With a smile on her face, Julie O'Reilly walked from towards the parking lot of her school where her car was sitting. She looked down at her phone, exchanging messages with the guy she met a few days ago named Jay, a relative of their new neighbor. It felt a little weird to send messages to this guys she only met once, but the more they texted each other, the more she felt comfortable with him in conversations. He was sweet, funny and obviously very flirtatious. She didn't mind that. She knew there was some sort of connection going on. She could feel some of that during their first meeting. She just wondered if she would let it get any deeper than that. Julie wasn't sure that he was someone her parents would accept. Her mother maybe, but she wasn't so sure her father would be fine with it. She heard him say many derogatory things about black guys. She heard a little more of that attitude lately since Jay's cousin moved in next door to them. Julie ignored it, however, and continued to talk to Jay without much more thought about her father's opinion of Jay's race. She was in her late teens after all and she was headed to college soon. Julie could make her own decisions about who she spoke to at this point. She was her own woman.
Julie sent a text over to Jay, explaining that she would be driving soon and that she would talk to him later, wink face emojis added in at the end. Before she could enter her car, she heard a voice. "Hey, going home now?" Julie turned her head to look at her light brown skinned, dark haired, a little curvy and shorter Asian friend, Sara. Julie looked at her and nodded.
"Yeah, just gonna head to the house for a little. I'll text you later and let you know when i'm coming over, okay?"
Sara nodded. The girl continued to look at her friends face to study it a little and decided to bring something up that she had recently picked up on. "You know, I've noticed that you've been smiling quite a lot lately."
"Huh?" Julie looked at her friend a little taken aback. "Really? I haven't noticed."
Sara chuckled. "Of course you haven't. So, who's the guy?"
Julie sighed. "Am I really that transparent?" Her friend just grinned at her in response. She went through her phone and showed Sara Jayson's Facebook page, allowing her to see the person who had been putting a smile on her face these past few days. She explained how she met him and his relation to her new neighbor.
"Oh, wow... a black guy? I mean he's super cute but... are you sure?" Sara looked at her white friend curiously.
"Yeah, well, I guess i'll just see where it goes?" Julie shrugged. Sara shook her head and chuckled.
"Well good luck with that. I know I would be very, um, cautious in that sort of situation." Julie nodded. The white girl knew Sara was being honest when she called Jay 'super cute' but she also knew Sara had a little bit of hesitation when it came to men of the really dark complexion. She knew that, like her, it originated from her father.
"So i'm heading home now, see you later Sara!" Julie quickly hopped in her vehicle and left, leaving a dumbstruck Sara behind.
"Uh, alright?" Sara raised an eyebrow and watched as her friend sped off into the afternoon.
"Yo, who that bitch you talking to son?" said a young black man sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car in a city far from where Julie and her mother Shannon called home.
"Huh? Oh, some chick I met when I went to go drop off some trees at my cousin's new place. Some bad white bitch." The driver, Jay, showed his friend Samuel pictures and images that Julie had posted on her social media accounts.
"Damn, you right. We don't get none of these kinds of ho's around here. You gonna pass that pussy when you done with it?" Samuel asked. "She do look young too. That Asian bitch she be taking pictures with not bad either."
"She 18, no worries." Jayson assured his friend. "And nah, I think i'm gonna get greedy with this one. She top of the line, you feel me?"
"Yeah, I got you." Sam nodded. "You gonna have to take me up there one day. Tired of these bitches round here. Done with the hood rats."
"I'll see what I can do. I got fam up there now, I got an excuse to make up in those neck of the woods." Jay smirked.
"For real..." Sam responded. "Your cousin Lennox done made it and got the fuck out of here. Now he getting quality pussy right?"
Jay looked at him and nodded "When I went to go see him he was already smashing some bitch. Some milf pussy I guess."
Sam chuckled at that. "Oh okay, I see him. That's what's really good. So you gonna see this girl again soon?"
"I don't know..." Jayson replied. "I'm gonna see what's up with shorty here and then make a move accordingly, know what i'm saying?"
"I hear that." Samuel shot back. "Just let a nigga know if you need back up!"
Jayson laughed at his friend's eagerness. "Like I said, I'll see what's up." Jayson turned his car back on and drove off into the city streets, a few deals needing to be made today.
While Julie was at home, her mother Shannon was out at the gym. She had arrived there about an hour ago and decided to throw herself into some hard workouts. After a little while, she headed towards the bathroom to take a little break before heading back out there. She had her bag with her and that's when she heard her phone go off. She froze a little, knowing who it could be. She had gone all day without getting a text from him. She thought that ignoring him could help out a little. But she was wrong. Or maybe, she never really tried in the first place. Maybe she was just fooling herself. After all, she never once thought about blocking his number or anything. She just hadn't responded to his texts. Shannon was feeling more conflicted about him as the days went on. Lennox was winning her over, and she knew it. It couldn't be denied anymore.