A Yearning Beyond Years

h's

hispered to myself as I

hurt after being called crazy, but n

you are crazy..

, No

rd me, that lazy grin on his face lik

ng his hand and pulling hi

my head was pounding from what just happened w

se, Derek h

turer?" He said with a smirk, jerking his

shot with her, I woul

od ran

name on anyone other than m

apped before I c

ring. "Relax, dude. I'm just sayi

ard. "Don't talk about her li

ud. "What the hel

instead, I star

enough to break the invisible lin

lm the hell do

hat D

ed. Everything was cracking beneath my feet, and

. Ever," I hissed, shoving him b

when the fi

plit second, everything went white. I jabbed him twi

o add a third

OUG

ut through

the collar and yanking me backward. Derek stood up, barely, and stum

oach barked, his face flushed with fury. "Thi

could I say? That I was unraveling? That my

or a reply. "Go

lowing the pai

jog. Work that out of your system befor

I r

ast the stadium, the empty basketball courts, the echoing sil

e pavement, but it didn't

about your Stacey,

I continued jogging. Just the

t calls me at least three times a day, like clockwork: morning check-in, m

d and a

ie," I sai

or the state I was in. "Are you almost home? I just finish

t, remember? He's super close with one of

ed my fingers to my temple

tered. "You m

I'm just excited! It's not every day you get to impress s

ht. That's what th

ns. The favors. The path to the NBA my father wante

re of this

n," I said, hoping

softened. "You okay

d that. Because I never really knew the re

will wake you up. Don't be lat

rse sh

ou," sh

knowing my father must be the

could breathe again. Not a full br

u

hrough my hair, I

in junior year that we were a thing, and once she got her claws in, she never let go. I tried t

father is a big deal and could get me into the NBA. "She's

ng. I nodded. Smile

he could see it every time I kissed her and flinched inside. But she d

ng in NBA scouts and droppin

pletely l

thought because I acciden

apologized, stepping back a lit

't look hurt or angry that I bumped into her

he introduced herself, extend

me." I was about to walk past her when sh

ey sure knows how

t say!? Stacey?

lking towards me, every step

l package, just maybe...... A little too youn

e trailed her hands and was about to touch my

.... I l

the fuck

. Let's just say I'm

om me?" Every inch of my body wi

s I say,"

don't?" I

f Stacey Smith when they find out she's been fuckin

u

tell me wh

ed on her face. "