He’s a Thug, but He’s My Thug

Chapter 3: "Happy Valentine's Day" To Me

"ANNAH WAKE UP!!! WAKE UP!!" My little sister Neveah screamed while shaking me out of my sleep. I woke up and looked at my phone. The time had said 5:00 a.m. "5:00 a.m.?" I thought to myself."Why the f**k was she waking me up so early?"

I pulled the covers over my face as I said"Neveah get the hell out my room and go back to bed. I still got a hour and of half of sleep left and you got two more now leave me alone" "But you said you would make us a special Valentine's Day breakfast. Remember?" She said. As much as I hated it she was right. I did promise her. I sat up and grabbed her little, chubby, caramel cheeks and kissed her forehead. "Okay Munchkin," I finally said sweetly. "You go back to bed and I'll wake you up when the food is done." She hopped out my bed and walked back to her room. I took the covers off and went to go prepare a small breakfast for Neveah. I made heart shaped strawberry pancakes, scrambled eggs with red food coloring, some bacon and freshly squeezed orange juice. Only the best for my baby sister who meant the world to me. I wasn't hungry and I didn't want to be late for the bus so I decided I would grab another bootleg Pop-Tart on the way out the door. I woke up Neveah up and as she ate I showered and got dressed.

In the spirit of Valentine's Day I wore a pink and white collared Hollister shirt, a pair of ripped white jeans tucked into my new custom made leopard print Timberland boots with pink laces and a white cardigan that I buttoned up and rolled the sleeves up so I could show my gold and pink spiked bracelets. I then put on my favorite gold dookie-roll chain and tucked the back of the necklace under my collar and threw on my gold bamboo hoop earrings. I curled my hair a little and tossed on a pink beanie that had my name stitched in white in cursive on the front. For my make-up I did a nice little pink and white eyeshadow and a winged eyeliner to bring out my light brown almost green eyes and put on my favorite red YSL lipstick with a little bit of gloss.

Only reason I can afford this stuff is cause of my parents, not my two jobs at Hollister and this local restaurant. My momma's a lawyer and so is my step-dad Howard. My dad is a doctor and his wife was a graphic designer. I liked my step-dad but my step-mom, not so much. She tried to hard to be both a parent and a friend. She was cool sometimes though. Sometimes she would throw me some money to go shopping and say "Buy something I can borrow" and I'll just smerk at her and blow it. My momma and daddy was kinda the same especially durring and right after the divorce and when they told me and Neveah that they were getting re-married. Sometimes they still throw us money when they can't make it to something like Momma did last year when I got the lead role in this school play cause she had to work or like Daddy did two months ago when he couldn't make it to Neveah's 10th birthday party because of his wife Glenda but trust me she wasn't no good witch.

I walked into the kitchen and looked at the clock on the microwave. It was now 6:57 and I still had more then 30 mins before I had to start leaving so I got a glass of orange juice and sat at the table with my baby sister. Neveah looked up at me with syrup all over her face. She looked at my outfit and said "You look pretty, Ann" I handed her a paper towel and said "Thank you, now wipe yo' face chunky monkey" she rolled her eyes and did as I told her.

"I didn't mean to tell Momma," she started. "I was just worried that Da'Vontae was about to do something crazy like hit you and I panicked and texted Momma." I looked at Nevaeh like she had lost her mind. 'Vontae was indeed crazy but he wasn't stupid and explained that to her. She nodded and finnished eating her food.

"Annah" she said

"Yes, Vaeh?"

"Are all boys like Da'Vontae? I mean, am I going to get heartbroken that bad one day?"

I looked at my baby sister in disbelief. I wanted to lie and tell her no and that every boy she meets is going to treat her like the little princess she is but then I would be sugar coating s**t. Then when the first boy in her life hurts her she'll start hoein around and I couldn't bare to see my sweet little Nevaeh actin like one of theses thots.

"Nevaeh" I sighed. "I'm not going to lie to you... There will be boys that's going to hurt you, break your heart, and some more s**t but trust me. One day, you will find the perfect guy for you and he will treat you like the only girl in the world." She nodded and took her plate to the sink. I looked at my iPhone and saw it was time for me to leave. I kissed Nevaeh on the forehead and left.

~*~

Today I fell asleep on Stretch shoulder again for the third day in a row. I know he was getting tired of me falling asleep on him but I just couldn't help it. I've been up every night thinking about Da'Vontae and after my talk with Nevaeh this morning I told myself it was time to get over him and move on. I woke up 20 minutes before we reached the school and stretched my arms.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty" Stretch said to me with a smile. I loved seeing Stretch's smile. Those perfect white teeth and beautiful pink lips could melt any girls heart. I smiled and said "Hey Honey Pie" to Stretch as I rubbed my still sleepy eyes

"You needa stop falling asleep on me every morning, Shrimp" he said to me with a goofy smile

"Boy, bye!" I laughed "I promise I won't fall asleep on you tomorrow!" I held my pinky out to secure the promise and he locked his along with mine to seal the deal. "Yo fingers so tiny Shawty" he laughed. I pushed him and said "There you go talking s**t again Stretch!" as I joined in on the laughter. He grabbed my hand and interlocked his fingers with mine. "They cute though, just like you" I smiled and rolled my eyes. "I mean it though Ann!" he said "You hella beautiful and I ain't never gonna let you forget that" I smiled at him shyly and said "Thanks Jay"

"Man don't call me that" he laughed.

I laughed with him as we pulled up to Lane Wood High and started walking into the cafeteria. We met up with Molly who was swagged out like always. She had on some white and red horizantaly striped leggings with a jean button down shirt from Hollister which where she also worked, a red and white Bulls snapback with the gold studs on the bill and some black combat boots with the gold studs on the back. She had her 2 most simplest gold chains on and only had black eyeliner and some deep red lipstick."Damn, my b***h lookin bad today" I said to Molly. She laughed and said "So is mine God damn me! Come to my locker with me I got something for you." I nodded and said "Might as well, your's is right next to mine and I need to get my stuff."

As we walked to our lockers people would pass us telling us "Happy Valentine's Day" and we would respond saying "Same to y'all" in unison like always. We finally reached our lockers and put our combinations in. "Here Slut," she said with a smile. "Happy Valentine's Day!" I turned around and she handed me a small brown bear that was holding a heart that said "I love you".

"Awww Molly," I said with a smile "You ain't have to get me s**t"

"Uh, yes I did!" She explained. "I'm your best friend and I know if that bastard, Da'Vontae wasn't going to give you s**t then I should!"

"About Da'Vontae... I've decided its time to get over him. You know? Start living the single life and find someone new"

Molly's eyes widend with excitement! "That's great!" she yelled. "I'm so happy to hear you say that." she said hugging me. "Well I'm glad you're happy to know that" I said finally opening my locker to a surprise.

"What the hell?!" I yelled.

"What is it?" Molly asked just as excited as I was.

My locker had a big basket in it filled with different chocolates and candy inside and a few teddy bear's that read "Be mine" and "I love you Valentine"

"Well who did it?" Molly asked "Like hell if I know" I replied. She sucked her teeth and said "Look, here's a card! Hurry up and read it heffah!" I looked at her sideways but did what she said any way. The card was pink with glitter all over it. The cover read "I'm all your's, will you be mine?" I opened the card and read what the card company wrote first which said "Happy Valentine's Day!" then I read aloud the written message which said "I could never take my eyes off of you since the first day I met you! Have a happy Valentine's Day my Sweetheart! Love, your secret admirer."

"Aw s**t!" Molly yelled. "Maybe Da'Vontae was right about you cheating on him. Who else you been giving the box to?"

I looked at her with disgust even though I knew she was just playing "You dumb broad it says 'secret' admirer!" I said to her as I put the card back in my locker as I got my books for 1st hour since I was finally out of ISS. "I don't know who he is."

"Yeah Ok, but we gone find out who this 'secret' admirerer is!" she exclaimed. I put my arm around her neck and started walking us to our 1st hour as I laughed saying "Ok Inspector Gadget".