Chapter 7: Charisma

*Chapter 7*

*Charisma*

*3 months later*

So me and Jerell were officially together as a couple and it already been three whole months! I was feeling mad accomplished that I even stayed in a relationship that long. Jerell was romantic, down to earth, honest, and just plain cute. He would text good morning to me every time I woke up, he drove me to work and school, also he hung out with me every lunch time and walked me to class at all times. Ever since we started dating I started seeing less and less of Devin. Honestly he stopped talking to me. Every time I saw him and he saw me, he wouldn’t talk to me especially if I was with Jerell.  He would just continue talking to his friends and ignore me, so basically I was going to ignore his a*s right back.

This morning was officially our third month together and I was deciding to introduce Jerell to my mother and grandmother. It actually took a lot of begging from Jerell.

“No!” He said as I tried dragging him onto the front door of your house.

“Why?” I asked.

“I don’t, know how crazy your peoples is.”

“They are not crazy, they are both nice ladies.” He looked at me and I gave him the puppy dog face he could not refuse.

“Damn, that face never fails me.” He said and my face brightly lit. “I’m doing to do it, just for you.” He lightly tapped my nose and kissed me on the cheek.

I opened the door and walked in with Jerell holding my hand behind me. I walked into the living room and saw grandma watching good times as always.

“Hey grandma.” I said and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“Hey baby girl.” She said putting volume down on the TV then stared blankly at Jerell.

“Grandma this is Jerell and Jerell this is my grandma.” I said and she shakes his hand.

“How are you doing boo?” She said.

“I’m fine.” He answered very nervously. I started giggling from how nervous he was acting because outside of this house Jerell was loud and outspoken. I’m surprised my grandma got him nervous but wait till my mother came home, it was about to make him faint.

“There is no need to be nervous, how long you have been dating my granddaughter?”

“Three months maam.” He answered, and I smiled as he held my hand.

It seemed like my grandma really liked Jerell. I was anticipating my mother’s arrival.

“Stand strong son, she is one unique girl.”

“I know she is, very much.”

I heard the clanging of keys and had a feeling that my mother was here. The door creaked open and se came walking in with a mean attitude. She stopped dead in front of me.

“What’s this?” She asked, dropping her things on the lazy boy chair.

“Um, mom this is-“I said.

“Didn’t I tell you any visitors?”

“But ma…”

“No buts, I don’t care who it is and what they are to you.”

“Mom, I’m just trying to introduce J-“

“OUT! NOW!” She yelled and tears started forming around my eyes and I ran outside. I don’t know why my mom always had something to say about my own personal love life.

I sat on the swing that hang in the porch and started crying. My mom always never had appreciated anything from me. She thought everything should have been done the old Christian way as to finding my “renaissance man”. My mom always talking about how dudes who sagged, wore doo rags, and just plain looked thuggish would never amount to anything. “Your father is someone that never amounted to anything in life.” My mother would say. My father, something that never came to my mind only when I was pissed off at my mother. My mom used to tell me that my dad would leave in the middle of the night and go to his family and would never come back for weeks, and when he did come back it was only for around an hour just to try and f**k my mother, that was just her side of the story. My grandma said that my father did have another family but when he came home, he ignored the yelling of my mother and went straight in my room and held me in his arms and adore his little girl. He knew I was his daughter and he never forgot that.

“Charisma baby.” Jerell said coming outside the house and wiped my tears.

“Yeah?” I sniffled up my nose.

‘You okay?” He sat right by me on the swing.

“I’m fine, what did she tell you?”

“Well first she said that we can’t see each other.” I looked at him in disbelief.

“What?” He nodded his head.

“Yeah, she said I look to thuggish and I would-“

“Never amount to anything.” We both said together. The exact words of my mother.

I heard the window open and I just rolled my eyes.

“Charisma, het him off my porch.” She said sternly and I just took a deep breath and closed my eyes and breathed out and got up and walked to his car.

“So how long it is till we see each other?” he asked.

“I don’t know I hope my mother is working double shift tomorrow and we could spend the weekend together.” I smiled and I gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

“Alright, I could deal with that mama.”

He got in his car and I gave him another kiss on the lips, then he drove away. I walked back into the house and my mother was already on my damn case.

“Give me your phone.” She said sticking out her hand.

“Why?” I asked.

“If there is going to be a way for you to stop talking to that hood rat, I got to take it.”

“UGH!” I just dropped my phone in her hands.

I got up and walked straight in my room and slammed the door and went straight on my laptop.

“SLAM THAT DOOR ONE MORE TIME AND I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT!” She yelled.

“Oh please.”

Reviews

[Layla J Omorose]

I agree that the first sentence should be changed to were. I also see a lot of the same mistakes you made in the previous chapter. Just minor things that take away from the story. Like I said before another read through and editing of this chapter and you would be able to see what errors you made. With that being said there was one sentence that bothered me. That was when the grandmother met the boyfriend and she said to him "How are you doing boo?" Personally I found the boo not only unbelievable, in the sense that a grandmother would say that to her granddaughter's boyfriend, but also unnecessary....But other than that this chapter was good but there is always room for improvement. Good luck once again with your writing.

[Master Aiden]

Change was in the first sentence to Were, but besides that its amazing