Roommates

"Ok, so that will be $2,523 Ms.Watkins" Jayla nodded and swiped her card. "Ok thank you see you next month" the slim white lady said. Jayla walked outside and hopped in her car and drove home. Jayla Watkins is 5'8 with caramel skin tone. She has shoulder length curly hair, big brown eyes and full lips with a slim body. She walked inside and dropped her purse then took off her shoes. She heard her phone ringing, it was her best friend Mya. "Hey babes, wassup" Jayla said answering the phone. Jayla and Mya have been friends since the beginning of high school. At first, they couldn't stand each other but once they had a few classes together, they became best friends. "You home?" Mya asked. "Yea, just walked in. Mya this s**t is getting so stressful" Jayla said sighing. "I told you to get a roommate. Y'all could split the rent, and the cost of food. Come on, think about it. You have a part time job where your co worker sexually harasses you, pay rent and buy food that barley last you through the month but never have pocket money for the rest of the month. " Jayla sighed again while rubbing her temples. "Man I don't know. Another person living with me. Wait scratch that, a stranger living with me. No I'm good" "Jay really? You complain about having to borrow money from your dad then when you do borrow money, he act like he control your life. So you can either choose to interview someone to stay with you, or keep stressing, getting harassed and borrowing money from your dad while he control your life." Mya stated. "Ok I'll think about it. But I gotta go. I'm tired and starving so come by tomorrow when I get off work" "Iight boo goodnight" Jayla hung up and went to shower. After a long hot shower, she got out and heated up some chicken and rice. Things have never been easy for Jayla. Since the age of 15, she has had a job and worked for everything she has. Never had a mother in her life and her father just recently walked into her life. Jayla was raised by her grandmother, who died from lung cancer on Valentine's day the previous year. Now 20 and a junior in college, her life is still hard. Working part time and being in school is stressful, especially when your 'father' tries to control everything in your life from where to work to who to date. Jayla hasn't had a boyfriend before mainly because she doesn't have time for one but she has always thought about having one. Jayla finished eating before climbing into bed and going to sleep. 7:00am Jayla walked into her legal writing class and sat in the front. School was something she didn't play about. She had A's and B's for her first semester and right now during the second semester, she is working on all A's. Her grandmother always told her someone can take away your money, take away those fancy little clothes and take away your respect, but they can't take away your knowledge. After her legal writing class, she went to her legal research, paralegal Internship class then Civ Proc: Discovery. After she was done with school, it was 2p.m. She drove home, took a shower then dressed for work. She wore a black pencil skirt, a white blouse and a black blazer. She got to work at 3:00 on the dot. "Yes Mr.Jefferson, your 4:30 is already here" "Ok, send her in please" Jayla walked into the waiting area of the law firm and called out for Mr.Jefferson's next appointment. "Mrs. Lee, you can go in now" Jayla escorted Mrs. Lee into Mr.Jefferson's office then went back to her desk. While filing paperwork, Dan walked up to her desk. Dan was about 6'1, dark skinned and had neat dreads. He was a good looking man, except for the fact that he was the one that sexually harassed Jayla. "Hey baby, wassup" he said smirking down at her. "I see you wearing my favorite skirt. Your ass is looking nice and fat." he licked his lips while Jayla almost threw up in her mouth. "Dan what you want? Like really?" she said with annoyance in her voice. "I thought it was pretty obvious. I want you, all of you." Jayla rolled her eyes then went back to working. "If you were my girl, you wouldn't be working. You would be home cooking for me and waiting for big daddy to come home" Jayla laughed at the fact he called himself big daddy. "Dan go on somewhere with that bullshit. You telling jokes and s**t while I'm trying to work" she said still laughing. Dan mugged her and shook his head. "I'm serious, and this little thug side of you is really making me hard, so u better stop" Dan said roughly grabbing his d**k and walking away leaving Jayla disgusted. At 8, Jayla was on her way out the office and walking up to her car. "Aye Jayla" Dan called from across the parking lot. Jayla knew who it was so didn't bother turning around until she felt his arms wrap around her waist. She pushed him off and mugged him hard. "Nigga don't be putting your f*****g hands on me. f**k around and get maced." Jayla said beyond pissed. Dan smirked at her and licked his lips. "Mmm, damn baby. You look sexy as f**k when your mad. Come on, take your anger out on me. I'm all yours baby" he said walking closer to her. Jayla turned away and kept walking to her car until she felt Dan slap her ass hard. She reached in her purse and pulled out her mace and sprayed him. "Ahhhh f**k Jayla. The hell is your problem. I can't see and this shut burn" he yelled squeezing his eyes shut. "I warned you and that's the whole point, bitch." Jayla left Dan in the parking lot and drove home. When she pulled up at 8:30, Mya was in the parking lot waiting for her. The girls walked inside. Mya made her a sandwich while Jayla went to shower. "Why were you late?" Mya asked Jayla, who was walking down stairs. "Dan ole duck ass. He stepped up today and slapped my ass so I maced him" Jayla said shrugging. Mya laughed so hard she started choking on her sandwich. "Damn breathe" Jayla said laughing and patting Mya's back. "You maced him?" Jayla nodded. "Then what? You helped him?" Mya asked. "Hell no, I ain't help him. I left his ass right in the parking lot" Mya shook her head and chuckled. "So you thought about this roommate situation? Cause I know someone who looking for a place." "Yea I thought about it. It don't sound like a bad idea actually." "Good, so the person I have in mind needs a place. I've known them since baby stages so it's like we're family. I'll hook y'all up so y'all can talk about the details deal?" Mya asked. "Yea, we can meet tomorrow morning since I have no school and work off." "Ok gotchu." the rest of the night, the girls talked about random things. They laughed and watched movies till they both fell asleep on the couch. The next morning, Mya was on the phone with Jayla's maybe roommate, while Jayla was still asleep. "Jayla get up, you gotta be at Ihop by 10 and it's 9." Jayla didn't budge so Mya sucked her finger and put it on Jayla's ear, making her jump up. "Ew what was that?" "This" Mya said waving her finger. Jayla laughed and shook her head before walking to her room to shower and get dressed. She put on a black and white Tupac hoodie, white skinny jeans and black and white Jordan 11's. She sprayed herself in love spell, grabbed her phone and keys and walked out behind Mya. "I'll call you when I get home" Jayla yelled. She got in her car, and drove to Ihop but it was then that she didn't know what the girl looked like. She walked inside, was seated at a table then called Mya. "Hello" Mya answered. "What this girl look like?" Mya chuckled. Jayla looked up towards the door and locked eyes with the finest man she ever layed eyes on. He was brown skinned, tattoos, brown eyes and a sexy smile. "Ain't no girl meeting you. His name Khalil. I already told him what you look like so just wait" Just as Mya finished talking, the same guy that walked through the door walked up to Jayla. "Excuse me, are you Jayla? " he asked. Jayla nodded and hung up on Mya. "How you doing? I'm Khalil" he smiled and put out his hand. "I'm doing good and it's nice to meet you" she said smiling and shaking his hand.