More to Love

Mall Run (Tys POV)

I was on my way to the mall to meet up with Marcus. He said the movies didn't start till 8, so we're going to chill at the mall till the movie starts. It was only 5 so we had a lot of time on our hands. I pulled up at the mall and texted Marcus to meet me in the circle. The circle is basically the cafeteria of the movie. It's a fat ass circle in the middle of the mall.

He texted me back with an, 'okay, I'll be there in 10.' I put my phone in my purse and made my way into the mall.

I know this isn't right, meeting up with Marcus and basically going on a 'date' with him but I need this. I need something to get my mind off of De'Mario and my daddy. I'm not even mad at the fact that my daddy is a drug dealer or that De'Mario works for him. I mean I kind figured that. I'm mad that my father killed my mom. All these years I thought she left me and she didn't love me and didn't want us anymore but the truth is that he killed her. I would have been okay with them getting a divorce, at least I'd still have my mother in my life.

Does she even have a grave? Did she even rest in peace? I made it to the circle and sat down at one of the tables waiting for Marcus.

All these years, I've been feeling so sorry for my father but the whole time I should have been sorry for my mother. I felt a tear go down my cheek. I wiped of quickly. There wasn't a lot of people around but who cries in public?

Honestly, I feel like I should call De'Mario up and say I'm sorry for running out on him cause he did nothing wrong. He didn't lie to me. Just wrong place at the wrong time. But, what if he wasn't there? Would my daddy even tell me? Probably not. His a punk ass nigga. I don't care anymore. His the only one I have and he lies to me.

I pulled my phone back out, ready to call him when I felt someone touch my shoulder and I tensed and turned about to swing.

"Aye ma, chill out. It's just me." Marcus says, holding his hands up.

I relaxed and have him a slight smile. "My bad Marcus, I'm just really stressed out right now."

He nodded and sat down. "Yeah I see that. W-." He stopped what he was about to say and looked deep into my eyes. I just starred back. I was about to say something but he beat me to it. "Ty, have you been crying?"

I slightly smiled and shook my head. "It doesn't matter. I don't really want to talk about it."

He starred at me with an intense look and sat down in the other chair and took my hands in his

"It does," Stressing the word does, "Matter Ty. You know you can talk to me about anything. I'm hear for you, I care for you."

I looked down at my feet and looked back up at him. He was a cute boy but when I look at him I couldn't help to compare him to De'Mario. Marcus still had boyish features while De'Mario had a features of a grown man. His jawline was strong and his lips was plush. His look is intimidating but when he looks at me it turns soft like I'm the love of his life.

"I'm good Marcus. Let's just walk around until the movie starts okay?" I replied back.

He squeezed my hand and nodded. We got up and just started to walk around and talk about random things but I still had De'Mario on my mind. We stopped by a couple of places but I told him I was hungry so we found a place to stop and eat.

"So wassup with you and De'Mario?" Marcus asked me. We were sitting on a bench by Auntie Annie's eating some pretzels. We had walked around, talked and he even surprisingly bought me some clothes. Even though I told him it wasn't necessary.

I chocked on my pretzel and gave him a look, "What do you mean? We cool."

He gave me a 'Why you bullshitting me look'. "Yall don't fuck with each other like that?"