THE SCARED CUB Kayla Hernandez
My whole life, I felt like I was a cub who was in need of protection. I wouldn’t know how to defend myself or even throw a straight punch. I partly think that’s my father’s fault for not teaching me how to fight, but I also believe I’m just not capable of hurting another living thing. “Don’t allow anyone to bully you. Kayla, you better speak up for yourself,” my father said to me with so much anger as I walked out the door. Leaving me with a thought of finding someone who would willingly defend me. “YES,” I say to myself while gazing at this tall caramel-skinned boy with big juicy lips. This was going to be my big vicious bear who would growl at anyone that came near me. Ever since third grade, I had the biggest crush on Isaiah, and yeah, at the time, he was way shorter than me, but damn he had the biggest glow up. His perfect skin and beautiful hair made me forever blush when he came near me. His cute dimples and bright infectious smile made my heart skip a million beats under one second. There was a big problem though, my best friend also had a big crush on him, but she was just recently transferred to the school five months ago. We would always compete to see who he likes more but we never figured it out due to the fact that he gave us both the same attention. He was the most confusing subject in our lives. We both agreed to not letting any boy come between our friendship, but I guess she didn’t respect that decision. Samantha the biggest, meanest two faced a-hole in the world. A condescending hood rat that betrays her friends. She went behind my back and took Isaiah on a date to the ice cream truck. Ice cream truck? I know right, even I could have taken him on a better date. How about the movies and then Frozen Planet? Anyways, that hot and sunny afternoon I told her to come over to my place so we could do homework together. Mind you she has no clue I know she went on a date. As I waited for her to 309
