We Need Each Other

Shawn Sullivan

This is late but I completely forgot that I didn't give Shawn an image so this is Shawn's story.

My life started out hard. My mom wasn't working & my dad was working some dead end job & it didn't help that my mom was now pregnant with my little sister. Even though shit wasn't easy my parents didn't give up. After Lisa was born my mom went back to school & got her masters in child education. then she became a teacher at my school & urged me to tryout for the basketball team.

Cameron agreed but after a couple games all the attention started going to my head & I soon started to drift away from Cam. I didn't mean to but shorties were throwing themselves at me & my no good "friends" urged me to cheat on Cameron. Soon after that I got into dealing drugs, at first it was just to keep some extra money in my pocket. I didn't like asking my parents for shit. I was always down for copping the newest shit. I couldn't be the star basketball player & looking bum, could I?

I meet Cam in middle school, she was always by my side. I'm talking about through EVERYTHING. That was my rider. I never meant to hurt her.

When I found out she was talking to that nigga Trent I damn near lost my mind.

"Ayo Rondo, that one little baddie you was with in high school, what's her name?"

"You gotta be more specific than that, I done had too many shorties up & through here man" I laughed

"Nah man ya girl. Uh. . .uh. . .ca, . .Cameron! That's her name."

"Something wrong? She good?"

"Chill bruh, but I heard she running around town with one of them niggas from around the way. Trent. I think that's that bum ass nigga name. One of my dudes hit up his homeboy Shug."

"Oh yeah that nigga tripping. Who the hell that nigga think he is?"

"Ion know but he real comfortable. They're together all the time, Talia told me he basically living with her."

"Don't worry about it. Ima handle it."

I decided to hit up Talia, I knew she would tell me everything. She was like a little sister to me.

"She's in love with him, she hasn't admitted it yet but you can tell she is. She gave him her virginity. Shawn. Her virginity. This is CAMERON we're talking about, the little girl who always said that'd she was giving her virginity to the man she wanted to marry. And Shawn. . . .i know you gon trip after I say this but, she's....-"

"Don't say it Talia. Man hell naw. Not my Cameron. Not by another nigga. I didn't think she'd move on that fast man. I'm bought to lose my shorty & my mind. Talia. I love her. I know I did my dirt & I didn't treat her like she was supposed to be treated but that's my rib man. I can't let this bum ass nigga take her away from me. I know she still love me. Right? Man HELL NO! I gotta kill that nigga. He gotta go."

I got her back & just when I thought she was gon be mine forever. . .God had different plans. But I am glad I got to spend my last couple of days with the woman I loved & we got back on good terms because lord knows I wouldn't have been able to rest if she & I didn't work through our stuff first.