"Zoey! Do you care to come solve the equation up on the projector since your not paying any attention?" My teacher called me out trying embarrass me.
She pulled me out of my daydream about that boy who was EJ friend. YG. He was dark caramel and tall about 6ft 3 with piercing dark eyes. Tattoos on his neck, arms and even fingers had me intrigued. His hair was in pretty waves cut fresh and he had a long full beard that made butterflies twist in my stomach. He was the type of fine that made you do a double take. His lips were suckable and his legs bowed a little making me feel like we could relate since I was bowlegged.
"Zoey" my teacher called me out again
"Damn girl ain't no way I would do that hard ass shit" the class clown joked
I looked at the long ass equation and how my classmates shook their head saying how they didn't even know it. I got up and smirked because I was very advance and intelligent. Not bragging but I showcased how to solve the equation less than five minutes
"Very good but still need you to be paying attention in my classroom"
When the bell rang I was so glad School was out. It looked like a let out how thick the crowd was today. As usual EJ was entertaining some random girl having her pressed up on his car. EJ was the school hoe, the neighborhood hoe, just a dog. I frowned as I shook my head.
"Wassup beautiful. Valentine's Day coming up. I wanted you to be my date for the dance" Taj smoothly whispered in my ear catching me by surprise. He grabbed my wrist before i could move any further to the school parking lot slipping me a ticket for the dance. Taj was cute and very close to EJ. I didn't like him but I did want to go to the hall. I would look lame going alone and even though i got asked all day everyday Taj would match my fly.
His father was a famous surgeon and was giving celebrities fake asses and boobs. His mother was a pediatrician and like his parents Taj wanted to go to college for medicine. He came from a good home so i knew East, my stepfather would give him the green light.
"She ain't doing nothing. Get the fuck out her face" EJ roughly snatched his hand off my wrist and Taj look appalled. He ripped the ticket up and we all watched it fall on the ground. I thought of my sick and embarrassing dream the other night when EJ gave me head then demanded I decline Taj offer.
Did I manifest this? Now it was happening in real life. He was so controlling!
"Damn homie you know I'm a good dude. We pose to be friends and you carrying me real wicked right now"
"Man all that corny ass lingo giving me a fucking headache. Zoe let's go" he ordered ignoring Taj completely
"EJ let her live" some white girl chuckled at him holding his bookbag.
Even though I could pass for white both of my parents were black and I always got mistaken for one myself.
"Mind your business yo. Go get in my whip and wait for me"
"Damn EJ you be doing the most. And what happened to that girl from yesterday?" I asked snatching away from him. He yoked me up by the collar of my White uniform shirt drawing all eyes on us
"Don't worry bout what I'm doing. We on you right now and how You wanna be a fucking freak Bitch so bad"
Tears brimmed my eyes out of anger because I was insulted. I yanked my head back at his audacity and the disrespectful shit he was spewing. How I wanted to be a thot?
"I didn't even do shit! I have self respect for myself!"
"Your changed ya uniform to look slutty and shit. The extra clown ass makeup, and Look at ya hair. What happened to the bun from this morning? I'm trying help your stupid ass. You want attention so bad but it's going draw the wrong type of niggas"
"Taj? He's a lame! You sound stupid right now. What you don't understand is your not my father! Your father not even my father! My father six feet in the ground nigga and if he was alive I would have him bust your fucking head open!" I pushed him off me and he licked his lips before chuckling with a sinister grin
"Enjoy your walk home from school then" he smirked
I pulled out my phone ignoring him because i was snitching . Plus my best friend could just pick me up but before i could even call my phone was being snatched out of my hand.
"EJ im not playing!" I swung at him and he ducked just in time.
"Give that girl her phone!" some random spoke up in my defense.
"Man if you don't want to get popped I advise you mind your business."
EJ didn't get any response but two hands held up in the air in surrender . me and him tussled for a few minutes untill I gave up on getting my phone back
"Taj can you take me home?" I asked watching EJ pull off like a madman. I hated him. My blood was boiling
"Zoe I don't think it's a good idea" his punk ass weakly gave me
"Really? Well call Sasha" I Demanded
He did do that and I had to only wait fifteen minutes untill my girl came through
"If you had gave EJ my number you wouldn't have to go through this. This pussy is lethal. I would have your brother in check and off yo back." Sasha patted between her legs and I shook my head . Anything was bound to come out her mouth
"Hes a fucking clown. Wanna be thug ass"
Sasha erupted into laughter as she pulled infront of my Mercedes
"Let's take your car. Ride in the city"
"Man I'm not really suppose to be out and about without my detail" I explained. I really wasn't a rebel. I did what was expected of me and was the good child. EJ was the curious smart mouthed ass one, King outright was bad as hell, Nas laid back but a quiet storm and Melody the mini spoiled rotten princess.
Then I thought about my distant grandmother but she lived in the heart of the the trenches. But I was safe there. East word was bond I never had to worry about a hair on my head in West Baltimore in the Edmondson village area
"Well I'm surprised you made a visit" Grandma Louis was a sweet beautiful Indian woman. Her English was getting better. It may been confusing but she was Saint (my father figure for my early childhood) mother, i had no relation to my real dad family at all. Grandma Louis took me in immediately for a tight hug and tears laced her eyelids
i looked at the many pictures of Saint a younger me and my mother. They were childhood best friends for years then became lovers. I missed him greatly to this day and felt a sadness sweep over me
"You were his world. I miss me boy so much" she whispered rubbing my back
I hung out with her for awhile while Sasha went to get some "grass" as she said. I called my mother and she approved of me being there and talked to Grandma for a few.
When Sasha texted me that she was outside i came rushing out
"Who is this nigga?" I asked incredulously at the boy in the back. He was so rough looking and had a blue flag on his neck. I thought the gang shit was played out in Maryland but i guess not
