𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗: 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭

Chapter 19

April 27th, 2020

"Never in my 17 years of teaching have a seen a note so terrible." Shania was sitting next to Fred in class trying not to laugh as their teacher told them off about their behavior. "This is an actual disgrace, you should all be ashamed of yourselves!"

"The actual disgrace is you.." Khalil mumbled loud enough for the class to laugh. "Mr. Manning? Since you like being a comedian, you can step right outside my classroom and do your work."

"That wasn't even meee!" Khalil sucked his teeth and grabbed his chair. "I'll be back." Deija and Shania giggled. "Ms. Jackson? You wanna go with him?"

"What did I do?"

"I don't want back talk, I want answer. You wanna go with him or not."

"No, I don't.." The teacher proceeded on to teach the class. Shania had a small feud with her teacher. The school she went to was full of white, racist teachers who barely had any couth. "She stay fuckin with you."

"I know right? I can't stand her ass mane." Ever since Shania started high school, teachers treated her a certain way just because her mother was famous and it wasn't good at all, even students treated her rudely. Shania wanted to change schools but she only had a year left so she just stayed. Once the school bell rang, Shania was the first one out of class. On her way to her locker, she noticed that there were people watching her walk to her locker, as if they had placed something in it. Only she had her lock code memorized but then again, anybody could be watching her. She checked her bag to see if she needed anything and saw her phone, her fitted cap, her hoodie, and gym clothes were still in her locker. She silently cursed to herself before walking to her locker.

She could hear the kids starting to giggle and the small group around her grew into a bigger crowd. When she opened her locker, all she wanted to do was laugh. "A tarantula? My uncle owned one of these, y'all gotta do better." There was total silence until she realized that wasn't the prank. When she went to grab her phone, the picture of her uncle that she kept in her locker had been drawn on. They all began to laugh thinking it had an affect on her.

Slurs, inappropriate words, anything of the sort, they put on the picture. Shania took a small wipe and wiped it clean and put it back on her locker. "That's cute, at least my uncle ain't fuckin the principal. Why you think he up here so much?" The boy in the middle of the crowd was in absolute shock. "Boom!...yea." Shania grabbed her bag and headed out the school door. Deija was outside waiting and when she saw Shania, she hugged her tightly. "Where were you? The bus almost left without you."

"I just had to grab a few things out my locker, that's all." Deija wrapped her arm around Shania and walked with her to the bus. When they got to Shania's house, Shania told Deija what happened when she was at her locker. "How are you not affected by that shit?"

"I don't know. I guess it just doesn't bother me."

"As long as you alright. You ain't shit for telling ole boy his uncle fucking the principal though." Deija and Shania looked at each before laughing. "He came for my uncle so I came for his! My uncle is dead for crying out loud and got people who are alive pressed. Like how you let a dead person turn you into his bitch?"

"No on some real shit, them niggas up there are weird." Eissa quietly knocked on the door and came in with a small teddy bear. "Aaaah my baby! C'mere Eissa!" Eissa ran towards Deija and hugged her. "You act like that's your child."

"Cause he is! Das my baby!" Shania laughed as she continued to eat. "Shania? Where's Eissa at? He gotta finish these peas on his plate." Eissa hid behind Deija as Janet came into the room. "Have you seen Eissa?"

"Uh nah, he's with dad."

"ACHOOO!" Shania mentally cursed when she heard Eissa sneeze. "Buddy? It's a lot of dust back here..."

"Yeah..I figured."

"Eissa c'mon now, you gotta finish your peas."

"They're nasty!" Eissa crossed his arms as he sat behind Shania. "See i would be on your side ma, but peas are absolutely disgusting."

"So you gon eat them for him or no?" Shania got quiet and turned away from Janet. "You on yo own bud, I ain't eating no peas." Eissa sighed and grabbed the bowl and fork. He began to slowly eat his peas until the bowl was empty. "Now was that so bad?" He shook his head. "You'll be fine chile." Janet left the room and Eissa opened his mouth over the trash, allowing the uneaten peas to come out his mouth. "How did you-" Eissa put his finger over Shania's mouth to keep her quiet. "It's a secret." He removed his finger from Shania's mouth as she looked him with a bunch of confusion.

"Can I have some chips please?" Shania gave him a bag before he sat on the floor with Deija and Shania. "I wish I knew to do that when my momma forced me to eat brussel sprouts." Shania laughed as she continued to watch tv. While downstairs, Janet was washing dishes when Tupac came running in the kitchen. "The police got Ida in custody along with Trevante and Shawnette." Janet almost broke her plate. "What?!"

"We gotta get to the police station now!" Janet and Tupac sped to the police station and when they came in, Janet wanted nothing but to pounce on Ida. "Mr and Mrs. Shakur? Everything is being taken care of. The court date is coming sooner than we think."

"How soon?"

"We're thinking next month. If that's fine with you both." Tupac and Janet looked at each other and smirked. "We're definitely fine with that."