SAMIA POV

I woke up when I heard my alarm. I dragged myself out of my bed and went to the bathroom.
I did my morning hygiene and left the bathroom.

I went straight to my closet to find out what I was gonna wear today.

I decided to wear my blue red and white jersey that has "TWINS" printed boldly across the front, my all white pants, and my red and black Tims. I grabbed my chain for an accessory.

I put on my outfit then left my room. I went to the kitchen and seen my dad actually trying to cook.

"You need help dad?" I asked walking up to him.

"Nope, I got it." He says with sweat beads rolling down his face. I never saw anyone that concentrated on cooking.

I walked away from him and let him do his thing.

I went into my room and grabbed my phone off the charger. I automatically clicked on messages.

Monte😍😜😜- Good morning 😘
-6:38 am

I quickly texted my man- I mean Monte back.

Me- Good morning 😘😘
-6:55 am

Monte😍😜😜- You coming to school today?
-6:55 am

Me- I come to school every day 😂. You gon be at school?
-6:56 am

Monte😍😜😜- Yea. Can't miss no mo days in school
-6:56 am

"Food done." My dad said busting in my room.

"Ight." I said then returned to my phone.

Me- Im finna eat. See ya later.
-6:56 am

Monte😍😜😜- See you later

I left him on seen then got up to go to the kitchen. I looked at the table and saw a bowl of mush.

"Um... dad what is this?" I ask.

"Some grits, eggs and bacon." He replies.

"Where the bacon?" I ask

"On the stove." He says pointing at the plate on the stove.

I go to the stove and gasp at the sight.

"You burnt the bacon!" I said.

"No, I didn't. It's just extra crispy." He says.

"No. This bacon is blacker than my leather jacket." I reply.

"Don't eat my extra crispy bacon then." He says with an attitude.

"I wasn't gon eat it anyways. You trynna kill me." I say then grab my car keys. "I'm going to McDonald's." I tell him.

He says see you later then I grab the rest of my stuff and leave the house.

**
I pulled up to McDonald's and saw how long the drive-thru line was. So, I decided to just go inside.

After I parked my car I went inside McDonald's. The line wasn't long it was only three people in front of me.

When it was my turn to order I got 2 sausage egg McMuffins and an orange juice.

When I got my food I decided to eat in there because I had a little time to spare.

I picked a booth, sat down, prayed then started to eat.

As I ate I saw someone slide into my booth.

I looked up and seen it was Jacorey.

"Hey." He said then started to take his food out of his bag.

"Um... why you in my booth?" I asked.

"I saw you sitting here by yourself, so I sat here to keep you company." He replies.

"Well, if you gon sit here lemme get some." I said pointing at his hashbrown.
He tore off a piece of the hashbrown and gave me the rest of it in the wrapping.

"Thank you." I said smiling at the food. Then bit into it. 

"You welcome." He responds then starts to eat the rest of his food. 

We stayed in silence as we ate our breakfast. 

He finally said something after sitting in silence for two minutes. "What happened after I left?" He asked referring to when he left after the dinner. 

"Nun really happened after that. We just went to Slim house and got high." I told him totally leaving out the part about the fight at Walmart.  

"I shoulda stayed. But my head was starting to hurt." He explained.

"It's good. I rode with my cousin anyways." I told him.

"She took you home too?" He asked.

"Nah, Monte did." I told him and noticed he clenched his jaw. 

"You good?" I ask. 

"Yea, I'm straight. We gotta go befo we be late to school." He tells me then starts to get all the trash. 

He big mad...

I got up and grabbed my mess before he could throw it in the trash. 

After we cleaned up we parted ways and went to our cars. 

**

I walked to the gym to meet up with everyone. When I walked into the gym I saw everyone talking and laughing. 

"Hey Y'all." I said when I walked up to them. The girls said hey back and hugged me. Slim and shotta nodded. Monte gave me hug and kissed my forehead. 

The girls looked at us in shock. Denise mouthed "Bitch, I need details" to me and I just nodded. 

I looked at his face and seen a band-aid on his forehead. 

"Did my dad do that?" I whispered to him grabbing his face and looking for any more scars. He winced at my touch.

"No. Something else happened." He whispered back. I tilted my head trying to understand. I grabbed his hand and walked away from everyone. As I walked us to a secluded spot I saw Corey walk in. I waved at him and he nodded. 

When I found a quiet spot I started my interrogation. 

I crossed my arms over my chest and stared at his face. "What happened?" I asked.

"Nothing." He said shrugging. 

"What happened?" I asked yet again but in a stern voice to show him I wasn't playing. 

"Samia, it ain't nothing serious." He tells me. 

"Did I ask that tho? No, the fuck I didn't. So answer the question." I responded. 

He sighed. "It-" He started to say but the bell rung telling us its time to go to our first period. 

"We gotta go. But you betta tell me later I ain't gon forget either." I tell him then walk away to go to my class.

**

It was lunchtime and everybody was running to the cafeteria. That food ain't that damn good. 

I walked to the cafeteria and went to one of the hot lines. Today they serving hamburgers and some other shit. 

I got a hamburger, some fries, and an apple. 

We all had the same lunch. The girls sat in one booth and the boys sat in a different one.

The seniors had their own section in the cafeteria. We have booths, taller tables, and some tables lined up on the wall. 

I was the last girl to sit in the booth and all the girls' eyes were on me. 

"What?" I asked. 

"Bihh, what happened between you and Monte?" Denise noesy asked. 

"Nothing." I said smiling a little just by thinking about him. 

"Look at ya! Smiling and shit! What happened? We need this tea." Regina added.

"For real... it's nothing serious. Honestly." I said throwing my hands up. 

They all squinted their eyes at me. Making me crack. 

"Ight--" I said then started to tell them what happened with Monte and I but I left out our talk this morning. They don't need to know that. 

"Ooo, bitch." They said being extra as hell. 

"Shut up." I say covering my face. 

"Whats yall date 10/14/17?" Didi says. 

"Yall are so embarrassing." I say shaking my head at them and they laughed. 

**

I was in my 7th-period class staring off into space not paying attention. Our teacher, Mrs.Jackson, was assigning partners to do a project about whatever famous inventor she gave you. 

"Samia?" Mrs.Jackson calls my name out.

"Yes." I respond.

"Ok. You and Jacorey are partners and yall will have to do a project on Garrett Morgan." She tells us. 

Jacorey gets up from whatever seat he was sitting at, sits by me then smiles. 

I groan and silently pray. Hoping he doesn't get on my nerves. 

- AUTHORS NOTE-

I had writer's block for a while but I'm back.