When Times Get Hard

Part 3- Leave the Door Open

Jordan's POV

I wake up at about 9am for school. Did school start 30mins ago? Yes. Do I give a fuck? Nah. When it comes to school I go whenever I wake up, as long as I show up they not gon trip forreal they can threaten me all day when detentions but I'm not scared of anybody at this preppy ass school. I hop in the shower and get dressed then head downstairs for a quick breakfast before I leave.

"Damn lil nigga, I thought you was gone. Aren't you late for school" my brother said as I walked into the kitchen

"When have you known me to be on time"

"That's true, just don't have them people calling my phone asking where you at and why you always late. We can't do no truancy officer this year mane"

"I know I'm heading out now just had to grab an orange juice damn get off my dick"

"Yo dick not even real"

"And yet you still choose to be on it, bye nigga" with that I closed the front door. I got in my car, lit my blunt and headed to school I guess

I get to school at like 10:15am. I walk into the building and get my tardy pass then the lady at the front desk walked me to my room even though I told her I could find it myself. I walked into the classroom to see the teacher in the middle of a lesson writing equations on the board. He was so caught up in his teaching he didn't even notice that I had walked in until some random kid told him.

"Oh hi, how may I help you?" He asked clueless as fuck

I didn't say anything I just handed him my schedule. He looked it over then told me I could sit anywhere there was a free spot. I looked around the classroom and saw a desk that didn't have anyone sitting next to it from what I could see so I went to that desk and sat down. About 5mins after I sat down, Aaliyah came in and sat next to me. I didn't even notice there was somebody's bag and shit on on the desk next to me. She sat down then looked over at me and smiled. She has one pretty ass smile I can say that for sure.

"So you always late?" She asked quietly

"Yea sum like dat. School ain't really my thing"

"You needa work on that" she said with a slight giggle

"You gon help me be on time?" I asked

"I thought you don't do new people especially not people here" she said while writing down notes

"Normally I don't, but you kinda koo I guess"

"We'll have to see, let me finish my work. Something you don't seem like you gon be doing"

She wasn't wrong there i sho as hell ain't doing this work. Not right now at least. I just put my AirPods in, played some J. Cole, and started drawing in my sketch book. Yes a nigga draws, it's a lil some my dad used to do so I picked it up in juvie and been doing it ever since. Helps me clear my head I guess. By the time class was over I looked at my sketch and realized I had drew a girl who looked mad similar to Aaliyah without even trying to. I didn't even know class was over until she tapped me on the shoulder.

"Hey um not interrupt you but class is over"

"Oh my bad, got caught up" I said closing up my book and putting it in my backpack

"Nice to see you have a backpack today, so you draw?" She asked as we walked out of the classroom

"Yea I do a lil sketching here and there"

"Well you look really good if you ask me"

"Huh" i said taken back at what she said

"Oh I mean you're art is good, like it looks really good and better than ur fronting" she said nervously and fast