Wink pulled up to her uncle Tuty house. They had finally made it to Philly. Slim was exhausted from the ride on top of the prior events that took place before her mother even showed up at the door. Her aunt Angie and uncle Bo were there as well to greet them. Food was ready cousins hangin around it was just a house full of people. Slim had crept off to use the bathroom, at least that's the story she told. She went into he cousins room to use his phone.Slim called her grandmother." Hello? Granndma?" " HEY SLIM! I thought I wasn't going to hear from you again." " Grandma I'm so sorry, I didn't want to leave but I didn't know what to do. I wanna come home." " I know baby. Just do what your mother asked you to do. You will be back I promise. Just keep calling me when you need to talk ok? Grandma loves you Slim." Sounding sad " okay I will." Days, weeks, years went by and Slim had been to 4 different schools and 4 different states. She stayed to her self most of the time. She figured why make friends when she would be leaving soon anyway. Living this life she learned not to get close and never to trust anyone. The world was so cold in Slims eyes. She didn't even trust her mom to a certain point. Slim just knew she was alone. Her father didn't want to see her,and her mother had her own issues that were just top secret. Slim had made a promise that when she turned 18 that was it no more moving around.
It was August 16 Slims 14th birthday. Her dad was out of prison but in a halfway house. So he could only get weekend passes to come home. Slim was back living with her grandmother. Wink had a contract in California so she dropped Slim off before leaving. Slim was use to it. If anything she was happy to be back and her dad was home. She had waited 7 years for him to come home.
After a few months in the halfway house Will was finally a free man. Slim was in middle school so he knew he had to put some rules down. NO BOYS. Was the main and only rule he had. he didn't want a boy to look at her not even blink in her direction. Slim knew of the rule, heard te rule but never followed the rule. Slim loved it though. She would sometimes tell the whoever she was dating at the time to come by the house knowing her dad would be home just see her dad run them off. She would look out the window to watch the action. Slim never really got in any trouble he was softy. Slim was up late sitting on the bar stool talking to her best friend Aundre. She made sure she sat the chair in walkway of the kitchen so she could see if her dad was coming. " So Dre, how come you didn't sit behind BIG Sharry? You know the girl likes you?" " I know that's why I didn't sit behind her!" He laughed " Hello that left me to sit behind her and she hates me because me and you are so cool, THEN to make it worsse you sit behind me. Do you know she kept telling me she was going to beat me up after class!?" Dre lughed " That's not funny Dre!"" So that's why you took off so quick after class" Dre laughing harder." Look I pick my battles and Sharry is a battle I know I would lose. I am not ashamed to admit that" They both laughed a hard gut laugh because it was true. Slim heard her dads door creek open " Dre I gotta go" Dre knowing what time it is didn't want to hang up." What? Why?" The sound of a belt buckle CLING! angainst the door and Will was walking toward Slim" DRE I gotta go, I gotta go" Dre laughing knowing it was about to be on. Slim was about to get her lit up for the first time by Will. Slim hung up the phone and slid by Will holding her butt cheeks sqinching her eyes just knowing in her mind that he was going to give her a lick on her way passing him.She saw his arm raise and she ran in her room before the belt even came down. Will walked to her door" Don't let that shit happen again Slim" Slim holding her chest" Okay daddy" Thankful that he didn't even come in the room. The nextr morning Slim met up with Dre at the corner store to walk the rest of the way to school. She started hitting him with her bookbag. "DRE! You I was in trouble, you play too much!" Slim was hitting and talking at the same time. As they continued walking to school he cracked jokes on Slim so bad all the way there. She laughed after awhile. That's what she loved about Dre he always kept a smile on her face even when things were bad. Dre always got Slim in trouble for laughing in class. They didnt have to sit next to eachother but he found a way to make her crack up. Not giggle. Gut, tears flowing, slob out the mouth laughing. she would get kicked of class all the time. Teachers knew of their friendship but it didn't stop them from sending her out the door. When you get kicked out of class it's every man for themself. Slim knew that is security caught her in the hallway then she would get CSI or get a call home or just both. So she had to be slick. Sometimes another teacher would let her sit in for that hour but the time that she didn't get any luck it was like playing man hunt. Getting caught by security was the last thing she needed and that man named Will was home. She dodged one ass whooping but she didn't think she would be lucky the next time around. School was a way for Slim to escape from her own drama and pressure at home. when 3 o'clock hit it was back to reality. She loved that Will was home but it wasn't what she expected. Slim had gotten to the point that she just wanted to be left alone. Just her and her grandparents she was okay with that...........;)