That Boy Tyler

Chapter 6

Afterwards, I didn't go straight home. I lingered around his house for just a little while longer. I put on one of his t-shirts, and laid down to wait for him to come back to bed. When he came out all he had on was his Calvin Klein underwear and black socks on. "Sweet Lord. Look at that body!" I say to myself. His hair was a little messed up, so he stood in the mirror to fix it. "Baby, oh my god! I am so sorry." I say looking at his scratched up back. "Damn ,baby girl. Hehe I guess you did love it." Tyler laughed. He fixes his hair and joins me in bed.

"Babe, I cant stay forever. I have to go home now." I say slipping out of Tyler's strong grip. "I want you to live with me." Tyler says looking deep into my eyes. I say "What?! Look, you know my parents would have a fit! My mothers doesn't even want me dating." Tyler's eyes turned a fiery red. "You're not leaving me." Tyler says tightening up his grip on my arm. I have never seen him act like this before. "Tyler! Let me go!" I say slapping him across the face. His eyes cleared up. "Oh my... DE'laine. I'm so sorry." he says. Tears flowed down the side of his face.

I sit on the bed and watched him turn red and crying his eyes out. "I-I lost my temper. One of those things I forgot to mention about me." Tyler says drying his face.  "Why didn't you just tell me?" I ask checking my wrist. "I'll take you home whenever you're ready." He says walking to his closet. I sit there in shock, but that didn't stop me from packing up all my shit. "I can't even believe he did that." I thought as I pulled my sleeve down.

Tyler gets in the car like there's nothing wrong. "Baby... I-." "It's fine." I say interrupting Tyler mid-sentence. He shudders and throws his head into the steering wheel. "I promised never to hurt you." He starts tearing up. He picked up his head to say, "Baby, it was a mistake -" "Tyler it's okay." I say interrupting him a second time. He kisses me and starts the car. I sit back on the seat and stare helplessly out the window.
 
Tyler pulls up in my driveway. Neither of my parents were home yet. "Goodnight." He says leaning in for a kiss. I turn my head and say, "Night, Tyler." I didn't want to seem mean, but I was traumatized. Tyler's face looked blank from the outside of the car. I didn't care, but i just needed to lay down in my own bed. Trying to sleep wasn't helping because my mind was still wide awake.

After countless minutes of my mind going back to what happened, i finally picked up the phone and texted Aliyn and Marie. "Hey... Can ya'll come over?" I slowly texted. It was like i was slipping into a depression. "Yeah!" Aliyn says instantly. Marie didn't even text back. I just heard the door bell ring 5 minutes after I sent the text. This trick grabbed her shoes, ran past her mom, said, "Going to DE's" and ran down the street. The goal was to wait until Aliyn got here. Thankfully, i didn't have a long wait. We all gathered in my room as i continued to tell my piece.

"Um... so you're telling me that Tyler is a possessive maniac?" Aliyn says. "That's none of my business." Marie says sipping her tea. I showed them the bruise on my arm, and they instantly stopped thinking it was a joke. "Apparently, this is something that has been apart of his whole life." I say rolling my sleeve down. "If its been a problem for so long, then maybe his exes were subjected to it." Aliyn says.

I took her suggestion into consideration and inboxed the Itty Bitty Titty Committee with open arms. Meaning with the least amount of attitude as possible. "Yes, he had a bit of a temper, but I wouldn't call him possessive." One hoe said.  Okay... At least she gave us her honest opinion. I take back calling her a hoe, then. I got a totally different answer from the second one. She said, "Hell no! Not the Tyler I knew. He was always sweet to me." Stuck and Frustrated.  The third one ,however, complied a little and asked if she could call me. The girls and I were very shocked. It was very weird, but I didn't care. I needed answers.

"Hey , DE'laine." she said "My name is Janelle." She continued. "Why was it necessary for you to call?" Aliyn asked. I punched her in the arm because her attitude was noticeable in her voice. "My story is unlike any of the other girls. I was his very first girlfriend." Janelle says putting Aliyn in her place. "Janelle, was Tyler the type to be possessive or controlling?" Marie asked trying to get to the point. "Yes, but he was always the type to treat his girlfriend with respect and protect her." Janelle says lowering her voice. We all sat there as she continued her story.

"Moral to the story is... You and him are meant for each other. There has never been a time when I saw him so happy." Janelle said with approval. I say, "Thank you so much for your help ,Janelle." "Maybe I can live with this." I say to myself looking at the picture of him on my lockscreen. Janelle said goodbye and hung up the phone. I felt confident after talking to her. "I'm gonna text him." I go to my messages. Aliyn and Marie buck their eyes. I sent, "Hey Babe." Not even 2 seconds went by and he responded, "Hey my love." as if he was waiting by the phone for me to text or call.

"Baby, I'm sorry for how I acted. You don't know how bad I feel." Tyler texts. "Hon, don't worry about it. Everything is okay." I say in assurance. Tyler asked, "Can I call?" The girls started to laugh. They needed to get their acts together if they wanted to listen. I reply, "Sure." When the phone rang all of us couldn't help but laugh. I hush them up, collect myself, and say "Hello?"

Tyler went into the whole story about how when he was a kid his father was abusive to his mother. Tyler would just go into his room and cover his ears to block the sounds. Until one day, he got tired of the fighting and stood up to his father to protect his mother. Ever since then, he becomes very possessive and protective when a woman he loves is involved. Marie, Aliyn, and I all had our mouths gaped open in shock. It became clear that Janelle and Tyler's stories had a common theme. "I am so sorry that you had to go through all of that." I say as tears fill up in my eyes. Tyler chuckles and says, "Don't be sorry. I'm not going any where."