Colored

Alex

Rocky had to  leave after thirty minutes  of talking  about  our bullying  experiences. I was sitting, reading  a book when Alex walked in. I look up at him. My heart always  seemed  to beat ten times faster when he was around. He could  never know this. Any relationship  between  a white and a colored would  get the colored arrested. Don't I want to  get arrested? No, it could  get Alex arrested  as well. Alex smiles  at me. "Hey wanna  go out to the lake?" He asks. I nod my head. We arrive there in twenty  minutes. We didn't  speak at all. I didn't  notice before, but he had brought  an umbrella. We sit down right  next to each other. "So..." He says " I can't  really  say tell me about  yourself, since we've  known  each  other  so long." I nod "Yeah. Remember when we were kids and you'd sneak out so we could  play. We didn't  even understand  why we couldn't  go out together  in public, yet we always  hid deep in the  woods." He smiles  sadly. "Yeah. I remember  thinking  that you were just about  the most amazing  girl I had ever seen. We were  so.... different." He looks almost  flustered . Did he used to  have a crush on me? I dismiss  the thought. No way. "I was colored, for starters. I always  wanted to  go out and explore. I'd start running. I would  always  wonder why you  would  be way behind. I still  remember  the day you told me that you  had adhd and that you  didn't  have strong  bones. I was crying. I thought  you  were going  to  die." I frown. "I remember  me comforting  you until  you  fell asleep. That was the last time  we hung out. My uncle found  out and forbid me from being  withyou  ever again." I nod my head. "For weeks I kept wondering where you  were. A few months  later I realized  that we couldn't play together. I realized the the true horror of segregation." We stayed silent  for what seemed like hours. Finally  Alex spoke up. "I know  I'd probably  get shot  if I said this in public, but I remember  me having  the biggest  crush  on  you. " I turned  to  him, shocked. He turns to  me. He had a crush on me? I  looked at how little  space there was between  us. Alex leans in, when we hear an explosion. He pulls back. "I've got to  run back! My uncle  will want the whole family  to see what happened." I see the faintest of red on his  cheeks. I nod and he runs away. Once again, just like what happened with  the last explosion, it started  to  rain. Alex had left his umbrella here. I grab it and extend it. At least  I won't  be soaking  wet. The events kept replaying in my mind. He had leaned in to kiss me. Maybe we can be together. If we can end segregation.

Hey guys( probably  no one  )
I'm  thinking  about  making  a  sequel  to  this book!
Should  I?