" Bitch I Can't Believe We Did It ! " Screamed Out An Enthusiastic Arrianna Hugging Her BestFriend Serenity As The Rest Of Their Senior Class Threw Their Caps In The Air . Serenity Smiled And Hugged Her BestFriend Back While Fighting Within Herself To Hold Back Her Tears That Were Threatening To Fall From Her Eyes. This Moment Was Bittersweet For Serenity, She Was Beyond Happy That She Was Finally Done With High School But Extremely Saddened At The Fact That Her Mother Wasn't Here To Witness This Moment Of Her Life. She Knew Her Mother Would Be Beyond Proud Of Her, Just To See Her Bright Smile Or Hear Her Giddy Childlike Laughter At This Moment Would've Made Her Feel Complete. Not One Person In Attendance Was There For Her , With The Exception Of Arriana's Mother Tish Who Had Stood And Acted A Fool When Both Their Names Were Called And A Few Of Arrianna's Other Family Members . It Hurt To Know She Had Nobody At Only 18 Years Old , She Had A Few People That Cared For Her But None Of The Were Her Blood .Both Her Parents Were Gone And She Hadn't Spoken To Her Older Sister Porsha Since She Had Moved Away 4 Years Ago. In Fact Porsha Hadn't Even Showed Up To Their Own Mothers Funeral , That Shit Was Just Crazy To Serenity But She Didn't Dwell Nor Stress The Issue She Had Way To Much To Think About .
Snapping Out Of Her Own Thoughts And Continuing To Hold It Together Serenity Released Herself From The Hug Just In Time To See Tish , Arianna's Grandmother Ms.Tonya , And Her Two Older Brothers Jayseon Who Was The Oldest At 22 And Kahiem Who Was 20 Approaching Them. " Yassss Y'all Bitches Did That ! " Said Tish As Soon As She Stepped Into The Girls Immediate Space. Both Girls Laughed And Hugged Her , Tish Was One Of Those Cool Mothers That Looked As If She Wasn't A Day Over 25 And Acted No Older Then 20. " Shit We Worked Hard Enough, I Thought I'd Never Get Out Of Bumass Norman Thomas " Commented Arrianna With A Smirk And A Playful Roll Of Her Eyes Causing Everyone To Laugh. Then One By One The Rest Of Arrianna's Family Gave Their Own Congrats.
Serenity And Arriana Had Been Friends Since Daycare, Real Sandbox Friends And Tish And Selena Serenity's Mother Had Been Friends Since Back In The Day When They Were In High School. In Some Ways Even Though They Weren't Blood Arrianna's Family Was Like Her Own Despite The Fact That They Were Sometimes Dysfunctional And Ghetto As Hell She Loved Them All The Same. Tish Had Taken Her In Without Any Thought And Treated Her As Her Own After Selena Was Murdered Almost 5 Months Before , But Even Before Her Mother Passed Tish Had Treated Her No Different And For That Serenity Would Always Be Grateful.
In Less Them Two Months She'd Be Heading To Georgia For College On A Full Scholarship And Even Though She Was Kind Of Scared At The Tought Of Being Completely Alone She Was Looking Forward To Leaving New York. For As Many Good Memories She Had Here There Were Bad Ones And A Fresh Start Is What She Felt She Needed. Arrianna Hadn't Even Applied To Any Colleges And Was Adamant That College Was Not For Her . As Much As Serenity Would Miss Her Friend And Second Family It Would Be A Lie If She Said She Wasn't Counting Down The Days Till Her New Life Began.
