Kayla Lewis a freshmen at bluford high school. A quarterback on the football team the bluford buccaneers. The only girl on the team. Being a football player was a social outcast until she met this tall boy. Copper Hoden he was on the team the only one who was nice to her. He had dark brown skin and deep brown eyes a big muscular build.
" Hey nice pass." He said .
"Thanks."
"Yo, me and some friends are going to Nico's pizza after practice you wanna come." He asked.
" Aight, I ain't got nothing to do when I get home anyway." She said. She felt a pang of excitement hit her chest. She might be one of the guys but she had girl like tendency. He whislte blew to signal that practice was over. I went into the girls locker room in the gym which was better than at Lincoln high where she came from. She had to share the locker room with all the took her helmet off which made her cornrows fall out. She always had cornrows her friends from licoln convinced her to put extra hair braided into it to have it look good. And so I could look like a female. She changed into her clothes and left. Cooper was leaning against his old pickup truck. Some of the guys from practice stayed back after practice. He was talking to a chubby girl. She had round cheeks and short hair she had on a buccaneers t-shirts with some snugg jean capris
"Yo, Coop can I get a favor. After Nico's can you drop me off at that recording studio on thirty-eighth street please." Kayla asked.
" Um, sure Kayla." He said. A smile crept on her causing the chubby girl to shoot her down.
" I'm sorry this is my girl Tarah Carson." He said.
" Nice to meet you Tarah, " Kayla said. She stuck her hand for her to shake it. She shook it she had a strong grip on her. She walked away. She walked toward the step of the gym. This boy Tyray Hobbs and freshmen. Came up to her with his baggy jeans and baggy shirt. He played defensive tackle
" What does the fool want." She mumbled to herself.
"Hey shorty the cheerleader are supposed to be in the gym how do you sneak out." He said. He shoved his hands in his pockets.
" Leave me alone and I'm not you shorty. When you get you a girl then that's you shorty you get my drif." She said. She turned and walked in the gym but he grabbed her arm. She snatched it back.
" Anyone who stole from a kid from like Darrell Macer deserved to get his ass beat. And you about get just that if you grab me again ." She said. Some boys hooped and hollered at the comments
"Aight, Kayla you want to ride or not cause Hakeem and Darcy are waiting." He said. I in the truck and got in.
"This little girl came in today. She was adorable. She wanted to play football with J.J."Tarah said
"Do you a girl named Dario lewis." Kayla asked.
" That's the new girl." She said. They pulled up to a small pizza shop. Kayla was the first out. She didn't eat lunch cause she need to save money and the food tasted like cardboard. She ran into a girl. The girl was skinny, a bit taller, with short cropped hair and wide rimmed glasses.
" I'm sorry I didn't mean to girl." Kayla said.
" Girl, it's okay." She said." I'm Angel McAllister"
" Yo, I'm Kayla Angel Lewis. "I shook her hand.A girl in a cheerleading T-shirts and jeans ca me up to us.
"You new around here." The girl said.
"Yeah, from Atlanta but I had to move." She said said.
" well I'm Jamee." She said. Tarah and Cooper came in the pizza palor
" Jamee where Dez?" Cooper bellowed with alertness.
" Coop I don't know he's probably making on some girl. He's not my man anymore." Jamee said. She looked at me ,
Jay's gonna kill me. I'm gonna be late." She thought
" Um, Coop can I get that ride to that recording studio now." She asked.
" Yo, Angel we just got here." he said.
" Coop, I gotta go to make money someway please. Please tell me understand where I'm coming from please. " She said. A boy came up to us he had the same build like Cooper but his jaw was more chiseled and his eyes were lighter.
" Hak, are you sure." He said.
" Yeah, I was about to go home anyway.I guess I could make a quick stop." He said. He ruffled my head. She slapped his hand. "Where is it."
"On thirty-eighth street it's the largest building on the street. " she said. She went out and a motorbike was parked on the boy came out with a pair of keys.
"Is this your ride?" She asked.
" Yep, this is my joint." He said. He hoped on and started the engine. "You coming or not." She got on the back of the bike and they were off.
" Yo, Angel you are late. " Jay said. Jay was a lanky man with a close cut haircut and yet a good producer.
"Sorry, man I was at football practice and my first practice." She said. She went into a room that had a neon sign that said ROOM A. I went to the room to see a kid that was singing a old R&B song. He hit a high note and I smiled and clapped. Then it came to a red.
" Baby boy what's your name? " she said.
"Darrell Macer." He said. When that was said, she thought about some buff kid not some little kid that could pass as at least a six grader.
" Well, Dar. You have a nice voice, you wanna listen to it or do another take." She said. He came out of the booth. I pressed the play button the soft R&B beat kicked in.
"No offense but for a little man you sound like a grown man." She said. She was telling the truth cause his voice was a alto, but his regualr voice sounded like he was sucking helium.
"None taken." He said in between chuckles."I wanted to give it to my mom as a birthday present. It's her favorite song and she says my voice is one and a million. "
"When's her birthday?"
" Next week."
"I've seen you at school. Look I'll do you a favor you give Jay the money for the song and I'll make it and deliver it to you when I get finished. Is that okay with you Dar."she said. He gave her a course look..
"Okay." He said. When seven o'clock hit she couldn't wait to go home and be with her little sister. Like always she ride the bus picked her sister up from a neighbor's apartment and went to her apartment . Her mother, and father died in a car crash. The only reason why the government didn't take Kayla and Dario was because they didn't know they were born. The only records where school and doctor records. And they were doing good too so Kayla didn't worry that much.
" Dario, what would you like for dinner?" She asked. The little girl was listening to music and coloring in her coloring pages the neighbor gave her.
" Uh, I'm not hungry I ate with Ms Davis ." Ms. Davis was a sweet old lady she her grandson Harold was in kayla's classes . He offered to walk Dario home from little learning spot a little daycare. She took him up on that offer.
" Okay Dario it's getting late." She told the little is the phrase to say Dario get ready for bed. The little girl closed the book and went in the bathroom and filled the tub and bathed. She put on her pajamas and went back in the living room.
" Angel, can I stay up a little bit longer?" The little girl pleaded.
"You got ten minutes." The older girl said. The little one turned on the television and just starred at it. Kayla got up and made her a PB&J sandwich. When she finished Dario was asleep leaning on the coffee table. Kayla picked up the small child and carried her in her room and tucked her in. She still had to do her rushed through her literature she already knew the material that was easy. But her Algebra still awaited. When she finished it was past one oclock. She put her feet up and did something she thought she would never do. She went in the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of her mother's pine and poured her glass. Even though it was bitter she enjoyed every drop of the achol