Zadia tilted her head to the side. "So you mean to tell me that insurance has denied paying for the one thing that could help me live... but can fully pay for the thing that's most likely to kill me?" She questioned, before clapping her hands together. "I'm speechless. Honestly."
"I'm sorry about this, I really am. The system is... messed up."
"Fucked!" She blurted out. "The system is fucked, that's the correct term for it doc." Standing up, she gathered her things, which was only her bag and cell phone. "Thanks for this," she referred to the prescription script, waving it around. "it's gonna come in real handy for me." She said, sarcastically before walking out her doctors' office.
By the time she fully made it out of the building, her feet were already aching. It was a blessing that she didn't have to walk back home... well kinda. She was riding her bike to get from one place to another for the time being, since her car was unable to be driven at the moment. Her next paycheck, fingers crossed, was most definitely going towards getting her car fixed.
Sinking her hands into her bag, she pulled out her cell phone and unwrapped her earphones from around it. Plugging a bud into her ear, she lets the other one dangle around her chest. The soft sound of Whitney Houston's voice played softly into her ear as she got on her bike. Glancing at her surroundings, she waited for a group of people to go by, before she began pedaling her way down the street.
It felt good to be doing this right now. Unlike yesterday, the sun wasn't glaring down on her today, it was too busy being shunned away by the grey clouds that loomed in the sky. It looked like it was going to rain, but seeing how this state had the most confusing weather, it really wasn't guaranteed. Zadia, on the other hand, loved it when it rained. All her most memorable moments happened while it rained.
For instance, her first kiss, buying her first car, finding a hundred bucks, graduation...
She for real felt like the luckiest person in the world when it rained.
"Cross the fucking street already!" An angry, bystander yelled from inside his car.
Zadia quickly snapped out of her thoughts and pedaled a little bit faster before the pedestrian timer cut off. She sighed heavily once she crossed the road. It seriously got under her skin how easily distracted she was.
About a block away from her apartment, she got off her bike to walk the rest of the way. Her head bopped to the beat of the song, "are you that somebody," by Aaliyah as she made her way down the street. She bit down on her lip, fighting the urge to sing along. Zadia had a horrible voice and she knew that first hand. One time when she was a kid, she thought that she could sing, which lead her to believe it was okay to record herself doing it. Once she replayed the video, she realized that everyone was right... she couldn't sing... like at all.
It just wasn't her cup of tea.
"Yo, Zadia!" She heard someone shout, which caused her to jump in surprise. Not wanting to be annoyed, she quickly slipped the other earphone bud into her ear and upped the volume on her phone. She walked with her head high like she hadn't heard a thing. A small smile appeared on her face when she believed she got rid of the person.
But that smile quickly vanished as soon as she felt someone, yank out her buds. "What the fuck Abel?!" She shouted furiously. "What the hell is your problem?!" She asked, glaring at him.
"Damn, my fault." He said, looking at her with wide eyes. "I called your name to get your attention but you just kept walking away. Hell, I even saw when you put your other earbud in. How come you ignoring me? I thought we were cool now?"
Zadia scoffed. "You're a minor, I can't be friends with a minor that's first. And second, I put both earbuds in because I obviously didn't want to be disturbed." Zadia looked around. "It's like twelve in the afternoon, why aren't you in school?"
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