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"Ok class, today we have a new student joining us. He's usually in my morning class but now he has joined the night class."

Dominic then came into view. I haven't seen him all week and now here he is. I would be lying if I said I didn't think about him often. I don't know, something about his teeth does something to me.

"You can take a seat anywhere you want"

Of course, his fine ass came to take a seat next to me. I smiled at him and he smiled back. Mr. what's his face frowned at Dominic's choice of seating.

His hating ass just doesn't want me to get a nigga.

"Ok guys, today we have a project to do. I want you all to create a two-story house with lighting, furniture, and some sort of art. We will be using this week's lesson on modern architecture and glass walls. This will be done in groups of 3 or 4. I'm giving you guys a week to complete it so no procrastinating or complaining."

Everyone immediately went to their little cliques. I was left alone at my desk. I expected Dominic to get up and join the other kids but, he didn't.

"Dominic you can join another group you know. You don't have to be stuck with her"

I wanted to stick the middle finger at him so bad.

"Why would I join another group? You said groups of 3 or 4. If I join another group than that'll make them a group of 5 and she's the only one that's alone"

"If you insist"

Thank God I have a partner for this project. I don't really need a partner but it's nice to have one for once. Everyone in this class always teams up against me even though I always outperform them.

"Thank you for being my partner"

"I only picked you because you're the cutest girl here"

"Boy, I'm the only girl here"

I laughed. He knows he picked me because I'm an amazing individual. I smiled at Dominic and we got to sketching. We came to the agreement that all four walls of our house would be glass.

"I want all glass walls so I can see my ass from all angles as I walk around the house"

Dominic looked at me like I lost my mind. He doesn't understand what goes through my head every day. Once I get my body right I'm walking around my apartment naked and playing with my booty more.

"Is this what I have to go through with being your friend?"

"Friend? Who said we were friends?"

I teased as I raised my eyebrow. All he did was shrug his shoulders and continue sketching our house. I don't know if we're friends so I was genuinely asking. It came out a little bit rude though.

"I mean we're friends for now. Real soon I'm going to be your boyfriend"

He said as he erased a stray line. I stared at him in shock as he pretended like what he said was normal. I didn't even know him like that and yet he has already planned on us dating.

"Trust me you wouldn't want to date me. For most of my life, I was spoiled and showered with respect. My expectations are very high and my self-respect is even higher"

I said. I know these boys go after girls with a weak mind so they can manipulate them. I want to let him know that I will not be treated like trash or the other woman.

I've seen girls going through hell on The Shaderoom and in real life after they get dogged by men they dated. Being seen as the campus clown isn't a part of my agenda for the four years that I'm going to be here.

"I can tell you are treated like a queen by your parent. Whenever the parents do their job and build up their child's standards men can sense it"

And that's the truth.

We got back to drawing the model of our house. I must say it will turn out amazing. If we don't get an A+ on this house then I'm for sure switching out of this class.

Once class was over I packed all my things up in a hurry. This man always has the tendency to give out extra work to anyone that's left after class. When I tell you he's an annoying ass roach I mean it.

I was trying to run out when Dominic stopped me. I pretended like I didn't feel it until I was in the hallway. Ain't no way I'm getting extra work added to my miniature house model.

"Can I come over later so we can finish our homework? Consider it a homework date thing"

I didn't know what to say. What's a homework date thing anyways? I don't mind but, he's going to for sure think I got some coins when he sees my apartment. I don't like the fact that I have to hide my coins so people can treat me the same as everyone else.

"We can meet at the coffee shop downstairs. My place is a little cluttered"

"Ok, we'll meet there. I hope you know I'm not one of those niggas that judge someone based on what they have or what their living conditions are"

All I did was nod my head. I mean, what can I really say to that? He's cute and all but I don't see myself opening up too much to him.

We picked a time for us to meet up then we went out separate ways. Since I had a few hours to spare I decided to call my parents. They've been begging me to have a talk with them.

The phone didn't even ring one time before they picked up. My dad had a huge smile on his face, waving frantically at the camera. My mom was sitting next to him but, it took me a while to see her. My dad was hiding the camera away from her so it could only show him.

"Hey, how have you guys been?"

"Horrible, we miss you babygirl". My mom shouted into the microphone. They looked like they've been waiting for my call since forever.

They don't really call me since they know I'm always in class. They don't want to disrupt my learning even though I be thinking about getting hit from the back during some teacher's lessons.

I don't know why my brain does that. I just space out and go to another place. The weird thing is that it don't even be with a specific person, all I see is me and the body of a man.

"Like you guys don't have a daughter that's left with you"

I hear Cassidy say in the background. I just rolled my eyes. She always finds a way to insert herself into something that has nothing to do with her. I'm on the phone with my parents, not her.

"Anyways chile, what's happening up there at Howard?"

"Nothing much. I've been attending classes, doing homework, eating then sleeping exactly in that order"

I don't have much of a social life here. In high school I was out every other weekend having the time of my life. I had to savor the moment because I knew if I had fun today I wasn't able to have fun tomorrow.

And also, things were more fun when you had to ask your parents for permission. Now I can't even lie and say my parents said no I couldn't go. I sadly don't need their approval anymore.

"You're in University now baby. You can give your brain a break every once in a while"

They always tell me that. I work very hard and sometimes I do need a break, I just convince myself that I'll be fine. By the time my work is done I'm sleepy so I just go to sleep until the afternoon.

"How is this fair? When I was in school you guys didn't let me go out at all. I had to check in with you guys every two hours so you can make sure I was in school"

Cassidy whined. The difference between her and me is that I can be trusted. If I say I'm at school then I'm at school, they don't need to question me. Last time she said she was in school she accidentally butt-dialed my mom while she was at a party.

"We were trying to prevent you from dropping out of school and potentially getting pregnant from all that partying you were doing. I see what we were doing was obviously useless because look at you now"

She shut her ass up real quick. She didn't know that my mom knew about her scandalous ways. If you're gonna be active don't do it at your parents' house where they have cameras in almost every room.

After Cassidy got dragged to filth my, parents and I started talking about my future. They offered to give me a guaranteed job at the LA fashion district but I put it on hold.

I really want to get my job on my own. But if I see it's two months after graduation and I don't have a job I'm taking their offer. I'm independent, not a dummy.

" I have a homework "date" thing in a couple of minutes so I have to go"

"A date thing? What's up with the newer generation today. It's either it's a date or it's not. All those mixed signals"

My dad complained. He likes to be straight forward with people when it comes to stuff like this. He says what he means and he means what he says. There's no need to question where his head is at.

You better pray that he likes you because if he doesn't he will let you know.

"you guys never question Serenity about anything she does with boys".

I heard Cassidy mumble. That's one thing I don't like about her. She always compares our situations as if we're the same person.

I remember when I had to get on birth control to regulate my period she was mad. She wanted to get on birth control so she can have unprotected sex. We're not the same at all.

I saw my mom take a deep breath then turned around. Cassidy, who was sitting on a stool behind her, had her eyes set on me. I'll just add that to her last on why she hates me.

"That's because when I told her that sex is only supposed to happen between a husband and wife she believed me. You, on the other hand, went to have sex to prove me wrong"

"Well see you guys later, I have to go. Love you"

I said quickly before Cassidy could start arguing with my mom. Afterward, I hung up the phone and started getting ready for the homework session.

I was chilling on my bed for a few minutes when my ears went "eeeeeeeee". It began to ring out of nowhere, leaving me deaf for a couple of seconds.

That must be a hint from God telling me to hurry up and get ready. I don't know why but I take everything as a hint from God.

After I made sure I was clean and smelling good I went to pick out an outfit. I went to the causal side of my walk-in closet. I picked out a plain white cropped tee, with a pair of boyfriend jeans, and my blue Coco Chanel purse.

I did it again y'all. I manage to look like a snack wearing plain clothes. I sprayed on my perfume then went to take some Instagram pictures.

I don't know if I'll ever feel myself this much later on this week so I gotta save the moment on my camera roll.

I was just about to leave when my phone dinged. It was a message from Dominic.

What?

I looked at the time and I noticed it was 9:20. I was supposed to meet him at 9:00. I thought he knew I was talking about black people time. I didn't know he was gonna show up on regular timing.

I quickly grabbed my things and speed-walked out the door. Maybe next time I should specify that we're running on negro time.