Sweet tooth

Chapter 6: Jawbreakers Pt. 2

|| Shawn's P.o.V ||

I knew from the moment I laid eyes on her she was the one for me, I could see she was shy yet very confident

It bothered me that she was so young and doing such dumb things...all over some dumb guy

I can't lie I was jealous at first but then realized that just might feel the same about me

I knew from the start her best friend Rose was no good, that day I met them at the mall..

my coworker saw Rose stealing two shirts from WetSeal

I knew from then on she was a sneaky female and I didn't bother flirting with her at all

Sweetie on the other hand..

After that crazy fight I knew she was being controlled by Rose

That night I waited for her to text her (but I didnt have her number yet)

I wanted so bad to tell her what I saw, nothing came and I just prayed about it..

I woke up dead tired that Saturday morning to get ready for church, my parents are traditional Christian Jamaicans

And will disown me if I miss one second of service, I drag myself out of bed and into the shower

Working 2 jobs and a part-time gig..and it's really starting to catch up to me

I examine the bags under my eyes and sigh...this insomnia isn't helping either

I drove to Church stopping to pick up my younger siblings as I always do

"Good day Chauffeur" my middle sister says getting into the front seat

"Oh! are you paying me now?" I say with an attitude

I'm always taking them somewhere for some reason

We finally get to church and I take a look at the set list...seeing what i'll be playing on the drums today

"Shawndra, you look nice today" my mother says in her proper Jamacian accent

"Thank you mom, you do too" I say smiling...a compliment from her is rare so I take it

The Church was packed today and I could see we had a group of new comers

I scan the crowd and come across a sweet face look around aimlessly

"My Sweetie" I say to myself

We lock eyes and I wave to let her know it's me, I see her turn red right away

Church went by pretty slow for me..only because I wanted to get a chance to talk to her

Of course that doesn't happen because I have to run behind my baby brother Gabe

Right before we dismiss my father introduces me to a group of gorgeous women

One of them being Sweetie

I turn on my formal voice and try to make the best impression as possible

I wanted to make sure her mom liked me... as much as I wanted to be with her daughter.

I watch them leave and focus on leaving myself

As I'm walking to my car I see a missed text for an unknown number

I open it to see it's her and immediately my day got much brighter.

As soon as I got home I crashed and slept for about an hour

I then got up and decided to play some video games

I'm my own boss for both my jobs so I gave myself the day off...

good thing too because to my surprise I get another text from Sweetie asking if we can chill

Then out of nowhere she calls me crying about what she just saw in Rose's phone

This reminds me I need to tell her what I saw that day.

I go and get and get her from her house and chill that night..almost getting into something a few times

but I practiced good self-control

Sunday was just another long work day...getting up at 4am and getting in at 7pm

As crazy as that sounds it gets my bills paid, I didn't hear from Sweetie that day

but good thing I was working so I could keep my mind off her.

The next morning I get up 4am again and leave my first job around 11am

I was heading home when I saw a reply from Sweetie that worried me

I tried to get her to come over but I didn't want to pressure her..instead I go to her and we go out

The day was perfect up until...it wasn't

"Sweetie" I yell while her mom's on the phone

"She just passed out!" I tell her mom who's scream to know whats going on

I rush to the nearest hospital where they take her and determine she was dehydrated and had some kind of sedatives in her system

"Sleeping Pills?" I say to myself and I watch her mom talk to the doctors

the distressed look on her face lets me know its more than she can handle right now

I tell her I'll stay here with Sweetie until her aunt gets her to take over

While she goes back to the house where the police are waiting

I head up to the second floor of the hospital where I see Sweetie with a tube going across her face and a needle in my arm

The sight makes me a little dizzy...

*Phone goes off*

I hear Sweeties phone going off but I can't find it

I search and finally see it under her purse in the corner...I see a text from Rose

"Hey are you okay?" she said

Wait....how does Rose even know?

Before I could think about it more I hear "What did she say?'

"You're awake" I say walking over to her

"What did she say Shawn?" I realize she knows Rose text her

"Uh..she just asked if you were okay.." I say hesitantly

"Shes behind this" She says in a sleepy voice

"It has Rose written all over it" she says as she sits up in bed