Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Coel

Author:Michaela Coel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oberon Books London

SCENE 5

I dunno where I ever picked this up, but I always thought white people were bad kissers. It’s not their fault, it’s just that most of them have really small lips and they can’t embrace the challenge of lips like mine, then they try to compensate for the lack of lips with the tongue – then the tongue ends up everywhere, just flapping about you get my drift.

But Connor was great! That’s probably the best kissing I’ve ever done actually and – shit; I could get pregnant. I could get pregnant. Shit. I could get – No no no no no.

I text Candice: “Candice need help”

No reply. And that’s weird, she always replies –

I call her…Voicemail. Fuck. There’s only one option left. Fuck. I ring Fat Lesha, the DIY vagina licker for advice.

Who knew it was that easy to get the morning after pill?! And apparently if I give someone else’s name and address there’s no way of this ever coming back to me.

Behind the counter is an Asian guy in a three-piece suit.

“Hi can I have the morning after medicine please?”

“What’s your name?”

“SERAPHINA FORBES”

“And how do you spell that?”

“Hm?”

“Your name”

“Mm. Yeah... Serafina f, a, a double a it’s a double, w, b s”

“Okay. When was the incident?”

“Erm last night like 2am”

“Mm. Was a condom used?”

“No we didn’t have sex”

“Sorry, what?”

“We didn’t have sex?”

“……..”

“His cum was very near my…and it travels dunnit?”

“I’m sorry, what are you here for?”

“The morning after thing, it’s free yeah?”

“The morning after pill is for women who have had sexual intercourse”

“Izzit? I thought it was for people who think there’s a chance of them getting pregnant?”

“Well yes”

“Mhm, exactly, I’m one of them”

“But you didn’t have sexual intercourse”

“I wanked him. We chatted for a bit then what I’m saying is I wanked him! I – wanked –

(Pause.)

This ain’t The Bill or something, why are you interrogating me? Can you just give it to me? Please”

“Bring your bag”

I place my rucksack on the counter and he sneaks a box into its side pocket.

“I’m not ashamed you know”

“Well then you might also be needing these”

“I’m a girl what I am I doing wiv condoms I ain’t got a dick?”

“They’re for your PARTNER”

“I ain’t GOT a partner”

“(typical)”

“What?!

Dick.”

He thinks it’s weird that I’ve never seen horses before well, apart from telly, or been to the beach, mountains and that kinda shit.

We lay on his bed and spoke aloud the stuff you keep in private diaries and letters.

He talked about not repeating his dad’s history, growing up, you know? Like, being better?

He’s a writer, he writes books, he wanted me to read some but – . He’s got really big ambitions, wants to go Uni and that, he says there’s cracks in the floor ’n I should aim higher before I find myself stuck in dem.

Cracks in the floor.

I tell him them cracks were made for me, they were made for my mum, and her mum and relaxin’ into them is what we do best. I ain’t smart enough to be someone I’m just smart enough to know I’m no one.

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