Sin City

12

Graduation Night🎓

Nicki POV

"Onika you ready everybody waiting for you downstairs" doobie says as I finished wand curling the last two sections of my hair. Placing my summa cum laude cords on I grabbed my cap and purse unplugging the flat irons and turning my lights off. "Wooooo shit you looking sharp as fuck sis with yo smart ass. I'm proud of you" doobie says gassing me up as smiled. "Thanks now lets go, y'all already rushing me" I say as he pulled his phone out.

"Let me get a few pics then we can leave" he says as I sighed posing and smiling. "Aight let's go" he says as we headed downstairs. "Oh yeah Nas wanted me to give you his number. He said he don't know why y'all haven't exchanged numbers yet" doobie says handing me a small piece of paper. "Oh okay" I say going outside getting in the front seat of my mothers car as her and Layla sat in the back.

"Took you long enough girl. You must not want to walk across that stage" she says as I smacked my teeth. "Alright ma don't start, I see you about to be holding a sleeping one year old most of the night" I say seeing Layla rubbing and closing her eyes. Doobie pulled off as we headed to the centerplex. I sent Nas a quick text so he could have my number. "Hey it's cookie" it says as I placed my phone back in my purse.

"Be nice if my car was fixed, that way y'all could already be there with the rest of our family and not have me hold y'all up because I don't have to be there til 7:30." I say feeling my phone vibrate. "It's fine Onika baby don't stress it" my mother says as I sighed seeing Nas texted back. "Wassup graduate, bout time I get you number. Meet me after the ceremony for your graduation gift;)" it read as I smiled. Wonder what it is his ass got me and now that's all I'm gone be thinking about tonight other than my speech.

Arriving I got out placing my cap on my head before hugging my family and going to the room we were told to be at by seven. Felt awkward not having my bitches here yet so I had to force myself to talk to other people. Moments later I seen someone roll quan in in a wheelchair as I shook my head. "Damn Nic you crazy as fuck" I say to myself with a smirk but stopped when I also seen his baby moms. Took everything in me not to go over there and choke that hoe but you know what it wasn't even worth it, he wasn't even worth fighting for.

Can't believe my dumb ass stayed with him after going through what I did and the way he treated me through it. I also think I let guys do the things they did to me because I didn't have that father figure in my life but doobie sure stepped up to my fathers place and taught me much better and everything I know now that's why quan ass in a wheelchair. I don't think I can love again. I gave myself to that nigga even though I said I was saving myself. He knew everything about me, at least that's what it seemed.

I was the realist bitch his ass ever had, down to ride for his ass and all and now he lost me. Now he's crippled can't have any more kids having ass got a whole ass family on the side, something I wanted with him in the future but all that has definitely went left. Damn seeing him has got me deep in my feelings again I want to run out that door and lock myself back up in my room. "Cookie bitch don't you hear me talking to you" I jump seeing Candi standing in front of me.

"Oh shit girl my bad, I was lost in my thoughts" I smiled as she shook her head. "Damn I was calling your name about 8 times who the fuck got you thinking deeply over there" she says looking at me following my eyes. "Oh girl fuck him" she says as I said nothing instead tears started to escape. I couldn't control them either as they continued to roll down my face fucking up my makeup. "Oh noooo baby don't cry, come with me" she says grabbing my hand rushing me to the restroom.

"I....I really want to go home candi and have them email me my diploma for all I care I just don't want to be here" I cried as she went into the stall getting mad tissue. The door bust open with thembi and Justine loud asses running over to me. "Awwww why our cookie crying it's too early babe, ceremony hasn't even started yet" Justine says as I just looked at her grabbing tissue to clean my face. "Justine let's not okay. Her and quans break up is still fresh and her seeing him tonight made her emotional." Candi says.