Blood Diamonds

Trying To Get Past The Bullshit

Blood Diamonds: Chapter 25

~Joel P.O.V.~
~Later That Evening~

I was laying in bed just thinking. What was I thinking about?

I was thinking about how Dontario was Heather's son. I just let that sink in for a while. I always heard Heather had one of her kids taken away but I would have never in a million years guessed Dontario was the child who was given up for adoption. I decided to call up Dad.

"Hey Joel." "Hey Dad." "You alright? You sound off?" "What do you know about Dontario?" There was a moment of silence. "You found out who his Mom was huh?" "Yeah I did." "Alright, well Dontario was Heather's only son. She had called me numerous amounts of times to get me to help her with her child. I didn't help her because that child wasn't mine. His father was Joey. The kid who committed suicide because of GUTGD.  Before I was given a fake suicide letter by Heather, I was told about Dontario and that he was in the system. I thought a lot about adopting him but some other family had adopted him before I had the chance to even say I was considering adopting him." I just sat there. I didn't really know what else to say. "Nicole called and told me she got a hold of her half-brother so I assumed you had something to do with it." "Yeah I did. I just wanted to know, we'll talk again some other time." "Alright Joel, night." "Night." I hung up the phone and tossed it on the bed.

This explains why rumors were he was switched from foster home to foster home till finally he left and was adopted by the streets. Also explains how he and Nicole have the same blue eyes, they got it from Heather.

I rolled off the bed when I heard knocking on my door.

"Hey Charnae." I said as I kissed her before stepping aside for her to walk in.

"Hey Joel, what are you up to?" I grabbed her hand and began leading her upstairs.

"Not much. Are you spending the night?" I asked before I closed the door to my room and walked over to my bed. I was already changed for bed and she must have been too since she was already sliding under the covers. "I take that as a yes?"

"Do you mind me spending the night?"

"I mind is when you leave in the morning." I said as I snuggled up next to her. I could faintly see her eyes through the darkness that filled the room.

"Aww well I'm sorry when I leave in the morning."

"Now that you're here I don't wanna go to school tomorrow. I'd rather sleep in with you wrapped in my arms."

"We need to go to school though-"

"One day where we don't go won't kill us, unless we go in late." I'm only in school because Dad makes me go, if I had a choice, I would have dropped out already... My currently occupation doesn't require a diploma. Only requires that you know your street smarts and know how to keep yourself alive. Simple requirements.

"Okay we'll go in late. Plus tomorrow is a Friday and that means only 2 more weeks left of school till we're seniors." She said as she pulled me in for one of those passionate kisses. I actually had to pull away cause... Damn. "Why'd you pull away?" She asked with a small laugh.

"I'm all relaxed and ready for bed right? With a kiss like that, you're gonna get me all excited and shit, I'm trying to keep mellow so I can sleep." I love this girl, but I'm right now all mellowed out.

"Oops. Sorry about that." She said bashfully.

"It's cool." I kissed her forehead.

So by this point we've just been talking about every and any topic that came to mind. We were on the topic of kids.