CONSEQUENCES

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JISELE ADAMS
'Jilly'
RALEIGH • 919

"Jisele? Are you paying attention." I heard my professor say, making me look up and nod.

I didn't have a got damn clue what was going on, but somebody in the class was gonna catch me up so it didn't matter.

He finished up teaching a lesson and class was over— I went straight to my car afterwards cause my last class was irrelevant.

As I was walking, I watched all the other students interact and it made me wanna be on campus— but I just couldn't share a room with nobody when I got a queen size bed waiting for me right at home.

When I got in the car I drove to American Deli and ordered me a ten piece lemon pepper meal then headed home.

——

"How'd it go?" Harmony asked sitting down on my bed.

I looked at her while raising my eyebrow, "With what?"

"Uh... the boy? Milo?"

"We just got to know each other, nothing much." I stated, taking a sip from my drink. "But anyway, you work today?"

She shook her head no, "You wanna go to Frankie's?"

She stared at me with a unreadable facial expression so i bucked at her, "Why you looking at me like that hoe?!"

"How old are you?"

"The hell that's supposed to mean?" I mugged her.

"We too damn old to be in Frankie's! You always wanna do some childish shit—let's go outside."

"Frankie's got an indoor and outdoor."

She frowned at me, "Bitch you know what I mean."

"Girl bye I'm still recovering from the other night." I waved her off.

"Come onnnn, this the last time for the month. I won't ask you to go nowhere else."

"You said that last week."

She shrugged, "I don't even know why I'm going back and forth with you. You're going. And we leaving at 10."

"That was good." I said to myself after finishing up my food— disregarding what she said. I stretched out on the bed and closed my eyes.

"Unt unt, get up." Harmony shook me rough as hell.

"I ain't even sleep yet, get the hell off me." My eyes flew open and I look at her like she was crazy.

"Let's go." She stood up

"It's only four, what's going on at four in the afternoon Harmony?"

"No, I need an outfit."

"For what? Man if youn throw on a jumpsuit and some shoes and call it a damn day."

"Not that kind of outfit."

I looked at her and she looked at me, "Oh hell naw."

"Please just come with me!"

"No! You have me in that store every other day." I rolled my eyes and crawled into a ball.

She was trynna go to one of them sex stores to buy lingerie and shit, It's so weird being in there... I be hella uncomfortable.

Like I would feel so uneasy knowing that the cashier knows I use dildos and shit.

"And ain't you talking to a new person? Why you can't wear the same shit you wore for the last one?"

"Cause it won't be special."