Detroit. •b.t.• (Completed)

10

Sage

"Girl, your weaves be lookin' right! Who does your hair?" Keisha asked, running her hand through it.

"Some lady my mom knows" I shrugged.

"How much did it cost?"

"One hundred and something. I forgot"

"Oh hell nah. Bitch, your family ain't got no plugs?"

"Plugs?"

"Lordy, sweet jesus. Y'know, like your cousin, or your aunt's bestfriends niece that'll give you a discount cause y'all basically fam?"

"Both of my parents were only children"

"I have the worst cousins, oh my God, let me tell you. Some of them are even worse than Ace and Covonte"

"I'm sure they all feel the same way about you, Keish" Nadia said.

It turns out that Nadia and Keisha were both in my gym class, but I never really paid attention before because when I saw one of them, I just assumed they were the same person

"Because they're jealous of my ambitions, and what I aspire to beeee" Keisha said in a sing-song voice.

"Just because you want to be something, doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to get it. A make-up artist in Detroit?"

"I have dreams"

"Go for it, Keisha. I think it's great that you want your career to be something you're really passionate about"

"Today at 6. Keisha Jones teaches you some broke girl make up struggle hacks and later at 8, how to blend so your face matches your neck"

"Some people needa learn, cause no. Honey, we can see the difference"

"Uhhh. . .Sage?"

"Huh?"

Nadia gestured to my left, and I saw Laura standing above me.

"Can we talk?"

There was nothing to talk about.

I sighed before getting up and following behind her.

"Yes?" I asked when it was just the two of us. "How have you been?"

"Great, actually. I just want to apologize for my actions. I have no idea what has gotten into me and there's really no excuse for it. I'm so so sorry and I swear that it won't happen again. Please forgive me"

"I forgive you"

I didn't actually forgive her, because I had already had enough of her. I wasn't stupid.

She reached out and gave me an awkward hug that was just uncomfortable on all levels.

She also smelled a little bit, but I wasn't going to bring that up.

I noticed that she was wearing the exact outfit that I had given her weeks ago.

"Good. Now that we're besties again, you can drop those random ass bitches and come back to me and Eric"

"Excuse me?"

"Whatever they told you about me isn't true. They just dislike me"

"Okay, yeah. I figured that" I lied.

"So you'll leave them alone?"

"Definitely"

"Now that you don't have anyone else, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Anything"

"Can I borrow twelve thousand dollars? It's an emergency "

"I will never ever give you money again in my entire life so don't ask, I don't really care for your companionship anymore either, because it's obvious that you're just using me for my father's money. Goodbye Laura"

I turned and went back to Nadia and Keisha.

"Wait!"

"Yes?"

"Watch your back, bitch"

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