Crazy Girl

3. School

The next day Marley woke up at 5:55AM to get ready for school.


It was Friday and Marley was looking forward to the weekend. She always did something for herself on the weekends.


Marley went to her closet to grab some clothes and head into the shower before walking to school.




Jacob on the other hand woke up at 7:45 and was late for school as usual.


It took Jacob about 45 minutes to get ready and get to school.


"Why are you late dumb ass?" Jacob's friend Roc had asked.


"I over slept. Damn."


"That sounds like you!" Jacob's other friend Ray said laughing.


"Lets get to class." Jacob's final friend Prod said.


Jacob had walked into his first block class which was English class. Him, Prod, Ray, and Roc were all late and tried to sneak in the back of the class room.


"Excuse me." The English teacher, Mrs. Andrews said stopping them in their tracks.


"Uh...." Roc said scratching the back of his neck.


"Why are you all late?"


"Man.....Well see, what had happened was...." Ray said trying to throw Ms. Andrews off.


"All 4 of you have lunch detention."


"Lunch detention?!" Prod shouted. "That's BS!"


"Do you wanna get suspended Mr. Crippen?"


"Yo, Prod! Shut up man..." Jacob whispered to him.


"Man...What ever happened to after school detention?" Roc asked


"We got rid of it because it was keeping teachers behind. Report to the front office during lunch and the principal will tell you which class you will be sitting in during lunch."


The boys sighed and went to sit in their chairs.


After English class was over, the boys split up heading to their next block class.


Jacob had World History. Roc had science. Prod had math. Ray had to go to debate club.


After sitting in World History for an hour, Jacob got bored with the teacher talking.


"May I use the restroom?" Jacob asked raising his hand.


"Take the pass."


Jacob grabbed the boys bathroom pass and roamed the halls for about 5 minutes before heading back to class before the bell had rung indicating class was over and lunch had begun.


"Alright class, don't forget you have 4 weeks to turn in your essay. Your topic is to write about someone who's inspired you or has impacted your life positively."


"I thought this was world history.." Keenan, the class clown had said.


"This is for something else Keenan. Please, shut up!"


The class busted out laughing at the joke the teacher had made.


The bell had rung and Jacob headed to his locker before meeting up with Roc, Prod, and Ray to head to lunch detention.


"Y'all ready to go to hell?" Prod said jokingly standing at Jacob's locker.


"Yeah..Let's go."


All of the boys had walked to the front office to see the assistant principle filing papers.


"What can I help you with?"


"We all have lunch detention and we'd like to know what class room to go to." Ray said.


"You're the first 4 of the year. Can I have your names please?"


"Jacob Perez."


"Chresanto August."


"Rayan Lopez."


"Craig Crippen."


"Alright boys, I'm not really sure what class you'll be sitting in but....." The assistant principle had said.


Before he could finish his sentence, Ms. Loney had spoken.


"They can sit in my room for lunch."


"Good! Thank you Ms. Loney. Do you hear that boys? You can go sit in the art room."


They all sucked their teeth before heading to the art room to serve their 45 minute detentions.


"Man...I'ma draw something!" Roc said laughing.


"Your untalented ass can barley trace your hand." Prod said laughing.


"You know what Craig.."


They all laughed and walked into the art room.


Marley was in the art room. She had no idea the boys would be in there. She didn't know they were coming and their voices startled her.


"Oh shit! Look who it is!" Prod said leaning over laughing uncontrollably.


"It's that's girl! I forgot her name. They used to call her monkey!" Roc said in between breaths.


He too was also laughing uncontrollably.


Ray and Jacob didn't find anything funny. They had enough sense to not laugh.


"Hey Marley." Ray said sitting down in his chair.


Marley was beginning to paint on a blank canvas. She was getting her paintbrush and tray ready. She didn't look back. She had her head down and didn't pay them any attention.


"Hey Marley." Jacob said sitting directly behind her.


Marley had recognized his voice from the party on Saturday and slowly lifted her head up. She turned around and saw it was him. She quickly turned back around and continued to paint.


Jacob looked at her before she turned away.


"Your eyes are green! That's my favorite color!" Jacob exclaimed.


"She doesn't like to talk. Cat got her tongue." Roc said laughing again.


"More like she's got too much shit in her mouth!" Prod said falling out of his chair.


Both of the boys were laughing ridiculously loud.


"Dude! Shut up! You're being loud as shit! Chill out before we get another one." Jacob said aggravated like.


"Leave her alone guys. She hasn't said anything to you." Ray said with an attitude.


The boys quieted down for about 10 minutes.


Marley started to sing 'True Colors' by Cyndi Lauper, forgetting that the boys were in the room with her.


"Mind shutting up? We have like 25 more minutes left and you're making them the most horrible 25 minutes ever!" Prod shouted.


Prod's shouting had startled Marley making her jump.


"I-I-I'm sorry. I-I-I forgot you guys we're in uh.....in here." Marley said shaking.


"Prod stop being a dick! You don't yell at a girl like that! What's wrong with you?!" Ray shouted at Prod.


"Yeah bro...That's not cool. You should apologize." Jacob said seriously. "By the way, you have a beautiful voice Marley."


Marley half smiled before continuing to paint.


"So...Who taught you how to paint? You're very good." Jacob asked


"My grandmother taught me."


"Wow! She must be very good as well."


"She was...." Marley said putting her brush down.


"I'm sorry I made you mad. I didn't mean to.." Marley said looking Prod in his eyes sincerely.


"I'm sorry for yelling at you." Prod said sincerely.


Marley walked out of the art room and down the hall to go home early.


"Hey wait for a second Marley!" Jacob said running after her.


Marley turned back to see Jacob running towards her and continued to walk.


Jacob had caught up to her stopping her before she could exit the building.


"Hey Marley! Remember me? From the party?"


"Yes..."


"So...Remember I asked you about lunch? Well seeing as lunch wasn't what it should've been today...would you like to go get something to eat now?" Jacob asked nervously.


Marley hesitated but remembered nothing was in her home to eat, so she agreed to go eat lunch with Jacob..