chapter 10: ecstasy

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I get dressed for the school day, not even caring if it matched.

"You driving?" Stokeley asks me.

"I'm legally not allowed to even take drivers ed, let alone drive." I snort.

"What did you do?"  he asks wide eyed.

"Don't worry about it." i walk past him and get in the back seat. Stokeley sits in the passenger seat, Jahmont gets in the driver's seat, Jahseh sits next to me.

"Listen, Mae, i'm sorry about last night." Jahseh says.

"Jahseh, it's fine. Don't worry."  I say.

•~•

"Did you hear about her?" someone on the right of me says. Jahseh gives them a dirty look and they shut up.

"She beat them one girls up. Yunno, Gracelynn and them?" someone else says.

Some white boy walks up to me.

"Wassup shawty." he smiles.

"The fuck you want?" i growl and he backs up.

"Yo chill, you doin too much." he chuckles.

"Boi, get yo wannabe ugly ass, hey arnold lookin ass outta here." i snap.

"Oh shit."  Jahmont and Stokeley say.

"You might wanna leave before she start swinging." Jahseh smirks and the white boy scrambles away.

"Goofy ass." i push Jahseh on the arm and smile.

"Y'all partying without us?" mimi and billie walk up to us.

"Nah. They just flirting." stokeley murmurs.

"No we not." Jahseh pushes Stokeley.

"Vro, chill out. Issa joke." Stokeley laughs.

"How the fuck he gon call me shawty when i'm almost as tall as him?!" i exclaim. They all chuckle. Michael walks up to us.

"Yo, Trip, wass good?" Mimi says.

Trip?

"Amirah, I know that you are not actually being nice to me right now." Michael says.

"Well damn, i was going to be, but i guess not anymore." Mimi tsks.

"Trippie, tie my shoe, nigga." Stokeley says.

•~•

"Can you cut a star out for me?" i ask jahmont and hand him my paper.

"Why a star?" he asks.

"For our project, stoopid ass boi." i say and the other kid in our group snorts. I look over at him. He cute or whateva. "And you are?"

"Jamell Demons." He answers. "You guys?"

"Jahmont Givens." Jahmont answers and they both look at me.

"Mae Stedelin." i say. "Now can you cut this out for me?" jahmont nods, taking the paper from my hand.

"Why can't you do it?" Jamell asks.

"Not allowed to have sharp objects." i shrug.

"Here." jahmont hands me the star cut out and i show Jamell where to glue it and he does.

A girl walks up to us all cheery. She has half light pink hair and half black hair. She's wearing black denim overalls with a black and white striped shirt underneath.

"Hello!" she exclaims. "I'm Riley!" i toss her a small, but genuine smile.

"I'm Mae."

"Nice to meet you, Mae!" she giggles. "Hi Jamell. Hi Jahmont."

"Hey Riley." they say and unison.

"Do you guys have any glue?" She asks politely. A light skin boy walks up.

"Riley, you taking forever. Jamell, can we use that glue? Thanks." He doesn't let him answer before taking it.

"Hey! Lathan! That's so rude!" Riley exclaims. "I'm so sorry!"She says and rushes back to her table.

(if someone can tell me which rappers are Jamell and Lathan then i'll shout you out in next chapter)

"Welp." Jamell sighs.

"Mae, what's your favorite color?" Jahmont asks.

"Uh, yellow. Why?" i say.

"Yellow? Out of all the colors you chose yellow?" jahmont asks in disgust.

"Yellow is a primary color. Without it, some colors wouldn't exist. I could get way more in depth, but you'll get lost quickly." I say in monotone.

"Are you calling me stupid without calling me stupid?" Jahmont asks and i nod.

"Hey, uh, here's your glue back." the guy, Lathan, i'm guessing, says. He scratches the back of his neck and handed me the glue. I hand it to Jamell.

"Thanks." I say dryly, drawing the next star.

"Sorry for snatching it earlier." he says.

"You can go now, Lathan." Jamell growls.

"Oh sorry, i didn't catch your name?" Lathan says to me.

"First off, i never told you it so that's why you did catch it. Second off, it's Mae. Third off, Jahmont can you cut this out please?" I hand him the second star. He nods, and takes it from me.

"Mae, what's this?" Jamell picks up my sketchbook.

"Look inside and you'll die." I say, drawing another star.

"She not playing. She'll kill you." Jahmont says, still cutting out the second star.

"It won't be me killing you. You'll end up killing yourself after you see what's in there." I say.

"I'm just gonna— go." Lathan says and walks away.

"There's horrible stuff in there. Things in there will make you go clinically insane." I say and hand Jahmont the next star. I take the sketchbook from Jamell. "In here are my thoughts, my nightmares, my fantasies, and a minion sticker or two."

"What would happen if you lost it?" Jamell asks.

"Nothing."

"You wouldn't be upset?" Jahmont asks.

"No." I say.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't lose things that matter." i say. 

The bell rings.

"I'll see you later." I say and gather my stuff and leave.

"Mae!" Jahseh says from behind me.

"Seh!" i move to the side of the hallway and wait for him.

"Where you going?" He asks.

"Uh, beginning piano." i say.

"Me too." He smiles.

Mae, he's looking at you funny. Lucas says from the other side of me.

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