Brea Newton, 20, has been heartbroken, lied to, and nothing ever seems to go right. She has her eye on one thing and one thing only, redeeming herself and focusing on the money.
After a long day at work, it's finally time for me to lock up. I hate locking up the store cause that mean I got to clean up after all these nasty ass people.
I don't know why I was in so much of a hurry to get home but I got there quicker than I expected. I sluggishly walk up the stairs and plop on the bed. I take my hair out of the bun and start getting myself together for my shower.
I get a twitter notification:
@official.gerrodlareaux: I'll fight anybody over this one @breamichelle
I reply and throw my phone on the bed. I look at my body in the mirror. I grab my phone and begin taking pictures.
@breamichelle: body positivity is 🔑
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28 retweets 47 likes I get ready for my shower until I get a text.
346-777-1928: is this brea? Me: yeah, who is this? 346-777-1928: Kendrick, baby girl 😘
I quickly save his number.
Me: ohhh hello 😌 Kendrick 😍: what you doing? Me: about to shower Kendrick 😍: without me? damn already messing up lol Me: lmao shutup. you'll be okay. Kendrick 😍 : naw shawty i won't. ☹️ but fr when we gone chill? Me: wyd tomorrow? 🙃 Kendrick 😍 : taking my lil sister to the mall. why wassup? 👀 Me: I can meet you up there if you want me to 😅 Kendrick 😍 : fassshooo 😍 Me: okay bet. just lmk where yall going and when yall leaving 😊 Kendrick 😍: okay mamas
I drop my phone on the bed and walk into the bathroom and turn on my shower speaker. I let my robe pool around my feet as I get undressed. My favorite song comes on as the steamy, hot water bounces onto my skin, relaxing my muscles.
Fuckin' you made me proud of me 'Cause I know that you doubted me Even told me I would never get with ya Told me I could never get with ya But this pride in me Wouldn't let you slide by me That's when I came back 'round I played my game with no respect, I finessed ya to make me seem down but I finessed ya, it was all a stresser I was your nigga, messed up, fucked your head up Shoulda never came 'round You let me in and I let you down I was wrong 'cause I fucked up the game, baby You name crazy in the streets, got 'em sayin' things My pride was the cause of it all I apologize for the flaws in it all, wrongs in it all, 'cause You and me... always be tight Family every single day and... uh And even when I starts actin' like a fool Somehow I always can fall back on you And I'm not proud and always like myself It's hurtin' you more than anybody else And every day, what I try not to do Is let my pride get between me and you
20 minutes later, I step out of the shower and grab my towel. I pick up one of my big t-shirts out of my drawer and put it on along with some panties. I comb my wet hair into a bun. I turned off the light in my bathroom. I climb into my queen-sized bed and plop dead in the middle, preparing myself for tomorrow's outing. I really don't know what to expect. I just hope that if we actually do get somewhere, we don't end how me and Jamal did.
