Black Brain

Chapter Three:Gigi

The time I dreaded the most arrived, Lunch.

Where would I sit? I didn't want to sit with Julius and his friends, But I knew nobody, If I sat by myself, Everyone would think I was lonely!.

I finally picked Julius and his friends,I stayed quiet mostly, They tried to talk to me but I answered with a firm voice.

I overheard some girls talking behind us 'If you had to be black, would you rather be light skin or dark skin?'

Light skin OBVIOUSLY! The girl yelled Light is way better than dark, And prettier!

I drowned them out, 'Prettier'? My skin wasn't pretty?

Aye Maya? you gonna eat those fries? One of Julius friends, Dequavan asked

Nah not hungry I replied with.

What was wrong with 'Black'? and why wasn't it pretty?

I wondered that for the whole lunch period, Until Julius hit me and said aye your next class is starting

The next Class was Spanish.

As soon As I went in, I didn't see any Black kids, Just whites and Hispanics, A few Asians.

The only other black kid was a mixed girl named Gigi Howard.

Great, Not only is this school segregated, But I'm in a class with no blacks.

The teacher, Mrs.Fernandez Or Senorita Fernandez took one look at me and smiled

Your Julius's sister aren't you?

Yes Senorita Fernandez.

She smiled wide and then said :Eres muy hermosa, apuesto a que serás tan buena estudiante como él.

I didn't know what she meant but I didn't want to everyone to think I was dumb,So I just said 'Si'

She smiled and went on talking to kids.

What'd she say I wondered.

But while I was wondering, The girl, Gigi came and sat right beside me and said Hey your that 7th grader who sat with 8th graders right?

Uh yeah,I said nervously

Cool, My name's Gigi, Wanna be friends or something?

Sure! I said a bit louder than normal, Gigi was so beautiful, Instead of kinks, she had curls, Instead of Dark she had Light skin.

Who's your favorite singer? Mine's Juice Wrld,doja cat-

She went on talking so I couldn't answer, I just kept saying yeah mhm

Ninas, Ninas, I'm trying to teach here Mrs.Fernandez said.

Sorry, Mrs.Fernandez Gigi and I said. It's alright girl's just don't let it happen again, She added a smile.

After Spanish, Gigi and I had Gym together. Before we went in she said,I hope you don't have holes in your socks or anything people are gonna be able to see.

what do you mean? I asked We're changing out?

Yeah, you didn't know that?

I freaked out, No I didn't know!

Did you bring clothes with you atleast she questioned

No! I thought i had gym next semester!

Well its okay,I have a spare short and shirts you can borrow.

She handed me champion shorts and a Nike top, I felt rich, Usually if i saw this in a store catalog,Momma would've said 'Hun you don't need those expensive clothes just to sweat it up, Look there's a sale on shirts on goodwill!

Gigi tried to introduce me to other girl's, But I told her I was really anti-social, Gurrrrllllll you can't have one friend? What if you boutta get jumped? You just gonna do it alone? Hell NAW! Gurll you need friends to protect you!

She dragged me anyways, The girl's were probably the definition of the ghetto.

They were all Light Skinned, Only two of them was Dark.

They had Arcylic nail's,Straightened hair, And Weave in

They looked at me up and down and one of them said: Hey gurrrrrrrrl My name, Latasha.

I guessed she was the leader  Because they all talked to me immediately.

You wanna come over? One of them asked (I guessed her name was Yasha)

Uh Sure.

Do you gotta a phone? Another one name Georgina asked

Um yeah, i responded with.

Finally! A group of friends!

One of them named Kalalyh looked at me and asked Are you poor cuz your wearing Gigi's clothes.

Immiedately I felt embarassed,Did she tell them?Or did they know?

She's not poor Gigi said, She just forgot gym clothes,so I let her borrow mine.

Cmon y'all don't be so rude to her.

I don't think Kalalyh liked me,She looked at me with a stern look,Like she knew me or something.