I Should've Listened

Part one

I fluttered my eyebrows while sitting across from him at the dinner table at the finest restaurant he treated me to, since it was our 6th month anniversary. Zavion was my crush in high school when I was a freshman and he was a senior, he never paid me any attention me until I lost all that weight and was no longer that overweight fat girl I used to be. I would have never thought in years We would be together. "I have a surprise for you after dinner" said Zavion. I smiled looking down at my platter full of chicken Alfredo. "And what's that?" I said blushing. "You'll see, you been asking me to take you, and.... *RING* , in the middle of Zavion conversation my phone ranged, I knew how much he hated being interrupted, especially if it's our time. "Babe, please excuse me for a second". I said quickly getting out of my chair. I could see the redness in his eyes but he never said anything when he was angry he'd always get silent, which spooks me out at times. Looking through my call log it was 2 missed calls from my little brother Dee, he was staying over my place since he was on break from college. "Really Lyea, you could've answered!!" He yelled through the phone. "Look dee I'm on a date with Zavion right now, whatever you want make it fast because he's already mad." I said. "Man. I don't care how that nigga feels, if I wanna call me sister to check on her I can, that nigga ain't nobody." He said. I laugh under my breath. "Why are you so overprotective boy, I'm the oldest, I'll be home in a couple hours." I said. "Alright sis." He said. As I walked back to the table i didn't see Zavion there. I speeded up walking towards the door cause there was no way I was paying. I spotted zavion outside the door smoking. "You okay?" I said softly. "You know I'm so sick of this" he said. "Sick of what?" My eyes grew big. "Your brother man, it's obvious that the lil nigga don't like me, so ima need you to chose" he said harshly blowing the smoke out of his mouth. I stood there in shock, he's crazy if he thinks Ima chose him over my brother, my brother is all I got and I'll never let a nigga come between that. "Zavion, I love you but... "YOU LOVE ME, HUH? If you love him you will check him before I check him for you" he said demandingly holding his hand around my neck. A warm tear crawled down the side of my face. "Zavion please let me go" I said lowly, I could barely breath, this was the first time zavion ever put his hands on me, I knew now that I needed to get away from him fast. "I love you." He said as he let go of my bruised neck. I couldn't stop shaking, my lips trembled, my body shivered, who is this guy? I've been with him this long and he turns into a monster. As I rush to walk off he grabs my wrist tightly crushing my circulation. "So you leaving me?" He said with a evil smirk. I had nothing to say I pulled away from him walking off from the restaurant. He yelled, "HURRY Up Lyea, don't keep me waiting, where you going you don't even have a way home!" He laughed as I kept walking further off from him. I paid no attention to what he was saying, but that night I regret not paying attention to exactly what he said. Hours later after catching a cab home i walked up the steps to my home in relief. Walking in the house it looked exactly the way I left it. maybe dee finally learned how to keep a house clean I thought to myself playfully laughing in my head. "Deeeee!!!" I yelled "where is this boy at?" I said to myself walking to the kitchen. Now where is my brother it's like 2 sum, he don't know any of these folks out here where I live, so where can he be? Then I thought to myself let me go check the guest room. Slowly I opened the door to see my brother knocked out under the cover. I smile and walked to my room, it was so chilly when I walked in there. I looked up to realized my window was opened. "What the hell?" I looked down at this piece of paper and picked it up.. it said.. "I told you to hurry up didn't I, You should have listened slut!" Balling up the paper I ran to the room where my brother was sleeping "DEE GET UP" as I ranned over to the bed shaking him "boy get up now this is urgent" I said. I snatch the cover of my brother to see something I never imagined to ever see, a bloody gunshot in the middle of his head, my body jumped out of my skin, my lips locked up, my spin was still, my mouth became dry lost for word.... I jumped back screaming my lungs out... "NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" I screamed so loud that it woke all my neighbors, What did I get myself into, how could I have let this happen? It was all my fault, I should've listened to Zavion and played along, I wish I could take it all back! Losing the only thing I had was complete torture! Me sitting on the bed holding my brother body in my arms, my eyes turn pitch red, redder than the blood that was on my hands. Zavion must die now.