When I get out the shower, I brush my teeth and straighten my hair. I walk over to my closet to see if there's anything wearable in it. I see my white Air Force Lows, "Why'd I leave this here." They were shiny, bright and clean. I dig through the mountain of clothes, and I see my favorite, well what used to be my favorite shirt. A white V-neck Polo, too bad we cannot wear hats at school, because I would have worn my hat that match it.
Light blue Hollister Jeans would go perfectly with this and my gold Rolex!
"Finished," I say smiling in the mirror at my beauty. I try to listen to see if my mom is still downstairs, but I cannot tell. I run down the stairs, and yes she is in the same position and place she was in before I got ready.
"Mom?" I say with no response, "Are you okay?' I say sitting down.
"Yeah, why? "she says.
"Ion know," I say unsure of what else to say.
"Well go, you're already late," she says, I start to walk off, stop, turn around and give my mom a hug and a kiss, "I love you mom, be safe." She nods, she didn't have to say it back I know she loves me. I walk off, feeling relieved. I walk across the street to Aaliyah's house, she's waiting at her door.
"Sorry it took me a while, I was talking to my mom," I say.
"It's cool, but what she say?" Aaliyah says.
"Not shit for real, she just asked why I wasn't at school and why I was coming over there to get dress," I say getting into the car, Aaliyah follows.
"What you say?" she says.
"That I was handling stuff and I was around," I say pulling off.
"Aw, was anybody there?"
"Girl you know it wasn't, everybody is at school," I say, "Text Sus, tell her we outside."
"Alright," Aaliyah says, my phone lights up as we pull up to Sus house, it's Arica.
"Hello?" I say.
"Where you at?" Arica says.
"At Sus's house with Aaliyah, why wassup?" I say.
"Y'all going to school?" Arica says.
'Yeah that's where we about to go, we waiting for Sus," I say.
"And she need to hurry up," Aaliyah says.
"Alright," Arica says laughing.
"Wassup with Kylee?" I say extremely curious.
"She's cool, probably going to be limping for a week or two," Arica says
Thank god
"Alright. I'll see you in a little bit sis," I say, Sus finally comes out.
"Hey y'all," Sus says getting into the car.
"Alright," Arica says hanging up.
"So is Kylee alright? Aaliyah says.
"Yeah, she cool," I say.
"I don't even understand why you did that stupid shit," Aaliyah says.
"My bad, I was being a hothead," I say.
"Right gon get us all thrown in jail," Sus says.
"My bad I'll do things differently next time," I say.
"Hopefully there isn't one Brittney," she says. I pull up to the school, it took about 15 minutes. Fifteen minutes of silence, and not the normal kind when no one has nothing to say, but when everyone is in deep serious thought. The air was getting thick, I had to roll down the windows. Anyways everything is really close, we all live about five minutes from each other, mostly everything is walking distance, not my Aunt Tara, she lives out the way. But somehow I'm out here every day, when I stayed with my mom I didn't come home till 4 o'clock in the morning. I stayed in trouble, I'm still bad as hell, I just do things better and erase my tracks. I got my first car when I turned 12, I stole it, well my nigga from out da way stole it for me. Ever since then, 7th grade, it's been downhill for me.
"Y'all think we still go be friends once we graduate?" I say opening my car door, so does Aaliyah & Sus.
Hopefully, the way these streets setup I don't think I can trust anyone else.
"We might not hang out every day like we do now, but I think we'll still be really good friends," Aaliyah says.
"Duh silly!" Sus says.
"Hopefully Sis," I say, "here we go." We all walk up to the school, standing there. Our past experience of this place weren't the best, I mean we have had some good times here, but some really, really horrible ones too.
"I know right, I sort of want to walk away and never return," Sus says laughing realizing how weird those words sounded coming out of her mouth.
"On god. Ion even feel like doing this shit again," Aaliyah says. I remain silent, the memories of this place make me want to puke. I wonder if anyone will remember me, considering the fact I stop coming to school in December last year, I had really good reason.
I'm bad... but this school put me through it. I am not over doing it either. This place has to be the worst place I've ever been, and I've been to a lot of places. Let someone try me this year. I want to get my act together, but if people are in my way, I have to do something. A lot of students will be disappearing this year, teacher too if it comes down to it.
"Ten toes down?" I say.
"Bet," Aaliyah says.
"You know it," Sus says and we walk into the hell hole.
