❝Change Is Good❞

Chapter 4: New Love and Mistakes

I walked into school today, happy that I'm with Ray. I walked to my locker, seeing him there waiting for me. "Hey baby..." he said smiling. "Hey..." he pulled me by my waist slowly, and kissed me. "I missed you after school yesterday..." he said, holding my hands. "I missed you too." he kissed me again, and I heard someone clear their throat. I pulled away, and it was Prod, Janay, and Prince. Prince had this sad, hurt look on his face.

"Oh, um hey guys." I held Ray's hand tight, and I smiled. "Hey..." Janay said. There was an awkward silence, because the boys and Ray haven't made up yet.

The bell rang, and we went to class. It was lunch, and I sat right next to Ray, holding his hand tightly. I saw a few girls give me dirty looks, but Ray just kissed my cheek. "Ignore them boo" he whispered sweetly in my ear. I smiled, as he kissed my hand. We ate, and after a few more hours of school, it was over.

I got to my locker, and Ray drove me home as usual. I brought him inside, and I saw my mom in the kitchen. "Hey sweetheart" she said, hearing my footsteps. "Hey mom, um, this is Ray, my boyfriend..." I held his hand tight, waiting for her reaction. "Hi Ray nice to meet you." she shook his hand, and he smiled, and so did she.

I held Ray's hand, and walked upstairs. I sat on my bed, and he sat next to me, holding me close. "You know I love you right, and that I'd never hurt you?" I nodded in his chest. "Good" he kissed my cheek, and softly pecked my lips. "I love you." "I love you too" I whispered softly, as he rubbed my back.

I laid down with him, in my bed, and he rubbed my back, softly kissing my cheek ever one in a while. When his soft, smooth lips touched my cheek, he whispered I love you softly in my ear. He kissed my forehead, and checked the time. "Baby, I gotta go" he whispered against my forehead. I sighed. "Okay... I'll miss you..." I whispered, kissing his cheek. "I'll miss you too baby, bye" he kissed me, and I smiled. He walked downstairs, and left.

I sighed, as I walked back upstairs, laying in bed thinking about Ray. "I miss my baby already..." I whispered, covering my face with my hands. I got up, and started doing my homework, slowly falling asleep.

I woke up with the annoying sound of my alarm clock, with my head resting on my books, and my pen still in my hand. I checked my clock and it read 8:00 AM I sighed and got up. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and picked out an outfit. I felt relaxed today, so I decided to wear sweats and my cropped tank top, and my Jordan's. I walked downstairs, and got breakfast. "Mom! I'm ready!" she came downstairs, and got her purse.

She drove me to school, and I walked into school. I walked to my locker, seeing Ray standing there. "Hey baby, what's wrong you look tired..." he hugged me, and kissed my cheek. "Yeah, I'm kinda out of it today..." I said yawning, as I saw the rest walk up.

"Hey Sam" they all said, ignoring Ray. He knew they didn't want him there, so he kissed my cheek, and walked off. "Bye boo" he said, looking down. "Bye baby" I yelled to him, from across the hall. "You guys need to make up with him already, he's all sad because y'all won't talk to him..."

"Samantha, we just think he's the same person..." Roc said, as he was holding Aaliyah's hand. "Yeah..." they all replied. "Well, he-he's not. My boyfriend is not the same person he was, he's different." I said, looking down. "He doesn't seem that way..." Prod said pointing to him, as two girls were talking to him, rubbing his chest.

My blood started to boil. As the anger built up in me, and I walked over to him, and pushed the girls off of him. "Ray, what are you doing?" I sneered. "Baby, let's talk..." he held my hand, and pulled me over to another locker. "Boo, I have a rep to keep...I can't just have a girlfriend and throw all of this away."

"What is "all of this" exactly. As my boyfriend, you made a commitment to me, to love me." I said with an attitude. "Baby-" "Don't baby me. It seems like you're embarrassed to be my boyfriend. Are you?" I said, as my voice cracked. "No no no, but I just have to keep us a secret..." he said rubbing my cheek. "Why though?" I whispered. "I need to keep my reputation boo.." he kissed my nose. "But will you still be going around..." I said, looked down. I looked up at him, as he stuttered. "Why would you even rethink something like that?! That's an easy NO question! I can't even- I can't even believe you." I turned around, as I felt my sight get blurry as tears welled up in my eyes.