Travenna State University

Chapter 9: Regret, Secrets & Lies

It's been a week since I've seen or talked to my fraternity brothers. I just wanted to focus on my classes and forget about a lot of things. Most guys, when they join fraternities on campus, dress up in paraphernalia every day, but I didn't. I would just walk to class with my black hoodie and loafers on. I was too stressed to dress up or even talk to people. I called my mom for some money because I was tired of eating Ramen Noodles in the dorm. My mom was in her normal friendly mood. We talked for a good 20 minutes on the phone. She asked about my grades and my fraternity. I enjoyed having those talks with my mom. I really wish my dad would at least reach out to me. He was still mad at me for joining Rho Psi Psi and I get that I betrayed him.
I didn't want to, but I couldn't see myself being a member of Nu Nu Psi. My mom told me to just give him time, he will eventually come around. My mom told me that she would put $260.00 dollars into my checking account and send me some socks in my campus mailbox. My mom was so weird always sending me socks and underwear. After the conversation with her, I just stood by the window of my dorm room and looked around at the campus. The campus was actually beautiful, but with so much drama and gossip on campus, I don't think students never really get the chance to look at the campus and its' rich history. I decided to just walk around the campus and around the city.
All day I walked and walked looking and observing things and people. It then became night outside and I knew it was time to head back to campus before they closed the gates for tonight. As I was walking toward the campus I saw Line Brother, Tyrese, getting out of a car with someone. I crept up behind the car to see who it was and what was happening. In front of the university by the gates, there's a parking center. The car drove towards the parking center. This just seemed strange and not right. I followed the car as it parked in the parking center. The parking center was pitch black and usually a place for hoes and niggas to fuck at night if they can't sneak in the dorms. This was confusing to me.
Tyrese didn't seem like the type to ever be caught in the parking center this late. I needed to get to the bottom of this. The car was black with the letters "BMW" on the trunk. The car seemed very familiar and I was hoping it wasn't who I thought it would be. I saw Tyrese's head moving up and down and up and down. I stood in shock.
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I didn't know Tyrese was really gay. Maybe I was just seeing things. Maybe I was just over thinking this. Maybe Tyrese was picking up or trying to find his android phone in the dark. There had to be an explanation to this. I stayed hidden behind a new Jeep Liberty, watching the car and trying to hear them. Who was that mystery person in the car? After two minutes of standing on the side of the Jeep, I decided that it was wrong to snoop on Tyrese. This was his life, not mine, but before I could even walk back I heard yelling. "You don't care about me, you're a liar!" It was Tyrese crying and yelling at someone. But who was it and why? Tyrese opened his door still crying and yelling. The other person in black was yelling at him calling him a "bitch."
I then knew this was real and I confirmed that Tyrese was gay. The other voice indeed was an man. The voice sounded so familiar, but I wasn't sure because of the echo in the parking center. It was obvious that we were the only ones in there. The tall man in black walked up to Tyrese saying, "Oh, so you don't love me? I could lose everything fucking with you!"
It was so dark, but the lighting on their phones made it easy to see, but I could only see Tyrese because the other guy was smart about trying to hide his identity.
"I'm done with you," Tyrese said in a girl like tone. "I'm exposing yo ass to the hold campus." The tall man started pacing as Tyrese went on and on. Then suddenly he ran up to Tyrese throwing his body toward the walls smacking him in his face.
"Don't you ever disrespect me bitch! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be a member of my fraternity!"
I began to get worried and confused. Who was this man? It was obvious he was a member of our organization. So many things were running through my mind. In my head, I was thinking he was probably an alumni member or a member from a different chapter. You could hear the smacks from the man's hands onto Tyrese's face. I wanted to do something, but I stood in shock.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Tyrese yelled, begging the man to stop choking him.
I pulled out my cellphone just in case I needed to call 911 or campus police. He finally stopped hitting him. Tyrese fell to the ground crying.
The man yelled at him to get in the car. I wanted to see this man's face to at least identify who he was. Tyrese refused and tried to run away, but the man grabbed him and dragged him to the car.
"Stop it Charles! Stop please! You're hurting me!" Tyrese yelled, fighting not get in the car.
My jaws dropped and stomach swirled. I mumbled to myself "It can't be, this can't be true." Maybe it was a different Charles. Tyrese finally gave in and got in the car.
My phone was on vibrate so I texted Charles: hey bro where u at? Less than three seconds later, the man's ringtone went off and it gave me the confirmation that I needed. Charles was gay. The car cranked and sped out of the parking center. It all made sense to me now. Charles and Brandon were more than just roommates their freshman year. They dated each other. It was all too confusing to me. I didn't want to believe this. I even wish I never heard any of this. I started to walk back to my dorm.
As I walked up the steps I got a text message from Charles saying he was in a meeting and how was I. I told him I was cool and I'll talk to him later after my homework. I really didn't want to talk to him to be honest. He was a fraud in my eyes, just like Brandon. If you are gay just admit to being gay. I'm not gay, but I support my brothers who are.
I still couldn't believe what went down tonight. I was beginning to think no one was who they said they were at this school. Everybody here had secrets and stories. The next day, I decided to at least reach out to my Lbs, Kenny and Bryan. We all meet up at the pizza place downtown, away from the college. Bryan was with his girlfriend Monica while Kenny was on his phone checking notifications.
"Did anyone hear from Jamie or Tyrese lately?" A cold shock went through my body, as I stood looking at a waiter on the other side of the restaurant. "Are you ok?" Kenny asked looking at me in a puzzled way?
"I'm okay." I lied, shaking my legs under the table. "I haven't seen them."
"Oh, I know Jamie is in NC at his baby mama house and Tyrese is probably shopping." Bryan said laughing. All the while, in my mind, I knew Tyrese wasn't shopping. Tyrese was probably stuck at Charles house getting beaten.
"Yo, y'all, I heard those Nu Nu Psi's coming out tonight in the gym. Y'all trying to go tonight? It's $2 for Greeks at the door." Kenny said.
"I'm down." Monica said looking at me. "You know I'm down." Bryan assured.
I really didn't want to go, but I was starting to become an introvert to my friends and brothers. "I'll go with y'all." I said, putting on a forced smile.
"Yo, we gotta get back to campus for our 4 o'clock." Kenny reminded Bryan.
"You staying here?" Bryan asked me.
"Yeah for just a few more minutes." I said taking down a slice of pepperoni pizza.
"Oh, I'll stay too." Monica said in her innocent voice.
"Aight, cool then," Kenny said, "I'll text y'all when I get out of class." Then he and Bryan left.
Monica kept staring at me while I ate and it started to get a little annoying. She started asking me questions about stupid shit like "what's my favorite color?" I heard on campus, almost all the football players and basketball players ran through her. I didn't want t judge her before I got to know her so I just stood there and listened. I told her that I needed to head back to my dorm to get dressed. She stared at me and said, "Let's go then." The walk from the pizza place to my dorm was the longest 1.5 minutes of my life with Monica yapping every damn second. I told her she could sit in the room until I was done changing, and she nodded, "ok." She sat on my bed while got dressed.
I walked in the closet so I wouldn't be disrespectful to her. I could hear her walking up to the closet door. "Are you done yet?" She said in a seductive like voice.
"Nah can u pass me my boxers off the table?"