Just An Option

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A/N : This is unedited for now , so please excuse any errors & if I didn't make something clear , please let me know .

Lauryn Maxwell

I walked up the stairs , into my room and flopped down on the bed . It was around 4am and I had just gotten home. I flicked the light switch on my lamp but it didn't come on .

"Of Course," I Said To Myself . The lights were off once again and there was no one to blame but my mom . Every since our father died , our mother used it as an excuse to start using narcotics & she was slowly becoming a junky .

My brother and I had been constantly picking up extra hours to try to make up for the debts she got us in around this place and also to take care of my little sister , Lexi .

I pulled out my phone and sighed . My battery was on 9% and I had no way to charge it ... at least not till I got to school . I figured I'd start my day early and just get ready now .

6:30 am

"Come on Leelee ," I stuffed her lunch box in her backpack and zipped it up . She followed me out of the door and closed it behind her . "Did You finish your homework ?"

"Yes . I did multiplication and division !" I smiled , seeing how excited she was about her school work .

"That's Good babygirl ,"

"Ry , I tried to turn on my princess lamp this morning but it wouldn't work ," she said as we approached her school .

I sighed . "Don't worry about it , it'll work again no later than tomorrow ; now , You go in there , get those A's and make me proud ," she ran up to her school and was guided in by her principal .

I waited till she went in before starting the long walk toward my school . I rounded the corner and noticed that there was a car that had been behind me for a few Minutes . It slowly rolled up and let the window down .

"Aye , Li Mama ," I rolled my eyes and looked at the individual sitting in the car . For some reason he looked very familiar , but I couldn't figure out where I knew him from . "Come here ,"

"Why ?" I Said , trying not to sound as rude as i wanted to .

"You don't remember me do you ?" He asked , stroking his beard .

"I know you look familiar but I don't know where I know you from ," I Said , Honestly . He pulled the car over to the curb and I assume he put it in park .

"You Not Gone stop walking Ma ?" I rolled my eyes inside and stopped in my tracks . "You don't remember the name Andre ," I thought back trying to remember the name .

"Andre ," I said in shock . He was the star on my dads football team before a few years ago . He use to always try to flirt with me at their practices but my dad wouldn't go for none of that . I chuckled to myself .

"Remember me now ," he said smirking . I nodded , pushing my hands down in my pockets as a breeze hit me . "You Cold ?"

"I'm fine ," he chuckled .

"Get in , I'll take you to school ," I furrowed my brows and stayed standing where I was . "Come on , I'm not a stranger and I won't do anything to you ," I went against my instincts and walked to the passenger side to get it .

"Why you being so nice ?" I Asked , out of curiosity .

"Fa' one , I Don't Like To see women walking especially if I know them ; it's not safe out hea' On these streets . Also , you know I always had a Li' Thing for you ," he said , laughing . I couldn't help but smile .

"Yea , I remember . You use to ask me to cheer for you while you played and you always called me yo lil' chocolate chip ," He chuckled .

"Cause you was my lil chocolate chip . You always been beautiful to me and I liked you because unlike all these other lil' chicken heads , you Smart , You Not easy and you got ya' head on straight ," he said as he pulled into McDonalds . I sat there silently , not knowing what to say .

"You Hungry ?" He Said , breaking the awkward silence that had traveled door to door throughout the car .

"A little , Yea ,"

"Inside Or Drive-thru?" I pointed toward the drive-thru. "Why ? Don't wanna be Seen with Big Daddy ?" He asked , smirking . I rolled my eyes to myself .

"Nah , I just don't want you to think you getting a date out of me or nun . Besides , I have to be at school pretty soon . He pulled up to the drive-thru and rolled his window down .

"Whatchu' gettin ?"

"An egg white delight , a hash brown and a large French vanilla ice coffee ," I pulled 7 dollars out of the side pocket on my backpack as he pulled up to pay . "Here ," I Said trying to hand him the money . He chuckled and pulled out a credit card before handing it to the lady behind the window .

"I don't need no handouts ," I Said blandly

"it's not a handout . This is honestly the least I can do ," I sighed , rubbing my hands against my jeans . "Stop Being so uptight Ma ,"

"I'm not uptight , I'm independent,"

"Nothing Wrong With That , But don't let independence mess up good things for you ," I looked at my lap and fiddled with my fingers , the way I did every time I was embarrassed. "Pick ya head up ma , I Wasn't tryna Make You Feel no type of way ,"

He got the food and started heading to my school . "Thank you ," I Said , quietly . I stuffed my bag of food into my book bag and sat there quietly .

"You Not Gone Talk To me no more Ma ?"

"I don't really have anything to say ," he looked and me then back at the road .

"You always did that ,"

"Did what ?"

"Looked Down , played wit yo fingers , then stopped talking ," I didn't realize that he'd noticed that .

"How did you know that ?"

"I always payed attention to you . I didn't just talk to you back then to be cool around the guys like you thought I did ," I kept a blank face , but inside I was smiling . We arrived at my school and he pulled up to the front . "I can't get yo number ?"

"You found me once , you'll see me again ,"

"Whatever ," he chuckled . He reached over and pecked my cheek ... something else he use to always do . "Have a good day ," he said smirking . I grabbed my bag and got out of the car .

"Thanks for the ride , munchie," I Said as I headed into school . I would have loved to seen his face after hearing me bring up that old nickname .

7th Hour

"Ms.Maxwell , are you going to answer the question ?" My history teacher did this ever day , when she knew that I got problems from Kids for being smart . I sunk down in my seat and sat silently.

"Her ass know the answer , she just don't wanna get knocked out ," katanya shouted from the back of the classroom . I grabbed  all of my stuff and rushed out of the classroom ; I wasn't going to deal with this today .

  I went to the library and sat in my usual spot . I plugged my phone in and started doing the previous hours work .

I hated that I always ran away from my problems but I didn't know any other way to deal with them. Now that I was 18, and only a few months away from graduating , I didn't think to much of it since hopefully , it would all be over soon.

A/N : so , this book probably won't get interesting until the fourth or fifth chapter cause I gotta build it up first , but I promise it'll get better , Lol .

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