I walked to the corner hoping to find somewhere to just sit and chill, I walked down the street to the local arcade it wasn't what I was looking for but it was good. I walked up to the clerk and asked for $15 worth of coins. "Damn what you think you finna do sit here and play with the big boys I bet you twice that amount that you can't beat me in this game right here and I'm willing to make it easy on you since you a girl we gone play pac-man on easy" he said pulling out a wad of cash like that was really gone impress people but I guess from the way these fools were hooping and hollering that it did. "Well I guess I'm gone take someones money today" I said laughing. I went over to him and started to insert my quarter but stopped and thought about his bet. "Wait if I win you give me the money right I don't like playing games or liars" I asked. "Yeah I'm gone give you your money damn just stick it in" he said laughing like someone had told his little ugly ass a joke. "Aight let's go" I said as I inserted my quarter. 15 minutes later he was out of 30 dollars. "Well damn I think you should have put it on a more easier level because I see easy was to difficult for you player" I said laughing making everyone else laugh too. "Man fuck you I can play you on any game in here you just cheated that's all" he said steaming mad. I don't get these muthafuckas over here they won't take an L and just quit, but cool I was just gone take his money anyway. "Well for one no thank you on the fuck and if I cheated you wouldn't mind going twice on what we just played on a more difficult level or on any game of your choice" I said seeming to confident which made him even more pissed. "Ok bitch I got you" he said. I was gone make him pay for calling me out my damn name even if I didn't give him my name. "Aight pick your game" I said. He picked this Sketch man game after reading the instructions I was sure I was taking even more of his money. I got this I told myself in my head. After an hour and a half I had another $60 in my hand. "Now you know what you should do is go home and rethink this here situation because apparently this was not your day" I said to him as he sat looking dumbfounded after losing his money twice in a row to a female. "Bitch you cheated again and you know what I don't like cheaters and do you know what i do to cheaters I make them pay" he said getting in my face. I looked around like was this nigga actually talking to me. Apparently he was so I took a step back. "Look she gone run now bro" this high yellow nigga that didn't seem important was saying. So I set up to hold my own like I said I wasn't with nobody getting in my face and disrespecting me. I punched him in the mouth than kneed him in the stomach making him double over. I kicked him in the face which made him drop to the floor still stunned. While he was trying to get up I pushed him back down and took a seat right on his chest and punched him repeatedly while everyone started counting. He pushed me off him and started kicking the shit out of my ribs as I landed on the ground."Hey that's enough man you got your licks in stop kicking her" I heard someone say as I blacked out from this nigga kicking me in the ribs repeatedly than once in the head. When I came to I was sitting on my daddy's couch with 5 people staring me in the face. "What the hell Faith, what the hell were you thinking about fighting one of them little niggas up there" my daddy started in on me as soon as I opened my eyes. "Daddy it wasn't like that all I wanted to do was play a few games and chill but..." I started as he cut me off saying "all I did was get my ass kicked". He said making it look worst than actually was."You know what fuck you and this conversation" I said while getting up and feeling a sharp pain in my ribs and my head. I felt like I was falling than I was being carried back to the spot on the couch in which I had just left. "Faith hold on I know your irritated and you want to leave but you can't there's nowhere for you to go and no one to care for you if you leave" he said tearing up. "yes I do I got my mommy" I yelled back at him feeling like I was ten again. "No you don't shes gone forever now Faith. She died this afternoon they called here as soon as you left here I'm so sorry babygirl" he said. All I heard was she's gone before the tears came. I felt him hug me and started rocking me back and forth. I couldn't even think straight, and I damn sure didn't feel so big and bad I felt small and helpless.
