Caught Up
Chapter 1
I logged onto facebook and went straight to my cousin Tasha's page. Its always so much more exciting than mine. I scrolled down reading her wall posts:
'Temz' Flyboi Harrison: '' Wag1 sexy, holla man later''
Kaydeen BossLady Jonhs: ''Lool yesterday was tuu muchh. Same todayy? Meet me and the rest of the gyalies at 2 then yh xx''
Shavarn 'RoscaBlaze D. : ''What happened yesterday? Wernt u spose to look man? Takin man for a prick kmt''
Jason Realist 'Sim-it' : Ima bell you inabit. Yu an Kaydeen comin down later?''
Well Tasha obviously had fun yesterday. And a lot of comments since. I went back to my profile and looked at my wall:
Tashaa Lawson: '' Happy Birthdayyy cuzz, love youuu xx''
My birthday was last month.
I sighed and logged off. Sometimes I wish someone, anyone cared about me. A ''Hi'' once in a while would be nice. A new friend request every now and again. But all i get is nothing. I dont have any friends really and the only reason i signed up to facebook was to socialise. I was hoping to become so popular, everyone at school would take me seriously. I'm just hated because im smarter than all the other delinquents that go there.
Theres a knock on my door and my little sister Shannon walked in.
''I'm just going to Jenna's house, o.k? Tell Dad I'll be back around 7''
''Yeah.''
''Whats up with you?''
''Nothing really... I'm a bit bored. And lonely but ther-''
''Can't we talk later? I'm in a rush. Bye!''
I heard her footsteps run downstairs and the frontdoor slam.
Well. That pretty much puts my life into perspective: Not even my own sister really cares about me. And she haas places to go and people to see, whilst I don't.
I sit here for a good 10 mins wondering why my life is so wrong. And on top of that, I'm starving and theres no food in the house. I'll have to go to MacDonalds then...
Chapter 2
Its not far, a 5 min walk. I oreder my food and wait by the till. A burts of laughter errupted from the corner. I look over and see a couple of boys from my school: Tayo, Marcus, Joël and Keyshaun. They sort of run my school, all the girls like them, all the boys want to be them. They see me starting and nudge each other and laugh again. Jayon looks at me sympathetically. I didn't even notice him there. He is always in the background, there, but in the background. Our eyes lock but i duck away embarressed. He probably feels pity because i virtually have no life.
''Here's your order'' A girl says to me, more or less throwing my food down on the counter. People these days! So rude! I dont want to start trouble so I take it anway and turn around, bumping into Tayo as i do so.
''Watch where you're going man!'' he said giving me evil eyes.
''Sorry'' I mumble.
''Yeah, you'd better be. These are new crepes.''
I look down and see a white smudge on his trainers.
''Fucking hell man! You dirtied my crepes!''
''Sorry'' I say again.
''Sorry? You're fucking dumb bruv! These are fresh out the box. Is sorry gunna buy me a new pair?''
''Easy, fam. She said she's sorry init'' Jayon said.
''Sorry dont clean my crepes bruv. Lick them clean, bitch. I wanna see my handsome face staring back at me LOL'' All of his friends started laughing. A smile flickered on Jayon's face but he tried to hide it when I looked at him. But Tayo is so silly. His trainers are not made of a reflective material. I should correct him.
''You wont be able to see your face if i was to clean it. Leather is about the only shoe material that trainers are manufactured in that are reflective.''
They all stopped laughing and stared.
Ha! 1-0 to me. I have them flabergasted! I bet they never knew that. Its true you learn something new everday.
'' What the fuck... you just dead out my joke''
''Joke?'' I say. I'm feeling a bit braver. Heh. Tayo comes closer and towers above me. His eyes bore into mine, and might I just add look very evil right now :l But I'm not afraid.
''Bitch, you tryna get smart?''
''Please refer to me as Kelsy, not bitch as I find it rather offensive. And may I just ask, do you have a dislike for smart people because your intelligence is underminded and you feel intimidated? Don't worry, I would too, if I was having a conversation with someone who's IQ was much higher than that of my own. But admittance is the first step to realising and getting help with your... problem''
His friends started laughing again and shouting out 'PARR!'' I'm going to have to look up 'parr' in the dictionary at home. I don't know what it means. But for now I believe its 2-0 to me. HA!
Tayo grabbed me by my coat collar and pushed me against the tills.
''Low her man!'' Jayon shouted.
Maybe i went too far? Dad always told me not to belittle anyone who i was smarter than. And thats almost everyone in the dump i go to.
''She steps out of line,she pays. Simple rules, family.''
''Nah Tayo. Just leave it. We got places to go now anyway'' Jayon pulls him gently off me.
''Fine'' He narrowed his eyes into slits. ''It aint over,bitch''
