Ebony's Journey, Macarevhic's Story

Chapter 6 (Ebony)

"Ha-ha, for real? You love me?" I hear Ivory annoyingly gush on the phone with one of those stupid knotted headed boys from her school. I roll my eyes, and try to focus back on my math homework. Then Ivory does another fake, squealing laugh of hers.

I slam my pencil down in frustration, and turn to face Ivory, who is sitting on top of the counter, painting her crusty toes. I have warned her time after time about that. I don't want her crusty feet on the place where our food goes.

"Ivory, do you mind? I'm trying to finish my homework." I say angrily through my teeth. She rolls her eyes again. "Hey, baby let me call you back later. I love you too boo." She hangs up. "You happy now?" "Yeah I am." She hops off the counter, and takes a seat at our beat up table. "What's your problem? You've been having this attitude since you got home today." she asks. "Nothing Ivory." "What happened to your arm?"

Ivory ask in a concerned voice. I look down at my badly bruised forearm. Arod got angry at me and fought me. Good thing she can't see the rest of my bruises. "I bumped into the door today.

I look at Ivory face to see if I see doubt. I do. "Yeah, you sure have been bumping into a lot of things lately." she secretly implies. "What are you trying to say?" I ask getting defensive. "Is Arod beating up on you?" That question stung.

Deep down I knew the answer. I jump up from the table. "Of course not! Besides Arod is my man and I'm his woman. What happens between us stays between us! Stay out of my d*** business!" I snap at her.

I immediately regret it. Ivory is a loose cannon, and I'm stubborn as a bull, and sometimes that's not a good thing when both of us are heated in a room together. "Well, fine then. I was just trying to help your old stupid stank self!" She gets up from chair and angrily walks to her room. Two minutes later I hear hardcore rap come from her bedroom.

I sigh and tiredly sit on the old weathered couch. What has my life become? Two parents on crack, a sister that I can't connect with, and an abusive boyfriend. I have no one to talk to about this. Who would understand? I don't want Sherese to know anything about this. I can't afford to lose her as my best friend.

The next morning, I get into Arod's truck. "Where's Ivory at?" he asks. "She's havin' one of her friends pick her up." I put on my seat belt. I look out the window, waiting for Arod to drive off. I don't look his way, because I don't know what mood he's in.

"Hey Ebony, I'm sorry for yesterday. I lost my temper. You knew you should have stayed quiet, and not be talking that stupid stuff to me. Anyway I love you shawty, and I got you a gift." I turn my head to look at him.

He reaches his arm behind him, and retrieve a red box, with a silver bow on it. A smile slowly spread across my face. "Fo' real!" I exclaim, and grab the box out of his hand. I gasp as I see a red "Gucci" Soho shoulder bag, and black open toe platform high heels. "A-Arod I'm speech less." I half whisper. I look at him, and he has a proud smile on his face.

How could I be angry at him? He's the best boyfriend in world! I lean over and give him a kiss. "I love you so much." I tell him. Arod pulls into the school's parking lot. We get out of the truck and go our separate ways. I can't help but feel like at school, he wants nothing to do with me. Maybe he doesn't want a girl that smothers him all the time. Some couples need time apart from each other.

I take my seat at the cafeteria table. I stare off into the crowd of teens, and I also do a little thinking. Maybe I should just apologize to Ivory. All she was trying to do was help. Ivory needs somebody to be there for her.

She needs mama and daddy. I'm not that. I'm her big sister, and I can't give her what mama and daddy are supposed to give her. She's not my child. I can't believe my parents chose drugs and the streets over us! How could they do this to Ivory and I?!

If they didn't want kids they should have just aborted us or gave us up for adoption. "Ebony, is everything alright?" Sherese asks snapping name out of my angry thoughts and daydreams, "Yea, I'm fine. I was just thinking."

"You sure, cause a second ago you seemed really tense, and you broke your fork." I look down at my hand and see the broken half of my plastic fork. "I'm fine Sherese." I say through my teeth.

"If you need to talk, I'm here for ya." Then she leaves the subject alone. I nod my head. "I know." I need some peace in my dog-on life! My eyes shift to Arod 's table. He's talking to some girl. She's a senior probably. She has long brown reddish weave, she's a little chubby, her clothes is too tight, and she got box shaped body. She look nasty! She and Arod are laughing, and they are sitting a little too close.

Naw, this h** is not about to disrespect me like this. I get up from my table and walk right over to Arod's table. His laughter stops, when he sees me approach him. The girl looks at me with an attitude, and she rolls her eyes. Heifer I got eyes I can roll too! "Arod, I need to talk to ya right now." I angrily command.

Everybody at his table is staring at me like I'm some kind of mad woman. Arod gets up and I can tell he's angry by how tense his body is. The ratchet chicken head, he was talking to is staring me down, and I stare her down back. I'm two seconds form walking this trick all over this cafeteria. "OOOHHHH!" some of the jock as his table yell. Arod hurriedly walks to the school's court yard. He stops at the big oak tree. "What in the h*** is your problem Ebony?"

Oh, yeah he's pissed off right now. "Who was that girl you were talking to?" I ask. "None of ya d*** business!" "Look Arod, I'm your girlfriend and I don't appreciate being disrespected like that. I don't even get to sit with you at lunch, but you'll let some random chicken head sit with you? You need to tell theses chicken heads to back off!" He lets out a low growl.

His angry vein in his neck is showing. I done messed up. He roughly grabs me by shirt and throws me against the tree. My back hits the oak tree hard. I let out a painful groan "Let me tell you something.

What the h*** I do is my business. You don't need to worry about who I talk to. The reason you don't sit at my table is because I don't want you there. Stay in a woman's place and keep quiet. Unless you want me to seriously hurt you! Do you understand me?!"

Tears fall from my eyes. I shake my head up and down. I look at his face; his eyes are blood shoot, and his nostrils are flaring. He's so angry, and frighting! "Why are you so angry at me all the time?!" I ask him flabbergasted.

"I'm a good girlfriend, why are you always doing this to me?!" I can't control my tears. He roughly wipes the tears from my eyes and kisses me on top of the forehead. "Clean yourself up, love you."

He walks away. I immediately fell relieved. I try to walk, but I can't the pain in my back is unbearable. I sit back on the tree and cry. The bell rings for sixth period. I'm still sitting outside; I don't even want to move. Maybe I should just skip the class. If I get caught I'll get detention. At this moment I don't even care. Reluctantly I get up slowly. My back is killing me.

How hard did he slam me against that tree?! I'm limping in a hurried pace. "Dang girl! What happened to you? You shirt is all dirty and stuff." Sherese ask me, helping me down the hall. "Nothing I tripped." I lie. "Yeah right. If you think I'm going to fall for that whack lie, you must be bugging! Did Arod do something to you?" I snatch away from her. "I said I'm fine!" I yell through my teeth. A hurt look comes across Sherese face. "Okay, fine! Be like that!"

She storms away from me. Some best-friend I am. It feels like everyone is staring at me. I limp to the bathroom and go into a stall and cry. I must have cried for twenty minutes or so. I wipe my nose and eyes. I smooth my shirt and hair. My back is killing me. I don't even feel like going to class, maybe I should just skip school for the rest of the day. I don't want to be here, I want to be back at the apartment. I can't keep doing this with Arod.