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She's from New Orleans

I heard the alarm go off and decided to snooze it. I opened one eye and looked at my phone, it's 5:45. I realized I could get up at 6:00. I closed my eyes again and made myself go back to sleep. I heard my door open.

"Andy wake up!! You know I'm not about to have you late at this damn school no mo!"

I woke up and automatically had a boot in my mouth. My teedy has been taking care of me since I was 10. I am now 17, a senior in high school. I have been going to this school called Landry-Walker. My teedy (aunt) has been the main source for me. After Hurricane Katrina, everything has been hard to keep together but everything has a reason. I am thankful that she took me in, but sometimes she just gets on my everlasting nerves!

I got up and put my clothes on and made my way to the bathroom. I washed my face and brushed my teeth while listening to music. I looked in the mirror for a while and came to the conclusion that I should do my hair cute for school today. I never like to do anything major to my hair because I don't feel like I need to get cute for anyone! Don't get me wrong...I don't go to school looking a mess. Know that.

I curled my hair a little, only for the simple fact that school makes my hair so messed up! The weather down here is the worst, especially when school starts. I then went back in my room to put my shoes on. I heard Ja Rule "between me & you" play and I started singing at the top of my lungs.

My aunt burst in my room shouting over my music," Shut the hell up & grab your stuff, we ain't got all day!"

I laughed, grabbed my things, and made my way downstairs. Grabbing my house keys, I locked the door and hopped in the car. The whole ride to school was a lecture about how I should stay focused and how I shouldn't be focused on boys and that I should get my education. I hear this everyyy morning. I appreciate that she tells me this but it gets aggravating after a while.

She finally arrived to my school and lets me out. I looked at her," bye, I love you...hope you have a good day." She looked at me with the ugliest face and said, "yeah mhm lil girl, go to school and don't get in no damn trouble, I don't want them teachers calling my damn phone."

I laughed and walked off..one thing she doesn't understand is that I semi hate her. She had brought me through hell and back. Growing up was not easy for me, but I turned out pretty good.

Walking into the school building remembering how I hated this school. Looking at my all black adidas and my nicely fit pants, I knew I was going to turn heads. Walking to the cafeteria, I didn't see anyone I actually liked or was friends with so I sat at the end of a table. I don't eat the breakfast at school because it is so gross, plus, I'm trying to keep this wine fine figure. I pulled out my phone and went straight to twitter. Looking and admiring all people that I see on social media that I look up to, mainly people in the city. Many people are very popular and I can't help to look at their everyday lives.

I glanced up at for a minute and saw a group of guys all looking at me. I didn't know what to do, I blushed a little, seeing some of the boys mumbles under their breathes at each other, but never losing their glances off me. I studied all of them, each one had Nike book bags and every single one had nice shoes on. I guessed they were all on the basketball team. The boys on the basketball team basically ran the school. They ran game on all the girls, getting what they wanted from them and they would stop talking to the girls. I knew that was a 'no no' for me! Laughing at the fact that they were plotting on me, possibly betting on me made me laugh. They 'thought'.

Clicking my phone off, I heard the bell ring. All my friends came late to school, I was the only one who came on time, since freshman year. Walking up the stairs making my way to my first class, watching how the freshman were running and playing around, the usual. I flipped my hair when I walked past a few girls who I almost beat up last year because they were talking about me and my family issues. The bitches smacked their teeth and laughed. None of them were pretty, they just were hoes, that's the only reason people knew their names..Drika, Treyoni, and princess. The LW "thots". I thought all of it was hilarious. Laughing to myself about the girls, I finally made it to my class. Walking inside the classroom that smelled like fresh paint made my head hurt as soon as I walked in. I was greeted by my teacher Mr. Harris, the desperate Civics teacher. A pushover of a teacher. The boys in his class laugh and talk about him to his face and he doesn't say a thing. I told him hi and say down. No one was in the class yet, I loved being on time, I can take a 10 minute nap while everyone is eating or just chilling in the halls. I put my head down and put my headphones in. I most definitely didn't want anyone talking to me.