It all started on the first day of eleventh grade. Onika Maraj (better known as her stage name Nicki Minaj) strutted into LaGuardia High school along side her boyfriend of many years, named Ricardo. He was 6’4 and a whole foot and two inches taller than her. He was the quarter back of the school’s football team. He had broad shoulders and was muscles everywhere, even in unnecessary places like his neck. They had begun their relationship all the way back in the seventh grade. Ricardo walked Onika to her first period World History class. When they arrived at the doorway of the class he gave her a smooch on he cheek and they exchanged I love you’s. Onika scampered into class and sat down in the back row of desks just as the late bell rang. The teacher began to lecture the students on Alexander the Great and she knew today was going to be a tedious one. She began to tune the teacher’s monotonous voice out and drifted into a daydream. Only until a pencil fell to the ground next to her, did she come back to reality. Onika quicklywent to pick up the pencil but she was met with another hand. Their hands brushed up against each other. Onika glanced up to see a pair of eyes already looking at her. “Oops sorry” whispered the soft voice of the girl. “Oh no that was my fault” Onika whispered back. The girl extended her arm toward Onika. “Hi, my name is Maya Bourgeois, I’m new here. I just transferred from Christopher Columbus high in the Bronx” greeted Maya. Onika returned Maya’s handshake and began to get butterflies in her stomach as their hands touched. She stared at Maya in awe of her beauty. She had the most perfect chocolate brown eyes, wavy jet-black hair that extended past her shoulders and soft skin the color of coffee beans. Onika admired her face that looked as though it was carved by the gods themselves. She traced over every inch of her face with her eyes. She stopped and fixated on her lips. They were voluptuous and of a soft pink color. Maya spoke up, “uh and you are?” “Oh uh I’m uh… my name is uh…” Onika stumbled over her words. Maya cut her off, “Can you say that again? I can’t really hear you.” Onika took a deep breath and began to enunciate, “My name is Onika Maraj, and it’s a pleasure to meet you Maya. “Onika. That’s a really pretty name, just like you.” Maya said with a smile. Onika began to blush and answered “Thank you.” “Would you mind giving me a tour around the school Onika? Its really big and I don’t wanna get lost on my first day of school.” Maya inquired. “Sure! I’d be glad to!” Onika exclaimed with just a little too much happiness in her voice. Maya gave Onika a little smile that meant thank you and they returned to listening to the teacher’s lesson. Only Onika wasn’t listening to the teacher, she was thinking about how she liked how Maya said her name and how excited she was to spend time with her. The bell rang to dismiss them and the girls gathered their belongings. Little did either girl know that at that moment their lives were going to change forever. Even after the school tour they began to get closer and closer, spending more and more time with each other in and out of school, they were practically never separated. More and more Onika began to spend less time with Ricardo just to hang out with Maya. She even began missing his football games, and when she did attend she went with Maya. Some even said they were getting to close to be “just friends.”
