Love And War (On Hold)

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They Call Me Jazlyn

I really don't want to be here right now.

My U.S History AP teacher was talking about the Industrial Revolution and I was trying so hard to pay attention, but I had just taken my aspirin and it hadn't kicked in yet. It wasn't really helping anyways. I had to wait until I went to work so Paige could get my prescription. And, of course, since nobody can mind their own damn business and stay out of mine, people have been talking all day about what happened to my wrist.

"Her baby daddy broke her arm cause she cheated." 

"Her dad caught her stripping." 

"She didn't make enough money for her pimp." 

Niggas need to get they lives and stay in school, cause ain't shit wrong with my arm, it's called a wrist  la muñeca muthafuckas.

I took a deep breath and shivered. It was starting to get cold out for October. Alexis was excited about Halloween. I was planning on taking Halloween off to take her trick-or-treating with Kayla, Talia, Paige and Terrence. She wanted -

"Jazlyn Patton to the counselors office," my teacher announced, interupting my thoughts.Oohs and laughs echoed around the room and I rolled my eyes. I took the pass, and grabbed my backpack. I walked down the hall, pass the library and into the councelor's office. I showed the secretary the pass and ignored her as she did me. She always had an attitude like somebody forced her to be here.

I walked into Mrs.Neill's office and sat in the chair in front of her desk. She held up a finger for me to wait and finished her conversation. She hung up the phone and turned to me.

"Jazlyn right?" she said, looking through some papers in a file. I nodded.

"I wanted to talk to you about college, your grades and some scholarships. I usually talk to all my seniors at some point in the year to check on them and see if they have any questions or anything they want to talk about. What colleges have you applied to?" she asked. I shrugged.

"Bayland U, Mendall University, Indigo Valley and H Tech." I said, ticking off the names on my fingers..

She frowned a little and looked up at me. "Those are okay schools but there are plenty of other schools that you could get into and scholarships you could win. Have you applied for any?"

"I don't really have time to apply for scholarships. Plus I was already given a scholarship to Bayland U and Indigo Valley. "

" Jazlyn .. Usually, I would be thrilled that a student was accepted to college or got a scholarship, but your grades are really good and you're in the top ten percent of your class. There are much better schools you could apply to. " I didn't say anything.

"What do you want to be after you graduate from college? "

"A pediatric nurse practitioner." Ironic? Nope.

"There are plenty of schools in Florida that have great nursing programs. I'm not saying the schools you applied to are bad but there are better places to apply." She started going through her desk and pulled out some college brocheurs and forms. The bell rang.

"If you change your mind or you want some help, just come see me. It's not too late to apply for other colleges ... if you want to." She held the papers out to me.

"Thank you." I took the papers and left. I went to my locker to put my bookd away and saw Talia walking towards me, so I met her halfway.

"Aye Jazlyn! You let me hit and I won't be too rough like the last." yelled Micheal. He was the type of dude that liked to talk shit just to hear his own voice. I flicked him off and kept walking.