Not a Good Look by Nikki Carter

Author:Nikki Carter [Carter, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, People & Places, United States, African American, Performing Arts, General, Social Issues
ISBN: 9780758255563
Google: 22OELC70i4EC
Amazon: 075825556X
Publisher: Dafina Books
Published: 2010-07-15T10:25:33+00:00

16

It’s been two weeks since Dreya started going to school again, and a little over two weeks away from the Truth and Drama promotional tour. I think class is getting on Dreya’s nerves, although she won’t say it out loud. She’s sitting at our dining room table struggling through her algebra II math homework.

“You want me to help?” I ask.

“I’d rather you just do it for me, Sunday.”

I laugh out loud. “You’ll never learn that way. It’s just a little math.”

“A little math? You know I’m not good at this stuff.”

“Well, Big D thinks you need to graduate.”

“Big D is not the boss of me. I signed a record deal with Epsilon Records, not him.”

“So what are you saying?”

“I’m saying he works for me. Once I blow up and get a few number-one hits, I’m gonna let him know what’s up.”

I lift my eyebrows and shrug. “Well, until then you should just try to do your homework. It’s not that bad.”

The front door opens, and it’s my mother. The somber expression on her face makes me think that something is seriously wrong. I know before she says anything that it has something to do with Carlos.

“Hey, girls. Y’all doing homework?” my mother asks as she tosses her bag over onto the couch.

“I am,” I reply. “But I don’t know what Dreya is doing.”

“Homework, too, Auntie Shawn. Stop being a hater, Sunday.”

“Did you get that college application turned in?” my mother asks.

It really irritates me when she asks anything concerning school. She doesn’t have the right to ask me about Spelman.

When I don’t reply, my mother claps her hands together and says, “Well, I know you’ll get in. Maybe this music thing will take off. If Dreya has a hit record, maybe she can help you get a deal, too.”

This just completely burns me up! My mama is now pinning my hopes and dreams on Dreya’s suspect music career? Doesn’t she need to be coming up with her own plan B? Especially since I’m sure Aunt Charlie has some dreams that she’s trying to relive. I could see her trying to go to cosmetology school to be a licensed lace-front wig applicator.

It’s a good thing I’ve got enough sense to get my own thing popping. Waiting for a come-up from Dreya is like holding out for Oklahoma to become the hip-hop capital of the world. It ain’t gonna happen!

Dreya rolls her eyes. “People always trying to come up off of someone else’s success. Why don’t y’all let me get mine first, before y’all start planning the hookups?”

Dreya snatches her books up from the table and storms down the hallway. I hope she doesn’t think I’m trying to come up off her success. She needs to remember how everybody helped her. I’ve never heard of someone getting a big head so fast. She signs a record deal and starts acting ridiculous.

I follow her to the bedroom. “Why you always gotta be negative, Dreya?”

“Because I don’t want to be here. Y’all can’t force me to be here in this cramped up little Cracker Jack box of a house.

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