Something New

21.

Angel:

"Vote me for Prom Queen!"

"Vote me for Prom King!"

Prom was coming up and that was the only thing that matter to everyone right now, well.... except for me. Prom is cool and all but I ain't feeling it like everybody else is.

"Man I cant wait to pick our dresses, our shoes, oh my gosh and our hair gotta be flawless." Liyah said as we walked through the halls. "Yes, and our make up gotta be on it." Tiff said.

I put a fake smile on my face. "A, what's up with you?" Tiff asked. "Yeah, you act like you aint feeling all this." Aaliyah added.

"I'm really not." I told them truthfully. "Why?! It's Prom everyone goes crazy over Prom." Liyah yelled. "Well I'm not crazy about it. Only thing you do is dress in pretty dresses for one night and dance." I told them.

"Girl, I know you wont like this when you went to Prom your Junior year." I shook my head. "I never went my Junior year." The girls gasped as if they heard the most shocking thing ever.

"Oh my gosh! No wonder you aint feeling it." Tiff said. "It's not that I just never wanted to go." I lied. I always wanted to go to Prom my Junior year but I couldn't.

"Angel we know when you're lying, so tell us why you never went to Prom?" I sighed as I thought about my past.

"Look a guy asked me to Prom but I declined because I couldn't even afford a Prom dress back then because the only thing my mom did was spend money on her and that so called boyfriend of hers." I told them truthfully.

"Angel we're sorry we didn't-"

"It's alright y'all didn't know." I told them. "Who was the guy that asked you out?" Tiff asked. We were at our lockers now getting ready for class.

"This guy name Toni, we wont really close friends but he always seem to talk to me." I told them.

•Flashback•

"Aye yo Angel?!" I turned around to see Toni running towards me in the hallway. School was over for today and I was ready to carry my ass home.

I rolled my eyes and smirked at him. "What Antonio?" He smack his lips. "You always call me by my real name." He said. I smiled. "Because I want to but wassup? Whatchu want?" My accent was heavy at the time and I aint care.

"Look I was wonder you wanted to head to Prom with me?" He smiled with his perfect white teeth and looked down at me. Right now i'm doing back flips and shit. The head of the Basketball Team, the star player of the Basketball Team wants to take me to Prom? I think i'm dreaming.

"So are you gonna stand there and stare at me or you gonna answer ma?" I smiled but it soon faded away. "Umm I can't I-I have to go." I walked away from him quickly.

"Angel come back!" I didn't turn around when he called me. I just kept walking until I reached my house. Well shit I wouldn't even call it a house if you want me to be real with you. I walked in the door to see my mom all up on that 'man'.

"Hey." Was all I said before I walked to my room. They didn't respond back but that didn't surprise me. They never talked to me. I laid on my bed and cried softly.

My life is falling apart. It's so fucked up that you can't even buy a dress for Prom because people rather spend it on dope. I fucking hate my life, I rather die than to live here in this hell hole.