Being Monique

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this my first book so don't come for me 😂 sorry for mistakes

Today is Friday 

Hi my name is Monique im 15 years old and  I'm poor / homeless I have a little sister name Kayla . My mother is a drug addict and is addicted to crack . We live in a ghetto neighborhood prostitutes outside on corners, men outside selling drugs. My mother let anybody in and out of our house especially men. Sometimes she abuses kayla and i but i try to take the heat . She come home with different men every night. I'm in 10th grade at Georgia high school (made up). My little sister is going to start staying with our neighbor Ms. Mary when I start school. my neighbor is like a second mom to us . I really want to leave out this place 😭.

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6:30am
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"Let me cater to you
Cause baby this is your day
Do anything for my man
Baby you blow me away
I got your slippers, your dinner, your dessert and so much more
Anything you want just let me cater to you
Inspire me from the heart" Beyonce ~ cater 2 u played on my phone letting me know I had to get up for school. i got up and did my normal hygiene routine and went about getting kayla together as well . I picked her up and walked downstairs. I got us an apple and juice and walked out to go next door. I knocked on the door 2 times and Ms. Mary opened the door and took Kayla. I told her I'll be here by 3;30 I went to the bus stop. I waited 3 mins and got on the bus I only had 3 stops to go. I got off at my stop i walked to my school. i walked to the office to get my schedule. i asked the lady at the desk for my schedule her name is Ms. Lane . This girl came in the office

??- hey what's your name ? are you new
me- my name is monique and yes i am new how about you?
??- no i'm not new last year was my first year and oh by the way my name is monica. can i see your schedule?
me- oh that's cool and your name is really pretty and sure
*i give her my schedule
monica - we have the same classes omg !!!! wanna be friends?
me- yayyy!!! 😂 and of course
monica- we can go to our first period the bell is going to ring shortly and today is an A day
*we walk to our first class which is AP Art
we talked until the bell rung basically getting to know each other monica is a really cool person it's like she my other half .

*i had to do a self portrait

skipping to lunch

monica and i were leaving out 3rd period which was spanish we were now heading to lunch i didn't want nothing too eat and i damn sure didn't want to go to the carry-out. so i just sat there and watch monica eat the nasty lunch😂

monica- wanna go this party with me today?
me- ummm i don't think so i don't have no babysitter for kayla and i don't have nothing to wear.
monica- i can ask my grandma can she watch kayla and girlllll i gotchu with the clothes you can fit my stuff we the same size 😂
me- uhhh ok we got one more class then we out 🤪
monica- i can't wait girlll lets go get this class out the way

me monica go to our 4th period class which was earth science while we were in earth science it was our teacher paperwork day so we really didn't do anything but make jokes with the other classmates. It was now time to go so monica offered me a ride to Ms.Mary house to pick up kayla. As we were on our way to pick up my little sister "Lonely Child" By Nba Youngboy were blasting through the speakers. We reached Ms. Mary house i got out the car and knocked on the door 3 minutes later she came to the door.

Ms. Mary - hey monique, how was your first day of school?
Me- it was actually good i met a friend today she's really cool and she's outside i was wondering can you watch kayla tonight?
Ms. Mary - yes sure honey
Me - thank you im going to a party i'll be here to pick her up in the morning
Ms. Mary - ok sweety see you later
Me - ok bye tell kayla i'll see her tomorrow

I walked outside to monica's car and i seen my "mother" outside looking high as a dog. I walked right to monica's car and got in i told her kayla was staying with Ms.Mary. We were riding to monica's house and i was singing along to "Need u Bad" by Jazmine Sullivan. We got to her house and nobody was there so we went upstairs to her room i wanted to take a nap so i laid down and closed my eyes 5 minutes later i was knocked out.