Young Love & Deceit

Five

Well, it's lunch now and I wasn't that hungry. So, i was going to go to the library to get some homework done. I turned around to tell Jameal, and he looked nervous and fustrated at the same time. He had sweat dripping down from his temple. His leg was shaking, and he only did that when he was nervous. It bothered me, I spoke to him:

"Babe?"

He jumped,"HUH?! Oh I'm sorry...what did you say?", he said wiping the sweating off his forehead.

"Just wondering if you were okay? You look sick, you iight?" I said feeling his moist forehead." You feel fine."

"Ye-yeah! I'm just worrying about you, I tend to worry about you often." He said.

"Awww baby, I'm fine. There's no reason for you to worry about me." I said kissing his forehead.

"Your right, your right!" He said hugging my face and kissing the top of my head, which he knew i hated.

"Well, i have to go to the library. I got to study for my exam next period. So, I'll see you next period okay?" I said getting up.

"Okay! Do you want me to walk you?" he said handing me my books.

"No, you don't have to, you can stay here!" I took my books from him.

"Are you sure?" He said looking at me in my eyes. He looked like he really cared to take me, but it was okay.

"Yeah it's alright, I'll see you later babe." I gave him a hug and kiss and began walk out of the cafe. He yelled from across the room:

"HAILIE ROWER!" he yelled. Everyone looked at him, then at me.

"YES JAMEAL ROSS?" i yelled back, with everyone still looking.

"I LOVE YOU!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. Everyone said awwwww.

"I LOVE YOU TOO!" I screamed back. He ran from the table and gave me and hug and a kiss, then i left for the library. I looked back to see Jameal and he had his phone out. Remember that nervous and fustrated look Jameal had before I left? The look seemed to return while he began speaking to someone on the phone.

MEANWHILE.....While Hailie was at the library.....

******Jameal P.O.V.*******

Hailie left the cafeteria and I had to call Micheal before it was too late. I took out my phone, and told Siri to call Micheal.

Micheal picked up the phone:

"Hello?"

"Yo Micheal! You can't tell Ross about Hailie." I said this quietly, and left the cafeteria into the parking lot of the school.

"When did you starting dating the enemy's sister, huh?" he said this while laughing.

"Micheal, I'm serious! Ross doesn't know that I even know her. Imagine if he I was dating her? I'd be dead." I began yelling in the phone.

He started laughing again,"That's funny, he said you would say that. When I told him that, I mean.Your a little to late baby bro, Ross is pretty pissed off. "

"What?! He is going to use her and me to get back at her brother. When Christopher finds out, he'll never let me see her again. You could've just ruined her life, and our relationship!" I must have been pretty loud because there were people staring at me, but i didn't care at the moment. I continued yelling."I'm gonna lose her, do you know that? Your such an idiot. I love her, do you know that?". I felt like a big baby screaming and yelling outside, in the school parking lot.

"Jameal! Get a grip boy, Ross is going to use her to get to Christopher because of Christopher's past. What's it to her?"

"YOU IDIOT! What's it to her?! She doesn't know who Ross is, let alone that he is my father, or that her brother used to sell drugs for my father, or even worse that he is the reason her parents are DEAD!" I could feel my hands getting hotter and hotter. The sweat falling my forehead. I wanted to scream. So, I let my anger crouch me down on one knee and let it out, and it was loud, i heard my scream echoing while i was still screaming. I hung up the phone and walked into school and just breathed heavily until I was calm again. I took books and headed to my next class.

*****Hailie P.O.V.*****

It was eighth period, and I went to my locker, I saw Jameal running up to my locker. I smiled at him, he didn't exactly smile back. I got my books for next class, I looked him, he tried not to make eye contact with me. That's another thing about Jameal that I can't stand, when he tries to hide things from me. He doesn't eye contact with me, or speak to me. I spoke:

"What is it?" I said closing my locker.

"I'm fine, it's nothing." He said, lying to me.

"Jameal, I'm serious" I said getting upset.

He sucked his teeth, rolled his eyes, AND raised his voice at me.

" I said it's nothing, okay?"

I began walking away, because I wasn't goning to stand there and take that addittude from him. He began walking after me, but i walked to fast and he never caught up with me. He yelled at me:

"What's your problem?"He yelled.

I turned around and looked at him. He walked up to me, while I yelled right back at him.

"What's my problem? What's your problem? Ever since we saw your brother this morning, you've been acting crazy! Don't ask me what my problem is, until you figure yours out first!" I stood there screaming in his face. He looked mad, but his face quickly melted. He looked me in my eyes....

"What happened to your parents?"he looked me in my eyes.

"What?" I gave him a confused look.

"It's okay if you don't want to answer, but what happen to your parents?"he kept looking at me, his eyes never left mine. I broke the stare and looked at the floor, a tear fell. I hated talking about what happened to my parents, I never talked about them. It hurts too much. I wiped my tears, he took my hand. He brought me outside to the school's courtyard, and we sat on the bench.

"I was seven, and my parents left me and C at home with our grandmother for the night. C was out with some friends around the block. I was helping my grandmother clean dishes then the phone rang. My grandmother said hello, five seconds passed, she fell to her knees and busted in tears. I ran across the street, and around the corner to find C. I was screaming and crying when told him something was wrong with our grandmother, he and I ran back to my grandmother house and she told us to put our jackets on. C asked my grandmother what happened. Two more tears fell down her face, she told us that our parents were in a deadly accident. C was only fifteen at the time, sold drugs for some dangerous drug dealer. My brother stopped working for him, because my parents found out. So to get revenge, he killed my parents." I squeezed Jameal hand a little tighter, and he squeezed back. That was the first time I talked about my parents and didn't cry.

"I'm so sorry babe. I didn't know, are you okay?" Jameal asked.

"I'm getting over it." I said between deep breaths.

"How's your grandmother?" he sounded concerned.

I breathed heavily,"She was never really the same after the death of my parents, none of us were. But that was almost ten years ago." I breathed heavily again, feeling better.

"Is she still alive?" he asked.

I looked at him and laughed,"My grandmother? Yeah, she lives a couple blocks away from C and I. You'll meet her someday." I smiled at Jameal, he smiled back.

"Just know I'm here for you!" he gave me a hug, and and kiss on forehead.

"Thank you babe!" I hugged and kissed him back. The eighth period bell rang, and we walked to class.