I'm A Gangsta, Ma' by Brea Isome (people reading books TXT) 📕

hospitals. I asked him why he had recently been in the hospital with Daniel when i met them if he hated them so much and then he said that he just happened to be with his brother on business. I asked about when i had just recently seen him in the hospital and he made me blush saying he had seen something worth going in there for. The last question i asked him, before i decided it was time to leave was what business he and his brother were in California for that always left him hurt. Spade just shrugged and said the word " business" and again, this time with more emphasis on it.

" so," Spade said once we were outside standing next to my car that was gleaming in the mid-day sun." We had been in the Starbucks for three whole hours. " do i have to leave you alone, or what?"

I thought about it but remembered to stick to my guns. He was twenty- six and he couldn't be any good. My parents would definately not approve. " i think it's bed if you leave me alone."

" do you think it's best or do you want me to?"

I couldn't answer that. It was eaither lie to him again or just walk away. I chose to walk away.

 

I've Got The Blues Whatever That Is

 

-Sophia-

I was down. Spade didn't call me anymore after our time at Starbucks and somehow, I was upset about that. It had been three weeks and I hadn't seen him, or heard from him. When I talked to Daniel he always brushed the subject off, telling me that If I wanted to know something I needed to talk to Spade myself. Me, being who I was, I just let it go after a while.

I chose to walk away, i chose to walk away, i chose to walk awy!

It didn't make any since to me why he wouldn't call, he seemed interested and just because i told him it was best for him to leave me alone he gave up.

Chase had never given up, no matter what i had said, until i had finally broken up with him for good. He had followed behind me, chased after me-

Yes, Chase chased after me. I didn't want that from Spade exactly. I just wanted him to- i don't know. Maybe i was confused. I didn't want someone to be at my beck and call, i knew that, btu i didn't want someone to just give up as easiy as me saying that i think we should move on.

Whatever.

I was over thinking the situation and it was giving me a headache when i was supposed to be relaxing.

" relax." I mumbled to myself, re-placing the cucumbers that were over my eyes with fresh ones. The spa was so nice in my time of need. I just needed to let it work it's magic and i would be alright.

There was a hissing noise as more steam was pumped into my private room. It wasn't a sauna, just a nice warm massage room where i had to pay three hundred dollars an hour. Already i had been there four hours.

" breath," a woman whispered in my ear as she worked her fingers into the soles of my feet. " breath out." I followed her directions. " breath in, " She said right after switching to my next foot. " and breath out."

The breath in breath out bullshit was doing nothing but serving to annoy me to no end. I could breath in and breath out at home in the privacy of my bedroom but instead i had en-trusted this complete stranger with all my nakedness and all she could tell me to do was breath.

It was all Casey's fault. When she had asked what was wrong - like all the girls had- for three weeks straight and i wouldn't tell her anything she finally decided on a spa day thinking that that would help. She had dragged me, Raven, and Marie to the spa and boy, did it suck.

" that's enough." I told the woman as i pulled my foot toward my body to make her stop. " a manicure, please?"

" would you like that added to your bill?"

" yes."

Of course! What else would it be added to?

During the manicure all of my fake nails were replaced with new ones and i picked a light purple color to coat them. Nobody understood why i was so obsessed with acrilic nails and bright colors but neither did i. They were just so original in my neighborhood, nobody would dare.

The first time i ever got my nails done was when i was ten years old. My aunt Anushri - my mother's sister- decided that it was lady like. I got a simple manicure, and a plain white coat of polish and i'm sure nobody knew it would grow into this.

Toward the end of my manicure i heard the door to the room slowly creek open.

" should we go in?" Raven whispered

I'm guessing Casey elbowed Raven because she gasped and then Casey spoke. " she's naked! I mean, look at her-"

I could imagine Marie rolling her eyes and barging into the room when i heard the click of heels. " oh, shut up. She's awake."

The cucumbers were slowly removed from my eyes and i glared at Marie.

" what happened to peace and quiet? We're supposed to be relaxing."

" i know but- We're worried about you. We couldn't relax."

I saw each of them wrapped in a robe and i instantly felt naked. Well, i was naked but i felt a bit uncomfortable. They had seen me in my panties and bra before, even a flash of me naked, but i was already feeling vulnerable and ontop of that i was naked.

" pass me a towel." Casey laid a towel over my head and the woman continued on with finishing up my nails in the next few seconds before she left.

Sitting up, Raven helped wrap the towel around me, securing it above my right breast with a tight knot so that my nails wouldn't smear.All the girls took seats on the bed in front of me. " you know," I told them quietly. " You guys shouldn't be worried about me. I'm fine."

" you're not!" Raven whinned. " come on, i told you when i lost my virginity."

I rolled my eyes. " this has nothing to do with my virginity. Besides, i told you that i had sex with Chase so technically i'm not a virgin."

" technically you are a virgin and Chase has no stamina." Casey blurted out angrily making me giggle. " so, what's wrong if it's not that ? Is it your mom?"

" she's an ass, whatever she did." Marie complained.

I made a signal to make them be quiet." I think i like Spade." Everybody looked around confusedly making me explain. " you know,Daniel's brother! The guy who called us stuck up bitches."

A look of understanding came over their faces.

" he moved to California a few weeks ago and he was stalking me and so i finally went to Starbucks with him. We-"

" you went out with a stalker?" Marie asked making me feel pretty low.

" he isn't really a stalker! He just showed up at the hospital a few times to talk to me. Daniel must have given him my number because three weeks ago he called me and we went to get Starbucks and- I really, really like him." I whinned the last part. " but i was scared so i told him it would be best if we not talk and he hasn't called me."

I looked over at my phone sitting on a table across the room just looking at it longingly, wishing it would ring with that beautiful number of Spade's that I remembered by heart oddly enough. Turns out, I was probably the stalker.

" okay," Casey clapped her hands together happily. " I know what'll make you feel better!"

" what?"

" a photo shoot."

I raised my right eyebrow. " a real photo shoot?"

" yes! My mother got me a photo shoot with xxl for tomorrow, and they still need four models. You guys could totally do it! I'll just talk to my mom. And, I promise you'll feel better with so much attention."

I had done a photo shoot before, teen vogue. But that was like child splay. I was sixteen. Secretly I had always wanted to of another one. Why the hell not?

" will there be drinks?" Marie asked. " free alcohol and I'm in."

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