Broad shoulders brought by age, and dimples caught by a smile he made. I don’t remember him this way. There, he sat by me. A few inches away. With the sunlight on his side, with a glimmer in his eyes.
He once was a quiet boy who only trusted me and his guardians. A boy who read books and loathed sports. He used to hate sweat and overreact about working out. He was skinny and limp. Unlike how he was now. Right before my eyes.
I couldn’t overcome this feeling i was having. I couldn’t specify the feeling.
Kobe Dylan.
I could feel the tears developing towards the rim of my eye lids. I couldn’t tell if I was happy or not because he was here. Although, I also could have been angry. Why was he all the way here? All the way in Texas. From Michigan.
We had just continued to sit there. In the utter silence. The silence, other than the neanderthal teacher babbling about poetry. It seemed peaceful. He looked into my eyes with a shine.
“How have you been?”
What should i say? This question waited in my thoughts. In fear of disappointment. Suddenly, he takes my hand in his. Just to follow that with a question.
“Are you okay, Toni?”
He said my name. I couldn’t help but to smile. He said my name, but not with a fourteen year old’s crack and squeak. He said it with a 17 year old low and hoarse voice. He said with such audacity. Such promise.
“I’m quite delightful, thank you for your concern.” I answered with manners. I should have said something.
“Hey, don’t get all AnaBeth on me now. Your mom isn’t here. This is school.” He chuckled.
Mother taught me to be better behaved since we left BattleCreek. I couldn’t help but to show manners. Otherwise, mother’s teachings would’ve gone to waste.
“Please, I assure you it would be well mannered of you if you state my mother as Mrs.Blunt.”
“Blunt? What happened to Davis?”
Mother remarried.
“They’re divorced.”
“Why?”
Because father died of cancer.
“Financial issues.”
We’ve never had “financial issues” We’re as rich as the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow. I’m an heiress in public school, due to the fact that I don’t get enough sun. I felt comfortable at home, with a tutor at my side. With a tutor there’s no need to interact with other people. Nobody.
