The Thug That Cared

Nikki is born

Me and kalani went the the store yesterday after leaving the diner
We went in the hair dye section as kalani started looking for hair dye I looked around amazed because in Sudan I haven't really seen all of this before and the only store I really been to in America is cvs and the thrift store...I don't really go places.

"There you go , I found my color!!" Kalani said excited.
" have you ever dyed your hair Ny-aaa-niaikoo? Sorry girl your name is really hard to pronounced got me feeling like I was at a spelling bee ,  do you mind if I call you umm..Nikki for short? She said  excited

I thought about it for awhile and nikki does not sound bad I like it " yeah sure and no i always wanted too " I said
looking around.

" well today is the day I saw this dark burgundy color and I think it will look  poppingggg on you girllll you are going to be looking amaze godd slaying and killing every bitch staring" she said while laugh she is crazy .

after couple minutes of going back and forth with kalani I finally gave up and let her buy me the burgundy dye.

" Thank you , I'll pay you back" I said as  she paid and we walked out of the store .

She stopped and looked at me like I just killed someone " who said anything about paying me back??? Girl bye"
After talking  in the parking lot for a lil while kalani offered to take me home and the car ride was fun am glad I finally found a friend .

I didn't want her to drive me all the way home so as we got around the riches houses I told her to just stop and I will walk

"Hey, um you could stop here my house is right there but if you pull in our driveway my dad would flip out he is ..umm very protective " I lied

" oh okay I understand...oh yeah what's your number I'll text you when I get home and if you want I'll pick you up for work tomorrow " she said giving me her phone to put my number in.

" ughh my phone died..well it broke  and uhhh my dad hasn't bought another yet and no is fine my umh driver will take me to go but thank you though " I lied again while fake smiling
I know I should just tell her to truth but what if she judges me and stop being my friend .

"Uh .. Okay girl see you tomorrow at work!!"she said while driving off "

I took a big breath and started walking  out of the rich neighborhood , then it started raining it didn't really bother me because in Africa I use to play in the rain with my brother and sisters God I missed them . After 10 minutes of walking I looked at my surroundings making sure the coast was clear then I jumped the fence into the abandoned house I been staying ever since I ran away from my uncle's house couple months after coming to America.

It was a small  single studio apartment with broken windows I taped news papers on the window, then put small bucket around the room for when it rains .

I walked to the bathroom and looked in the small cracked mirror barely seeing my whole face in there I took the hair dye and started dying my hair, then I washed it a couple times before letting it air dry since I don't have a blow dryer  an hour later I started Bantu knotting it and wrapped my hair with one of my old shirt that doesn't fit me anymore .

I looked at the time and it was 10 pm and the phone was at 10 percent, there no power in the abandoned house I stay in so  I use candles at night to read but for only couple minutes because I don't want people to know someone leaves here and I usually charge the phone every morning at the subway up the streets.  After finishing my book that I got from a donation box I put my cloths aside for work tomorrow and turn the candles off and fell right sleep.