Great thread premise.
Story time.
In High School, we had this chick move to the area Junior Year. I will admit, she was pretty.
Seemed aight, kinda lowkey. But she got voted to The Court at Homecoming, so then she started
acting like she was all that.
One day in English class, she did something to the teacher (who was one of my coaches)...
Ion even remember what, but it was disrespectful. And they had a little back and forth.
Fast forward a few minutes, and Ol’ Gurl said something else and Coach added some more on to
the assignment for everybody. So of course, she had something to say about that.
I say “Ayo - why don’t you shut ya mouf?”
Her: “That’s funny, I wasn’t even talking to you.”
Me: “Well I’m talking to you. Now shut your damn mouth...”
Her: “You shut up - before I get Gary to whoop yo’ ass...”
(sidebar: Gary is sitting on the east side of the classroom.
He is on the basketball team, and his girl is tight with Ol’ Gurl.
But I been cool with Gary since 7th Grade, he the kinda dude that just be lowkey all the time
and wouldn’t even be in a fight with somebody trying to fight him. He a Snoop Dogg-esque
type of dude. I definitely know he ain’t gonna put hands on nobody just because a broad said so.
I can’t stand when broads try to pull that chit.)
Me: “Don’t even try to play Gary like that, because we go back, New Girl. He ain’t gonna be your Henchman,
especially when you making it hard for him, too. Now if you shut up, all this can be over.”
Later on that day, some li’l light-skinded slickback pony tail nicca walked up on me in the hall talking some raspy chit and walked off. Come to find out it was her little brother. I wish I knew that then so I coulda just punched him in his chit and told him to give that to his sister.
At practice, Coach thanked me for saying something because he knew he obviously couldn’t do much.
Far as I was concerned, I was through with it...but from that day on, she used to give me That Eye.
Anytime I walked into a room she was in, anytime I was up, anytime somebody was showing me love -
just eyes of hate, word to Mack 10. Didn’t care, though - take that, bytch.
UPDATE: At our 10-Year Class Reunion, same thing. Most everybody there was cool. Everybody was having a good ol’ time, laughing and kickin’ it...but out the corner of my eye, I see her. She at her little corner table with her clique (you know - just like all them light skin broads in the club do waiting for somebody to come over) talking - but she looking at me with That Eye. Acted like I didn’t even see her.
UPDATE 2: As it happens, recently (I mean like last week) - I saw her on the news!
Because it’s Black History Month, there was a spotlight on Black Owned Businesses and whatnot.
She was apart of a little market for Black women to come together and sell their goods.
She had some T-Shirts nobody is gonna buy. Also, she done got chunky.
EPILOGUE: This is a precarious situation to be in. These types can be petty because they can’t
believe anybody won’t do anything they say because they’re so used to having it their way like Burger King.
And, they may invoke their Army of Simps.