FOUR| Never tip the crown
January 5, 2013
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When January had came through and it was time for second semester, Milan did everything she could the right way. Even if that meant missing out on Christmas gifts for giving him all of her gift money to him.
She had made sure all his clothes were firmly ironed, all his food was properly cooked. She made sure she was good and cleaned, and she made sure the house was good. Except for that fucking closet.
Bugs weren't for her.
So when it came to the only wish she was going to get from Joe until she did something truly amazing for him, she waited until January 5th. The day of Enrollment at Jonah Farrell Preparatory Middle school.
The school she would now be attending.
"For real Milan they better let yo ass in this school! It's cold as fuck today." Joe fussed. Milan smacked her lips at him, "Tu râles toujours."
(You always bitchin.)
He didn't even know what she said but he didn't care, he slapped her upside her head. "Ah,"
"Stop talking shit." The train ride to the school came to a stop and they got off, walking up the steps into the cold winter night. This was the time the skating rink was just starting to close.
Joe never wanted to take Milan. She never asked to go, scared of the response.
Around this time she was the saddest it seemed. Milan just really didn't like the fact that it snowed during the winter, it made her want to cry. The way they poured so, slowly and with care. It made her depressed.
She never really enjoyed the snow.
They got to the school and shook themselves off before entering the school, the warm feeling made her feel welcomed and toasty. The colors of the school being red, nude, and white made her like it even more.
The falcons had her attention, "They gotta let me attend here," she wished aloud on accident-
"Come on."
Milan watched as Joe's whole persona had changed. Joe wasn't all the way ugly besides the scratch marks he had in his face that looked like they couldn't heal. Joesph was a light skin complexion with light blue eyes. He had nice hair that he made sure to keep up with for the many job interviews he went through.
She watched as he talked like he had sense to the lady she now knew as Principal Shaw. Milan faked to be nice, she answered every question respectfully, then it was time for the records to be shown.
If it was one thing Milan did with Joe was go to many school enrollments, hospital appointments, late night bar night, the week he's sober which happens to be this week, thieving, and each time it's important like to the bank or something he'd let her go. She'd watch how proper he was, how disguised he was like a character. Somehow some way, she made herself a character, a lawyer type character.
She heard about all of the teachers write ups on her, how every time she was being in the deans office. She watched as Joe's glares had got deeper in her skin. She didn't care though,
"You wanna know some thing Principal Shaw? My granny Ruby, may god bless her soul always said Le passé est pratique, meaning the Past is Practice.
My records obviously show that I've been approving in my behavior, in some way, don't they." She pointed at the orange line, it was one step closer to the red one. We don't need the red one.
"I think you should give me a chance. Give me one chance to show you that I can be the best student you have at this school-" She plead her deal. All she had to do was look like she was sorry like Joe does when he needs a loan.
"Hold up, that's a big task do you think you can-"The principal doubted her, Milan stopped her before she could get anywhere,
"I know I can just let me come here." She pleaded. The principal looked at her with furrowed eyebrows.
She thought about it for a second, then nodded her head saying, "Okay. O-okay, one chance Milan but im going to put you on something that's called a contract." Principal Shaw began to pull out a big ass folder. Almost like a packet full.
Milan eyes bucked, "For how long?"
Principal Shaw faked smiled, "For how ever long your here for,"she said in the same tone as Milan keeping that same look.
Bitch, "Deal."
She watched how well Joe signed everything and made sure to take note of it all. She even began to practice his signature on her hand that she swapped, "We'll be glad to see you this Monday, Milan." Principal Shaw said once she was done.
Milan smiled, I hope, "You too, Principal Shaw."
Milan and Joe began to walk away. Him being in his right and sober mind he looked over at her, "You wanna go school shopping?"
She looked at him, "for real?"
"Yeah come on before I change my mind."
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They had got to the mall, but he changed his mind once Milan had touch one shirt he didn't like.
She swore to god she hated this nigga.
But she stole some Mac before they left anywhere. Courtesy of hanging with robbers and being a thieve herself. The perks of having a Snap.
Ah-haha
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February 3, 2013
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That was only a month and some chump change, of a time ago.
Today was her birthday. Her thirteenth birthday, a day she's been waiting on forever.
She was finally a teenager and she would now not be treated like a child. She could finally say, "Im not a child."
Shit was lit.
"God let me be good." She rolled out of her bed and looked into the mirror. She noticed her face was a little skinny, but then again her face seems like it changes in different angles.
She brushed her teeth, took a shower and made her way back into the bathroom once she got her clothes out her room and her robe. She got the mac she robbed from the mall and began to try and beat her face.
She recited the things she reminded her self about her mother.
Her facial expressions that she used for her face, she made to look just like her mothers.
The way her mother did makeup, it was like she copied.
She was such a crybaby she was trying not to cry about the fact her mom never writes on her birthdays, or call, but she was starting not to care that much it seemed, but yet still waited.
She got dressed in the new clothes she had purchased for herself and the chain she got herself as well.
She grabbed her bag and packed it with drugs, a few mollys and 35 grams of weed. She had to sell the rest of her shit in a matter of a week. She had to push it and this bitch ass phone she had now was kinda fucking her over.
"I'ma just buy me a new one." She shrugged putting it up into her back pack. She looked at her hair and mushed it around before tying it with a rubber band. "I need to start caring," she said before she walked out her room, closing the door since it wasn't cleaned. She was in a rush the train was finna come.
She disregarded Joe who was spaced out on the couch prolly high, and ran out the house. She no longer waited for Kengi and she didn't expect him to pull up anymore either. She was cool off it.
She grabbed her board out the bushes, getting her Mp3 player and earphones in going straight to her white girl Avril Lavigne playlist on before she began rolling out.
It had The one tree hill theme song
Mad Pink Rihanna hurt mix
She had some sponge bob song that made her real adventurous
And then she had her favorite Guitar Hero song
In them orders.
She rolled with the mix, its how she moved with the streets kinda.
She did ollies over broken roads and streets. She snailed a rail and stuck out her landing and made it to her train at the right time. Just in time actually, "Fuck bro." She breathed out tired popping her board sitting down, "That was a work out."
She unbuckled her back pack that had the straps attached to them and sat it next to her counting the money she had in her backpack, "I'ma just steal some out the store." Since she only had ten dollars.
She wanted to budget with the money she saves so she puts her money in categories-never mind, her business-
And when she did exactly that, she was out the store that was right next door to her now school, going to her first period class that she shared with nothing but dumbass, bad ass kids, but afterall this was a fucking tutor math class.
The kids didn't eat breakfast in the class so she was glad. The coffeecake day was her favorite and she took three each time with two apple juices. She stuck two in her bag before eating one and drinking a apple juice.
When she was done and the bell rang she threw up things away and got straight to doing her work changing the station to rap.
White girl was strictly for skating only.
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:Passing Period 2:
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"Hey Mi, happy birthday." Devon came over to her giving her a hug.
She smiled caught off guard, "I didn't think you remembered." She let go, "You're the first person to say anything to me today."
"Then they some fucking bastards." he frowned.
"Yeah well, " She shrugged as they began to walk away. He stopped her,
"I got you a present though."
She thought, mh-I hope its money. "Well come out with it yeah, what is it?"
He grabbed her hand leading her to a secluded area most of the kids call the F building for various reasons, one being it's the one place you could do anything at since there were no cameras back there and no one hardly ever patrolled.
That's where some kids would also--too much.
"Wheres my gift at Rush?" She asked as they got there.
He grabbed her before he kissed her. It being her first, she was caught off guard she pushed him off her and gagged, "eww,"
She felt rushed, and over whelmed.
"What you didn't like it?" He asked worried.
She shook her head, "You'an think of ion know-WARNING ME before you kiss me."
He smacked his lips, "Ight lemme try again-"
"No," she laughed a little.
"Why not?"he folded his arms.
She laughed shaking her head saying, "Cause you fucked up the last time-"
"Well lemme try again." He grabbed her by the sides of her head stopping her. Bringing her in to kiss her lips gently. Milan was tense but she found herself getting less tense and more into it. This was willing, she guessed. She knew what was happening.
He pulled away just a little bit before he went in for her lip, sucking it. She went with his paste liking what he was doing but the bell rang and lead them to stop, she knew she was now tardy. She looked up at him and then down.
He smiled, "How'd I do that time?"
She snickered at the tone of his voice and shrugged, "You ight, or whatever." It was the truth.
"Oh whatever Milan."-no it was the truth.
He wrapped his arm around her as they began to walk her to her second period which was P.E. He kissed Milan neck causing her to shiver and move his head from off of her with her hands.
He laughed, "Don't get beside yo self Rush." she told him, he was getting too touchy.
"Yeah ight." When they reached the gate he pulled her back hugging her. She smiled, "What this make us now?"
"Ion know? We gone talk after Nutrition alright?" She told him. She still had to think about what Joe might say if he ever thought she had a boyfriend. She might die!!
"Cool." And with that she walked away from him.
She didn't have anything to say to him, but sadly Nutrition came shortly and Nutrition was after third, she hated it, short time.
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After third, it was fourth period Milan also dreaded since she had it with destiny, and Valerae. She kinda also didn't like it because two boys always tried talking to her, and she didn't like that.
It wasn't that she didn't like people or things, she just always had to be cautious. She had to be cautious at home which is suppose to be her safe place, and she has to be cautious in the world because well shes a cautious, paranoid ass being.
Example being she hates it when people sneak up behind her.
"Happy Birthday Milan." Valerae came up behind her, Milan jabbed her thigh with her pen, "My bad, don't do that." She said in french because she didn't like it when people tried to talk to her. One reason she made Valerae tell everyone that she was foreign exchange.
Everybody thought it was fake considering that some went to elementary with them, but Milan was really good at french and was very smart when she lied to the point she wasn't lying. It was like she thought of everything before she did it, which made would make you run away from her truth- she was very good with making her self make you seem guilty.
She was a really sad person.
Sad people automatically make you feel guilty for some reason.
The humanity in us I guess.
She nodded up at her, "Thanks what took you so long to say something to me?" Milan addressed, "You seen me earlier."
She didn't like how Valerae always acted weird when it was her, Milan, and her three friends that didn't like Milan. She was never trying to be weird, she just wanted to keep peace. "My bad, I was doing something."
"Mhm."
Since the class room had individual desks and there fourth period teacher, Mr. Brandson didn't care about them they usually did nothing all day, Destiny, a girl named Tashonda, and Asia had moved to where Valerae had took a seat.
Mr. Brandson didn't care that they switched seats, he didn't care about absolutely nothing, since the kids didn't care about anything.
After all it was a History class. They got quizzes every Tuesday and they had to do notes that were on the board. The only time Mr. Brandson had said something, it was either to inform them of someone important coming into the class, or telling them to do their homework which Milan made sure to do.
Every body liked Mr. Brandson since he was one of the fat teachers who didn't waste his breath and let you do anything in his class, including ditch.
Milan looked at the worksheet she was working on to see all of them in her face, "Valerae pouvez-vous me les enlever? Zut ils aiment les petits parasites se débarrasser d'eux." Milan told her. (Valerae can you get them away from me? Damn they like little parasites get rid of them)
She didn't like to be huddled around and she most definitely hated fake energy. She most definitely didn't like they asses.
They were leashes that sucked the fuck outta Valerae completely.
They were the type to suck you drained mentally, she never not once seen none of them fight for Valerae, but Valerae was always sticking up for them. They went everywhere that Valerae went like little puppy dogs like she was their entertainment and lastly they acted like she was their mother hen.
Milan couldn't stand it.
They were pussy ass bitches that used her cousin, and even though she couldn't demand Valerae to stop fucking with them, she didn't want to be around them.
Point, blank, .
"Don't talk about them like that." she defended them once again.
Milan scoffed. "Je ne parle pas d'eux, je vous parle devant eux. Je ne les veux pas autour de moi. Déplace-les." She pointed to her little clique.
(I'm not talking about them, i'm talking to you, in front of them. I don't want them around me. Move them.)
Destiny felt disrespected but she didn't even know what she had said since it was said in french.
"What she say?" Destiny asked butting into they conversation with an attitude, "Speak up so we can hear you." She told looking directly at Milan.
Milan shifted in her seat and said, "Get the fuck away from me. Good bye, I don't want to be bothered from y'alls presence, dismissed-"
"Milan you don't need to be talking to them like that-" Valerae told her standing up for her friends.
Milan looked at her like she was dumb, "No what I want is for all of y'all to leave me the fuck alone. Get away from me." She told them including Valerae.
Destiny was first to get up saying, "Start dating a gang banger and don't know how to act."
Milan jerked her head back looking at her with a confused read face, "What bitch?" She smacked her lips, "Valerae you need to get yo friends."
"So you do speak English?" Destiny asked with attitude laced in her voice.
"SURE DO BITCH AND I ALSO KNOW, ¡QUé BUENA PERRA!!" Milan stood up, Destiny had stood back seeing how mad Milan had got. It gave her chills. (WHATS GOOD BITCH!)
"MS. CARTER?!" The teacher said applaud.
"Ion give a fuck! GET THESE BITCHES AWAY FROM ME!" She stood up,
"Why y'all fucking with her!"
At this point Milan wanted to fight only for the fact she felt like she was being provoked for no absolute reason.
No one told them to come over when her and her little cousin were talking. NO one asked them to stick around after she asked them to leave and no one asked them to continue fucking with her after it was a closed case.
It'd be fucked up if she just whooped on Destiny just one time cause after that one time, Milan would fuck her up to the point she wouldn't even wanna breathe the same air as Milan. Milan swore if she ever fought Destiny it'll be over for her.
"Ion know why you getting so mad for Lano." Valerae said rolling her eyes.
"I don't like them, I don't want to bothered, "she told them truthfully,
"Devon probably nutted in her eye-" Destiny started before the lid on Milan's cap had blown, that was disrespected at its fullest.
"You know what-" Milan popped out her seat and leaped over grabbing Destiny by the neck and hitting her in her face. But it didn't stop once they hit the floor. Milan was so tired of the disrespect that she had tolerated with her in this classroom, she was tired of the old ones.
Destiny has always been on the get fucked up list. And it was happening, "WORLD STARRRR!!"
"MILAN STOP-"
CRACK
Milan had cracked Valerae in her face after trying to stop her from fighting on her friend. Milan felt the impact on her elbow and stopped fighting but it was too late when the door busted in and the Dean showed up, Milan was lucky the principal was on some type of vacation.
Some people thought she had gotten fired.
The conference room over what happened in fourth period consisted of Joe who was off his shit, Val who was waiting on Aunt Jen that had to get off of work to come, lets not mention the fact she could've lost her job, Destiny, and then her group home guardian, two cops, and the principal.
"Milan if I didn't know correctly, You're on a contract."
"I am but that's not my fault, Dean Causey-"
"That's not my problem you fought her,"
"She insulted me, that really hurt my feelings."
"oh what ever," Destiny said before scoffing. Valerae said the same, "No she didn't."
"Yes she did, and I can't believe you sticking up for bitches who ain't blood you a goofy." She spat at her, Deep down it hurt Valerae, but at the same time she didn't care.
Milan never acted like family in her eyes anyway. She always acted like a distant stranger.
"And you fake. Start Banging and start to switch up-"
"Banging?" Joe asked,
Milan smacked her lips, "she saying anything to get out of this. She tryna make me look back, ask anybody in the class, THEY WERE PROVOKING ME!" She yelled losing her cool feeling her throat start to swell up.
I'm such a fucking cry baby, she thought.
"Keep yo voice down," Joe told her in her ear. She slouched out into her seat and stayed quite.
Five minutes later her Aunt Jen had walked in, "OH MY GOD YOUR FACE!"
"ITS MILAN'S FAULT!" Valerae pointed,
Snitch, Milan thought, "If she didn't try to jump in, it wouldn't have happened-"
"I didn't try to jump in-"
"Then how'd you get hit?-"
"Wait, how did this happen in the first place." Aunt Jen said sitting down.
Valerae was going to tell, but Milan beat her to the punch, "I was sitting down minding my business like I always do and then Valerae came to tell me happy birthday, then Destiny and her other friends came over too. I don't like them, I don't want them around me period-"
"That's when Destiny told that ever since Milan started to date Rush she been acting Hollywood. And she has." Valerae told.
Milan felt her stomach tighten and something poke her causing her to jump, "You got a boyfriend?" Joe asked her in her ear just for her to hear.
She didn't even get a chance to answer him before he began to nod his head, "We'll talk about at home."
"So whats the punishment for the fight."
"Three days suspension but since today is Wednesday I say they finish the day and don't come back until Monday."
"And what about Milan and her contact."
"Ill look more into it, just let the day go and well discuss everything on Monday." Dean Causey told them.
Jen was first to get up and the rest followed them all out. Joe had pulled Milan back and whispered, "I gotta surprise for you, for when you get home too.
She knew what ever that was it wasn't going to be good.
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:SEVENTH PERIOD
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The last period was almost always her favorite period. She couldn't explain why but she just really loved science, "Okay class, go!"
They were experimenting, Milan had to make the right syndrome following directions. She didn't wanna mess up her clothes so she tried to make sure she was doing everything the right way.
Next thing she does is look up and see a cluts of a boyfriend she has at the door. She poured the wrong color mix into the big glass filled with already yellow liquid in it.
He waved at her and told her to come out side.
All she did was mouth why before her experiment blew up in her face scaring everyone including her.
Mr. Yinx looked at her shaking his head, "You no Listen. Go what you hair." He pointed to the door giving her the slip. She didn't like the smell of the experiment either, so she took the note and walked her way to the bathroom with her bag on her back.
"Damn, I thought it was bad, but this is bad." Rush laughed at her as he started to walk with her to the bathrooms as well.
"Yeah, you distracted me."
"Well i'm sorry." He smiled, "I was just wondering if you had anything planned for today."
"Not that I know of."
He smiled, "Well then, I don't know if you would want to but I was wondering if you wanted to rob a car with me later on today?"
"You just plan these things son-" She laughed a little, he did as well, "No I just-do you or not."
"Ion know you gone teach me how to drive?"
"You want to?"
"Sure-"
"Ight call it a date. Meet me at Hassen Park at like five ish..."
"Cool." She watched him leave her standing by the entrance of the bathroom. She forgot all about her suppose to be washing out her foamy hair and she forgot all about the threat that Joe had made to her.
She just couldn't wait until she was driving with the boy of her dreams in the passenger seat.
A little over five minutes of her standing there the bell for school to be let up had rang and she was the first student to be out.
She had to wait but when 3:00pm had popped around she seen a very familiar white Mercedes Bens pull up and she hopped off the schools curb standing up.
She held her board in her hands smiling at the people that sat in the front, "Ew whats wrong with your hair?" Sammy asked as she sat in the back after putting her skate board into the trunk.
She shrugged, "A failed experiment at school-"
"That shit stink Lan." Cakes said rolling all the windows down in the car, "You lucky we going to get ya hair done honey. My home girl said she could give me a discount."
"Ou can I get my eyebrows done too?"
"What ever you want its your day." Cakes smiled looking back at her, "You can have whatever you ask for."
Milan smiled feeling special for once. Sitting back in her seat next to Fiona while Sammy sat in front of her in the passenger, she smiled. "I gotta date at Five at Hassen Park-"
"OH SHIT!!" Fiona jumped smiling. "And with who?" She nudged Milan as she smiled.
"Isn't it obvious?" Sammy asked looking back at them, "It's Ru-uuuuuusssssshhhhh-" She teased,
"Oh shut up." She smiled.
"Aw she's blushing," Fiona poked her dimple causing her to smile harder, she pushed her hand away from her, "No i'm not." She then denied even though she was.
"Oh Lan-Lan and Rushy sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G" They teased before laughing,
"How old are y'all?" Milan punched them both in the arm, "That's why I don't tell y'all nothing."
"Oh shut up." Sammy said as Cakes went to a Rally's Drive through
"All I gotta say is that you watch out, niggas can screw you up. And you're way too young to do anything," She looked at back at Milan.
"Amen." Sammy and Fiona agreed.
Milan just shook her head laying her head back, she couldn't wait till Five.
Thirteen was coming good so far...
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