One Giant Step for a Black Girl Praying to God in a Cubicle

Chapter 2: And So It Begins!

A week later...

"Who is the real Reney? Coz I'm the real Reney. Actually will the real Reney please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up?" Rene was singing as she trailed behind Nandi as they went through the boarding gate and into the plane. Nandi was embarrassed. But Rene did not care at all. Homegirl was having the time of her life in those black high heeled boots, black long coat and big shades. Oh yes, Rene was rolling in money and to top that off she was going to Korea. You can bet she was in a good mood.

"Please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up?" she kept singing as she walked down the aisle to sit next to Nandi.

"The lyrics are wrong genius" Nandi rolled her eyes and looked out the plane window. She had become uncomfortable became a man next to them in the next isle who was bald and had a massive beer belly kept eyeing her. Why did she always attract such men? She needed a Chadwick Boseman or someone to be in her life. To even chase off all these bug-eyed perverts who chased after young girls.

"Please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up?" Rene sang to the beer-belly man. And he actually stood up. Rene burst out laughing and said "I was just singing, sir. Please sit down." the man looked at her in confusion. He looked over at Nandi since he now could get a better view of her because Rene supposedly asked him stand up. He was reluctant on sitting down because he got to see Nandi clearly. Rene looked at him and told him she was married and was expecting triplets. Nandi raised an eyebrow as she looked out the window clearly avoiding the situation. The trick worked. The man backed off.

And Rene leaned towards Nandi and said, "you're welcome. And indeed, I am a genius. Will the real MVP Reney Please stand up? Please stand up? Please stand up?"

"OK, OK, OK. Fine, thank you, oh humble one." Rene was satisfied with the response.

"Sooooo," Rene still was leaning towards Nandi, " how are we to find Chanyeol?"

Nandi was shook and turned to look back at her friend, "Rene, don't even start. Don't you even start. I know you."

Rene was the type who would sail across the Atlantic just to get up to nonsense and go on crazy adventures.

Nandi once had a crush on Michael B Jordan and Rene bought tickets to America and rented out a house in LA just to get to sneak herself and Nandi into one of the houses that Michael was supposedly staying in for that summer. They had lied to their boss saying they went to lunch and had food poisoning. This was so they could get the weekend of to fly to another country.

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Upon arriving, they rented a house for two days. They planned to leave America Saturday evening and make it back to South Africa in time for work. So when they arrived in their rented house, Rene immediately dragged Nandi to go find Michael's house. It was near theirs. Rene had planned this to the T.

They actually broke into Michael's house . He was indeed in there asleep. Nandi could not believe she had been dragged into the mess.

Rene was creeping over to Michael as he slept peacefully on his bed. Nandi imagined herself and her friend in jail. She thought if her friend was in another life an Asian teen living in SK, she would have definitely been a Saesang.

"come, babes. Selfie time." Rene whispered.

"Rene, let's get out of here. He gonna wake up".

Rene did not listen, as always. She moved herself to the other side of Michael as he slept quietly unaware of what was going on in his room. Rene opened one of the drawers besides his bed and discovered his cellphone. She took it out and walked over to Nandi and took a picture of her. Nandi jumped out of being startled when she heard the shutter sound of the camera.