The 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
"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
“Mm mm mm. Your daughter has grown up to be a fine young woman. She's already sixteen, Ivory." Crenda said to Ariel's mother, Ivory. "I know. Lord, she grew up way too fast. It feels like yesterday when she was saying her first words, and now she's gonna be graduating from high school soon." Ivory slightly sobbed."Girl, don't start crying on me. Come here." Crenda hugged Ivory and patted her back as Ivory sniffled."I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't be crying, but I'm just so proud of her." Ivory said as the hug was broken and fanning herself.
Ernest made it back home and started searching for his key. After searching for about a good minute, he realized it probably dropped in the water. He let out a frustrated groan and banged on the door as loud as he could. The door swung up to reveal a frustrated middle aged woman on the other side."Excuse me, but- Oh my God, Ernest! What happened to you?!" Ernest's mother, Amy, said."I slipped over Deadmans bridge.." He mumbled, making Amy gasp."My God, how did you get out? You can't swim." Ernest started to feel annoyed at his mom for pointing out the obvious, but also annoyed that he still couldn't quite picture the face of the girl who saved his life."I was lucky enough to fall close to land and pull myself up." He lied. "Mom, I'm okay, really. I just really need a
"Ariel, what are you doing back here?" Ivory asked, but Ariel made sure she stepped forward enough so she wouldn't see the two white boys in the backyard."Nothing momma." Ariel motioned her hands behind her back to let them know it was their chance to leave. Michael snorted and Ernest bit his lip to avoid laughing. They hopped over the fence and left."There, you said thank you and found the girl. Now can I copy your homework?""Mhm." Ernest said as he stared at the number on his arm."Are you really going to call that girl?" Michael asked."Yeah. I wouldn't have asked for her number if I wasn't." Michael shook his head at Ernest."Whatever, I have nothing to do with this. Just g
Ernest let out a groan as his alarm went off; he groggily sat up and felt his phone underneath his hand. He picked it up and saw that it was on a phone call; he put the phone up to his ear and smiled as he heard her soft breathing.So cute, he thought."Wait.. Doesn't she have class?" Ernest asked himself. "Ariel, wake up." Ernest said loudly, making Ariel snort and sit up abruptly."I'm up momma.." She said sleepily, making Ernest muffle his laughter."I'm not your mom, Ariel." Ernest said, making her gasp."Oh my God, I'm so embarrassed.." Ariel said. "I'm so sorry, Ernest.""It's okay. We all have our moments. I just wanted to wake you up. Don’t want to miss classes." Ern
When class ended, Ernest snuck out of class as quickly as possible to make it out of the school."Mr. Rivers, where do you think you're going? You have detention." Mrs. Baxby said."Mrs. Baxby- dear God.." Ernest said with a dropped jaw as his best friend was running down the hall screaming in his underwear.He asked for a distraction to get out of detention, but he wasn't expecting this.While Mrs. Baxby was distracted, Ernest made haste and rushed to Deadmans bridge.Ernest felt his world spin each step he took. The air seemed thicker than honey and his legs were wobbly before he started running. He was admittedly nervous and had no idea how to get rid of the feeling.But what w
Another dreadful morning for Ariel as she woke up once again to go to school out of all places. Ariel sat up and stretched before getting up to take a shower. During her shower, she couldn't help, but think about Ernest. He seemed to constantly hurt himself and that worried Ariel. She hoped he made it home safe last night.When Ariel got home last night, she checked the lamp to see if it worked and it did. She fixed it up and made it nice and sat it in her backpack for the clumsy boy she met at Deadmans Bridge.But overall, he's nothing how her mother described him to be. She always told her to stay away from white men because of how dangerous they are, especially to people like Ariel. Ernest wasn't like that all, in fact, he's more of a danger to himself than anyone else, really.After Ariel finished her shower, sh