Love Me for Me

Every week I go to school, go to work, and come home to my brother who thinks he knows it all. See I have to work because our mother skipped out on us leaving me to step in as the mother to my brother and little sister. My little sister doesn't understand why our mom left so I just tell her that she will be back when she can. My name is Annalisa Johnson and I am only a junior in Winter high school but soon I think I will have to drop out so can take care of my siblings. Right now I am barely making the payments on our condo on top of that I am barely squeaking by with my grades. "Hurry the hell up Rico," I screamed up the stairs while preparing Ciara's lunch for school. She has the thing against school lunches; she thinks the lunches her school sale aren't real food. "Can I have ham and turkey," Ciara asked looking up at me with her big bright eyes. She knows I only use one meat so she can stay healthy but those cute eyes make me give in. "Fine but only for today." She smiles wide and skips off to get her book bag. "You know you said the same thing yesterday?" Rico said coming down the stairs. "Do you know we always running late because yo ass don't know how to get dress on time?"

"I can't help it, it takes time to look this sexy," he said spinning around. Rico has always been self -observed and now that he has turned 16 he thinks he is unstoppable. He has girls chasing him around like he actually got something but hey if that's what he like he can as long as he don't come here with no girl pregnant. "Wateva lets go." With that we all left to go to school. We walked Ciara two blocks to her school and then caught the bus to go to our school-Winter high. I hated school with a passion because the whole day I get teased and bullied because of my looks. I am 5'8 with caramel color complexion and not the skinniest girl around. I get constantly teased for my weight and the weird thing is not from other girls but from the basketball team. I never understood why tho, I never say anything to them they just pick on me for no reason. When we finally arrived to the school there are people hanging out around the campus as usual. My eyes instantly fell on the basketball team that hung out in the parking lot. "Hey I won't be going home with you today," Rico said breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Why not," I asked stopping to look at him. "Today is the day I find out if I made the basketball team."

"You were serious about that."

"Hell yea I was serious; being on that team can open doors for me."

"What doors?"

"Girls of course," he said smirking as if he was dreaming about something. I just shook my head at him and headed for the building. We went our separate ways as normal, he went to praise the basketball team and I went to the library. I loved reading ever since I was little and seeing that I had no friends it was the only thing that kept me occupied.

I found my usual spot on the corner and sat down and began to read. Right now I was reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I looked around and saw the basketball team in their usual spot and caught eyes with the team captain, Hayden Marks. I'm not going to lie he is beyond sexy from his dark complexion, dark green eyes, and stands at 6'2. I looked away quick before it made him come over and I didn't need them right now. While in thought I didn't see Candice summers come up to me. "Hey fatty," she said standing in my face. I looked up and saw her with the rest of her crew of hoes. "What do you want Candice?"

"For you to stop looking at my damn man," she said pointing at Hayden. "I don't want your man Candice and besides I don't think he would want me anyway." She laughed out loud, "You know what you are right he wouldn't want your fat ass." She walked away laughing as if she had told some brilliant joke. I never understood why Candice started being so mean to me, I mean we were friends in elementary, but as soon as her dad made some money she changed on me. All of a sudden I wasn't good enough for her to hang out with so she ditched me. Now whenever she sees me, she makes fun of me as if I am below her.

After an hour went by the bell rang for class to soon begin. I out my things away and hurried to my locker. My first class was English and then history, so I grabbed my necessary books and went to class.

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