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I quickly stuffed the last piece of egg and bread in my mouth and drank the remainder of my tea before placing the empty utensils in the sink and ran to my bedroom.

Time fi comb dah bad hair yah now!

I stood in front of the mirror in my bathroom with my eco gel, brush, comb, and scrunchies.

I tried catching my hair in one but every time I did so, either it was lean, too slack, or nuh brush in properly.

"Mi cyaa badda enuh," I got angry and threw the hairbrush on the floor as tears welled up in my eyes.

After mi Neva tell nobody mi want curly hair, so mi nuh know Wah dem gimi it fah.

I picked up my phone and dialed Andre's number.

Mi cyaa badda fi walk go way downstairs fi call him.

"Yuh ready?" He asked when he answered.

"No, yuh can come ketch up mi hair fimi please," I sniffed.

"Pinky, mi nuh know Wah yuh nuh just trim and done enu," he hissed.

If mi Eva tell him Wah fi go trim him mada roll inah her grave yer.

"Mi soon fawud," he hung up.

I ran to my closet and hurriedly pulled on my skirt, so he wouldn't curse that I'm not half ready yet.

"Yow," he peeked his head through my room door.

"See mi here," I brought the items to my room and put them on the dresser.

He stood in front of me and catch my hair in a messy bun before applying gel and then brushing it up. He then removed the scrunchie and catch my hair neatly on top of my head.

"Wah mi fi do with the end part?" He asked.

"Mi a mek e stay so fuzz out," I replied.

"Mi nuh know fi make dem baby hair sumn deh so yuh get Wah e duck get," he said placing the brush down.

"Mi ago make them," I replied taking up my edges brush/comb and dipping it in the eco gel.

"Ahh hurry up cause a bout 10 o clock now," he said walking out of the room.

Report day start at 9, but we got to be fashionably late.

"Mi affi wear uniform?" I called after him.

"Yes pinky," he shouted back.

Kiss mi teeth!

I put on my white blouse and buttoned it then I tied my blue tie around my neck.

Alright, which shoes now?

I decided on wearing the kickers cause mi and rich people a par today.

I took down my black Teflar bag from the bag stand and placed my phone, lipgloss, winter fresh, school id, and a pen inside it.

I groaned realizing that I'm gonna have to wear all my badges now.

Bout seven badges mi have dawg.

I put them on one by one before going to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

I hurried out of the room when I was finished and ran downstairs to the first floor.

"Unuh affi dress so extra?" I asked when I realized what they were wearing.

Dante was wearing a Burberry shirt, shoe hat, and bag with blue jeans and Andre wore a Gucci shirt, shoes, bag, hat, and shades.

"Nuh my money buy them?" Andre asked.

"Unuh a go draw too much attention," I said.

"Pinky everybody done know yuh already do Wah more attention wi a go draw?" Dante asked.

"Nth come on, come on," I walked past them and into the garage.

"A which car unuh a drive?" I asked because the school road was bad.

"Ih X6 high enough fi e road?" Andre asked.

"Yep."

I went in the back seat while Dante went to open the gates so André could drive out. He came in the car after closing the gate.

I dialed Kayla's number because I wanted to know if she left out as yet.

"You have insufficient balance to make this transaction, please recharge your account and try again later, beep beep beep,"

Mi shame lakka dawg.

"Lend mi yuh phone Dre," I said.

He placed the unlocked phone into my palm and I went to the call log and then entered Kayla's number on the keypad.

"Hello," she answered.

"A pinky weh yuh deh?" I asked her.

"Mi ova school mi just a wait pan mi stepfather fi come," she said.

"Oh mi just a leff out but memba mi live right yasso, so mi soon reach," I replied.

"Alrt call mi back when yuh reach," she said.

"Mi naav no credit girl," I chuckled.

"So who fah number this?" She asked.

"Andre."

"Oh Alrt then," she said hanging up.

I heard my phone ping and I looked down to see that she sent me $200 credit.

I sent her a message saying thank you.

We drove to the school and when we turned into the driveway, the security stood before the closed gate.

I brought my window down before sticking my head through it " Secky a mi," I said.

"Oh waam Pinks," he said opening the gate.

"Later," I waved at him sitting back down a bringing up my window.

We parked in the parking lot before getting out of the car.

"Draw up yuh pants," I said to Dante.

He brought it up but it still sagged a little.

I walked towards the school building with them following behind.

Shit mi nuh call Kayla.

I took my phone out and quickly dialed her number.

"Mi reach, Aweh yuh deh?" I asked when she answered.

"Over sixth form block," she replied.

"Alright mi a come," I hung up.

We walked ignoring the stares we got from students and their parents.

"Dem gyal yah better know mi and dem a nuh size," Dante said and Andre chuckled.

We are all two years apart, so André is 22, Dante is 20, and I'm 18.

"A which way mi fi turn?" Andre asked.

"We can walk upstairs but walk yasso," I said to him walking downstairs where the science labs were.

We climbed the stairs that led to the sixth form block and I pointed at my class door.

"13 integrity and the teacher name is Ms.Jackson," I told them as we walked to the door.

About 8 people were in front of us so we would have to wait a bit.

I looked around but I didn't see Kayla. As I was about to call her phone she called out my name.

"Mi a come deh," I said to Dante and Andre walking to where she was outside.

"You and yuh Bredda dem come?" She asked.

"Yeah, yuh stepfather nuh reach yet?" I asked.

"No sah," she replied.

"Yuh see Danay? I asked her to which she replied no.

We stood in the corridor speaking about random.

"A dis mi Sen yuh come a school fah?" I heard a mother shouting at her child.

We peeped over the railing and looked downstairs at the mother and one of the grade 10 hot gyal dem.

She looked down at the ground and her mother shot her one earsaz.

"Look pan mi when mi a chat to yuh, a gwine Murda yuh, watch fi mi and yuh," she pointed the finger in the child's face before walking away.

"Oh god," I said.

"Mi nuh sorry fi her enuh, cause she Gwaan like she a big Oman, other day she give Mista Mac middle finger," Kayla said.

"Rhatid," I chuckled.

"Unuh too faas," I heard Zachary's voice.

We moved away from the railing and turned to look at him.

"Wah color report yuh get?" Kayla asked him.

"Gold, Daddy have it," he nods his head in the direction of the man walking ahead of us.

"Wah yuh average?" I asked him.

"89."

"Bombaat yuh miss the platinum by 1," I dapped him up.

"A one platinum in deh," he replied.

"Who get e?" Kayla asked.

"Me nuh know enuh, Likkle more we chat," he said walking off.

Mrs. Smart-Lindo asked us to bring some forms to 9 Peace, and on our way back we saw Kayla's step dad and she was now walking with him.

"Brittney!" Someone called out my name and I looked around to see Daniel.

Mi did a go shame him but him did a walk with waah lady so me a be nice.

"Waam," I smiled at him.

"Yuh collect yuh report yet?" He asked.

"No, mi Bredda dem inah the line," I replied as the lady walked ahead of us.

When we reach back to the sixth form block Daniel's mom went in and Kayla's stepdad went in also.

I spotted Andre walking out of the room.

"Move from beside her now," he said to Daniel who for some reason is always standing close to me.

"Sorry," he said taking a couple steps back.

He began introducing himself to Andre and Andre's reply was "Mi nuh fuck man inuh boss so mi nuh waah know who yuh be."

Mi shame lakka dawg and a nuh mi.

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Taii

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