Him and I

Chapter 6

Tyrene Pov

He put his fork down. "What made you think it was okay to do that baby." I put more food in my mouth. I hate this feeling. This feeling of knowing I was wrong. Knowing I made him upset. I swallowed. "I just thought we would get back in time. Grace can drive. I didn't want to eat the cafeteria food. I just, I don't know. I didn't plan on getting back to school late." He exhaled a deeply. "I know you didn't plan on getting back late. You didn't plan on being caught. Once again this is you doing whatever you want to do. Do you ever think about anybody else? Did you ever think, hay dad might not like this or all 3 of us are being put in danger? No. And even if you did, you wouldn't have cared. When you finish eating wash your plate and go to your room." Why is he so mad. I snatch my plate off the table and take it to the sink. I wash it and stomp upstairs. Fuck him. I go in my room and slam the door. Double fuck him. I throw myself on the bed and pout. I know he's coming. The door swings open. "Get up." I want to ignore him. I really do. But I stand. He walks over to me. SMACK. He swats my butt hard. "Stomp again." SMACK. "And slam another damn door. And give me that phone." I know he only hit me twice , but that shit hurt. He left my room with my phone. I sit and let a tear fall. Fuck him still. He comes back. This time he has a drill. He takes a knee and starts unscrew the brackets off my door. "Please don't take my door. I won't slam it again." I beg him. He ignores me. I start to cry. "Dad please. I'm sorry. I promise I won't slam it again." He looks at me. "I know you won't because it will be in my room." He continues to unscrew stuff. Ugh. I wanna scream. "Ssthhhaaaapppppp!" He still ignores me. Fuuuhhhkkkk. He stands up and pulls the door off the hinges. He takes it and and carries it across the hall into his room. I throw myself on the bed again.  He comes back in my room. "And don't think I forgot. I promised you another whooping. But I'm not gonna do it because one, you already got one and two, I got something for you tomorrow. You might wanna get some sleep. Good night. Love you." Ugh. What else could he possibly do.

In the morning we ate breakfast, got dressed, and got in the car. I didn't know where we were going until we got there. His moms house. I was actually really excited to see his mom. I saw Antrez's and Anthony's car there. I ran in the house. Nana was sitting in a chair watching TV. "Hay Nana." I hugged her. I pulled back and looked at her. Her face was hard to read. "What made you skip school." My face dropped. I thought I was done with this. Anthony and Trez came in from the back. The both looked down at me. "Hi Uncle Antrez. Hi Uncle Anthony." Nana snapped her fingers in my face. "Uh I was talking to you." Trez and Anthony didn't respond. I didn't know what to say to her. "Because I Uh, thought I would make it back in time." I really didn't know what they wanted me to say. Nana just looked me up and down. Antrez came back in and sat down. I wasn't sure if I was able to leave or not. She started to speak. "School is too important to miss. I don't want to hear about you doing this anymore. Okay?" I nodded. "Yes ma'am." I walked to Antrez. I hugged him. He hugged me back and wrapped his arm around the back of my legs. "Why you getting into trouble?" I wanted to roll my eyes so bad. I'm sick of everybody asking. I heard Anthony yell from the kitchen. "Leave her alone. Dre beat her ass and Moma already asked her all them questions. She know she fucked up. So can we just drop it? Please." Trez yelled back. "Shut the fuck up. Nobody was talking to you." Nana cut in. "Both y'all watch your mouth and stop cussing in my house. Now. Before I beat both y'all." Both both mumbled a yes ma'am. Nana stood up. "Alright y'all. Let's go outside. All three boys walked out the door. Antrez pulled me along.Nana sat in a chair.  All three lined up in front of her. "Antrez cut the grass. Dre move those bricks from over by the wall. I wanted to make a garden. Anthony move that dirt and stuff to the front. Y'all gone help me make the flower beds." All three nodded. They all began to take off their shirts. They haven't even done anything. Nana looked at me. "Go get the ladder and clean the gutter. That's your first job." First? Dad came up behind me. "This is your punishment by the way." Then he leaves. I hate physical labor. That shit for the birds. I continued to look at Nana. She seemed to be getting impatient. "Tyrene. Go get the ladder and clean the gutters. I can't believe this. I stormed off and headed toward the ladder. "Tyrene!" Nana yelled. "We gone try that again. That whole little exit you just did. It's a no for me. Try that with Andre, not me." I walked back over, smiled in her face, and then left.