Back to the Hood

The School Boys

I woke up the next morning not wanting to get up, I checked my phone and the time read 6:30am. I got up rubbing my eyes hearing Keke blasting her music. My back felt sore as ever, I headed upstairs to the bathroom and got myself situated. I went into the kitchen where my momma was drinking coffee.

"Good morning." I said.
"Morning." She put her cup in the sink before coming over to me. "You and your sister are walking to school today. "Alright," I said yawning. I put on a white crop top with some ripped jeans and packed my bag with the things I needed for today.

Keke came down the stairs in some booty shorts and a small shirt, her hair was in two ponytails. She walked up to me and asked, "you ready?" She was putting on some hot pink lipstick. I took a deep breath, "as ready as I'll ever be." I grabbed my bag as we walked out the door.

While we were walking Keke was just on her phone checking her status on Instagram and all that. "AYE FLASH ME KEKE." I hear a man yell that was up the street. She lifted up her shirt and smiled. I panicked and pulled her shirt down as she laughed. A motorcycle rode pass making my hair go all over the place Keke looked irritated as she yelled, "CRAZY BITCHES MESSING UP MY HAIR!"

She fixed her hair as we turned on the street of the school. In my site I saw kids smoking weed in the alleyway, couples makin out, and people finishing homework last minute. I turned to look at my sister but a boy had already grabbed her and pulled her away from me. I walked down the street looking at everything else but people eyes. I looked in the parking lot and saw Paris and Kharis getting off the motorcycle we saw earlier I walked up to them and instantly Kharis gave me a hug.

"Hey girl!" Kharis said while hugging me.
"How are you both doing?" I asked happy to see someone I knew.
"We're great!" Kharis said excited.
"Well it's good to see y'all here, I don't know where I'm going." I said.
"You should come with us." Paris said smirking slightly while Kharis nodded her head happily.

"Yea I'm staying near you two no matter what I dont know where I'm going." I followed them around the school to a football field where 8 guys were laughing at. "Kianna these our my friends Jayden, Lamar, Trevor, Wayne, Mike, Teo, Chris, and Jhamal." Paris said introducing us. "Hey," I said nervously looking at all of them.
"I'm Chris!" A handsome dark skinned boy said with a smile. I smiled back at him, Pairs walked over to Teo giving him a hug while Kharis pushed me towards Chris, I tripped but Chris caught me. I slowly looked up at him blushing.

"You good?" Chris asked smiling showing his white teeth, I damn near lost my mind.
"Yea I'm good," I smiled back at him.

The class bell had rang and Kharis showed me to my class. "Thank you so much, you've been a big help!" I said happy.
"Aye it's no problem, see you." She said running away trying not to be late for class. I knocked on the door and an older woman opened it. She had white hair and carmal skin, she moved aside and let me in. "Welcome new student!" She greeted me.

"Why don't you introduce yourself to the class." The teacher said with a big smile.
"I dropped my books off at the desk nearest to the front and walked back to where the teacher was sitting. "I'm Kianna, I am 17 years old and from Detroit. I came here from living with my grandma in Trinidad, and yeah that's pretty much it." I said with a shy smile.

"Aye shawty you look bad!" A boy in the back of the class yelled out making a girl narrow her eyes at me.

"Who the fuck are you?" A girl asked standing up. I let out a sigh. "My name is Kianna Brown and thank you sir." I said as the girl huffed and crossed her arms.

"I will beat your ass!" The girl shouted. Before I responded Chris came through the door and said , "you won't do shit Mia sit yo ass down." She rolled her eyes and sat down. I mumbled a thank you to Chris and he smiled at me. The whole class period I felt eyes on the back of me just watching me. During class people was just throwing spit balls and doing all types of childish things I was ready to go by then.

At the end of school I went outside only to see that Mia girl and a group of her friends talking outside. I pretended to do something on my phone while waiting for my sister to come out. I glanced over to where they were sitting a couple times but didn't think much of it, until I heard Mia shout out, "why the hell do you keep looking at me?"

I quickly looked back at my phone wishing Keke would hurry up when I glanced back at them they was making their way over to me. "Did you not hear me? I said why the fuck do you keep looking at me!" Mia said getting in my face. "I like y'all shoes that's why I kept looking," I said scared out my mind.

The girls didn't buy my lie, they pushed me making me fall. My phone slid away from me, when I looked up Paris was there with her arms crossed.

"Move away from her!" Paris said, the girls laughed like it wasn't nothing funnier in the world. "I said move away from her," she repeated herself again.

3 of the girls stepped back while one of them stepped forward, "what you gonna do about it par par" Pairs jumped at her as they started fighting I quickly got up grabbing my phone and book bag.

"Go ahead I got them!" Paris yelled out while her sister was running coming to join the fight. I ran home leaving my sister, she'll find a way I thought to myself. As I was running I had ran into Chris. "Why you running all fast everything ok?" He asked worried.

"Fight and arguments, I really gotta go now I'll see you tomorrow." I said while jogging away.
Once I got home I slammed the door closed breathing heavily, I threw my bag on the floor while I kept mumbling 'fuck' as I fell on the couch.

Keke walks down the stairs with her earphones on acting like everything is alright. "Where the hell were you at? I was waiting 25 minutes and almost got my ass beat waiting around for you." I said getting frustrated. "I got home over 30 minutes ago you ain't get my text, well that's on you." She said scrambling through the refrigerator.

I checked my phone and saw a unread message I looked back at her as she opened the can pop she got out the fridge, "and you have to come with me to this party, momma said I can't leave without you." She said while checking her phone.

"Where's the party at?" I ask interested.
"It's at an underground club, you coming or not?" She asked trying to hurry things up.
"Yea I guess whatever." I said.
"Ight after school you coming to the mall with me and my friends." She concluded.