Afraid

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Onika Maraj
Queens, New York
7am

I Groaned Hearing My Mama Yelling This Early In The Damn Morning, I Rolled Over Checking My Phone Seeing A Text From Lo

Twinski 💕- Bitchh Check Your Schedule Why Me, Rih, Herb & Wayne All Got Our Schedules Switched!

I Furrowed My Eyebrows And Logged Into My Online Student Account Seeing All My Classes Were Switched And I Had Student Advisory Last Period Making Me Groan That Just Means A Class To Sit And Do Nothing. Today Was Already Starting Off Horrible And I Just Knew It Meant Fuckery I'm Talking To Nobody All Day

I Got Up Going Into The Bathroom Seeing Jayda Getting Loyal Ready And When He Noticed Me He Started Smiling Showing Off His Dimples Making Me Smile Showing Mine Back "Good Morning Aunties Baby" I Said Kissing His Cheeks

Loyal Was 1 So He Wasn't Really Talking But He Was Working On It Which Made Me So Proud.

"Let's Go Eat Loyal And Then You'll See Auntie Ok?" He Nodded And Jayda Picked Him Up Walking Out

I Got Ready For My Day And Decided On A Simple Outfit Which Was My Rockstar Sweatsuit And My Dunk Lows And Paired It With Some Accessories. I Didn't Feel Like Doing My Makeup So I Just Went With Lipgloss And Brushed My Hair Down

When I Got Downstairs The Whole Family Was Eating So I Joined In Making My Plate "Good Morning" Everyone Said And I Said Good Morning Before Sitting Down Eating My Breakfast.

When I Was Done I Grabbed My Car Keys Kissing My Mama Goodbye Before Walking Outside Getting In My Car

Jayda Was Riding With My Mama Today Because Loyal Has An Appointment What Ever Wasn't My Business. When I Got To School I Seen All My Friends Sitting On The Benches Talking And Laughing

I Got Out My Car Walking Towards Them "Yo Nic!" I Heard Them All Say Making Me Smile

"Wassup Whore Bags" I Said Plopping Down On Rihs Lap

"Aint Shit. Check It They Got Us All In The Same 1st And Last Period They Must Be Joking Thats Hell For A Teacher" Herb Said Making Everyone Laugh

"I Have Some New Shits Called EOTO 1st, SEL 2nd & Student Advisory 9th All My Other Classes The Same" I Said Pouting

"Bitch We Do Too!" Rih Said Making Me Turn To Look At Her

"Oh Hell Nah! This Got To Be A Prank They Knew Better Then This" I Said Laughing

For The Remainder Of First Block We Sat Outside Talking And Messing Around Until The Bell Rang Making Us All Get Up

We All Walked To 1st Period Seeing 12th And 11th Graders Making Lo Suck Her Teeth And The Rest Groan

"This A Joke Right? We Are Seniors" Lo Sassed Looking At The Teacher

"Exactly, Accelerated Seniors At That Mrs.London. Please Take A Seat And I'll Explain After Attendance

We All Took Our Seats And Each Table Had A Partner So Of Course Me And Rih Sat Next To Each Other

"Ok If I Say Your Name Raise Your Hand"

-Ermias Asghedom (Nipsey)
Caresha Brownlee (Miami)
Robyn Fenty (Rih)
Arianna Fletcher (Ari)
Jatavia Johnson (JT)
Domonique Jones (Baby)
Beyonce Knowles (Bey)
Solange Knowles
Lauren London (Lo)
Joshua Luellen (Southside)
Jayda Maraj
Onika Maraj (Nika)
Megan Pete
Jordan Thorpe (Pardi)
Herbert Wright (Herb)
Symere Woods (Uzi)

We All Raised Our Hands And Told Her What We Would Like To Be Called Instead.

"Ok Class I Understand A Lot Of You Are Confused So Let Me Keep It Simple. Seniors Your Academic Achievements Have Not Gone Unnoticed, This Year We Are Implementing The Each One Teach One Program Where Seniors Have Been Selected To Help Juniors Succeed To Take Your Places Next Year. We Will All Pair You Up With An Academically Succeeding Junior Please Move Around Accordingly"