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Date Posted: 01:08:22 10/19/02 Sat
Chapter 62
Tyra: I don’t think I ever was that
Mia: What you tryna say huh? All those times in my bed, all that time we had the house all to ourselves, what do you think we were doing, neurosurgery? I remember for a long time I was the only best friend you had. When your family disowned you, my mom and I took you in. All them times meant nothing to you?
Tyra: I know, I appreciate all you’ve done for me but…
Mia: But what? That the fact that I also had to lose my friends just to be with you is nothing to you? You sit there acting like only you had to give up stuff just to be real with yourself. I can’t count how many people stopped saying hi to me the moment they found out about us, I can’t tell you how many times my grandmomma and cousins have taken me to church and have the pastor pray for me, and all that stuff. You don’t have an idea how hard it is for my mom to deal with who I really am and how hard it is for her to have stuck by me and walk down the street holding my hand and telling me she loves me and its all good, when I know that its killing her to say those words. So you wanna give everything up just because its too hard for you and you can’t stand losing friends, well boo hoo. Is it because Krystina hasn’t been talking to you and it really bugs you? That’s some friend huh, its not like her life has been going sterling silver has it? Isn’t she going out with that loser Lib who tried to annihilate his now ex girlfriend and his ex bestfriend by calling his ex gang on him
Tyra: I know you’re angry with me Mia, but maybe if you thought this through you’ll understand my point
Mia: What I understand is that you’re scared to be different and never really cared. You know what, fine, have it your way, go back to your Krystina and hope you have a nice friendship with her.
Mia got up and went to the door and opened it. Tyra got up slowly and as she walked out of the door
Mia: I don’t think I wanna see you around anymore and I’ll mail whatever you have in my house back to you and I want my stuff back aiight? Oh and one more thing, being gay does not make me abnormal, you’re the freak for not being real
And Mia slammed the door real hard it reverberated and Tyra was very startled. She left Mia’s in complete shock. For the first time she was very, very unsure of herself and where she stood with the rest of the world.
The next day, it was Des and Lami in her car, she’d offered to give him a ride to school even though it was on the other side of town, any excuse for her to spend some time with him was any excuse worth giving.
Des: Things are like so weird in school now for real, the new freshmen are very confusing and so confused, no one’s really in tune any more, its like people you used to be cool with now you just wanna beat them down
Lams: I know things’ll be kinda weird but you still got Jiz and Cat there. Its not been the best summer ever but things’ll be better now
Des: how do you know?
Lams: Cos I have faith in the fact somethings are as bad as you make them seem, plus you can’t like or love everyone, love those you can and leave the others be
Des: I love you though
Lams: I love you too
Des: So how’s the new school going?
Lams: Its ok, I think I got myself into the same classes you’re doing over at Bailey High, so that we can still do our homework together
Des: How cute are you?
Lams: Very cute if I do say so myself!
Des laughed
Des: Hope the females are not pushing up on you yet?
Lams: What females? Do I look like I got the time for another one? I got you, that’s more than enough for me.
Des: Awww
Lams: Plus I intend to make you my wifey someday so in order to do that, messing around on you even if I wanted to, is so totally out of the question. Hope no one is pushing up on you yet though?
Des: Push up on what, what do I look like a wall? I’m very happy with you thank you very much!
Lams smiled at her, and said nothing.
Well 20 minutes after, they arrived at Lami’s school
Des: Well Lami, here’s Moore High, here’s where you get off
She stopped the car and waited for Lami to get off, but he didn’t budge
Des: What else you waiting for?
Lami: My kiss
Des rolled her eyes
Des: Aiight then baby here ya go
She’d moved closer to him to give him a quick one on his lips when he pulled her closer and gave her a proper kiss
Lams: now that’s how you say goodbye to your man
Des: Bye baby. Wh…what time sh..should I…I…I come and g..get y..y..you?
Lams: By 4, I’ll call you before then though aiight?
Des: Aiight then, b..bye boo!
He gave her one of them smiles, winked at her and jumped outta the car. Des initially could not drive off as the kiss still had her stunned, she had to make herself drive, and she managed to be late into first period literature taught by Ms De Burca
Des: Sorry I’m late miss, traffic was heavy
De Burca: Uh uh, you’re the second person to come in here with that excuse
Des: Miss the traffic was heavy, plus aren’t you happy to see me again?
De Burca [drily]: Delighted. Take your usual seat Des
Des looked at where her usual seat was, beside Lib who had Krys sitting on his other side. She could have passed out, of all people, Lib? She looked around the class, no other seat was available
De Burca: Des, the seat, now?!
Des looked at Cat and Jiz for help but they could not do anything, so she slowly trudged to her seat beside Lib making a mental note to change the seat with someone else asap. She moved the seat away from Lib as far as she could, didn’t make any eye contact with him or any kind of contact with him.
Lib on the other hand had his mind in a twist. He’d forgotten how gorgeous Des was, her perfume was doing his head in and he wasn’t concentrating. When Des spoke in class, her voice still affected him and whenever he looked at her, the way her white top went with her blue patterned denim pants and denim boots was so simple and so beautiful at the same time. He wasn’t concentrating in class
Krys: Lib? Lib!
Lib shook his head to clear it
Lib: What?
Krys: Take one and pass this onwards to Des
Lib took one of the stack of papers and
Lib: Des?
As Des was a little distance away from him, he had to look at her to try and get her attention.
Des however had been tryna concentrate between passing notes to Cat, and Jiz, thinking about Lami and that morning’s kiss, and the class itself. Lib wasn’t succeeding in getting her attention
Lib [ a little louder]: Des?
When Des heard her name being called, the voice was familiar and yet kinda odd, she looked at Jiz who indicated it was Lib tryna call her then she turned around with an irritated look on her face
Des [irritated]: What?
Lib:H…here
He passed it on to Des who in taking it from him made sure they had no physical contact. She grunted her thanks, took her paper and passed it on to the person sitting next to her, and wasn’t she nice about it?
Des: Lionel here ya go, De Burca wants us to give this out
Lionel: Thanks Des, had a good summer?
Des: Could be better but I survived it right?
Lionel [looking at her twice over]: No doubt!
Des [laughing]: Keep looking like that and I’mma tell your girl on you
Lionel: Des, don’t do me like this! Remember what happened last time someone told her I was checking out another female?
Des:She went postal on you and told you where exactly to go
Lionel: She also stamped me with a bruise on my chest remember?
Des: Who knew them Gucci boots could hurt like that?
Both of them laughed
Des: You never know until it hits you in the chest like Gucci shoes!
Cat, Jiz, Krys, Tyra, and Cashmere saw the way Des acted towards Lib and initially thought it was the fact that he interrupted her and Cat’s note passing, but when they saw the way she was giving the papers to Lionel who was sitting next to her, they knew she treated him like that on purpose. So did Lib. Even Ms De Burca saw it
The bell rang and everyone started packing up and
Ms De Burca [yelling over the din]: Class I want you to read Act 1 of Hamlet by next week and do the questions.
Everyone started to leave, but Ms De Burca held Des back, Des indicated to Cat and Jiz to wait for her. When the class had emptied, Ms De Burca closed the door
Des: What’s up Ms D?
De Burca: Couple of things I wanna talk to you about?
Des: Hope nothing’s wrong?
De Burca: Well, I heard what happened to you and Lami during the summer and rumour has it that he’s a party to the affray
Des: Well……
De Burca: Des you know you can talk to me, I’ve been your teacher since junior high, oh yeah and one of your personal senior privileges is that when we’re talking like this, call me Emily. In class, I am still Ms De Burca, or Ms D to you
Des: Ok Emily. Yeah its true Lib is very much involved in all that happened to me
Emily: I thought as well, I saw the way you treated him today
Des: Was I that obvious?
Emily: Even the blind student in the next building can see you
Des: Good, cos I wanted him to know how it felt
Emily: You sure?
Des: Its just that I don’t know how to act around a guy who tried to take me and my man out, [she didn’t want to tell her Lib and Krys are dating]
Emily: I understand it can be hard especially at your age, but believe me it don’t get easier the older you are
Des: Tell me about it
Emily: So since then, how have you been?
Des: I’ve been fine, Lami’s in another school and he’s settling down well enough
Emily: So I take it you two are an item now huh?
Des: Very much so, and I intend to leave it that way
Emily: I could tell he was the reason you were late
Des lowered her head hiding a smile
Des: How?
Emily: The fact that you walked in with a fat grin on your face and I know it wasn’t you being happy to be in school, only a man can make a woman smile that way
Des and Emily laughed
Emily: Don’t wanna keep you for too long, I just wanted to check up on you and see how you’re doing, plus its been a long time since we’ve spoken
Des: Its good to be able to talk to you Emily
Des got up and walked out of the door
Des: Oh and one more thing Emily, would it be possible for me to change seats so I don’t have to sit next to Talib again?
Emily: Whatever makes you feel comfortable
Des: Thanks Ms D, bye!
Emily: Bye!
Des walked out of the door to join Jiz and Cat as they went to find their new lockers
Cat: What was that all about?
Des: She just wanted to see how I was considering all that’s been happening to me?
Jiz: you mean she heard?
Des: Yup, guess its true what they say, bad news does travel fast.
Cat: Here’s another bad news
She indicated Krys and Lib standing a few feet away from them
Jiz: What’s your locker number?
Des: 251
Cat: I think it’s a top one along the row where Krys and Lib are standing
Jiz: You gotta be quick though, we got Biology next
Des: Yeah, I think they said we got a new teacher this year
Cat: He better be fine…
Jiz shot her a look
Cat: Be a fine teacher cos I will not be taught by a lab rat, like last year
Des [quietly to Cat]: Nice save!
They got to the locker row and found locker 251, it was a top row and Lib and Krys were still standing there
Des: Hi Krys
She said nothing to Lib
Krys: Hey Des, how you doing?
Des: Tryna find my locker, its this one I think
She immediately stuck a post it note on it [temporarily] and opened it via her combination, and
Cat [looking into it]: Hmm very roomy
Des: I know, I think they know I need my space now
Cat: You better start making it look like home now
Des: Of course, Jiz be Cat’s boyfriend and hold this for me?
Jiz: I am her boyfriend, and I don’t see why I gotta hold this for you
Des: Cos we been friends since the 3rd grade when I beat you at spelling bee, and was before Cat came into our class and kicked your “twins” when you fought her
Jiz [looking pained]: You don’t gotta go there
Des: I did, so what?
All these while, Krys and Lib were standing there while Jiz and Cat were helping Des set up her locker.
Des took out her ‘locker stuff’ and began to put it all in place- strawberry airfreshner, a mirror, a hairbrush, Glow perfume [the one by J-lo]. When Cat saw that, she took it from her
Cat: This is the perfume J-lo made right?
Des: Yup
Cat: I hear this things cost about $50 a bottle
Des: I guess
Cat: Who gave it to ya
Des: Lami did actually, he got me 2
Cat: Why?
Des: No reason, he often does stuff like that. He says its just because I’m his girl that’s all
Jiz: Aw man!
Des: Why’d you say that?
Jiz: Cos whenever Lami does ish like this, us guys gotta work harder just to keep our females from going crazy on us
Des: Good for you
She took the bottle from Cat and put it in her locker. She put her books in her locker except for the ones she’ll need for Biology. She now took out a picture of Lami and put it on the inside of her locker door.
Des: Now its complete.
She turned to Krys who had been staring at her doing her locker up
Des: Krys, are you ok?
Krys: Yeah, just a lil tired
Des: Aww I know its kinda stressful coming into day 2 of school after the summer. Feel better aiight?
Krys: Thanx Des
Des: Aiight now, we ain’t really hung out for a while, maybe if you’re not busy we could do lunch together, sloppy joes on me
Krys laughed
Krys: I’ll try
Des [to Cat and Jiz]: Aiight y’all lets go
Des waved bye to Krys and followed Cat and Jiz who had already turned around.
Krys & Lib
Lib looked a little off key, Des wasn’t talking to him and she ignored him and did not care whether he was there or not when she was talking about Lami. Krys as well was bothered by the whole Des/Lami thing more than she’d admitted to herself
Krys: Look at Des all Ms I’m going out with Lami, could she be any more obvious? I mean everyone except the blind cow in Macedonia knows they’re together, why does she gotta rub it in everyone’s face
Lib: I guess its to make herself feel good. Anyways, we got class, lets go
In Biology, the new teacher Mr Powers was assigning lab partners, normally, Des was partnered with Lib, but she told Mr Powers she’d be changing lab partners this year. Everyone else was paired up, except her
Mr Powers: Someone will have to take Des as a partner, any offers?
About 10 male hands shot up, but they were slapped back down by the females who were usually girlfriends. This got the whole class laughing
Des: So no one wants me then huh?
One guy in class replied: We’d take you but then we’d have to die
Des: Mr Powers is it ok if I worked on my own
Powers: No can do, so unless someone shows up now, you’re stuck with me
Des: I’ll take the next person who walks in
A couple of minutes passed, then when Des was about to give up hope, Tyra walks in, Des jumped up as the class hoorayed!
Des: Wanna be my lab partner?
Tyra: I guess yeah
Des [hugging her]: Thank you, I owe you one
Tyra: Its cool, why all the fuss though?
Des: I’ll tell you later
Mr. Powers: Well now that you all have all been paired up, with your partners you do all your Biology assignments and presentations. You both have to pass together or else you’ll be repeating the term together, help each other and make Biology fun for each other.
Des: I feel a big Kumbaya episode coming on right now
Ok the important pairings are Cat & Jiz, Krys & Lib, Cashmere & Shawn, Des & Tyra, and Jamal & Kelly [the bitch transferred to Moore High so she could have full proprietary rights over Jamal]
Throughout the class, Tyra looked like she’d cry any moment, and Des noticed this
Des: What’s the deal Ty?
Ty looked up
Tyra: Sorry? What’d you say?
Des: I said are you ok?
Tyra looked at her
Tyra: I’m not sure
Des: Wanna talk about it?
Tyra: I’ll be fine
Des: Aiight, if you need anyone to talk to about what’s bugging you, talk to me aiight?
Tyra: Thanx Des
Class continued and after two more lessons, it was time for lunch. Des was having lunch with Cat and Jiz. In school, Des was becoming a lot more popular and people came up to her more easily and wanted to talk to her, ask her how she was doing. It also helps when she’s best friends with Jiz the b-ball captain and Cat a cheerleader. Even though she made it clear she was taken, the offers didn’t stop coming. Des noticed that no one sat beside Tyra and as a senior even the freshmen who shouldn’t even dare it, were starting to make fun of her for being a loner and a loser, and plus they’d heard about her sexuality. Des quickly finished and went up to Tyra
Des: A yo Ty what’s up?
Ty looked up at Des, her eyes brimming with tears
Des: Come lets go and talk somewhere else
Ty got up and followed Des who took her to sit on the bleachers
Des: Aiight Ty, you been looking like you’re gonna cry or something’s really wrong with you. Is it Mia?
At that, Tyra burst into tears
Des: Oh no
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