The school bell rung, indicating that class was now in session. Everyone sat in their seats and looked forward at the board. Ebony sat directly in the middle of the classroom. She nervously tapped her pencil on the desk.
"What's wrong with you, Blackie?" The girl behind her remarked. She had a honey blonde afro, really light skin, and big, bubblegum pink lips. Her eyes were the prettiest shade of emerald green, and she had small, brown freckles scattered underneath her eyes.
The entire class roared in laughter. The tears burned the back of Ebony's eyes. It wasn't even the first time this type of remark was made, but they laughed at it like it was the first.
"Leave me alone." Ebony mumbled ashamed.
"Yeah,man. Leave her alone. It ain't a crime being black." The dude next to her defended. He was a dark male with a wide nose and big, black lips. His eyes was the darkest shade of brown.
"Don't stand up for her. She got a mouth. She just need to use it." The same girl spat. Ebony's fists balled. She was becoming upset, but as usual, there was nothing she could do. She was defenseless and she knew it. Her eyes turned blood shot red.
"Gloria, chill out! That girl don't do nothing to nobody! I don't understand why you keep bothering her." The guy defended, revealing the bully's name. She rolled her eyes and smacked her lips.
"Whatever. She still ugly though. And I don't know why you mad either. You big, black and ugly too. Don't hate me because I'm light and beautiful." She snarred. The light skin girl next to her laughed and gave her a high five. Gloria's friend wore her hair in a long, black sythentic ponytail that was positioned on the side of her head. Her eyes were brown, she had a slender nose and her lips were juicy and pink. In her ears, she wore huge, gold hoop earrings. She smacked on a stick of bubble gum and blew it into a bubble.
Of course Gloria was beautiful, Ebony thought. Gloria was bi-racial and inherited the most beautiful traits from her parents. If it weren't for her stink attitude, she would almost be flawless. Her attitude doesn't stop her from thinking she is. The guy sucked his teeth.
"I've seen girls badder than you. You not even all that pretty or cute, neither." He mumbled. He hoped Gloria didn't hear him, but she did. Gloria rose up from her seat and strutted over to the guy.
"So, you saying I'm not sexy? Look at me. Look at this." She seduced him, pointing to her butt. Indeed, she did have a swollen backside. It was the only thing, besides her face, that gave her all of the attention she has now. Gloria bended over in his face and slid her hand down her right butt cheek.
"You like that daddy?" She purred. Ebony tried to ignore her, but she couldn't help herself from looking. She wasn't into girls, but how could she not look at someone who's next to her begging for attention. Ebony's eyes roamed her body, examining her outfit instead.
Gloria wore a tight, green halter top that accentuated her small B cup breasts. Her black push-up bra was visible underneath her shirt. She also had on a pair of light colored, distressed skinny jeans that looked too tight on her. On her feet, she styled a pair of green and white Jordans and wore a pair of silver hoop earrings to complete her look.
The guy's mouth watered. He knew he wanted her and this could probably be his chance to get her where he wanted. He licked his lips and watched the sensual show displayed in front of him.
"Tell you what, how about you be quiet the rest of the class period and after school, I'll let you hit it. But, only under one condition, you can't defend her. Be quiet and then you can make all the noise you want later, okay? How does that sound?" She demanded, straddling his lap and whispering to him. His large hands rested on her buttocks and he lightly moaned by its soft texture. She kissed his chin and got up.
"I'll give you my number later. Okay, big daddy?" She told him, giving him a seductive look. He bit his lip, completely infacturated with the beauty before him. She walked to her seat and sat down.
Just as she planted in her seat, the teacher arrived into the room. He carried his briefcase to the magohany desk that sat in the front of the classroom. He placed it down on the surface. He fumbled with his tie and cleared his throat.
"Hello, class." He greeted.
"Hello, Professor Rucks." The class said back, in unison. He nodded his head in approval and sat on the desk, crossing his legs.
Professor Rucks could be an ass sometimes, but overall he was a really good teacher. He was a 56 year old Caucasian man with George Washington bifocials and thin, wispy white hair. He had a huge, shiny bald spot, which the class laughed at from time to time. The students also picked on him because Professor Rucks has never been married, has no children and lives alone with 2 dogs and 5 cats. They like to joke and say he's a virgin. No one really knows if its true, but it is a quite funny rumor.
"Good, good, I'm fine. Good morning to you all. I assumed you guys did your homework. I asked you guys to analyze the Analytics exceprt and then write a summary paraphrasing the text and describing it in your own words. By a show of hands, who all did the assignment?" He questioned, searching the room. A few students cleared their throats sarcastically and scratched the back of their heads. Looking around, Ebony raises her hand shyly.
"Ahh, Ms. Brooks. She never falls short of an assignement. Anyone else besides her?" He said. A guy a few seats from Ebony raised his finger in the air. Professor Rucks pointed to him.
"Jerome, what do you need? I can't distinguish a difference, espicially when your pointer finger is in the air." The teacher remarked jokingly. Jerome sucked his teeth.
"So, see, what had happened was I did it but I lost it." He lied, hoping Professor Rucks would believe him. Mr. Rucks stroked the white hair on his chin. Before he could respond, Gloria's friend spoke.
"Jerome, shut up! You know damn well you didn't do that homework, just like everybody else in here. Stop looking for attention. The fuck." She blurted, twirling her bubblegum on her index finger. Jerome slowly turned around and squinted his eyes at her.
"If you don't shut yo' goddamn BonQuiQui ass up! Nobody asked you to speak. You probably don't even know how to spell attention you two dolla' hoe." He spat, causing the class to ooh in entertainment.
"Boy bye! I know damn well you ain't talking! Why you still dressed like a 00's gangster? Nobody rocks du-rags and Roc A Wear anymore. Broke ass hustler." She replied back, making everyone laugh.
She did have a point. He wore a red du-rag, a red Roc A Wear shirt, denim Coogi shorts, which were sagging off his behind and white high top Air Force 1's. He also wore a bottom and top grill made of gold in his mouth, well, at least he claimed it was real gold. Jerome sucked his teeth and turned around.
"Jerome and Sha'TeQua, why do you two feel the need to interrupt my class with this unnecessary dispute?" Professor Rucks interjected. Sha'TeQua's eyes rolled all the way to the back of her head before she responded.
"Because he's an attention seeker, he broke, and he annoying. He always wanna be extra with his turtle looking ass. Gosh." She complained, patting the itchy spot on her head.
"Next time save that for lunch, okay? I don't need that interruption here. This is a learning zone. Take that argument somewhere else and please do not return it here again, alrighty? Yes? Cool." Professor Rucks demanded, shutting the entire dispute down. Sha'TeQua rolled her eyes and whispered something to Gloria. Professor Rucks tapped his fingers together as he thought of what he was going to say.
"As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, Miss Brooks was the only one who did her homework, eh?" The class became silent. He clapped his hands together.
"Ok, just turn it into the bin. I should be able to have it ready for you to review by tomorrow. Be ready for a quiz at the end of the week." Professor Rucks announced. The class groaned.
"Uh uh. Don't be too discouraged. You can use your notes, handouts and homework on the quiz as a helper. I suggest you all get on your grind and be like Miss Brooks if you want to pass. It could really help bring up those grades a lot of you have. I mean, don't take it as a lecture. Take it as a reminder." He said. Gloria snickered.
Slowly, Ebony slid her chair back and got out of her chair. She ignored the mean mugs and angry faces that glanced back at her. All she wanted was to rush back to her chair. She shuffled to the bin and walked to her chair. Approaching it from the back, she walked to her desk. All of a sudden, she felt her legs left the ground and fell to the floor with a giant thud. The whole class burst out laughing.
Ebony was so embarassed. Some kids were even jumping on desks and dancing, still laughing at the fall. One kid tried to pull their phone out to catch the reactions, but his hands were trembling from laughing too hard. Gloria and Sha'TeQua stood over Ebony, arms crossed, laughing. Professor Rucks panicked, turning pink. He had no idea what just happened. He rushed over to Ebony.
Ebony, are you okay?" He asked, pulling her off the ground. Ebony covered her face, drenched in embarassment. With no words her mouth could produce, she turned and ran for the door. She exited the classroom and dashed to the bathroom. Going into the furthest stall, she locked the door and sat on the toilet. She balled her eyes out.
Why do they hate me so much? Why do they keep being mean to me? What did I do to deserve this? Ebony contemplated mentally, not understanding why she was receiving the unfair treatment. Not caring how loud she was, Ebony screamed as she cried. The emotional and physical pain she felt was undescribable.
She felt her upper lip tighten. Oh no, she thought. Rising off of the toilet seat, she exited the stall and stood in front of the dirty mirror hanging on the wall. She couldn't believe what she saw in the reflection. Her upper lip had a huge knot on it. Blood poured from her nose. Her elbows were scraped and white, due to the hard plunge to the floor.
Upset at what she saw, she screamed again. Ebony started to panic. How was she going to explain this to her mother? It was already bad enough she was lying to her about the constant bullying and abuse? It was ironic she was protecting the people that literally hurt her the most, but she knew if she told, her mother would flip out and the other kids would retaliate.
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