I Hate You Ch. 12 - Some Time Alone
Date: 8/5/2024,
Categories:
Interracial Love,
Author: byDarknessofGeorgia
... Craig shakes his head at Keisha and walks in our direction.
"You'll get your card when I get my PlayStation fixed."
"That was an accident!"
"An expensive one." Mrs. Turner says to her daughter. "Craig, your dad said he needed the lighter inside his car before you go.
"Jesus, he left it in the car; he's gonna blow us the hell up," Craig says, walking outside.
"Watch your mouth, boy." She says as Keisha starts talking to her in the kitchen. I slip off and go outside to follow Craig.
"Craig, Wait!" I scream. He turned around and looked at me, annoyed. "You need some help?"
"Nah, not really. Thanks anyway, though."
"Oh, okay. So, how have you been? It's been a while."
"Yeah, just ready to get the hell out of here."
"You wanna leave all this," I say.
"Yup, don't get me wrong, I love my family dearly, but I need to grow up, and I don't think I will do that."
"Right, I've got you something," I say to him, gripping the wrapper and envelope tight before presenting it.
"Wow?" He says with zero emotion. Something in him had changed since I last talked to him. Craig was bullied a lot at school and didn't have many friends. Keisha would talk about how cold he had become in those last two years of school. Even getting into fights with someone in a mall parking lot over football. "FUCK THE SAINTS he would yell."
"It's a card and your favorite candy."
"Damn, I haven't had this in over a year, stop eating candy a while back."
"Oh, I didn't ...
... know."
"Nah, it's cool. It's the thought that counts right." He smiled at me for the first time in years; it knocked my breath away, and I couldn't make eye contact with him.
"I hope you have a good time in college."
"Me too; maybe I can finally find a girl who likes me, right." He jokes, but it rips me to hear him say that.
"Well, maybe..."
"CRAIG!!!!!!!!"
Before I could finish saying anything, a group of his younger cousins rushed to the car to hug him. A tall girl with dreads came up to Craig's waist, and a shorter boy with a buzz cut came up to his thigh.
"Why are you leaving us?" The girl says, wrapping him in a hug.
"Can I help with that?" The shorter boy says, looking at Craig's hands. "Do you have games on your phone?"
"Reggie, get your hand outta my pocket." He says, smiling at the boy.
"How long are you gonna be gone for." The girl says, pulling away from the hug. "Are you gonna visit us?"
"Is she your girlfriend?" Reggie says while looking up at me like I was a billboard on the side of the road.
"No, she is not my girlfriend," Craig says, looking at me with a side-eye."But she is looking down at you, like it. My momma said if a girl looks at you like that, she wants to smash," Reggie says, smiling at me. "Jesus, Trina needs to chill the fuck out," He says, looking at me with a raised eyebrow."Besides, I'm not Megan's type anyway."
"Is that true? Are you only attracted to other Giants?" Reggie says, placing his hands on his ...