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Age 17
I watched her from across the cafeteria. She was reading some book but she caught my eye real bad. I’ve known her since third grade. We went to the same school but she was always in advance classes. I’ve noticed her since I was ten years old. Shorty was beautiful I didn’t care how she dressed or acted. Shorty was herself and that’s what I liked about her. In a world full of chaos she brought me peace even if it was for 40 minutes.
”that girl is weird. We should go and fuck with her.”Dash said.
”Yall go fuck with her ima bring one of the home girls to beat your ass leave her alone.” I said.
”Why you over there saving her ass.” Dash asked.
Dash was a pretty girl on the outside but inside the bitch was rotten. She didn’t have a hard life her moms and dad had her going to this school for punishment. She was a private school suburban girl. She lived in a nice house on the other side of town the only girl in our broke ass school to be driving a Bentley. Yet she thought she was above everyone. She thought she could be this ugly person to the school and everyone should fall to her feet. I was only over here because we had to do a project together but I see she had other intentions.
”You know not everyone has to be on your rate of pain all the time would it kill you to be nice to people or you just hate yourself that much that you gotta make everyone else feel like shit around you because your miserable.” I asked getting up and sitting at the table I usually sat at with Tahlia.
”You didn’t have to sit here you could’ve stayed with your people.” She said not looking up from her book she was reading.
”Those are not my people. Dash and I have this group project to work on.” I shrugged.
”Well your company is on there way over here.” She said.
“Hey Brando girl.” Dash said sitting down at the table. What happened next I didn’t even see coming. Tahlia jumped over the table and got to beating the break off of Dash. Did none of her home girls jump in they didn’t do shit. Once it got bad I pulled Tahlia off of her.
”You got her mama. You good?” I asked but the look she gave me hit me in my core. Like somehow this was my fault. Her and Dash got rushed to the principal office. Of course they blamed Tahlia because Dash family donated money to the school to cover up the ugly shit there daughter did.
Tahlia was suspended for five days and you could tell that shit weighted on her heavy. So I pulled up on her after school and made her get in the car with me.
”Ride with me real quick.” I said.
”why would I do that? I’m never gonna get a scholarship now with this on my record. Like if life could get any worse.” She said walking away but I got out and grabbed her arm.
”Just get in the car and take a ride with me and then I’ll take you home.”
”Fine.” She snapped and shrugged me off of her. She got in the car and we rode around we didn’t have to say shit but we could feel the energy. We were both fighting for survival.
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