Being Good Enough

Chapter 31

Khadijahs POV

I dressed in a plain white long sleeve t-shirt, the new pair of blue skinny jeans, and the new boots. I accessorized with a hamsa necklace and cute but fake diamond earrings. The outfit was pretty plain but it was still a huge difference from what I usually wore. I left my hair down naturally but I parted it on the side instead of the middle. Out of habit, I grabbed my Nike hoodie and took it with me.

"Bye Grandma," I said, kissing her cheek.

"Bye sweetie. Have a great day!" She replied.

I think today really will be a great day. I slept good last night and I feel cute today. So far i'm in a fabulous mood.

I opened the car door but Kiana wouldn't let me in.

"Wait, back up a lil," Kiana ordered.

As I backed up a bit, I saw her inspecting me.

"The outfits ugly?" I asked worriedly. I thought it looked fine but apparently not.

"Bitch! You look so good! Why you been hidin' that nice bod?" Kiana screamed.

A big smile formed on my face. "Really?"

"Yeah, turn around real quick."

I did a 360° spin like I was Naomi or something.

"Ohh I see you got a lil cakey too," Kiana laughed.

I got into the car and we started driving. My confidence is quickly growing.

"Do you think anyone will notice?" I wondered.

"By anyone, you talkin' 'bout Chris?" Kiana gave me a stank look.

"No. . .just anyone," I replied.

"Mhm. Y'know what? I bet he will notice you. But it don't matter because you don't like his ass, right?"

"Right," I responded weakly. The topic of Chris always managed to make me sad.

Kiana sucked her teeth. "Listen! You can do better than that dirty ass nigga. Fuck him," She snarled angrily.

Kiana seemed really heated so I stayed quiet in order to let her calm down. We didn't talk for the rest of the ride. Our lockers were in different hallways so both of us went our seperate ways.

In the hallways, I think people actually noticed me! I mean no one was drooling over me but at the same time no one was calling me a slut either. This day was going fantastic!

The locker area was crowded as usual. I pushed through everyone to open my locker. Lots of people kept looking at me. Chris was one of them. He looked me up and down.

"You look different," Chris stated.

"Good or bad?"

"Good," Chris smiled.

"I know," I smirked, slamming my locker closed and walking away.

I looked back at Chris who stood there with a surprised look on his face.

"Close your mouth, its not cute!" I yelled at him.

Several people gave me dirty looks (I guess for yelling) but I gave them one right back.
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"Ya needa go anywhere?" Kiana asked in the car.

School was fantastic today! Although not many, I got a few compliments here and there. One of them was from Nicki, she said she liked my boots. I also got one from Red which i'm suspicious of. He said I looked pretty. Its a nice thing to say but not from him. Besides Red I think everyone else was genuine.