Skylar's POV
"There's my champion. That was a mighty good fight you put up, I would say your best one yet." Randy says proudly from the chair behind his desk
I feel the urge to roll my eyes but I go against it and put on a smile instead.
"Yeah, yeah. Tell that to my bruising cheek." I say pointing to my left cheekbone
Great, now I have to hide and make up an excuse for the bruise.
"It'll heal in no time." He waves it off. "Sources tell me that Vee, your previous opponent has moved to your school. How's that playing out?"
Don't get me started
"She's not the easiest person to get along with. It's even worse that she is now part of my friends circle." I roll my eyes just thinking about her
Randy taps his finger on his lip while deep in thought, rocking back and fourth in his chair
"You should be extra careful with that one. She works for Ben and I don't want her especially finding out your identity." He says opening his drawer and taking out an envelope
Ben? Oh Randy mentioned him once when we were going over the names and faces of mafia leaders. Could Victoria be in his gang too?
"Here, your night's earnings. Spend it wisely." Randy hands me the envelope
Before I turn to leave, I ask him one of the questions that has had me curious ever since I met him
"Why am I not part of your mafia gang?" He shoots up and looks at me as though I insulted his pack of expensive cigars
"That life is too dangerous for you. I wouldn't want to put you in such tremendous danger." He says calmly
But I love danger. Right?
"So you think I won't be able to handle it?" I say challenging him
He deeply chuckles, "I know you can but that is a whole new world Sky, treacherous things happen there and I'm pretty sure you are not mentally prepared for that." He places a cigar in his mouth
Maybe his right, so instead of pushing the matter further, I grab my backpack and head home before Kendrick comes for his fight.
The bus ride is long and torturing. I sat with a fancy dressed lady who was complaining to me about how this guy left her in the most dangerous part of town to walk home after she refused to sleep with him.
I couldn't help but softly smile as I remember how Kendrick did the same to me that night. Except it wasn't the dangerous part of town and he wasn't trying to get me in his bed.
I should still get back at him for that.
Walking into the house, I almost aww at how my dad and Sergiana are sleeping on the living room floor. They must've passed out during one of her heavy duty games
I quietly pick Sergiana up and take her to her room. I drop my backpack in my room before going to wake dad
"Dad, wake up. Let's go to bed." He stirs and sits up looking around him and I bite back a laugh
"I already took her upstairs dad." I tell him and the confusion wipes off his face
I worry about my dad a lot. I know it hasn't been easy for him ever since his wife passed on. I wonder if he's seeing someone? Maybe a co-worker. I really just want him to be as happy as he was when mom was around.
I wish i was here more to help him with Giana. She can be a handful at times I wonder how my dad does it.
"What happened to your face?" Dad questions inspecting my face
Shoot, I forgot about that.
"Oh that, a girl at school accidentally elbowed me while she was trying to open a packet in class. We were working on a class project together." I lie
"That's quiet the nasty blow, come on let's apply some medicine on that." He says getting up and I follow him to the bathroom where we keep our first aid kit
After a series of you should be careful next time and don't touch on it too much, my dad goes to bed and I do the same.
I take my phone and see all the pictures Karen took of them at laser tag she had sent me. I wish i had gone, it looked like so much fun.
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I wore my full bushy curls down today, the make up hid the bruise fairly it's barely noticeable but for extra precaution, I had my hair down and thank goodness for it's extra thickness it's able to hide the bruise even more
Thank you to my parents for my genes
"Oh wow, that's new. You look cute with your hair loose." Gabby compliments
Well at least the thoughts about me possibly looking like a hobo are out the window
"Thank you Gabs, I wanted to try something new." I say earning a chuckle from her
"Oh my gosh, does this mean you have decided to become a girl again? I mean, your outfit still screams 'I'm a man' but your hair is down and done for the first time since kindergarten." Karen squeals jumping up and down while clapping her hands
Hey! There's nothing wrong with sweatpants and oversized t-shirts
"No, I have not yet migrated to your gender Kay and it won't happen anytime soon." I say sternly with a hint of amusement in my voice
"Wait, don't tell me you got a step mom and she made you wear your hair like that. If that's the case, I wanna meet that angel." She says grinning from ear to ear
"No, no step mom. I just wanted to try something different damn." I tell her
"Karen stop interrogating the poor girl, or she might never stop looking like a man." Gabby says and winks at me
I snort and Karen looks at me like I have committed the biggest crime ever
"That's very unlady like Sky but then again you hardly have a lady like bone in you." She says. Gabby and I give each other a knowing look and burst into laughter
"Damn Sky, where have you been hiding all that hair." Ray asks as they walk towards us
"I know right? Even I just found it laying around in my scrunchie. Crazy right?"
I think Seth is still not over my rejection because the boy didn't even compliment me. He's just looking anywhere but my direction
"Are you practicing your clown look Sky? With all that, you won't even need a clown wig." Kendrick smirks with his busted lip and there's a cut on his eyebrow too
I, like the good Christian child I am choose to ignore him before all profanities escape my good Christian mouth
"So how was laser tag?" I ask and as soon as I did, they went on and on about how awesome it was
"Hey guys." Vicky dear approaches us and the smile is wiped off my face
I was starting to wonder why it was so peaceful
"What's with the mop?" She asks pointing towards my hair
"Vic-" I cut Gabby off
"Oh nothing, I just thought I would mop the floors you walk on since you're so high and mighty you know." I say enthusiastically with a fake smile plastered on my face
"Oh that's very kind of you, can you start now? It's quite dirty here." She says pointing at the floor
Alright, get me a ring and put me and this bitch in it because I'm gon beat her ass
"Gladly." I say and sweep her off her feet causing her to fall on her butt
"Skylar no." I hear Karen say
A crowd is starting to form and I don't like it but my mind is so far from the thought of people watching.
I grab both of her kicking legs and start mopping the floors with her and the great thing is that nobody tried to stop me.
Kendrick pulls me away and Seth helps her shocked ass up holding her back as well.
"Okay, that's enough. The show is over get back to your fucking lives." Kendrick announces and the small crowd vanishes
"I'm the last person you would want to mess with you bitch." Vicky dear shouts at me
"Actually, you are the first." I roll my eyes and try to remove myself from Kendrick's hold
"I wanna go to class." I yell at him and he lets me go. Ray hands me my backpack and I make my way out of that scene
As I'm walking I hear someone run towards me and I quickly turn to see an over excited Gabby
"That was awesome!" She exclaims "The look on her face was priceless." She says fist bumping me
I laugh as we continue to walk around the school before the first period starts
"Aren't you afraid though? Victoria is a street fighter, she'll definitely come for you." Gabby asks
Girl, you have no idea
"Don't worry, I can handle her." I say and sling my arm over her shoulders as we make it to our respective first classes
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