CHAPTER TWO

Charlie stopped in front of my house later that night. I didn't own a car, and that was the only reason I still put up with the abuse Dealer dished out (I need a car), but also the fact that no other girl around could do the job like me made it a sure thing that I kept my position and got good pay. I slipped the key into the door and nodded for Charlie that I was going to make it in ok. Walking into the House I started to play my favorite game and closed my eyes. We had been living in this house so long that I could make it around with my eyes close. I stopped for a while when Ebony had "accidently" left her Barbie Dream boat in the hall. I was feeling a little luck left from my encounter with Adonis so walking up the stairs I made it safely to my room and plopped down on my purple and black bed letting visions of me and Adonis getting down and dirty in a ? whatever, play across the inside of my eyelids like a movie screen. He was just about to un clasp my expensive lacy black bra when my mother screamed, "JAVA!!!!"

I jumped sitting up straight. Looking around I noticed she had been calling from down stairs. "YES!" I made my voice clear through the entire house. How dare she interrupt my train of thought.

"DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK?"

NO! but I wasn't going tell her that. I quickly pulled out my marketing book and flipped to an interesting page about 'Manipulating Artistic Elements'. "YES!"

"Ok, Then!"

I rolled my eyes sighed and snapped my book laying back into my bed hopeing to recapture my vived green cornfields. When I heard footsteps. "You're nothing but a blantent liar!"

I didn't bother opening my eyes I knew who it was. "No, I'm not Ebony; I just finished."

"Whatever....Where's your research paper on US/Soviet Competition during The Cold War?"

"I never did a paper like that," I lied. "Ask Siva."

"She made a 'D', I wanna 'A'."

I opened my eyes looking at her. "Well I guess your gonna have to work now aren't you."

Ebony rolled her eyes then walking to my closet started going through my old school stuff, yes I keep my old school stuff, but that's not the point, the B was going through my things. I picked up my Marketing book and throwing it nail her square on the butt. She yelped in pain and whirled around. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!"

"Get the HELL out of my room."

Ebony glared at me she knew she couldn't go and complain because then she would have to tell that she was trying to cheat on a paper that was due tomorrow and it was already ten. I smiled she was cornered. She mumbled curses under her breathe and marched out of my room. After a few minutes I decided it was best to fake going to bed and turn down the TV and catch up on my soaps I taped. I would wake up early and do my homework tomorrow. As I closed my window I did something very childish, I wished on a star, and I wished for once that I would be lucky enough to get the guy.