S L A V E D

Day Two With Me

"So how is everything with you and Khalia?" Keonte' sat in front of the new flat screen that I brought popping popcorn into his mouth. "I mean, you haven't done something stupid yet?"

"What are you trying to say?" I rolled my eyes as I looked down at my phone. I haven't gotten a text from Kitty Cat in two full days. Two weeks ago I messed up so badly. Just seeing her with Keonte' wrecked my brain. Seeing her happy with him, holding his hand, and laughing at his jokes. Those are the things I don't do with her, I never thought of ever taking her out on date until after I gave her the necklace. I couldn't stand the feeling of someone leaving me again. Watching her stand before laying the cards out at the batting cage showed me that she really loved me. Why would a girl like her ever like a guy like me? Through this fake relationship, no matter how bad I treated her she always stayed around with a smile on her face. But the whole month of February I made her cry and hurt, I couldn't stand that either.

Keonte' sat down with me and explained, a guy like me who didn't believe in love was feeling jealousy and that in fact that I love her. Of course I brushed him off . But he got serious on me. He told me that Khalia should never hate the holiday Valentine's, the holiday was her and her mother's favorite. They did everything together. He reminded me the things Kalaunu said of his precious Ky.

I felt terrible with myself but I chased after her. I was outside her house looking at it. The last time I was here her brothers threaten me. She's lucky to have a family like that.

I shoved my hands into my pockets fingering the box and walked up to the door.

"I'm saying you have a hard time showing your true feelings and I know you probably said something to Khalia making not want to talk to you. That's why you keep checking your phone." He laughed throwing his head back. "What did you say to her Friday?"

"I didn't say anything to her and I do not care if she doesn't call me."

"Yeah keep telling yourself that." he stood up and sat next to me on the couch. "You know if you keep treating her that way another man might sweep her off her feet and she'll leave you for good."

♡

I didn't have to pick up Keonte' this morning and I didn't have practice. I was out front of Khalia at seven waiting for her to some out. Women are slow. If she doesn't come on I'm going to drive with all the windows and freeze her for making me wait this long. It was seven fifteen when finally came out. She wore a gray romper with a white polo underneath and white tights with red Uggs boot. God she's so blind. She smiled getting into the car.

"Morning Blake." She said slamming the car door. "Today's such a beautiful today. Do you think me and you can eat lunch outside today?"

"You're such a pain, sure." I said shifting the car into gear and pulling out of the parking space making our way to school. She didn't say anything. I took a short gaze at her. She was holding a blue paper bag close to her chest and humming a song to herself. She was happy, what for?

I pulled in my usual student spot and stepped out. I did something I've never done before. I jogged around to the other side of the car and opened the door for her, I even offered to hold her things.

I slammed my head on my desk. What is wrong with ME! I hate her for making do all this sappy movie stuff. I turned my head to stare out the window where I have a perfect view of her sitting at her desk. She was laughing and talking to her four friends. They looked like they were having a fun time. I watched the boy Willy  trying to steal a peek at what she was hiding in the bag but she wouldn't let him. She shook her head and started to play with the necklace I brought her. She really loves a person like me. That was still hard to believe. No matter how I treat her, she'll always come back. That's something I'm not use to.

I was about to turn my head back to the boring teacher in front of me when a boy approached her. Whatever he said made her blush. My fist balled up. How can he do that to her? I continued to watch as she dug through her bag and hand him something wrapped in a clear bag. He blew a kiss at her before walking away.

The bell rang and I rushed out of there. I hurried for some air. I bust through the doors and breathed in the late winter air. What is wrong with me?

I searched for her. I found her at our normal spot. She was sitting on the bench hugging the bag to her chest and smiling hard again. I stopped catching my cool and then continued to walk towards her with my hands in my pockets.

"Why did you want to sit out here? Snow is still on the ground." I sneered as I sat down next to her resting my elbows on my knees.

"A birdie told me something Saturday and I've been puzzled." She ignored my question as she stared up at the blue sky. "I wanted this moment to be perfect Blake."

"Why is that?"

She dug through the blue bag and pulled out a cupcake that was decorated nicely.

"Happy Birthday Blake!" She smiled placing the cupcake in me hand looking at me with her green doe eyes. My heart pound. This is what she's been doing over the weekend. Baking cupcakes.

"Did you make this for just me." I held the cupcake in my hand and squished it knowing the truth. She didn't just make it for me because today was my birthday.

"What did you do that for Blake, of course I made that just for you." She whined standing up over top of me. I looked away from her gritting my teeth. How can she lie?

"No you didn't, I saw you give another cupcake to some else. Was that why you were humming this morning?" I dropped the crumbled cupcake on the ground and stood up pushing her to the side.

"That wasn't made out of love that was a thank you." She yelled. "He helped me study for a test. Why are you such a jerk Blake!" She screamed bringing attention to us. I looked over my shoulder at her. She already had tears in her eyes and her cheeks where red. I did it again.

"Is everything okay over here?" Of course it was the boy who she made the cupcake for. I glared at him.

"Of course." I barked as I pushed passed him and walked into the school. She just made me hate my birthday even more. I walked over to my locker and then out of the school to my car.

♡

The next day I couldn't find her. At six this morning me and Keonte' was out front waiting for her, her brother told us she never came home last night. I've been on edge looking for her. Why did I leave school and go to the beach? And then I had the nerve to throw my phone in the lake. I have no way of reaching her.

I walked through the hallways around lunch still looking for her. She wasn't sitting at her desk.

"Aye, Richardson." I turned around to the boy who Khalia gave a cupcake to. He stood at the top of the stairs looking down at me and I couldn't stand that. I walked up to meet him.

"What do you want?" I glared down. He was much shorter than I was with black silky hair that he wore covering his face. He was very skinny and couldn't dress fashionably. He screamed nerd.

"Do you really love Khalia?"

"That's none of your business."

"If you don't really love her then why stay with her when all you do is constantly hurt her. Yesterday she told me everything. How can you treat a girl like her the way you do?" He pushed up his gray framed glasses up his nose. Khalia went and cried to him. She sought out comfort in him. Does she like him or he like her? Am I going to lose her again?

"What, you going to tell me that you love Khalia?" I laughed pushing pass him to continue my search for her. But...

"I already confessed to her that I do. All the time me and shared in the library I've fallen for her. You're not making her happy but I know for a fact that I will." He based.

I turned around.

"If that's so, then you can have her." I waved my hand in the air walking away.

"How can you push her away so easily?"

"I was just using her to waste time and for my amusement." I laughed turning the corner.

"I don't know what SHE EVER SAW IN YOU!" He yelled.

I felt something in my chest tighten.