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6.4-MAKE UP YOUR MIND SOMEHOW.

R i l e y

Thoughts began fueling my head. I didn't want those words coming out my aunt's mouth, "You need to go back to school unless you want to be kicked out".

She spoke standing straight like she meant it and it sounded so..., What's the word— Genuine.

"I don't want to..., It's a school surrounded by jocks and miserable pricks" I said plopping my body into the counter.

"Riley stop fucking complaining for once! If you don't like that option then leave like I said" How could she be this different all of a sudden?

"What have I done?" maybe I spoke too soon for myself, I began to remember the injury that I had caused on Kevin.

But he deserved it. "You are going to school period no more discussions Riley".

I frown my eyebrows, "And you left a mess of hair in the bathroom the other week..., Don't know why you cut your hair anyways" Why was she being like this?

I couldn't wrap my finger around this new person. "I thought maybe it was time for a change..."

"Well maybe you can change your shit of a personality and not your fucking hair!"
I could tell she was just boiling inside.

I look to my side seeing Heavy looking dishes neatly lined up. I glanced at the unlocked almost shut door.

Once she was about to say something else I took my hand and wiped the whole section of neatly placed plates letting them fall to the floor letting them make noise and leave glass everywhere.

I plopped my body off the counter and gladly grabbed for the door handle until my hand slipped. I went for it again until I felt a hot sharpened feeling on my cheek.

My now medium sized hair fell over my face as I held my cheek. Don't hurt her  I told myself.

"See what you've done!" She begins as she has a grip on the back of my hair pulling my head back. "Let me go" I grunt not wanting to hurt her.

"You've been such a bitch ever since you've been hanging around those boys Riley!" I hated that me hanging out with my friends had to be like this, Then taking the blame for something that is my fault.

I stayed silent for a while, This change I talked about... Did she not see passed that at all?

"Let me go!" I began to kick and squirm just trying to get her off me and it worked.
Leaving my phone, My backpack all behind as I began running the dark streets alone.

The light that passed threw out the door reflected on the dark concrete floor.
I felt the need to smoke something but a random thought crossed my mind, My health.

Could I possibly be inane for thinking this, Health. Why in the world would my health matter?

Me processing the thought of a cigarette between my lips again put a horrible taste in my mouth that just made me frown.
It made me feel so horrible about stealing the mans cigarettes but again he is an asshole.

"So what you're telling me is..., You don't smoke anymore" Jahseh spoke looking down at the ground.

"Yeah, It was so weird, just out of nowhere" I began looking deeper into his face expression before seeing that he was clearly upset.

"Jahseh..." I only spoke out his name to get his attention. He looks up at me and that sparkle was in his eye again.

"Are you alright?" I tilt my head knowing he wasn't alright which made me feel stupid for the question I asked.

"Yeah..., I am just thinking about something" he seemed to smile then it faded.
"What are you thinking about?" I was becoming more and more comfortable around him.

He was like a beam of light on a rainy, cold and ugly day you just didn't want to exist on.
"You might think I am stupid" he seemed to shyly laugh... I've never seen Jahseh shyly laugh before... And if I have it was rare.

It made me frown a bit, Maybe he was uncomfortable around me.
"Can you tell me?" I wanted to know what was up with him.

"Would you like to go on a date with me..., Oh god Jahseh!, what are you saying?" My eyes widened feeling a burning  sensation on my cheeks.

My lips parted, Before I even got the chance to say sure he quickly rose up from the bed.
"Never mind forget I said anything, It was a stupid thought...".

"Let's change the topic, Do you like video games?" He spoke quickly,  I felt as if I was going to explode in embarrassment.

"Never really got into it" my answers began to get shorter by the minute and he ran out of questions leaving our two stolen souls just quiet as a mouse.

I began to keep my thoughts to myself.
What would had happened if I said yes? Maybe he would've though I was stupid or maybe I could come of as if I didn't mean the yes the way I intended it to be.

It began to get foggy inside my brain, The ugly day I talked about earlier all storming  inside my brain . "Do you like cats?" He spoke out of nowhere as his body hit up against the wall.

"Yeah..., They're fluffy" Oh great one Riley, Was I just trying to make myself sound stupid this whole entire day?

That aura I was talking about... But there seemed something different and no about his aura the lighting in the room.

It seems to be that the lightbulb was changed, That yellowy colour just wasn't shining up above both our heads it was a pure white light that made everything seem better looking including Jahseh's Blue aura.

"Do you want to get something off your chest?" He questioned knowing there was an incident before I told him about the whole cigarette thing.

"My aunts telling me to go back to school or I can move out" The thought of me saying yes kept bugging me.

"You can stay here" he was so quick to say that.
"Or you can go back to school... It's all your choice Riley".

My insides were screaming, I don't know how I felt about moving in into a house that has random people every other day, But I also didn't know how to feel about saying in that hell of a house.

"That money you had..., You can use it to your advantage" Why had?

"Yeah I guess" I began to play with my fingers to get focused on something other than the face expression on his face that I just couldn't comprehend.

"You should make up your mind..., Somehow"