Honey Flavored Tears by Love N. Joy Read Free Book Online Page B

I don’t like my sleep being broken either.
    “Hello,” I said in my sleepy tone, laying there feeling comforta ble.
    “Hey, I’m sorry if I woke you up but…I really need to see you.” The tone in his voice startled me. I sat up in the bed with my heart pounding against my chest. Not once ever since I’ve known Quincy has he sounded like his world was coming to an end.
    “Where are you?” I found myself asking.
    “I’m out at the Pierce Park, the place where we always use to come and watch the full moon reflect off the water.” Once he said that a smile crept across my face as those memories flooded back into my head, those were the good days before the complications kicked in.
    “I’m on my way,” I replied.
    “I’ll be waiting,” he said in return. Once we hung up the phone I got up and started putting my clothes on. It’s funny how at one moment your heart and mind feel like they are moving on then your heart takes two steps back like that and there’s nothing your mind can do about it.
     
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    I was rushing just to be near him. My palms were slipping off the steering wheel, but all I could think about was what it was going to be like when I got face to face with him. The last time we were face to face it wasn’t too pretty; I was just hoping this time could be a little bit better.
    When I pulled into the parking lot of the park I could see his silhouette sitting on the bench, the moon was out and it was full. My heart started skipping beats as I walked over to where he was sitting. My mother and grandmother always use to tell me that whenever there is a full moon out expect something crazy or something out of the ordinary to happen. I just sighed deeply to myself hoping that tonight wasn’t one of those nights.
    “Hey Q,” I said as I was standing right in front of him now. He slowly looked up at me, the moon shined down on his face and I could tell his eyes were half open. A grin slowly appeared across his face. “Come sit,” he said in a low tone as he patted the empty seat next to him. I did as I was told but I didn’t feel comfortable for some reason, instead I was more intense and uptight. I sat there with space in between us and racing thoughts on my mind. He looked at me out the corner of his eyes and I just wanted to melt. Here I am 23 feeling like I was a little kid all over again sitting in front of my crush. It’s pathetic but that’s how he made me feel.
    “You alright?” he asked.
    I looked at him and just nodded my head yes.
    “Why are you so quiet ?” he asked.
    I shrugged my shoulders, couldn’t find an answer to his that question. I guess some things just don’t have an answer to them.
    “You look beautiful tonight,” he said.
    I looked down at what I had on which was some grey jogging pants with a light pink tank top and my hair was pinned up in a sloppy bun with some glasses and white Air Force ones on to finish off the touch. I was shocked that he found this to be beautiful but when I think about it, it doesn’t take much to impress him.
    “Thank you,” I said in return with a small smile upon my face now.
    He laughed and shook his head. “Oh you talk when I give you a compliment, still self-centered huh?”
    “Shut up,” I said laughing as well now and I was starting to feel more comfortable too. I scooted a little bit closer and rested my chin on his arm, looking up at him. His mind looked like it was floating somewhere else because I could tell he wasn’t in this reality right now. “Are you okay?” I asked. He looked back at me then sighed and shook his head no.
    “What’s wrong?” I asked.
    “Man Jai I don’t think you really want to know,” he said as he looked down.
    I shoved his arm a little. “Hey if I didn’t want to know I wouldn’t have asked,” I said in return. He looked back at me not