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Chapter 9: School's In Session
When people waked pass or even near the house of Huey and Jazmine Freeman they were normally greeted with complete and utter silence. Their home was the picture of perfect; landscaping done to perfection, house clean to a tee, and silence that most parents killed for. Yup the house was the undeniable picture of-
CRASH~! BOOM~!
Umm… okay so their home wasn't always perfect, but hey; no one's perfect, right?
"Jazmine, what the hell was that?" Huey asked as he rushed down the stairs and into the library with only his boxers and a t-shirt on. If it wasn't for the katana being held with mastered ease he would have looked quite cute, and far less freighting.
Jazmine Dubois-Freeman, was for lack of better word; curious. Curiosity had always been one of her weaknesses. That wasn't to say that her curiosity hadn't gotten her good things. It got her Huey after all when she had been curious of the boy that was now forcibly and lovingly her husband. Though for every good thing her curiosity had gotten her, it repaid with ten bad ones; this very moment being one of the bad.
She was upside-down in Huey's chair behind a lab desk that she had found when pressing buttons on a secret panel under the library desk. She found that the lab desk had chemicals, and so when one thing led to another… it all kind of went downhill from there.
Huey looked around at the room. Nothing seemed to be on fire, thankfully. No astray chemicals on any of the text that were on the shelves, good. All there was that wasn't in order was a… blue-to-purple faced Jazmine that was upside-down in his secret chair of his secret chemical lab which was only found if you pressed the secret button on the secret panel under his studies desk. The very desk he had told her never to go near on penalty of his foot being lodged in a very unpleasant place… wait, no, that was Riley he had told. Now he remembered her punishment for breaking one of his few rules…
"No pony" was all Huey said as he sheathed his katana and turned from the room. He heard Jazmine fall out of the chair while trying to sway his mind; as if that was possible.
She came up behind him, intent on getting him to reconsider such a "harsh and unjust punishment to ponies everywhere" while he merely rolled his eyes. His wife had such strange passions, but then again she was a ten year-old girl so it was to be expected.
"Jazmine, I don't want to hear it. Just go clean that off your face and be lucky that the mix on you is nothing more than stain-less Kool-Aid." Huey said as he walked away from his pony-ranting wife.
She sighed as she went to do as he said, though when she passed a particular item she back-tracked. It wasn't anything special; just a simple calendar. It was the date on the thing that had made her reverse motion to simply stare at it. The date was so simple: September 2nd. There was nothing really special about the day; no really big holidays, no visiting relatives, and no appointments to keep, but the day just seemed to scream out to her. It was a Friday, yet it seemed so…
…and then it hit her. Like a ton of bricks to her mind. Like a flash flood to wherever flash floods could happened. She remembered the day. It was the day that she loved, yet hated with more bi-polar passion than anything else. It was that day.
After quickly scrubbing her face clean off the weird Grape-flavored stuff, and taking a shower to be sure she was properly prepared for the day, she ran to Huey, with all the excitement of a five year-old on Christmas.
"Huey!" she exclaimed as she ran through the halls to find her husband.
He wasn't in the kitchen, the dining room, or even the living room. No, he was in the bedroom. She pounced on him like a house cat making him groan, but still shrugged her off as he tried to get comfortable.
"Jazmine, I'm tired and I don't want to play, and if it's the other thing that I'm thinking, then we're far too young for that." Huey said as he took his pillow and placed it over his head along with the covers as Jazmine began to bounce up and down on him like a sugar-addicted preteen would.
"But Huey, it's really important! Today's a real important day!" Jazmine said as she continued her assault of up and down on his stomach.
Huey finally had enough as he irritably tossed back the covers and threw his pillow to the bed. He tried to glare at his wife, but decided that it was too much energy for him to expand at the time. Jazmine gave him a small smile as apology while he sat up. She sat on her knees on her side of the bed as she saw he was finally getting up.
"Now what's so damn important, Jazmine?" Huey asked as she produced the very calendar that had made her wake him back up.
Huey looked at the thing with narrowed eyes as he glared hard at the thing.
"What, so it's September 2nd? Big whoop, now can I go back to sleep?" Huey asked as she only shrugged, but didn't move as she held up her left hand; all five digits extended from each other as he lay back down and under the covers.
She slowly let each digit recede into her palm as she counted down his realization. Five… Four… Three… Two… and One. Just like that Huey's eyes popped open and he was a blur into the bathroom of their room. Not even bothering to close the door, he shed his clothes and was in the shower faster than Jazmine could even see as she had blinked and missed it. She was about to close the door for him, but the hot water had run and he had showered so quickly that he was already back into the room going through his dresser for clothes. Thankfully, he kept everything so organized that all he had to do was grab the first thing that was there; boxers, pants, shirt, jacket, and lastly socks and shoes.
Jazmine was giggling the whole time as she put on her own clothes on the opposite side of the room, watching him out of her dresser mirror as she faced it instead of him. He fell over trying to wrestle his sock onto his foot and then felt like it was disobeying him. He bit the sock and used his mouth to get it on his foot, which caused Jazmine nothing but amusement at the sight.
Huey was so funny when he felt that he didn't have time for things…
Huey stood up, triumphant in his quest to get one sock on. He then glared down at the other, daring it to be as defiant as its brother had been. He bared his teeth at it as he slipped it on with ease. That sock had better know whose boss! He slipped his shoes on and stood in front of his dresser, looking himself over before attending to other hygienic needs while Jazmine had been doing the same.
Huey met Jazmine in the bathroom where she was just about to brush her teeth. She smiled as she saw him come in and handed him his toothbrush and the toothpaste.
"Thanks" he said as he took them and they started that age-old daily process together. After that and other hygiene rituals Huey and Jazmine were in front their mirrors once again.
"Jazmine" Huey called out as he used a pick to tame his hair, "what time does school start?"
"Around seven and let's out at four. We have to be at the bus stop by six-thirty though." Jazmine replied as she broke a comb trying to make her hair stay down. Huey came behind her as he took the broken comb and after a few cries of pain and protest made her hair presentable in her normal double-puffed form.
"Thanks, Huey." Jazmine said as she hugged him. It was always nice when he did her hair; painful and rough, but sweet and nice.
"We've got thirty minutes to get to the bus stop, which is…?" Huey said as they walked out of their room and down the stairs.
"At the end of the street." Jazmine said as Huey began pouring cereal in two bowls.
He and Jazmine ate in relative peace as they didn't even bother with small talk. They had gotten through that discomfort within their first week of marriage, so now the silence wasn't even awkward anymore. After finishing their hastily made meal Huey made two lunches and tossed one to Jazmine.
"Come on" Huey said as he carried his lunchbox in hand. Jazmine simply followed him out the door.
Walking swiftly down the street Jazmine and Huey were soon joined by Riley. The younger Freeman brother was literally thrown out of Granddad's house with clean clothes on and a bag lunch as Granddad stood in the open doorway.
"Now you better take yo little black ass to that damn school and learn something for once!" Granddad shouted at Riley as he slammed the front door behind him.
Huey only shook his head as they continued the walk to the bus stop. He was glad he had been married off to Jazmine or else he'd probably be grumbling and rubbing his ass like Riley was.
An advantage to be married: no more ass whippings.
Getting to the bus stop wasn't very hard since it was just at the corner. As soon as they were in sight of it Huey saw a lot of white kids, but amongst them he saw one of his only friends; Michael Caesar, or just plain Caesar.
"Yo Caesar, what up?" Huey said as soon as he reached the boy, dapping him off with a small smile.
"Let's see; gas prices, insurance, and a lot of things with the way Bush is running this nation. Why?" Caesar said as he grinned lightly. Huey only shook his head, his friend was… well, something.
Huey looked back for Jazmine, but she wasn't there. He looked around and saw her talking to a girl with two long braided ponytails. The girl was white and had blonde hair and blue eyes, which to Huey made her a stereotype. Riley was off talking to some white kid who seemed to actually be enjoying his brother's company. The kid looked like, for lack of a better word; a nerd. The nerdy-lookin' boy had brown hair, blue eyes, and wore glasses. True the kid didn't seem like much at first glance, but if he was actually having a conversation with Riley he must have been… something.
"There you go analyzing people again. Can't you just sit back and chill like everyone else?" Caesar said as he grinned at Huey. Huey let a light smirk grace his face as he looked back at him friend.
"Can't you just see the world for the horrible place it really is?" Huey countered as Caesar held up his hands in defeat.
"Nope, too rich for my poor black blood, Mr. Pessimistic." Caesar said as Huey's smirk grew.
The bus arrived shortly, though Huey and Riley cursed out loud upon seeing the bus driver. It was Uncle Ruckus… no relation.
"Well hey there, little white children!" Ruckus said happily as he opened the doors of the bus for them, "Negros…" He greeted as he stared at Huey, Caesar, and Riley.
The kids piled onto the bus single-filed as Ruckus ushered them on. As soon as he got to Huey, and Riley his hand shot out, blocking their entrance. Caesar, Jazmine, and Jazmine's blonde friend looked back as they had been in front of the Freeman brothers.
"Aye man, what the hell? Let us on!" Riley said as Ruckus laughed and looked down at them.
"Sorry, company policy; no intolerable niggas on my bus." Ruckus said as Huey narrowed his eyes.
"You and Caesar are on the bus." Huey shot back as Caesar pulled a face. He wasn't intolerable…
"I said intolerable niggas, porch monkey. That little boy is just a poor white soul trapped in a nigga body." Ruckus said as if he were singing to angels but then went back to glaring at Huey, "And as for me I happen to have a very rare skin condition." Ruckus stated as all the kids on the bus groaned and rolled their eyes. Here we go again…
"What?" Huey asked impatiently as Ruckus stood to full height.
"I happen to have Re-vitiligo, that's the opposite of what Michael Jackson got." Ruckus said as Huey scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Every year my skin just seem to get blacker and darker, blacker and darker, and then more blacker and more darker."
"Man, that's some ol' bullshit. Yo ass ain't got no damn re-whatever the fuck!" Riley shouted as Ruckus's one good eye widened and then narrowed.
"How dare you, you damn African hooligan!" Ruckus said as he got on the bus and closed the doors.
"Wait, Mr. Ruckus! I wanna get off!"" Jazmine shouted as Caesar and the blonde nodded in agreement.
"Fine, go be with them African hooligans you little half-and-half and you nigga, but you my little precious white girl go sit down." Ruckus said as he opened the doors again.
"Jazmine, stay on the bus." Huey said as she looked at him from the steps.
"But Huey-"
"Stay on the bus, Jazmine. You to Caesar." Huey said firmly as Caesar stopped for a second, but nodded as he grabbed Jazmine's hand.
"O-okay, Huey…" Jazmine said as she gave him one last look before the doors closed and the bus drove off.
As soon as the bus was out of sight Huey and Riley turned to one another as they began walking.
"Nigga, you know the school is like two miles from here, right? We ain't go make it there in time." Riley said as Huey glanced at him.
"You remember what I taught you last summer?" Huey asked as he kept his gaze straight ahead.
"What? You mean all that ol' Tarzan shit? Yeah, I remember. Why?" Riley said as Huey pointed to the forest that cut directly toward the school instead of the winding roads and streets Ruckus was taking.
"Because we're gonna need it." Huey said as he and Riley gazed at each other.
With a nod they exploded into motion. Riley ran directly up to a tree and jumped off, landing on the branch of another. Huey jumped from tree truck to tree truck until he got enough height to grab one of the top branches and used it to swing himself onto a sturdy branch.
"Let's go." Huey said as they moved through the trees, jumping from thick branch to thick branch to ensure their journey.
As they travelled by way of tree-hopping Huey couldn't help but wonder if he could teach Jazmine how to tree-hop as well. Sure she wasn't "physically advanced" or anything, but hell if Riley could learn, then just about anyone could, right?
"I'm super-nigga like this, man! Niggas can call me the black Tarzan! I'll be all over them niggas while they be look up at the sky and- Ow!" Riley ranted, but then hit his face on a tree branch and fell to the ground with a thud.
Huey sighed as he dropped off his branch and used several trees to make a safe landing next to Riley, who was rubbing his face.
"What did I tell you last time?" Huey asked as he helped Riley up.
"To watch what I'm doing." Riley gritted out as he tried to walk, but limped as his right leg began to hurt. Huey dropped to his knees to inspect Riley's leg, looking over it and hitting pressure points in it until Riley had enough.
"Damn, nigga! That shit hurt!" Riley said as he jacked his leg from Huey, but found that he could walk just fine. Huey got off knees and dusted his pants off as he and Riley jumped to a branch and continued on their way.
"You'll be fine, but be more careful." Huey said as Riley muttered something inaudible.
"What was that?" Huey asked as Riley's face went red.
"I said thank you, nigga! Damn! Why you gotta be all on my nuts?" Riley shouted as Huey smirked, ignoring Riley's last comment in light of getting to school.
"I can see the school." Riley said as he was higher than Huey. Riley dropped down some branches as Huey quickly followed until they were at the ground.
"How far?" Huey asked as Riley wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Not far, and plus Ruckus ain't there yet." Riley said as they began to simply walk.
"Damn, this shit was harder than I remembered." Riley said as he wiped sweat off his forehead, looking over to Huey who didn't even seem to be affected in the least bit.
"That's because you don't train." Huey stated as Riley glared at him and clenched his fists.
"I do be training nigga, but I just don't be having time to like yo ass. Granddad be tripping and be all on my nuts!" Riley defended as Huey scoffed.
"Well, I suggest you make more time." Huey said as they came out of the forest and across the street from the school. Riley followed after Huey with his head lowered as he glared at the ground.
"…whatever, nigga." Riley said as he silently promised himself to train more. He wasn't going let his brother show him up with all them Jackie Chan ass moves he had.
They waited out in front the school, helping each other clean the dirt and leaves from their persons. It was about five minutes before the bus came into sight from over a hill. The bus soon pulled up with Huey and Riley walking up to it as Ruckus got off, obviously surprised that they had made it to school before him. He glanced over at the forest across from the school, and then narrowed his eyes at them.
"I knew you fudge monkeys would be swinging from vines, but I didn't think it'd be so soon." Ruckus said as Huey and Riley ignored him while they waited for Jazmine and the others to get off the bus. Jazmine stepped off the bus with the white girl right behind her, both looking surprised that the two boys had gotten there before them.
"How did you get here before us? It's like two whole miles from our house to here." Jazmine asked as white girl nodded.
"Yeah, well we just real niggas and real niggas do amazing shit like this all the time." Riley said as he puffed out his chest and struck an impressive pose… at least until Huey stomped on his foot.
"We're here and that's all that matters." Huey said as Jazmine turned to her friend with both shrugging. It was then that Jazmine looked between Huey and the girl until she clapped in remembrance while Caesar got off the bus.
"Oh yeah, I don't think I introduced the two of you. Huey this is one of my best friends, Cindy McPhearson. Cindy this is my husband, Huey Freeman." Jazmine said as the white girl, Cindy, stuck out a hand, to which Huey looked at oddly before he shook it with hesitation.
"Good to meet 'cha." Cindy said as Huey raised a brow at the ghetto tone of her voice. Wigger much…?
"It's… nice to meet you, too." Huey said as he restrained himself from saying anything. It was only because Jazmine was giving him that look. You know, that one which clearly said to be nice to her friend or else he was sleeping on the couch again.
"So, Jazzy told me how you two got married. Is it true that you proposed to her on a pony and shit?" Cindy asked as Jazmine looked a bit surprised at her, and Huey's eyes widened as he blinked.
"Excuse me?" Huey said in his shock as Cindy looked between him and Jazmine.
"Never mind…" Cindy said as she glanced at Jazmine, who was giving her that look that said if she brought it up again she'd die a painful death.
"So… you two are… married. That must be… fun." Cindy said as they all began walking into the school.
"Yeah… fun…" Huey muttered in an impassive tone as Jazmine clutched onto his arm.
"Oh come on, Freeman, even you have to have a few nice words; what with the way you be gazing at Jazz and everything. Come on, let's hear them." Caesar said as he came up on the other side of Huey. Huey raised a brow to his friend as the boy got in front of him and stopped them. Everyone looked to Huey as if he was about to solve all the world's problems, but they were probably expecting a disaster if he actually said something nice…
"Jazmine Elizabeth Dubois-Freeman is my wife and she knows how I feel about her, so it doesn't matter what any of you hear." Huey said as Jazmine looked up at him with a small smile.
Huey could easily see the disappointment in her eyes. He knew she had expected him to say something, but really why would he? He made sure that she knew how he felt about her. He loved her in many ways, but he hated public affection with a passion. It always started out small, all the way up until you catch your aunt and uncle having sex behind some bushes at your party. That had scarred him for life, and he promised to never show any form of public affection if that was what it lead to. Had she really expected him to spout his love for her to everyone within hearing range? She didn't show it, but he had grown to know her enough to see that she was disappointed, and that hurt him only a bit. Had she really wanted him to talk about their love to them so causal as if he was conversing about the weather?
Perhaps… he could bend his resolve just this once. The look deep within her eyes was making him uncomfortable…
"But" Huey said suddenly as Jasmine gripped his arm tighter and everyone waited with bated breath, "I'll say this once; I'm glad I met her, and hope that nothing and no one comes between us." Huey said in his normal impassive tone, but Cindy and Jazmine squealed as they could clearly hear the emotion in those words. Jazmine hugged Huey tightly before she and Cindy ran off somewhere, leaving the three boys to watch them go without the slightest bit of understanding.
"What… did I say?" Huey said as he looked at the spot Jazmine had been with confusion. He hadn't said anything like his undying love for her, or that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, so what got those two so excited?
"I… don't know." Riley replied as Caesar nodded beside him.
"Girls… are weird." Caesar said as Huey shook his head slowly. He agreed with his friend's simple statement with every fiber of his being.
"You have no idea…" Huey said as he walked off, Riley and Caesar catching up and falling into step beside him.
With Jazmine and Cindy:
"I told you he loved me!" Jazmine said excitedly as Cindy hugged her.
"I know, girl!" Cindy replied as they both let out another girlish squeal.
"Oh, can I see the ring again?" Cindy asked as Jazmine gave her a proud look as she held out her hand, showing off the ring Huey had given her. Cindy took a hold of Jazmine's hand as they both jumped up and down while squealing in happiness.
"I'm Mrs. Huey Freeman, can you believe it?" Jazmine asked as Cindy shrugged.
"But didn't you say he was kind of an asshole sometimes?" Cindy asked as Jazmine looked horrified.
"I didn't say that! Huey's not… that word! He's not perfect, but he gets me, you know? He likes me for me, and he's always there when I need him." Jazmine said as Cindy gave her smirk.
"Somebody's in love." Cindy chimed as Jazmine blushed deeply.
"So?" Jazmine replied sheepishly as Cindy could barely contain her happiness for her friend. She was after all, a hopeless romantic…
"Ohh, I knew it! You love him! Aww, y'all asses so cute!" Cindy squealed as she jumped in place.
"Well, I'm supposed to love him. He is my husband after all." Jazmine muttered as Cindy raised a brow at her friend.
"Yeah, but y'all ten years-old, my dad said that you be way older to get married. I mean, you two got married, got a house I ain't never been to, and y'all asses so in love. I want that!" Cindy said almost childishly as she crossed her arms and pouted while Jazmine giggled at her.
"Cindy, it's not as good as it seems. I mean, yes Huey and I love each other, but most of the time it's one problem or another that keeps us from being happy all the time. Like just last week we got over my fear of the dark, and his problem with the NBA." Jazmine said as Cindy raised a brow again, but decided that she didn't want to know about either problem.
"Umm… okay, how about you and me go, and find yo boy." Cindy said as her face split into a grin, "I mean husband." Cindy finished in a sing-song voice as she ran from the restroom with Jazmine blushing and rushing after her to be sure her friend didn't spout about it to the world.
Later:
Huey knew many things, but the one thing that escaped him was why he had to sit in a Third Grade Spelling class if he already knew each and every word they planned on teaching him. It was for this reason that he sometimes, which was very rarely, wished he had grown up as a normal and average child. True, his childhood was pretty fucked-up, but he didn't want to change anything about it. Hell, if it all led up to him meeting Jazmine, then Huey could honestly say it was worth it.
Jazmine was the only one who took him seriously, and he was proud to say that she hung on his every word; even if she didn't know what some of them meant.
"Huey Freeman, are you paying attention?" a shrill and slightly English-accented voice said as Huey looked up and blinked.
"Yes, Mrs. … um… yeah, yeah I'm paying attention." Huey said as he remembered that he didn't know the woman's name. He looked at the blackboard behind her, and saw nothing but a list of the words they would be doing that month. He sighed as he got out a book.
Today was gonna be a long one…
Riley looked around his classroom with either disgust or boredom; for him they were both the same. Out of the all the kid's that were in his class he had to be the only non-white one. Man, that's some ol' bullshit…
"Riley Freeman, pay attention." The old white man that was his teacher scolded as Riley scoffed at the man and crossed his arms.
"Nigga, don't say my name. I'm Young Reezy, and you best at be respecting me or else." Riley said as the man looked highly confused. He had never had to deal with an African American child in all his 47 years of teaching, so really he was completely caught off-guard.
"Umm… okay… Young Reezy, but you need to pay attention. My name is Mr. Joe Petto, and I'll be your teacher for the year." The old man, now known as Mr. Joe Petto said as Riley scoffed at him again.
"Yo momma ain't like you, did she?" Riley said as Mr. Petto blinked.
"Excuse me? My mother loved me very much." Mr. Petto said as Riley shook his head in pity.
"No she didn't. If she did, then yo ass wouldn't have such a dumbass name, nigga. Yo momma named yo ass like a fuckin' Disney character. Nigga, that's just gay." Riley said as Mr. Petoo blinked again… and again, trying to comprehend what he was being told while some of his students snickered at him.
"Um… well… my mother's dislike of me aside… I think you should introduce yourself to the rest of the class." Mr. Petto said as he gestured for Riley to stand from his desk and do as he was told. Riley rolled his eyes as he got up.
"My name is Riley Escobar Freeman. You may know me by one of my street names; Young Reezy, Riley Escobar, H. R. Paperstacks, Horse Choker, Pillsbury Doughboy, and/or Louis Rich. I like making money, taking nigga stuff, and not lovin' them hoes. I dislike having my shit taken, snitching, and lovin' them hoes. My dream is none of yo damn business." Riley said as some of the girls sighed dreamily at him. He was so black and dreamy, just like on B.E.T or those movies…
"Umm… that was very… good, Riley. Please, sit down so we can continue with introductions…" Mr. Petto said as he wasn't sure what he was gonna do for the rest of the year.
"Whateva, nigga." Riley said with a shrug as he sat back down as Mr. Petto sighed tiredly.
This whole year was gonna be a long one…
"Jazmine, it's been so good to see you again!" Ms. Hartman, Jazmine's teacher from last year chirped as Jazmine hugged her.
"It's nice to see you too, Ms. Hartman." Jazmine said as the woman raised to full height before showing Jazmine the ring on her finger.
"Actually, it's Mrs. Fields now. I'm married!" The woman, who was now Mrs. Fields said excitedly as Jazmine smiled at her.
"He proposed? That's so great! I'm so happy for you! Now we're both married!" Jazmine said as Mrs. Fields chuckled and looked down at Jazmine.
"Oh? You got a little boyfriend, Jazmine?" the woman asked as Jazmine blushed and nodded.
"Yup, his name's Huey Freeman, and he's not my boyfriend. We're really married, see." Jazmine said as she showed the woman her ring finger, which held the ring Huey had given her on it. Mrs. Fields nearly fell over as she looked between the two simple wedding bands.
"T-that's so great, Jazmine… I'm happy for you, and your little… husband. Did he buy that for you?" Mrs. Fields asked as she had seen Huey Freeman and the boy's brother. Even though she didn't believe Jazmine was married, she was pretty sure that ring was no fake, and that someone other than the girl's parents had bought it.
"Yeah, and he told me the most romantic thing when he put it on my finger. He said that I'm the most important person to him; now and forever. He said that he always wanted me to know that, even when he doesn't show it. He said that we'd be together to Infinity and beyond. It was so romantic." Jazmine said as she twisted and fiddled with the ring on her finger as she gushed.
Mrs. Fields looked at her own ring in thought, remembering that she didn't get a romantic speech with it. All she got was a damn I love you, and that the ring was no where near how much Jason loved her. Plus, she had checked the market value of the ring, and the damn thing was worth less than the outfit she was wearing. She looked back at Jazmine's ring, remembering seeing one like it in the mall jewelry store that cost more than she made on her salary. Dammit, her student got an expensive ass ring and a loving speech about devotion! Life just wasn't fair anymore.
"A-anything else, Jazmine dear?" Mrs. Fields asked as Jazmine nodded. Oh great, more…
"Yeah, we got this beautiful house, and we live in it all by ourselves. Huey's like really smart, and stuff. He's also really rich because his parents left him and his brother Riley a lot of money. We have a pool, a library, and a party room! He also got use a car! He loves me so much, and we're gonna be happy forever!" Jazmine said excitedly as Mrs. Fields twitched before she took a large gulp of her hot coffee. Just then the bell rang as the students that had been in her class not paying attention left out. Jazmine got up and said her good-byes to her teacher as the woman reached into her desk and took out a bottle of pills. As soon as Jazmine was out the door like the others she opened the bottle and took a handful.
"Don't marry young, mom said… It'll end in disaster, mom says… Your only twenty, dad said… He's only a wallet, dad says… Damn kid is ten and living a better life than me! What do you say about that, mom and dad? I should have married Tom when I had the chance, but no! Mom and Dad just had to get involved. Now Tom's married Sarah, and their daughter is married to every ten year-old girl's per-hormonal wet dream… Dammit, Linda, pull it together." Linda Hartman-Fields said as she took some of the pills and shook her head, spitting them into the garbage can next to her desk. She looked down at the ring on her finger with a small smile as she remembered her many times with Jason. They were happy, and maybe more happy than she would have been with Tom.
"I guess it's better to appreciate what I have, rather than ask those sill "what if" questions." She said to herself as she twisted the ring around in thought, "Yeah… life is okay…"
"Oh Huey, you didn't have to buy us this really expensive chauffer with a limo service." Linda heard Jazmine exclaim from outside. Linda looked out the class window and saw that there was a limo parked outside the school while Huey, Jazmine, and Riley stood by it as the chauffer held the door open for them. A crowd of children, and a few teachers, were standing a ways away gossiping.
Linda put her head to her wooden desk and preceded to bang her head again it several times before she took three pills into her hand. Who the hell was she kidding, her life sucked!
Today, the year, her cheap-ass marriage; they were all gonna last way too long…
