Starting as the year 1990, Nikolai James is going into her second year of college, currently studying Pre-Nursing. Growing up in a heavily religious family with a father devoted to his pastoral duties, life hasn't been easy for the 19 year old. With...
Jennifer had long made her exit as we finished our meals. The evening time had grown into night as we sat alone quietly without disturbance.
I was starting to grow calm but I could still feel the shock inside of my body. I just could not believe he was sitting there with me. His presence was unbelievable, and there I was in the midst of music royalty.
"So here we are.." Prince said while taking a sip from his glass. "You're awfully quiet."
"Pardon me, I'm sorry, it's just.." I paused while trying to collect my thoughts. "I'm sort of a quiet person when you first meet me, and to be frank, I'm still a bit in shock."
"I understand. And that is why we decided to go about the process the way we did. You're not afraid are you? I mean you almost ran out of here."
"Afraid? No. I'm not afraid. I was just taken back honestly. It takes some time for me to open up, but I will be fine."
"How about now?"
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I looked down quickly as I could before placing my straw to my lips. There was no way I could stare back at him for any lengthy period of time.
"How about now what?" I asked as I pretended to be a bit distracted by rolling up the sleeves of my jacket.
"How about now you start to open up to me? I'm not asking you to tell me everything but I want you to be comfortable. Tell me about yourself, growing up, anything that you're ok with sharing."
"Okay." I smiled as I shifted in my seat. "I'm the second of two children, the only girl... and I've been designing since I was seven."
"Seven?" He asked curiously with a quick lick to his lips. "That's very young, means you've known what you've wanted to do for quite some time."
"Not exactly. My career choices have not been a walk in the park."
"Care to elaborate?"
"We both know that once I was offered the job, I didn't accept it right off. See, my father has always wanted me to be a nurse. He comes from a long line of them and my mother is a nurse as well so he felt it was right that his only daughter followed suit. I was actually accepted to the program, and when I told him I'd be leaving for this job, he wasn't thrilled about it at all."
"He took the news pretty bad huh?"
"Definitely." I nodded. "He's been very tough on my brother and I, authoritarian and religion at it's best."
