Tiger Queen

Chapter One

Well that's it for tonight. I clock out and walk out with the pharmacist, "Good night Soliquia." I say as she locks up for the night. "Good night Phoebe. Be safe." I wave at her as she walks to her red Tesla. Working full time can take a toll on a pharmacy technician like me. We are a small pharmacy in this small texas town of Cooper. I work and manage at the only pharmacy in town. We have a H.E.B. like every other small town, but there is no pharmacy there. There are only five checkout lanes, a deli and a bakery where my best friend works. "My dogs are barkin' ", I say with my Texas twang, walking to my car. I reach in my pocket to retrieve my keys when my phone vibrates in my purse. I need to take it off vibrate now that I'm off work.

"Hello." I answer.
"Hey Slut bag!"

I pull my phone away from my ear and look at the contact name This Bitch!! Her name is Keyarria and she is my best friend. We grew up together in this podunk town and she is my life line. Always there for me and always by my side, nobody is like her. She is already getting my hype even though I just worked a 12 hour shift.

"What it do cum bucket!" I screamed back.

"What's the plan tonight, I got some piping hot tea for you."

"Well shit I was thinking about getting a bottle but I gotta work tomorrow."

Key groans, "Aww man, now what? You gonna get food wasted instead?"

I smiled as I cranked my car, "Sadly yes but I am hungry. I was thinking of my usual pizza dinner while we watch Bridgerton." I take my left and right turn and I sit at the only traffic light in town. I stare out the front windshield into the darkness as Key goes on about the latest episode. Help me, my Queen. I rub my eyes in confusion looking around me. That was weird, that was the same voice from 3 months ago. I heard a simple deep Hi as I was filling and I replied thinking it was one of my co-workers.

"Girl, are you there?" Key says shaking me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah", shaking my head. "my bad I'm here. What were you saying?"

"Girl, what do you think when the queen finds out about Pen?"

I gasp and reply to her question as I drive one the green light and head to my house I call paradise. I pull onto the dirt road leading up to my house. The only thing I have left of my parents and grandparents. The house was old but thanks to my grandmother, she left me a big inheritance. The house was the first thing I spent some of the money on.

I press the garage door button on my visor to open the door and pull in. I pressed the down button to close it when my migraines started to throb.

"I'm glad I'm not drinking tonight," I say as I rub my temples.

"Your migraines are starting up again?" Key asks me.

"Yeah, so we are gonna be lazy tonight. OMG Key, you gotta hurry up and come over so we can start the new BL that came out!"

"Do we have to, those episodes are an hour long." Key complains.

"Not this one. It's from Japan so it's like 30. Please Key it's an adaptation from the webcomic I read years ago, it's finally getting a live-action."

"I guess. You sure do have a thing for Asian men for a black girl. What's up with that?"

"I don't know. That's all I want to be honest. I see myself with an Asian guy. It's not weird I know what I like. But wait, how can you talk? You're black and  Brandon is mixed with White and Hispanic."

"We are not talking about me and Brandon. We are talking about you and your 50 Shades of Ramen. Anyway, we will talk about my work tea when I get there. Love you."

"Love you too." I giggle as I get out of the car and walk up to my back door. I sit on my bench in the mud room and take off my shoes to put on my tiger print slippers. I place my purse on the counter and wake the house, "Alexia. Play Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars on Spotify." Alexia complies and starts my song throughout my house speakers.

I walk into my room to my closet to pull out my PJs. I take off my scrubs and underwear to put them in their designated basket. As I walk out of the closet I stop to look at my reflection. I look over my voluptuous body.

I'm far from skinny, I love my body I make sure I let people know. I don't cover my body too too much unless I'm at work. My boobs are big and a handful. I smile as I see my small birthmark in between my breasts. I run my hand over it and it was hot. Like fever hot. I frown and then dismiss the thought.

My eyes wander down to my stomach and it's not small or huge, it's just there. I look at my pierced belly button and giggle. Key dared me to pierce it when we went to Florida for Spring Break. I grab my thighs and they jiggle, you know what they say Thick Thighs Save Lives. I give myself an air kiss and walk out of the closet.

I walk into the shower and wash myself. The hot water feels so good on my skin. I grab the wash towel and my soap and start scrubbing. It feels so nice and smells so good. I close my eyes and relax under the running water as I feel hands rubbing my back. I turn around and no one is there. That's crazy and felt gross. I turn back around and continue to wash myself.

I turn off the water and stepped out of the shower. I walk up to the mirror and wipe off the misty mirror. I wash my face and brush my teeth. I review my white teeth and saw what looked like a big black bug. I frown bringing my eyebrows together, staring at the reflection. Then all of a sudden it flew at me. I screamed bloody murder and ducked closing my eyes. I open them to find nothing there.