Playing With Fire

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* Friday *

Arnell was sitting in her algebra class bored as hell. She finished taking her notes and started on her class work. Her phone buzzed in her back pocket.

🐜: got b-ball practice. find a ride home.

Arnell sighed and put her phone back in her pocket. She started back up on her work when the classroom door swung open. She turned around to see who it was.

SHIT.

Mercedes stood in the door frame popping her gum while looking at a paper that was folded in half.

"Can I help you?" The teacher asked.

"I got a schedule change." Mercedes said rudely. "I'm in this class now."

How???? Arnell thought. It was an AP class. And Mercedes has never been in an AP class in her life. She was just fine with being in Regulars. Not Arnell, she liked the challenges AP classes offered.

The teacher went over her schedule and nodded his head in confirmation that it was in fact her class now. Arnell's heart raced. She never had any classes with her and she was fine with that.

"You can have a seat at that desk." The teacher said pointing at an empty desk next to Arnell.

"Eww." Mercedes scoffed. "I am NOT sitting by that lame."

The whole class started laughing. Arnell however, didn't find the joke so funny.

Shaydon, a boy she's known as long as she'd known Jada, shook his head. He knew she was only  messing with Arnell because she was pretty.

"Well, you have no choice. You're all in alphabetical order."

The teacher had the desks grouped together in fours. In Arnell's group, it was Shaydon, some girl named Victoria, and now...... Mercedes.

"Switch seats with me." Mercedes told the other girl in the group.

The girl nodded and switched seats so that now she was sitting next to Arnell instead of Mercedes. Arnell rolled her eyes and ignored Mercedes extraness.

*

Arnell made her way to the parking lot. She figured she'd wait for her brother to be done with basketball practice instead of finding another ride. She didn't talk to anyone else besides Jada who was carless as well.

She watched as students hopped in their cars and head home.

"What you doing out here, Nell?" She heard a voice from behind her ask.

She turned around to see Shaydon. She hadn't really talked to him since sophomore year.

"Ugh, waiting for my brother to get done with basketball ball practice. He's my ride."

"Shit, I'll give you a ride." Shaydon offered.

Arnell shook her head. "Nah, what would Amari think about that?" Arnell asked being petty.

Amari was his girlfriend and she swore that Arnell wanted Shaydon or something . She was the reason Arnell and Shaydon fell off. Once she saw Amari's true colors she distanced her self from them as much as possible.

"Mannnnn, Mari not even like dat." He replied.

"Mmm." Arnell simply replied.

Shaydon stared at Arnell waiting for a reply. She quickly realized she didn't even answer his question.