In a violent, drug infested neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana Marcus Williams dreams of something better. He works at McDonalds too help out his mother with the bills, while also trying to steer his criminally minded brother, Malik on the right...
I can't stay in school all day if i want this promposal to be a success so i'm having dad sign me out early for a 'Doctors appointment' at lunch time. This morning when Marcus asked if i wanted him to pick me up i told him no that i wanted to drive alone which he probably knows is a lie because i hate driving alone i like the company, so that should be the first red flag and i'm gonna make it more dramatic throughout the day.
When i pulled up to school he was waiting for me outside his truck we usually hangout here until the first morning bell rings, but today i didn't walk up to him and give him a kiss today i walked right past without bating an eyelash or even looking in his direction. He caught up to me at the stairs and tried to grab my hand but i pulled it back.
"Is everything okay baby?" he asked with a confused look
"Everything is fine" i say without changing my facial expression, which was hard because the way he frowned was priceless. I know it seems mean that i'm playing around like this but he pranks me all the time so its just a little pay back before his surprise later on. He walked down the hallway right next to me and the frown didn't move off his face. We got to my locker and Corey came up to us.
"Hey sis whats up?" he asked giving me a side hug.
I hugged him back, "Nothing much, feeling a little sick today is all"
"Awe i hope you feel better, catch you later on at lunch" he said walking away without even acknowledging Marcus.
"what the hell is going on with everybody today" Marcus mumbled under his breath i pretended not to hear him. After i was done at my locker i walked right to class not stopping with Marcus at his locker like i usually did.
Lunch time, Marcus's POV
Today has been so strange all my mine and Noel's friends are acting strange towards me, and Noel has been ignoring me all day and i can't think of anything i could have done wrong. To make matters worse i've been trying to talk to Corey and Cece to plan a promposal for Noel and they won't speak to me at all.
It's lunch time now and every time i ask Noel whats wrong she tells me she doesn't feel well but she will talk to every one except for me. i'm sitting at our usually table waiting for Noel we meet here and get our lunch then sit next to each other. When Noel walks in and right toward the lunch line a go up to her.
"Babe what did i do?" i ask getting tired of her avoiding me and the silent treatment.
"Nothing i'm about to leave my dad is signing me out i was just getting a drink" she said with a bored look on her face.
"Oh..." I said think i was maybe over reacting.
I get my lunch and she gets her bottle of water, and i turned to say i would walk her to her car and shes already walked away.
"Damn she didn't even say good bye, not a kiss or anything" i mumble to myself shaking my head. i don't even know what i did and iv'e lost my appetite so i threw away my lunch and walked outside to the football field and sat on the bench. Its spring time so were not playing right now but there is always a pre-prom game its the Varsity team against the junior varsity a tradition that was started my freshman year and we won last year as 10th graders on JV but this year i'm on the varsity team and i'm not taking no L's. I don't know how long i was sitting there think about school and today with Noel but the lunch bell rang and i got up and went to my forth period.
In last period Corey invited me to McDonald's, even though all i wanted to do was go see my baby i skipped lunch and was starving so i agreed. He wasn't acting weird toward me anymore so i let it go, also get Noel some food there too she wasn't feeling well and for some reason was upset with me so food from the place we met could be an ice breaker.
I pulled into the parking lot and met him at the entrance, we walked inside and i pulled out my phone to text Noel and ask her what she wanted and how she was feeling, she sent me back "Nuggets" and nothing else, i really can't think of anything i did for her to go this long hardly speaking to me.
When it was my turn at the counter i look up to say my order and there's my girlfriend behind the counter, in a McDonald's uniform, smiling at me, and holding a box of Nuggets....i'm so confused right now.
"20 piece nugget?" she asked opening the box, on the lip of the box it said " I'd be one lucky Nugget if you'd go to prom with me"
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, i busted out laughing.
"Of course i'll go to prom with you beautiful" i said leaning over the counter and kissing her. All of the people around us were cheering our friends been the loudest. i broke the kiss and she walked around the counter with the nuggets, we sit and eat I being that couple and feeding each other.
"So all of today and everyone acting weird toward me, was because of this?" i asked shaking my head.
"I had to mess with you a little before your surprise, and none of our friends can keep a secret so they had to be in on it" she said laughing a little.
"Well you got me and i'm really happy you did, thank you baby" i said kissing her hand.
"It was long over due for me to do something cute for you, your always treating me like a Queen thought i should remind you who my King was" She said kissing my lips.
" I love you baby girl" i mumbled into the kiss.
"I love you too babe" she said sealing it with a kiss.
We enjoyed the rest of our afternoon talking about prom and the limo and stuff, mostly my organization freak of a girlfriend saying she has it all together for all of us we can all pay her back later, she's the best.. and i'm so grateful that she's is the girl i get to call mine.
I hope you all enjoyed!! Sorry it's a little late I've been with my friends all day.
Thank you so much for all the love, and support on this book and i'm sorry i am such a slacker.
