Lies, Secrets and Apple pies

Chapter Thirty

 It was Monday afternoon and I was spending my break period with Alex and Keith. We were playing a game of volleyball at the gym. I dived and the ball bounced into the air. Alex came up from behind me to strike it. Keith smacked it in mid-air and the ball came back to our side. It went on and like this for another twenty minutes. 

 "I need a break." Alex cried as she sat down in the sand. 

 I sat down beside her. My blue skinny jeans would no doubt be covered in sand from my butt to my legs. "So how's everything going with your kid girlfriend?" Alex teased me playfully. 

 "It's going and she's seventeen I hardly call that a kid. I'm only nineteen and quit making me seem like a predator." I replied, tossing sand at her.

 "I'm all for it, Mi'a. I dated a fifteen-year old when I was eighteen. I wasn't hurting anybody." Keith defended me. 

 "Ok, see that's some predatory shit." I laughed and Alex joined in. My phone was ringing from my bag on the sidelines. I walked over to see who was calling. It was Ms.Bunch.

 "Hey Mi'a. You put four am for your leaving time and that's what the tip was for. It was just a lot of money for yesterday with a Lyft to pick you up and bring you back. Can you put it to three am?" Ms.Bunch said into the phone. 

 What about money game, I thought to myself. Is she really whining about an extra hour of pay? She should have specified that before I left. "I can't fix it after I submit it. Call SitForMe and they can reverse the hour." I shouldn't be so nice but because she did pay me a good tip I'll let this slide. 

 "Okay." She says and she hangs up the phone. 

 An hour later and we all decided to grab some tacos at Chipotle on campus. My crunchy shell blended with spicy taco meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and a dab of sour cream hit the spot. I'm talking about the spot like in the middle of your back that you can't reach until someone finally scratches it for you. Aghhhhh!

 "Are you guys signing up for summer classes?" I asked after I swallowed a scrumptious bite of my meal.

 "No, I could never do summer classes. I need a break." Keith sighed into his third taco. He had extra sour cream, which was flowing out of this taco from each side. 

 "What he means to say is that he hasn't done summer classes since he almost got kept back in sixth grade." 

 "Hey, I told you that in secret." Keith whined. 

 Him and Alex continued to mess with each other while I picked up my phone that had started ringing. "Hello."

 "Hi, Mi'a. We have an issue with the family you babysat for last night. The mom said you arrived late and that you put in the wrong hours." It was Aurora's mom, who owned SitForMe. 

 This bitch. This bitcn was really going there by lying over one measly hour of pay that she could have easily gotten fixed but she went the extra mile just to lie on me and say I arrived late. "I texted her when I arrived and can send you the screenshot. I messed up on the hour. It should be three not four."

 "Okay, thanks Mi'a. You're a good worker and will be paid promptly. Thank you and go ahead and send that picture." 

 I told Alex and Keith the situation. Alex couldn't believe how petty and mean she was being. Keith on the other hand couldn't stop laughing. "I mean dang Mi'a what did you do to get such bad karma thrown your way?"

 "Noth-" well, "Nothing, I mean who lies like that. My mistake was honest and here she goes and tries to take advantage of the situation." This was starting to get a little too ironic. "I didn't deserve that. Lying bitch!" I say as I angrily take a bite out of my taco. A few beans fall onto my plate.