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The second I graduated high school, I had no clue what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Would I go to college? Would I move out of my hometown? Would I travel the world? It scares me so much to think that the rest of my life depends on what I decide now.

With me never having any siblings and always being the only child, my parents had just enough money to help me pay for college. But I'm not too sure if I even want to go to college.

I've always thought that we have one life. We don't get more than one try to live our life. So we should do what we want with it, it is our own life after all. That is exactly why ever since I was a little girl I've dreamed of traveling the world. Of course now, I can have an excuse since I wanna be involved with photography. So if I really wanted to I could. I just don't exactly know how my parents would feel.

My parents have always been very supportive but parents are parents. Every reaction to something is different. It's like they're bipolar.

Lately I have been taking pictures of random things I see and I post them on instagram. I have a profile on Instagram just for my photography, surprisingly I have a decent amount of a following on it. People are always asking if I can take their pictures for them. Most of the time I say yes but sometimes I politely decline.

At the moment, I'm laying on my stomach on my bed while my best friend, Julia, is making a pros and cons list on different decisions I've come to terms with.

Julia has been my best friend since the beginning of freshman year. Ever since my old best friend just left out of the blue, Julia has always been there for me.

My old best friend, Niall. God do I miss him. He was my first love and my first kiss. We were 7 when it happened so I don't even know if it counts.

The day I found out Niall left was of course the first day of school, and the first day of high school. That's when Julia found me in the bathroom sobbing. She let me rant and cry to her and ever since we've been inseparable. I'm really thankful for her.

Niall is now in a band. They are quite big, I like they're music though. I'm not a crazy fan girl like most of their fans but I listen to them every once in a while. The band he's in has four other members, Harry styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik. It's not a boy band type thing, they can all sing but a couple of them mainly do an instrument and background vocals.

Okay, now that makes me sound like a crazy fan girl but I did some research on them when they became big. Can you blame me though? My best friend leaves without saying anything and all of a sudden a few years later he's crazy famous and in a band names 'Eternity'.

"Ari? Are you there?" Julia pulls me out of my thoughts. I didn't even realize I wasn't listening. My bad.

"Huh, oh yeah sorry just thinking about my future and what I should do." I lie but smile to be more realistic.

"As I was saying, the pros of going to college is if photography doesn't work out you'll have a degree to get a different job. But the con is you won't be living your dream of doing photography and traveling the world." She says while pacing around my room. She tends to do this while thinking.

"I think I'm gonna talk to my parents about what I'm gonna do. Hopefully they support the decision I have made." I told her.

" And that decision is?" She asks, she asks very desperately. But that's just Julia, always wanting to know everything.

" I'm going to take a year to myself before going to college. With that year I'll go to different places, just me and my camera. I will take some photos and hopefully get some recognition. If I'm doing okay with that and get signed to some company because of my photography skills then I won't go to college." I say simply.

" That's actually not a bad plan, Ari. I'm sure you'll do great. It's just up to what your parents think now." She says with a worried expression across her face.

"Honestly, I don't give one fuck to what my parents think. This is my life and I will live it how I want. It is not up to them to decide my future for me. So honestly, I don't give one fuck to what their opinions are." I say, not stuttering one time. Julia looks at me proudly.

"Hell yeah!" She says excited.

"I'm gonna go now. Mom needs me home. When I leave you better talk to them. Let me know what happens." She says as she gets her stuff together.

" I will, I will. I'll see you later Jules, love you." I say giving her a hug which she hugs back.

"Love you too." She says about to walk out of my room. I give her a small smile which she returns.

Once she's gone I flop onto my bed. My parents should be home from work in an hour so that gives me plenty of time to practice what I'll say. They'll be supportive of me right? I mean when I came out as bi sexual to them they literally threw me a party. So there's no way they won't be supportive of me. But even if they aren't, then fuck it. I'm still gonna follow my dreams.

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So what did you think? I spent an hour on this chapter so I really hope you like it. I had no idea how to word my thoughts the correct way. But I hope you love it.
The next chapter I will try and upload soon. This week is super busy but I'll try my best.
I hope you have a lovely week and make sure to drink lots of water. I love u!!

Love love love
-Me
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A/N- welcome Julia! We will be seeing more of her in near chapters!
Here's what I picture her as-
Yes, this is THE Julia michaels. This is just who I pictured when I gave Arias friend the name 'Julia'. But again, imagine as you would like!

 But again, imagine as you would like!

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