CHAPTER THREE

"Who's that guy?" Megan asked while wearing a frown on her face.

"Mom, he is my friend,he offered me a ride home" Zendaya said.

"Did I send you to school to make friends?, male friends to be precise, can't you turn down his offer?" Megan said angrily.

"Oh really,so I'm not allowed to make friends?" Zendaya asked with her eyes bulged out.

"Yes, you are not allowed to make friends, you should be friends with your books,I sent you to school to study and bring me good grades, not friends " Megan raised her voice when saying the

last sentence.

Papa Coco walked briskly into the living room after hearing their voices from his room.

"What's going on here?" Papa Coco asked curiously.

"What the fuck is wrong with you Mom?, why are you treating like a piece of thrash?" Zendaya asked at the verge of tears.

Megan replied her with a thunderous slap.

"That's because you are a piece of thrash and how dare you talk back at mother?" Megan asked with her eyeballs almost falling from her sockets.

"Megan!!" Papa Coco yelled.

Zendaya's tears finally fell.

"Stay out of this father, this is between a mother and her daughter,so mind your business" Megan said.

Zendaya cried profusely,her cheek was already swollen due to the slap.

"I don't want to see anyone giving you a ride" Megan yelled.

"And what do you think you're doing?, why are you being so overprotective?, it's not like you care about me anyways, oh!,do you think I'm gonna be like you?,do you think I'm gonna make the same mistake you made?, no... mom that's impossible,I can never be like you, black and white are different colors, therefore, I'm different from you and I'm never going to be like you "Zendaya yelled with hot tears streaming down her cheeks.

"How dare you!!!?" Megan yelled, her veins became visible.

Zendaya glared at her and ran to her room.

"You need a psychotherapist"Papa Coco said.

"Meaning?" Megan asked with a frown.

"Your brain has a disorder, I'm very ashamed to call a woman like my daughter"Papa Coco said angrily and went after Zendaya.

"You all should rot in hell" Megan screamed.

Megan touched her face.

"My makeup is all ruined because of that useless thing" Megan said.

She took her handbag from the couch,then she brought out a mini mirror and some makeup kits. She applied them on her face and returned everything back into her bag.

"Megan you're such a hot chick" She praised herself with a smile.

She adjusted her mini see through black gown and walked out of the house with her high heels clacking against the floor.

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Papa Coco entered Zendaya's room and met her crying profusely. He went to sit beside her.

"Zendaya" He called softly and placed a hand on her shoulder.

Zendaya faced him, her eyeballs were red due to the tears.

Papa Coco gave her a warm accoll.

"Stop crying honey, you're hurting grandpa with your tears" Papa Coco said and wiped her tears,but Zendaya's tears couldn't stop streaming down.

"Mom is carefree, she makes me she'd tears everytime but she doesn't even feel remorseful about it" Zendaya said slowly.

"No honey, your mother loves and care about you a lot" Papa Coco said.

"No she doesn't, cause if she really care about me, she wouldn't stop me from making friends, Max is the only friend I have, he's not a racist, unlike everyone else in that school,they all treat me like a piece of thrash " Zendaya explained.

"Sorry honey, I'm sure they are all going to get along with you very soon" Papa Coco said.

Zendaya shook her head slightly,she doesn't think the other students are going to get along with her.

She placed her head on Papa Coco's shoulder and closed her eyes gently.

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ACE HIGH SCHOOL

Zendaya walked into the class with her head bowed down, she's wearing a hoodie so it's difficult to see her face.

She sat down and placed her head on the desk, without sparing Maximilian a glance let alone talk to him.

Her attitude made Maximilian fretted.

"What's wrong with her?" He wondered.

He moved closer to her and tapped her shoulder.

Zendaya raised her head from the desk and faced him. Her eyes were red and swollen.

Maximilian became more worried.

"Have you been crying?"Maximilian asked.

"No" She muttered.

"But your eyes are swollen, did anyone hurt you?" Maximilian asked slowly.

"No" Zendaya replied.

"Are you..."

Zendaya banged her fist on the desk, everyone became frightened.

"Stay out of my business please,why are you asking me a lot of stupid questions?, you should learn to mind your business" She yelled and left the class.

Maximilian's heart became heavy.

Blythe smiled, the little misunderstanding between Zendaya and Maximilian is making her feel on top of the world.

She stood up and walked to him.

Everyone fixed their eyes on her.

"Hello Mr cutie" She said and sat on his desk.

"What do you want?" Maximilian asked with a frown.

Blythe made an attempt to touch him but Maximilian held her hand.

"Don't you dare touch me" Maximilian warned with a hard glare.

"But you are holding my hand" Blythe said with a grin.

Maximilian released her hand harshly.

"Anyways, can I sit with you?, since your seatmate isn't here" Blythe asked.

Maximilian eyed her.

"I strongly believe you have your own desk"Maximilian said coldly.

"Chill Max, it's just for some minutes" Lavender interfered.

"Yeah " Blythe said with a nod.

Maximilian hissed.

"Baby bly, I think you should leave him alone, he's actually heartbroken right now, that black monkey broke his heart" Cadence said mockingly.

The whole class burst into laughter.

Blythe blew a kiss to him and walked back to her seat.

Maximilian stood up angrily and left the class.

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Maximilian was about to step into the library when he bumped into someone.

Lo and behold it was Zendaya.

"Ouch!!" the both of them winced.

"I'm very sorry" Maximilian apologized.

"It's fine" Zendaya said with a smile.

Her anger has cooled down but her eyes is still red and swollen.

Maximilian nodded and made an attempt to leave but Zendaya held his hand.

"I'm sorry about what happened earlier,I was in a bad mood" Zendaya said softly.

"It's fine,I understand"Maximilian said with a smile. He's happy she's back to her normal self.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yeah,but I was embarrassed" Maximilian said.

"I'm sorry" Zendaya apologized.

"It's all in the past now" He said.

Zendaya nodded.

"Hmm... I think you should wash your face, before going back to class" Maximilian suggested.

"Sure, wait for me, I'll be right back" She said and walked away.

Maximilian smiled and stared at her till she was out of sight.

Maximilian pondered on what made her shed tears.

"I'll ask her some other time" He said to himself.

"I'm back " Zendaya said from behind.

"That was fast" Maximilian said.

"Yeah, let's get to class" Zendaya said and held his hand as they both walked towards the class.

"Examples of consonant cluster" The English teacher said.

Maximilian and Zendaya walked into the class and the teacher glared at them.

"We're sorry ma'am" Maximilian said before the teacher could say anything.

The teacher rolled her eyes and continued from where she stopped.

Blythe glared at them and hissed.