One Night

5

Demarcus

"Ms. Angie you coming to my game today" i yelled from my bed

I live in a group home, my moms locked up. It's cool tho, we got a good relationship; we visit every now and again. As for my dad, ion have one of those any more.
Only two of us left in this group home; The Cambridge Home For Boys. Me, being the oldest, and a lil boy named Camen. He like my lil brother, he only 9. And finally Ms.Angie is the head of the household, my second mother.

"If i don't have to work tonight hun, you know they have been letting me off late at the nursing home so I don't know" she yelled back

I turned over in my bed and looked over at the girl sleeping on my floor. All of a sudden Ms. Angie busted in the room so I threw the blanket over her "I'm taking Camen to school, be on time and please no more skipping- love you" she said leaving out.

I jumped up in order to get this girl out my room. "Aye come on-" i said. I would've said her name but i don't know what it was. She look like a Mariah so ima call her that. "Mariah get up, you got to go" i said shaking her away

"My name is Nani" she mumbled from the pillow

"Nani... Come on get up" i said

She slowly got up and collected her clothes, then i walked her down the hall to the kitchen back door. When she left I grabbed an apple and went back upstairs.

Let me get it together.

Text Messages

Me: Get up big head
Delivered at 7:45am

I went to shower, by the time I get out Kiara should have answered. I did my hygiene thing, ya know: brush teeth, washed my face, did my acne stuff.

Best💍: Why do you text me so early knowing ion get up till bout 830
Read at 8:09am

Me: yea yea
Ya girl Mariah she wassup
Read at 8:10am

Best💍: who is Mariah??
Read at 8:10am

Me: the girl that we bet on
Read at 8:11am

Best💍: her name was Nani
And i need to go get myself together bye
Read at 8:13am

Best friend just gon blow me off. But to keep things going... I threw on my grey and black striped baseball jersey shirt, black jeans and my gray 12's.
I put on my dad chains and grabbed my book bag and went to go to school.

When I pulled up I saw the rest of the team in they usual lil spot, I went to the lunchroom for a breakfast bar and then met up with them.

"Aye Marc Ms.Angie coming to the game right" Noah said

"Why do it matter nigga yo ass finna be riding the bench" i said

"Whatever man... Ima catch yall at practice" he said walking away

"Aye y'all where Ki at" James asked walking up

"Damn nigga get to you too, nah we good" Will said sounding like a whole female

"Yo, shawty in my first block coming for the nigga name bad... Something about the dance team" he said as Ki drove up

This ain't nun of my drama so I excused myself. I went to my locker to throw my books in there, then i walked to first block. "Betta be going to class" Kiara said walking past me. "Yeah yeah" i responded. I walked up to writing/journalism 1- the class i dred going to every morning. See since I'm in the group home there's these obligations I have to uphold. Like taking a bunch of unnecessary courses, and crap that's supposed to keep me involved in school. I have all my credits so i can afford to miss a few classes here and there.