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AALIYAH
"dear heavenly father,please give me the dignity and strength to not strangle this man while i try to knock some sense into him."
i stood at the counter with my head bowed,hands folded and eyes closed.
"what are you doing?"
aaron asked me,popping a grape into his mouth.
"can you not hear.i'm praying to the lord,don't interrupt."
i told him putting my head back down.
"well you've been "praying" for ten minutes."
he finger quotes adding another grape to his mouth.
"well damn,i'm gone need it working with your ass"
i gave up.
"excuse me lord,we need jesus"
he looked at me confused.
"i'm not religious."
i rolled my eyes throwing my hands up.
"oh my god,who would've guessed."
he shrugged,finishing his grapes and sitting at the table in front of me.
"i'm ready for my lesson teacher.what's first,are we gonna go donate to some homless shelters or something? if that's the case let me record it so i have proof."
he rambled adding a smile.
i layed my head down on the counter whining.
"oh my god,i can't wait til i get my money."
i sat up looking at him as he waited.
"no.we're gonna work on manners."
his faced scrunched up,unimpressed.
"manners?"
clearly this is gonna be hard,i don't even have the bare minimum to work work.
"yes manners,what did you think we were gonna do?"
he shook his head trying to find answers
"shit i don't know.maybe save some endangered animals and say sorry to some people,then call it a day?"
i sat at the counter.
this man has no knowledge in that big head of his.
"this is only the first step.i already told you,this is gonna take time.especially with you cause your extra messed up"
he glared.
"don't push it."
"i already did."
i smiled.
"ok,so manners.let's start off simple and easy."
i grabbed his phone from in front of him.
"hey that's my phone-"
"shut up"
i interrupted,i placed the phone in his hand,holding my hand out in front of him.
"ask me to call your favorite restaurant and order dinner."
i told him directly.
"but it's early,i usually don't order for another-"
"ask the damn question!"
i rushed him as he smacked his lips asking me.
"call segano's and order me my dinner."
he held the phone back out with a smirk on his face.
i pushed the phone back towards him sighing,frustrated.
"no,try again."
"what was wrong with how i asked before?"
he yelled.
"well unless i look like boo boo the fool,everything was wrong with it."
he kept quiet rolling his eyes.
"what are two words you say whenever you want something from somebody else?"
i asked him.
he thought for a minutes before aswering,"do it?"
he questioned.
"no stupid.please and thank you"
i told him.
he straightened his posture before trying again.
"ok.can you call seganos and order my food? please and thank you."
he game me a cheesy smile.
i nodded feeling somewhat satisfied.
"ok,it's...coming."
i stalled.
he let out a big breath.
"good,that was hard.let me call coach and let him know"
he picked up his phone.
i took it from his hands throwing it on the other side of the room making it land on the table.
"hey! chill out what the hell-"
"you're not gonna call coach or anybody for that matter."
i told him.
his face held a look on confusion.
"why not?"
he asked.
"because that's the problem.you want everybody to know that you did the bare minimum.why can't you just have good manners and learn and then move on with your day?"
he shrugged.
"this was an accomplishment,it only took me two tries to get it right."
he said smartly.
"if that's an accomplishment to you then damn i would hate to see you when you don't have manners."
i rolled my eyes.
"i'm saying,everybody doesn't need to know that you are trying to change who you are.you should do this for you not for them."
clearly aaron is only doing this because he wants his reputation to look good.
if he really cared about becoming a new person,it wouldn't matter who knew or not,as long as he knew he was changing.
"so what you're saying is,i shouldn't tell everybody about this?"
he asked.
"no.if you do this right then people should be able to see a change soon.you shouldn't have to tell them,they'll just see it."
he nodded understanding before he asked me,
"ok so what now?"
"now,we are going to go to seganos,and order your food."
i told him.
"wait but why not just order over the phone,that's faster."
i shook my head.
"no.it's better for you to do it face to face instead of over the phone,you'll learn quicker that way."
i lectured him.
i walked to the front door slipping on my air forces.
"let's go."
he slipped on his shoes grabbing his keys off of the hook before i stopped him.
"uh uh,put the keys back were walking."
his eyes went wide.
"walking! that's like a thirty minute walk and it's getting late."
he yelled.
"oh well then you don't have to eat seganos,you can just sit at the counter and eat my food."
i smiled.
he immediately put the keys back opening the door.
"i'm not taking any chances."
i walked out closing the door before we left the driveway and started out walk to the front gate.
we were walking with about three feet of space between us.
"could you like give me room,you're crowding me."
he asked.
"you're the one walking so close,move over.your cologne smells like ass."
i crossed my arms.
he made a little more room between us as we continued our walk there.
we made our way to the gate before stopping at the box to ask them to open it.
aaron leaned over the window talking to the blonde,older man who was dressed in a white button up.
"carson.we need the gate open."
the man leaned out the window glancing at me before leaning back in.
"is there something going on that i don't know about?"
he asked,his eyes going back and forth.
"trust me,you don't have to worry about ANYTHING!"
i nodded.
"yeah.besides shes not even my type."
aaron said back smartly.
"if your type is annoying,skinny and fake then yeah,you and jessica must be perfect for each other"
he rolled his eyes telling carson to open the gate before he did so.
it opened slowly making us wait a little longer.
"should i talk to mr and mrs williams about this or-"
"no!"
we both said in unison.
"there is nothing to worry about.i'm just doing a little bit of charity work.you know,the people from the flats could really use some extra money nowadays"
he said sweetly.
i hit him in the back of the head before walking out the gate.
"ass."
he followed me out the gate as we continued our walk to the restaurant.
halfway through i noticed aaron glancing at me every few seconds.
"damn could you like point your shit that way?"
"i'm not looking at you,you psycho!"
he yelled crossing his arms too.
"oh yeah well the trees are looking extra fine today."
i said sarcastically.
"and what was that little smart remark back there 'people from the flats could use some extra money nowadays?'"
he shrugged laughing.
"i mean don't forget,you did say 'did you want the truth or did you want a lie' and uh i don't lie"
he laughed.
i put my hands out stopping myself from choking him.
"you know what,let me move before i get arrested."
i walked all the way to the other side of the road staying quiet the whole rest of the way there.
after a few minutes,we arrived to seganos.
it was a popular fancy restaurant around here from what i had heard.
it was also expensive.
we walked in going to the front desk before the worker and aaron started talking.
"hey what's up aaron,how are you?"
the man smiled greeting aaron.
aaron ordered from this restaurant at least three times a week.
so i'm assuming they were pretty good friends.
"not much,you know,basketball,parties,the usual."
the man nodded.
"what can i get you today,the usual?"
aaron shook his head.
"no give me a rigatoni plate-"
i cleared my throat as he looked my way.
i raised my eyebrows mouthing "please"
he nodded slowly going back to the worker.
"can i please get a rigatoni plate,extra cheese?"
aaron continued ordering his food as i looked around the restaurant.
it was pretty quiet since it was still pretty early in the evening but i assumed it got pretty packed around nighttime.
it was full of different colored lights and i already knew that it looked nice during night.
a couple of people looked my way as they ate,probably wondering who i was.
this was a pretty secluded part of town and i could tell they didn't really see new people often.
i turned back to the desk as aaron had finished ordering while laughing with the guy,he looked my way.
"and for you young lady?"
i shook my head.
"uh i'm good thanks.i already ate."
i lied.
it was actually because they costed to much but you know same thing,same thing.
he nodded putting aaron's order in.
"i've never seen you around before,what part of the hills are you from? Farmington,Bridgeport?"
i stalled crossing my arms avoiding his eyes.
"kings landing."
he went quiet as aaron avoided saying anything.
"like...kings landing,the flats?"
he said quietly not trying to cause a scene.
"you know it."
i smiled.
the three of us went silent as the tension in the air just got thicker.
i cleared my throat.
"could you,wrap it up,please.we have to get back,it's getting late."
i crossed my arms.
he nodded sending me an awkward smile.
"yeah,uh i'll get that right out for you."
he left going to the back to get the food.
aaron looked at me cocking his head back.
"so much for manners."
he looked around.
"yeah well,you were being rude because you're spoiled,i did it because i'm tryna get out of here before i get hate crimed."
before he could protest the worker came back out with his food.
aaron pulled out a black card before paying for his food.
i stood in a small dark corner in silence,just trying to stay hidden before my phone vibrated in my pocket.
i pulled it out reading the caller i.d. sighing before answering it,pulling it to my ear.
"yes?"
"aaliyah,where the hell are you at?"
my dads voice rang through the phone angrily.
my dad barely got angry and when he did it was usually for good reason.
this was one of those rare times.
"i told you i had to work."
i said stepping away from the desk.
"aaliyah,why is your job fifteen minutes away in the opposite direction of town?"
my mouth flew open in surprise.
"you put a tracker on my phone?"
he laughed.
"aaliyah i am your dad,i can do whatever the hell i want.now i don't know where you are or who your with,but get back to where it says you were thirty minutes ago,i'm coming to get you,goodbye."
he hung up the phone.
i pulled the phone away from me licking my lips and putting it back in my pocket.
aaron was still talking to the guy at the desk as they were laughing at a joke he had said before.
"we need to go,now!"
i pestered him.
he shook his head.
"we're almost done,just wait a-"
"no,we need to go.my dads looking for me."
me shrugged looking around.
"it's not my problem that you're tied down,aaliyah.figure it out yourself."
he said before going back to talking to the guy.
i shook my head leaving the restaurant before i got really mad.
i almost sprinted all the way back to the gated community.
carson asked me a few questions as i hurried him to open the gate but i had no time to answer them.
i got up to the gate typing in the code before it opened,revealing the large mansion.
i ran up to the door,typing in the code before grabbing all my stuff from the kitchen and leaving one again.
my dad was waiting for me when i got out.
he didn't say a word as i hopped into the car.
we stopped at a red light waiting as all the other cars passed.
i looked over at him.
"can you please say something?"
he rubbed his face shaking his head slowly as he looked forward with his hands on the wheel.
before i could say anything else a loud horn beeped at us making me look to my right.
sitting next to us was chris's mercedes and in the passengers seat was non other than the man himself.
aaron.
they both waved at me with smiles on their faces.
chris kissed the steering wheel of his new mercedes before looking at me and shrugging,mouthing words through the window.
"you,no money."
he frowned rubbing his thumb and index finger together.
he laughed shaking his head as aaron followed,shrugging.
i flipped them both off before the light turned green making then drive off before us,chris's loud being heard in the distance.
"who was that?"
my dad asked taking a turn into our part of town.
i shook my head before leaning in onto the window,starting to get a headache.
"i don't know."
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i didn't edit this.
i'll do it tomorrow.