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Authors: Kimberly Lane
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Keisha wanted to come but Doug can ’ t watch a ll those kids without help and Momma wouldn ’ t baby sit. ”
“ Ok call me when you get closer, ” I say and hang up.
Sarah climbs back in bed. “ Who ’ s coming? ”
“ My uncle and sister are driving up from LA. ”
“ Awesome, I ’ m finally gonna get you to go out. ”
“ Since I know absolutely nothing about the area I guess you ’ re our tour guide for the weekend. ”
“ Get ready for a wild ride, ” Sarah says then rolls over and falls back to sleep almost instantly. I try to stay awake but soon I fall back to sleep as well.
*****
There ’ s a knock at the door around 9 AM. Sarah climbs out of bed stumbles over and answers. “ Hey, you must be Sarah, ” Pookie sa ys hugging her. He walks past Sarah and plops down on the foot of my bed. “ Get up girl! We ’ ve got places to go and people to see. ”
“ Hey uncle, ” I say sleepily. I sit up to hug him and Pookie wraps an arm around my waist and scoops me out of bed.
“ Oh my God honey you ’ re emaciated. ” Pookie says placing his big brown hands around my waist. “ What happened to the freshman fifteen? ”
“ I ’ m a junior so it doesn ’ t apply. ”
Sarah chimes in, “ She doesn ’ t eat--- all she does is study oh and hang out with the handicapped kids. ”
“ Well that ’ s admirable baby but this, ” he points to my waist, “ will never do. You ’ re gonna have to start taking better care of yourself or I ’ m going to tell your mom--- or worst I ’ ll tell Keisha. ”
I don ’ t even want to think about having this conversation with Keisha, “ Please don ’ t call her. I swear I eat. I ’ ve just been overwhelmed with school. ”
Oh well we ’ ll fatten you up over the weekend. “ I brought you clothes from that boutique you like. ” Pookie is a junior fashion editor for Glam Magazine. He is on top of all the latest trends and he gets samples of the hottest clothes before they come out in stores.
“ I wore the white dress. It was quite a hit. “
“ I ’ m sure it was a hit. What are you a D cup and you can ’ t wear a bra with the white one. ”
Before I can answer Nickie walks in smiling. “ Hey girl, oh my God you ’ re skinny, ” She says hugging me and kissing my cheek.
“ Where were you? ”
“ I checked us into a hotel down the street and then Damian called to make sure we made it safely. ” Without thinking I scrunch up my nose and roll my eyes. Pookie slaps my arm.
Nickie glares at me, “ What was that look about? ”
I scowl at Nickie and the room goes silent. I ’ ve told Sarah all about Nickie ’ s relationship with Damian. Sarah also knows that I don ’ t talk to Nickie very often because I can ’ t stand hearing about Damian. Sarah sits on her bed watching everyone frown at each other for a moment. Pookie turns to Sarah and mouths the word, “ help. ”
She leaps off the bed, “ Ok everybody pump the breaks. Here ’ s the plan for the day, ” Sarah ’ s latest boy friend is Berkeley ’ s only white rapper so she ’ s immersed in all things slang. She walks around the room with her hands clasped behind her back as if she ’ s planning a military attack. “ There ’ s a restaurant down the street that has the best pancakes I ’ ve ever had. We ’ ll walk over and have breakfast there. After that we ’ ll get all dressed up and go into the city. We ’ ll do the tourist thing durin g the day--- hang out at the pie r and check out a few museums. The night will be amazing. I know of at least six parties plus I know the bouncers at a couple of clubs we can sneak Leila into. ”
I pick out sweats and a t-shirt then
“ Ok call me when you get closer, ” I say and hang up.
Sarah climbs back in bed. “ Who ’ s coming? ”
“ My uncle and sister are driving up from LA. ”
“ Awesome, I ’ m finally gonna get you to go out. ”
“ Since I know absolutely nothing about the area I guess you ’ re our tour guide for the weekend. ”
“ Get ready for a wild ride, ” Sarah says then rolls over and falls back to sleep almost instantly. I try to stay awake but soon I fall back to sleep as well.
*****
There ’ s a knock at the door around 9 AM. Sarah climbs out of bed stumbles over and answers. “ Hey, you must be Sarah, ” Pookie sa ys hugging her. He walks past Sarah and plops down on the foot of my bed. “ Get up girl! We ’ ve got places to go and people to see. ”
“ Hey uncle, ” I say sleepily. I sit up to hug him and Pookie wraps an arm around my waist and scoops me out of bed.
“ Oh my God honey you ’ re emaciated. ” Pookie says placing his big brown hands around my waist. “ What happened to the freshman fifteen? ”
“ I ’ m a junior so it doesn ’ t apply. ”
Sarah chimes in, “ She doesn ’ t eat--- all she does is study oh and hang out with the handicapped kids. ”
“ Well that ’ s admirable baby but this, ” he points to my waist, “ will never do. You ’ re gonna have to start taking better care of yourself or I ’ m going to tell your mom--- or worst I ’ ll tell Keisha. ”
I don ’ t even want to think about having this conversation with Keisha, “ Please don ’ t call her. I swear I eat. I ’ ve just been overwhelmed with school. ”
Oh well we ’ ll fatten you up over the weekend. “ I brought you clothes from that boutique you like. ” Pookie is a junior fashion editor for Glam Magazine. He is on top of all the latest trends and he gets samples of the hottest clothes before they come out in stores.
“ I wore the white dress. It was quite a hit. “
“ I ’ m sure it was a hit. What are you a D cup and you can ’ t wear a bra with the white one. ”
Before I can answer Nickie walks in smiling. “ Hey girl, oh my God you ’ re skinny, ” She says hugging me and kissing my cheek.
“ Where were you? ”
“ I checked us into a hotel down the street and then Damian called to make sure we made it safely. ” Without thinking I scrunch up my nose and roll my eyes. Pookie slaps my arm.
Nickie glares at me, “ What was that look about? ”
I scowl at Nickie and the room goes silent. I ’ ve told Sarah all about Nickie ’ s relationship with Damian. Sarah also knows that I don ’ t talk to Nickie very often because I can ’ t stand hearing about Damian. Sarah sits on her bed watching everyone frown at each other for a moment. Pookie turns to Sarah and mouths the word, “ help. ”
She leaps off the bed, “ Ok everybody pump the breaks. Here ’ s the plan for the day, ” Sarah ’ s latest boy friend is Berkeley ’ s only white rapper so she ’ s immersed in all things slang. She walks around the room with her hands clasped behind her back as if she ’ s planning a military attack. “ There ’ s a restaurant down the street that has the best pancakes I ’ ve ever had. We ’ ll walk over and have breakfast there. After that we ’ ll get all dressed up and go into the city. We ’ ll do the tourist thing durin g the day--- hang out at the pie r and check out a few museums. The night will be amazing. I know of at least six parties plus I know the bouncers at a couple of clubs we can sneak Leila into. ”
I pick out sweats and a t-shirt then
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