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Chapter Nine

Austin

You terrify me, Carillo I’m afraid of you Are you happy about that?

That chick’s coh my head as I lay on my bed, and I felt sick She feared me and I didn’t even know her damn name And I hated it, this whole shittin’by a wo all up in that cheerleader’s face, stalking herat her arm And all for the sake of the crew! My life was so fked up

My htly be asha et put inside Who would look after her then?

Right after the gaot a call off Axel Mamma was bad Real bad He’d had her at the free clinic, and they prescribedone of her bad spells And we didn’t have the cash to cover the cost of theher back in pain

I’d waited until all the players had left the locker room, then tore the place apart And then in she walked, the fkin’ Goth cheerleader Except she hadn’t looked too much like a Goth I liked the Goth look; she was dark like me But without makeup, she looked so different… She looked beautiful, and my heart almost exploded in my chest

But of late, she was seeing too much of me and my family And I’d had to scare her away It was my duty as a Carillo

A knock sounded on my door and in walked Rome He nodded at me warily and took a seat on etting set up for the party, so we as seniors could chill until folks started arriving

Rome took the remote for my TV and turned it on; SportsCenter was his choice With disinterest, I watched the presenters recap the NFL gaonna talk about what that call was over after the ga his eyes frolance in his direction He earing his usual sleeveless Tide shirt and jeans as he leaned on his hand Heat him and he looked e ofon my knees as I ran my hands over my head in frustration