since youâre standing out here in the hall that says to me that youâve either already eaten or youâre not hungry. So go have a seat in my office. Iâll be there in a few. Iâll only take a minute of your time. Iâll write you a pass when Iâm done.â
âCanât this wait until after classes?â
Mrs. Dean narrows her eyes. âQuandaleesha, this is not up for debate. My office. Now.â
Drama huffs, shooting me a dirty look. I shake my head as she stomps off, holding in my laugh. Quandaleesha. Hahahaha! What a ghetto joke!
âHi. Iâm Mrs. Dean. The vice principal.â She extends her hand. âAnd you are?â
âHi,â I say, shaking her hand. âIâm Miesha. Miesha Wilson.â
âOh, yes. The transfer from Fashion High.â She takes me in. âAnd I see you dress the part. But as you can see, itâs a little more relaxed here at McPherson. And some of the kids here might not be, um...â She pauses, then smiles. âLetâs say they might not be ready for you.â
I shrug. âYeah, I see. Well, they had better get ready âcause Iâm not changing who I am to fit in.â
Her smile widens. âAnd so you shouldnât. Always be you. Itâll take some getting used to, but Iâm sure youâll fit right in just fine here. Donât let those girls get to you.â
I run my hand through my hair. âOh, trust. Theyâre lightweights compared to what Iâm used to.â
âIâm sure.â She glances down at her watch, then at the lunch in my hand and says, âWell, Iâd better let you go have your lunch. Welcome to McPherson High.â She smiles again.
âYeah, thanks.â
She starts to walk off, then turns back around. âOh. One more thing. We have a zero-tolerance bullying policy here. If you have any problems with anyone, come see me. And it will be addressed immediately. I have an open door, no matter what the issue is.â
Sweetie boom! I have my own policy for bullies. Beat. Them. Down! âOkay, thanks,â I say. âIâll keep that in mind.â I head toward the door that leads out into the parking lot. Pissed that I have only ten minutes left before the bell rings for my next class.
I hate this school!
5
Antonio
S ixth period, Iâm sittinâ in my Advanced French class. Mrs. Duvet is my teacher for the second year in a row. Sheâs mad strict, but I like her. And I actually dig French. But I ainât âbout to tell my boys this. Still I enjoy it. Itâs a mad sexy language; real rap. And, between you and me, anytime Iâm in class or I hear it beinâ spoken, it always reminds me of my French teacher from freshman year, Miss Singleton. Whew! I get mad excited eâerytime I think âbout her. She was . . . uh, the one who got me interested in wantinâ to speak the language. She made eâerything about the language sexy. Iâm not gonna front. At first I wasnât really beat for takinâ French or any other language, but itâs required that eâeryone takes at least two years of a language so I chose French âcause I already know Spanish and I wasnât beat for Italian or Latin. Plus, the French teacher at the time, Miss Singleton, was, like twenty-eight, mad sexy, and always gave her male students and even some of the chicks somethinâ nice to look at in class whenever she wore short skirts and too-tight blouses. So I figured I could kill two birds witâ one stone. Handle my requirements and check out the hot new teacher eâery day. For me, it was a straight-up win-win situation.
All I did in class was daydream about seeinâ her witâ out clothes on, then go home and fantasize about gettinâ it in witâ her. Then, finally, I got my wish. At first, it was just her bendinâ over and lettinâ me get sneak peeks of her kitty anytime she