2: Sleeping in class

1: because of My brother

" and that is why Columbus sailed to America. Now class can anyone tell me who funded Columbus's voyage? Anyone ? Ahh MRS. GREENE "
Although I was asleep I heard her. Slowly I began to leave my dream.... I lifted my head .
" ma'am? "
" I asked who funded Columbus's voyage to the new world?"
" Spain " I knew this shit. I'm smarter than they know .. Because I never spoke ..They all looked at me and judged me . Because of who my brother was but it made no sense .. I'd done nothing but because of my relation I was damned to be a high school misfit .
" see me after class"
I knew what she wanted .. She wanted to know why I was sleeping in class but she'd never understand..

It happened in June
It was a hot Saturday morning .. The ac was blasting in the living room.. I woke to feed the baby . She wasn't mine of course.. She was my brother rashaad's. Rashaad's baby momma chose going out and friends over the baby so it was up to my brother to raise her and since he lacked any sense of real responsibility the job fell on me to make sure she was well fed and shit.

We lived in a small building in downtown Atlanta . We ran away from foster care about a year ago and have been living together ever since. Whenever I asked rashaad about our birth parents he would spazz on me so I left that story to my imagination and I had a very vivid one. My dreams at times could consume me . I never got tired of dreaming and I day dreamed whenever I got the chance.

Rashaad on the other hand was quiet and reserved.
He spent most of his time and money smoking or popping pills and never had much time for me or his baby ari . He chased Tia his baby momma around town all day tryna make her love him but she was more concerned about how many dicks she could suck to buy a Louie bag.

Today was different. I took the baby with me to run some errands . She was only 3 months..she had came out 1 month early because Tia use to shoot up so much while she was pregnant . I rubbed her head .. her curls were starting to come in . she was going to grow up too be soo pretty . Puerto Rican and black such a cute mix.

We hit up the government center to get some food stamps and then stopped at the corner store .
Halfway through shopping My phone rang.
.. it was my Bestfriend kiana
" hey girl wassup ?"
" DIANA WHERE YOU AT?? Your brother just shot his baby momma in the head and 4 other people at the river walk !"
I dropped my phone.. This couldn't be happening.