Cindy McPhearson, Riley Freeman, and Tammy Porter were sitting in the principal's office. Not surprising. They were caught skipping class after fourth period by the school's secretary.
"Man, that secretary a bitch! How she gon' snitch on Young Reezy?" Riley complained. "Well snitches gonna snitch Riley!" Tammy said, throwing her arms up. Riley and Cindy cocked their heads to look at her; giving her strange looks. "When the fuck you started calling me Riley?" he asked with a smirk. Cindy snorted and smirked at Tammy.
Tammy felt her cheeks warm up. "Well look what we have here…" the principal said sarcastically, walking in from the hallway. Cindy, Riley, and Tammy looked up at him with annoyed looks. The principal gave them smug looks as he sat behind his desk. "This is the third time this week guys" he said through a yawn. "First it was assaulting a student, then it was disrespecting a teacher..what is it this time?" he asked impatiently, tapping his fingers on the desk. When none of them responded he let out a long sigh.
"Okay guys, you know I have to give you detention right?" the principal said to them. This got a reaction out of them. "Man, why you always gotta be a deadbeat? Can't you just let us off the hook?" Tammy asked, gritting her teeth. "Yeah nigga, I mean, if you don't let us go back to class..we're gonna miss the lesson" Cindy said. "Yeah, and if we miss that lesson, that's one more thing we didn't learn and we'll probably fail" Riley said with a smirk.
"And if we fail…You get to have us for a whole year again when we could've moved up a grade..which just means more troublemaking!" Tammy said smartly. The principal put his face in his hands, clearly defeated. The three of them stood up and excused themselves to class with smug looks on their faces. Huey was walking towards them. "Oh shit" they all said in unison as they hid behind some lockers; hoping he didn't notice them.
"Riley, Cindy, and Tammy" Huey growled as he neared the lockers. The three of them sucked their teeth and revealed themselves from behind the lockers. "Please tell me I didn't just see you three come out of the principal's office" he said, pinching the bridge of his nose. Riley shrugged his shoulders. "So? What if we did nigga?" Riley asked nonchalantly as Cindy and Tammy snickered. Huey glared at them. "Tammy, you know your sister won't approve of this" he said as he crossed his arms.
Tammy flicked him off as Riley and Cindy snickered. "Get to class" he said sternly, pointing down the hallway. The three of them sucked their teeth as they started walking down the hall. "Reezy, your brother be trippin" Cindy said, giving him an irked look. "Well what chu except from him? He always be hating" Riley said as he fixed his snapback. Cindy's eyes suddenly lit up. "Aye, I smell revenge" Cindy said deviously, rubbing her hands together. "You gotta plan?" Tammy asked with a smirk. "Hell yeah!" Cindy said as they neared their classroom.
Bri suddenly felt lonely when Huey left to go to the library. If only Mikey wasn't on the other side of the classroom. Bri sighed and rested her cheek in her hand. A note suddenly landed on her desk. Bri looked at the boy who passed it to her and gave him a questioning look. He mouthed "Mikey" and pointed in his direction. Bri looked at Mikey. He was grinning at her; his pretty white teeth glowing. Bri smiled back and started opening the note.
Her eyes twinkled when she read the words on the paper: Hey you look a little dull over there Porter! Wish I sat next to you! :(
Bri looked back up at him with a smirk. She then noticed that girls around him were giving her the stink eye, including the Hispanic girl that bothered her earlier. "Ms. Porter?" the Spanish teacher suddenly said. Bri looked up at her and crumpled the note in her fist. "Yes Ma'am?' Bri said sheepishly. "I asked if you were paying attention to my lesson" the teacher stated. Bri then got an idea. "Actually I wasn't. Maybe you should put me next to someone who's great in this class" Bri said, giving the teacher a fake look of sadness. The teacher looked as if she were considering this.
"Very well Ms. Porter. For now on you will sit next to Mr. Jacobs" the teacher said as she motioned for a girl to switch spots with Bri. Bri screamed with excitement on the inside as she gathered her things and sat in the desk next to Mikey. He smirked at her; shaking his head at her little plan. Due to Huey's absence, the teacher had no idea that Bri was already sitting next to a teenage genius.
When Huey came back he raised a questioning eyebrow at the girl in the desk beside his. The girl was upset until she saw the famous Freeman sit next to her. "Hi, I'm Loraine!" she said with a squeaky voice, waving at him with a grin. Huey nodded at her and looked around for Bri. He spotted her at the front of the classroom…sitting next to Michael. Game on, Huey thought. The girls around Huey suddenly tensed up at his presence. Weird.
"Class, before you switch classes, I need to inform you about my beginning of the year project" the teacher began. There was a murmur throughout the class. "And yes, I will be picking out your groups" she also stated. This made the murmurs turn into annoyed groans. Mikey sucked his teeth. "That's bullshit" he said, slouching in his seat. The class started laughing as the teacher gave him a bitter look. "Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Jacobs" she said sarcastically. "I guess your partners can be…Bri and Huey" she continued to say.
A bunch of girls rolled their eyes and sucked their teeth at that. Not just because Mikey was unavailable but also because of Huey. All the boys moped since Bri was taken. Mikey gave the teacher a fake mad look as he elbowed Bri playfully in the side. She tried her hardest to keep a straight face as she elbowed Mikey back. "Okay Mrs…whatever your name is" Mikey said smartly. The teacher gave Mikey a strict look before paring up the rest of the class with groups. The bell ringed, signaling fourth period over. "Piggy back ride?" Mikey asked Bri with a smirk as students started exiting the classroom.
Bri jumped on his back with a giggle and Mikey carried her all the way to their next class; Huey trudging behind. "Oh waddup Huey?" Mikey asked when he finally noticed him. "Michael" he replied. "It's weird how you call me Michael" Mikey said as he adjusted Bri on his back. It's weird how you magically became an obstacle in my life, Huey thought. "Aren't you guys excited that were all working together on this project?!" Bri asked excitedly. Mikey and Huey groaned.