Personal Narrative-Say It Isn T So

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Say It Isn’t So
A week passed by in no time and I felt worn out. For the past seven days, my mornings and afternoons were consumed with Johaly and wedding stuff. I was sick and tired of talking about flowers, dresses, jewelry, makeup, and hairstyles. I didn’t dare tell Johaly that because I told her that I was going to be here for her. If that wasn’t bad enough, my nights and early mornings were filled with flashing lights, strippers, alcohol, and clubbing with Shay. Her schedule was jammed packed with deejaying gigs, and she was raking in the dough. She’d made over seven thousand dollars, and that wasn’t including all the free drinks and tips she’d received.
Tonight was the night for a break. I’d been drinking way too much, and I felt
Please don’t tell me that he lives across the street.”
“They call him Roz. He doesn’t live across the street. That’s his aunt’s house. She just moved there a few weeks ago.”
Imani looked like she wanted to cry. I knew that she had to be humiliated because I was.
“Last year it was weed. This year it’s sex. I don’t know what I’m going to do with you. I should tell your dad because you are getting out of control.”
She looked at me with a dumb expression on her face, and I told her to change her sheets because her room smelled like sex. Before I could ask her another question, she was already gone. I knew that she was probably taking the sheets off of her bed, and I was correct. I entered her room slowly and folded my arms across my chest. When I leaned back against the wall, she stopped what she was doing and sat on the bare mattress.
She and I both stared at the pile of soiled linen on the floor until I broke the silence.
“So, is he the only one that you’ve been having sex with?” She didn’t say a word and continued to stare at the pile of sheets. “So I guess that’s a no,” I said before I sat down on the bed next to her. “Are you using any birth control?”
“Yeah, but no one knows. I went to the free clinic and told them that I wanted birth
“Get up from there. You better get ready because we’re going to talk to my mother tonight. I’m positive that she won’t tell Lester.” After the confirmation, Imani sat up and asked, “Are you 1000% sure? And I’m not talking about the 1000% sure like those girls do on the Maury show.” I laughed and extended my arm to help her up from the floor. When she took my hand, she said, “Summer, thanks for breaking it all down for me. I never looked at things like that.”
I only had a chance to nod before she gave me a hug and told me she loved me. I took that as my cue to exit because I wasn’t going to help her clean up this messy room. Out in the hallway, I told her about the food that I’d purchased for us. Before I could make it down the hall, Imani rushed by me with her dirty laundry. After she had started the load, she washed her hands and joined me in the kitchen to eat. “So how are we going to bring this up to your mom?”
“Don’t worry. I’ll figure something out. Until then, you need to set a timer or something, so you can remember to take that pill. You also need to stop having unprotected sex. Nah, scratch that. You need to stop having