Orphanage

3

We were at the arcade, it looked amazing and it was a lot of teens there. A couple from earlier too. Me and Bahja walked to the counter.

"Hey Rosie." Bahja smiled. "2 tickets please." She grabbed her purse and opened her wallet ; she grabbed $20 from her purse and paid the girl.

"You didn't have to pay for me." I said.

"Just being a good friend." She smiled.

Rosie gave Bahja two tickets, Bahja ripped them apart and gave me one.

"This is a ticket for tonight, you can swipe it in any arcade game and play. It's no limit, but only for today." She said. She handed me the ticket.

"Thanks." I said.

We walked towards Craig and Breaunna talking.

"Hey guys." Bahja smiled.

"Finally your here." Craig said. "Were about to play laser tag." He smiled."Now everyone's here so we can play."

The 4 of us walked to the laser tag room.

"Zonnique right?" Asked Breaunna.

I nodded. "The one who Chres told me to give the sheets to." She explained.

"Oh yeah thanks." I said.

"No problem."

Laser Tag

We were split into two teams. I was captain of the blue team and Breaunna was caption of the red team.

Me, Jaden, Chresanto,Kiloni , Bahja and Jacob.

Breaunna, Craig, Rayan, Desiree, and Lourdes.

So far, we were loosing with Jaden and Kiloni on our team because they suck.

"Zonnique, shoot Craig!" Jacob yelled.

I shot Craig and his buzzer went off. I winked and ran, I accidentally bumped into Chresanto.

"My bad ma'." He said helping me up.

I walked away and he pulled my arm back. "Why you at this orphanage?" He asked.

"None of your concern. Now let me go so the blue team can win." I scoffed.

"Not until you answer my question." He smiled.

I rolled my eyes. "Let go."

He let me go. "What do you call yourself?"

"Zonnique."

He smirked. "No I mean, how do you describe yourself?"

I looked at him. "Different, in a good way."

I got out his grip and shot Desiree, we need to win this.

Room

I took a shower and put on my blue Cookie Monster onesie, I put my hair in a bun and put on my black uggs.

Bahja had on a pink Victoria Secret pajama set and some white socks. Her hair was in a ponytail.

"Everybody is having movie night in the theatre, wanna come?" She asked.

"In the theatre?"

She nodded. "Yeah, we have a private theatre downstairs. We have movie night every Saturday night."

"Sure." I said.

We walked out the room and went into the elevator. "So what else do they have at this orphanage?" I asked.

Bahja smiled. "Everything. It's not as bad as it seems. When someone says 'orphanage' then suddenly think weird kids in a shelter. But Morris' is different.You'll love it Zonnique." She explained.

We got off the elevator and saw everyone separated. Girls on the floor with blankets and the guys on the couches on their phones.

Bahja sat on the floor and motioned me to sit near her. "Come on."

"You guys do this every Saturday?" I asked.

"Have a movie night? Yeah." Lourdes said.

I looked at her. "I didn't ask you." I scoffed, "but I mean be separate like this. Girls on the floor and boys on the couch?"

Everyone nodded. "Nobody seems to have a problem with it." Desiree said with a attitude.

I rolled my eyes. "Well I do, have you guys ever lived as a normal teenager?! On movies night you have to cuddle and share the same blanket." I explained. "Especially watching a scary movie."

"We don't watch scary movies." Craig said.

I shrugged. "Well let's watch one." I grabbed the remote and went on Netflix.

Everyone groaned. "Come on we were going to watch 'Friday' Zonnique!" Chresanto whined.

I went to the scary movie category. "Oh yeah do you watch it every movie night?" I smirked sarcastically.

"Yeah." They all agreed.

"You guys are weird." I found a movie called 'Chucky'. Chucky was a great scary movie! Let's watch it." I said. I looked at everyone. "Join together and cuddle with someone." I scoffed.

Reginae cuddled up with Jaden, Kiloni cuddled up with Myles, Bahja cuddled up with Craig, Breaunna cuddled up with Jacob, Ray cuddled up with Desiree.

"Scoot over Chres." Lourdes said.

"Actually I was going to share my blanket with Zonnique...." He replied.

Lourdes started to do a puppy dog face. "I'm a third wheel?" She frowned.

"No." He said quickly. "It's just that Zonnique is new here and I want her to feel comfortable."

She signed. "I'll be in my room." She walked pass me. "Watch your back." She whispered.

I chuckled. "How about you watch yours."

I sat next to Chresanto and we shared a spongebob blanket. The movie started and everyone was afraid. They yelled and jumped, Kiloni even cried.

I laughed loudly. "You guys are scared of this?" I asked.

Rayan gasped. "Did he say want to play?" He whispered.

I nodded. "Yeah."

"Zonnique your not scared?" Breaunna asked. I shook my head no. "What's scary about it?'

"A killer doll." Jacob said.

After the movie everyone went back to their rooms. I laid in bed and decided to text Mattie. Bahja was listening to music and singing along.

Me/Mattie?

Mattie/ Zonnie I tried to reach you all day :(

Me/ I know I'm sorry.

Mattie/ Make it up to me?

Me/ How I'm in a orphanage.

Mattie/ Who are you visiting?

Me/ My mother and father moved me here.

Mattie/ Are you serious?!

Me/ Yup.

Mattie/ I miss you already :(

Me/ I miss you more, but I'll call you tomorrow I got to go.

Mattie/ K love you Zonnie.

Me/ Love you more Mat.

Mattie/ ☺️

I looked at Bahja, who was looking into the mirror singing Beyonce "Pretty Hurts".

"Mama said, your a pretty girl.

What's in your head, it doesn't matter

Brush your hair, fix your tee.

What you wear is all that matters." She sang.

"Your really good Bahja" I complimented.

She looked at me. "You think so?"

I nodded. She came over to me and sat on my bed. "This maybe crazy but when I was a kid, I always wanted to start a girl group. You know that sing, dance, and rap. I'll be the singer of course." She explained.

"Really? That's cool." I said not interested.

"You rap? or dance?" She asked.

"I dance, and I kinda sing to." I admitted.

She gasped. "Really? Sing for me."

I shook my head no quickly. "I don't care for singing , I care for money."

She signed. "I'll give you $50 bucks."

I jumped up. "Any request?"

She laughed. "The Worst by Jhene Aiko."

I nodded and began to sing, "Tell me whatcha say now? Tell me whatcha say, come again? If you cannot stay down then you do not have to pretend like there is no way out, I shoulda never let you im cause you got me face down." I stopped because I began to get in that 'mood' where I started to feel myself. I looked at Bahja who was shocked.

"Zonnique that was really good, why'd you stop?" She asked.

I shrugged. "I'm tired." I lied.

She got off my bed and sat on hers, I turned off the light and laid down.

"You know, when Rayan gets upset he goes to his cousins studio. You should go with him." She said.

"Why?"

"He raps." She said. "You sing."

"You can do that Bahja, I'm okay with what I'm doing now." I said with a attitude.

She gave me $50 , "Yeah and what do you do?" She scoffed.

I snatched the money and put it in my bra. "Exactly." She stated. "I'll tell Rayan to go to the studio tomorrow and your going too."

I closed my eyes slowly. "Goodnight Zonnqiue." She whispered.