The Color Purple~Chapter 35

When I woke I smiled. I turned to my side and found the bed empty. I changed into an old faded blue shirt and jean shorts. I threw my hair into a pony tail and brushed my teeth before heading downstairs. I played with my ring as I walked into the living room. Bruno was laying on the couch and Alexis was laying on his chest watching spongebob. He was patting her back and she smiled every now and again. It was the cutest d- thing I've ever seen. I walked over and kissed him. "Have you given her, her medicine yet?" "Did it after I gave her a bath." I looked at her and she smiled her toothless grin. "Oh my goodness Lexi! I think daddy is trying to take over all my jobs!" She giggled a little and I kissed her forehead. "Yo Brunz! You wanna play some basketball? How about you Kass?" "I think I'm good Ryan. Go on Bruno. Go have fun." "I'm okay." "Seriously go. I can take care of her." He sat up and I scooped her up. "Are you sure?" "Go! It's fine." He gave me and Lexi a quick kiss before taking his denim jacket off and running outside. I shook my head and walked into the kitchen. Bernadette and Presley were cleaning up dishes and Brandi was feeding Reece. "Aren't you going to play basketball sweetie?" Bernadette asked. "No, I have to take care of Lex." "Oh give her here. I'll take care of her for you. Go have fun." Presley came and took Alexis. "Are you sure? I mean you don't have to-" "It's fine. Just go." "Thanks." I gave Alexis a quick kiss before walking outside where they were arguing about something. "Hey! What's going on?" "We have an uneven number." "Not anymore." I smiled and we all lined up. Ryan and Phil were captains and me and Bruno ended up being separated and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad. It was me, Phil, Eric, Kenji and Dre and then Jamareo, Ryan, Bruno, Phil, and Phred. The others were to lame to play. So we started playing and I found out Bruno sucked at his jump shot. He couldn't make it to save his life. "You suck Bruno!" "Shut the f- up its better than you!" "At least I can make it!" I got the ball and as I went to make a shot I was thrown over someone's shoulder. "Cant make it now!" "Bruno put me down!" I was laughing so hard tears started rolling down my cheeks. I tried to make the shot but it bounced off the backboard and he put me down. "A-hole." He giggled and after that he wouldn't get off me. He covered me and when I finally got the ball again he lunged for it but missed. I squealed and he chased after me before grabbing me by my waist and swinging me around. "Put me down! Please!" He took his fedora and put it over my eyes so I couldn't see. As soon as my feet hit the concrete I took the ball and ran, making the shot. I fixed his gray fedora on my head and smiled at Bruno's mess of hair sticking up in every direction. He looked so different without his hat or having it brushed back, I liked it. He came over and pecked me on the lips. "I think you look so sexy with my hat on." "I think you look sexy with your hair messy like that." He gave me another quick kiss before running off and getting back in the game. My phone started vibrating in m back pocket. I had totally forgotten about shoving it back there before coming downstairs! I quickly took it out and answered. "Hello?" "Ms. Longly? This is Sarah Newman from Los Angeles Memorial. How are you doing?" "Oh hi! I'm doing great thanks." "Great. Well I'm calling you to let you know that you've gotten the job as a RN." "Thank you do much! When do I start?" "As soon as you can." "Is the beginning of January okay?" "Yes ma'am." "Great. Thank you so much!" The line clicked and my cheeks started hurting from where I hadn't stopped smiling. "Who was that?" Bruno came walking over breathing heavy. "It was LA Memorial. I got a job as a RN!" "Oh baby that's great!" He smiled and hugged me. "I'm going to go tell my parents." I ran into the house and looked for them. I went into the kitchen and saw them on the beach but the smile that was still on my face slowly faded away when I looked closer. They were arguing. My parents rarely yelled so this must be something really bad. I slowly opened the sliding glass door and walked out. "Glen I don't care! I don't like him! I don't know why you said yes to him! He's nothing but trouble!" "No, he's not." I knew exactly who they were talking about. They turned and glared at me. "He's not trouble." My dad sighed and rubbed his face. "Get out Kassie. This isn't your battle to fight." "Yes it is!" I snapped. "Now what's going on here?" My father who had his face buried in his hands just shook his head and sighed loudly. "Mom?" "Kassie I don't understand why you love him. I can't. He's left you when you needed him the most. He's just going to do it again." "Sometimes I don't understand why I still do. But then at the end of the day after seeing him with Alexis and seeing how much he still cares, I understand. Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes and learns from them." "Kassandra this isn't about mistakes! This is about your life! About Alexis' life! He's screwed up so many times and you kept giving him chances! You kept letting him back in! Sweetie you can have any man out there. One who won't leave for a year and then come back. I don't understand why you would want to marry him and I don't understand why your father would allow it! Why would you want to love someone who tossed you to the side and is going to pretty much going to do the same thing?" I looked down. Everything she said was true. Everything. "I don't know. But I....I love him." "Kassie, it's okay not to be sure. You know that right?" I bit my lip. Was I really unsure? Sure I was scared. I was afraid. I was still hurt. So I guess you can say I was unsure. I didn't really know if I wanted to marry him. "Kass?" "I don't know mom. I'm still hurt. I'm scared. I'm unsure. I....I just...don't know." "It's okay sweetie." I shook my head and hurried away. "Kassie?" Bruno was standing on the patio and I knew he most likely had heard. He grabbed my arm but I shook him off. I just wanted to be alone. I ran inside and upstairs before collapsing on the window seat in my room.