Page 2 of Halo: Tales Of A Hitman

Greek yanked me by my shirt so fast that I thought I was flying. I was the youngest of a triplet set. Greek was the oldest, ten minutes later Golden came then I came fifteen minutes after. Me and my brothers sometimes move like one person. Our parents tell us that it’s a good and bad thing.

Greek was more like daddy. He kept me and Golden in line sometimes. We had each other’s back like our parents always taught us. If anyone messes with one, then they have three to deal with. Sometimes, Greek can take his duty as the oldest very serious, this was one of those times.

“You are a Stone. Nobody takes what we want. Daddy tells us that all the time. Why don’t you care?” Greek had me and him on the side of the school in private of everyone playing. He had on high top Air Force One’s like I did. Except his were red and white. His basketball jersey was Ben Wallace from the Pistons.

“I care what daddy told us and I do care about Terry going with Anna under the jungle gym.”

“A’ight so go break that shit up Halo. Terry is not about to tell everyone that he took a Stone’s girl.”

Greek had a way about him, we were the same age, same height, same long hair and we both had heterochromia. That means we have different colored eyes. Mommy passed that down to us, our left eye is light hazel, and our right eye was green. Although my brothers and I were similar, we had different ways too.

Greek was more intimidating and normally me and Golden did not argue with him. Instead of telling him about my new crush, I decided to go over to the jungle gym and break up whatever Terry and Anna were about to do.

“Eww! Your break smells like old milk!” Anna screamed and pushed Terry away from her.

It was so funny, the ones around who heard it laughed and so did I. Greek and Golden even laugh. Anna wiped her cheek where Terry must have kissed her. I went and grabbed her hand then we walked under the jungle gym. Everyone started making fun of Terry and telling him how he lost.

“I don’t like Terry. He smells like rotten milk.” Anna told me. Her long ponytails were my favorite thing about her. The color braces and how she smelled like bubble gum were the other things.

“Good because he’s a lame who doesn’t know what ten times thirty is. It’s three hundred.”

Anna giggled at what I said then she gave me a kiss on the lips. It was fast but to me it was slow and my first kiss. I looked at her and thought about how daddy kisses mommy. He grabs her booty then kisses her. So, I did it like he did. Anna was shocked but she let me kiss her.

“We go together now.” I told her.

“Okay.” Anna said nicely.

“I’ll get your chips for you on Friday and make sure you have pencils for English class. My daddy says a man takes care of his woman.”

The bell rang after I let her know that. We all ran towards the doors of the school so we could resume with the rest of the day. Greek and Golden were happy that I had a girlfriend just like they did. We had to separate, I went to art class, Golden went to science and Greek went to math.

“Halo, I heard you and Anna go together.” Mark said then he sat at the desk next to me.

“She is so if Terry tries to kiss her again me and my brothers will beat his ass.” I unzipped my bookbag and took my folder out.

“Can you hook me up with her sister?”

“No Mark. If you get a girlfriend that means you will have to hold her hand and buy her chips on Fridays.” I reminded him.

“Yeah, so?”

“Dude, you have ashy hands and never have money for chips on Friday. My daddy says a man takes care of his woman. You can’t buy her chips or lotion for your hands.”

“Can to! I can get lotion from home, and I can steal the chips. Mr. Benton falls asleep because he’s old and fat. Jerome and his friends do it all the time.”

He made me laugh so hard that I did not hear Mr. Markle enter the room until the door closed.

“Hello class, I am Mrs. Toll.”

The voice wasn’t Mr. Benton at all but it was one I heard before lunch. It was Megara. She walked over to the desk and placed the things in her hand down. Then she walked around and leaned in front of the desk. Her eyes scanned the room and stopped when she got to me for a few seconds then she started speaking again.

“I know you all are confused, so let me explain. Mr. Benton has decided to put in early for his retirement. I know it is hard when someone leaves and does not say goodbye. But he told me many good things about his students. If you all will have me, I would be honored to be your new art teacher.”

All of us clapped and told her that it was ok. That made her happy, she had each of us stand. We told our names, our favorite things about art and one fun fact about ourselves.

“My name is Halo Stone. My favorite thing about art is the color pencils. My parents got me a color pencil set and it has so many shades and their sharp. A fun fact about me is I am a triplet.”

“And he has a girlfriend who is so fine!” Darius was blurted out from the back of the room, and it cracked everyone up including Mrs. Toll.