A Different Kind Of Love

Chapter 23

          Kierra POV
"Wassup"

"What the hell are you doing in here? You don't know my father" I said walking towards him looking at my sleeping father

"Yeah I know. I was just coming to pay him a visit for a friend" he said still sitting and staring at my dad

"What friend?" I asked

He stood up and walked pass me and stood at the door

"Doesn't matter. See you later Key."

With that he walked out of the room. I could see so much sadness in his eyes and it worried me. I looked at my father and back at the door.

Fuck it he's sleep, we'll have our time. I followed Darrious catching him right before he got on the elevator

"Dee! Wait!" I yelled

"Wassup Key? I got somewhere to be" he said with an attitude

"What you said!? I couldn't hear you with all that attitude stuck in yo throat!" I said immiating Charity

He stood there staring at me blankly

Damn that would usually make him laugh

"Tough crowd. Look Dee I heard what happened and-"

"Look I don't need no sympathy ok? Worry about yo fucking family and stay the fuck out my business!" he semi yelled

I stood looking at him blankly. He must not know I really don't give a fuck anymore. I've been through so much lately he can't say anything to hurt my feelings.

"Are you done?" I stood there leaning against the wall with my arms crossed

"Just leave me the fuck alone Key, I'm serious, stay away from me" he said getting on the elevator. I followed him and pulled the stop button the the elevator once the doors closed

"Man what the fuck!" He screamed making me jump a little

"I'm not leaving you alone. No matter what you say or do to push me away I'm not leaving you alone; you're hurting Shit we all are, but you're not going to go around and try to make yourself into a heartless monster that you want the world to see you as" I said standing in the corner by the elevator buttons so he couldn't turn the elevator back on

"Kierra look, we're graduating in less than a week. You and I won't ever have to speak again afterwards, and when you go off to your big fancy ass college life you're going to forget my very existence so why not just start now? Leave me alone Key, I'm damaged goods and nobody can fix that"

He tried to move me away from the buttons but I didn't budge I just stared at him in his sad eyes. No matter how much he tried to act hard you could still see he was hurting

"I'll never forget you, I mean how could I forget someone I hated throughout all of high school-"

He scuffed "exactly"

"Let me finish. I hated you all throughout high school just to find out at the end that I was wrong. You wanna act hard for them niggas in the street but I see you Dee. I've lived next door to you most of our lives I've seen you go through your hardest times in life and handle them like no one else could-" I stopped myself seeing him tense up and turn around to avoid eye contact. I walked up to him and gently grabbed his hand.

"I'm here Dee, and I'm not leaving you alone. Not in this big ass world." I said making him face me

He stared at me in my eyes and licked his lips as I continued holding his hand. I couldn't help but think about the night we stayed at Jay's house and he cuddled with me.