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This month is my least favorite month of the year, every year once April comes around I shut out everyone, even my best friend. I hardly spoke to anyone since this month started, just some simple replies and I only left my room for school.

Right now I'm in my room, completing a communications studies worksheet to bring in to school tomorrow.

The notification sound on my phone brought me back from daydreaming.

Even though I didn't plan to reply regardless of who it was, I still checked it.

It was a WhatsApp message from Tyreek, I've been ignoring him too, he called or texted me regularly even though I didn't respond.

We were becoming so close before this month started.

'Man go get dawk pan yuh enu'

Him sure a mi fi get dah message yah?

Anyways Mek mi just done dah paper yah, cause mi already stressed, mi cyaa manage no more.

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The next morning I woke and got ready for school, when I was leaving out Dante was outside.

"Yuh waah mi bring yuh?" He asked.

"No," I replied.

I took a taxi and went to school, Kayla knew the reason I'm like this so she didn't push a lot of conversations with me, but she let me know that I can talk to her anytime and even though I appreciate it, I'd rather keep things to myself.

When school was dismissed Kayla had to stay behind for extra classes, so I left.

A familiar car pulled up bedside me when I was walking on the side walk, with the windows down. Nobody but Tyreek him.

"Come inah ih car bredda."

I continued walking cause mi anuh him bredda,den mi fava man?

"Yow yuh nuh hear mi say yuh fi come Ina ih car, yuh waah mi make a scene?"

Yuh si cause him damn serious, Mek mi go in deh cause mi cyaa tek ih drama. When I went inside, I slammed the door on purpose.

He looked over at me, "wah di bomboclaat wrong wid yuh?"

Instead of answering, I just brought up my window. Mi nuh waah nobody chat to mi.

"Yuh nuh hear mi a talk to yuh?" he raised his voice.

Still no answer.

"Wah do yuh Brittney?"

"Nothing."

"So how yaa move so bredda?" He asked.

"Nothing."

"Yuh sure say yuh good?" He asked once more.

"Mhmmm," I replied.

"Where yaa go?" I asked when I realized he drove straight into the town.

"Round a mi mada shop," he responded.

He parked at a cosmetic shop. Him mada mussi do hair, cause di time when mi see her, di lady wig siddung pan her head.

"Soon fwd," he said leaving out the car.

When he came back in the car, he said, "mommy say fi hail yuh up."

"Tell her mi say hi," I replied, going on my phone.

On his way bringing me home, and wi did almost reach enu, he pulled over and turned the car off.

"Talk to mi, mi nuh like how yuh look vex up b, yuh normally fulla chat n ever deh laugh."

Should I tell him, him muss hear waah likkle rumor or sumn bout ih when him did younger.

"Remember how I told you that I only lived with my two brothers?" I asked fiddling with my fingers

"Yeah."

"You ever heard about a man named Andrew when yuh smaller?" I asked him.

"Andrew? Nuh him dem say did kill him woman? A so?" He asked, his forehead creasing like he was in deep thoughts.

"Yea a mi father, and wen mi a ten him kill mi mother," I said trying not to cry. "Mi still remember di evening, April 19, when mi a come from school fi come show mommy say mi pass mi weekly spellings test. Only fi wen mi come outta di taxi, n walk go home, a bare police deh round a wi house, a draw yellow tape and all a dem things there, mi now start bawl say mi waah mi mommy and daddy, and one a di people dem Ina di community just look pan mi n tell mi say, yuh daddy kill yuh mommy." I explained.

I didn't know, I was crying until he pulled me across and into his seat, and hugged me tightly while drying my tears.

"B, yuh strong yuh fuck dats all mi know, and the strongest soldiers get di hardest fight," he tried to comfort me.

I don't know how long we stayed like that, until I finally calmed down and stop crying.

"Yuh good now?" He asked.

"Yeah," I half smiled.

"Mek sure enu," he said kissing my forehead.

"Yes, now bring mi home before mi bredda dem head chip," I told him.

"Okay ma'am."

When he reached at my gate and parked he asked me "when mi a go see yuh again?"

"When yuh FaceTime mi," I laughed.

"Naah callback yuh phone bredda, yaa ignore mi like man a some waste man,"he hissed his teeth.

"Yes because, this is not my best month and I didn't want to be bothered," I told him.

"And mi deh yah fi yuh, anytime yuh waah vent b."

"Thanks," I told him.

"No likkle hug or nothing," he said as I was about to leave the car. I leaned over and gave him a hug, then come outta di car and go through the gate.

As I pulled my door and stepped in, nuh Andre dat mi see siddung Ina mi settee. "A who dat?"

Oops!

I laughed and said, "mi boyfriend waah?"

"Mi affi go meet this boyfriend of yours since yuh all deh laugh, not even two words we nuh get from yuh since di month start," he said.

"A joke, a mi friend."

"Must be a good friend fi make your mood change."

"Come outta mi place, yuh too nuff," I laughed and went to my room.

Mi don't even reach Ina mi room good, mi phone start ring, Tyreek of course.

"Yeah," I answered.

"Wul on deh, mi still a drive," he said.

Nuh him call mi. No sah.

"Okay, I'm gonna go change my clothes," I replied to him, placing my phone down.

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