"Cameron what are still doing here" my mom asked when I came downstairs "don't you have to go pick up my chocolate bunny"
"Nawl she riding with Roxy to school"
"Oh okay well have a good day I love you"
"I love you too you have a good day at work" I said before walking out and getting in my car
This summer was lit asf, I didn't even really do much but just spending time with Alaina was lit. Before I could even start my car up there was a knock on my passenger window to see my new next door neighbor Diamond
"Yo" I said rolling my window down
"I missed the bus could you take me to school please my parents left for work and I don't want to walk"
I thought about it for a second "yeah sure but this a one time thang I ain't no uber" I pulled my phone out and quickly texted Alaina letting her know that I was giving Diamond a ride so she wouldn't think anything happened
"Thank you Cam" she said putting her seatbelt on and putting her book bag on the car floor
I backed out of my driveway and started driving hoping that there was no traffic so I could hurry up and get to school and get this girl out my car
"How was your summer" she asked I guess trying to start a conversation
"It was cool just spent time with my girl" making sure she knew I was taken so she wouldn't get any ideas
"Oh that's cool your girlfriends name is Alaina right"
I nodded my head already tired of this "small talk"
"She's pretty"
"Yeah thanks"
The rest of the car ride there was quiet except for the radio. When we finally pulled up to the school she thanked me again then got out the car. I could see Chynna, Sam, Tamara and Tanaji all staring her down then whispering to each other
I shook my head and walked to the entrance of the school looking for Alaina, I assumed she wasn't here yet so I went back to my car and sat on it talking to my niggas
"Hey Cam" I sighed as soon as I heard her voice
"What Chynna" I said turning around and staring at her
"I see you and Alaina didn't last long you went right to light skins huh"
"Me and Alaina are doing just fine even though it's none of your business about our relationship"
"When you're ready to come back to me I'll be waiting" she said walking away I swear that girl can't catch a damn hint don't nobody want her
"Hey Cammy" I heard Alaina yell
I walked over to her hugging her and giving her a kiss "wassup what took y'all so long" I said as we walked in hand in hand
"Roxy the Rocket scientist couldn't find her book bag then after looking for 15 minutes she realized she left it at home"
"Hey I forgot it sue me" Roxy said
"Oh I want to sue you for wasting my time" Alaina said glaring at Roxy who stuck her tongue out.
We all walked to the front office to get out schedules
"Can you believe this will be the very last time we come up here for a schedule" Roxy said
"I know right, it feels surreal" Alaina agreed
"Ion know bout all that, but what I do know is that I'm happy that it's my last year in this hell hole" I said as we got our schedules
"Yeah but I think I'll miss the fun times we had here" Roxy said "what classes you guys got"
"Civics, Math, English and Spanish 2" Alaina said proudly
"Smart girl" I said kissing her forehead
"Okay lovebirds don't make this weird" Roxy said "but who do you have for Spanish 2"
"Um Mrs. Sanchez"
"Yay we have that class together and also lunch no surprise there"
"I got Spanish with her too so both of y'all gone be helping me" I said looking at them "cause I'm horrible at that shit, I barely passed last year" I said shaking my head whose idea was to make us take two foreign language classes
"Yeah you barely can speak proper English and their trying to make you speak another language" Alaina said making Roxy laugh
"Oh you got jokes now"
"Many jokes but Spanish is the last class of the day so hopefully she's chill"
"Nope I heard she's mean asf and doesn't allow the class to do make quizzes, tests nothing you make a bad grade you're stuck with it" Roxy said as we walked around a bit waiting for the bell
"Oh gosh doing make up work is what got me through all these years" I said
"All we have to do is work hard and study harder then we won't have to do make ups" Alaina said
Me and Roxy stared at her "or we can cheat"
"Yep I'm with that" I said nodding my head
"It was a joke" Alaina said
"But I'm forreal a class that cheats together passes together" I said "that's my motto"
"What's your motto" we all turned to see where the voice was coming from I mentally groaned it was Diamond
"Hi" she said holding her hand out to Alaina "my name is Diamond and you must be Alaina"
"That's me" Alaina said shaking her hand
"I've heard so much about you"
"I wish I could say the same um who are you, not trying to be rude or anything"
"Oh I'm Cams neighbor he practically saved my life earlier"
"Is that so" Roxy said tilting her head
"Well that's Cam a regular old hero" Alaina said
"Look I'm not trying to start anything it's just I'm new here and I don't know anyone, I'm just trying to make friends"
Alaina and Roxy were both quiet for a second, they looked at each other having a silent conversation before looking at Diamond and smiling
"I'm sorry you just kind of caught us off guard, I'm Alaina but you know that and this is..."
"Her absolute best friend and the whole world Roxy" Roxy said shaking Diamonds hand
"Nice to meet you guys"
"Well Lainy my class is on the other side of the school so you want me to walk you to your class" I said
"Oh no it's fine go head I don't want you to be late" Alaina said giving me a hug and kiss
"Alright peace out"
"Ayo what up cam" Dashawn said dapping me and we started walking to class.
Alaina I know you're mad at me but I was not trying to hurt you im omw to Candies so we can talkI tossed my phone into the passenger seat, basketball practice had ran a little late but if I drove fast I should be able to make it to Candies before her shift endsI started my car upI hope she just hears me out and know I would never do anything to intentionally hurt her, shit is fucked I told Roxy to talk to her but no she wanna release tapes and shitI thought to myself as I drove thank God there was no trafficFifteen minutes later I pulled up to Candies, the place was mainly empty besides a couple of cars in the backthe must be about to close I walked to the door and pulled it openThere was a girl mopping behind the counter and I could hear another person doing something in the back of the shop"excuse me"&nbs
"Chy everyone is watching that video of the lez lovers" Tanaji said laughingWe were sitting in my room after school, me sitting in the middle of my queen sized bed and Tanaji sitting criss crossed on the floor "I knew they would, I'm just suprised I didn't catch the lesbo vibes those two were throwing" I said while picking up my nail filer"right who would have thought... oh my gosh look" Tanaji said while hopping up from the floor and showing me her phone "I sent the video to this guy that goes to Penbrooke High and he posted it on PornHub it has two thousand views already"I raised an eyebrow and took her phone to check it out myself and sure enough "High School Lesbians making out in School bathroom" had 2,000 views "maybe we should send this to their parents to let them know that their children are stars"Tanaji smirked "maybe plaster the link all over the school halls so the whole s
I tucked my phone back into my pocket Diamond has a sonI can't beleive it I thought to myself"Um Alaina it's just one scoop of pistachio"Sydney said while holding her gloved hand out to meI scrunched up my face for a second then realized I was supposed to be getting the ice cream"Sorry" I said to the customer as I put on my gloves and grabbed a cone, I looked around for a second looking for pistachio"Right there" Sydney said while pointing out the green ice cream"Thanks" I said while grabbing the spoon and scooping one spoon full.I passed the ice cream to Sydney and she passed it to the customer "have a nice day" she said with a smileOnce the customer walked out of the door Sydney turned to me "are you okay"I slipped my gloves off "sorry about that, my mind was somewhere else for a minute""I could tell girl, I called your name three times, is there anything I could do to help" she sai
"What do you have to say for yourself lil girl" my grandma saidI sighed. She already fussed at me the whole car ride homeBefore I could even speak she continued "each day when you at school I take care of YOUR son. I buy him diapers, food and clothes ON TOP OF THAT IM TAKING CARE OF YO BEHIND AND YOU AT THE DAMN SCHOOL ACTING A FOOL" she yelled"I'm sorry grandma" I said for what felt like the hundredth time "it won't happen again, it was just a stupid dare" I lied while looking back down at my math homework"I don't care what it was Diamond you shouldn't have been kissing any damn body, lil fast ass need to get your education and take care of your child. Matter of fact get up and get dressed" she saidI closed my math book and sat up on my bed "why""Cause you getting a job to help out around here, not just finna be sitting on yo ass while work and take care of you and your child. You got five minutes to get up and get dressed imma
Diamond and I had to sit and wait until after school so that Mr. Burns could meet up with our parents"You guys can go to your lockers and grab the rest of your things and then come straight back here" miss secretary said I had no idea what her name wasMe and Diamond both stood up to leave out of the office"If you're not back here in five minutes you will have extra days added on to your suspension" she said as we walked outI rolled my eyes I wish the fuck you would add days"If she add days on I'm dropping out" Diamond said jokinglyI nodded "hell yeah, where your locker at again""Mine is down this hallway you wanna split up, grab our stuff then meet back here""Yeah we can do that I know my dad gone be here soon and I'm finna take my time ion care what she talking bout" I said while turning down a hallway opposite of Diamond"You better not take more than five minutes or that's yo ass Mr. postman" she yelled behind
"Okay first thing you do when you come in is clock in, I know it seems obvious but you have no idea how many people forget to clock in and get mad when they don't get paid for their hours" Tamara said while typing something in to the clock in padI was at Candies and after changing into my uniform Malik picked Tamara to train me because he had to step out for a bit.I nodded my head "okay""So all you have to do is put your thumb here then press clock in easy peasy"I did as she said "and when I go on break I would just put my thumb here then click go on break" I asked"Yes you got it, but make sure when you get off break you remember to clock back in so it doesn't dock your pay""And I definitely don't want that I'm trying to save up for a car""I feel you girl, I've been saving up to pay for my college books. Okay Imma run to the back real quick and grab you an apron""Alrighty you want me to go up front or stay back here" I
"I was born in Philadelphia but we moved here when I was in the eighth grade" I said to Alaina we had finished the worksheet and now we sat waiting for the bell to ring"I think I remember when you guys first came to the school, everybody was talking about y'all because you guys were like the first twins we ever had here""That's so crazy cause at my old school there was like two other sets of twins there, but it did make me feel special" I said smiling at the memory, the first day my sister and I came everyone was trying to be our friend"What's it like to have an identical twin" Alaina asked"Well it used to be really fun we would switch places soo many times, my teacher would ask my mom to staple our names to our shirts so she would know who was who; but we would just switch shirts in the bathroom" I said laughingAlaina laughed too "If I had a twin whenever I got in trouble I would say I'm my sister""Oh my gosh this one time my fi
I can't believe Cam would tell Dashawn, but not meI thought to myself as I walked the halls not sure on where to go. I know I shouldn't be mad at Cam because I know he wasn't trying to intentionally hurt me, but it just feels like everyone is keeping secrets; everyone in our group knew but me and that shit hurtsI walked to my English class and leaned against the wall waiting for the bell to finally ring.I'm soo ready to leave this raggedy ass school, but how the heck am I going to get to Candies ugh I need a carBRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGThe bell rang snapping me from my thoughts. I walked closer to the door as the class started to leave out
I didn't want to go to the cafeteria because I knew all eyes would be on me and I did not feel like dealing with that, so I went to the library instead; being sure to sit all the way in the back so I was unseenI texted Cam to let him know I was having lunch in the libraryI can't believe Roxy never told me, I've talked about relationships and love a billion times she had many opportunities to tell me"Laina... Laina" I could hear Cam whisper yellingI got up from my seat and waved my hand so he could see where I was sitting, once he saw me he started walking towards me; but he looked pissed"Yo what the fuck is going on" he said