Jordyn Pov:
My name is Jordyn Jackson and I'm 15 years old I'm A Straight Up Hood Kid I'm In High School I Always Get Into Drama As In Getting Into Fights Everyday, My Parents Well... My Mom Is A Drug Addiction And My Dad Is In Prison So I'm Staying With My Grandma Because She Raised Me Til My Parents Went Down Hill But I Never Learned How To Act Like A Girly Girl More Like A Tom-Boy And No I Don't Like Girls I Do Have Female and Male Friends As In They Been Dropped Outta School So I Hang With Them Everyday And Yeah I Skip School With Them And I Don't Even Like School That Much But I Don't Care
Grandma: JORDYN DIOŔ!
Me: *Yells* MA'AM!
Grandma: Get Ya Butt Downstairs
Me: *Cames Downstairs* What
Grandma: If You Keep Getting In Trouble At School You'll End Up Like Your Parents
Me: Nah I Won't
Grandma: Mhhm
Me: *Went Back Upstairs*
Grandma: *Mumbles to herself* Lord, What Am I Gonna Do With My Only Granddaughter
*The Next Day*
Jordyn and Her Friends Went To The Mall And Stole Some Stuff And They Didn't Get Caught But What Jordyn Didn't Know Is That Her So Called Friends Could Go Behind Her Back And Betrayed Her And Yes One Week After That Someone Snitch On Them
*Few Days Later*
Grandma: JORDYN DIOŔ!
Me: *Sleeping In Bed*
Grandma: JORDYN I KNOW YOU HEAR ME CALLING YOU, JORDYN!
Me: *Groans To Herself* Man What Do She Want Now
I Got Out The Bed And Went Downstairs As I Seen My Grandma Standing In The Kitchen With My Report Card In Her Hand
Me: Yes Ma'am
Grandma: Come Over Here And Sit Your Tail Down
Me: *Sat In A Chair* Ma'am
Grandma: *Puts The Report Card On The Table* Care To Explain These Grades Huh
Me: What About Em
Grandma: What About Them Jordyn, You're Failing All Your Classes If You Don't Turn This Around You Won't Go To The 10th Grade
Me: Oh
Grandma: Jordyn I Mean It If You Don't Turn This Around Than You'll Have To Get Outta My House
Me: WHAT!
Grandma: Yes And I Mean It
Me: You Joking
Grandma: No I'm Not Joking Jordyn I'm So Serious
Me: But Where Am I Gonna Go
Grandma: I Don't Know But You Gonna Get Outta My House
Me: But Grandma
Grandma: Don't But Grandma Me!
Me: *Looked Down* 😞
Grandma: You Felling Right In Your Parents Footsteps They Never Went To School So They Dropped Out Than Your Mother Got Pregnant With You When She Was 16 And I Want You To Be Better Than Them Not Like Them
Me: Oh
Grandma: Now Take Your Tail Upstairs
Me: *Went Upstairs Til Her Phone Went Off*
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Living This Chicago Lifestyle
Short StoryA 15 year old girl who was raised by her grandmother has a hard time understanding how to survive in the hood