Struggles

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Ariana has arrived home from school and throws herself on her little bed.

ARIANA: Uggghhh!

Ari has many struggles in life, she hides them very good. Ariana lives with her mother, step-father and older brother in a so called studio basically. Her mothers room is the "living room" and Ari and her brother share the "dining room" as a bedroom. You would expect her to have a room at her age but things are not so easy at home. Rent is not something everyone can afford especially with car insurance and so much more bills. Her mother sleeps on an air bed and Ari sleeps on a camping mattress.

You see Ariana was raised by a single parent and a loving grandmother. Anabel Nuñez is Ari's mother, and Lucy Nuñez is Ari's loving grandmother. Growing up Ari lived back and forth with both of them. It was like spending one year with one and another year with the other. Best part was they both lived in the same city so there wasn't much traveling. Ariana's childhood was amazing there were not so many struggles till now.

Ariana has basically lived every where in Boston, from 2 bedroom apartments to then a 1 bedroom apartment. She's also lived in studios and rented rooms. Deep down inside it hurt Ari to see her mother struggle like this and not being able to help because she was to young for a job. It bothered Ari where she lived, it distracted her alot from school and just herself. But she couldn't let that distract her forever. Ariana is a strong independent women just like her mother. Ari was thankful for having a roof over her head whether it was a nice beautiful apartment or a rented room, she always thanked god for everything.

Growing up Dominican isn't easy. You have these strict relatives who think they're your parents and stick some back in the day story to make our parents strict. And in some weird way it works. Its like they get brainwashed with some old story.

Every family has fights. Some fights are over stupid things that you soon get over in an hour or two. But some are just fights of stupid things that leaves you heart broken for days or forever. Ariana never needed a father figure around, she wanted him around sometimes but she knew she didn't need him. But it did hurt, there's just that feeling like you have no one.

Anabel is the type of person who gets angry over small things and take it out on everyone. That led Ari to grow up being afraid of her mother. She also always had fights with her older brother Davis which is normal.

Ari grew up alone with no one to talk to about her problems. She just sits in the bathtub and cries her heart out where no one can listen. It made her a very sensitive person. But also open minded.

She never fit-in in school, she was just another bait for those wanna-be rats to pick at. Ariana was never taught self defense from anyone besides strangers talking about it. She was bullied all elementary school and beginning of middle school. She never could have talked about it cause no one would listen. She only had herself and no one else.

ARIANA: Oh boy what a long day.. I just need a moment *begins to sing 'For A Moment' from The Little Mermaid* Haha see what i did there? Why am i talking to myself? Ahhh Ari you really need some help.. Oh well where's my phone I need to go on Twitter. *looks for cellphone* *Goes on Twitter*

The room went from a sweet silent night to World War II in just 30 seconds. Seems that Prince Royce tweeted something to make her go all crazy.

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