4 Competing for the heart?

2014 Winter: Key Entry 30

I have been in the house mostly been upstairs on social media. My mom's out of town she's in Vegas with her friends and my dad the rode manager to a blues band that's touring. My fifteen year old cousin Jamari he's living with us he wears braids and plays video games he's downstairs doing that while I chill on my bed in my room.

My boyfriend Grey Mathis is coming to take me to party Mace invited us too even though it's at his unfriendly girlfriend Nasha's home.

Grey has been my boyfriend for over a week we met in chemistry class Mace would often skip that class I would take notes for him while he frolicked at the skate park.

Grey was my lab partner on a project and we connected when it came to music, food, he even told me he reads poetry.

He has dark skin olive eyes and long dark dreadlocks that go haft way down his back He has a brisk and husky voice and mostly wears a serious expression and is very thoughtful person.

He always covered for me during the project if I had anything come up and Last week on a school night we were studying at his house he lean in and kissed me on his couch I remember him pulling me into him it was warm and tender it made feel safe.

He later told me "Key can we go out sometime?" I was nervous but I agreed we saw a movie together last weekend.

I wanted to tell Mace we were official yesterday before we made it social media official. I went over to his house he was dazed he was fixing himself a sandwich in the kitchen he was spilling bread and cheese crumbs

on the floor absent minded.

His head was sinking low like a ostrich who's head was in the ground.

I knew he had a lost a skateboarding competition he texted me beforehand about it before he competed. I sent him a thumbs up emoji and he sent me a clip of him gloating he was going take them on.

In the winter air he would compete for no reward lucky no snow was in the forecast. The friendly competition happened at our local skatepark between him and some rivals.

Mace always likes to win he likes to show he is prepare to whatever it takes to prove he has skills and can keep up with the best in our town.

I decided not to tell him about Grey and I new relationship title yet it wasn't important when he looked like that.

I said sharply and directly "If your going to take losing to heart show and improve for your own sake not the guys you lost to today being down on yourself isn't really like you."

He then smiles and throws his fists down on the counter and responds to me by shouting gleefully " Your the reason I will!" while giving me a face

of resolve and determination. I cock my head to the side and look at him with confusion I blush at his words why would I be a reason?

I felt a warmth confidence coming back to him as he showed me a beaming smile.