Kaylin
Well, today is my first day at my new school, McEachern High. I was recruited to a couple of schools for my senior year but I felt like McEachern is better academically and with basketball, so I decided to go there. Plus I already met the team and they're really cool. I woke up, did my stuff, put on my clothes^ and headed out the door to my car. I'm really nervous because I don't know how this will go. I hate being the new girl, but at least I know a couple of people at school. I get to the school, and prep myself for today. I walked to the school doors and immediately saw one of my friends, Destiny off of the basketball team.She's literally the definition of a bad bitch, but talm bout she don't have a boyfriend😐. Anyways, we talked and she took me to the office to get my schedule and stuff like that. We had 4/7 classes together so i guess that's cool. And we have lunch together. We walked to our first period and as soon as we walked in, a group of boys was calling her name.
"Damn bitch" I said to her as we walked over there
She laughed back at me
"Nun like that, these the homies" She said as we got closer to them.
She decided to introduce me.
"Guys, this is Kaylin. She's the new player on the basketball team, Kaylin this is the boys basketball team-well some of it. This is Sharife, Jalen, Josh, Noah, and Kyree
They all said wassup to me except Sharife. He was just leaning back in his chair in his phone with his airpods in.
Me and Destiny sat down.
"Don't worry bout him, he don't really like people like that. More or less, just not girls. He's more into basketball, he feels like he'll get distracted so..."
I nodded my head because I already know how it is.
"I'm the-"
"Same way. Yeah I know. Girl we need to find you somebody. You can't dodge boys fa the rest of your life." She cut me off
"Not fa the rest of my life, just until I make it to where I wanna be."
She nodded her head as the teacher came in. See, the way we were sitting, I was beside Sharife. The whole time in class, I didn't see him look at me. He was talking with the guys and stuff but didn't say anything to me. I also didn't see him smile.. but whatever.
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Now, I'm going to 2nd, which I don't have Des in so we said our byes and stuff and I started to try and find my class.
I ended up finding it and I walked to the back so I didn't have to deal with people interaction. I put my head down, but then I heard people whispering "Omg I just saw him." and "He's coming! How do I look?" and stuff and I lifted my head back up in confusion thinking they were talking about the teacher. However, I was wrong. I saw Sharife walk into the class and girls were fixing their hair and stuff and propping their boobs up. It's sad to see girls doing this much over a guy, especially one that doesn't want them back. I shook my head and rolled my eyes, laying my head back down on the table. Soon, I felt eyes on me and I heard someone sitting in the chair beside me.
"Fuck." I thought in my head.
I decided to just keep my head down, but then the teacher came in the room and I knew I had to lift it up. As soon as I did though, I saw all the girls in the class giving me evil eyes. I looked beside me and yep, there's Sharife. I turned my head back to the teacher and shook my head, getting my notebook out. I'm not into that drama shit or nun so they can chill.
"First day here and she already acting like a hoe, huh?" I heard
"Yeah. She was with the star players on the basketball team earlier."
"She mad cause Sharife wouldn't talk to her. Too bad."
"She's probably so thirsty"
"You know she's from Texas? Instant hoe status."
Okay they need to chilly Like, yeah he's fine af but nothing worth risking my scholarships for. & what does me being from Texas have anything to do with ANYTHING?
We started class with notes, then he told us to review them with the person sitting beside us. I sighed and turned to face him as he did the same to me. I put my notes down in front of him and he put his in front of me and I read over them as he did mine. After I finished, I nodded and handed them back to him and he gave me mine back. I put my head back on the desk, but I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to where I felt it from and he was looking at me.
"So you're on the girls team now?"
I lifted my head up, glad to know it was about basketball.
"Yeah."
"Why McEachern? I hear you had a lot of recruits."
"Just felt like it was better academically and basketball wise. And it's not too too out there yknow? Like there's exposure but not too much.."
Then the bell rang and he got up and walked out the class.
"Okay..." I mumbled to myself getting ready to go to my 3rd period. In that class, I had Noah, Jalen, and Josh. Mannn they're funny.
Jalen told another joke about the teacher as I hit his arm, wheezing. At this point I couldn't take the jokes anymore. I was sooo out of breath from laughing.
"Lol he got a ass on his stomach" Josh said and I had tears in my eyes.
"Stopppp" I begged "Fuckkkk quit"
They finally quit and I calmed down. I began to take notes on this bs we're doing. However, then the bell rang. My next class was my technology class. I was trying to find it and I saw Sharife ahead of me. Might as well try to ask him.
"Sharife?"
He just kept walking.
"What the fu..." I said to myself, now kind of pissed off.
I don't know why this class was so fucking hard to find, but by the time I got there there was almost tears in my eyes from frustration and my anxiety was through the roof plus I was late.The teacher tried to say something to me but I could barely see with the tears threatening to spill out my eyes.
"Awww she can't handle the pressure" someone said
"Poor baby about to cry" someone else said
I didn't even say anything, I just kept walking till I got to the back and sat down somewhere, putting my head down. I felt eyes on me but I didn't look up. I just let my tears fall onto the desk.Sharife
I put my airpods in, blasting emotionally scarred as I walked to my next class.
I got to the computer lab I'm in for tech and sat down in the back. I like sitting in the back because a lot of people don't sit back here at McEachern. The bell rang and a minute or 2 later, I heard people snickering and laughing. I looked up to see what they were laughing at and I saw Kaylin walk in, looking like she was on the verge of breaking down. Damn man, Ion wanna see her cry. People were saying stuff and she ain't say nothing back, just kept walking to the back where I was. She sat down beside me, even though ion think she knows that and put her head down but people were still talking.
"Of course she'll sit by him."
"What? She think she special?"
"Tuh, she should know he won't get with her. She's a 1 and he's a 10."
"She's not even a 1. More like a -10"
The I heard laughter.
"Bro leave her the fuck alone. Damn. She ain't do shit to y'all." I said rolling my eyes.
"Sorry..." I heard them say.
The teacher called for class to get quiet so he could begin and stuff but I couldn't help but look at Kaylin. I could see her back going up and down, like she was crying and I could hear light sobs. Damn. Idk why but I genuinely feel bad for her. She doesn't deserve this. Based off of what I've observed, she cool, she doesn't talk a lot, stays out of the way, stays out of mess, and she's not worried about nothing but her education and basketball like me.
I shook my head. Nah she don't deserve this. I grabbed her notebook from beside me and started writing the notes down. After I finished, I took a picture of them and tapped her. She sniffed and lifted her head up a bit. When she saw me she shook her head and started to put it back down.
"Hey... hey.. I just wanted to let you know I copied your notes down for you."
"Why" Her voice cracked as she talked
"Just because I wanted to be nice." I said with a slight smile
She kinda smiled back and just put her head back down.
Anyways, after class ended it was time for lunch. I was gonna walk her to lunch but when I looked up, she was gone already. Damn.