Hell On Earth

Three:

Egypt Hoskins
August 23
12:25 pm

"You know how bored I was this weekend? I went to sleep at 9:30. Cause you stopped texting me back"

"I think I was still doing that paper for Christian"

"I wouldn't have did it. I would've let his ass fail on his own. And he better had pay you like he said"

I nodded, resting one hand under my chin while the other stirred the soupy mashed potatoes and watered down gravy "he did"

" how much he paid?"

"30"

"Oh. Now if you would've said ten I was gone beat the shit outta his ugly ass"

I laughed as some girl approached the lunch table

"Hey Akira. Where yo brother at?"

She shrugged "ion keep tabs on that boy. Y'all probably could find him before I could"

"Well he ducking me so when you talk to him can you tell him I said thank you for standing me up Saturday night"

I looked at the girl while Akira just grabbed her lipgloss out of her bag, seeming used to being approached by Christian's hoes

"Sure. I'll tell him when I see him"

The girl walked off and Akira shook her head "that boy gone catch some one day"

"Don't say that" I laughed

"He is. My brother is a HOE. And he be tryina play me. He stood that girl up cause probably was fucking another bitch"

I just quietly shook my head and sat my spoon down watching Akira put on lipgloss. Once she was done she looked up at me

"Well Anyways. My momma let it slip that we were going to the beach this weekend and she told you to ask ma if you could go. Did you?"

"I'll ask today"

She sucked her teeth " EGYPTTTT"

"I'm sorry but she got off work early Saturday morning so I made her go to sleep after we finished cleaning cause she had to go right back that afternoon and she didn't get off till Sunday morning then turned around and went back noon"

"Dang so you had the house to yourself this weekend?"

"Basically"

"Mann I could've stayed with you all weekend." She said with an attitude and I shrugged

"I mean yeah. I wasn't doing anything"

"You must've been doing something if you ain't text me back"

"Christian's paper then I went to sleep myself" I lied with a little laugh

"You know what I'd do" Akira nodded off towards somebody causing me to follows the direction she nodded in "him"

I realized she was talking about Tremaine. He stood around laughing and talking with some of his friends and Akira chewed on her bottom lip

"Girl I'd ride that dick till my legs fell off. That boy is fine as hell. And he look like he packin too"

When she said that I thought about the grey sweats he wore the other day and somehow that made me remember that I was supposed to text him Saturday

"Shit" I cursed out loud and Akira looked at me

"What!"

"Nothing. I forgot I was supposed to-"

"Egypt" Tremaine's voice cut me off and we both looked. He was no longer standing with his friends, instead he headed over to the table where we were "wassup"