"Where I Wanna Be"
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 7: Chino And Raquel = ?
{{{Raquel}}}
"Raquel? Raquel...? RAQUEL!" My mother called. I was in my room blasting my reggaeton and I couldn't hear her. I swung open the door.
"Sorry. What's up, Moms?" I asked, turning down the volume on my stereo.
My mother sat on my bed and smoothed some pretend creases in the comforter. "It's your father..."
"What about him?" I asked suspiciously, crossing my arms.
"Well...he misses y'all..." My mother trailed off.
"And...?"
"You're going to stay with him for the rest of the school year, you stay here on weekends." My mother blurted out. She glanced to see my reaction, but I wasn't upset at all. I loved my dad and guess who lived in Lenox Projects?
"In...Lenox...Projects?" I asked. My mother nodded.
"Oh, aight! Cheenz lives there!" I grinned and gave my mother a hug. "I'ma miss y'all though..."
My mom gave me a peck on the forehead. "We gon miss ya too, but you gonna be here on weekends."
"That's true. Who goes next? Malik?" I asked.
"Yeah. He's got mad friends in Lenox, too." Mom replied.
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It only took me a few days to pack up most of the stuff I would need. I left my bed and some clothes here, since I would be coming home on the weekends. My father went out and bought me a new bed, anyways.
"Bye, Raquel." My younger brother hugged my waist and I gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Bye, Malik...behave." I chuckled.
"You behave." Tony said, wrapping his arms around me in a hug. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and said,"I'ma miss you! Can you believe that?"
I laughed. "No...not really."
My mom ushered me into the car and we drove away. Finally after twenty minutes of listening to 80's old school rap and my mom rapping along...(shudder), we pulled up to the old yellow brick buildings. I loved the sound...just kids playing, dudes shooting hoops, rapping to girls...It was just an at home feeling for me.
Chino came out of a building a little far back and ran over to us. "Hey...what are you doing here?"
"I live in that building." I said, pointing to a building that had the courtyard as it's backyard. The courtyard with its basketball court and playground...and all the people just having fun.
Chino's eyes lit up. "Oh, word?"
"Well, Chino, if you could help Raquel with these bags, then I can be out." My mother said.
"Yo, Joker, Eddy! A little help here." Chino called to our two friends. My mom waved to me and hopped into her car.
"Hey Joker, Eddy." I said. They smiled and picked up some of my bags. We carried them to my dad's building, where he was sitting outside waiting for me. The smell of rice and beans drifted through the hallway.
"Hey, Dad!" I said, giving him a hug. He tugged on my braids and chuckled.
"Your hair is getting long." He said.
"It's weave." Chino teased.
I pushed him. "Calm down, clown."
"So can we bring these bags upstairs?" He asked.
"What do you think, boy?" My father shook his head and laughed.
Eddy and Joker snickered, but a look from Chino silenced them.
My father walked up the stairs and opened the apartment door. It was brick red with a rusty 26 B on it. The door swung open and we stepped inside.
"Where's Tati?" I asked. Taliah Auri was my fourteen year old half sister, and we were pretty close.
"She's in Long Island." My father said, sitting down on the recliner.
"Oh..." I said. "Okay thanks Cheenz, Eddy, Joker. I got it from here."
They left the room and thundered down the stairs.
Me and my dad put my stuff in my new bedroom, and got situated. When I felt like I had most of my stuff where I wanted it, which was about three hours later, it was pitch black outside. I stared out of the window, as the streetlights shimmered in the darkness.
"Raquel?"
I jumped as I heard Chino's voice.
"Um, yeah? And why are you here?"
"My moms isn't home. I'm alone!" He whined. I pushed him playfully and got up to close the door.
"So what are you doing?" He asked.
"Just chillaxin. Staring at the moon, y'know?" I replied, taking my place on the bed.
"Can I stare too?" Chino asked.
"Why not?"
We just stayed in the room dimly lit by the moon, just totally silent. I could tell what he was thinking, but it didn't seem so wrong.
He leaned in and he kissed me.
Yeah...
Chino
kissed
ME.
The boy I used to like all through middle school (when we had both become "cute".) The boy who lent me his bike so I could track down my secret crush. The boy who I had known FOREVER....kissed me.
And you know what? It wasn't so wrong. But I was with Jimmy...
So the question is Chino and Raquel = ????
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 7: Chino And Raquel = ?
{{{Raquel}}}
"Raquel? Raquel...? RAQUEL!" My mother called. I was in my room blasting my reggaeton and I couldn't hear her. I swung open the door.
"Sorry. What's up, Moms?" I asked, turning down the volume on my stereo.
My mother sat on my bed and smoothed some pretend creases in the comforter. "It's your father..."
"What about him?" I asked suspiciously, crossing my arms.
"Well...he misses y'all..." My mother trailed off.
"And...?"
"You're going to stay with him for the rest of the school year, you stay here on weekends." My mother blurted out. She glanced to see my reaction, but I wasn't upset at all. I loved my dad and guess who lived in Lenox Projects?
"In...Lenox...Projects?" I asked. My mother nodded.
"Oh, aight! Cheenz lives there!" I grinned and gave my mother a hug. "I'ma miss y'all though..."
My mom gave me a peck on the forehead. "We gon miss ya too, but you gonna be here on weekends."
"That's true. Who goes next? Malik?" I asked.
"Yeah. He's got mad friends in Lenox, too." Mom replied.
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It only took me a few days to pack up most of the stuff I would need. I left my bed and some clothes here, since I would be coming home on the weekends. My father went out and bought me a new bed, anyways.
"Bye, Raquel." My younger brother hugged my waist and I gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Bye, Malik...behave." I chuckled.
"You behave." Tony said, wrapping his arms around me in a hug. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and said,"I'ma miss you! Can you believe that?"
I laughed. "No...not really."
My mom ushered me into the car and we drove away. Finally after twenty minutes of listening to 80's old school rap and my mom rapping along...(shudder), we pulled up to the old yellow brick buildings. I loved the sound...just kids playing, dudes shooting hoops, rapping to girls...It was just an at home feeling for me.
Chino came out of a building a little far back and ran over to us. "Hey...what are you doing here?"
"I live in that building." I said, pointing to a building that had the courtyard as it's backyard. The courtyard with its basketball court and playground...and all the people just having fun.
Chino's eyes lit up. "Oh, word?"
"Well, Chino, if you could help Raquel with these bags, then I can be out." My mother said.
"Yo, Joker, Eddy! A little help here." Chino called to our two friends. My mom waved to me and hopped into her car.
"Hey Joker, Eddy." I said. They smiled and picked up some of my bags. We carried them to my dad's building, where he was sitting outside waiting for me. The smell of rice and beans drifted through the hallway.
"Hey, Dad!" I said, giving him a hug. He tugged on my braids and chuckled.
"Your hair is getting long." He said.
"It's weave." Chino teased.
I pushed him. "Calm down, clown."
"So can we bring these bags upstairs?" He asked.
"What do you think, boy?" My father shook his head and laughed.
Eddy and Joker snickered, but a look from Chino silenced them.
My father walked up the stairs and opened the apartment door. It was brick red with a rusty 26 B on it. The door swung open and we stepped inside.
"Where's Tati?" I asked. Taliah Auri was my fourteen year old half sister, and we were pretty close.
"She's in Long Island." My father said, sitting down on the recliner.
"Oh..." I said. "Okay thanks Cheenz, Eddy, Joker. I got it from here."
They left the room and thundered down the stairs.
Me and my dad put my stuff in my new bedroom, and got situated. When I felt like I had most of my stuff where I wanted it, which was about three hours later, it was pitch black outside. I stared out of the window, as the streetlights shimmered in the darkness.
"Raquel?"
I jumped as I heard Chino's voice.
"Um, yeah? And why are you here?"
"My moms isn't home. I'm alone!" He whined. I pushed him playfully and got up to close the door.
"So what are you doing?" He asked.
"Just chillaxin. Staring at the moon, y'know?" I replied, taking my place on the bed.
"Can I stare too?" Chino asked.
"Why not?"
We just stayed in the room dimly lit by the moon, just totally silent. I could tell what he was thinking, but it didn't seem so wrong.
He leaned in and he kissed me.
Yeah...
Chino
kissed
ME.
The boy I used to like all through middle school (when we had both become "cute".) The boy who lent me his bike so I could track down my secret crush. The boy who I had known FOREVER....kissed me.
And you know what? It wasn't so wrong. But I was with Jimmy...
So the question is Chino and Raquel = ????