The Boondocks: You Like Me Or Nah? {ON HOLD}

6) You Like Me Or Nah?

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During break Jazmine, Huey, Caesar and Riley sit down at their squad table in the cafeteria. Mindy and Cindy wait in the queue with empty trays. A boy in Year 12 comes out of nowhere shoves Mindy back, at the same pushing Cindy. He takes her place in line. Mindy makes a worried look and Cindy's eyebrows shoot up.

"Mutha fu-"

"I got it!" Mindy quickly says not wanting Cindy to make trouble. She turns around and taps him on the shoulder. "Excuse me, but-"

"What bitch?!" He whips his head in her direction and she backs away.

"Oh hell naw nigga! We was here first!" Cindy starts walking in front of Mindy to protect her. "You betta get yo ass ta da back of da line!"

"Or what bitch?"

"Nigga what?! Say dat again!"

"I said! Or what bi-"

Cindy interrupts by punching him in the nose. "Aw shit!" He covers his bloody nose with both his hands. "Crazy bi-"

This time she knees him in the groin hard. He screams before falling to his knees, now covering his sore groin. "You watch them words dat cum outta yo mouth!" Cindy yells at him gaining everyones attention now. A crowd forms around them. "Y'know wut? I ain't even hungry no mo. Psh. Yo ugly ass made me lose mah appetite." She pushes through the crowd with Mindy following her and sits down on a bench at their table next to Riley. Mindy sits next to Jazmine.

Riley laughs. "Mane C ah seen all dat shit! Wut he do?!"

Cindy sucks her front teeth. "Nx dis nigga cuttin in line den start callin me ah bitch. Nigga had it cumin."

"No shit!" Riley laughs. "Mane you lucky they ain't no snitches."

"Only because their scared of you!" Jazmine scolds. "What were you thinking??"

"Bitch shut up. No one even talkin ta you," Cindy says, still pissed about what happened.

Jazmine just shakes her head before the bell rings.

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Jazmine and Huey walk to their lockers to get their books for the next period. The same girl from the first day (who flirted with Huey) walks up again and opens her locker next to his. "Hi, Huey."

Huey just nods.

Jazmine doesn't want to listen this time, knowing that that girl will flirt again. "So-"

"Huey!" Jazmine interrupts walking to him. "You finished that work right?"

"What work?"

"You know. That work, that work that I really need your help with."

Huey just looks at her.

"Excuse me," the girl says. "Did you not see we were having a conversation?"

"Oh. You mean that one sided conservation? Yeah I saw you yapping over here. Just didn't care." Jazmine crosses her arms and the girl glares at her, slamming her locker shut.

Huey glances at the mullato and then the white girl, sensing the thick tension between them, but not quite understanding why its there. He takes a step toward Jazmine. "We should go to to class. Now."

"Sure," Jazmine forces a smile, still looking at the girl who evens the glare with her own. "Let's go." She spins on her heel and walks away, Huey following behind.

"Jazmine." She slows down to let him walk on her side. "What happened back there?"

"What're you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me."

"Huey I don't; honestly," she says. Huey glares at her. He knew Jazmine; he knew when she was mad or just agitated. When she got mad she'd force a smile and just pretend that everythings 'dandy.' Well.

It was better than crying.

"Your not going to tell me anytime will you?"

"I'm fine, really."

"Whatever you say."

Jazmine really didn't know why she acted like that; usually she's not a total bitch. And like she thought, she doesn't like him; that way.

At least that's what she thinks.

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Mindy's next class wasn't with anybody in the group. She was alone for the first time and felt really nervous. She sits down in the corner of class and looks down at her books.

"Ay, C-murph." Someone sits down next to her. "C-murph!"

She looks up and finds him looking at her. He thinks I'm Cindy?

"Mane errybody talkin about wut you did ta dat nigga! Girl you crazy!" He laughs.

"Yea. Um. Nigger! That...That white nigger pissed me off! Son!" Mindy crosses her arms. What the hell am I doing??

The guy stops laughing and gives her a word look. "Wassup C? You sick or sum shit?"

"Yeah nigger. The flu is a bitch," Mindy shakes her head, trying to keep her routine.

"Uh. Kay?" He laughs nervously before the teacher walks in and silences the class.

Maybe this will work after all...

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