cat·a·to·ni·a
/ˌkadəˈtōnēə/
noun
abnormality of movement and behavior arising from a disturbed mental state
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Growing up in Harlem, 15 year old Shaniya Ocean Brown has difficult family problems. Her daddy issues cause her to yearn for the attention...
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I woke up to tha sound of my alarm.
I got up n did my hygiene n then started gettin ready fa school. "mornin," I said to my ma.
"Mhm get ya ass to school I'm sick of hearin dem call cuz u late", she said ta me puttin her hand up shushin me.
I rolled ma eyes. Me n my ma ain't had the best rls but she was kind ta me sometimes.
I grabbed my school stuff n left sayin goodbye to my ma wit... no response. She piss me tf off.
I stopped by tha deli ta get me a bacon egg n cheese w ketchup n mayo. Dat shit buss if you say it don't you a weirdo, deadass.
I got my shit n took tha 3 train to school. Ya already know tha mornin crackheads was up early as hell sleepin on dem subway seats.
It was my stop so I got up n started walkin to school. Once I got dere I was scannin da halls fa dior, my bsf who is fr the only person I fw in dis school. I seen ha talkin to her man so I went up to ha.
"Hey pookiee", I said tappin her butt. N no ion swing that way das how we play. "Hey baby daddy", she said ta me n ha boyfriend rolled his eyes. Ion fw him.
"Ya so gay", he said. "Boy get tf on y yhu in grown people business", I said rollin my eyes.
"Cmon let's go to class that hoe Ms Mikes always on mad bone" Dior said ta me grabbin my arm.
Which was the truth that hoe was annoyinggg.
When we got ta class dey told us we'd be goin to da auditorium for a end of year project.
We walked downstairs n went to find seats. While we was searchin da aisles fa some empty seats I seen Tyrone. He the nika I been had my eyes on.
We be flirtin here n there but it never goes past that. Word says he fws the girl Keisha I fell out with.
We sat a row in front of him n I started scrollin on tik tok. Dese white people was js talkin bout sum dumb shit n I was tunin them out.
I put my AirPods in n gave one ta Dior while we listened ta lil baby.
All of a sudden I felt sumbody tap me on ma shoulder.
Turnin around I seen it was Tyrone. "Shani?" He said ta me. Bro his voice deep asl.
Finna make me act tf up. "Hm?" I said ta him becuh he don't be talkin to me lii that.
"You tryna be my partna for dis luh thing?" He asked me.
"What luh thing?" "The project dis hoe talkin about it like difference in life between seniors n sophomores." He said ta me.
"I was not paying attention... but yeah", I said. He started smilin n I seen his white straight teeth. WHEWWW.
