Finest City Dreams

Chapter 30: Right Thurr

It's March and it's the last day of Anger Management class for Charles. It's also the week before Charles goes on the "Spring Bling" tour. Charles would be receiving his certificate of completion. Mrs. Bennett had been passing out the certificates and congratulating each student. She got to Charles's name last. "Last but not least, Charles Iverson!" All the students erupted in applause. Mrs. Bennett handed Charles his certificate while smiling. She shook his hand as well. "Congratulations Mr. Iverson! You have officially completed this class." Charles just smiled. "Thank you Mrs. Bennett."

After all the certificates were handed out, all the students headed to the refreshment table that was setup in the classroom. Charles decided to get some punch. Nicole, his partner during anger management, decided to walk over and join him. "Congratulations!" Nicole and Charles hugged each other. "We did it, girl!" Nicole nodded. "Yes we did!" Charles's smile started to fade. He looked Nicole in the eye. "You were an interesting partner to have. You kept it 100% real. And for that I'll never forget you." Nicole was starting to get teary eyed. "The same goes for you as well. You are nothing like those stuck up snobbish people on TV. You're authentic!" Charles nodded. "Thank you! Now c'mere and give me a hug." Charles and Nicole hugged for the very last time. After the hug, Charles put his hands on Nicole's shoulders and squeezed them. "This ain't goodbye! It's just "See you later!" Nicole nodded while wiping tears. "Bye!" Nicole would exit out the room not looking back. Charles stood at the refreshment table for a minute. He stood in deep thought while holding his cup of punch. Soon Charles would leave as well.

When Charles arrived at home, he had no clue that there was a surprise party waiting for him. Charles pulled up to his house and got out of his vehicle. When he unlocked and walked in the door, he was greeted by his closest friends and family. "Surprise!" Charles had to catch his breath. "Aww man! When was this planned?" Charles saw a congratulations banner hanging in the living room. Savannah walked up to him. "Congratulations babe! I'm so proud of you." Savannah hugged Charles. She put both hands on his face and gave him a smooch on the lips. Chafonda, Lauryce and Lavell walked up to Charles next. "Cousin!" Chafonda and Charles hugged. Chafonda had fully healed from her gunshot wound. And thanks to physical therapy, Chafonda could fully walk again. Lauryce also hugged Charles. Charles turned his attention to Lavell. "Li'l Man!" Charles and Lavell gave each some dap. Charles's father Jimmy was also at the celebration. He walked up to his son and hugged him. "I'm proud of you son." Charles nodded. "Thanks Pops." Charles would visit with all the other guests. There was music being played and plenty of food to eat. As the hours passed, the guests started to dwindle away. The party had come to an end.

A week had passed since Charles had graduated from anger management. The day had come for Charles to fly to Miami, Florida for the first stop of the "Spring Bling" tour. Savannah would be joining him. Since it was spring break, Savannah was able to fly to Miami to enjoy the first show. Charles, Savannah, Lauryce and Jimmy arrived in Miami.                                      As soon as they got off the plane and arrived at their hotel suite, Charles and Savannah changed into clothes for warmer weather. Savannah wanted to hang out by the pool downstairs. She decided to wear a red bikini with a wrap skirt tied around her waist. Savannah wanted to be prepared in case she decided to go swimming. Charles was not going swimming at all. All he wore was a tank with some baggy basketball shorts and slide shoes.                      When the couple arrived at the pool, they both sat poolside in lounge chairs. Savannah ordered a strawberry daiquiri to sip on as she relaxed. Charles was sipping on a glass with Ciroc in it. He was mainly running his mouth on the phone. He tried to disguise himself by wearing dark shades to cover his Disney looking eyes, but it didn't really work. Soon enough, he was recognised by a few teenage girls who were swimming in the pool. The teen girls were going back and forth on whether they wanted to approach him to ask for an autograph. The girls purposely splashed water from the pool on Charles to try and get a reaction out of him. It would work because Charles sat up and tried to figure out where the water came from. He spotted the teenage girls who were giggling. "Sorry!" Charles just shook his head. Savannah saw everything and couldn't help but laugh. Charles looked at Savannah with a smirk. "Oh you think that's funny huh? Well there you go!" Charles splashed a little bit of Ciroc that was in his glass on Savannah. "No, you didn't!" Charles just laughed. "Yes I did!" Savannah got annoyed. She walked over to the pool and splashed some water on Charles. "You gonna get it now, girl!" Charles and Savannah went back and forth splashing each other till they were soaking wet. They got some towels and dried each other off.