Just a girl from a small town with dreams of making it big. Follow her story from rags to riches, sharing the stage with some of the biggest Stars to date. Just when things are going great, life catches up to her.
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18 year old Lani sat in her cousin Clyde's make shift studio listening to beats. She was suppose to be job hunting, her mom has been on her since her first and last semester of senior year ended. She'd have to find a job if she didn't wanna continue school.
Lani didn't know what she wanted to do with her life, she was a very smart and talented girl receiving many scholarships but all she wanted to focus on was her music. With her cousin starting to get noticed in the industry and them being so close, she focused even harder on her craft hence the reason she's here in the studio. He promised to get her on as soon as he is signed.
Lani's mother supported her kids in any and all activities they participated in, her music included but with two other kids to look after she couldn't support her dream as much anymore. She wanted Lani to go to college, she's an amazing dancer and she got a scholarship to Oakland School of Arts for dance but the music is the only thing Lani saw. Her mother told her she'd have to find a job if she doesn't attend in August, and a week after finishing the semester and being in the house it studio all day she made her get up and out the house everyday to look for jobs.
She'd continue to support Lani if she went to school, but if not she had to get a job but could stay in the house rent free just use the money for necessities. "Oh shit! I gotta go" I jump up getting my things "What! Keys that was fire, you gotta get in the booth first" he gets up following me to the door "I can't.. I was suppose to pick up my sister like twenty minutes ago" I kiss his cheek running out the door to my car.
Lani work extra hard in school because by her sophomore year she knew she hated the place. Finding out that she could double up on her classes and finish early she did just that! The Academy was bearable because of my group of friends but I couldn't do it any longer than I had to, being a dance major wasn't nothing compared to their majors.. it was worst.
I hope she didn't call my mom, pulling out fast I shoot her a text saying I'm close even though I really wasn't. She text back it's cool cause practice ran over and I sigh in relief. If my mom finds out I was late she'll wonder what I was doing, and figure out I haven't been job hunting like I was suppose too. Yeah she's that good. Arriving at the school in five minutes because she was speeding, her sister sat outside on the bench listening to headphones on her phone.
Honking the horn to get her attention her sister gathered her things to get into the car. Kehlani's mother brought her a nice white Jeep Wrangler Sport, it wasn't a 2018 but it was still nice and she loved it. "Mommy cooked?" She asked me as we pull away from the school "She's pulling a double so it's just us tonight" I tell her shaking my head to answer her question "Can we order take out? I'm hungry" she says as we pass the main strip by her school with all the food.
It wasn't a bad idea since I didn't cook yet "Hmm only if mommy left money, I'm broke" I tell her. Otherwise I'd have to cook, I know mom took something out before work because she always cooks when she gets off work. As long as the kitchen was cleaned otherwise we'd have to cook because she's just clean up the mess we left. Arriving home I see my brother hanging with his friends on the porch.
"You finished your homework?" I ask him "Mhm and I washed the dishes" he says already knowing what I'll ask next. I greeted his friends and went inside "Snack and then homework Kierra!" I yelled after her "OKAY LANI!" She yells down the stairs as she shuts her room door. Kicking off my shoes I went into the kitchen to see what my mom planned on cooking. She picked up an extra shift and when she called in between she let me know I needed to pick up my sister and cook. Along with baby sit, meaning no leaving the house.
My brothers ass would leave my sister here alone whenever I'd babysit them while she worked a double, sometimes I'd go to the studio or my best friends house for a little while after she fell asleep. He's an idiot talking about she was fine if she was asleep what he need to baby sit someone sleeping for, my mom came home early one night and we got cursed out sooooo bad. "Laniiiiii" I heard my best friend sing throughout the house.
She walks into the kitchen hoping on the counter "Where moma" she ask "She picked up a extra shift" I tell her cleaning the meat. "Aww man! No studio tonight then huh?" She says "Nope unless she gets off earlier than we expect, but I'm having Clyde send over the beat I was working on earlier" I tell her and that makes her smile. "Cool, that'll work I'm bout to go get my laptop and stuff. I got some beats too." She says getting off the counter before going back out the door.
My mom took out some chicken wings, two cans of mixed vegetables and Uncle Ben's chicken and broccoli rice. Something quick since she usually gets home around 4:30 and wants us eating dinner no later than eight thirty, she doesn't cook huge dinners unless it's Sunday. My mom is a nurse at the hospital, she head nurse actually so her schedule is pretty demanding especially now that we are all older. She can pick up more shifts and things, only downside is we don't see her much but my brother and I stepped up to the plate helping her out where ever we could.
My father passed away shortly after I was born, and who knows where my brother and sisters father is but he does send money every month and calls on holidays and birthdays for them. Although that wasn't merely enough it was just my mom, siblings and myself. We were t struggling and poor, but that was because my mom work extra hard picking up longer shifts and countless hours of overtime to make sure we were good.
