Prologue.
Throwing my backpack over my shoulder âthanks popsâ banging the car door shut, new school year and I am late already âChristopher!â my dad shouted from the car, I stopped in my tracks turning around âyesâ sighing out as I said it, I just want to make it to first period and he out here with his bad ass head just smiling âpops, I am late and you know this already and your sat there smiling at me, what is it!?â I snapped âstop stressing your mother out, I wonât tell her about this. Let me not see you walking late to school again, got it?â he pointed at me âgot it, now can I go!? Damnâ turning back around and jogging towards my school, some dumb teacher is about to stop me. First period has started, and I know I am late, I overslept. Then I wanted to get some food, but I didnât think I would be this late. I can blame my cousins, they were going college and I just hung with them for a short while, my mom will not find out. I donât know, I dislike school the most but here I am, I ainât got no choice but to come here. I want to play basketball, but these teachers be bugging, they do the most to make sure I do not get there, I will make it with or without their input. Dragging open the door, complete silence in the hallways, I have like thirty minutes left of first period so I can learn something. Tenth grade is just going to be the same as ninth and so on, the teachers be on my case and I have the worst teacher to see right now. I hate social studies; I mean I hate school so coming to this class makes no difference.
Taking in a deep breath as I opened the class door, I am apprehensive about this class already because I know that this teacher will play on the fact I am late âso nice of you to join us so late in the day?â this is the drama she puts on, itâs not even that late âcare to explain to the class why you have interrupted their learning?â letting the door go so it can close, staring at the class âthey falling asleep already?â small laughs played around the class âChristopher, why are you late? You missed homeroom too?â nodding my head âI did, and now I have arrived can I take my seat?â she took in a deep breath and waltzed over to me, I swear I dislike her so much ânot even an apology, why are you late?â Miss Polkovita lowered her head to me, her tone lower then it was âsorry Miss Polkovita, I overslept, wonât happen againâ I rather just get on with it so she can get off my dick about it âsit downâ nodding my head, walking off to sit in the back of course. My seat is there waiting for me, Barry grinned at me âwhatâs upâ dapping TJ as I walked by âChristopher, there is a seat here. No need to even go to the backâ I groaned out as I turned back around âyou just making this long, like on a real!â I spat, throwing my backpack on the floor, and sat down in a huff ânow thanks to Mr Brown we have wasted five minutesâ I honestly donât care for what she says.
Closing my book that is full of graffiti, did I make any notes in this class of course I didnât âremember papers in by next week! Itâs important you look over your notes, Mr Brown stay behindâ I groaned out ânigga going to get an ass whooping! Where were you!?â Barry came into my eye-view âI overslept?â I said with the biggest smirk on my face knowing full well I left with my mom and then I went for breakfast with my cousins âsure! I guess Miss P going to be complaining now so good luckâ nodding my head âI see you at English broâ dapping him as he walked out âI will be right with you, just wait thereâ grabbing my backpack and stuffing my book in there, Miss Polkavita and her fake Louboutin heels. She crouched down in front of me âwas there a reason why you were late today?â taking in a deep breath âI overslept, what else do you want me to say? Miss I was sleeping and woke up late, wonât happen againâ zipping up my backpack âI will let you off this one time, if you are late again then we will have to contact your mom. This is an important year for you Chris, I want the best for you soâ she moved away âI donât want to keep you, Robyn please come hereâ shuffling up on my seat looking behind me, the female picked up her backpack, she was already smiling as she looked up âcome on over here, so Christopherâ does she have different colour eyes, squinting my eyes âChristopherâ looking back over at my teacher âyou can now do me a favour, and if you can actually do this without error, I will forget this little lateness business, soâ Miss Polkavita stepped back âthis is Robyn, she is from Barbados, she is doing the international exchange programme here at Essex high, it is her first dayâ she stepped towards me, reaching her hand out to me, not something I expected âhiâ her accent is cute âheyâ shaking her hand, I couldnât help looking at her glossed lips that are perfectly shaped âdamnâ I said out loud âI expect you to be kind, she is new hereâ letting her hand go âthis is wack, so now I got to walk around with some new girl?â this is actually dumb âyou have no choice, now get ready to go to your next classâ I mean she is new, what do I do with her when I got my own friends.
My locker got slammed back shut âtook your time in there, did Miss Polkavita show you some cleavage? Did she crouch down like she do?â Barry said laughing âher boobs ainât even that good bro, itâs mediocreâ opening my locker again âyou lost?â Barry said, frowning at him ânoâ I answered, he kissed his teeth ânoâ he pointed behind me, looking behind me and letting out an oh âyeahâ I dragged out, looking at Barry âI have to be nice and let her follow usâ Barry pulled a face âbut back to the topic, I think we need to place a bet on who can get Miss P, I heard that she fucks with her studentsâ closing my locker âI am not interested in that, she seems a little crazy. Where is TJ? He still on that bitch mode?â Barry nodded his head âhe always that way when he gets a new chick, you know how he doâ throwing my backpack over my shoulder as I turned around âknocked up Nicole, what you doing here?â Barry put his arm around me half shouting âshut the fuck up, I am not even knocked upâ Â Barry and I laughed âwe heard differentâ I pointed, she hit my hand away âalso Chris, can your cousin help us out againâ here Nicole go with that sweet voice âno weed for you, peace!â walking off âChris!â she shouted, she be using niggas and I ainât have that âoh shit, you forgot little foreign girlâ letting out an oh, Barry moved off of me, this shit is going to be a long day, I mean she donât say anything, but she is just there.
Getting up from the seat âwhere you going!?â Barry spat; I didnât say anything but walk off. Itâs a little wack that the girl is on her own, I been a little wack at this âbe back, not to worryâ itâs lunch time and I kind of ran off and left her, I just been on some shit âhey, miss maâam. You want to go and look around the school? Also you donât want to sit with these, they ainât ever had dick in their life, bad luck for youâ I called her miss maâam because I forgot her name, rude of me âsureâ she got a cute accent, I mean from the small words she says âaye, yâall take her tray. Comeâ the girls just looked at me but looked away âyâall need to shave tooâ I laughed; I am an asshole âChristopher got a new girl already?â Nicole hit into me âbe quiet, I donât do girlfriends, at all!â walking off, Nicole done slept with every nigga in this school and has the nerve to question what I do, I never fucked her, I never will either âwhat is your name again?â I asked, I canât keep calling her miss maâam âRobynâ I donât know why but I cooed out, it was sweet âRobyn huhâ I laughed nodding my head âso let me show you some of the school then, and that is the start Seiko. That girl I met is now Rihanna to the worldâ Seiko laughed, she laughed ever so hard at me âif I didnât love you I would call you a liar, sorry baby, go on. Seeing as we are stuck in this traffic, continue. Tell me how you both started getting close, you seem so giddy about it. I donât know who is more excited to meet her, me or youâ I laughed âuhh, we didnât get close like that. Like I wish I had pictures, but deadass. I met Rihanna in school. And this is for you, not meâ Seiko rolled her eyes, I donât know how to feel about it because shit is just different now âgo onâ Seiko rested her head on my shoulder, itâs crazy how I just remember it all, the detail of the meet âyeah so, I mean at that time I didnât care about much, I was being a moody teenager, so yeah at the end of the day the teacher caught up with Robyn so I just wentâ I explained.
Stood with Barry and TJ, we didnât catch the bus back home we just hung out waiting for my cousin to pick us up around the block âayeâ Barry hit my arm âthe fuckâ he hit my arm pretty hard âainât that the foreign chick you been fucking with, well you know just helping aroundâ looking to where Barry is pointing, frowning a little. Why is new girl walking down these ends âdoes she know not to be speaking to pervert Bri?â TJ said, pulling a face because there is a local pervert and we call him pervert Bri âhold my ballâ throwing it to TJ âlook after my backpack, I need to check she is ok. She may know him, I donât knowâ looking left and then right before running across to her âRobyn! Heyâ I waved âheyâ Robynâ eyes met mine and she smiled, more like relieved to see me âyou know this guy?â I pointed at him âgo away nigga, I helped herâ I kissed my teeth âno, I only asked him directions and now he is following meâ I snorted laughing âshe with me you child snatcher, get the fuck outta here. Come over here, he is the local pervert, donât fuck with that. I am sure you said the family you staying with was coming to pick you?â she nodded her head âyeah but she never picked her phone upâ a car honked which made me jump âthere you are Robyn, I am so sorry I am lateâ maybe this is the lady âso sorry, come onâ the white lady waved her in âitâs ok, I thought I would start to walk. Thank you, see you tomorrow?â she said to me, nodding my head âyeah, hopefully on timeâ I laughed âthanks for walking me around schoolâ her accent is so sweet, I liked it.
Seiko stared at me, she gave me a questioning look âok, I believe you. I remember reading some shit that she went to the school for a while. Just, itâs weird seeing you all like this. You never mentioned this to me at all? How come now?â I shrugged âI just thought why not, itâs not something you tell the world. I just keep it to meâ Seiko smiled at me âright, so go on. You had sex with her?â rubbing my chin laughing âuhm, if you ask Barry he said yes but we didnât, I think we just vibed I guess. We didnât date either but we had an understanding, I got on with her and she easily became a friendâ Seiko laughed âdid she friend zone you?â shaking my head âI think her having to go back to Barbados half way through the school year ruined it, she also told me she love to sing. But her going back kind of just stopped everything, there was no contact after that, I found out she went back not from her but from school. I got suspended during that time so that was it. Then we heard next thing Miss Maâam is on TV, then I end up being locked up because of my cousin. Then I came out, met youâ I winked at her âthen life was good huh?â I chuckled âI suppose, but I just thought why not tell you this secret story, I know her before the world didâ rubbing the top of my head smiling to myself, I would be lying to myself to say I am not nervous, because I am. I am meeting her after all this time, I mean the meet and greet is for Seikop, but I am there with her.

















