Chapter: Chapter Twenty"Hello Ernest." Ariel said as she walked down the stairs. "Wow.. Ariel, you look beautiful." Ernest said, making Ariel blush. "Thank you, Ernest." Ariel said while doing a courtesy. "You look rather handsome yourself." She's like a princess. Ernest thought. "Ohhhh, we HAVE to take pictures!" Polly said. "Daddy, where's the camera?!" "I'm getting it now, sweetie!" Timothy yelled from a different room. Timothy came back with the polaroid camera and took multiple pictures of the group. They had cute photos, silly goofy photos, the annoyed trying to get everyone to do the same pose photos, and even the date photos. And it was in that moment that all four of them thought, Wow, these are really my friends. After they finished taking the photos, they all got into Michael's car and drove to homecoming. When they got there, there was a line to get inside the building. "Jeez, I hope I can find parking." Michael said, but to his luck, he was able to find parking about two blocks away
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Chapter: Chapter NineteenThe day is here. Where all the women dress like royalty and all the men dress like business men; homecoming.And Ernest is freaking out."Ernest sweetie, we can get another suit.." His mother said, but that didn't slow Ernest pacing at all."Homecoming is TODAY! I can't get a new suit right now! It's impossible!" He exclaimed."Well, maybe you still wear this.." His mother lifted up his suit to reveal it covered in bleach stains.Apparently, his father tried to wash clothes while he was drunk and Ernest’s suit paid the price."Oh no.." Ernest sighed and slumped on the couch. "I can't go to the dance in that, mom. My first date and I fucked that up too.." Ernest mumbled."First date? But I thought you've been on plenty of dates?" His mother asked.Ernest found himself blushing at his mothers catch on; yes, he has been out with other girls before, but those girls asked him out. Ernest never wanted to take someone out and show them a good time before meeting Ariel."Yeah, I meant the fir
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Chapter: Chapter EighteenAriel was drenched in sweat, pushing herself way beyond her limits as she punched and kicked the punching bag."Aye kid!" A man yelled, making Ariel grab the punching bag to stop it and look at him."Oh, yes coach?" Ariel asked."Go home. Don't want to see your face again for the rest of the week.""Wait, what? Why?" Ariel asked."Firstly because you're taking up other clients' time. Secondly, you're pushing yourself way too hard and finally, whatever you're mad. or stressed about, punching and kicking isn't helping. You need to nip whatever it is in the bud. Now go home, I'm serious. You need to go.""Fine.." Ariel said. Ariel dried off her face with the towel she brought, grabbed all of her things and left.The truth was, Ariel wasn't mad at all. She was nervous and stressed out.°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•Ariel stared at her ticket in disbelief. She was so shocked to see that she actually had a ticket to go to homecoming. It was laminated. Had the most
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Chapter: Chapter Seventeen"Oh, Ariel, I got a letter from your school talking about homecoming. Are you going this year?" Ivory asked. "Oh.. I don't know, momma. Probably not." Ariel said. "It's for the best anyway. I don't really feel like dealing with all the stares." She explained. "Hey, I'm going to go take a shower, okay?" "Yes. Of course." Ivory said. Ariel grabbed her things and brought them upstairs to her room to take a shower. While Ariel is taking a shower, not too far from her was her friend’s scheming. "This is crazy!" Frankie whispered. "Polly, when you asked for my help, I didn't know it was to break into your school!" "Look, I usually don't ask for your help, but you're the best at picking locks and plus, the cameras back here don't work. Just pick the lock and you can go straight home. No harm done." Polly said. "Easy for you to say. You're not black." Frankie retorted. "Dude, just open it." Michael said in annoyance. "No, fuck you guys. I need to get home." Frankie said before trying
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Chapter: Chapter Sixteen"Ariel Nicolette Smith!" Ivory yelled. Ariel groaned at the boom of Ivory's voice. "What does she want?" Ariel said groggily. Ariel had already gotten in trouble for eating all the chocolate in the house. What could she possibly be in trouble for now? "Don't make me come up there! Get down here, now!" Ivory yelled again. Ariel groaned while rolling out of bed and walking downstairs with her bonnet and robe on. "Ariel!" "I'm coming momma. I'm coming." Ariel came downstairs still feeling sleepy. "What is it?" Ariel asked. "This." Ivory pointed to the door and just as if Ariel luck had just ran out, Chad was at her door. "You care to explain why some white boy is knocking on our door at 10 am." "Oh my God, Chad, I am so sorry. I totally-" "Forgot? Yeah, I did too and I felt bad for coming so late, but looks like you're a little late too." Chad chuckled. Ariel felt a bit embarrassed. "Momma, this is Chad. I'm going to be tutoring him in science for a bit." "Another one? Jeez." I
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Chapter: Chapter Fifteen"Yes?.." Ariel replied hesitantly."You have the capability of being hot?!" Polly exclaimed, making Ariel very embarrassed."Polly, cut that out!""How come you never wear that to school? You look so pretty!" Polly said. "And how come I've never seen you in this?" Polly huffed."Because Polly, we're normally both busy on weekends. And also, I don't have time for boys trying to catch my attention. I need to focus on school and make it to a university. Life may be short, but it's long enough for me to do goals first and boys second.""That's my daughter!" Ivory yelled from the kitchen in a proud tone."Okay, then what about Ernest?"
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