U with me?

Chapter One

4 Months Earlier:

"Mom, have you seen my other suitcase?" I yell down the hall to my mom. There was no way I was going to pack in time for moving day tomorrow. "This literally feels like it's taking forever."

"Sweetie you're almost done so I don't know why you are freaking out so much," My mom says as she peeks around the corner, "Plus it's only two o' clock, so you have the whole rest of the evening."

"I just feel like I'm going to forget something. You're not the one packing to go somewhere that I'm going to spend four years of life at." I say frustrated.

"Are you forgetting that I also had to do this myself years ago, and for your brother a few years ago?" She says.

"Well," I say defeated, "Lord, I just need to calm down,You right."

"I know I'm right, I'm always right." She says walking away laughing."

I've always waited for this time to come, but now that it's here I just don't know if I'm ready. College is a huge step in every teenager's life, well at least that's what I've read in school and heard from adults. I haven't really been exposed to much because of how religious my family is, so this new college experience is going to be a challenge. I was suppose to be going to Emerson College, but that out state tuition would kill us right now. So I will be attending LSU.

My highschool career was amazing, as far as academics. Socially it was not so great. I was never the girl to get all the attention, don't get me wrong, I'm not shy or ugly and I had a few friends. I just wasn't out there for everyone to notice me. If anyone did know me it was because of my dad, who was the pastor at the church most people in town went to. After he passed away I definitely wasn't out there socializing at parties. There's so many things that I wish I experienced in high school that could have set me up for this next step in my life. I never drank, never had sex, I never even had a boyfriend. All I can do now is wish for the best and let Jesus take the wheel..

                                                                   -     The next Morning    -

*beep beep beep* My alarm wakes me up letting me know it's time to get ready to go to my new home for the next four years of life. Jesus help me make it through this.

"Jazz are you awake yet," my mom yells, "if not get your sleepy butt up or I'll make you get up.

"I'm up damn." I mumble hoping she didn't hear the last part of my sentence. There is no cursing aloud in my house. I look at my phone to see three missed calls from my best friend Whitney, so I call her back.

"Good morning sis," she says excitedly, "how'd you sleep?"

"Why you always gotta say, "hey sis", whenever you call me," I say laughing, "but anyway i slept alright. I'm just ready to get to campus and see our room."

"I know that's right, now hurry up and get on the road so we can get there at the same time." She says.

My mother and I get dressed and ready so quick that we were able to pack up the car and be on the road by nine, so we would get there around noon. After the long car ride we finally arrived at the beautiful campus at the same time as Whitney. I didn't realize how hard it would be to say goodbye to my mother. She's taken care of me and my brother all by herself for these past few years and I don't know how I could ever thank her.

" You know your dad would be so proud of you jasmine." she says sadly. "I just wish he was here to see his girl go off to college, something he never got the chance to do."

"I know mom, I miss him too." I say tearing up. "I don't know how to say bye mom. I'm really gonna miss you."

"It's alright sweetie it's not goodbye, it's see you later. You will be coming home more often than holiday breaks right?" She says laughing.

"Of course I will Mom. I have to go now, I don't want to miss orientation. I love you." I say.

"I love you too sweetie, have fun and be careful." She says heading back to her car. I wait until she pulls off to go back to the room to find Whitney. I'm so happy we got a room together, so far moving in has been like a piece of cake. Now I just have to see if this cake called college has a nasty aftertaste or if it actually is sweet.