They Dont Know: Runaway Love

Chapter 2

*Chris POV*

I had entered my 5th-period class, math. I had sat down thinking about going home. This school is really not it. I'd write a whole letter to my mother about bringing me back.

"Excuse me. You're in my seat"

I looked beside me to see a female standing over me. Just from looking at her, I already knew she was going to be some type of trouble.

"Yall don't have sign seats," I said

"You're right but I always sit here. So, if you do not mind moving somewhere else" She said,

"I do mind. Find somewhere else to sit" I said

"No. You can get up and go," she demanded.

"Yo, I don't know who you tryna be in control of but it's not me. So take ya ass somewhere. Not about to argue with you over a damn seat" I said.

"Is there a problem between you two?" The teacher asked as she approached us.

"Mrs. Elaine, I sit here every day," she complained.

"Are we doing this again Zonnique? Please, there are no sign seats, go find another please."

The girl got mad and stormed off to another seat. Yeah, my mother is going to hear from me today because I have never seen anyone get mad over a seat. I had just so happened to look up and see the same girl from 1st period walk into the class. Immediately locked eyes with one another. She rolled her eyes and went to her seat.

The teacher had gone over the things that we would go over today but that would be after lunch. Once that bell rang, the whole class went to lunch. Of course, I sat by myself since I hardly said a word to anyone here. I got on my phone when all of a sudden it went black. I removed whoever hands were over my eyes and turned around to see my cousin.

"Ryan"

"Christopher!" She shouted.

I just stared at her cause she just popped up behind someone like that and covers their eyes.

"You just going to stare nigga? Give me a hug fool" She demanded.

I got up and we both hugged tightly. I haven't seen her since we were 9. We are 17 now. We visited here and there when her mother wasn't being a bitch. We both sat down and Ryan was just filled with excitement.

"Yo I'm beyond happy right now. Someone that I know I can get along with has finally moved to Queens." She said

"Calm down. It's just temporary." I said

"Well excuse me then. You look good though Chris. The last time I saw you, you were a little chubby chubby." She said,

"Fuck off. You don't look too bad yourself. Your hair red now" I said

"Yeah, I was tired of my black hair. So how is it to be in a different and new environment?" I asked.

"What does it look like?" I asked

"Someone pissed in somebody's cereal this morning. Let me give you the rundown. Don't fuck with nobody here. Seriously. Get you in more trouble than you already were in Virginia." She said

I looked over to her and she looked at me.

"Oh, you thought I didn't know about your shenanigans? Auntie wouldn't stop running her mouth." I said

I shook my head. I had scooped the cafeteria when I saw the girl from earlier this morning as she sped walked across the cafeteria.

"Don't even think about it" Ryan blurted out.

"What?"

"What did I just say, not even 3 minutes ago? That girl is nothing but trouble." She said as she combed her hair with her fingers.

"You must know her?" I asked.

"Who doesn't," She said. "She had a lot going on with her people and from what I heard, she shot her mother." She continued.

I shot a sharp look at Ryan.

"What do you mean she shot her mother?" I asked.

"Look, I don't know everything but there is a saying she killed her mother." She said

"A saying? So you don't know for sure?" I asked

Ryan shrugged her shoulders and continued to scope around the cafeteria.

Ain't no way she killed her mother. Why would she still be here if that was the case?

*Aaliyah POV*

I sat on the bench near the pond that was off school limits. Students are not allowed to be outside during school hours but there's no need for me to be there when I have no friends. Plus, who wants to see millions of eyes on you constantly. I sit here every day during lunch period or to get away from my dad. I don't even know why he's labeled under that name. He's been like the devil since forever. My dad never wanted a child. A child was way far away from his brain to even think of having one. But he slipped up. He was drunk. That's when he's at his lowest that he acts a complete lunatic. My mom didn't want to deal with him that way. He didn't care that she said no, so he raped her. Then I came along and boy did he try his hardest to get rid of me and since that failed, he put me to use. I've been in his world for as long as I can remember. And since then, I pray that I can escape this shit.

"Of course I'd find you here," a familiar voice said from behind me.

I rolled my eyes and looked behind me just to see the last person I wanted to see today. I mean besides my dad. I turned away from him and just ignored him. He came over to me and sat next to me.

"What do you want Malik?" I asked

"I was just checking on you." He said

I laughed at the response he gave me.

"Checking up on me? Malik please. Don't start acting like you care now." I told him

"Look I know I went far as hell this morning, okay but you're daddy tripping. He can't put me out here and not pay me later on down the actual given time. Had to set something off" He said

"So you put a gun to my head? And let's not forget that Daniel can give two shits about me. I don't know what you thought you were going to get out of that but whatever" I said

"Clearly I got my shit. Sorry I had to use you as bait." He said

"You on that shit aren't you?" I asked him

"What?"

"Don't fuck with me, Malik. You haven't acted like that since 8 months ago. You on that shit again aren't you?" I asked.

Malik was quiet for a second. He shook his head and so did I.

"Come by tonight." He said.

"You know Daniel won't go for that shit Malik," I said.

"It ain't like you wanna stay there anyways. Let me handle him. I'll pick you up after school" He said as he kissed my forehead.

He got up and left and I went back to school. Lunch was over so I went to my math class. As soon as I sat in my chair, I saw someone sitting in front of me. I couldn't tell if this was the same person from my 1st period until he turned around to me. He had this little smirk on his face and had licked his lips. I rolled my eyes and was about to put my head down until he spoke.

"What?" I asked.

"You straight?" He asked

"Couldn't have been better," I said as I laid my head down on the desk.