PRETTY WOMAN||URBAN

Chapter 1

                 "Ugghhhh" I groaned hitting the alarm clock after sleeping for what seemed like two minutes. I knew the routine that I had going everyday now that I was broke and living in a hotel with my best friend "lucky" who tried to pull me into one of her best habits.

She was on the block daily being a prostitute and the money that she does get from boys, she spends it on drugs and when she runs out of money she would find my stash that I would keep in a plastic soap container in the top of the toilet compartment, only to find that there was only one dollar left.

I knew that she would find it because I wasn't dumb and I was street smart. I was tired of her bullshit but I knew we only had each other so we had to stick together.

My mother was strung out on drugs and I promised her that as soon as I make it out of here, I was gonna get her clean. My father was tired of her mess so he left her and promised to see me again but I haven't seen him in two years when my mother first started doing drugs.

I'm now eighteen and a drop out, it's not that I was dumb or anything because I made amazing grades while in school, it's just that I was unexperienced and didn't really understand why I would follow a crowd that I couldn't even fit in, but I'm definitely going back to get my degree and I'm going to college for my associates, bachelors, and masters.

Since lucky always found my least used secret money spot, I decided to help her on the block tonight and try to pull at least one dude tonight. I honestly didn't want to do this but I knew we were gonna get kicked out and I've been dodging the manager for about two weeks now.

Tonight, the Bronx was cold and I didn't have a sexy outfit for the cold, I only have a black bustier with silver jewels just like Selena quintanilla's, a black tight pencil skirt that I wore high waisted that had a silver chain around the belt loop, and these black heels to match.

Lucky always told me to put a wig on and even though my hair was pretty long and poofy, I just put on a blonde ugly ass wig with a hat over it making me look at the mess that I've created. I was out going and the most sweetest person you could ever meet unless you take me as the wrong person but I knew better than to be selling my body on the streets.

"Lani!" I heard her yell my name walking into my room looking as if she was on cloud nine. I don't and I wont ever do drugs. "Yea?" I asked "you ready babe?" She asked in her thick accent but mines was a little worse

"Yea I'll be down in a bit" I said as she nodded "well I'll be down with pops at the blue banana" she left as I sighed grabbing my bag and jacket walking out a few minutes later seeing rami the owner yelling at one of our neighbors making me quietly turn around and go back in the room lifting the window and climbing out going down the stairs finally making my way down to the blue banana.

When I got there everyone was calling my nickname "lani" when my real name was Mahogany Leilani McCarthy

I waved and nodded walking to the drink counter seeing pops cleaning a bottle and throwing the towel back over his shoulder before leaning on the counter. " Hey pops you seen lucky?" I asked as he nodded taking the toothpick out of his mouth.

"Upstairs acting a fool as always" he shook his head making me sigh and thank him going up the stairs seeing her talking to a bunch of niggas making me suck my teeth "lucky what the hell are you doing"

"Lani c'mon chill, she owes me two hundred anyways maybe you can pay it off by joining me tonight babe" Kent a broke crack head snickered "Kent I'll chill when you get a job" I said as everyone oooed, that'll show his ass

I was grabbed by lucky as she walked me by the bar upstairs "what's the matter em" she called me by my other nick name "you taking our rent money again that's the problem" i fussed "Lani I needed a pick me up" she whined