Mike Pence.... That's who Mr. Reagan looked like I that would explain the deep levels of disdain I was feeling for him and that was before he said it 'smelled like blacks' but I was going to let the twins handle it because they were drooling to drag him. Will and Big John showed him around and we could hear him making snide remarks, Will must've been really close with Devin because I could see it in his eyes that he wanted to say something but was holding back. Once he finished his walkthrough Mr. Reagan wanted to have one on one sessions with all of us starting with Ka'Jai and working his way down by age..... God, I wish I could've been in there with the twins and Nayquinn because when he walked out to get me he seemed like he was ready to beat all of their asses so I wondered what they said to him to have him changing colors to an unhealthy shade of red. Finally it was my turn and Denzel smirked as I walked past him, I was tired from practice so I really didn't have time to deal with this racist fuck, so hopefully, it didn't take too long.
"Calvin Lollis, says here you're a junior, you have maintained a 3.5 GPA.... mostly likely that's been elevated because of your football star status, let me guess you have dreams of playing in the NFL? Don't answer that all, your kind do whether it be basketball, football, or rapping.... Hmm... it doesn't have a father listed..... who am I kidding your mother probably didn't know who your father was and since we're on the topic I want to discuss your mother, how did she die? Drug overdose, abusive boyfriend or pimp, or maybe she......"
"CALVIN!" Big John said and I realized what had happened, Mr. Reagan was looking down at his papers and I had picked up the chair that I was sitting in and if Big John hadn't had walked into when he did there's no telling what I would've done. "Calvin go to the living room, Mr. Reagan I would like to have a word with you." Big John said and I walked out the room before I killed that man.
"Ayy bruh.... bruh?" Nayquinn asked walking up to Mr. Reagan as they walked out of the office. "This your daughter?" Nayquinn asked holding up his phone and I could tell by the look on Mr. Reagan's face that whoever Nayquinn was showing him definitely had him shook. "Aight bet....." Nayquinn said walking off with a smile on his face.
"I.... I..... I..... What is the meaning of this???" Mr. Reagan asked stammering and looking around the room at all of us. "I WILL HAVE THIS PLACE SHUT DOWN AND HAVE YOU ALL SENT BACK TO YOUR HUTS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY DAUGHTER!!!!" Mr. Reagan shouted just as Will walked out of the dining room with a heavyset black woman.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you... we invited Ms. Pauline to also observe the living conditions of the house and everything.... Mr. Reagan, I'm sure you know Ms. Pauline, isn't she like your bosses boss?" Will asked smirking. Mr. Reagan seemed beyond pissed and he didn't say anything as he stormed out the house but I knew that this wouldn't be the last time we saw him. After Ms. Pauline left we were all sitting in the living room waiting for answers.
"What the fuck was the point of that?" Nayquinn asked clearly irritated by the whole situation. "That bitch ass nigga was talking mad shyt about my mom and pops, then he brought up my brothers and sister like he was trying to get shot or something."
"That's what he does.... he was trying to get under your skin to get a reaction out of you, Mr. Reagan would love to shut this place down which is why we had Ms. Pauline come so she could hear for herself how Mr. Reagan acts when people aren't around. One thing about my bro Devin is that he always has a plan." Will said.
"Still they shouldn't have had to go through that." Madison said and I noticed Big John standing in the corner and I knew he was in a group home himself growing up so it made me wonder what he had gone through himself. The staff all went into the office to discuss Mr. Reagan further and the rest of us went about our day, still heated about what had just taken place; the twins disappeared into their rooms, Ka'Jai was sitting in the living room doing his homework, and Denzel was in the gym working out it was pretty much a quiet night in the house but I couldn't shake the things Mr. Reagan had said. That shyt fucked me up and I really wanted to beat the fuck outta him.... before I could dwell on it for too long though there was a knock on the door and I jumped up to see who it was.
"Umm, can I help you with something?" I asked looking at Shymal who was standing outside my door, I found myself wondering why the fuck he was here but I wasn't going to say that out loud because I didn't want to cause a scene because that would lead to questions and despite his obvious shitty personality, I didn't like outting people. Shymal didn't say anything he just walked in my room and closed the door.
"You haven't told Nayquinn about what happened have you?" Shymal asked and I shook my head. "Good because I would have to beat the fuck outta you if you did..... but I wanna know why you haven't said anything yet?"
"Because it's not my secret to tell.... I get it Shymal, you're scared to live your truth, all your life society has told you that you're supposed to be one way and it's scary to be an outcast. Coming out is hard, you're going to lose people you thought were supposed to be your friends, people are going to judge you, and don't even get me started on the looks you're going to get but that weight that I know you're carrying around.... it'll feel lighter and eventually you'll find out who you really are." I said looking at him. Shymal stood there looking at me for a second and I could see what he wanted to do in his eyes, thankfully he didn't get the chance because Nayquinn had walked into my room and looked at him.
"The fuck are you doing in here..... you know what I don't care, come on we have somewhere we need to go." Nayquinn said walking off and Shymal stood there for a second looking at me be before lumbering off after Nayquinn. Once Shymal was gone, I took a long ass shower and threw some shorts on before laying across my bed and started scrolling through my phone, Ziggy kept sending me stupid ass text messages that made me laugh but even as I read them I kept checking the clock wondering when would be a good time to call Izaia.
"Ayy I was just coming to make sure you're good." Big John said walking into my room. "I know whatever had said must've cut deep for you off all people to get that mad." Big John said and I shrugged. "I get it Calvin.... trust me I understand better than most but you can't let that shyt get to you, your future is too bright to let that pussy ass dude ruin it all."
"He... he was disrespecting my mom, and I don't know I just lost control." I said quietly.
"Well we won't have to worry about him anymore, I'm sure he either got fired or he won't be assigned to our house anymore." Big John said and I just had this feeling in the depths of my soul that if anything Mr. Reagan was going to be even more determined to get this place shut down. "How's practice and everything going?" Big John and it didn't seem like he was just going through the motions, it was like he was really interested so I started talking and before I knew it almost three hours went by.
"I appreciate the talk but it's getting late and I gotta start getting ready for bed." I said looking at the clock and seeing that it was almost ten.... I didn't plan on going to bed I just really wanted to talk to Izaia and I couldn't do that with Big John in the room. "You up?" I asked as soon as Izaia picked up the phone and for about thirty seconds he was silent. "Izaia?" I asked but he didn't say anything and I was starting to think that he wasn't even on the line.
"Come outside....." He said hanging up and I don't know why I jumped up so damn fast, I walked through the house because I didn't want to seem pressed but when I saw his car sitting out front I couldn't help but smile. "I really wanna kiss you right now....." Izaia said leaning forward and I swear it seemed like this nigga ALWAYS smelled good, but I digress. I started to move in but Izaia pulled away. "Nah.... not tonight, because I'm already horny as fuck and I'm just trying to talk." Izaia said leaning back in seat.
"Aight so what do you wanna talk about?" I asked kinda salty that he lowkey played me on that kiss, but I get it because I was horny as well and I really wanted to hold off until.......
"I wanna talk about you.... I wanna talk about us, where this thing is going and whatever else it is you wanna talk about Calvin. I know we got this little date set up in a couple days but what I got planned there's not going to be enough time for talking so I figured we could do that now." Izaia said looking into my eyes and that's what we did, we talked until about four in the morning about everything from our very first memory to where we wanted this relationship to go and by the time I walked back into the house even though I had barely gotten any sleep, I was wide awake and I was almost certain that the high that I got from just being around Izaia was going wired all day.......................
****** QUESTIONS ******
1) Who should get the next two chapters; Denzel, Ka'Jai, Mauricio, or Marcelino?
