Staying pure by Moore Stephanie Perry

Author:Moore, Stephanie Perry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Moore, Stephanie Perry, Moore, Stephanie Perry, African American girls -- Religious life, African American girls -- Conduct of life, Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Peer pressure -- Fiction, African Americans -- Fiction, Christian life -- Fiction, African American girls -- Conduct of life, Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
ISBN: 1442014644
Publisher: Chicago : Moody Press
Published: 1997-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

^7T ow dare y ou betray me like that. Just think, 1 had the

I nerve to think you were my friend. Well, I’m dumb no more. Us being close—thats over,” Lynzi hastily said to me.

I was shocked. What in the world brought this on? Even though I hadn’t spoken to her since we—no, since 1—told Bam when I left the two of them that day, we were fine. How that changed in a couple of days is anybody’s guess.

The friendship Lynzi and I have has been like the stock market: up one day, then down the next day without warning. So in some ways her weird reaction, though odd, didn’t surprise me too much.

I questioned with the utmost sincerity, “Lynzi, I don’t understand where this anger is coming from. Why are you trippin’? The other day we were the best of friends, and now you stand here and say I betrayed you. What’s this really all about?”

“Oh Payton Skky,” Lynzi uttered even madder than she was before, “don’t play dumb. You know what you did. So

don’t act all innocent and stuff. What’s the sayin’? With friends like you, I don’t need—”

Abruptly I cut her off and said, “I’m not your enemy, Lynzi. For weeks I’ve been going through turmoil because of your pain. Some nights I haven’t been able to sleep. Lately, you are the mam focus of my prayers. Please tell me what in all that makes ME your enemy!”

She explained nothing, simply flung her head, rolled her eyes, and stormed away. Even though I hadn’t a clue of what I could have done that was so awful, I felt terrible. It was obvious that Lyn believed I had done something. Therefore, I was determined to get to the bottom of her complaint.

After just standing in the hall for about five minutes, trying to figure Lynzi out, the first period bell rung. Being that I was on the other side of the building, I took off running. I guess it wasn’t ipy day because as soon as I turned the corner, I bumped straight into Dr. Franklin.

He jokingly laughed, “Ah, Miss Skky, I wasn’t informed that the track team tryouts were being held this morning . . . in the school!”

“Doc, I’m sorry,” I gasped practically out of breath. “I’ll slow it down.”

“Slow it down? Oh no, I don’t think so. You’d better retreat to walking. Now, I am going to let you slide this time. Do not let me catch you running again, ya hear?”

“Yes sir,” I answered with a smile, as he wrote me a pass to my class.

The tardy bell rung just as I bumped into the principal. Luckily, he was in a good mood. Usually, though, he looks out for me.

It seemed like deja vu when I saw Dymond. She too didn’t want anything to do with me. Her rationale was just

as vague as Lynzi’s. Is this a conspiracy, or did I bump my head and not remember what awful deeds I had done to

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