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Nothing felt better than finally graduating high school and having no more worries. The only thing better was Solange graduating a year early so we were in the in the same class.
We unfortunately graduated on the same day so we couldn't be there to support the other but I made sure to make it in time for her graduation party the next day.
I flew in only a couple hours before the party but thankfully I had Wayne to pick me up from the airport.
I met him outside of the airport and he got out of his truck to give me a hug and help me with my bags. "Hey graduate. Go look in the car, I have a surprise for you."
"Aw! Thank you!" I knew Wayne so I said thank you before I even saw it because I knew it would be good. I opened the passenger side door and saw a stuffed bear with a mini graduation hat and a stack of hundreds. "Wayne, you shouldn't have!" I closed the door and ran to give him another hug.
"It's from me and my mom. I'm proud of you and how hard you've been working. Keep it up in college."
"I will." Especially with gifts like that. "Thank you, thank you, thank you." I wouldn't be able to say it enough.
I still had to shower and do my hair and makeup so I got back in the car so we could hurry up and get back to the house. Wayne did the same after he finished putting my bags in the trunk.
It wasn't a short drive but it was a good chance for us to catch up on everything we'd missed.
As soon as we got back to the house, I repeatedly thanked my aunt and then went to start getting ready because I had limited time.
The party was at the rink but that wasn't going to stop me from looking cute. After showering I put on a strapless top with buttons down the center and matching little shorts.
By the time I finished with my hair and makeup, we were already late. Thankfully, the rink was only down the street so we got in the car and got there in a minute.
The music was so loud that we could hear it as soon as we got out of the car. Wayne went to open the door for me but it swung open before he could get to it.
It was none other than Bey.
I froze for a moment because she seemed so different from the Bey I usually knew. She was wearing flared jeans with a marching cropped button up top. She'd been playing basketball for TSU and it definitely showed from her defined abs. She looked... grown, and I liked it.
I started for a second too long before I finally spoke. "Hey Bey."
"Congrats graduate. Who let your young ass out in this tiny outfit?"
"Girl, bye. I'm grown, but thank you." I was glad to be able to be able to say I was grown and finally mean it.
Wayne interrupted before she could respond again. "Who let you out here with all this stomach out."
Bey rolled her eyes. "I'm just not trying to hear my mamas mouth about my gay shit so I just put this on. But she's stressing me out, I finally got to sit down for ten seconds and she sends me to the store for some shit."
I could tell they were about to be talking for a while so I stopped them before they got ahead of themselves. "You guys enjoy, I'm going to go into the party." I slipped past Bey and walked into the rink.
It was my first time being in the rink for the first time in years, but it was the same old rink as always except for the decorations for the party. There were mainly kids skating and everybody else was in the main part talking or eating. I saw some of their family members and a bunch of Solange's friends that I'd been introduced to her, but no Solange.
