Queen Sixteen

2. Mr. Hendricks

I head to the bus as someone stops me. "Hey Genne.." Its a Junior from my neighborhood. "Hey Yakim!" I wave and smilr sweetly.

He looks different.

"So yaknow, we been livin' in the same hood n' shi, and I think it'd be cool if we yk dated." Yakim has been my friend for YEARS, and I had feelings for him a couple months, ago. I'm now assuming him and his girlfriend broke up.

"Well.. Sure!" I smile. "Aight." He walks off to his group of friends as I get on the bus to go home.

Home.

I get home and there are officers and Mr.Hendricks. "Hey?" I walk into my house and someone stops me. "Mr. Hendricks will be moving in as your caretaker." I scoff and run up to my room. "Just gonna go over to Yakim's.." I pack a little bag with clothes and sneak out through my window.  I go over to Yakims, and greet his mother. His mom literally LOVES me.

"Yo Yakim?" I go to his basement, where he usually is. I plop down on the couch in there, and I hear noises from his room. "Yakim?" I walk in and he's playing GTA. In the strip club. Getting a private dance. This is concerning.

"Yea?" He looks up and realizes its me. I walk towards him and look at his screen. "Those gta chicks walk weirdly." He laughs and pushes his hair infront of his embarrassed face.

"Uhh yea so wyd here?" He stands up and we sit on the edge of his bed. "Honestly, It's so sad but the police and some random ass guy are invading my house." I shrug. "You can stay here as long as you want btw." I smile and hug his side, honestly.. it doesn't feel different dating him. He was always my friend. We used to hug all the time, nothing weird. Right?

I'm bored so its 2 months later of living at Yakims.

I just took a nap and I wake my ass up. Going upstairs to say hi to Mrs. Green (Yakims mom) and I get bored.. Yakim also said I can play games in his room whenever.. so I walk in.

I hear the sound of clothing, and.. kissing? His bed is hidden from the door so I didn't see it until..

"Yakim what the fuck?" I say as I see him with a girl straddling him on the bed. "I-Listen I can explain!-" I cut him off.

"And to think I trusted you. For these 2 months, and 6 years of being friends, you do this? Really? You're so unloyal. Fuck you." He stands up and pushes the girl away, "Listen.. I didn't know what I was thinking its not my fault I didn't know!" I scoff.

"I didn't know! I didn't know! That's all I hear. BULLSHIT. You're a fucking liar. Go suck a dick." He laughs, "Funny. I'm straight." I roll my eyes, "You think this is the time for FUCKING JOKES? You can't even use your 1 braincell to realize this isn't a time to laugh. We're over." He sighs.

"But-" I cut him off, "No buts, we're over." I grab my clothing and stuff it in a bag and try to leave through the window, "TWO MONTHS BABE? YOU CHEATED ON ME FOR 2 MONTHS?!" The girl yells at Yakim.

"Don't talk back to me." Yakim slaps her.

"YAKIM WHAT THE FUCK!" I yell as I call his mom. "MRS. GREEN!" She barges in and beats the fuck out of him. "Karma." I say, as I help that girl sneak out of the house. I HAVE to go back home. Not that it's even mine anymore.

I walk in and Mr. Hendricks is chilling on the couch. "Long two months, no see, how's it been?" I plop down next to him.

"Honestly. Just shitty. Got cheated on." He looks at me with an odd look, "I thought you were 13?" He looks around the room. "Thats what they told me atleast.." I think to myself, am I going crazy?

"I'm 16." His eyes widen. "Well, Ms. Hartman, I'm 18. I was told that you were younger, but lies are lies." He says, shrugging.

"I've had enough lies today." I place my bags on the floor and lay on the couch, the side that isn't near Mr. Hendricks. To be honest, this guy is kinda chill.

"Well, I'm just going to eat something." I get up and walk to the fridge, the fridge that was filled with.. vegetables . This man ate no meat, and no carbs. What the?

"Oh yea, sorry about the food change, I don't eat carbs, and I'm pescitarion. (did I spell that right-?) So, I put ice cream for you, and fish in the freezer for dinner. I'm making salmon, potatos, and carrots." He said, while not losing focus on the TV.

"Umm, ok.." I go up to my room to grab my wallet, and walk over to the front door.

"I'll be right back." I leave to go walk about half-a-mile to WAWA.

I grab an iced tea, cream-cheese filled pretzel, and a bag of skittles. I check out and carry the tiny bag of items home. Putting my shoes near the doorstep, I see that Mr. H has his shoes on still. "Get your damn shoes off of my fucking couch." He looks back, "Oh, was I supposed to?" I give him the stink-eye. "Sorry." He takes his shoes and places them near the door. I grab my slides and walk up to my room.  I place my food on the desk and watch tiktoks while I eat.

"Hey kid, someone's over. So try not to disturb us, we're studying." I roll my eyes and wave my hand to the door, signaling that I know. Of course some man barges in my house to have sex. What the fuck.

I get bored so ill piss him off. I walk into his room, while they're literally sitting on the floor studying. "Kid i said im studying," I shrug, "I don't care." I close his door and play loud music from my bedroom. "TURN IT O-" Is all I hear, before I turn the volume up.