Friends with benefits???

Matteo

The police officer is taking me home. I'm not crying. There's nothing to cry about. My grandparents were gonna die soon anyway.

My grandfather wasn't fighting for his life anymore and my grandmother was dying and didn't want to admit it. She had two stents in her heart struggling to keep the two holes closed. Some days she was fine and other days she wasn't able to walk because she woke up to swollen feet. Her blood wasn't circulating right and she wouldn't go to the doctor or hospital. On the other hand, my mother wasn't dying. But if she were to die tomorrow, or even tonight, it would just be another person to worry about off my list. I would no longer have to worry about loosing her because I would have already lost her. No more tears. That's a promise.

He pulls up to my house. I say thank you and walk towards my house. Living in Florida is a pain at night. If you can't see, your bound to walk into a spider bush or step on a frog or lizard or something. And of course my frickin stepfather turns off the light. I wonder if he even heard the news about mom or he's just too busy hating me and being spiteful to care.

I walk slowly on the path through a few small bushes to get to my front door. Then I realized, I didn't hear any lizards rustling through the bushes to 'get away from the human' meaning someone was just here. I turn around and walk to the corner of the street to see if I see anyone. I walk further down the block and see a flickering light coming from a room of a house. Probably just some kids playing around. I turn to walk further down the block and the flickering light catches my attention. I furrow my eyebrows in confusion and start to walk again but with my eyes still focused on the room with the flickering light. It only flickers twice when I walk away. What if I walk towards it? My curious little mind moves my legs towards the house. It flickers three times. Yes and no? I look over at the front of the house to read the number the house was and it was Matteo's. The flickering light was coming from Matteo's room. I look around to see if the coast was clear before loudly whispering "Matteo?!" The window flys open and a rope ladder comes down leading up into the room.

I enter the room through the window to see it empty. I turn around, bring up the ladder and close the window. Hearing the sound of the door locking I whip around to find Matteo. "My parents don't know I'm home." I slowly walk over to him with intimidating and disappointed face. I lay my lips on his quickly ripping off his shirt. He picks me up, takes off my shirt, and lays me down on the bed all in one motion. He smirks, "Glad to see you too." I wrap my legs around his waist and pull him closer to me. He nibbles on my ear lobe and works his way down to lay kisses on my neck. I push him off of me and slowly make my way further up the bed with a seductive smirk on my face. He licks his lips and slowly comes towards me. He starts kissing on my legs moving further up towards my stomach, then my neck. I flip him over so I'm then on top. I kiss his lips while unbuckling his pants, because I'm a good multi-tasker like that, and you can guess what happens next.

Later that night

I wake up to see Matteo's still asleep. I get up from under the covers, and since I'm on the inside corner against the wall, I have to struggle to get off of the bed without waking Matteo up. Once I succeed I walk over to the corner of where Matteo and I clothes are thrown rather wildly. I search through the little mess of the pile to find my clothes. I put on my pants and bra and notice Matteo's phone going off in his pants pocket. I take it out and start to walk over to Matteo to wake him up but the call ends and he gets a text. I'm not the type to go through your phone a certain word catches my eye. I look at the phone.

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Unknown: TEO. WAKE UP BRO. U STILL WITH THAT BITCH?

Unknown: Yo dog wake ya punk ass up. The boss is on his way.

-----end of text-----

Matteo is starting to wake up so I just lock his phone and walk over to him and give him his phone. "Matteo, wake up. Someone was calling you but I missed it." He quickly snatches his phone from me. I give him a straight face yet slightly disappointed look. "Sorry, just some stuff going on. When I get the ok I'll talk to you about it." I walk back over to the pile of clothes and put on my shirt and shoes. "The ok? Ok. Well, I love you." He looks up at me. Oh crap. I don't think I've ever said that to him before. I just smile and walk over to the window. Before I can exit he says "I love you too."

I exit the window and walk back over to my house. I change into my pj's and go to bed.

Next morning

For some strange very unapparent reason I woke up super early. I couldn't get Matteo off my mind. I woke up at time my stepfather usually gets ready for work so I decided to go get some breakfast. I didn't see my brother so I had assumed he was already at school. I put on the kettle to make myself some tea and pick up a green apple to eat for breakfast. My stepfather comes downstairs "Where were you last night? And where's your mother?" HE REALLY DOESN'T KNOW? "My mother is dead. Thought you would've known and I went to a friends house last night. I came back home safe and sound though." "Oh ok. Well I'm going to work." He walks past me to go to the garage and I whip around to yell at him. But instead "My mother is dead. Your wife is dead. Your never going to see her alive, walking, or well again." "Yea, I heard you Jada." He walks out the door and leaves for work. I pick up my phone and see a text from an unknown number.

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Unknown: meet me by the alley

Me: Matteo? Ik about the gang

------end of text------

There was no text after that. He either can't text back or didn't see my text. Either way I go and get ready to go to the alley. I put on a black V-neck shirt, red ripped jeans with ankle cut all black converse and a black beanie. I went downstairs and hopped on my clear penny board.

At first I wasn't sure what alley he was referring to. It could be anywhere really. Every little shopping center has multiple alleyways, but then I remember that day we skipped. I consider that our first date. I went to the alley and turned the corner. Matteo was right there. "I never got the Ok so I can't really tell you much except for--" "That your in a gang?" He seemed drawn back from my response and then looked down not being able to look into my eyes. "Matteo listen. You've been through a lot and your life isn't close to over yet. But by doing something this stupid your just shortening your days. Are you sure you want to do this?" A tear rolls down his cheek leaving me confused as to why. "We can't be together anymore. You need to leave, now." He looks up at me, meeting my eyes, with his full of water. I take a step back and turn the corner which I came from ready to just run home but then "WAIT JADA!" I turn around and BAM.