Twisted Gems

Unexpected Returns

Nah I'd rather sleep that's nasty. While some girls were shaking their thighs I could see other girls over by Jessica's backyard spitting some rhythm and it looks like their giving out money too. "Hey guys if you want to dance go over by Jessica, but if you want to join Gracie 's side you better be ready to bring some heat. So I'm gonna do a little contest. Whoever can impress me with their most meaningful lines will get $350 and we will sit by you at lunch. But time is ticking, if you aren't here by 11:15 you just lost your chances." This is great so instead of trying to act ratchet I could show off my more meaningful talent:lyrics. But what time is it though. 11:09 ok let's go.

By the time I got to Gracie's side two girls had already gone and one was going and she was really good too. "Hey my is Crystal Jones and I will rapping a verse from my song like a queen." "You fight hard but I fight harder, You hit me strong but I rise up stronger, You stand tall but I stand taller even though you hurt me and as you can see, I fight like a queen, so Swift on the scene, I  fight like a queen and I'm just being me I'm just being free." Crystal got a huge round of applause and some even cheered loudly and that made me want to over think. But I don't have the time too. It's 11:12 now. "This is the last chance to come up or else I think we have a winner.", Gracie announced. "Wait wait I'm going to spit some rhymes!"

I shouted so loud the dj turned off the music and everyone that was dancing and clapping turned to look at me. "Hey look it's the pessimist!", one person shouted. "What does she know about rapping?!", said another one. "Well I know more about rapping than you do about your personal hygiene.", I clapped back. Oooh! Ohhhhhhhh! "But anyways. I'm Onya Adams a 16-year-old 11th grader and well known pessimist. But that doesn't mean that I can't rhyme, I came here to prove you people wrong and that's what I'm going to do." "This is a verse from my song Get up and solve em."

"Everything just stays the same, there's people paying attention to useless things so many problems in the world and you just sit there like there's not anything going on yeah, people lose their lives for some petty reasons and now you say you got a reason, violence in the streets there are homeless and the poor, careless leaders hurting their country makes the world hurt even more, if you wanna make a change you gotta start listening this is not a game, so when we're dealing with the problems get up and solve em." Some people were looking at me while others were  whispering to their friends. "Wow she's really good", I heard some people whispering. "Well I guess we have a winner. Congratulations Onya!"

Onya! Onya! Onya! People really are cheering for me i was victorious. But I don't know if I can handle all those people around me. I guess we'll see how this plays out but at least I got 350 dollars. You know what I'm going to get up and go dance. I danced as if no one was watching me and let my body feel the music. I can't believe that I just did that. The time was after 12 in the morning and some kids took some extra food and drinks and slowly started leaving. I guess I should be doing the same I'm not going to be here until the party ends. I need to get at least 5 hours of sleep.

The music was slowly dying down, the crowd got less and less and the amount of food was decreasing. I went over to the kitchen to get a plastic bag  and some boxes and took 3 cupcakes, 8 cookies, 3 slices of pizza, and 2 sodas. Now let's try to get out of here without drawing more attention to myself. So I slowly tip toed out of there and got on my bike. I tied my food to the side of my bike, typed in my address and started to pedal home.

By the time I got home it was 12:44 in the morning. Now I have to figure out a way to get in without making too much noise. So I could go through the garage door or find a way to come in through my room window. Wait my parents have a ladder in the backyard so I'll just leave my bike there and climb up the ladder to my window. Ok here we go. It's a good thing none of my neighbors are out this late. I tried to open the window as quiet as possible and the lights were still off. Yes!

Gosh I am so tired but I have to remove this party look. My face is going to be such a mess in the morning. Crap! I have a quiz in less than 7 hours. I mean I usually pass the language arts tests and quizzes so do I really need to study? I changed out of my spring fling look into my comfy pajamas and went to the bathroom to cleanse my face. I already stored them somewhere my mom usually doesn't look so I'm fine. I ran some warm water in the sink to wash my face and brush my teeth. Well it's 1:11. Time to get that few hours of sleep.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! OK I'm up alarm clock are you happy! It's 6:35 around the usual time I wake up but I feel like sleeping for 5 more hours but I'm going to be late.  Eh I'll just sleep for 5 more minutes. "Onya wake up!", my mom called. "I'm up! I'm up! God I feel like a mess." I got out of bed, made it and went to get my towel. My brothers had to be dropped off early for hot chocolate and donuts. What these boys would do for food.

I spend 20 minutes showering and I got my bathrobe and checked to see what was on YouTube. I came across this video of this guy who posted a video from the party. Eh it's nothing special but as soon as I went to click off I saw my face. Wait is that me rapping how many views does this video have. 4 thousand! Oh my god let me just get ready. I put on the clothes that describes my mood: tired. So I put on my feeling tired shirt and by comfy yoga pants. I put my hair in a half up half down ponytail and went downstairs to get my school stuff.

I hope that my family won't find out about me sneaking out. I feel so paranoid. "Morning sweetie, how was your sleep?" "It's was good mom." Lies. "You sure you look very tired." "Yeah I'm fine it's just the feeling of Tuesdays." After that my mom went to our other living room to scroll through Facebook while I grabbed my backpack, jacket and shoes. I poured myself a glass of warm milk and took out my last slice of my vanilla bean cheesecake topped with whipped cream and white chocolate shavings and fresh strawberries. Yes I had to include all of that in there.

Mmm that was so good makes me feel better about this day. I hope I don't fail that quiz. I have a 95 in that class can't let it go below a 90. Now where did I put my new stash of money, I think it was in my room. Hope they don't come in and find my party stuff. Speaking of the party I'm going to take some of the food I got and take it for lunch. Now that I have everything that I need time to go to school.

I have everything I need so I don't need to stop anywhere. It's 7:26 so when I get to school it should be around 7:40 so the remaining time I have I'll sleep for 30 minutes and study for 10 minutes. Sounds like a good plan so let's head to the hell of high school damm. I turned on the radio and kept it on a low volume so I could just hear the sounds of my car driving down the road. It's going to be one long week. And I need to meet up with Justin for our project either tomorrow or Thursday. I'll probably come on Thursday.

Ugh why does it feel so cold. 61 degrees! I thought it was supposed to be spring. I had already arrived at school so I'm just going to put on my hoodie and keep a low profile. I think I put some of my reading notes in my locker so that's where I'll head first. "Hey Onya!",  one person shouted. "Hey girlfriend!" So much for keeping a low profile. "You were amazing at that party." "I wish I could write like you." Um thanks I thought in my head. As I was walking to Ms. Little's class I could hear 20 footsteps behind me. I guess that's what I get for being a party animal.

I tried to out walk as many people as I could before I got to class and didn't bother to look behind me. "Medium length black hair, glowy brown skin, mellow voice. Onya is that you?" I slowly turned around to see who was calling me and I recognized that voice. "....Soleia?!"