Keep Ya Head Up || Spencer James

Keep Ya Head Up-1

"Equipped with money in a Benz 'cause, bitch, I'm barely broke
I'm smokin' bomb-ass weed, feelin' Crucial"

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"MISS KARTER, YOUR FATHER HAS asked me to insure that you're ready for school." Anissa heard one of the homes butlers. "Uh, yeah! I'm awake, thank you Charles! I'll be down in a minute." Anissa knew he wouldn't go anywhere until she came out of her room. This was like a morning ritual for her. She never was allowed to carry her backpack or any bag other than her purse up the stairs. The men in her family hated when she snuck around and did it, they believed if a guy was around he's supposed to cater to the women. Even though Gentry and Anissa both hated it.

Anissa grabbed a light weight grey jacket just to throw on before opening her door. "Good morning, Miss Anissa." Charles said bowing his head, before grabbing her backpack. "I hope you had a good nights sleep." He said and she nodded with a smile, as she walked down the stairs. "I did thank you. Enzo and Kane came to visit me again." Anissa smiled at voicing her favorite dream. "That's fantastic news!"

Anissa put her phone into her back pocket as she entered the foyer before going into the kitchen. "Good morning, babygirl." "Good morning, Nissy." The girl smiled as her dad gave her a kiss on the cheek as she sat at the island table. "Good morning mommy. Good morning daddy." Anissa poured herself a glass of orange juice as waffles were placed in front of her and her parents joined her, sitting on either side of the girl.

"So what's the plan today?" Anissa asked after Gentry finished grace. "Well, daddy and I are gonna head into the studio for a couple of hours, and then I'll leave after a bit to go visit Grandma Gail, and then change the flowers in Enzo and Kane's holders." Gentry explained. Anissa nodded as she continued eating breakfast. "Can I take the Rover today?" The girl questioned and because he still had food in his mouth all he did was nod. Shahidi put one leg down from the chair to reach into his pocket, grabbing the keys to the Range Rover. "Here you go." He said and she smiled kissing his cheek. "Thank you dad."

"I'm gonna go ahead and go. Uh, Charles why don't you take the rest of the day off." The girl said as she grabbed her parents empty plates as well as her own, putting them in the dishwasher. "Alright. I'll be in my room, if you need me." He said before handing her, her backpack. "Have a good day, Anissa." She thanked him, giving him a side hug before he walked upstairs to most likely sleep.

"Be safe baby." Gentry said as she took down two mugs from the cabinet, pouring coffee into the to-go mugs. "I will. Love you guys." Anissa gave her dad a kiss on the cheek and gave her one back, before the girl did the same with her mother before exiting the kitchen, and going into the garage.

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"Guess who?" Anissa was putting books into her locker, trading them out for her Sociology book and homework when an 'unknown' perpetrator covered her eyes. "Hmm. Is it... Michael B Jordan?" She joked and a dramatic gasp was heard from behind her. "Pfft. Girl, Michael B. wishes he was this hot." Jordan Baker leaned his shoulder on the locker next to hers as he bit his lip staring at her.

"Bite any harder and you might lose that lip." She pointed out, slamming her locker door shut. "So summers over, you spent like two weeks with us, and then dipped without a word. And you keep leaving me on delivered. What's up with that?" Jordan and Anissa are as close as close gets. They'd might as well date. Well they did, ever so long ago— Jordan was just too immature for their relationship to continue so she decided to call it off.

"Yeah sorry about that. My mom, dad and I went on a family trip to The Bahamas and then we ended up in London, so—

Jordan quickly cut her off by locking lips with her. The kiss lasted a few seconds before Anissa pulled away smirking. "You know you're not allowed to do that." He nodded biting his lip, preparing his next words carefully. "Yeah, yeah I know." He said rolling his eyes playfully, grabbing her wrist and dragging her to the supply closet. "Fine. One last time."

"Aww come on, I just bought this set Jordan." Anissa said pulling her half torn underwear up, ripping off the top hem that had teeth markings in them. "I'll buy you a new pair, like always." The boy said pulling his pants back up, zipping them. "This isn't how best friends behave, Jay."

"Good thing we're more than best friends." He smirked and Anissa snorted as she tied her J's back up, rolling her eyes. "You need psychological help." She laughed and he muttered to himself as he got closer to her, pressing his lips to hers as he towered over the girls frame. "We've already skipped three blocks, Jordan. It's already lunchtime, so let's go." The girl said standing checking her Apple Watch, and lie and behold, lunch started about 20 minutes ago.

"Why not just skip the whole day?" He asked, kissing her neck. "You skip the whole day today, you don't go to practice, plus your dads gonna be on your ass, kind of like mine is now."

'Hey daddy, what's up?.. Oh really? Yeah that's weird...Hmm... Yeah it's my lunch period right now... That's really unnecessar—...Sounds good... I love you too.. Bye dad.'

"What was that all about?" Jordan asked, grabbing a hold of her waist, and Anissa just laughed nervously. "Uh, my dad— he's uh, he's on his way. Apparently Mr.Porter called him and told him he saw me this morning but I hadn't been to any of my classes. So now he's coming to 'monitor' me and make sure I go to the rest of my classes. We're also having a 'discussion' later tonight." Anissa explained and Jordan looked at her sadly. "I'm sorry— "No it's fine. But come on, I'm hungry." Anissa grabbed his hand, walking out of the supply closet and out into the hallway.

Anissa stopped at her locker grabbing perfume and spraying herself and a little on Jordan before putting it back and shutting her locker. "Um... Jordan?" "Yes, sexy?" Anissa held in a laugh as she licked her thumb. "You have a little bit— a little bit of me on the corner of your mouth." She busted out laughing as his face flushed red. When she tried to wipe it off he licked his lips and that made Anissa gag. "Come on man, that's nasty!" He shrugged. "You were just sitting on my face, I don't think it can't get any nastier." Anissa choked on her saliva as she walked out to the cafeteria. "You are out of pocket!"

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"... that is why AP Calc is important for each of you. The primary reason you might want to take AP Calculus is to prepare you for the AP Calculus AB or BC exam. With a high enough score on an AP exam, many colleges and universities will offer you credit for courses related to these AP subjects." The calculus teacher said as all his students stared at him with bored expressions. Anissa was close to falling asleep, nodding off every five seconds, that eventually caught up to her though, because seconds later she was snoring with her head on the shoulder of the girl next to her.

Then a knock at the door sounded, causing all the students minus the three who were asleep or listening to music to shoot up. "Hi! Yes she is, she's right back there, and by the looks of it, is knocked out."