Him and I

Chapter 27

Hay guys I wanted to give you the warning that this chapter is focused around what is going on in the word today. So if you don't care to read that's okay. Nothing too triggering I don't think. But yea. Comment I'm interested to know how y'all feel. Especially my people from around the world. Love you guys!!!
Ty POV

The drive in movie theater opened back up. I've never been. Dad promised we can go. He says it's safe because we can social distance in our cars. I really don't care. As long as we go.

It's just Dad and me tonight, it's our date night. I get dressed up it's cute as I can for a drive in movie theater. Dad grabs his keys and we're off. The line to get into the place is long as fuck. But it gives me and Dad plenty of time to talk. He talks about the death of Gorge Floyed. That shit sad. Dad says he feels bad for his kid. "Ty I don't know what I'd do if that were me. I'd be thinking about you the whole time." It's one of those things where it's kinda nice to know but sad to think about. We get to the front of the line and he pays. We're going to see Bad Boys for life.

When we get in, he parks. I get out the car and stretch. I'm so excited to run around. Time I start to wonder Dad calls my name. I turn to him. He motions for me to come over. "We can go get popcorn and stuff together." He locked the door and we walked over to this shack looking thing. This place is kinda a dump. It adds to the aesthetic. We stand in this line for another 15 mins. Great. I get a slushy and cheese popcorn. Dad gets two hotdogs. We walk back to the car. I'm surprised we were able to find it. We get in the car and lock the doors. I'm practically bouncing in my seat. The movie starts. Dad and I joke and play throughout the whole movie. I really just be happy to hang out with him.

When the movie ends the line to leave is just as long as the line to come. Lame. But I guess it's more time to spend with Dad. When we finally get out the place and head home, there's a traffic jam on the expressway so we take the streets. While on the streets like 10-15 cop cars speed pass us. Dad acts like he just didn't see them. "What was that?" Dad shrugs. "I don't know. I'm in the car with you." I roll my eyes. Duh. He continues on home.

When we go in the house, I hurry and get in the shower. I'm tired. I climb in bed and look at my feed. #atlprotest in trending. The more I look at, the not emotional I get. I don't know if that's sadness, fear, or anger. I find myself in a rabbit hole of social media platforms and hashtags. It's crazy trying to process the nonsense that you already knew existed, but never tried to face. Scarey. Now it's like it's right in my face. I strolled through a post that said there would be a peaceful protest, I kinda wanna go. I doze off swiping.

Ugh. I'm exhausted. I head downstairs and eat some cereal. Dad came down behind me. He kissed my head. "Good morning." I waved. He made a sandwich and ate with me. There was a comfortable silence. "Dad can I hang out with my friends today?" He looked at me skeptically. "I fee like every time you spend time with them, you end up in trouble." I rolled my eyes. "It was like twice." He stared me down. "Fine, but be safe. No smoking." I gave him a thank you and ran upstairs. I texted the group chat. 'Any body wanna go protest with me????!!' I stared at my phone and waited for a response. Max, Kay, and Dj all said no with some bogus excuses. Lames. G texted me personally. 'You fr Ty' I got excited, I nodded like he could see me. 'Yea I'm dead ass' I waited for his reply. 'I'm down' Yes!

G and I decided we would ride bikes to the train station and leave the bikes there. Then we would ride the train downtown. I got in the shower and waved dad goodbye. G was waiting for me at his house. Together we took off.

I've gotten much better at this bike riding thing. Me and Dad go riding in the morning together. When we get to the station, which happen to be a much further ride than I anticipated, but I made it. We stopped at the the dollar store and bought poster stuff. We made posters on the train. Honestly, I love G. He always has all these crazy ideas and just rolls with them. We laugh about nothing and talk about all the things on social media. We get to our stop and hop off proudly. A ton of people got off with us. I didn't think this many people would come honestly.