double negative (brayden weston)

2

★★★

remiah was sitting in canonical studies barely paying attention to jabari reynolds teaching as the door opened up. looking up from her notebook she saw tariq walking in quietly.

"yes ashley?" professor reynolds asked remiah looking over at brushaundria rolling her eyes at the white girl.

"herbert took pip under his wing and taught him how to be a gentleman." ashley said to him.

"but then uncle pumblechook was out there trying to take all the credit for pip's success." remiah responded looking over at her.

"yeah and he ain't have nothing to do with it just like a motherfuckin white man. i wish a nigga would with his stupid ass name." brushandria stated which made ashley look down letting out a uhm and a scoff. "uhm what? you got something in yo throat? cause i know you ain't bout to say nothing."

"nevermind." ashley let out remiah rolled her eyes at her before looking back at tariq walking up to lauren.

"that's a big opinion coming from someone who doesn't have a real name." richard said which made remiah whip her head over to look at him.

"nope." khalid let out which had remiah chuckle knowing richard was about to get it.

"excuse me? that's right i don't have a real name, i have two. bruce plus shaundria, which equals brushaundria. but the first rule of business is to mind yo motherfuckin own, richard." she said before low fiving remiah as remiah flipped richard off.

"thank you for elightening us miss carmichael, and please put your hand down miss smith." professor reynolds said to the two before turning his attention to tariq. "okay class this is tariq st. patrick. he's joining us a bit late, but he proves he deserves to be here. don't go easy on him."

remiah looked at tariq talking to lauren making her squint her eyes as she looked at lauren before turning her attention back on professor reynolds.

"tariq what did you think of great expectations?"

"well dicken's choice to make every character do the wrong thing for the right reason and vice versa was very effective in highlighting the complexities between innocence and guilt." tariq said making remiah nod her head a bit looking back at him.

"well how do you think that applies to dickens himself, though, like his choice to change the ending of the book? why do you think he changed it?" lauren asked making him clam up until professor reynolds jumped in.

"didn't finish the book, again? we warned you this course was rigorous, tariq. now if you can't keep up, stansfield has a number of easier classes you can take." he said which made remiah smirk a little.

"bloop professor reynolds got time today, y'all." remiah said laughing a little tariq looking down at her confused just now realizing she was in the class. as class continued remiah got a text from diana.

"ramiri griffin smith! imma ask you once and one time only, what the hell did you do?" remiah yelled into the phone as she walked out onto the campus walking to where brayden texted her to meet him at.

"what you talkin bout? and aye chill on the government, angel." ramiri said on the other line remiah rolling her eyes at the usage of her middle name.

"nigga don't act dumb diana told me all bout yo funky ass cheatin!"

"what? i ain't cheat on her!"

"if yo ass don't quit them lies imma tell pops!"

"okay woah chill remi. pops doesn't need to know neither does ma."