Anaya Johnson, 18 is a senior at Brayden high school. She is the definition of a nerdy girl. Top of her class, all APs, multiple scholarships, and obsessed with keeping to herself and reading. Read as her life takes the biggest turn after hooking up...
It was our last day in California. My dad was taking us out to dinner. We were all getting dressed when I overheard Clarence on the phone with who I assumed was Keith.
"What day they say we gotta move in by?" He asked. I heard him brushing his waves.
"July 8th? That's giving me 2 more days to get my shit together." He said back.
"I don't know how ima tell Anaya, I guess I'm going to just keep it a hundred and tell her. It's only a couple days away." He said. I wish I could hear Keith talking.
"Alright bro, we're about to go out to dinner and I'll hit you when we leave."
I heard his footsteps coming out the bathroom, so I fell back on the bed like I was watching tv.
I was already ready, just waiting for the rest of the family.
"You got ready quick." Clare said, as he laid on top of me.
"Because I'm hungry. I'm ready to go." I said, with an attitude. I turned over on my side.
"Ma what's wrong witchu'?" He asked, backing off me a little.
"So when were you going to tell me you had to be on campus this soon?" I said.
"Baby..." Clare sighed.
"I'm being forreal Clarence. I haven't even figured out my situation yet and you moving on with Keith." I said.
Clarence got off me completely and stood up.
"I was planning on telling you today, I promise. I couldn't figure out how to tell you, because I didn't want you to go off on me like you are now." Clarence said, blowing his breath.
I rolled my eyes.
"Quit with this damn attitude. We're about to go to dinner with your folks. We'll talk about this later." He said, as he opened the door and walked upstairs with True.
Even though I was pissed his aggressiveness turned me on. I shook the thought from my head and followed him up the stairs.
We all loaded up in my dad's Escalade and headed to the restaurant. I was excited to be spending more time with my dad before we left. We pulled up to the restaurant and got out.
We all sat down at the table and ordered our food. I sat in front of my dad. My mom on one side of him, Heather on the other side with my baby sister and Alexis. Clarence, myself and True sat on the other side.
"Y'all, London and I have an announcement we'd like to make." My dad said. All our attention turned to him.
"Your mother and I wanted to present you with this graduation gift Anaya." My dad said, as he passed me a medium size box.
"At first, we were a little nervous and didn't think you could handle such gift but over these past two months, you have really showed us how responsible you are." My mom said.
"Not only responsible, but deserving of this gift. You have held your own and made everything happen for you and True so far without asking us a thing. We are so proud of you." My dad smiled. I got nervous to open it up.
"We really hope you like it. Clarence helped us pick it out." My mom smiled. I looked over at him.
"You was in on this too?" I asked. He smiled and nodded.
"Just open it baby girl." He said. I lifted the top off the box and it was house keys.
My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. I picked them up.
"You got me a place?" I asked my parents.
"Yes ma'am, I know you wanted an apartment and your father originally said no. But here it is! It's right across the street from campus, so it's considered campus." My mom smiled.
I teared up. I went around the table and hugged both of my parents.
"I love you guys so much!" I said.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." I added.
"You're so welcome baby." My dad said.
I couldn't stop smiling. I couldn't believe I had my own place. I sent a picture of my keys to Bianca
to: my bih Bianca💜💜
"Sissss!!! Look! My parents got me an apartment. I'm so shook."
from: my bih Bianca💜💜
"Yasss! We're going shopping for it as soon as you get back. I can't wait to set up your room and baby True's too."
I smiled in excitement.
to: my bih Bianca💜💜
"Yassss!! See you tomorrow 💜"
I put my phone up and enjoyed the rest of the dinner with my family. Afterwards we went back to the house to get ready for tomorrow.
Clarence gave True a bath while I packed us back up. I couldn't believe our trip was over.
I laid on the bed and scrolled through our vacation pictures. I picked one of True and uploaded it to my Instagram.
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High School is coming to an end! I just want to thank y'all for the support! It's like, I get 1K new reads every other day and I'm forever grateful. I've been experiencing slight writer's block, so the next few chapters and sequel will be put off just a little bit.
