A/N
early update since I won't be too active this week, enjoy ð©ð©
**
"Look at me"
I turn in my seat
"Say it again"
"I was at Indi's house and thought you'd be ok with it cause you always are, I barely checked my phone. I'm sorry"
"Hmmm, doesn't sound too bad", He replies
"Do you believe it?"
"Yeah kinda, I mean you can always just tell them you were staying with me-
"Dads gonna freak out"
"Ok so tell your mom then"
"I'll tell her when she's in a good mood but for now I'm gonna go with our lie"
"Alright", He kisses me
"Where are you going after this?"
"Might go chill at Zions for a bit"
I stroke the hickey on his neck, "You better hide that"
He grins, "Nah. It's gonna stay right there"
"What if Treyvon calls you"
"Then I'll ignore. Baby don't worry bout me"
"I have to, I'm scared" I admit
"I'll tell you if I answer his calls but for now it's a no, I need a break. Let me take you out next week though, it'll help take your mind off things, and mine"
"If I'm not grounded by then, sure"
He laughs, "Chill. Just say how sorry you are"
I give him one last kiss through the window, "Have you met my mother?"
"Yes and she always sympathises with you, you'll be fine baby"
"Yeah alright. I'll see you later"
"Bye Ree Ree"
I pause from walking away, "You were checking me out weren't you"
"I sure was"
I roll my eyes playfully before heading towards my house and he smiles before putting the window back up and waiting for me to go inside.
The second I stepped into the house is when it all went down, I saw Neveah first. She was in the kitchen pouring herself a glass of orange juice, when she saw me she gave me that you're in trouble look. I could also hear my parents before I saw them.
"D just give it a second-
"No she takes the piss Treyton-
They both turn around once they hear the front door shut, "What the fuck is wrong with you" Mom shouts as I walk in
My sister makes a yikes face
"I was at Indi's house, I thought you'd be ok with it cause you always are"
"Don't fucking start with me-
"Why are you so heated for? I'm sorry, jeez"
"She's sorry", She says to dad
"Whys she so mad for-
"You weren't at Indiah's house last night, Latoya said she wasn't even at home so you're clearly lying" Dad says annoyed
Oh shit..... yeah I'm busted for real
"I'm only gonna ask you one more time, where were you", My mother questions
"I was just out", Was all I could produce
"Oh you was just out, so you grown now. You can just spend the whole night out and lie to your parents bout where you are then rock up whenever you please-
"That's not how it was but ok"
"We were about to call the cops Amariah, you think this is a joke", Dad scoffs
"I don't. I'm sorry that I wasn't replying but I'm here now-
"That's not good enough"
They're both looking at me expectantly, mom looks more frustrated with me than expectant but still she's waiting for an answer.
"I was out", Is all I could say
"Right ok, and since you don't know how to answer a phone I guess you don't need it" She takes it from me followed by my car keys and I scoff
"What the hell"
"Let's hope you don't end up there with the way that you lie all the time"
"I need my phone"
"Ion care what you need", Then she walks away
"So annoying", I mutter
"You stayed out all night, lied about where you were and still won't tell us where. Not only that but you ignored my calls so don't start with your stupidity. Just go upstairs I'll talk to you later"
"I don't wanna talk-
"Tough, you're going to"
I leave the room and he kisses his teeth
I still had my macbook so I was on that for the rest of the day, it was so irritating though. And I know it's my own fault for not listening to them but mom never takes my phone, no matter what I've done.
"Where were you last night?"
"My grandmas house, why?" Indiah says amused
We we currently on a FaceTime call
"I said I was with you last night but my mom called your mom"
"Oh shit for real? She ain't tell me, where were you? Is that why you're calling me on your laptop?"
"Yeah she took my phone, I was with Xavier"
"Girl just tell them, you're going through all this stress when they probably won't even care"
I sigh, "I know but I just wanna wait a little"
"Incase it doesn't go far?", She says knowingly
"Well no-....I mean kind of"
"Have faith", My best friend says softly
"How come you do"
"Well I think you bring out the best in him, even though I haven't seen much of you guys together you make him happy-....hold on where did you two go last night?"
Here's where it gets annoying, Xavier doesn't want me to tell Indiah the full truth. If I tell her what's going on with Treyvon then she'll get worried and tell their dad, but at the same time I would like to do the same thing but then if I do he could be at risk. I don't wanna lie to my best friend so I don't know what to do.
"A hotel"
She raises her eyebrows, "You what?"
"Chill, we didn't have sex. We just wanted alone time"
"And so what, you just ignored your dad's calls?"
"Yeah...."
Indiah facepalms, "You know what it's ok we'll work on it. Just be nice to your parents cause I know you very well"
"They took my phone", I defend
"Babe, just because your dads white it doesn't mean that he'll let you off all the time. Of course they took it"
"Is Malik still working for Treyvon?", I suddenly ask
"Uhh yeah, unfortunately. I don't care anymore because I've begged him to stop but he clearly wants that life"
"Surely Treyvon has a criminal record, it should be easy to send him back to prison no?"
"It's not really that simple, Treyvon's been accused but he's really good so he hasn't actually been put away before. Plus if he goes down then Malik goes down too, you know hes done a lot of shit for him"
What if that's the same for Xavier....
"Right"
"Why are you asking about him?", She asks suspiciously
I wave it off, "No I just had a thought"
"What kind of thought"
"I just wish he didn't exist"
"Don't we all, he ain't even look as scary as he sounds"
I sit up a little, 'You've seen him?"
She scrolls through her iPad for a second before turning it to face the screen and I lean in towards the camera, "I saw this picture on Malik's phone one time. I was gonna use it against him and show daddy so that he could get rid of Treyvon but obviously now I know that he'll go down too"
When I tell you I memorised Treyvon to a T I meant it, he had on a durag and I could tell his hair was styled with waves, he was also wearing this silver chain and had a red bandana hanging out of his jean pocket. He looked twenty four at the most and was holding up a gang sign, probably thinking people would find his gold tooth sexy. Newsflash we don't. Then obviously Malik was in the picture, there was someone else too but he was mostly in the background. A middle aged man, most likely irrelevant but he looks like he runs things.
"Yeah you're right he doesn't look scary", I agree
"Maybe that's cause we haven't met him", She replies whilst putting her iPad down
hm
Later on we added Blair to the call, I wanted them both to come over but as we know I'm most definitely grounded so a call will have to do. She had about a billion questions which I answered, I told her all the details about me and Xavier so she's up to date, I don't even know what's going on with Destiny but she unfollowed me on instagram which I think is extremely childish. The three of us laughed about it.
**
I hear a knock on my door
"What"
"Hi!", My brother calls out from the other side
"You can open it"
Aidan pushes open the door before walking into my room, "Dinner"
"What's for dinner"
"Mommy's cooking"
There's no denying that she makes good food
"No thanks"
Then dad passes by, "Not much of a choice. We're all sitting at the table tonight"
I roll my eyes before following them downstairs, although Aidan waits for me to catch up so that he can hold my hand.
"Jasmine", I say surprised
My godmother was sat at the table already with my sisters and mom, "There's the trouble maker" She says amused
Of course my parents told her
"When did you get here?", I ask as I hug her
"About an hour ago, you were busy chit chatting upstairs"
Dad sits at his end of the table whilst Aidan goes to sit on Jasmine's lap, I eventually sit next to Trinity. "Where'd you go last night", She whispers
"XYZ"
"Why don't you wanna tell mom?"
"Don't really want to right now"
"I found where she hid your phone"
"Where", I mouth
"Excuse me misses, what are we whispering about" Jasmine interrupts
"Nothing", We both reply
She narrows her eyes suspiciously before looking over at dad, "I see what you mean"
He drinks from his water with a look that says I told you so, no clue what that's about.
"Mmk so who wants to say grace", She then says expectantly
"Gladly", Mom volunteers before closing her eyes
Aidan reaches out to hold her hand as well as Jasmines, the rest of us also hold hands before closing our eyes. We're not even religious like that, we only ever say grace when we're with GG or Jasmine, and if it's thanksgiving.
"Lord we'd like to thank you for this nice meal that we're about to eat-
I was over here thinking that her prayer would be normal cause she got through it without indirecting. It wasn't until the end that she started.
"And we'd also like to ask that you knock some sense into the ungrateful children that you've put onto this earth because some of them think that it's ok to act bratty and do whatever they please. It's in your name that we also ask you to give us patience, cause if these delinquents don't start speaking soon there's a whole damn flight to Barbados being prepped for them"
I open my eyes before screwing her
"And lord. Let them know that I'll be changing the locks on my damn door if they pull that shit again-
"Calm", Dad reminds her
"I'm not being kumbaya-
"Yes you are, just chill-
I decide to intervene, "And let those that indirect know that I'll have no problem sleeping at my grandmothers house, those locks may change. Amen" I pick up my fork before starting to eat
But the stares that I was receiving? Oh they were cold. My mother's eye was twitching, Jaz looked unimpressed and dad, pfft he was angry. Aidan continued eating his food with his fingers and as for my sisters, they were just waiting for a response.
"Oh you're trying it today?", Mom asks with that fake amused tone
"You literally-
Jasmine clears her throat whilst giving me a look, I roll my eyes as I sit back and eat silently. I barely touched my food, the only people conversing were mom, dad and Jasmine really. I was too busy worrying about Xavier which I know I shouldn't be, actually I should because I feel like he'll do something stupid but I'll leave it for now.
Jaz did make an attempt to get the truth out of me after dinner but I didn't say anything, I got ready for bed and then went straight to sleep.
I need my phone back
~*~
"You gonna go to J's?"
"I'll just be working late", Dad replies as mom leans into the car window
I tried to find my car keys but she hid them well so now I'm having to ride with dad...
"Ok well moms gonna come for a bit and we'll stay with Aidan"
"Alright I'll see you later", He kisses her cheek
"Bye mom", The twins say
"See you later", She heads back into the house and I lean my head against the window, desperately wanting to get out of the car.
"Are we still going to the charity ball?", Trinity asks as she leans forward
"Yeah"
"Who's planning it if it ain't mama?"
"She's partially planning but aunt Zuri's helping her"
"Is uncle Cole coming?", She asks hopefully
"Yup"
I miss uncle Cole too actually, we saw him a couple weeks ago when we went to Barcelona. His ice hockey team had a game there and we went to watch.
Dad glanced at me as he was driving but I remained silent throughout the car drive, not being able to text anyone is driving me insane. I've not spoken to Xavier since he dropped me but Indiah said he'd come see me during lunch since I'm literally being picked up from school.
"Remember last year when everyone got sick cause of Miss Bright's chilli?", Neveah laughs
He chuckles, "Yeah. Your mom didn't let any of us eat it to begin with cause she had a feeling"
I hate how my dad doesn't take his time when he drives, I take the longest routes possible so that I'm not too early for school but he'll drive so quickly.
"When are we finding out the gender of the babies?"
"We're not this time"
"Oh really? Why"
"We wanna just see what we get, I mean you guys are happy with either right"
"I'd prefer if it were a boy, Aidan can have a best friend" Trinity replies
"Yeah me too", Neveah agrees
"What about you MK", My sister then asks
"Don't care", I murmur as we pull up to the school
Dad parks the car at the drop off point before turning back, "You guys go I'm gonna talk to your sister for a second"
"Kk", Trinity says before getting out the car
"Oooh you in troubleeee", Neveah sings
"Veah", He deadpans
"My bad, bye" Then she follows Trinity out of the car
Once the doors shut he turns back to me
"Keilyn"
"Yes"
"We just had a conversation about your mother the other day"
"I wasn't doing anything, she shouldn't have started to indirect me-
"Whether she's indirecting or not you stay quiet because at the end of the day you're the one who fucked up here, you disappeared for the night and then got mad at us for being mad at you. Where's the logic in that"
I don't reply
"I didn't realise that caring about your safety was such a bad thing to do-
I scoff, "It's not-
"Ok so if you know that then why would you do something so stupid, it's like you want us not to trust you. We don't wanna have to start tracking your movements and being controlling but you're taking too much advantage"
"Alright I won't go anywhere ever again then happy? Can I have my phone back now"
"When you're ready to start speaking you'll get it back"
"You're literally the only one who still cares", I mutter
"No your mom just can't be bothered to deal with your attitude today, that doesn't mean she doesn't care"
"K can I go now?"
"We'll continue our conversation after school"
I head towards the school building where Blair and Indiah are waiting for me, B makes a yikes face as I walk over. "I take it that wasn't you guys making up"
"No"
"Girl, just tell him-
"Guys, no. You know exactly how he is"
"Yeah but it's Xavier"
"I mean your dad already knows what my brothers do on the side"
"He thinks Xavier stopped", I reply
"Then what the hell is stopping you from telling him?", Indiah scoffs as we walk into school
"I'm not tryna jinx anything"
"Well we know your mom and she isn't gullible so I think that maybe you should consider telling her the truth and ask her to keep it a secret from him"
doesn't sound that bad to be fair
"The whole truth?"
"Well no, tweak it a bit. Don't mention the hotel just make that part up"
Mama ain't gullible at all, if I lie to her it takes me about a whole damn two hours to convince her and even then she only believes me about 25%.
Raven makes her way over with a smile, "Hey. You ready?"
Blair shuts her locker, "Yup. Hey I'll see you guys after French?" She asks us
"Yeah see you"
She waves and Raven gives a friendly bye before heading with Blair down the hallway, Indiah and I look at each other. "Since when?" I say impressed
"Well they've always been cool but Destiny hates her for some reason, I guess now that she's no longer prying over her shoulder B realised Rave is kinda cool"
"I like this new Blair"
"Me too", My best friend agrees as we walk down the hallway