Set the rules

Melinda 9

    Twelve o'clock am. The clock read on my phone. The music was so loud I'm surprised that none of the neighbors came to shut it down or called the cops. At twelve thirty I had enough. I was gonna go to the party. I put a white short sleeveless dress and slipped on some sandals. I went in my mom room to use some of her lipstick. I smiled as I looked at myself in the mirror, running my fingers threw my kinky curly hair. Shit, I looked good.

My heart was pounding fast as I made my way to Ryan house. I notice my car wasn't at his house. I guess he put it in my garage. I went thru the side door that lead to the kitchen. It was crowned. I had to squeez threw people, most of them from school. I watched as girls grind on guys. Rihanna "work" was playing. I went to see what was going on in  the living room. There was only chairs set up, the couch and coffee table where gone. Even the family pictures were gone.

The smell of weed was stronger in the living room. Most guys here had a blunt in their hand. I went in the basement. I got too dizzy with the smell of alcohol and weed. I turned around and ran back upstairs. This was not my scene and Ryan was nowhere here. I went upstairs stepping over people making out. I opened Ryan door and froze when I saw Jason and Keshia on Ryan's bed. Her head was between his legs. I couldn't move. He opened his eyes and pushed her away when he saw me. He got up and pulled up his pants.

I slammed the door shut and turned to walk back downstairs. I tried acting like I was okay. Few minutes later somebody pulled my hair. 

    "The fuck"  I turned around smacking whoever did that. I saw Keshia gasp as she hold her face. Some people stopped to look at us. Few seconds later Jason was down and so was Joanna.

"Dang moo. You know you too big to be wearing white now" she said. People started laughing. I looked around at them. The music had stop. Joanna and her best friend came close to me.

"What you gonna do now cow?" She asked me pushing me back. It wasn't hard enough to push me back, but it still hurted. I stepped back and looked at her. She smiled. Her best friend came in my face and punched me in the stomach.

I screamed in pain as I stumbled to the floor. She punched me in the face and it lands on my lips. I touched it and saw blood. Everybody was looking at me now laughing.

I stood up and turned to leave but Keshia grabbed my hair really tight.

"I swear if you tell anybody what you saw I will kill you" she whispered. I got so mad I started to attack her. I elbow her in the stomach and she stable back. I didn't wait for her to come back I went to her. I grabbed her by the throat and punched her in the mouth twice. Blood started gushing out her mouth.

Johnna came behind me and started pulling my hair. I let her best friend go and kicked her on her Side. She screamed and run toward me. I punched her in the face and she stumble back. She reached for something and came running to me , I ran towards her too but somebody pulled me back. They picked me up and took me away

" Let me go. I swear I will beat both of ya asses. Try me hoe. That's why your so called best friend was blowing your little dick ass boyfriend five minutes ago" I yelled as I was being taken outside. I spit out the blood as I got outside. "Let me down. I swear they will get what they deserve"

"Melinda came down, chill yo" Ryan yelled as we got to my house. He put me down and put his arm around me.

"Let me go Ryan, I had enough of them" I told him pushing him away. He didn't move. I was so mad I punch him in the stomach. He bend down in pain and I went around him to go back to his house. A hand grabbed mines and pulled me. I spin around and kicked him harder in the stomach again.

"Leave me alone Ryan next time it's gonna be your face" I said threw my teeth. He got up and grabbed me again. I went to hit him but this time he blocks me. I tried again but he kept blocking me.

"Stop fighting me" he yelled. I went to kick him again but he grabbed my legs. I punched him with my free hand. He let me go to cover his cheek. I stable back and falled to the floor. I was about to get up but Ryan came and picked me up. He didn't let me go til we got in my room. He threw me on the bed and pin me down.

SHE HAD A RAZOR" " he yelled. I stopped struggling to get out and looked at him.

"Joanna was about to slice your face open" he said. I gave up fighting him, but he was still on top of me and he was still holding my hands down. I started crying.

"T-they started it. They always start s-something with m-me" I cried. Ryan got up from me and I set up. I curled in a ball and cried. He didn't stop me or comfort me. He left. He freaking left. My body started shaking in tears. I felt alone. Few minutes later Ryan came back. He had a towel and a bowl of water. He sit it down on my desk and pulled me up to sit up.

"Come on. You have blood on your face" he told me. He grabbed the towel and wet it. He started cleaning my face. I moved back when the towel touched my lips.

"Ow, that hurt" 

 He got closer.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. He looked at me and I looked away. He finished and set the bowl down with the towel. "You got blood on your dress"

I looked down at my dress. It was bloody and had green glass stain. I got up and went in my closet. I took it off. I slipped into a t-shirt and went back to sit on my bed. Ryan pulled up the covers for me and I got in.

"Can I lay down? I promise I won't try anything" he told me. I nodded my head. He didn't get under the covers. We lay there in silence.

I looked up at the ceiling. I can tell he was looking at me. He moved around and grabbed something from his pocket he light it up. A second later my room smelled like weed.

"You doing drugs in my room?" I asked sitting up. He looked at me and passed me the joint. I looked at him crazy.

"Its spring break, loosen up." he told me. I looked at it for a while before getting it. I mean it wouldn't hurt, right?. "Inhale, hold it in then exhale" he told me. I did what he said. My throat started hurting. I starting coughing and there were tears falling.

"I'm d-dying" I said coughing. He started laughing and rubbed my back.

"Open your mouth," he said. I looked at him weird. "Chill. Now inhale, hold, then exhale" he said. I watched as he inhale and he pulled my face close to his. He waited for me to open my mouth. I did and he blew the smoke in my mouth. I hold for a while and exhale slowly.

He smiled at me and handed me the joint. I inhale, hold and exhale.

"I did it"

He laid down and I followed. We passed the joint back and forth. All of a sudden I got the giggles. I couldn't stop laughing. Ryan was having the giggles too.  Tears where falling. I felt happy. I turned to him and looked at him.

"I want you" I told him getting closer to him. I kissed his cheek and he pulled away. I don't know where the confidence was coming from.

"I'm sorry. I was rude and disrespectful. I shouldn't had messed around like that. You a cool person but I can't-"

"Why because I'm fat?, I'm not pretty like the girls that throw themselves at you?" I asked him yelling. I was up now looking at him.

"No, because you should wait for the special someone. You not like these other girls Melinda, you special" he told me.

" I don't want to be special Ryan. I'm giving you a free pass to have fun with me til I get out of here. I know you and for some weird reason I trust you more than anybody, which is weird because you been nothing but an asshole, but I want this. I just wanna have fun. No strings attached"

He didn't say anything. We didn't say anything or moved. We just stared at each other.

"Come on. I need the pounds gone for prom and we can do it in the dark if that makes you feel better" I added.

He light up another joint and passed it too me. I took it this time and laid  back down. He didn't lay down with me. He got up and left and this time be didn't come back.