𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚝|𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟻

The next Monday Imani went to school and looked for Michael, only to find out he's not there. Apparently he had the flu, so she had to spend the whole school day without him. Fortunately, he was back the next day.

They were currently in their Biology class, watching a video on God knows what. Imani was paying attention until she got a text. She pulled out her phone and saw it was from Michael.

Michael: wanna skip??

Imani: what if get in trouble—

Michael: we won't I promise just ask to use the bathroom 5 minutes after me then we'll leave

Imani: i swear if yo ass get me in trouble, imma kill you

Michael: 😦

She turned her phone off and watched as Michael got up and asked the teacher if he could use the bathroom. She nodded and Michael walked out the class, winking at Imani on his way out.

5 minutes later, Imani also got up and asked the teacher if she could use the bathroom and she allowed her. She left the class and saw Michael standing near her locker.

"Grab your book bag and meet me at the car." He said before walking away.

She rolled her eyes at his snappiness, but still did what he asked. She went outside and stepped in his car, throwing her stuff in the back.

"Do you mind telling me why you kidnapped me from school?" Imani crossed her arms and looked at him.

"I didn't kidnap you." He rolled at her dramatic ways. "It for the list."

She nodded her head before realizing something. "You know?" She said. "You never actually showed me you list nor did you tell me why you made it. Lemme see it."

"No." He answered flatly. "Now you wanna hear the next thing we finna do?"

She nodded and watched as Michael dug in his bag. He pulled out a bag of something and threw it in her hands. She looked at it for about 2 minutes before realizing it was weed.

"Where did you get this?" She asked incredulously.

"You don't gotta worry about that." He told her while tapping her nose. "But lets leave before these bum ass teacher come for us."

He drove 10 minutes to the abandoned Dunkin' Donuts. He parked in the parking lot and took the weed from Imani. She watched as he rolled it up like he's done it before.

"Have you done this before?" He shook his head no.

"Nope but I've seen other people do it." He handed her a blunt. "You wanna try it with me?"

She stared at it for a minute before shrugging. "You only live once." She thought to herself.

She took the lighter and lit up the end. She put it in her mouth and inhaled quickly, resulting in her choking.

A/N: Y'all im sorry if this stuff isnt how it really works🥴I've never seen weed in my life so-

"Girl you gotta inhale slowly. Watch me." She watched as he put the blunt up to his lips and lit it up. He inhaled slowly and blew the smoke out his mouth.

"See? Now you do it." Imani tried again and it worked. Michael smiled at her and they did it again.

Let's just say they ended up getting high as hell.

***

When school actually ended, Michael drove her back to her house. She smelled like weed, but it's not like her mom would notice nor would she care.

She stepped in her house and threw her bag on the couch next to the door. "Mama!" She yelled out only to get no answer.

Usually she would just assume she's asleep and go on with her day, but something in her gut was telling her something was wrong. She walked up to her room and tried to open the door but it was locked.

She ran to her room and took the key that opened all the bedrooms in the house. She unlocked the door and the sight that she saw would haunt her for as long as she lived.

Her mom was laying on her the floor, unconscious. There was a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a bottle of pills in the other.

"Fuck!" Imani groaned to herself. She pulled out her phone and called 911, pacing around nervously. Fourtonantly, she still had a pulse but for how long?

The operator said that the ambulance would be there in 10 minutes and to continue making sure she had a pulse, so she did just that.

Eventually, she heard sirens signaling that the ambulance was here. They came inside and took her mother out on a stretcher. They asked her if she wanted to come, and she obliged. While in the ambulance, she texted Asia and Michael if they could come for emotional support.

***

When they got to the hospital, Imani's mom was immediately rushed to a hospital room and Imani wasn't allowed inside. She had to sit in the waiting room until she was allowed in.

A few minutes later Imani looked up and saw Asia rushing over to her, Michael trailing behind.

"Girlll, what happened?" Asia said while giving her a hug.

"A lot of bullshit." She muttered. "But I'll be aight."

Eventually, the doctor came out with a clipboard and a smile on his face.

"You must be Imani, right?" She asked and Imani nodded her head while shaking the doctors hand.

"Yeah that's right. Do you know if my mom's gonna be okay?"

The doctor took a deep breath. "Your mother is going to be fine. There was an almost lethal amount of alcohol and fentanyl in her system. But not enough to kill her."

She sighed a breath of relief before falling back into her chair.

"Would like to see her now?" The doctor suggested. "She's awake."

Imani nodded her head and the doctor led her, Asia, and Michael to her mom's hospital room. Her mother had many tubes in her arms but she was awake.

"Hey momma." Imani said softly while walking up to her mom.

"Hey baby." She answered while waving to her friends in the back.

"How are you feeling?" Imani asked. In reality, she wanted to cuss her mom out for damn near giving her a heart attack, but it was not the time right now.

"I'm alright just a lil headache and—." But they were interrupted by Michael speaking.

"I'm sorry but I have to go." He looked sick, like he was going to throw up. He left quickly, slamming the door behind him.

"What's his problem?" Asia asked and they all shrugged.

A/N: Ahhh this is so long😭 but sorry if this chapter isn't good, I tried to get it done as quickly as possible.
-Mariama❤️