Growing up

New Neighbors

A 10 year old girl named. Jazmine; strawberry Afro flowed behind her as she ran down the street racing a squirrel.

She watched the squirrel run into the street but, as she was about to chase it, a moving haul truck passed by and ran over the squirrel as it pulled into the drive home right across the street of her house.

Jazmine froze as she looked at the squirrel before hearing a voice she never heard of.

"Ayo puffball! Get out the damn street you gone get killed!" Some kid with cornrows from across the street yelled.

She hurriedly gathered herself up as she ran across the street to where they were at.

They consisting of:

An old guy

A kid with an afro. Just like her!

And a mean kid with Braids.

They looked at her awkwardly as she smiled at them.

"Hi! I'm Jazmine Dubois and I welcome you to the neighborhood. I live just across the street, so if you ever want to play just knock on my door!" She chirped.

"Well hey there little baby! I'm Robert Freeman and these are my Grandsons. Huey and Riley Freeman. And you can knock on our door anytime. In fact why not invite your parents over for dinner. At 7 okay?" Robert retorted back with a nice grin as the girls eyes beamed.

"Alright, I will!" She said.

"Hey?" Huey asked.

"Yes?!" Jazmine retorted happily.

"Are you black or white?" He asked watching as her face fell.

"Why does everybody ask that?!" Jazmine moaned sadly as she walked across the street with a sad face as she went to tell her parents the good news.