The South Circle

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

     I swaggered to the cafeteria, and took a seat, even though I wasn't going to eat anything since Ms. Esther and Ms. Erika had something to tell us. I had my elbows on the table, and I was waiting to hear what they had to say.

"Good news, we're successfully going to have our fundraiser!" Ms. Esther began. "I just want to thank you guys for allowing me to be the head of all of this, it's really important to me and I can't wait to see the camp growing as it should be."

We all clapped our hands, as Ms. Erika took over from there. "Since I've been helping Ms. Erika out with everything for the fundraiser and have been missing out on asking you guys the question.. I'll randomly have to start asking questions and having you answer them on my spot. First question is, What would you do with one million dollars? No answer is wrong."

"I'll probably get half and start my business." Braylon started. "I want to build a business from the ground up, and would keep half for the stuff I'll be bringing into the business."

"What kind of business?" Ms. Erika asked him.

"Clothing business, might even sale shoes and other stuff in it." Braylon told her.

"Sounds great." Ms. Erika nodded. "Any others with ideas?"

"Um.. if I had one million dollars I'll have to give some of it to my parents because of all the hard work they've did for me and I'll save money to help me in school.. I'm still learning to find out what would be my career in the next five to ten years but I hope to be successful in anything that I put my mind to." Constance shared her ideas.

I swear I'll marry her one day.

I thought. "I definitely would like to open my own barbershop. I don't know where the location would be but I definitely would want to build it from the ground up as my brother Braylon stated, and make sure that'll I help the young black men out there to see that it's more out there than the streets."

Sienna spoke with a sigh. "I'll want to take the money to move to Los Angeles. I'm literally over everything going in Atlanta, I'll take the money to start fresh and find myself because here I'm lost, I feel stuck. Going to a new place would definitely help me out."

Constance stared at her with a soft smile. I remember them speaking so it had to be something else that Sienna dealt with. I already know that everyone had their own problems that they dealt with and it's hard to confess that to someone that you believe will not understand you. Sometimes I think that I shouldn't tell people what's going on with me but after speaking to Constance who's shown me that talking is the best way to get yourself help.

It's crazy how a person who doesn't even believe in herself has the gift of wanting to help others to believe in themselves. It's like we both learned that we can be that person to motivate each other. I'm completely proud of how much she's grown, and I can't wait to see her progressing more and more.