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that Nellie can be such a good friend one day and stab me in the back the next?
    â€œLeaving so soon? We’re just about to light it up,” Reid says, hopping over the side of his mini Benz and letting Nellie out of the barely-there backseat before walking around to open Laura’s door. I wonder how Nellie’s newfound clique is affecting her relationship with Chance? I know he’s sprung, but even he has his pride and his loyalty to Jeremy would never allow him to roll hard with Reid.
    â€œYou don’t smoke,” Laura says, deflating her man’s corny line before Jeremy has a chance to respond. Why do the bitches always get a man, not that I envy her little dude at all, but still? I need to step up my bitch game if I’m going to lock down a boyfriend of my own when I’m ready.
    â€œWhat happened to your hair?” I know Nellie’s not talking shit. Her new weave’s hanging so far down her back no one would ever believe that mane belongs to her. And it looks hella expensive: must be a Christmas gift from Chance. How much is he shelling out on her?
    â€œNature. What happened to yours, a horse?” Nellie’s eyes narrow in anger and I feel her embarrassment. Sistahs don’t usually talk about the secrets of the trade in front of white folks, but she started it and I could care less about her little feelings getting hurt. She didn’t care about me when she decided to tell Laura about me signing Mickey’s note. When Mickey asked me to do it, I knew it was wrong, but I can’t take it back now.
    â€œShut up, Jayd. You’re just jealous,” she says, flicking her black tresses over her shoulder, just like Laura does. Oh, this is too much for me to stomach.
    â€œYeah, that’s it. I’m jealous that you’re hiding your perfectly healthy hair under some fake shit.”
    â€œIt’s better than looking like Angela Davis without the fist.” Jeremy, Reid, and Laura look on as we battle it out. Black history’s way out of their league.
    â€œI’m surprised you know who Angela Davis is and I’ve got your fist,” I say, smiling at my former homegirl. Damn, she’s on it tonight. It must be the full moon.
    â€œI know a lot of shit, remember that.” Nellie’s threat isn’t veiled at all and it’s about time to call her on her shit. I’m tired of playing with her. If she wants to ball with the big girls, now’s the time to take it to the court, for real.
    â€œYeah, the type of shit only a best friend would know, right, Nellie? So, does Laura know all of your secrets too, or are you just divulging me and Mickey’s business to the broad?” Both girls look at me, shell-shocked. I guess Chance really did give up the family jewels when he told me about how Nellie has to sell out to hang with Laura.
    â€œRemember, payback’s a bitch,” Laura says, crossing her skinny arms over her flat chest. If she didn’t have money and wasn’t dating Reid, she’d be a plain Jane.
    â€œYes, I can be and I didn’t even have to read any books on the subject, unlike the two of you. Go figure.” When Tania was here, they had their own book club on how to be a better bitch.
    â€œJust shut up, Jayd,” Nellie says. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.” Nellie looks nervously at Laura, who looks pissed that I know one of their hazing requirements. But I’m on a roll and I’m going to keep on going until I get what I want: total humiliation for Laura and her wack-ass crew, even if Nellie’s now a part of it. It was her choice to sell her soul to the devil and it’s mine to drive them all back to hell where they belong.
    â€œYou didn’t really think you’d get away with selling us out, now did you, Nellie? You haven’t even seen what’s in store for you yet, but you will when we get back to campus in a couple of weeks. Have a