Skin Deep (August Alsina)

Chapter Three: Different Views

Candace

After I came from my fifth hour class I felt relieved. It was gym class and the Lord knows I wasn't too fond of that. The boys played basketball on one side of the gym and the girls played volleyball on the other side of the gym.

One side of the gym smelled like must and sweat. The other side of the gym smelled like rotten vagina and the fish market. So it felt good to have a chance to breathe finally. I walked towards the gym door and found a whole bunch of students walking towards the lunchroom.

The lunchroom was located all the way down from the gym so it didn't take a whole lot to walk. I made my way down the hallway as I saw a group of boys trying to get in through the gate. They didn't have their school I.D so they had to get a paper I.D from the other line.

"Hey bruh this a bunch of bullshit just let us through we tryna' eat too ya' heard?" The security guard was light skinned with tattoos and pink plump lips. He was kind of fine too. He said "Look bro that ain't what the rules say so take your ass over there and get a paper I.D so that your problem will be solved."

The boy that was speaking smacked his lips and the rest of his crew mumbled under their breaths and moved to the other line. It was a few more people before me in line before it was my turn to show my school I.D.

I was face to face with the same security guard. He looked up at me and said "What's your name miss?" I said "My name is Candace." He asked me, "Are you new here?" I nodded my head. He licked his lips and said "Do you have your I.D on you?" I nodded and took out my picture I.D.

Thank God they sent me my I.D in time enough on my first day or else I would have had to gone through a long line of the irresponsible people who didn't care about their I.Ds. He nodded and said "Come on through baby." He opened the gate doors and let me in.

I said "Thank you." I went down a hallway to get to the cafeteria doors. It was already two fights soon as I opened the door. There were seven  security guards trying to stop all of the fights all at once. It was like I was in the zoo. I looked over to the right and there was blood gushing out of this girl's nose.

Her hair looked as if it was pulled out and there was glue and nappiness all on top of her head. I shook my head in shock as I tried to find Anthony. I looked all over the cafeteria and I couldn't find him. He told me he would meet me here for lunch. I guess he went somewhere else.

I sat down at an empty table and started to look on my phone. And then I clicked on my Instagram app. But as soon as I got on there the loading icon didn't load the pictures that was on there. I looked at the top of my screen and I noticed it was no signal. I tried to see if there was a Wi-FI network, it wasn't one of those either.

So I sighed and put my phone down. I looked all around the room and noticed that a lot of people left after those fights. I felt lonely. I started to get home sick and miss the days where I actually had friends at the lunch table and in life period.

All of my friends in L.A still talk to me but we can't hang out unless I visit California or if they visit me here. Which sucks ass. But I guess I have to go through with this.

I was startled out of my thoughts when I felt a tap on my shoulder. Before I turned around I smelled cologne and cigars and I just knew it had to be Anthony. I turned around and there he was with a huge grin on his face. He said "It looked like you were in a daze thea'."

I shook my head with a smile and said "Kind of but not too much." He sat down next to me. "I'm sorry I'm late but I don't like ta' come here early because it's always too much chaos." I laughed and said "No I understand, I witnessed it today." He shook his head and said "You ain't witness it all yet babygirl."

He said that with a chuckle. I looked him up and down and said "You didn't bring any food? You aren't going to  eat?" He shook his head and said "Ian' about ta' eat this nasty ass food." I giggled and said "So what are you gonna eat then?" He said "Nothing until I get home. I'd ratha' starve than eat this contaminated ass food."

I looked at him and said "Is this food really contaminated?" He looked at the lunch ladies and saw if they were listening but they weren't. He leaned up closer to me. I swear my heart beat paced a lot faster than usual. His lips were literally on my ear. For some reason I felt tingly in a place where I wasn't supposed to.

He whispered and said "This one lady scratched ha' nappy ass weave and touched tha' food with ha' hands and they don't even wear gloves in thea'." Soon as he said that I pushed my food away to the other side of the table. He laughed really loud and stomped his feet.

He thought it was the funniest thing ever. My face was still scrunched up from what he told me. His laughing died down after a while. He said "Whoo! Now that shit was hilarious." It really wasn't but to each its own.

I said "Are you serious right now? Or are you joking?" He said "Yea' I was just fuckin' wit ya." I smacked my lips and rolled my eyes. "Now I'm not hungry anymore I hope you're happy Anthony." He took out a lollipop and opened it up and put it in his mouth.

He said "Nah I'm not." He looked at me deep in my eyes as he licked and sucked the lollipop. Then he took it out and put it back in and then he just left it there in his mouth. I blushed and looked down at my hands as he continued to stare at me. And then fortunately the bell rang.

We both stood up and I grabbed my things to go to my last hour class. I was about to walk away until he grabbed my arm softly. He said "How about I get your number if I can?" I scoffed and said "I don't know why do you want to?"

He looked down and rubbed his nose before looking back up at me. He said "Because I want ta' get to know ya' better and I would like ta' befriend you maybe?" I was so shocked at his boldness and honesty. How could I say no now?

I gave him my phone to put his number in. He put his contact name as August. "Call meh' tonight."He walked away before I could ask him why he did that. I guess I'll call him tonight to find out.

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