Riley was slowly putting on his belt when his granddad called him down for breakfast.
"Either come down or don't eat!" he yelled up the stairs.
"I'm not hungry!" Riley screamed back.
The minute he said he wasn't hungry he heard rushing footsteps coming up the stairs. He was just about to put on his shirt when his granddad came barging in the room. The odd thing was Riley screamed like a little girl and throw a pillow at him causing him to go out of the room.
Even though he screamed like a little girl didn't mean he threw like one. He threw like a full grown man. He pulled his shirt on and walked out of the door to where his granddad had fell.
"Sorry Granddad." he said stepping over the body and going in the bathroom to fix his braids.
When he got in the mirror he took his du-rag off and started spraying his braids. His granddad stood at the bathroom door but Riley didn't notice him. He closed his eyes and imagined what his parents were probably like. He couldn't remember them. Neither of them. He was trying so hard but nothing came to him.
He couldn't help it. He knew nothing about his family and this just brought a tear to his eye, which he let go. When granddad had saw this he backed out of the bathroom and into Huey who was on his way to get his shoes.
"What's wrong?" he asked looking at his troubled Granddad.
All granddad did was point in the bathroom at the crying Riley who was now on the floor on his knees.
"'yo Riley?" called Huey entering the bathroom and closing the door behind him to give them some privacy. "What's wrong? Why are you crying, man?"
Huey got on his knees and held Riley's face up. He didn't like seeing his brother sad and when he was he was so secretive about it. Like now. Here Huey was trying to comfort him and he wanna move his head like he was trying to kill him or something.
"Riley what's wrong?" he asked trying to get in his face. "Tell me you can trust me."
He sat on the ground and laid Riley's head on his shoulder. He petted his head and thought about why Riley was crying until he noticed the shirt he had on.
"You wanna know about mom and dad don't you?" he asked moving a braid from in front of his face. "Mom loved you…She loved both of us."
"…what…about…dad?" he asked lifting a hand and wiping his eyes.
Huey looked out into space. He had no idea how to answer that question, so he decided to lie.
"…I didn't know him. I just wrote to him that's all."
Huey got up petted his little brother and left out of the bathroom and closing the door behind him. The truth was Huey knew HIS dad but he didn't know who Riley's dad was. He couldn't ever remember Riley calling anyone dad or daddy…just mommy.
Huey sighed and went in his room to get his shoes. When he walked in the room he noticed it was a complete mess. 'if we had the same dad…Riley's just like him.' he thought.