vanessas POV :
i woke up to the sound of beeping . i looked over my alarm clock on the floor surrounded by boxes . 7:18 am . i guess i better go get ready , its a big step moving from compton to riverside . i was definitly ready physically, but emotionally i was a wreck . there was no way i could leave my friends , my school , my family . sure i could visit but it wouldnt be as often . all this thinking was making my head hurt . my names vanessa . im 14 years old . my moms been struggling trying to provide for me and my little sister anita my whole life . my mom recently got a job offer so that was definitely a big step in slowely putting our family back together . my mom had me when she was 15 . i guess my dad wasnt expecting to get her pregnant so once he found out i guess he just took off . my mom wasnt really ready to give up her party years but she knew she had to risk losing what seemed important to her at the time to be able to keep me . i kind of have to raise my 5 year old sister , i rarely ever see my mom , she takes double shifts just to be able to put food on the table for us so hopefully this job is the missing piece to our puzzle . i finally had the energy to get up out of bed . i walked to the bathroom and stripped off my clothes . i stepped into the shower and washed my body with my warm vanilla sugar body wash and quickly got out . i didnt wash my hair because i washed it last night and i was just to lazy to shave . i walked back to my room in a towel and picked out my pink sweatpants and i black cami . i fumbled through one of the boxes in my room for my makeup bag and took my clothes and my makeup back to the bathroom . i got dressed and applied a little bit of powder , mascara , and winged out my eyeliner a little bit . i didnt want to get to dolled up today so i just tied my hair in a messy bun and went back to my room . i plugged in my charger and i went on instagram for about 10 minutes when i heard my mom yell " vanessa , start loading up your last few boxes into the uhaul truck , were leaving for compton in 15 minutes ! " i gathered my makeup bag and my charger and put them in one of the boxes and carried it out to the truck . " ready !? " my mom asked eagerly . " barely . " i replied , rolling my eyes so that she could see . " cmon vanessa , i heard theres a skatepark a few blocks away from our house , who knows , you might just make some friends . " wonderful . if she thought telling me there was a skate park was going to make me want to go she was wrong . ugh parents can be so fucking annoying .
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AUTHORS NOTE 💘
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