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We've been in the car for about five hours now .. with three more to go. We've been in Ohio majority of this time and we got a couple more minutes before we hit Pennsylvania. "Can we stop now please! We've been in the car forever" Tay'vian whined, I actually couldn't agree more with her. I ended up putting my Detroit sweatshirt over my T-shirt and shorts because it was so cold in the truck.

My mother texted Ms.Nikita to let her know that we're stopping at Waffle House after the next exit. Now I can finally see what's up with Keenan.

"Tay'Vian ! Take this picture of me" I handed my sister my phone and started posing for pictures "hideous" I heard Keenan, I smiled and rolled my eyes. Lucky I can't put my middle finger up at him.

Tay'Vian has always been my go to photographer .. all my pictures on my Instagram and Twitter were taken by her. I feel like she has a true talent and should take photography more seriously.

"Thanks sis" I said "yeah yeah" she handed me my phone and headed into Waffle House.

I scrolled through my pictures and picked out the one I liked the most.

@Tiara.Gold : on my way #HU

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@fashokeenan : hideous #HU

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"You never wanna hype a G up" I said to him while sitting down next to him at the table "you know you looked good" he nudged me. I couldn't help but blush.

Wait a minute .. I just blushed at Keenan's compliment. I touched my face and thought to myself "am I okay?".

My phone vibrated from a text message .. from Ms.Nikita who was sitting directly across from me "just date already๐Ÿ™„" I couldn't help but laugh, I swear besides my mom she's my girl best friend. I replied back "nooo" I heard her huff.

"You good ma?" Keenan asked, she looked up at him with wide eyes "oh um yeah" she coughed, I burst out laughing. Keenan looked at me and raised his eyebrow, I shook my head.

After we were done eating we headed back on the road and this time Keenan road with us, he sat in the back and I sat next to him so I could lay on him. He's my personal human pillow.

"So what was wrong earlier?" I asked him, he sighed "Alexis" I rolled my eyes at the mention of her name. Alexis is the ex he's been stuck on since they broke up for the one hundredth time. "What she do now?" I got up off him and asked "she was just being irky trying to send me stuff of her and this new college boy she dating" he said.

"And you let it get to you like that?" I asked "don't do that Ti, cuz if Korey did some like that you'd be heated" he said "Korey wouldn't do nothing like , that's the difference" I said. Keenan scoffed "yeah okay". I rolled my eyes "don't even try to compare Korey and Alexis. She was toxic and you know it. What Korey and I had was real, he didn't do nothing childish to make me upset or put me down" I said him.

"Okay Tiara" now he's mad, whenever he's mad at me he says my entire name. "Be mad all you want , you know I'm right" I said to him "I said okay didn't I?" Now he's being an asล›. "Don't get smart" I said and slid over to move away from him.

I saw my mother looking at me through the rear view mirror. "We have about a good two hours left" she said. "Nap time it is" Tay'Vian said.

*2 hours later*

We drove through Baltimore to get to D.C. since that's the way Siri took us.

Forty five minutes later we arrived to D.C. the traffic was absolutely terrible, "yeah we're gonna be in the car for a while" Tay'Vian said "I'm pretty sure it'll fly by .. but for now we're just gonna wait it out" my dad said.

My roommate Lani texted me "hey girl I'm here in D.C. it's hella crowded"

I replied back "yeah I just got here too & we stuck right in the middle of it".

"My roommate just texted me telling me she's here" I said out loud "she stuck in the traffic too?" My mom asked "yuppers"ย  I answered.

We finally started moving a little bit "about time" I mumbled.

After about a good twenty to thirty minutes we finally made it to the entrance where the dorms were.

My father parked the car right in front of Harriet Tubman Quadrangle. Everyone got out of the car. Keenan walked over to his parents car. It was so many people and I thought we were gonna be here earlier than everyone but I guess everybody had the same idea.

I texted Lani letting her know that I was here and out front. She replied back saying she's pulling up now, I saw black suburban park right in front of us.

Once I saw that long wavy brown hair I knew it was her. She jumped out the car and ran over to me screaming. I smiled as she was running over to me and opened my arms for her to come and hug me.

"Tiara !!" She screamed "Lani!!" I said she came and hugged me "woah you're way taller than I thought" I said "yeah I'm huge" she chuckled "oh yeah Lani this is my mother Yolanda , my father Terry and my sister Tay'Vian" I introduced her to me family. "Nice to meet you guys" she smiled and hugged them "same to you" my parents said. Tay'Vian is shy so she just smiled and said "you too".

"Mom!" Lani called for her. Her mother came around the corner big smiles just like Lani , she was holding a baby boy.

"This is my mother Lori and my little brother Landon" she introduced us "nice to meet you Tiara" her mother said then she started talking to my parents. After about ten minutes of them conversing we finally started getting the things out of the car.

"It's just you and your mom?" I asked "my uncle too . He gotta lift the big stuff" she said. "gotchu, my dad can help also" I told her.

"Aw thanks" she smiled.

It took us about two hours to get everything in and settled. We cleaned up the dorms first before we sat anything down. Our room smelled like Lysol and Clorox. We then started decorating our room up it was now three in the evening and everything was pretty much settled.

"I wanted to come see your room before we left" I turned around and it was Ms.Nikita "is Keenan all settled?" I asked her "yes finally, you know his OCD is crazy" she said. "Oh I know" we chuckled. "This is my roommate Lani, Lani this is Ms.Nikita she's like a second mom to me. She's my best friend Keenan's mom" I introduced them to one another.

"Nice to meet you" Lani said "same to you" Ms.Nikita replied "your best friend is also going here?" She asked "yes" I told her "he's actually on his way up" Ms.Nikita said. "That's so cute, my best friend is attending Bowie State, that's only a train ride away tho" She explained. "Well that's not too bad" my mom said "yeah, just gonna be weird not seeing her everyday like I use too" Lani said. "Tiara and Keenan are so inseparable I don't think going to a different college was an option" my mom said. I rolled my eyes "no seriously" Ms.Nikita said. "They're so extra" I said. Lani laughed.

"Well this is nice" I heard Keenan say at my door, I turned around and smiled. "This is Keenan" I told Lani. I looked at her and she was blushing. I wanted to raise my eyebrow but I didn't because I know my mom and his mom were watching me.

Keenan smiles and walked over to Lani to give her a hug "nice to meet you" he said.

"Well this will be an interesting semester" my mom said. "No seriously" Ms.Nikita said.

"Bye kids we love you both , enjoy yourselves and focus on your studies!" Our parents gave us tight hugs and kissed us. We hugged our siblings and then they were gone just like that.

I turned around and Keenan was talking to Lani. "This will be an interesting semester" I said to myself.

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