The Full Story Of Complicated Laydee

Once upon a time, a girl named Laydee was born. She grew up in a very ghetto area, filled with Somalians, and a whole load of Jamaicans. Sure there were a few group of other ethnicities, but mostly Somalians, and Jamaicans occupied this little town she called home.

Anyway Laydee was told at a very young age by her mother to never trust anyone. This made Laydee very paranoid and she began to wonder who trust in this big evil world. So she chose to trust no one.

Laydee was very reserved when she was young. Don’t take this the wrong way, she was never rude to people who tried to get close to her.. she just never opened the door for them to enter her world of secrets, thoughts, feelings and ideas.

Anyway, Laydee met a girl named Muffy. Muffy was Bengali, and was almost as reserved to herself as Laydee was. One day there teacher made a seating plan for the class and Muffy and Laydee's desk were set side by side. At first the girls didn’t speak to each other but as days went by the two young girls began to realize that there was a lot they had in common with each other. Muffy and Laydee made friends with other girls and formed their own little clique but the two girls were closer with each other than they were with the other girls.

As the years went by though the girls were separated into different classes and they soon found themselves, not talking as much. They had drifted apart as best friends but were still friends at heart. Muffy then moved to a different area after junior high. They still talk to this day but they realize that their paths had crossed and were never meant to touch again.

Anyway….


As Laydee grew older she began to realize why her mother told her to never trust anyone. She would see with her own eyes girls who were supposed to be friends, backbiting about each other, exposing another girl’s secret, etc etc. People say that this is very common for the female race but to Laydee is was just unacceptable.

Laydee never trusted anyone until a girl named Farhiya came along. Farhiya was funny, talkative and always had an opinion. Very quickly the girls became good friends, telling each other everything. They both called the other girl her “best friend.”

When the girls entered middle school Laydee noticed that Farhiya was starting to distance herself. Farhiya started to talk to the “popular girls.” This group consisted of girls like Aaliya, Maymuna, and other Somali girls who were fashionable, guys liked them and they were just overall considered to be “cool.” Keep in mind that Laydee was never a popular girl, since she hung out with girls who weren’t Somali, she was under the radar making her not that noticeable in the school.

Anyway Laydee began to hang out with girl name Lisa, Sarah (who was destined to become her best friend) and other girls. Lisa and Sarah were fun to hang out with and very nice and welcoming to Laydee. The girls became good friends who told each other everything.

Farhiya and Laydee still talked but not as much but Farhiya continued to call Laydee her “best friend.” Laydee was confused on that proclamation since best friends were considered to be hanging out together all the time. Laydee didn’t believe they were best friends anymore, but didn’t want to hurt Farhiya’s feelings or anything so she kept quiet.

Then when grade eight hit, Laydee started to realize that Farhiya didn’t like her all that much. One time Laydee and her other friend Mary had gotten in a fight. Mary had snitched to Laydee’s mom that Laydee had gone to the mall at lunch. (Laydee has very strict parents). Laydee’s mother got really mad and threatened to switch Laydee to another middle school. Mary had gone to the mall numerous times but Laydee had never snitched on her before so Laydee felt betrayed. She confronted Mary and the two began to yell at each other. Laydee went home to a very angry mom. The next day after Laydee was walking back to school at lunch (she had started to going home for lunch on her mother’s orders.) she heard Farhiya and Sayara (yes she was there too) talking about her. She stopped walking and listened to the two girls conversation.

Sayara: Laydee had no permission to go to the mall anyway so Mary did the right thing by telling her mom.

Farhiya: Yeah, Laydee just wants to be extra and make a scene. She should just accept the fact she got booked and move on.

Laydee was so shocked. A pang of emotions just hit her heart. Laydee held back the tears that were fighting her eyes. Her so called best friend was talking about her like this. “Maybe I should just walk around the long way to avoid them” she thought. Suddenly she felt angry. She didn’t have to walk around, so she walked around the corner and came face to face with Sayara and Farhiya. The two girls looked so ashamed. Farhiya even covered her face to hide her embarrassment.

Sayara began talking but at that point Laydee didn’t even care anymore.

Laydee just walked away.


After a lot of thought, Laydee went and apologized to Mary for being so immature and being upset over such a stupid thing. Laydee decided to forgive Farhiya too in her heart. It didn’t matter. “Farhiya was just stating a point” Laydee told herself. “You were being extra.”


When the celebration of Eid arrived Laydee and her family had decided to go to Woodbine Centre again that year to have some fun on the rides, play arcade games and do other stuff. This year though Farhiya and her mom were coming with Laydee and her family this year because Farhiya really wanted to go since she had never gone before. Numerous Somali people from all areas of Toronto would be there this year.

When they arrived at the Woodbine Centre, Laydee and Farhiya were really excited. They bought their tickets and said goodbye to their moms. The two girls went on numerous rides but as the hours dragged on Farhiya began to say that “She was getting bored.” Laydee suggested that they go downstairs to the theatre. At the theatre they saw so many Somali people waiting to enter the theatre. Many of them Laydee did not know.

However Farhiya knew plenty. She began catching up with many of the Somali girls that she hadn’t seen in a while. Laydee began to feel awkward just standing there with people she didn’t know so she told Farhiya that she was going back upstairs to get some money from their parents for the movie. Farhiya just nodded.

Laydee went back upstairs to talk to her mom. Her mother said she couldn’t watch the movie since most movies today contained many haram things. Instead her mother told her to go with Farhiya on some rides. Laydee ran to find Farhiya’s mom. She walked around the whole mall looking for Farhiya’s mom but couldn’t find her. So she went downstairs to talk to Farhiya. Farhiya was caught up in a conversation with a bunch of girls so Laydee resorted to just going to the fountain and throwing pennies in the water. After a while she felt a tap on her shoulder, she turned around to face Farhiya. “Can you please do me a favor and find my mom. I need money for the movie ticket” she asked Laydee. “Sure” Laydee said. “It will give me something to do” she thought silently to herself.

So Laydee went off to find Farhiya’s mom. After much walking she found her mother. Laydee got the money from her and went downstairs to give it to Farhiya.

Farhiya took the money and said “THANKS SO MUCH!” Laydee said “Yeah but my mom won’t let me go with you. So… your okay with them right?” Laydee said pathetically, hoping that Farhiya would rather hang out with her and ditch these girls.

“Yeah. You can go just hang out with whoever you were with.” Farhiya said.

Laydee nodded. “Okay see you later.”

Farhiya waved and turned to face the other girls.

Laydee walked away and began to feel tears sting her eyes. “Don’t cry you baby.” She told herself. “Your out in public.”

Laydee walked upstairs and went to her mother. She got money from her and bought some ice cream and a bag of chips. She sat down in a corner by herself and for the rest of the day ate her food, wondering to herself how much of a loser she really was.

On the ride home, Farhiya talked about how much fun she had. Laydee was just quiet and forced herself to find her story interesting.

When Laydee got home she went straight to her room and threw herself on her bed. She cried out in pain and realized she had a huge blister on her foot from all that walking.

Laydee put her face on her pillow and cried herself to sleep.