"Hey what are you still doing here? Didn't your dad take you home or something?" As I brushed away my tears I replied to the MTA employees. "Yeah you turd but he made an agreement with me, so I get to stay here and go home later. I don't think you wanna confirm with him because he's late for a job interview so he's kind of in a rush." The big menacing employee stared me down while I had the straightest face I could make for like a good minute, but he looked away and began to talk again.
"Alright well you're lucky because me and my partner have to go, we told your friend he's free to go, but next time we see you guys doing something stupid we won't be as easy." He took the handcuff key and walked towards John who was still waiting patiently on the wall. "Well it's about time you let me go Jesus those cuffs are made of hell fire!" John said as they removed his handcuffs and he began to rub his wrists.
"Get out of here and go do something with your lives, we don't wanna catch you again!" As he said that we both agreed and we went over to the tracks to wait for the train. "What happened there Katherine, was that your father? Why did you leave him? Are you okay?" John pressured me as soon as we got to the platform edge.
"Yeah that was my father, I left cause he's a cunt, and yeah that's why I had to wipe away tears cause I'm okay." I said sarcastically as the train began to pull into the station. After the roaring of the train stooped and the doors opened, John asked again, "What happened with you and him I heard you both going at it like rappers spitting fire, what happened?"
I walked in and took the seat in the far corner. John walked in behind and sat I'm the empty seat next to me. "He cheated on my mom and she found out instantly, they got in a huge fight and he left us, and went to his new girlfriend." I put on my headphones but didn't wait to see if John would say anything, I went full blast and drifted to sleep.
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"Kathy, wake up!!" I jolted up in bed to see my mom violently shaking my shoulder to wake me up. "Oh my lord mom! Why did you have to be so rough?" I said rubbing my shoulder hoping the pain would go away. "Because Paula's at the front you lazy lady she wants to talk to you!"
"OH okay I'm going, you should've said that first mom!" I said getting on my sneakers with my pajamas still on. "You and her better be going somewhere today, you guys never go out on Saturdays! Go have fun!" My mom said. I got my second sneaker on and bolted out yelling, "Yeah yeah we'll maybe go to the library like cool kids! I'll be back!" I opened my front door and ran down my stairs down to the lobby.
When I got down there I saw Paula sitting in the waiting chairs, and was surprised to see she had her head knees deep in her legs, like she was crying. "Hey uh... Paula? Are you okay?" She looked up and was not crying, but just had a depressed face, but it quickly changed as she saw me. "Katherine! Wassup girly girl!" "I'm a tomboy you know that jag." I said playfully as I gave her a hug.
"Yeah but I like calling you that, it annoys you so that makes me laugh." She playfully punched me on the shoulder and went to the front desk in the lobby that was never occupied. She grabbed the microphone there and put her phone right next to it while playing Eminem. As I heard Berserk begin to play I smiled. "You're full of that guy you know, you can never stop listening to him!" I yelled trying to be louder than the song playing over the speakers.
"Yeah cause he's the only rapper I can ever feel you know! Even his playful songs about being rude to his mom and talking about drugs is amazing!" I shook my head but grew pale as I realized that something was wrong. "Paula did you set the microphone to only here or to every single apartment building?!" "Of course I...", she stopped herself as she looked down to the mic and saw she hadn't set it to just the lobby. She paused her music and stayed silent as she heard screams and footsteps coming from the staircase.
I ran for the closet door a couple feet away from me and opened it up so that Paula could get in first. She ran in and pulled me in shutting the door behind me. "Oh crap that was a rush! I need to be less stupid!" She said laughing. "Alright yeah shut up shut up!" She stayed silent understanding that the angry tired people would hear her.
Around ten minutes passed before the screams and complaints of the angry elderly people of the building came to an end. "Well, I guess there gone now, do you mind if we stay here for a while I kind of wanna talk about something." Paula looked weird when I said that but she then understood I was serious so she replied, "Yeah lay it on me girl, tell aunt Paula what's on your mind."
"Uh... what's wrong Paula? I came down here and it looked like you were crying or depressed or something... what's up?" Her nice soft caring stare instantly turned into a hard cold hatred filled glare. "It's nothing just... I don't wanna talk about it." She got up and began to unlock the closet door. I jumped up and shut the door before she opened it enough to leave. "Paula no, we're gonna talk, what's wrong?"
"There's nothing to talk about! Let me leave Katherine." My face changed from sympathy to as if I had just been shot by my own gun. Her voice was so filled with a hatred, that I knew wasn't to me, but it could make anyone tremble. I let go of the door and let Paula open the door. She darted out and began to head for the main door. "Paula you can't run away from your problems!"
She stopped dead in her tracks as she turned back and stared me down. "Well how the fuck do you know that? Last time I checked you aren't walking in my shoes and don't see what I do! For all I know you don't give two shits about me and what I'm goin...." "MY PARENTS ARE GETTING DIVORCED!" I screamed out cutting Paula off. "Wait, what?" She said surprised and guiltily. "My mother said she has cancer also and that he cheated on her two weeks ago, so maybe this is for the best."
Paula let go of the door handle and let it shut. "I am... so sorry! Katherine I didn't know..." as she tried to come back towards me I pushed her away. "No its cool I don't understand you okay I know I don't, I'll talk to you sometime alright Paula." She started to get angry and raised her voice "No no! Katherine you can't do this to me you have to talk to me about this!" I snapped and sharply turned back at her, "Last time I checked you aren't walking in my shoes and don't see what I do! For all I know you don't give two shits about me and what I'm going through!" "Katherine don't use that on me please! I'm sorry! I didn't know!" I began to slowly head back for the door leading to the stairs to my apartment. "Katherine please! I'm sorry! KATHER..." I opened the door and shut it immediately as I walked in, cutting her off.
