Kamari T'amir Hightower | 17 | Kam

Kamari opened her eyes slowly while her head was pounding.

She then noticed she was in a bed, and her duffel bag was beside her. She was in a bed, and it wasn't hers. She gasped loudly realizing it wasn't her room.

She got out the bed and almost lost her balance. She hung over the bed taking a few breaths.

She walked over to the window and looked out seeing also not her driveway, it was also dark. It looked familiar. She went back to her duffel bag and dug inside looking for her phone and it wasn't there. She rummaged through the bag and it still wasn't there.

"Where the helll-" she stopped as the door opened revealing a coffee colored man. She had never seen him before,

"Looking for this?" He spoke and she saw him pull out her phone. Her eyes widened.

"Yeah?" She started walking towards him and he held out her phone for her to grab. She grabbed it and pressed the power button, it came on.

"It's charged?" She asked confused.

"Your welcome?" He chuckled with his deep voice.

"Oh, thanks. I should get home." She said as she opened her phone and notifications started coming through. She instantly went to messages to see if Rashad texted her, he didn't. She grabbed her duffel bag and threw it over her shoulder, and closed her phone.

"Yeah, come on shawt." He said as he guided her out the room and closing the room door behind her. They went down the stairs slowly and quietly and when they made it to the bottom she saw the dude from when she asked to borrow his phone.

It was smoke everywhere and it was 3 other dudes, she could barely see them because of the smoke. But they were all eyeing her, she could feel it.

"Aye." The dude behind Kamari smoke getting the other dudes attention,

"Yo. I'm Trezz, him behind you is Tavo, I put my number in yo phone." He puffed his backwood talking to Kamari.

"For what?" She asked raising a eyebrow confused.

"Look, uh-" he started and Kamari rolled her eyes on the inside.

"Kam. It's Kam." She started bititng th inside of her mouth.

"Look, Kam. Yo mom apparently being a bitch and you was overheated earlier. You fell out on the sidewalk, before I made it out there a hour passed, and you were boiling at touch. If you need to get in the house, text me or Tavo. We gotchu." He stated and Kamari bit the inside of her mouth,

"Yeah, sure." She stated as she started to walk past him.

"And I cashapped you to get some food, just incase it ain't nun at the house, it's like 9:12, stuff still open." He stated standing up and he was standing over Kamari with height just like Tavo.

"I don't need your money." She started and turned around to face him.

"I didn't ask you." He passed the blunt to Tavo.

Kam sighed and shook her head.

"For me to be a stranger you being real nice. I'll send it back when I get out the shower." She groaned opening the door.

"Mhm." He humed as she walked out the door leaving the driveway. She went down the sidewalk and went to her house.

She groaned forgetting that it was locked. She twisted the doorknob and it opened, her eyes widened. Then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath realizing, Trezz.

She went in the house and locked it behind her. "Ma!" She called out but it was silent. She dropped her duffel bag and grabbed her phone and went up the stairs , turning on the shower.

She checked her cashapp and he did indeed send thirty five dollars. Who the hell needs thirty five dollars for food? She sent it back and closed her phone , she got up and found some biker shirts and a oversized white tee.

She then took a shower, a long , hot, fourty five minute shower.

When she got out she went downstairs and looked in the fridge, she didn't feel like making anything. She groaned and placed her head on the counter feeling frustrated with her laziness.

"God. Why!" She slapped her hand on the table standing up and rubbing through her hair.

She shook her head as she opened the refrigerator again and grabbed some leftover lasagna her mom cooked from two nights ago. Surprised that she even cooked.

Kamari and her mom never had the perfect relationship, they always bickered, rarely times when they got along.

Kamari had a little brother who she barely saw, he was now twelve, she saw him a few years ago and stopped calling after a while. She probably hadn't spoke to him in about two years. He stayed in Georgia with her Aunt and Dad because her mom was unreliable.

Kamari's mom was a man chaser, and was rarely home. She gave Kamari what she wanted, in money, if she had it. Most likely she never did. Kamari's dad was in her life, they talked from time to time. Kamari's mom was a arrogant bitch who only acts about herself.

Everytime they would get into it, she would call her daughter slurs, like fat, big, bitch, hoe's, and everytime Kamari would cry herself to sleep until she turned fourteen and learned to let her mom insult and not say anything back to get it over quicker.

Her mom was barely there, truth be told, Kamari liked it better when her mother was gone. Either way Kamari didn't talk to anybody personally about her family problems. She felt it would make her look crazy and she never wanted it to be used against her. She didn't wanna be called crazy.

Kamari was mad at her parents. Her whole childhood was a trauma story. Kamari's mom and dad ; Shameka and Chris were always abusing eachother and it finally ended when Kamari was ten; when her dad almost killed her mom when they got into a argument before Kamari was going to school.

Her mom had bruises on her face, and her lip was busted, she had a broken nose and arm. Kamari stood in the doorway crying watching whatever happen, happen. There was nothing lil ol her could do. After that incident, her mom made an instant decision to move, only taking her and leaving her other siblings with her father. She never knew why, but, it was what it was. Her mom smoked weed, drank , and was a man chaser. Kamari swore to never become like her mom.   She loved her mom dearly but it's just times where she hated her too.

She sat on the living room couch and started eating as she scrolled on TikTok. She eventually went to sleep there.

***

Kamari woke up and groaned at how uncomfortable she was. The sunlight was beaming through the living room windows. She sat up and looked at the time; 6:43 am. She sighed deeply before going up the stairs.

As she put on her University Blue 1's along with some light blue jeans and a white cropped shirt. She put her hair into a ponytail and a swoop and then grabbed her duffel bag and headed out the door. 

About 45 minutes later after the bus ride her and her friends made it to first period and Kamari felt weird.

Trinity barely talked to her while they were supposed to be taking notes and writing down information about another country. Not only that, Ziyona and Myah were in their own world conversing, laughing and minding their own.

It was different because they always spoke together in this class.

As the class went by and Kamari got bored, she was getting irritated.

"Girl." Ziyona called out in a whisper getting Kamari and Trinity's attention. They both turned around and then Ziyona and Myah made a yikes face. "Not you girl." Ziyona said with a weak smile making Kamari turn back around. It irritated her that her 'friends' were comfortable not involving her, but I mean she didn't have to be involved in everything right? It's just a couple of talks.

Trinity laughed out loud as Ziyona and Myah snickered along. Kamari shook her head as the teacher tried to speak and everyone around her was talking out loud.

"Okay, Mr.Carell, introduce yourself." Ms.Tate stated as she was going around the room asking kids to introduce themselves. Carell was the last name of  Emmett, he was a white boy that Kamari didn't like. He happened to try to be a class clown and she didn't like that about him.

"Okay , uhhh, my name is Emmett that's it." He said making a couple of his white friends snicker and Kamari scrunched up her face in annoyance. "You think that's funny? That's slow." Kamari spat at him and his smile instantly faded.

"Okay uh, Ms.McCoy ." Ms.Tate went along, calling on Ziyona.

Ziyona stood up laughing for a few seconds. She stopped giggling and looked at the teacher. "Huh?" She asked and Kamari took a deep breath knowing it was Ziyona's attempt to be funny.

"Excuse you?" Ms Tate asked confused at Ziyona's laughs.

"Can you repeat that?" Ziyona asked and Kamari groaned starting to get mad.

"She went over half the class, how you don't know what she talking about?" Kamari looked at her friend  annoyed.

"I didn't know! Anyways I'm Ziyona, that's it." She stated sitting down with a laugh and Kamari rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"That just pissed me off." She groaned loud enough for Ziyona to hear. Truth be told it ruined Kamari's whole day. After that she just avoided them at all costs just to clear her mind. She even decided to not go to Volleyball practice mid day.

***

Kamari checked her phone as she walked up to her house and the door was unlocked. She was lowkey relieved.

Her phone dinged as she started taking off her shoes. She groaned as she took off her other shoe and then went to the notification.

amba♥️

You home?

Yea

Okay I'm omw

ok?

Kamari was confused, but she didn't mind when Amber came over. She was probably the one only person who would.

After a few minutes there was a knock on the door and Kamari got yo and opened it seeing Amber.

"Hey." Amber said as Kamari let her in the house and they gave each other a hug. Afterwards they sat on the couch and Amber propped her legs on top of Kamari.

***

"Okay but give him his props, he ate up for homecoming." Amber said referring to Bryan, a guy Kamari didn't really associate with.

"Yea, somewhat." She shrugged and Amber started biting the inside of her mouth and Kamari chuckled.

"What's going on?" Kamari asked.

"Okay I'm so glad you asked!" She let out making Kamari laugh and shake her head.

"Okay so, there's this guy..." Amber started as Kam listened.

"-And he wants to go out." Amber finished and started biting the inside of her mouth while Kam leaned her head to the side waiting for her friend to get to the point.

"Ok, and?"

"And, we really feelin eachother, and our first date Saturday." Amber took her legs off Kam and then laid her head on Kam's titties.

"Girl." Kam scoffed, pushing her friends head off her titties and onto her lap.

"I'm serious." Amber continued

"Okay, how long have y'all been talking?" Kam asked while playing in Amber's knee length box braids.

"Like a month, I think, we've been on the phone on and off, he's so fine, but he always doing something stupid to piss me off" Amber grumbled with a mug on her face as she explained.

"Toxic much?" Kam raised a eyebrow.

"Yea, but it's so much to like about him." The mug in her face disappeared.

"Okay, so go on the date."

"That's the thing.." Amber sat up and looked at Kam. "What Amber?" She asked as she rolled her eyes knowing her friend was about to ask something.

"He wants his homeboy to get put on too." She stated and Kam shook her head immediately. "So put him on with Trin or Yona." Kam crossed her arms.

"Look, Trinity is very pretty, don't get me wrong, and so is Ziyona, but if I have to put on his homeboy, I don't wanna put him on with somebody I don't trust." She started and Kam just listened.

"So what?" She asked with a faded smile.

"Kam, I want you to go on this double date with me." Amber stated now holding Kam's hand.

"No." Kam answered.

"Why not?" Amber asked confused.

"Because , if that man you say if so fine, and he has a homeboy, he definitely wants somebody who looks like you. I'm not like you. They most likely want somebody like you. I'm not his type. " Kam scoffed.

"Girl and? Look, I love you so much, so I'm gonna tell you like this. Girl so, you got a body on you Kamari, you just got extra thighs and stuff, you got a pretty face, stop comparing yourself to girls like...me, I'm different, so." Amber stated and Kam and Amber shared eye contact.

"I dunno.." Kam started.

"Look, if his homeboy says anything , or does anything you don't like, let me know, and we will leave together. I promise." Amber stated trying to get Kam to crack a smile.

"Now can you smile, because if his homeboy don't like you, I won't like him, that's what I'm here for, to make you be comfortable with everything. And because I love you so much. So...come with me Saturday?" Amber asked again with her puppy dog eyes.

"Ok." Kam gave in and Amber's eyes and smile widened. She pounced on Kam and gave her a big hug making Kam laugh.

"So sweettt, okay now let's watch a movie, and do this work from Mr.Ron's class." Amber said unzipping her backpack.

"Alright, I'm gonna grab my backpack right quick."

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