Her mother hadn't wanted her to leave home for just this very reason.
"When you go off to school, you'll find new friends who'll make you smoke and drink and do drugs and get pregnant. Mm hmm. I know all about universities, baby girl."
But Mom!
How was she ever going to get a decent job without a degree?
Especially with the economy the way it was and that nut case in the White House.
You see, Mom, I just want ─
Tiffany and Keiko returned to the table, and Ashanté stopped talking to herself.
"Oh! You got a pitcher. Awesome!"
"Yeah, those cowboys bought us a beer, but I didn't like it."
"Sure makes you feel good, though." The two girls burst into giggles. They'd never drunk before either.
Ashanté wished she could giggle too, but wasn't feeling it. With a few more sips the giggles came without effort.
"Heh! Hey, look," Keiko said. "Karaoke!"
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Ashes
Romance// BWWM romance // A black teen tries to make a name for herself in the mostly white world of country music. Ashanté wants to be a star like her idols Mickey Guyton, Vicki Vann and Rissi Palmer. Unfortunately, she gets nervous whenever she has to...
