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Khadijah: Shh...You're gonna wake her before planned!
I frowned as I heard someone approaching my bed then lifted half of my sleep mask from my eyes.
Michelle: Now look what you did!
Domonique: (shakes her head) Anyways...
All of my friends started to break out into singing "Happy Birthday" along with doing weird yet silly dances. I smiled and shook my head as I sat up fully removing my sleep mask to see them holding two oreo cupcakes with a "1" in one and "9" in the other.
Everyone: Happy birthday bitch!!
Akeylah: Thank you, guys. This is so sweet.
I closed my eyes for a second then blew out the candles
Kenneth: (smirks) So...what did you wish for?
Angelo: (nudges him) Nigga, If she tells us it won't happen. You don't know how "wishes" work now?
Kenneth: (smacks his lips) Man shut the hell up!
I got out of bed and stretched. If you haven't caught on by now it's my 19th birthday. A little back story, these people are my roommates/friends since high school. We all met freshman year which was 2009 for us. The summer before our junior year started, we decided put together a party just because. We called ourselves the "D-Town Dreamerz" and we surprisingly had a big turn out for our first party and we charged so we made bank! We kept up the parties up until we graduated and we became well known amongst the Detroit youth. We even threw Skating parties and split the profits with the skating rink. When it was all said and done, we never got caught by our parents and we all graduated with 3.0's or better. Anyway, they can be annoying at times (by that I mean ALL the time) but these are my people. My Family. Oh, and me, I'm Akeylah but I go by "Key" because..well...I just like that better I guess. The girls and I share a 4 bedroom Townhouse while the guys share a 3 bedroom townhouse. We go to Wayne State University in the heart of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Yeah, yeah I know. Not an exciting location for living but Hey, here we are.
Akeylah: So what's the plan? Y'all gonna get me drunk and/or high off my ass? (laughs)
Domonique: Uh...Actually.
She and the others then share a look. I scrunched up my face in confusion as they shared these sly grins before presenting me with an envelope. I smiled and grabbed it then began to open it.
Akeylah: Guys. If this is money I-
I stopped mid-sentence as I pulled out 7 tickets and meet and greet passes to Tyler, The Creator's Cherry Bomb tour
Akeylah: (shouts in shock) OH. MY. FUCKING. FUCK! YALL DIDNT! THIS IS A JOKE!
They all just laughed
Michelle: (shrugs) Nope. Those are VERY real tickets to his show tonight. We should know, we ALL pitched in to get them and they weren't cheap.
I mentally rolled my eyes. That's just her personality. She can most time come off as closed off but once you get to know her she's cool I promise lol
Akeylah: Wait- How much did you guys spend on these? I know it had to be expensive. I-
Domonique: (glares at Key) BITCH! We did not pay this much for tickets to a person's concert we don't even listen to for you to not go! YOU'RE GOING!"
I threw my hands up in defense and agreed on taking the road trip considering the fact that she's right. I'm the ONLY cultured one around here besides maybe Meech (Demetrius) that knows of Tyler's absolute genius when it comes to music. It's chef's kiss every single time! He's part of the reason that I invested money into studio equipment. I loved how he produced his music mainly on his own and it comes out amazing every time he releases. I wanted to try my hand at it myself so I wouldn't have to keep singing over YouTube beats and hoping to the heavens that no one purchased them or the fact that whenever I do have the money I never make the leap. Singing is more of a hidden talent of mine. Only certain people know about it. I always feel like I'd be better behind the scenes if I EVER were to make the music industry. I write songs whenever I have free time from homework/working part-time in a retail store. I also know how to play the keyboard and guitar so it would be SICK to jump into my producer bag as well. Anyways, enough on that. Soon as everyone left my room I went into the bathroom and showered for the day. Once out, I dressed then checked the fit in the mirror and grabbed my phone, charger, and mini backpack before exiting my room and heading downstairs to the kitchen where strawberries and cream Belgian waffles waited for me.
Akeylah: Aww. You guys made me breakfast too! Especially my favorite!
I grinned as I sat down at the table where my friends were currently eating their breakfast as well
Demetrius: (smiles) Of course we did! It's your special day so you get the V.I.P experience.
Michelle: Now just don't expect this EV-OUCH DOMO!
Michelle yelped as Domonique slapped her arm hard as hell
Dominique: NOT today bitch! You said you wouldn't be an asshole on birthdays. What happened to that huh?
Michelle huffed and crossed her arms
Michelle: You're right. I'll behave.
She then started to cut into her bananas foster waffles. I simply shook my head as I began to eat my breakfast. After we finished, we spent the rest of our day hanging out around downtown just trying to kill time. Recording videos of us goofing around and random bullshit. When it was finally time to head to the venue we piled into Kenny's (Kenneth) SUV because he had the most room. Meech and Lo opted to ride in the trunk while the rest of us sat in the seats. The ride was only 15 minutes so we just cracked jokes the whole way there.
