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Emani

Emani^^

I am Emani Lewis I go by Mani. I'm 19 years old I'm very light skinned straight brown hair and a senior in high school. Im about 5"3 yes I know...short . I'm from Memphis Tennessee, never left. It's always been me and my mom aka my bestie we literally do everything together. I've been modeling for fashion lines since I was 12, this has always been my dream since I was 5. My mom and I are gonna start traveling for business trips and I'm so excited for that. I thank God everyday for my mom and my career. I couldn't ask for more. I never knew my Dad only seen pictures of him, and I don't like him either for the way he treated my mom before they had me. But hey, we don't need him we doing good on our own.

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Mani POV
I walked into the kitchen smelling breakfast scents flowing through the room. "Hey mommy." I said hugging her then sitting at the dining table. "Hey baby how long you been up?" She asked me fixing our plates. "Not that long, I was looking at how busy our schedule is this week." I said huffing showing her the phone. "I know girl but we gone get through this." She told me putting my plate in front of me then sitting across from me. "Sure will But are you taking me late today?" I asked her about school. "Yes and the photo shoot's theme is spring break." She told me reading off of the clothing log we have. "Ok that's fine." I said eating my bacon from off my plate. I finished up my food grabbing my bag from off of the counter. "You ready baby?" She asked me grabbing her keys slipping on her slippers. My mom is a very pretty lady, she's a brown skin with super curly hair in her early 40's. She rocks her 40 hard asf. "Yes I just need to grabbed my phone." I said running up to my room grabbing my phone. We headed out heading to my school. "Love, so many things I have to tell you but I'm afraid I don't know how." Me and my mom sung in sync. I have old souls when it comes to music because of my mom. "Ok baby I'll see you when I get home from work love you." She said hugging. "Love you more bestie." I told her before getting out the car walking up to my best friend Chyna. Chyna and I has been friends since the 4th grade we literally do everything together like two peas in a pod. "Hey Carmel." She said hugging me as I hugged her back. "Hey cinnamon bun." I said referring to her cinnamon colored skin. Chyna had a really warm toned brown skin tone with bright red hair that complimented each other well. "Girl can we go sit down its almost lunch time and you decided to show up." She told me as I looked at the time and it said 12:39pm. "Well damn, there was no point of me coming today." I said throwing my hand up as we walked to the picnic tables outside. I barely even go to school anymore because I have all of my credits done with my SAT and ACT and have nothing but electives. I'm just waiting on graduation. "Uh no you did the right thing. You wasn't about to leave me here by myself." Chyna said looking in her mini mirror fixing her bun. "You right but you acting like you can't come to my house anytime you want to." I told her putting on some lipgloss. "I know that but still seven hours in this bitch and no one to talk to? You bring your ass to school." She said making my laugh. "Oh girl who is that looking at you like a thanksgiving to go plate?" Chyna said as I looked around for who she was talking about. I spotted who she was talking about rolling my eyes. "Giiirl hell no." I told her looking into her mirror rubbing my lips together. "Whatchu mean no? Girl he fine as hell." She said looking back at him. "He might be fine but he ain't no good." I told her as she looked at me like shut up. "And how you know?" She said taking candy out of her handbag. "Chy look at him, he look like he no good and plus he got a new girl in his arms every week I'm not about to be week 34." I said to her as she shook her head at me. "Girl but he looking at you like he done seen an angel and I heard he make fat stacks." She told me pointing at him in a sneaky way. "He look at every other girl like that, you trying it." I told her laughing. "Oh shit here he come Mani." Chy said looking at him as he walked over. When he arrived to the table he flashed his grill at me as I gave a fake smile back. "You new here?" He asked me as I looked down at my phone. "Nope." I said not looking up from my phone. "How come I never see you? I seen you somewhere before. You instagram famous right? Like a model or something." He asked sitting down at the table with Chyna and I. "Because I don't wanna be seen and yes I am." I said avoiding any other conversation. "Oh. Well I'm Rodney." He said holding his hand out for mine. I looked down at his hand giving him a high-five. "Emani." I said quickly then tending back to snapchat. "Well I gotta go get me something to eat. See you in class caramel." Chyna said finding her way away from the table. "Bitch you better no-" before I could finish she was gone out of sight. "Caramel. That's a cute nickname." He said chuckling looking at me as I side eyed him. "Thanks." I said keeping it short. "What would my nickname be?" He asked causing me to huff and puff. "Dub." I said getting up as he looked at me like 'yeaaa right.' "Daaammnnn." He said laughing. "Ight its cool!" He said as I walked away. I'm not saying he ain't cute I'm just saying I'm not about to go with some one with a hoe reputation, no thank you. The bell rings as I meet up with Chyna by my locker. "Sooo how did it go?" She asked me waiting for a good response. "Nothing went." I said laughing. "Whatchu mean?" She asked be serious. "Ooh you thought I was really going to talk to him?" I asked laughing at her. "Uh duh. Thats why I left." She told me as we walk towards our class. "Well, nope not happening." I said shrugging my shoulders as we walked into the class. I bumped into a y'all figure directly in front of me while I was walking into the class. "Oh my bad shord- oh never mind." Rodney joked seeing that it was me. "You a stalker." I scoffed walking pasted him into the class room. "Well looks like you're stuck with this stalker because I have this class now." He said sitting in the seat I usually sit in. "Ms.Prince I need to go see my guidance counselor." I said as she laughed. Ms.Prince was my favorite teacher she's the one teacher that you can talk to about anything and everything, maybe because she was close to our age she's only 21. "Girl no you ain't switching this class and Rodney leave this damn girl alone." She told him as he smirked at her. "Yes Ms.Prince." He said winking at her. Every nigga at this school that has her class be drooling over her. I mean I don't blame them Ms.Prince was a baddd one. You seen her out side of school you wouldn't even think she was a teacher. All of the seat were taken except one, next to him and then I noticed Chy wasn't in class. "Ms.Prince where is Chyna?" I asked her. "Girl Chyna got switched out of this class for her college class she wanted to take." She told me writing down page numbers on the board. "What? Noo." I said sitting in the seat next to him as he smiled. The way the class was set up was rectangular tables in rows and only two can sit at a table. "Yess i know but you know how bad she wanted that class to get her some college credits." She told me sitting down at her desk. "Yea you right I guess I'll be ok I got you." I said laughing as she laughed. "You got me too." Rodney said scooting closer to me. "Uhh no." I said as Ms.Prince laughed. "I'm sorry Emani but guess what." Ms.Prince said causing me to put my head down then popping it back up. "What is it now?" I said whining. "Two words. Partner Project." She poking her lip out faking like she feels sorry for me. The bad thing about it is we're in culinary class so we had to work at one kitchen station. "Thanks Ms.Prince." Rodney said putting his arm around the top of my head. "Stop before you mess up my hair." I said pushing him. The whole class walked into the kitchen stations we working in. "Listen I make my own, you make your own. got it?" I told him as he smacked his teeth. "You acting like I really want you chill out." He said as I looked at him in disgust. "Oh trust me I'm relieved." I said doing a petty smile at him. He must not know two can play at the game. "I don't care." He said shrugging his shoulder. I gave him a sarcastic round of applause then looked into the recipe book. "Ok class y'all can pick anything y'all want to cook but it has to be together so you have to communicate your grade depends on it." Ms.Prince said watching us from her desk. I gave her a look like ima get you. "Emani, Rodney. Get to it you ain't got all day." She said as Rodney and I sucked our teeth at the same time. "Ok let's just get this over with so I don't have to work with you no more." I said with an attitude. "Yea let's hurry up too." He added on. I took all the ingredients out to make a vanilla cake putting them all together creating the cake batter. "This is a group effort you know." I said rolling my eyes at him. "Shut up I'm know." He said taking the batter away from me pouring it into the circle pan while I preheated the oven. "Can you hurry up so I can leave?" I asked him opening the oven for him to put it in. "Aye chill out I got this." He told me moving me out of the way putting the cake into the oven. The cake finally finished and we had to take it out and decorate it in 15 minutes. I put candy flowers around the edges of the cake smiling at my work. "That's ugly as hell." Rodney said laughing. "Just like you now move." I said moving his hand away from the cake. "Let's put these blue things on it." He said pouring the whole container of blue sprinkles of top of the cake. "You know how to mess up some shit don't you?" I said shaking my head at the mess of a cake we had. "Ok times up!" Ms.Prince said clapping her hands at our work. The bell ringed and I hurried and grabbed my thing heading out the door until stopped by the last person I wanted to see, Carlos my recent ex. "wassup baby." He said trying to kiss me. "Carlos back up. I said I was done." I said moving away from him. "Come on now Mani you know we're never done  we break up and get right back together so let's just stop this." He said grabbing my hand. "No Carlos I'm serious this time you treat me like I'm your child and all you wanna is argue." I said sliding my hand out of his. "Ok what I gotta do to get you back?" He asked me leaning on the lockers raising his eyebrows waiting for my answer. I'm never gonna get over him if he continue to approach me like I'm his girl everyday. "Carlos stop please." I told putting my hand on my forehead. "I'm not doing anything but trying to get my girl back." He said smiling down at me. Carlos was a Puerto Rican stood at about 5"9 with brown curly hair and hazel eyes with tattoos on his arms. The bad thing about us is that my mom likes him and she told me she won't accept any other boy except him he was good to me but treated me like a real life child. "Ight I'll call you later." He said walking away toward the outside because it was the end of the day. I remember I told Chy I had to stay after school today for dance practice so I head to the studio. "Emani what are you still doing here?" The dance instructor asked me. "Dance practice is today right?" I asked her hop by she would say yes. "No honey there is no more dance I told you this." She said laughing. "Oh my god you did tell me this." I said sighing. "Sorry sweetie." She said walking away. "It's fine." I told her walking outside of the building seeing a white camero pull up where I was standing. "You need a ride?" Rodney asked from the car. "Why are you still here?" I asked crossing my arms. "Man do you want a ride or not?" He asked again. I sighed getting in the car putting in my seat belt. "Put in your addy." He told me handing me his phone as I typed in the address. "Why you giving me a ride? What you tryna do?" I asked him as he smacked his teeth. "Because you was just standing there looking stupid but you can always get out." He said putting the car in drive. I rolled my eyes as he waited to see if I was going to get out or not but I didn't. "Thought so." She simply said driving off of school campus. "You fuck with Carlos?"  He asked me out if no where. "Not no more. Why?" I asked him as he nodded. "Nothing I just used to work with him." He said pulling up to a house. "Rodney you said you were taking me home where the fuck we?" I asked him as he was getting out. "Chill out I'm going to and call me Rod. I'll be back." He told me getting out of the car going to the house. I called Chyna so I wouldn't feel weird being somewhere I don't know of. "Bitchhhh where you at?" She asked me as soon as she answered. "Girl I don't even know the dance teacher told me there was no more dance rehearsal and I had no ride home so I got a ride with Rodney and he took me to the house what I never seen before and I just need you talk to you." I said putting my head back on the seat. "Girl he gave you a ride? Oh that's your mans." She said laughing causing me to rolls my eyes as if she can see me. "Girl no I just needed a ride home never again bitch." I said seeing him walking back to the car. "Why not I heard he cool as fuck so give him a chance." She said. "No girl but I gotta go he coming back bye." I told her before hanging up. I sighed as he got in with a plate of food. "You hungry?" He asked me taking a bite of the barbecue ribs. "No take me home." I told him calmly. "Ight hold this grinch." He said laughing at his own corny ass joke driving towards my place. I stared out the window until he reached my house. "Thanks." I said opening the door. "Wait can we start over?" He asked me. "Start what over nothing started" I said making sure I had everything of mine out of his car. "Ight well let's be cool." He told me as I got out of his car. "Kay." I said knowing damn well I'm not gonna be cool with him. I unlocked my house door going inside seeing Chy sitting on the couch. She has a key to my house that's how close we are. "I see you getting rides from your future boo." She said laughing. "No bitch never happening I just needed a ride home." I told her sitting next to her. "He knows Carlos." I told her as she looked over at me. "How the hell." She said. "He said they used to work together." I said to her turning on the tv. "Oh well speaking Carlos, he came by and told me to tell you to call him." She said watching Netflix movies. "Ughh." I complain grabbing my phone going up to my room. I got ready for bed and went straight to sleep because I was exhausted and I needed as much sleep as I can get.
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