𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂

𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊

Alayah's POV

As we were walking, we were listening to EARFQUAKE by Tyler, The Creator when Gryffin said, "I don't live too far from here. If you want I can give you a lift home?"

I smiled and said yes. We walked into the McDonald's and I ordered a ten-piece chicken nugget with a large fry and a sprite and Gryffin ordered a quarter pounder, a ten-piece chicken nugget with a large fry, and a coke. As we ate, we talked about his ex-boyfriends and his friends back in Califonia. He even talked about who his parents were. I was shocked, to say the least.

His parents were Samantha Gibbs and Archabal Sandoval. Samantha Gibbs is a famous actress and Archabal Sandoval is a famous director and screenwriter. So, they got money. It was really interesting getting to know Gryffin. He's sweet, sexy, sassy, and a savage that I'm glad to call a friend.

"Tell me about yourself Lay-ah," he said using my nickname.

I laughed and said, "What is there to tell?"

"Where were you born? What's your middle name? Do you have any siblings? Are both your parents in the picture? Ya know, that kind of stuff."

I stiffened at the mention of whether both my parents were in the picture. "Well, I was born in the Dominican Republic but moved to Chicago when I was 1. My middle name is Genesis. I have one older sibling and my dad is in the picture..." I said trailing off praying he didn't ask about my mom.

"So you're Dominican?"

"Yeah. My mom was Dominican and my dad is Congolese."

"That's pretty cool. So how did your parents meet?"

I smiled at the thought. "My dad moved to America when he was younger and he'd go to the Dominican Republic to visit some family and he met my mom there when they were 8. Whenever he visited he'd always hang out with my mom. As they got older, they started getting closer in other ways, if you know what I mean. When college came around, my mom came to study in the States. Straight out of college my mom and dad got married and had my older brother. And then a few years later they had me," I said looking down at the table.

"My mom is from Sweden. She was like a really popular actress in Sweden before she met my dad. Anyways, my parents met at a red carpet event in Sweden actually and got closer when my dad was the director of a movie my mom was in. But my mom was engaged to another man at the time too. So as he was directing the movie he'd always sneak away with my mom and do whatever the fuck and they kept it a secret. Well...until she got pregnant with me. So my dad proposed and she said yes so she broke it off with the other dude, married my dad, had me, moved to the United States, and later on adopted my older brother from Italy," he said finishing his Coke.

"So you're Swedish?"

He nodded his head and said, "Yeah, well half but still."

We sat in silence and finished our food. We started to walk to his house.

"You remind my of my friends from home," he said looking down at me.

"Really?" I said looking up at him with amusement.

"Yeah. You're kind, funny, know how to take a joke, and stand up for yourself," he said.

I smiled not knowing what to say. We continued to walk and we were listening to Lost in London by Asiahn. I had gotten on his back and he carried me the rest of the way because I was going into a food coma.

We had walked into a gated area and stopped at the gate. "Where are we?" I asked. He turned towards me and said, "My neighborhood. I live in a gated community." I stayed quiet as Gryffin talked to the security guard in charge of the gate and showed him his ID. "Who's this Mr. Sandolvar-Gibbs?" I remained quiet as he said, "My friend."