er of Jesu

ater from the water bottle in my hand. We were finally done, after three days of unpacking and

heard so

y little brother Othniel came to me stret

r him in a bunny knot "there" I said and got up. "Wait, wh

for a playdate, Mom says it's okay and he is so into reptiles too, he has

he's made a friend, I env

robably ecstatic, it's not everyday you move to a new house an

door that led to our kitchen, leaning ag

" I as

going to central

ld her, recalling Mom finalized which school we would

phone, "We're going there now, like in a few minutes o

? why

hrough her braids. "Mom said something ab

to sleep."

hool, it seems cool, check out their website." she cam

nterschool basketball game f

, re

h their posts. Pictures of their hallways, a huge cafeteri

ooking fancy

" she sai

a video "This is a play on Ham

she

rtment" I asked her as the video started to play, it s

t and she was an art student at our old school,

up from the phone and saw my Mom coming down the

checking out the school s

going with us?" Brie

" mom replied her. Oh, no

're taking the b

uncle Michael said Saturday" I asked her a

uple mor

**

a cab, I was in the backseat beat

ing, I'm choking, cause

you rapping?" I stopped beatb

he rhymes not the meaning and t

rother up" Mom said as s

, he stirred a little and finally opened his eyes, "we're here.

down from the cab and wa

**

ur schedules and your locker combinations," pr

in his sixties, but this guy's probably in his late th

pal Claude," my Mom said as she ma

w," he told my Mom, whoa

seniors," Brie said when we got

ts in at senior year and Brie and I were

working her charm on

harm on anyone, it's called

tion alright," I continued as we wa

s fancy as they were in the pictures, ther

calling him by his first name at th

thing," she defended n

m," we c

topped a cab, she knew we'd c

ho had been surprisingly qu

the cab an