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Chapter 10

"I'm so sorry boo." She said.

"Don't be its not your fault." I said sniffling and looking at the blank screen of my ipod. "I just want to punch him in the face and slap her for even walking down the hallway." Nika chuckled. "He just has this effect on me and I don't know what it is. No boy has ever made me cry over them, I'm always the one to leave them feelin' some type of way."

"Well it seems like the tables turned on you." She said.

"I guess they have." I said turning around and fixing myself up. My eyes were red and puffy and I knew they were going to be like that for a while.

I walked back into the lunchroom and had some fruit so I could at least have something in my system.

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The end of the day rolled around and the bell was going to ring soon. Everyone was packing up their things. I just sat there and finished my work.

The bell rang and everybody left the room. "Cree, did you ever remember what you had to ask me?" Malik asked.

"Yep."

"Are you going to tell me?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"It isn't important. The question is irrelevant now."

"Can I still know?"

"No." I said. "Don't you have somewhere to be?" I asked clearly annoyed.

"Yo, what's wrong with you? You the one that wanted to have a friendship, I'm tryin' to see what's wrong with you but now you actin' like a bitch."

"Excuse you-" I said getting up from my seat.

"Cree, I didn't mean t-"

"You know what its cool, you said what you had to say, you can leave now."

"Cree I didn't mean-"

"You can leave now Malik."

"Cree?"

"Get out Malik!" I yelled.

He stood there and just looked at me then turned around and left.

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Nika came and picked me up from my aunts house and we headed to the mall. "I didn't know you could drive."

"Girl I drive to school everyday."

"Oh, why didn't Tati come with us."

"She stuck watching her brother again."

"Aww man poor girl."

"I know." She said pulling into an available parking space.

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Nika found herself a black lace dress that stopped a little above her knees, along with these black peep toe gladiator strappy black heels with a touch of gold in them.

We went into another store, I didn't pay attention to the name of the store I was focused on looking for a dress.

I went through racks and racks of dresses when I finally came across a long sleeved burgundy dress. I went to the dressing room and tried it on.

"Perfect." I said admiring the dress in the mirror.

"Let me see?" Nika asked. I walked out of the dressing room so she could see the dress. "Ooo, that dress looks great on you, Malik is gonna wish he asked you instead of Zamia."

"This dress is not to make him jealous." I said. "Did I tell you about our little dispute in the classroom when everyone left." She shook her head no. "Well basically, he stayed behind and asked me what I wanted to ask him and I said it wasn't important, then he asked me what my problem was and why I'm giving him the cold shoulder, then he started getting all mad and talkin' bout how I wanted to have a friendship with him and he wanna see what's wrong with me but I'm actin' like a bitch."

"He said what?!"

"Yup, said I was actin' like a bitch, then he tried to apologize and take it back, but then I told him he could leave."

"Wow, it sound like y'all arguing like a couple."

"Well the rate we goin' it doesn't seem like that's gonna happen anytime soon." I went back in the dressing room and took the dress off and placed it back on the hanger. I changed back into my clothes and went to pay for the dress.

"Now you need shoes." 

"I know which ones I'm gonna get. I'm gonna get the same ones as yours but-"

"Why, find your own shoes."

"Can anybody let me finish my sentences today, damn." I said stepping onto the escalator. "Like I was sayin', I'm gonna get the same as yours just in the nude color."

"Oh, okay that would be cute."

"I know."

I bought the shoes and we made our way back to Nika's car.

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The next Monday I walked into the school with Nika since she picked me up. She went off to find Quay and left me as I went to my locker.

I was still upset about Malik's actions but its whatever, just brushing it off and moving on is what I plan to do. Cree Crenshaw doesn't have time to dwell on foolishness.

Anyway I opened my locker and took out the books I needed for my first three classes.

"Wassup Cree?"

I turned around to see who was calling me. "Oh hey Boog." I said and turned back to my locker. I saw that Malik was walking next to him but I didn't acknowledge him.

"Hi Cree." Malik said.

I turned around and looked at him for a good second. "Malik." I said acknowledging him, he's lucky I said anything to him at all. I fixed my bag over my shoulder and walked past Malik and Boog as they stood at his locker. I saw Malik watch me from the corner of my eye as I made my way down the hallway.

I sat in the cafeteria at our table and just played around on my phone. As I sat there my mom crossed my mind and I decided to give her a call.

"Hello?" She said into the phone.

"Hey ma."

"Hey Cree, how are you love?"

"I'm good, ya know doin' me, takin' it one day at a time."

"Okay that's good, how's the family?"

"Everybody's good."

"That's good." The line filled with silence. I wanted to talk to her but I just didn't know what to say. "So why did you call?"

"What do you mean, I wanted to talk to you, I miss you, I miss Brooklyn."

"I miss you too Cree."

The line filled with silence again until I broke it. "Are coming to Georgia for Thanksgiving?"

"Yea I should be, and I have good news."

"That's great, I can't wait to see you, but what good news do you have?"

"You have to wait until I get there, its a surprise."

"It better be an amazing surprise worth waiting a week for."

"Oh trust me it is, but I gotta go I have to get ready for work."

"Okay Ma love you."

"Love you too hun." She said then hung up.

Now this damn surprise is going to be on my mind for the longest.