Never the Black Girl

Chapter 6

"And when I came out of the bathroom, he was gone" She said, retelling the story to Roland.

"He also tried to rape you, right?" He said, walking up the stairs of their school.

"I mean, you could say that, I guess...." She said, following him.

"You shouldn't let him, or anyone do that to you." Roland replied, tinges of anger apparent in his voice.

"Roland, he didn't hurt me." She explained.

"Yet." He spat, scowling.

"I don't plan on hurting her. YOU on the other hand..." Lionel spat back, cornering Roland at the top of the stairs.

"Oh, and I would hurt her??" Roland asked, annoyed.

"Tabitha, can I talk to you, please? Over here?" He asked, talking through his teeth.

"Yeah..See you later, Rollie..." She said, waving goodbye. Tabitha really didn't want to stop talking to Roland, but she knew that Lionel would be upset if she didn't give him her attention.

"Yeah....Bye....." Roland said, defeated.

Tabitha walked over to Lionel, slightly annoyed.

"What?" She asked,

"I don't like when you hang out with him. You should just stick by me." He suggested, smiling.

"No, that's not fair!" She shouted.

"Well, I want you to be by me at all times, okay?" He asked.

"No! I want to hang out with friends. It's MY life!" She shouted, angrily.

"Yeah, but you belong to me!" Lionel protested, growling quietly. He seemed to growl all the time.

"You don't OWN me!" She screamed, irritated.

"Not yet..." He said, looking down.

"If you don't watch it, you never will." She threatened.

Lionel slowly backed Tabitha into a nearby wall, putting his face down by where she was. "I don't care what you say, I will. Whether you like it or not." He said, grinning.

Tabitha couldn't think of anything to say. She was speechless. Lionel was serious about this.

"Ready to go home?" He asked, smiling.

"Uhm...We have school, Lionel.. We have to get to class like, now!" Tabitha said, getting ready to run.

" Hey! I talked to your teacher...and persuaded them into 'dismissing' you." He said, winking at her.

"Why do you wanna go home so bad?" She asked, still frustrated with him.

" I have a surprise." He confessed, dragging her behind him.

"Oh. Well, Lionel...I'm really tired. I don't know if I'll be able to stay awake." Tabitha said, yawning.

"Aw, look at my baby." He said, pouting at her. "C'mere" He said, picking her up.

" WOAH! I think I'm old enough to walk..." She said, surprised.

"As my mate, I have to please you when you're in distress. This is how I do that." He said, looking into her eyes.

"All these mate privileges." She said, with a grin.

I MUST be his mate, She thought. Because he's the ONLY one I cannot stay mad at.

"Let's get going..." He said, walking towards his car.

. . .

From: Roland ( :) )

Hey, I didn't see you after class, what happened?

From: Tabitha To: Roland

I went to hang out with Lionel. I'll see you on MONDAY


. . .

"Who're you texting?" Lionel inquired.

" Roland." Tabitha said, looking at her phone.

Thinking about Roland, made Lionel clench his jaw. " He can't go 3 hours without you." He mocked.

"Neither can you." She shot back.

"Only because of my inner wolf..." Lionel said, embarrassed.

"No...I honestly think that YOU can't live 3 hours without me." She said, grinning.

"Probably not." He said, chuckling.