Dont Leave Me In The Shadows

LASHAYE POV

Aaron! Hurry or im finna be late!

"Im coming!!" He yelled from the top of our stairs.

Better be! I scowled at him.

"Shut up ugly" he said before we ran out the house together. Today was our first day of school and i wasnt tryna be late!

Let me tell ya about myself...

Well my names Lashaye Diamond Jackson. Im 14 and African American with fairly long and very curly hair. Im 5 feet even and i have a small frame but my ass is fat as hell. Im like a really smooth honey color and i have light brown eyes and dimples. Many would say im bad but i have my insecurities just like any other teenage girl. My 17 year old brother Aj and I live alone with our mom in a small apartment in one of the nicest neighborhoods in our town. My mom moved us there once she got a new job working in a hospital. It was great not being worried about hearing gun shots every night or not being able sit on our porch because a drive by might happen, but now its like we never see mom. Me and Aj literally wait up until like 2:00 am just to give her a hug and tell her we love her before her normal routine of getting a soup out the fridge, heating it up, and collapsing on the couch while eating it. It was hard knowing that she had to work like a dog for us. Our apartment is a two bedroom. Aj and I sadly have to share a room. It annoys me when he brings different bitches home every damn night. Them nasty girls may be caring all types of diseases but he never really gave a fuck about how i felt about that, *sighs*. Aside from that though me and Aj were very close. He wasnt like the typical gang bangers back in our old neighborhood. He actually had a job and his goal was to get a good education and become rich so mama could live like the queen she is. That was both of our goals as a matter of fact, and if your wondering about my daddy well theres not much i can say cause i never knew him. Every time i asked mama or Aj about him they either changed the subject or told me to drop it, eventually i just gave up on the whole "i wana know who my dad is" all together.

AJ POV

"YO YO YO!" My boy Damien called from down the hallway while me and Lashaye walked through the doors.

"DAY! DAY!" I yelled back in a real husky voice.

We both laughed.

"Wassup bruh! I see you got ya lil sissy here with you today."

Yea mane, my baby girl starting high school now i said as i began to fake cry.

Lashaye mugged me while me and Damien laughed. It was true though! I swear just yesterday she was getting on the school bus on her way to kindergarden. Now she was im high school. Damn.

Ight bro ill hit chu later im finna walk Shaye to class!

"Def nigga, hopefully we'll have some classes together" he said walking backwards before completely turning around and walking back to his locker im guessing.

Hopefully! I yelled after him.

I looked at Lashaye and she looked all over the place. Scared, tired, worried, excited, anxious, exhausted, impatient. You name it and she looked it.

Come on Shaye Shaye i called her by her nick name from when we were kids. She snapped out of her thoughts and hung on to my arm for dear life.

It wont be so bad baby girl i promise. Maygan may even be here i said enthusiastically trying to make her smile.

I walked her down to the freshman wing and sure enough she saw Maygan and her whole mood changed. She let go of my arm and ran over to where her friend was. She looked back giving me a quick smile letting me know she was okay.

I headed back down the long hallway the A wing since thats were i seen most of my niggas when we first walked in.

When i got there i seen my day ones, Rob, Ricardo, Damien, Vincent and Chavez. I immediately walked over to them and dapped them up.

"AJ!!" They all said in unison while dapping me up. I chuckled.

It was good seeing them again. I hadn't really got the chance to chill with anybody because i worked 3 jobs this summer. The money was nice but i was exhausted and couldnt wait to let up some of that pressure. It paid off though because this morning i drove my 2011 Benz to school!

My goal was a car and i got it 2 weeks ago. Mama helped me get insurance on it and by next month it should be completely paid off.

That car is MY LIFE yall! Like cant no bad bitch on the face of the earth compare to the love i feel for my car, and the best feeling about it all is.. I BROUGHT THAT SHIT.

ALL. BY. MY .DAMN. SELF.

Haha, i couldnt help but to smile and be proud. I know my daddy would have been proud of me too.

LASHAYE POV

Me and my best friend Maygan were sitting in third period. Art class. I love art but this teacher can suck a sick dick.

Seriously, said two words to Maygan and she already moved us across the room from each other. She seemed to have some type of animosity when it came to me but i didnt realize why. Then it hit me.

Im Aj's little sister.

Aj would always tell me how the art teacher hated him for no reason. Mama would always bitch at him about getting detentions from this lady. I swear he had about 3 detentions from her every week.

As much as i love art i wont sit here and fuck up my record because some stupid teacher hates me for no reason.

Tomorrow morning ima try and switch classes. Maybe music wont be so bad.

After that class ended it was like a ton of bricks being lifted off my shoulders. I was so relieved.

The rest of the day just kind of flew by. The only class i had with Maygan was art and that really sucked ass!

High school wasn't that bad though.

I was walking back to my locker because it was the end of the day. I was fiddling with the combination on the lock when i felt something shove me into the locker. I hit my head so hard i thought i heard my skull crack. My head was throbbing and i remember seeing red. I collapsed to the ground in pain. Am i dead or nah? Breathing hurt to much so i just stopped. My body felt lifeless and i couldnt move. I knew my eyes were open but i only saw black. My last thoughts were about Aj. Lord please dont take me away from my brother. Mama was never home and daddy was long gone.

Me and Aj was all we had left.

AUTHORS NOTE ----

It short because this is the intro yall.

If you havent read my other book "Thug Life Is The Life To Live" then please do so and if "Thug Life Is The life To Live" is what brought you to this book in the first place then thanks for reading guys!

This is similar to a thug story but i didnt want it to be to cliché so im trying something a little more unique this time.

THANKS FOR READING ! Excuse any mistakes please.

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