Burgundy

"Aylesbury Lee-McCarty"

"Here."

I raised my right hand when my name was called.I took place next to Lana in English class the same as the last 4 years.Her deep chocolate skin looked so bright under the light,her smile was wide showing her white teeth.She let her middle-length wavy black hair down,decorated with a headband and crescent ornaments.

"So?"

She asked with a whisper,her smile was not faded even though I ignored her couple of time so I could avoid the conversation we were having.I looked at her for a few moment and within seconds shifting it back to my bag.I took out my pen and a book from my bag.

"What do you wanna do this time?"

I asked with my eyes focused on Mr.Jennings.

Her idea on 'having fun' was not fun at all.Instead,it was fucking dangerous.Last time she asked me joining her 'having fun',we almost got caught by the police.We snuck into a club once to intoxicate ourselves and fuck around with men.But then,who the fuck ordered 1 bottle vodka with a beer glass?When the bartender asked how old she was,Lana answered 32 years old.Like this bitch wanna be older than Kris Jenner when she had children.Thank lord her brother was also in the club by so we could run out of the club like a horse.

"So,I learned some coding shit with my brother and I think,hey let's do something with the genius that I had been blessed with."

I looked at her all weird.She thought she's blessed when half of her brain was damaged.

"Alana Hardy"

Her name was called but heck this lil shit won't stop talking.I glanced at Mr.Jennings.

"You know what I mean?I wanna explore something,learn new thing that school won't teach us like financial management."

She kept talking.Holy baby Thanos.

"Alana Hardy."

Mr.Jennings voice was raised.I elbowed her hand.Her brows were knitted together not sure what was happening.

"What?"

I actioned her to raise her hand.

"Oh."

"Warning.Miss Hardy."

Mr Jennings warned her.His look were sharp with his glasses were on the low side of his nose bridge.We looked at each other,slightly smiled,containing our laughter.We spent the entire period with silence,not even bothered to continue our discussion.Well,Lana still wanna talk but nah I shut her ass up before we got kicked out of the class.

Alana or Lana,we were friend since we were 13 years old.There was an inventing contest held at school and she participated like an idiot she was.The inventor had to present their invention in front of all their batch students so there she was on the stage with her magnificent invention that Thomas Edison would be crying in his grave because he couldn't steal such intelligence.I did not know what kind of species Lana was but I can say her invention was not impressive to the judges.She made a special broom to sweep lizards shit that was said to be worked perfectly.It was basically a broom but slightly smaller using 100% paper which I can say go green.I immediately recognised her as one of my geography classmate who was sent to the detention because she threw a carton of milk at the teacher and yelled "You need some MILK!" when the teacher was complaining about our homework for 30 minutes.Upon seeing her broom,I was praying to god for not letting this girl ever sit next to me and I promised to feed the geese roaming around my house everyday.But I guess,fate said fuck me so the next day,there she was sitting gracefully next to my table with a carton of apple juice since she got banned for bringing any milk to the school.We were just fine even though I was a bit annoyed by her quoting all of the vines she has watched,like she was looking around the class and said "LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHICKENS!"I mean,the fuck was that?Couple of days later,we shared my textbook as she forgot hers and yes she was still forgetful till this day.But hell after that,my textbook went missing.It was weird since I was not that careless like hey I always locked my Bugatti before leaving it.I searched for it everywhere and nothing.A few weeks later,Lana took out two geography textbooks,passed one to me and acted like nothing happened.Not even a sorry that I ever received.So then,I knew we will be together for a very long time.The bell finally rang.Both of us headed out together and went straight to our locker.On our way,I stumbled across my cousin,Minnie.

"Did you hear about Carl?"

She asked not wasting time.She lent on the locker next to me,eyes were focused,waiting for answer.

"Yeah and don't care."

I answered not even bothered to look at her.My face was all sour like someone has slapped me with lemonade.

"But like,he was conscious?"

Once again,a question was delivered without skipping a beat.I chose not to answered that.

"Wait,Carl?Your uncle that you know...you know?"

Lana came straight away bulldozed me with that question.She was hugging herself while her eyes steady focused on me.I kept my mouth shut.I continued packing my bag for the next class not even looking at them both pretending they weren't there standing,staring at my every actions.My feet were quick leaving them both,felt like I was walking on thorns that was cut special for me to stroll on it.I shut my eyes really tight for a second not wanting to have any flashback.The heaviness of my breath made me want to scream at the top of my lung.I did not want to tell anything.I would rather kept it to myself to the grave.I did not want to remember a bit of it at all.I didn't care if he died or caught a deadly disease.I wouldn't want to care about him anymore.He did not exist to me.The pass is the pass.

"You passed the lab."

A voice called.I looked at my back and saw Chloe in front of the lab.She was smiling with joy that her blonde hair lit too.I ran and hugged her so tight that she couldn't breath.

"Bitch,I haven't seen you for years!"

She squealed.I was laughing in between the hug.We were hugging in a circle motion for at least more than 5 minutes because fuck everyone,I did not care if I stood in front of their entrance.

"How was Spain?"

I asked breaking the hug.I swear,I miss this bitch so much that it has been more than two weeks since we last time saw each other.The biology class has been a fucking hell hole to me.

"Dick,I went to my grandmother's funeral not a fucking vacation!"

She answered while holding tight to my arms.I chuckled.Everyone's funeral is a vacation.Well,it was more like a retirement party for them as they were retired from...being alive.

We walked into the lab and took place at the right table,second row from the teacher's desk.

Chloe sat next to me and took out something.She handed me a rectangular black box.

"A lipstick?"

I asked while taking the lipstick from her hand.

"It is special."

She said grinning and winking.Is it drug?If it's not then I would be disappointed.I took off the cap.

"Oh Lord,what on mommy James barbecue tits!"

I closed my mouth with my left hand while admiring the shape of the lipstick.It was the dick lipstick that I have always wanted with the colour of red significant to the blood of my enemies.Dang it looked good.Why?Well,this sis right here has never been dick down by anyone so why not keeping a dick for herself?I smiled and thanked her.What is the best thing to do except putting dick on your lips.

Chloe and her twin,Carmen who wasn't in the same biology class as us were my friends.We met at a coffee shop when Carmen first came up to me sitting at a table alone minding my own business and she said I looked like a mix between Moana and her chicken then paid for my drinks.They came from a wealthy family because their dad owned restaurants all around the state and some other near states too.So yeah,they were crazy rich.I asked them once the reason they stayed in public school and they replied,it was for the aesthetic.Like dirty bathroom that smelled like pee?Man.

We were busy chatting when the class started to get loud.I thought Miss Sanchez were coming in but she wasn't.It was the president of student council aka the captain of netball team aka the school forums member aka the school debate member aka the teacher's pet and her side kick walking into the room.Anastasia Farouq and Heather Carter.I looked at Chloe.She was already annoyed,rolled her eyes and opened her textbook.I took a look at Anastasia and looked like she was walking towards my table like what?What did I do wrong?Did she know I sold drugs around here or I did piercing business at the parking lot or what?I was just kidding.I'm a pussy.I wouldn't dare doing illegal things at school.Her emerald green hijab looked perfect,sitting on both of her shoulder.

"You're coming to the practice right?"

She asked while putting her hand on the table.I stared at her hand then took a peak at Heather who was standing behind her.She looked dull as she didn't greet me and her whole body seemed stiff.Heather gave me a smile when she realised I was staring at her.Sometimes,I forgot that staring is rude.

"Yeah...I guess."

I hesitated.I didn't want to come but I also want to come.If it was not for Jess and Scarlett,I didn't think that I would participate in the forum competition.I was not a language person like why?I lied.I made at least three poems every week.LOL.

"Well,you better come.The competition will be held in another three week and we really need to be 100% ready for it so we could steal the champion from King Charles High School."

Anastasia smiled with confident,convincing me that we could win.Well,last year we won third place for state level but still lost to KS High School.

"Oh Chloe.I didn't see you there.Sorry for your lost."

Chloe looked at her and formed a fake smile for three seconds before putting her eyes back on her book.At this awkward moment,I just hope alien would come invading this school and burn it down then put it in Alaska.I smiled at Anastasia hoping she would go away before Miss Sanchez come in but instead this dumbass looked at me and smiled as long as I smiled.Jimmy,this ain't the smile competition the fuck you're smiling for.Heather tapped Anastasia shoulder,hinting her to leave this black hole.Both of them waved before they headed out of the room like they were on Titanic ship.

"She's nice."

I glanced at Chloe who looked too busy with her book.If only she studied that hard before exam so she didn't have to go to church to pray for the last minute before it started.A devoted servant.May Lord prevent her from fucking the Devil in hell.Chloe didn't said anything.Perhaps,she didn't want to talk about the person who stole the president position from her.Anastasia was a good student.There was nothing wrong with her and nobody hated her except for Chloe.She has always be nice to everyone no matter what kind of human they were.

"She's a snitch."

After a long pause,Chloe voiced as she was reading my mind.

"She just did her job.You couldn't blame her."

I pushed my glasses onto my nose.Chloe still blaming her lost at Anastasia after she got caught lying about her achievement on winning first place for violin competition.This bitch never owned a violin.Silence.Chloe looked emotionless as she wasn't taken aback from what I just said.I waited for a few minutes before starting a new conversation.

"Hey,did you know what happened to Heather?"

I asked.