𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 ( 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 )

𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

*UNEDITED*

Breakfast at the Night residence was awkward to say the least. Instead of it being the usual talking going on it was quiet and all you could hear were the scraping of forks on the plates as everyone ate.

Emberly sat next to Everly the two quietly eating, while their mother glanced at them a few times and Mark was sipping on his coffee looking between the mother and the daughters. He already knew the girls had found out but this was between mother and daughter and he didn't want to but it.

"How's school going?" Jessica asks trying to start a conversation. 

Emberly glances up at her Mom, but didn't answer as she continued eating. She heard her mother let out a sigh. She didn't even know why her mother bother trying to talk to them. They were stubborn. Something the got from their father. 

Mark cleared his throat as he sets down his cup of coffee. "Since your mother doesn't have to work today and neither do I, I was thinking we can have a family night. Board games, watch some movies, maybe order some pizza."

"No thanks, Championship game is tonight, I told Spencer I would be there." Emberly says as she got up from her seat holding her plate in her hand, she walked over to the trash dumping her left over food in the trash, then going over to the sink putting her plate inside. 

"I'm meeting up with a few of my friends, not going to be able to come." Everly answers. 

"Well, maybe we could come to the game with you." Jessica suggests. 

"No thank, Mom." Emberlh says as she starts to head towards the front door getting ready to leave.

"I'm your mother, you can't just ignore me forever." Jessica calls out. 

"I have a pep rally to be at. I got to go."  Emberly says as she grabbed her bag and keys walking out the front door.

***

Emberly stood in the bleachers beside Spencer at the Crenshaw gym, a green and yellow pom pom in her hand as she waved it around, occasionally she would dance around listening to the band play, but would stop fearing that someone was watching her. 

"Can you believe this is my first time going to one of these?" Emberly asks. 

"Come on ain't nothing like a South Crenshaw pep rally." Spencer says.

The smile on her face faded away when she noticed Olivia in the stand below her but on the other side.

Olivia still wasn't speaking to her. she tried calling and texting but stopped when she knew Olivia wasn't going to answer. 

"Hey, hey, hey, hey! I want to give a special introduction to Pastor Weeks!" Chris says into the mic handing it to the Pastor, the crowd cheering and clapping. 

"All right. Now I know the last person yall want to hear from at a pep rally is your pastor. Pastor said causing people to laugh.  But I'm not here to give a sermon. I'm here to celebrate my boys! The soon-to-be state-champion South Crenshaw Chargers! That's us, baby! You boys are showing folks what Crenshaw's really about.  So don't let anybody tell you that your destiny is to be locked up or dead. Greatness is your destiny. You boys keep being role models. Show the world what it really means when we say, "Crenshaw strong." And bring us home that damn state championship trophy!"

***

Emberly exited the stall after just using the restroom. The pep rally was over and now it was time for her go home.