What I Want~Maxine Baker

Part 1

We walk into Mr. Gittens class as Max rants about the musical auditions.
"And you will never believe who else is auditioning!" She says excitedly. "Let me guess? Riley?"
"OMG how did you know! Did Abby tell you?" She says surprised.
"Its not like you've been talking about her since forever" I say rolling my eyes.
"Oohhh" She huffy.
We take our seats near the back.
"Welcome back AP English. Hiding back their is our new student Virginia Miller" Mr. Gitten announces. Everyone turns their head back toward us.
"Its Ginny" She corrects him.

"As a back to school surprise, we will be taking a pop quiz over The Crucible. Don't worry Virginia, I don't have expected you to read it." He says, as he starts to pass the quizzes around.
Ginny raises her hand.
"Yes, Virginia"

"There are 16 books on this syllabus."

"Yes. Like I said,
you can always drop down..."

"Fourteen of them are written by men,
15 were written by white people,
and I'll guess the one Black author
will crop up for Black History Month.
Am I right?"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm very serious
about my education, Mr. Gitten.
I'm worried I might internaliz
an ideology that the main viewpoint,
the viewpoint worth studying in class,
the viewpoint of the greats,
is only that of the white male,
thus eradicating my voice as immaterial.
And finally, I'm worried
I won't be stimulated intellectually.
Also, I have read The Crucible,
and I'm confident
I can take the quiz today."
I look at Ginny then back at Max. We make I contact. She mouths 'OH MY GOD.'
"Are you through, Virginia?"

"No.Please call me Ginny."

Well, I don't know how things were doneat your last school,Ginny,

but here, we don't tolerate
political outbursts and grandstanding
at the expense of your peers' class time." Mr. Gitten replies shocked.

Max raises her hand with a cocky smile
"Yes, Maxine?"

"Hi. I'm, like, also super concerned
about my subconscious digestion
of the superiority
of the white male perspective.
Also, I have period cramps,
so can I go to the nurse?"

I smirk.

She places her head in her hands with a sweet smile on her face.

After class Max drags me across the hall to the new girls locker.
"Marcus begone" She says pushing him out of the way.
Once Marcus leaves Max says, " sorry about Marcus. He's an asshole."

"Ya total asshole" Ginny scoffs.
"Thats her twin brother,"I state.

Her eyes widen. "Oh, I'm sorry..."

"No, I'm sorry. I should have strangled him with my umbilical cord in the womb and done humanity a solid" Max explains, we start walking toward our tree. Once we realize Ginny isn't following I say with an expected look, "Are you coming."

I hit her arm and give her a dirty look for what she said about Marcus.

"Oww, that hurt, Lola" She says with a hurt look on her face.

I roll my eyes
She drapes her arms around my shoulders and says, "your lucky your my best friend."

As we approach the tree Max quickly introduced them to Ginny. She turns to Ginny
"Were are you from?"
"Texas"   
"Are you straight?"                       "What?"  Ginny questions.
Do they even let be gay in Texas?" Max says ignoring her question.

"Um, I'm straight" Ginny says, surprised by Max's forwardness. I sense how uncomfortable Ginny is.
I jump in and say, " she's gay."

"There are no good gays here" She says disappointedly.