff and headed out to find Trey outside. He had the brightest smile as he saw me. "You look great." He told me looking me up and down. "Let's go." I lead him to our date.

           It's something different for me to be planning the date. But I like trying something new sometimes. "This is it." I pointed to the empty beach with a table set there. "How did you do this?" "It doesn't hurt to be Ken Lansing's daughter." I joked. Trey pulled out the chair and helped me sit down before he took his seat. I took the sparkling juice bottle and opened and I poured the juice in our glasses. "This is really nice. I always wanted to have a beach to myself." Trey said as he took a sip of the sparkling juice.

            "So when did you start playing basketball?" I started the conversation. "Since I could remember. Playing basketball helped me get through some shit I went through as a child." Trey answered.

          "I hope it doesn't upset you, but what were some of the things you went through?" "Well I watched my mom marry someone I hate, saw my mom struggle, lost great grandma to gun violence." I could see all the pain in Trey's eyes. The same pain I have when I talk about my mom.

           "Your great grandma was murdered?" "Yeah, she was a devoted christian and she was the organist at her church and during service this gang drove by and shot into the church and my grandma got hit by a couple bullets and she died......" A crack began in Trey's voice, I think I could see a tear falling.

            "I'm sorry. Those bastards don't deserve to be living for that." "Don't worry about it, she always said she couldn't wait to go be with the Lord, and that's where she is. I promised her when I was young that I would leave and go to college and here am I."

          "I understand how it feels to lose someone close. I lost my mom when I was young. She died of cancer."

         "Yeah, I remember when she died, it was all over the news people were talking about it. Your dad really held it together and he raised you by himself for like 5 years right?"

        "No, my dad didn't keep it together." I confessed.

      "What do you mean?" Trey was confused by my confession.

      "My dad got into alcohol and became addicted. I was worried he would never get help, I remember him coming home drunk and he would say all kinds of things and Seth and him would get into fights. I had it hard."