Intoxicated

Get To Know Me (Part 3)

She picked up on the third ring and I noticed she must have just been getting out of the shower because of her childish ass shower cap that rested on her head. She shifted the phone a couple of times until she set me up. I should beat her ass for using my brand new towel. "Hey Kam" she tightened the towel and reached for something. "Yo, I gotta tell you about this bitch Ray" "You ran into her? Ain't you with ole girl right now?" she started brushing her teeth and I nodded. "Yeah, we just got back in after walking with T and his peoples. Tell me why when we get back, I go to Liya's part of the room and she try to check me?" she raised her brows, "On some real shit?" "On some real shit bruh. She was mad as hell for no reason. She don't even associate with Liya and as soon as she saw me with her, she got some one sided beef" I pop a chip into my mouth.

She shakes her head and looks into the mirror, "Told you she move weird" "Mhm, I was supposed to bet you onnat too" she rolled her eyes "How you gon bet me if we think the same?" I shushed her and laughed. "Whatchu bout to get into?" I watched her bring out her makeup set and start to organize her brushes and tools. "Bout to go see Kamira. You coming back over here or nah?" "Nah, planning on staying over here for the night. I'm bout to head over there to come get my shit though" "Ight" she leaves for 10 seconds and comes back in frame. "The door gone be unlocked but I need you to pluck my eyebrows for me when you get here" "I gotchu."

I didn't feel like putting my shoes back on so I decided to just go walk across the hall with my socks on. I slipped past Ray and Liya and made my way to my dorm when she called after me. "Kam, you okay?" I look back, "Yeah ma, I'm just headed back to my dorm to get my clothes for tonight" she looked conflicted like she didn't believe that I was coming back so I raised my foot up and showed her my attire. "I think I'd have to come back and collect my sneakers, right ma?" After I saw her pretty smile, I took that as the okay and continued to my destination. I felt eyes on me the whole time and I knew who they belonged to since I felt uncomfortable. Gay ass prolly looking at my cheeks while I walk, tuh.

Raya walked out into the hall with nothing but a towel and her bonnet. I shook my head because she really didn't care. "Kam let's go, damn!" I suck my teeth and walk slower. She rolled her eyes as soon as we got in and I plucked her forehead. "Why Ray and ole girl in the hall together?" I shaft through different drawers until I found my black sweats and a white tank top. "They out there talking bout some shit that supposedly went down between them I guess" "Oh" she walked to her vanity and looked through her blue pouch I had got for her 16th birthday. "Here" she threw the tweezers at my chest and I watched as it fell to the floor with a clink.

"Do I look like a fucking dog to you?" she looked me up and down with a funny expression. She started "I mean-" "Stop playin with me" she laughed as I picked it up. I pushed her into her seat and she grunted. "Don't be pushin me, act like you got some sense hoe!" I turned my head at her and started to pluck her extra brow hairs. "I'll pluck all these bitches off if you keep talking crazy" she blew a kiss at me and I turned my lips up. Me and Raya were conjoined to the hip by the time we turned 10. Our mothers were the ideal bestfriends all throughout highschool and still are to this day. I remember how our first interaction went when we first met.

~Flashback~

I clung on to my mommy's dress as we made our way through the storm of black folks. I always hated going to the cookouts because it was always filled with a large sum of people. She maneuvered us while smiling at faces I've never seen before in my life. I hope the food ain't nasty this time. "Kamren, what you want on ya plate?" I looked up at her as I noticed that we had stopped at the table with different rows of food. I stood on my tippy toes and scanned the open tins of food. I sniffed the air and everything smelled good. "Can I get dessert too mama?" "Yeah when we move down there baby" I looked back at the tins and decided on what I wanted.

"Macaroni, barbeque chicken, sweet yams and a hotdog" mama nodded and started to put nice sized portions on my plate. She told me to grab a drink from out of the cooler and I got a grape kool-aid. We walked down to the dessert table and I got banana pudding and three oreos. She placed the plate on my hands and told me to go sit down at the kids table where there were about five connected tables with six kids occupying different seats. I sighed and walked over to the table nobody was sitting at.

I felt a gush of wind beside me and I looked over with a chicken leg in between my teeth. There was a pretty brown skinned girl with long twists and colorful bubble hair pieces on each twist. She had a cute button nose and glossy lips. Her dress read "Daddy's princess!" and she had pink flats. While I was looking her over, she turned her head and looked at me. I quickly looked away in embarrassment and finished eating my chicken. "Hey" I looked and saw her smiling at me with jagged teeth. "Hi" I waved at her and wondered why she was talking to me, not that I minded.