Pivotal

7. Date Night

Aerin Creer

So today was suppose to be Justise and I first date and to be honest I was actually nervous and scared.

Justise hasn't called or talked to me all day and I don't know if that was a good or bad thing.

I heard my phone ringing and quickly grabbed my phone as I saw Justise named appear.

"Hello?" He said lowly into the phone.

"Hey Justise what's going on?"

"I think they following me." He whispered.

"Who's following you?"

"The guys from school."

"Justise stay on the phone with me and walk quicker I'm coming outside to meet you." I told him as I put on sweatpants and my shoes.

I grabbed my car keys and headed outside as I hopped in my car and my phone pared to the car.

"Hello you still there?" I asked him.

"Yeah I'm walking faster but I still think they following me hurry up."

I speed up a little as I heard moving into the phone then I saw Justise running from the guys and I pulled up and put the car in park and jumped out with my gun in my hand.

"Oh shit." They both said with they hands up.

"Yeah oh shit." I said as they both mumbled damn and was scared.

" come on." I told them as they followed me.

Justise walked behind them with my gun as I walked towards this old warehouse I knew of I use to go there to get away.

So they followed me til I reached it.

"Get in there." I told them as they walked up the stairs inside the place that led to a closet.

I grabbed two chairs and made them sit in them as I tied them up and put tape over they mouth.

"See y'all." I told them as I locked them in there and Justise follow me back to my car. It took us a while to get back to the car but we made it.

"Thank you." He said to me as he put his seatbelt on.

"Welcome no problem."

"Aerin." He called out.

"Yeah?" I said as turned the car on and drove back to my house.

"Why don't they like me?" He said as he took his glasses off and cleaned them.

"I don't know they just hating." I said turning into my neighborhood that I lived in with my dad.

"Hating on what, I don't have anything." He sighed.

"You have an great attitude, your fine and no matter what you keep a smile on your face there's so much about you."

"Aerin I don't even know why I'm living right now."

"Stop it Justise don't say that."

"I'm serious Aerin the only good thing I have is basketball." He said as a tear came down on his face as I parked the car in the driveway.

"Justise stop it."

"No I can't'!" He yelled. "Everyday I go to school get bullied and go home I've been going through this shit since I was a kid man." I hit the dash board and broke down crying.

"Come on Justise we don't have to go out just come inside my dads not even home for the weekend this time he has a movie to do."

"Okay." He whispered as he followed me inside upstairs to my room.