Months passed. I am now attending Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory High School as a Junior. Still homeless. Crazy right? But I know everything's going to work out cause I trust in God. I know that if I keep praising and worshiping him, I'll be straight and guided in the right direction.
As I walked into the doors of my new high school, kids rushed pass me. They looked all nice & clean. Walking to my locker, the kid next to me covered his nose with his shirt and said "Dang girl, you stink." I didn't think nothing of it, I just shrugged it off. Some other people that walked by me did the same thing. Then, there was this really cute boy that walked towards me. I thought he was coming to entertain the crowd, but he didn't. His locker was next to mine. He had a really cute smile, his skin tone was like a soft Hershey chocolate color, he was about 5'6, low hair cut. He dressed in a blue Chicago Cubs shirt, Cargo shorts, and blue chucks. I think he felt me staring because he looked me in the eyes. He said
"Hi, Im Jawan, but you can call me Jay."
I cant believe he just said something to me. Whaat? I was lost for words.
"Um, Hi Jawan, Jay, Im Ionna. (I-Yon-Nah)"
"Nice to meet you, gorgeous. Do you need help with your schedule?"
"Yes please."
He took a look at my schedule and looked surprised.
'What's wrong?"
"We have all the same classes together."
'Is that a good thing?"
"Yeah. I could show you around. Come on."
He took me by the wrist gently and walked me to our first class, English. He sat down in the middle row and told me to sit in the seat in front of him. I did. The rest of the classes we had, we sat the same way. Now, we had lunch then finally gym. I ate really fast and I was kind of embarrassed. Someone walked pass and stopped at Jawan. "Jay, you must have nose plugs or something. Cause theres no way youd sit by her and not smell her."
"Yo, De, you need to be quiet. Go find something else to do. Like, study for once. I just saw your graded test on the teachers desk and you received an F-. Come on, Ionna."
He led me to the gym and told me to change into my gym clothes before Gym start. I told him I didn't have any. He looked in his locker and pulled out some jogging pants. " I always have extra. You can wear these." I thanked him and slipped them on and left on the shirt I had before. We walked into the gym and sat down on the bleachers until class started. When it did, we had to choose partners and workout. Jawan asked me to be his partner and I said yes since I didn't know anyone else. He taught me how to do a backflip and hand stand and all that other good stuff. It was time to go so he walked me outside. "Need a ride home?"
"I'm homeless."
"Oh. Ok. Well, how about we go to my house and I'll have my mom to work something out."
"OK."
We walked through the parking lot and stopped at a black Mercedes Benz. He opened the passenger's door for me and made sure I got in. He closed the door afterwards. He got in next and drove off. It took us like 10 minutes to get from school to his house. When we got there, a lady opened the door and greeted us.
Jawan: "Ionna, this is my mom. Call her MommaNae."
MommaNae: "Hi sweety."
Me: "Hi."
MommaNae: "So, whats up with you today, Jay?"
Jawan: "Um, Ionna is the new student at Gwendolyn Brooks and shes homeless."
Ionna: "Yeah, um a year ago my mom and dad were fighting and got a divorce. I came home one day and my mom was drunk and she kicked me out. I had no family and nowhere to go so that's how I became homeless."
MommaNae: "Im so touched. Youre welcome to stay with us if you want."
Jawan: "We currently don't have a guess room now. We're moving in 2 months. You can sleep in my room."
Ionna: "Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I really appreciate this."
MommaNae: "Youre welcome. This weekend we can all go shopping for you. I'll take care of you sweetheart."
Ionna: "Thank you so much."
I am so blessed. I knew God had a plan for me.
