Part of The Game

XX

2 days later...

Tanya's View

"We need to talk." Ty said, coming into the kitchen.

He made me and Tariq miss school cause we needed to have a 'family discussion'. I was currently sitting at the island, eating a bowl of Cocoa Puffs. Tariq walked in and took a seat next to me.

"What's this about?" Tariq asked, laying his head on my shoulder.

He clearly just woke up...

"This is about Tanya, for starters."

"What about me?" I asked.

"You came in last night at 1 in the morning and on top of that, you skipped school."

I sighed. "There's something I need to tell you guys."

"What?" Ty said.

"I know who shot me." I said. "A boy named Bryan, he was 15."

"Bryan?" Tariq mumbled. "As in Bryan Alvarez?"

"Yeah."

"You said was, Tanya." Ty said.

"He-" I stopped when my voice cracked and cleared my throat. "He died yesterday."

"You seem real upset about this, T."

"He was our brother. Adoption wise."

"Wait, huh?" Tariq asked.

"The night I met him, Dave took him home and at school two days ago, he called me and sounded in pain. I went to his apartment and mom was there. She said that she had adopted him."

"You saw mom?" Ty asked.

"Yeah and Uncle Ray."

Tariq paused for a second. "Does Dave know?"

"He knows about the rape now." I said. "Just not about the abortion."

"When do you plan on telling him?"

I shrugged. "Today, I guess."

There was a knock on the door and we all looked up. "Now is perfect."

Tyrell left out and opened the door. Moments later, he returned with Dave behind him. Ty and Tariq walked out, leaving me to face Dave.

"Hey." I said.

"Wassup." He paused. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't know how."

"Baby, I want you to know that you can tell me anything." He said, pulling me into him.

"I guess you wanna know the story now." I said.

"Only if you're comfortable telling it."

"Let's go to my room."

I grabbed his hand and we went up to my room. He closed the door behind him and we took a seat on the bed.