The Help (MB)

Chapter 10

*Penny's POV*

I stood in the mirror,twisting some of my braids to the back of my head and sticking a few bobby pins in. I secured it and left the bathroom,bumping into someone on my way out. I turned and saw Craig,standing there and looking at me. "Excuse me." I said politely,and started back on my way to my room. I walked into my room,making up my bed and cleaning up a bit. "Penny,why won't you talk to me?" Craig walked in,sitting on the bed as I hung up a few clothes. I said nothing,continuing to do what I was doing. "Penny,I don't like this. You're my best friend and you won't even tell me what's wrong." He said,and that word made my cheeks grow hot.

"What were they laughing about that day?" I asked,looking down and avoiding eye contact. He stayed silent a moment,and I sat on the bed beside him,not looking at him. "What are you talk-" "You know exactly what i'm talking about,Craig." I said,twiddling my thumbs. He was quiet a second,then I felt him look up at me. "They asked if you were my girlfriend...." He said,and I looked up at him to see his ears growing red. "That's all?" I asked,looking at him with scrunched eyebrows. "Yea..." He said,rubbing the back of his neck. I laughed,and he looked at me,his eyebrows scrunched up. "All these days i've been pressed,and that's all they said." I laughed some more,and he giggled,looking at me.

"Now,are you still mad?" He asked,and I looked at him,shaking my head. His face lit up,and he grabbed my hands. "Good. Cause I miss my best friend." He said,smiling wide and causing me to giggle. "Boy please,I know I'm cute," I said,dramatically flipping my braids,"but you ain't miss me that much." We both chuckled. "Let's watch a movie or something." He suggested,and we turned on my tv,pulling up Netflix. We went straight to the scary movies and watched each and every one we thought seemed interesting,stopping to get snacks.

I lay sideways,a pillow propping my head up,and he lay backwards with his head laying on my stomach. After we got tired of watching movies,we just laid there,talking about anything random. "Yea,but it's an apostrophe,not a flying comma." He corrected me,and I rolled my eyes,smacking him with a pillow. "Whatever. I ain't eem ask alladat." I said,holding up my hand. "Eem? Alladat? You need to take an extra english course." He joked,chuckling. I gave him a stank look and stood up,walking over to the dresser. I turned on the radio,and started dancing around crazily to "A.D.H.D." by Kendrick Lamar.

I rocked from side to side,holding my arms out as I rapped along with the song. "Beg your pardon,oh I rap baby. How old are you? She say 22 I say 23 okay then we are crack babies." I said,rolling my arms around and wobbling my legs. Craig looked at me,laughing,and I grabbed his hand. "Be goofy with me." I said,and continued to do what I was doing,and he looked at me and shrugged before turning around and twerking when "Money" by Speaker Knockers came on. I laughed and stood behind him,throwing fake dollar bills and he pooched his lips,making a funny face.

A few minutes later,Peyton walked in and looked at us,her eyes wide and her eyebrows scrunched up. Craig continued to twerk and I continued to throw fake dollar bills,doing my funny dance also. She chuckled,and stared at us a few minutes. She left the room,shaking her head. Craig and I both sat on the bed,laughing. "That was fun." I said,giggling. "Yea." He said,smiling at me.

*Amaya's POV*

I silently sat on the couch,watching as Diggy and Jacob plugged up their gaming system and interrupt my show. "Um,did you not see me sitting right here watching tv?" I said,looking at them. Jacob turned and looked at me,shrugging. I grabbed the remote and flipped it back to the main channel,continuing my show while doing the same nonchalant shrug he did. Diggy looked at me,frowning up and pressing the button on the tv that turned the game system on. I rolled my eyes,and pressed the button on the remote again. "Stop it." Jacob looked at me,pressing the button on the tv again.

"You stop it." I said,flipping the channel once more. "Stop!" He said,pressing the button on the tv again,and I changed it right back. He sighed,looking at me. I did the same,playing in my curls. I sat there,looking straight past them at the tv. Jacob looked at me,coming towards me. "Give me the remote." He said,rolling his eyes. I looked at him as if he were insane. "No." I simply said,focusing my attention back on the tv. Before I knew it,he snatched the remote from my hands,and Diggy turned the tv back to the game channel,and they began to play.

Fine. They wanna play that way. We can. I stood up,walking in front of the tv and standing there with my arms crossed. They groaned and I smirked. "Can you please move out of the way?" Jacob asked,face palming. "I can,but I won't." I said,still standing there. Diggy groaned,mumbling "Fine. We'll leave." They got up and unhooked the game,and I smiled,sitting back on the couch and catching the remote Prince threw at me. He shot me looks to kill,and I jumped at him,laughing. "You ain't gon do shit." I said matter-of-factly. I rolled my eyes,looking at the tv.

A few hours later,Jacob came back downstairs alone and sat on the couch opposite of mine,as I was watching an episode of Atlanta Housewives. "You still mad? Or nah?" I said,smirking as I ate a bag of chips. He kept his eyes on the tv. "He mad." I said,laughing. "Shutup." Jacob said,still looking at the tv. "Ooo he real mad." I teased,giggling. He sighed,grabbing my chips and eating them. "What the hell?" I said,taking them back. "You took my gaming time,I take your chips." He said blankly. I scoffed,rolling my eyes. He smirked,still eating the chips,but I snatched them back. He took them again,and I held a grip on them,causing them to all spill on the floor.

"Look what you did." He said,looking at me. "What I did? You the one that tried to take the chips!" I said,rolling my eyes. He chuckled. "I get the broom,you get the dustpan," I said,walking to the kitchen and throwing the dustpan at him. He put it on the floor and I swept it in there,throwing it away afterwards. "You make me angry." I said,cutting my eyes at him. "Something I enjoy." He replied back,smirking.

"Why are you always so quiet? What do you write in that journal of yours?" I said,looking at him. "Write." He simply replied. "About?" I asked,looking at him. "Stuff." He answered boringly. I sighed. "Ok." I payed attention to the tv,not saying another word. "You mad? Or nah?" He mocked me,smiling. I laughed,cutting my eyes at him. "Why are you annoying?" I asked. "Why are you so easy to annoy?" He answered. I pulled on one of my curls. Deep down inside,even though I will never admit it, a small part of me has had a crush on Jacob since I first saw him,sliding down the railing to the stairs. He wasn't normal,which I loved. I smiled softly,looking at the tv. I wonder if he felt the same.....

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