The Runaway

Chapter 9

Me and Gianni have been texting each other for the last couple days. He seems to really like me. I mean who could blame him. 

So right now,Gianni and me are walking in the park with the hobo. He wore something basic. A tee shirt and sweat pants while I wore a cute pink dress. 

We were sitting on the bench in the park;watching the ducks float on the water.'"Zoey would you like some ice cream?" he asked me. I looked at him and nodded. He got up from the bench to get the ice cream. I sat on bench; minding my own business when this girl with her boyfriend or something came up to me. "Excuse me but is you name Zoey?" she asked me.I nodded. "Well we have to talk to you about the boy that your talking to.." the guy told me. I fixed my dress. "Okay lets talk," I said to the two. One thing I notice before the girl sat down is that she was pregnant.."Well I got bad news for you sweet heart." She said to me while moving some hair out of her face. "What is it? " I asked. The two looked at each other then at me. " They boy your dealing with is a drug dealer. "The  girl said to me. My whole body shook. A drug dealer? I got up and walked to where Gianni was. Good thing that he was walking towards me because I would hate to wait in line with him. "Hey Gianni,we need to talk." I said to him. Gripping his arm. I was literally dragging him. "Yeah wassup ma?" he said to me. I didn't say anything until I got us out of the park. Also making sure that he didn't drop the ice cream.

When we got out the park, I finally confronted him about it. But first I gripped my ice cream. " Gianni...someone told me that you were a drug dealer...Is that true?" I said licking my ice cream. That vanilla goodness. He looked at me shocked. "Who told you this?" he asked me. I thought about that. "I don't exactly know their names. But I know what they look like." I said. He looked at me for a minute before talking to me. "Describe them for me." he asked. I thought about it. "They were a boy and a girl. The girl was pregnant with red hair. The boy hair waves with nice facial hair.The guy looked quite buff. Like he was in the gym on a daily basis. They both looked the same age. " I said to him,trying to describe them the best I could. He stopped eating his ice cream then looked down at me. "Hey I need to make a call real quick." he said leaving right before I could say anything. I didn't mind it though. I sat in Gianni's car ;eating my ice cream. 

A couple minutes later, I was on my phone playing Piano Tile when Gianni came in the car with melting ice cream . I tried not to notice it drip down his hand. "Hey Zo do you have a paper towel or wet wipe?" he asked me. I passed him a paper towel I had in my bag.He wiped off the ice cream on his hand off. He started the car up. "I'm sorry I took so long, I had to handle some football business." He said. "Oh it's okay. You have to do what you have to do." I said to him,but was a little confused because he started the car up. "I thought we were going to be out all afternoon?" i told him. He turned to me and kinda frowned. "Well the thing is, I have to cut the date short because I have to help my dad with something since his last man quit." he told me. That's so unfair. I was hoping to spend time with him all after noon then have our first kiss then confess to each other...Yeah that's too much. But I had to understand. "No that's okay." i said to him. He smiled and pulled out of the parking lot. I totally forgot about me being told that one thing. Gianni being a drug dealer...

A hour or so later,I was woken up by Gianni. He was parked in front of my house. I checked the time. It was 4 o clock. I grabbed my backpack from the back right before I was going to go but Gianni grabbed my arm. "wait..before you go...can I give you something?" he asked.I nodded and let go off my bag. He rubbed my cheek. Looking in my eyes then he kissed me. I could the humid air from outside feel the car. I felt my cheeks. They were hot as ever. My first kiss...with someone that isn't completely out my league. I grabbed my bag and ran out the car;closing the door behind me. I rang the bell for Khalil or at least Chris. Forgetting that they said they were going to be out...I shook my head. I turned around and seen Gianni still parked in front. I smiled and walked to the car. I knocked on the car door. He looked up at me and smiled. He unlocked the car door. " I guess you're coming with me." He said. I nodded my head and put my seatbelt back on. He pulled off into the street. "So...what did you think about the kiss?" He asked me. I thought about it. I felt a lot about it. Excitement.. Happiness... Like I was a winner. "I felt a lot of emotions." I told him. He smiled,seeing his dimples. It was so cute to me that he had dimples. Like a wittle Bebe. We were on the highway at this time. I wondered where we were going. "Gianni where does your dad work?" I asked him. "I can't really say because I would have kill you if I Told you." He told me but giggled. I sat in my seat,gripping the seatbelt but he didnt notice it.

After a couple minute, Gianni eased my tenseness. We told each other things that I could really describe since it was so deep. We talked about how the world is so weird but we like it for some reason. He started to tell about how he lost his best friend to his stupid ways. "How did you loss him?" I asked. He looked at me. He had this look of hurt. I gripped on to the wheel of the starring wheel. His jawline looked more defined. "Well...this story starts in 7th grade. I had dread locks. I was a chubby 13 year old. And this I had my first real girlfriend. I say this because you know all the middle school relationships arent real. Well this one was real. We were the cutest couple in the school. Even though I was chubby,she loved a nigga. We lasted 5-6 months until I started fucking up. I started to lose weight. I started to get attention from others. The girls." He said to me before turning into the nearest exit. I nodded;still listening." Since I was I started to act out and began to cheat on her. The worst thing I did was lose my virginity to a hoe at my school. Since I didnt lie,I told her. She was Happy I told her the truth but soon after me and her started to argue. We started to grow apart. Making me cheat more. It hurt her more but I started not to care. Until one day... I got a text message from her. It said 'I'm sick of you hurting me. I'm sick of arguing. I'm can't do this anymore Gee. You've changed and I dont like it. I hope you treat your next girlfriend better than you treated me.' I was heart broken man. She was my everything... I couldn't let her go so the week after,I went to visit her. She was surprisingly there..I seen her in the window of her house curled up with a nigga that wasn't me. The sad part was that this girl was my best friend and my first love." he said to me. His face was filled with sadness that I could relate to. I have this feeling that I should hug him. After we stopped at the traffic light, I hugged him. His face changed into a smile. Which made me feel warm inside. I hugged him after a good minute before the light turned green. "well little one,we have a good couple minute or hour,so you can get some sleep." he said. I nodded and curled up into my seat.

I heard the door up then close while I was sleep. I opened my eyes and seen Gianni wasn't in the car. I looked around to parking lot I was in. I saw a thick,tall figure walking into a warehouse. I grabbed everything;my phone and backpack;out the car and followed the figure. I was careful though. Like a ninja.