My eyes shot open suddenly, a sense of dread pooling into my stomach. I sit up in bed and groan as I realize tomorrow is my seventeenth birthday. Ma and I were supposed to go do something fun together. However, my mom's idea of “fun” isn’t usually anywhere close to fun, but she tries and it’s just me and her ever since my father died, I was only four when it happened but to this day, I can’t remember how he died. Ma just says he was sick but I find that hard to believe. From what I remember my father was a very strong, muscular, healthy man, but all of my memories around him are foggy and clouded… Raya, my best friend, is supposed to be coming over for the night to be here in the morning for my birthday and I’m wondering where the hell she is. She’s usually already here, early as hell, jumping all over my bed and yelling in my ear. I decided to take a shower and get my mind out of the gutter. Ma is letting me skip school today and tomorrow. She only ever lets me do it when it’
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