Him and I

Chapter 18

Before we start: I did reach my goal before December. Whoot whoot. I won homecoming Queen at my school. This is probably the longest chapter ive ever written at 4793 words. You guys are all great. All you around the world. Thanks for making my dreams come true.
Ty Pov

Thanksgiving break is here and I couldn't be happier. Dad told me we would be going to his cousins house. We were gonna stay a few days there. His cousin lived in South Georgia. Dad said everyone was gonna be there. I get to meet all his family. I'm actually very excited to go. Anthony is driving his truck down. We all piled into his truck and headed down south.

The ride wasn't that long. Only about an hour. When we get to the house there are like 6 or 7 other cars out there. The house is a nice size, ideal for hosting thanksgiving. It's so loud in the house that you can hear it from the outside. Antrez knocked on the door. This light skinned guy opened the door. He dapped Antrez up and hugged him. He reached over me and did the same with Anthony and Dad. He leaned in and hugged Nana though. Then he hugged me. Who is he? We walked in and I could see everyone. It was about 10isn people in sight. That's a little for 7 cars outside. Nana walked over to an older guy and lady. I just stood by dad like a lost puppy. A younger guy stood up and gave Nana his seat. It was cute. Another lady walked up to me. "Hi baby, I'm Chelsea. I'm Andre, Anthony, and Antrez's older cousin. That's Trey, my husband." She pointed to the man that gave up his seat. I nodded. "I'm Tyrene, Ty for short. Dad, I mean Andre, is my Dad." She laughed at me. "Girl I know. Everyone is excited to meet you. The kids are in the kids room though. You should probably start there. Adariana!" Another girl came from down the hall. She was pretty. "Take Ty to the room with y'all." She nodded and started walking to the room. I followed behind her. I mean, what other option did I have. I walked in the room and there were 5 other kids in there. Oh. Adariana started pointing. "That's Hampton, he's 17. That's Tyler and Taylor. They're 14. That's Vincent. He's 9. That's Sincere. She's 7." I just nodded. They were all staring at me. I dont know what she wants me to say. "I'm Adariana. I'm 15. You are?" Oh yea. "Oh my bad. I'm Tyrene. Call me Ty. I'm 16." They smiled at me.

A few hours later...

We were all on the floor playing my favorite game, Monopoly. That was until Tyler disrupted me with his question. "So Ty, where did you came from? Like I've never seen you before?" I was caught off gaurd. "Uh, Andre is my dad..." I don't know why I thought everyone was briefed of something. Like they just knew or something. Tyler shot back. "Cousin Andre don't have no kids?" I don't know why I'm a little scared. Taylor cut in. "She's adopted stupid." Those words made me want to cry. "Uh I don't want to play anymore." Adariana called after me. I ignored her. I ran across the hall to a bathroom. Tears started spilling. I can't be crying. I wipe my eyes aggressively. I don't know how long I was in there before I heard a knock. "Yes?" I tried to hold my tears back. "Can you open the door baby?" It was a woman. I opened it for her because this ain't my house. She came in the bathroom and closed the door behind her. "I heard what happen. They didn't mean anything by it, I promise. I'm Kehlani. My husband is Mark. Our daughter is Jaime. Jaime is really excited to meet you." I smiled and wiped my eyes. She's right. They're young. I pulled myself together and opened the door. There's this girl there. She scared me a little. "Hi! I'm Jaime." Kehlani chastised her. "Don't overwhelm her." Jaime stepped back. She mumbled a sorry. I smiled at her. Jaime and I both went back to the kids room. The game was cleaned up and Taylor and Tyler were gone. Hampton and Adariana were in the room talking, but they stopped when we walked in. Hampton turned to me and spoke. "Hi Ty. Sorry I let them say those things about you. I didn't mean to hurt you feelings." I shrugged. "It's whatever. I'm okay. Where are they?" Hampton looked at Adariana. "Uh, they got in trouble." I nodded. Oh, that makes sense. They greeted Jaime. We all sat down and started watching TV.