College Dreaming

Chapter 1

College Dreaming
Chapter 1

*Chris's POV*
Senior year sure flew by. It seems like graduation just happened yesterday, and pretty soon, my summer vacation will be over. In three more days, I will be heading off to college with my two besties Myra and Trey, and my boyfriend, Kamaal. I get a head start at packing my bags since I'm not doing too much of anything. I start folding a few clothes, and placing them in the suitcase on my bed as Myra busts through my door.

"Heeeeeey Chris!"

"Damn hoe, do you ever knock?"

"Boy please, ain't nobody got time for that. I see you finally got started packing. Were you waiting on Christmas to start?"

See when I pack my bags, I usually wait until the last minute to do it. If I pack ahead of time, then I think I will end up forgetting something important. Call me crazy, but that's just the way I operate.

"Uh uh, don't do me. That's just how I do."

"Whatever weirdo. I remember we almost missed the bus for Grad Bash because you wanted to pack 30 minutes before we were supposed to leave." Myra says 

"We weren't gonna miss shit. Mr. Frazier wasn't stupid to pull that bus of without me, especially since I helped plan the trip."

"True. Let me help you before we end up here for the rest of the week."

"Girl cut it! Did you even pack yet?"

"This ain't about me hoe."

I laugh at Myra as she walks over to the closet and places more clothes in the suitcase on my bed. Eventually she fumbles around and pulls out a box.

"Hey Chris, what's this?"

I turn around and notice the box she's holding.

"Awwww that's my memory box."

Myra raises her eyebrow at me, then proceeds to go through the box. She pulls out an armband from the skating rink, a Boys and Girls Club membership card, and a few certificates and prize ribbons from school.

"Wow look at all this stuff you kept. Ha!!! Look at this!!!"

Myra holds up a picture from a pool party in middle school. I put the picture down and continue looking through the box with Myra.

"Oohhhh, are these love notes I see? Wait, these are from Jamal. Why did you keep these?" She asks. I didn't even realize I kept those in there. Hell, I forgot I put those in there.

"Shit, I didn't even realize those were still in there." I say as I rip every single note to shreds. Jamal was my first everything, despite everything we've been through lately. I still remember the day Jamal and I got together. Myra puts the box down and starts reading some of the notes as my mind wanders off.

*FLASHBACK*

"Draw 4 lil nigga."

'Ugh, how did you manage to get all of the Draw 4 cards Jamal?"

"You know UNO is my game. Now stop talkin and get in that deck."

"You suck."

"Don't be that way sexy."

I blush and laugh as I pick four cards from the deck.

"Chris, let me ask you a question."

"For the last time, I'm not rubbing your feet Jamal."

"Nah fool...I just wanna know wassup with us?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well its kinda hard for me to say this, but I really like you."