Keegan Doesn’t Know

I stared at my phone for a minute and reluctantly answered. I was afraid of what he might say to me.

“Hey what’s up,” I said in a breathy and aggravated tone.

“Hey Brees. Do you have a minute to talk?” he asked.

He sounded as if he were sad. As much as I wanted to hang up on him, I stopped myself. I would never turn anyone away that was having any type of feelings like this, so I told him that I did.

I went up to my room so I could change while we talked. “What’s going on Kee?” I asked empathetically.

“So I’m pretty sure my mom is seeing someone. She has had a lot of late nights out and she is on her phone constantly. I am afraid that if she is dating, my dad will go after custody of my sisters. He has already been threatening her,” Keegan said. “I know this is something I should be talking to Baylen about or a girlfriend. But Bay is always with Quinn lately, so…”

“It’s not that you can’t call me about this stuff Keegan, but I think Jada would be the ideal person to call. Don’t you?” I stated.

Keegan stayed quiet for a moment. I could hear him breathing, so I knew he was still on the call however.

“Brees, you do know that I broke up with Jada right after your birthday right?” he asked.

Actually, I did not know this. This was the first time I had heard this. When I talked to her she acted like they talked and hung out still. I was so confused.

“Kee, Jada never mentioned it. She told me how you guys watched movies together and how you talked every night. Not once did she say you broke up with her. That would have changed so much…” I stopped myself short of telling him how I really felt.

I could not believe she didn’t tell me. Why was he still spending so much time with her if they weren’t together. Nothing was making any sense.

“Jada and I decided to stay good friends. She has really helped me navigate my parents divorce and she has been a great support system. The Hamlins have been a bit too busy for my family drama, so she stepped up and I’m grateful for her. It is very odd that she never mentioned this to you especially when I told her how I fe…” he cut himself off.

What was he about to say? Was there more to the story about their break up? If he broke up with her right after my birthday, did he do it for me? Did he actually want to be with me? My head started spinning and I had to sit down.

“Kee, ask your mom straight out if she is seeing someone. She is an adult and she can have a relationship if she wants without your cheating father using his double standards to try and gain custody over the twins. Just ask her Kee,” I said, knowing exactly who she was staying out late with and talking to on the phone daily.

I knew when she told him, he would want to know if Baylen and I knew and it wasn’t our place to say. My mom said we should never out someone’s sexuality and I was not going to start now.

Keegan agreed to talk with Mrs. Kyren and we said goodbye. I still couldn’t help thinking about what a snake Jada had been. Even though technically I was the snake first by kissing her boyfriend, she should have told me they weren’t together. I could have possibly been dating Keegan as we speak instead of feeling left over tremors from my exciting night with Jeff. I had to call Casey. She would know what to do. I dialed her number and waited for her to pick up. As her face showed up on my screen, she had the biggest smile.

“Hey James! I have missed this gorgeous face of yours so much. What is up babe?” she asked, leaning into her phone.

“Well…I had an experience with Jeff tonight. Like mind-blowing, made my body shudder kind of experience,” I said, covering my eyes as if to hide from her.