Just a Different Pigment

•°Anywhere please°•

Sophia's POV

I gaze on the wall clock in the corner of the room. I'm sitting more than 15 minutes here in this damn café. He always has to be late, right?

”Hi, sweetie,“ a light haired boy kisses me on cheek and sits right in front of me.

How the hell did I get into this situation? To be honest, I just don't feel anything anymore, my personal life is falling apart and I can't find a job. I didn't make it to college, so there's nothing to do but find a job. Or marry someone rich. And white. Why? Because my parents. They're something I'm scared to say. I hate the word. Basically, they just hate black people. Not even black women, but especially men.
I have no idea what they've done to them and I can't get over the fact they hate innocent people. Once they told me, ”Being with a black guy is a miscegenation.“ and I didn't even date the boy. He was my friend on high school and I brought him home one time, because I needed help with homework.
Seriously, who gives a fuck about a color of pigment in someone's skin. I've never been like them. Not at all.

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”Something wrong?“ he asked me, interrupting me from being lost in my mind.

”No, no. It's okay,“ I lie, ”But.. There's something I need to tell you,“ I grow sad much more than I was before.
But I need to tell him. I can't do this anymore with him, being away all the time while I don't even know where he is.

”What? Are you pregnant?!“ he jokes foolishly, which makes my blood boil.

”Would you be angry if I were pregnant?“ I ask, just to find out what he answers.

”I.. I don't know.“ he stutters, ”What about abortion?“
Calm down, Sophia. Just calm down.

”So you would just go and kill your baby. Good to know,“ I try to say with equanimity, getting up from my chair. I'm done today. For real.

”No, I mean.. Yes. Sophia, we can't have a baby, you don't understand,“ he raises his voice.

”I do understand enough. This doesn't matter if you wanted it or if it just happened. It's still yours,“ I say normally, trying to not yell.

What the hell am I saying? I'm not even pregnant.
Tears were forming in my light brown eyes as I turn around and made my way to the exit.

”Where the hell do you think you're going?“ he gets up, literally yelling at me, all the people staring at us.

”It's over, Todd.“ I give him a last look and close my eyes to let my tears flow down.

He grabs my shoulder hard and turns me to meet his face.
”No, this is not over! Look at yourself, you're nothing without me!“ he shouts to my teary eyes, me trying to get out from his tight grip.

”Let me go!“

I notice a tall, dark-skinned, muscular man, getting up from his seat immediately I told my boyfriend to let me go.
I look into his approaching dark brown eyes over Todd's shoulder. His eyes are perfectly matching with his skin.

”Hey, hey, hey. Just relax man, okay?“ he says calmly with obvious slight British accent. 

First he waits for Todd to let me go, but as he notices he's not going to because he's grinning at him, he just pull him away of me, standing between us.

”It's not over, Sophia,“ Todd says menacingly as he leaves the café. 

Before I manage to recover from this whole incident, I find myself in a hug of the man who stood up for me. I also realise my tears are all over my cheeks.
His squeeze feels so safe, so with hesitation, I clutch his white T-shirt.
I have no idea who this guy is and my dad would probably kill me for this, but whatever. I need a hug and he knows.

”You okay?“ he asks, pulling me away but still holding my shoulders.

”Yeah, I'm sorry.. It wasn't meant to end up like this,“ I explain and wipe my tears away.

”Don't be. It's not your fault.“

”I think it is..“ I give him a small smile, ”I should probably call a cab and get home.“

”May I give you a ride?“ he asks politely, but I know I can't do this. My parents are home and if they see me with him...

”Look, I don't want to cause you problems, I..“

”C'mon..“ he urges, smiling at me. His deep brown eyes meet mine and I can't refuse.

I nod slightly and he opens the door for me. I can't help but smile even though my mind is still recovering from what happened few minutes ago. My heart is broken even more than it was before.

”You're nothing without me.“

My mind is in another world until I realise I stand in front of a big motorbike, just right after he hands me his helmet.

”Hold on, you didn't tell me you..-“

”You didn't ask,“ he winks, putting the helmet on my head, because I didn't take it. 
He hooks up the button under my chin, getting dangerously close. Our eyes meet again and I can smell his soft scent and as I wanna smell more, he pull away and sits on the motorbike.

”Sit down, babygirl,“ he suggests and moves a little bit forward to make some space for me.

”Why babygirl?“ I ask, sitting behind him like he said.

He laughs before answering me, ”Because you look pretty young,“

Before I dare to answer, he starts the engine.

”So where am I taking you?“ he turns his face to mine.
I freeze. Should I say home? No, I can't. And I can't lie.

I look down, ”I don't think you can take me home,“

He sighs, turning off the engine, and turns around his whole body to see me better and ends up sitting in front of me, face to face.

”What do you mean?“

”Can we go somewhere else?“ I try to not make puppy eyes, but to no purpose.

”Well.. For that eyes, yes we can, but you still didn't tell me where, Sophia,“ he says, not forgetting to mention my name.

”How do you know my name?“ I ask.

”Even if I'd wanted to, I couldn't miss that from your and your probably ex and pretty stupid boyfriend conversation,“ he turns around again to be in the right position to ride.

”Anywhere please,“ I almost whisper.

He starts the engine, grabbing my hands, putting them around his waist.
I didn't think of that I could fall down if he wouldn't do that.

”Try to not shake too much, okay?“ he gives me a last look before turning to face the road.

”What is your name?“ I scream through the loud noice, coming from the engine.

”I'm Ricky,“

I intertwine my fingers in front of his belly to make sure I'm not going to fall down. And in a few seconds we're gone..