Amara is in 7th grade. She made some friends, and she's had ups and downs. She was sitting in class when her friend, who is a boy, sat next to her. "Hey kari," she said, smiling. " wsp, you got anything planned after school?" He asked her." No, why?" She replied. " I was thinking we could hang out and invite the friend group. You know, amiri, London, lyrics, damir, me, and you?" He suggested.
" You know my dad is gonna say no if there are boys there, but he might if I say amiri is there, so I'll ask, and we can plan it during lunch." Amara said. He nodded. " Amara and kari, do you have anything to share with the class?" Tje teacher called out. " it's none of your business," he said. The teacher decided to ignore it.
It was lunchtime, and the group sat together. " me and Amara were thinking of hanging after school prolly next week so we have time to ask bur maybe the mall or out to eat." Kari told the group. " Amara, you know Uncle Jay and the others aren't gonna let our hangout with boys, and you know that." Amiri Said.
" they don't gotta know, so don't say anything about boys, amiri. I'll just say it's me and the girls, and you're coming with us to be safe, " she snapped. Amiri was older, so he thought he was in charge, and she hated that. " ok, it's your funeral." He said, leaving it alone.
Once Amara got home, she immediately saw notti, dd, and ddot. She calls them by their real name cause they allow her to. " wsp Mama, how was school?" Notti asked, giving her a hug. " it was good, where's my papi?" Amara said. " he in his room," dd replied. Amara was nervous, but if she didn't mention Boys, he most likely wouldn't care.
"Papi, can I hang out with my friends next week?" She asked him. " yea for sure, as long as amiri is going to be there," he said, turning his attention back to the Tv. " ok, thank you papi, can I watch TV with you?" She asked, climbing onto the bed. " yea come on,"
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Amara was at school talking to kari and damir. She was waiting for her tios to pick her up. Kari and damir didn't want her to be out here by herself, so they were waiting for them to get her.
Dd saw Amara talking to them. " Aye ain't that Amara talking to those boys," he pointed out. Ddot and notti looked over. " yea" notti said, getting out of the car. " That made ddot and dd get out too and start heading over towards them. " Amara why you talking to these niggas" dd said pulling her away from them. " You know you not allowed to talk to boys, so go get yo ass in the car." Ddot yelled, gaining other kids' attention.
" Guys, stop, it's not that big of a deal. We just friends. You making a scene, " she whispered, getting even more embarrassed from when they approached her and her friends. " Nah, you not going to talk to them anymore. matter a fact, we gon tell your papi." Notti yelled. Everyone was eventually now staring at them and laughing. " Go wait in the car," ddot said. Amara looked around at all the people who were staring at her.
She was already bullied at school for being a shy girl, but once kari and her became friends and the rest of their friend group, people backed off a bit since kari was popular. She walked quickly to the car with her head down. She had tears in her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall.
" Aye, we don't want no problems. we were just waiting for her to get picked up. Ion like her like that, and neither does he. We are just friends." Damir said with his hands up in defense. Amiri walked out seeing his tios glaring st his friends. He mentally face palmed, knowing they saw Amara with them.
" Aye, what's going on?" Amiri asked everyone. " You know these people, miri?" Notti asked. " ya that's gang," he said, dabbing them up. He learned that language from his tios and hearing it all over New york since that's their slang. He looked towards the car seeing Amara had her head down so no one could see her her face.
