Chapter 4: Monday

[Her] What a terrible prom night. I mean, it started off so right. Had it not been for ol'boy and his hoe, everything would have been all good. Luckily, I wasn't suspended from school because of the fight. The chaperones stepped in and broke it up before things got any worse. I rushed right outside and luckily my uncle Jimmy was still waiting for me in the parking lot. I hopped in the car and asked that he drove around for a little while before taking me home. He sat there looking confused for a minute, but shortly after, we took off.

The entire weekend, I had to endure Kyra sending me threatening messages on MySpace. Now I was back at school, ready for the drama to pick back up. But surprisingly, Kyra wasn't there.

"Bestie wait up!" Anisa came running up to me during nutrition at our favorite hang out spot in front of the library. She looked pretty as usual, prom hair still intact and a red Roca Wear set on with matching Chucks. I looked like my normal sloppy self, hair in a bun with a plain white tee, ripped jeans and checkered vans. "What's good Anisa."

"Girl that was crazy the other night! I wish you wouldn't have left so fast though because it got even crazier."

"What happened? Why didn't you call me?"

"Jade, I been calling you all weekend but you wouldn't even pick up! Anyway, after you left, Brittney went in on Kyra for trying to fight you over dude. Then the dude went hard on her saying that he's not her nigga and what not, and after that he ran out looking for you."

"Really?" I was shocked. Why was he looking for me?

"Anyway, once he couldn't find you, him, his homeboy and Brittney rode out and left Kyra's ass at the Grand looking stupid," Anisa laughed. "Girl you should've seen her face."

I was still tripping about why he would be worried about me.

"Bestie, do you at least know what his name is?"

"Oh, best-friend his name is Cori. Kyra kept yelling it when he boned out," Anisa said still laughing.

For the rest of the day at school, I couldn't stop thinking about this dude Cori, wondering if I'd see him again. After school let out, I headed to Mc Donald's across the street to get some fries, and to my surprise, I saw him thru the window kissing all over her. No, not Cori, but Rashawn. Rashawn was kissing Kyra.

"Just look at that bum ass bitch," I heard Kyra say as I walked into McDonald's. Rashawn was facing the opposite direction, so he didn't see me walk in. "Who babe?" Rashawn said as he turned his head and then he spotted me. Suddenly, it looked as though he had seen a ghost. "That bitch! She's the one I beat down at prom with her dusty bum ass." I wanted so badly to ignore her, but she had called me one too many bum bitches.

"Look here, hoe. I'm so sick and tired of you running your mouth, so if you want to take it there again then let's do it." By now I was all the way in Kyra's snob little face ready to tear her to shreds. "Nah, Jade just chill man," Rashawn said, moving away from Kyra and putting himself in between my body and hers.

"Oh, so you know her, Rashawn? You sticking up for her, too? Damn, what kind of spell does this bum have over people?" That was it. I shoved Rashawn so hard that he fell to the floor and I gave Kyra three hard blows to her big mouth. After that, I ran straight home. I didn't even think to see the damage that I had done to her face although I could hear her screaming. I didn't care what Rashawn thought or had to say. I just didn't care at all.