The Outcome

Achievements

Well it was known around school that I was smart, not Einstein kind of smart but smart enough to keep AB Honor Roll on each and every progress report and report card I've ever received, my mom made sure that all of her kids were smart. I don't really talk about school much because I mean I really don't like it, but I know I owed it to myself, my parents, and my son to receive my high school diploma, but one thing nobody asked me was what was I planning to do since I graduated, well as soon as the cookout started, I was going to tell them. After everyone took pictures we all got in our cars and headed back to my house, traffic was heavy so everyone took a different way to get back to the house. "Baby, thank you so much! I love you" Ashley said as she leaned up from the backseat and kissed me. "Yeah, well don't thank me. It's something I had to do because I want to spend the rest of my life with you." I said while smiling and driving. We were at a red light for about five minutes, and KJ doesn't like when the car isn't moving so I knew he was going to start crying soon and I was right. KJ started crying and turning red so Ashley got him out of his seat and gave him his pacifier and tried to rock him. "KC, really?" She said in disbelief. I looked in my rear view mirror and said "what'd I do?", she looked back at me and said "No wonder my baby crying, he need to be changed. He wet as hell!" Ashley said, starting to get upset with me. "Well, it's not my fault, it's my mom's, she's the one that had him. I feed him before we got here" I said just as the light turned green , Ashley shook her head and began changing KJ. We rode about five blocks before we were stuck at another red light, good thing I had A/C and gas. I turned the music on because it usually quiets KJ down and I started bobbing my head back and forth to the music and I just so happen to look to my left and guess who I seen, Miss. 'I'm moving to california' , and she wasn't alone, she was in the car with some dude and not just a friend because he had kissed her while they were at the light, she couldn't see me cause my windows tinted but I'm sure she would've noticed my car if she wasn't to busy lip lockin. "Yo babe, look out the window to your left" I said to Ashley laughing. She was just getting finished strapping KJ back into his seat and then she looked and said "Oh, hell naw! See I told you she was a hoe KC" Ashley said laughing right along with me, but then the light turned green. By the time we got to the house everyone was there except the person I really wanted to be there, my dad. Me and Ashley walked upstairs to get changed into something more comfortable. Ashley went to lay KJ in his bassinet while she got dressed so she got upstairs a little before me, when I reached the top of the stairs I heard crying from my mom room so I knocked and opened the door at the same time, when I opened it I seen my mom trying to dry Her face before I seen her tears. "Ma, you good?" I said walking over to her. "Kelani, I'm fine baby. go ... go enjoy your company". She said trying to keep herself together. "Ma, what's wrong, you know you can tell me" I said giving her a hug. She hugged me back and said "your father, he's supposed to be here right now, with us! Celebrating! Kelani I miss him so much. You know he was one of my bestfriends." I looked at my mom and said "mom, I know...I'm sad about it to. I really miss him and not just today, everyday. Dad was my hero, he was inspiring and I looked up to him but you know he's here in spirit. And God sent you another angel, he sent you Darryl. Sure he's not dad but he's a great guy and I've gotten to know him and he's growing on me." My mom smiled and hugged me and said "son thank you, I love you and I'm beyond proud of you." I smiled Back and told her "I Love you too ma and thank you! Now come on so we can go enjoy our company, well I have to change first but you can go ahead". My mom cleaned herself up and went downstairs and I went into my room and changed into my blue Jean true religion jeans and my grey and teal colored Air Jordan 6 Retros and the shirt to match, KJ and Ashley had the same outfits on, which they had just got done changing into. I had bought the outfits for us a couple days before my graduation. When I went downstairs and to the backyard I seen everyone out there eating, dancing, talking and the kids were running around, I just smiled but I had forgot to put on Cologne so I went back inside and to my room to put on my 'Chrome' Cologne that Darryl had bought me a couple of days ago, man did it smell good. On my way downstairs someone rang the doorbell and so I went to answer it and it was Nichole. "What the hell your want? " I said with an attitude. "You don't have to be rude KC, I just came to tell you to burn that blanket I have your son, cause I'm starting my own family with my new man, a real man" Nichole said with a smirk and rubbing her stomach. I laughed in her face and said "God bless that child, but yo.. I don't even know where they blanket is, I think Ashley threw it away, I hope she did, but how you going to get pregnant, what about your 'future' and all that crap your mom was talking about? And why you came by here to tell me that instead of calling?". Nichole rolled her eyes and said "Good and I got tired of her living my life for me, I graduated about a week ago up in California, so I came back here and I decided I'm grown now so she no longer can tell me what to do, and as for college, it can wait. I need a break from school, and I told you I didn't want you to have my number." As soon as I was about to reply to her dumb ass comment my Aunt Myra walked to the front door from outside and said "what the hell is this?" as she looked Nichole up and down. I laughed so hard and Nichole frowned up and walked away and said "this my last trip over here, bye KC". As I continued to laugh I closed the door and put my arm around my Aunt Myra neck and we walked to the backyard together. "Boy, you smell good. What that you got on?" Said Aunt Myra all country like. I laughed because she only has like five teeth in her mouth so it's funny when she talks. "It's called Chrome Auntie, Darryl bought it for me." I said smiling and joining the party. "Mmm, it smell good. But listen here. What you gone do now since you done got ya diplomat?" Again, I laughed and said "Auntie it's diploma and thanks for reminding me, I have to make my announcement.". I ran over and stood on my patio where my mom and her sisters were sitting and I yelled "everyone, Listen up I have an announcement." The music stopped, the kids stopped running around and everyone stopped talking and all eyes were on me. "Well, first off I want to thank everyone for being here today, I thank you for your love and support and I want to give a special thanks to the girl that I love so much, My Fiancé ." Ashley smiled and I continued "A couple days ago I took the test to enlist into the U.S. military, and I passed, I scored high enough to go into the Air Force branch, which was what I was aiming for. Um, I just had everyone asking me what I was going to do with my life after I graduated, well here it is. I'm going to join the Air Force and follow in my dad's footsteps." After about five seconds everyone started applauding and my mom and Ashley were the first ones to run up and hug me. I really thought Ashley would've been mad but she was so happy, I was so happy. I shook so many of my uncles and cousins hands and hugged so many aunts, everyone congratulated me and my Graduation day was just a day I wouldn't ever forget. I walked over to Darryl whom was holding KJ and took KJ from him so Ashley, KJ, and I could take more pictures together. When I walked over to Ashley she hugged me again and said "baby I'm so proud of you! You know I support you to the fullest!" I kissed her on the cheek and said "Thank you, you're my biggest supporter, well you and my mom" I chuckled and she did too. I had got my Aunt Myra to take our pictures, it took her forever to figure out how to work the phone but when she did get it we took plenty of pictures, my mom and Darryl even got in some of them. After we got done me and Ashley went to the kitchen to fix KJ another bottle, well I fixed the bottle and she held him for me. "Ash, guess who came by here" I said putting formula into KJ's bottle. "Who?" She said barely paying attention since she was playing with KJ. "Nichole, and guess what" I said shaking up the bottle. "Really? What did she want? And what?" Ashley said still playing with KJ. "She said she wanted me to burn the blanket that she gave KJ with their names on it and she's pregnant again and she said she starting a new life with her new man" I said laughing again. I handed Ashley the bottle and she started feeding KJ and she said "man, I been threw that away, I'm his mother. And really? I hate it for her." I laughed and sat down at the kitchen table with Ashley and said "me and you both". After Ashley got done feeding him she went upstairs to take a nap, and I burped KJ and he surprisingly burped fast this time. I just started rocking him because he needed a nap too. As I rocked him to sleep at the kitchen table I just smiled, I can't believe I have a son, every since March 14, 2015 everything I do, I do for him. I thank God for all of my blessings, but this one was the best one yet.