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IN MY HEAD · @classyas95

25th Feb 2013 from Twitlonger

Part 7
Adrienne said bye to Blake as he drove off in his van to meet his team at the practice facility. He was going to be gone for two weeks and Adrienne and the kids were going to miss him.
" I’ll get you guys tickets on the weekend games." he said, " It's going to go by fast, watch"
He leaned over Adrienne and kissed her lips. Then he kissed Cheyenne and Chanel forehead and gave Jody and Noah a hug.
" Daddy I wanna go." said Noah. Adrienne knew he was going to ask.
" You can't, you have to stay and keep mommy safe.“ Said Blake.
Noah made a pouting face and hugged his father's leg. Blake rubbed Noah’s head.
" I got to go now Noah. Be a good boy ok?"
Noah nodded as he followed Adrienne out the front door and they watched Blake load the car and drive off.
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It was a pretty normal day after that. Adrienne took the kids to the beach to run around for a little bit. When they got home she cooked some mac and cheese and by the time the kids finished eating it was time for them to go to bed.
The twins and Noah fell asleep in Adrienne and Blake’s room, as they did almost every night.
Adrienne was tried but for some reason couldn't fall asleep. She stayed up flipping through channels and then she suddenly felt the need to look at photo albums. She sat at the couch in her bedroom and looked through her old pictures. She saw pictures of her and her siblings at young ages and laughed at how dirty they used to get after being outside all day. She flipped to the next page to a picture of her and her cousins, Serenity, Gavin, and Tevin: her two brothers, Raphael and Diego and Blake and Taylor: all on her aunts front porch.
Adrienne began to reminisce about the first time she came to Oklahoma. She was moving from fast pace Manhattan, to what she thought was a slow pace country. Her and her family were suppose to spend the whole summer with their, dying aunt Lenny. She wanted to go to spend time with her aunt but then again, she didn’t want to go because she would be watching her favorite aunt die. And there was nothing she could do about it. Oklahoma was totally different than Adrienne imagined. It was more like a suburb than a farm, or at least the part they were in was. They drove down a long road of houses and finally reached their destination.
Adrienne was happy to get out of the crapped car with her family. Adrienne’s grandma loved being in the car. She loved the fact of being around her daughters and her grandchildren.
(A lil more info, you can skip if you want.))

Johanna (Adrienne’s mom)
1. Marcelli + 2 kids (Raquel and china)
2. Winter +1 kid (Mercedes)
3. Evelyn + 1 kid (shanice)
4. Gia
5. Diego (in jail at the time) -1
6. Raphael
7. Adrienne
Marie (Adrienne’s aunt)
1. Roland + 4 kids (Orlando, savanna, Alonzo, Carlos)
2. Royal + 1 kid (Elijah)
3. Rosanna
4. Roxanne + 1 kid (Dominica)
5. Sunny
6. Brazil
7. Santiago
8. Serenity
9. Timo

Aunt Lenny (dying aunt)
1. Gavin (Lenny’s son)
2. Tevin (Lenny’s son)


She spent the whole summer in boring Oklahoma helping out around the house and helping with nursing her aunt. Every time Adrienne went in her room she was quiet. She wasn’t her loud fun self. She had been that way ever since she found out she had the summer to live. Adrienne couldn’t take any more of this. Her aunt was getting weaker and she was beginning to get depressed.
One day she finally decided to get out the house and give Oklahoma a chance. Tevin and Gavin, Raphael, serenity, Gia, and Adrienne all decided to go out for a drive. Before she left she and her sister, winter, helped their aunt in her bed so she could take a nap.
They went to fast food restaurant, to a gym and played a little basketball, then road around for a little while longer. They were on their way home when they saw a ambulance ride by them with the lights flashing and the alarm ringing in their ears. Gavin drove to the side of the street to let it go by. They continued on their way home, but it was like they were following the siren. The ride was quiet but everyone was thinking the same thing.
Sure enough the ambulance was outside Gavin and Tevin’s house. They were just in time to see their aunt/mom being taking away on the stretcher in a body bag. Adrienne’s heart dropped to her stomach. Tevin instantly started crying and tried to go to his mother’s body. But was held back my Roland. Gavin stood still just watching the paramedics carry his mother off. He was so shocked he didn’t know what to do. Adrienne, Raphael and Serenity were instructed by Marcelli to go in on of the three houses their aunt owned on that street and watch the youngin’s who didn’t know what was going on.
Adrienne was still shocked. She couldn’t cry, it was like the tears were in her eye bottom eyelid but they were frozen. The three of them kept the kids away from the window as Johanna (Adrienne’s mom) and Marie (Adrienne’s aunt) followed the ambulance.
A couple people stayed behind to calm Gavin and Tevin down.
Adrienne played everything that happened that day in her head before she went to sleep. Seeing the body bag and feeling a little guilty. Maybe if she didn’t go out her aunt wouldn’t have committed suicide. The funeral was the next morning and she didn’t want to go. Adrienne wiped the tears on her face away and tried her best to go to sleep.


Adrienne sat outside on the front porch steps. Everyone was in the house getting something to eat. Adrienne had to go outside and get fresh air, when they started playing old home videos. She aunt was so beautiful and so funny. It made her sad that she lost her favorite aunt but it also made her happy to have that be the last image of her aunt in her mind.
“ Thanks for coming man.” Said Tevin’s voice to a friend.
He walked past Adrienne on the steps. Adrienne never picked her head up.
“ Are you alright?” said the voice.
Adrienne nodded hoping her would walk away and leave her to her thoughts.
“ Sorry for you lost.” He said walking away.
“Mm-hmm.” Said Adrienne with her eyes to the ground.
As he walked away Adrienne looked up and saw the back of him walking across the street. He was white, tall, and skinny with red-ish brown-ish hair. Adrienne stayed outside until almost everyone was gone.
All of a sudden a man in a black suit came up to Adrienne. Adrienne’s head was down but then she looked up when she saw his long black shiny shoes in front of her.
“Hello, is this the Jimenez [him-in-nez] residence?”
“Yes.’ Said Adrienne.
“ Ok, well I have a will to read to the family if you will so kind as to lead me into the house please.”
Adrienne got up and led the man in the suit to the living room where the adult’s sat and talked.
“The family.” Said Adrienne making a circular hand gesture with her hands.
She walked out the middle house that her aunt owned and to the one where her cousins and siblings were in. they all sat around and watched a cartoon movie. That movie was soon interrupted when Marie and Johanna came in hours later. Marie turned off the television told the little little kids to go to the house to the left and get ready for bed.
“ Go on your parents are waiting for you.” Said Marie.
“ Ok.” Said Johanna pushing her hair behind her ear. “ So a man came over and read your aunts will. And she left us quiet a bit.”
“ Like what?” said Raphael.
“Like money, houses, cars, businesses.” Said Marie still not believing it.
“So we were thinking.” Said Johanna finding the words.
“Oh boi.” Said Adrienne.
“We were thinking instead of Gavin and Tevin moving to Harlem, we would stay here.”
“Nooo!” said Adrienne.
“Naw, stop playing.” Said Raphael.
“It’s not a joke, Raphael. And it’s not a choice, Adrienne. This is a good opportunity to get away from Harlem and have yall in a good neighborhood and a great school system.”
“ Good=boring.” Said Raphael. “ Get me back to Harlem, yall can stay.”
“ Forreal.” Said Adrienne laughing.
“were staying and that’s that!” said Marie.
Serenity didn’t say a word because she knew it was no use.
“ Were going back to pack everything and here. Were gonna try and get yall enrolled in to a high school. You guys will like it. You wait and see.”

Adrienne couldn’t believe she was here right now. She sat in the car and waited for her mother to come and give them a ride to their new high school. ‘Oklahoma Christian school’
“Don’t go in there pouting.” Said Johanna to her daughter Adrienne. “ Give the school a chance.”
When they finally got to the school it had already started. They sat in the main office and waited for someone to introduce them to their guidance counselor and give them a schedule. A white lady with blonde hair came in the office and shook both Marie and Johanna’s hand.
“ Hello, Mrs. Jimenez, hello Ms. Jimenez.” said the perky lady.” Is this them?” she said smiling at them.
“ Yes this is them.” Said Johanna proud of her and her sister for getting their kids in a good school.
“Hello, I am Mrs. Becky. I am your guidance counselor for the next few years of your high school career. If you have any problems with someone or something you can come to me and we’ll do our best to fix it.” She said.
Adrienne saw the Guidance counselor’s secretary roll her eyes at Mrs. Becky. She said the same thing to all new students. Word for word.
Adrienne almost laughed.
“Lets go in my office and get your schedule’s.” she said, “ Moms, you can go if you want you don’t have to stay if you don’t want to.” She said finally without a big fake smile.
“Ok.” Said Marie waving.
“Bye.” Said Mrs. Becky Waving back.
She walked Gia (11th grade), Raphael, Adrienne, and serenity (9th grade) into her office.
“Don’t all look so happy to be here. It’s really not that bad. I moved from California to Oklahoma. Once you give this play a chance you’ll learn to love it.”
And Adrienne did like it after a while. They were kind of popular by her sophomore year. Raphael was on the basketball team and was a funny guy who flirted with almost every girl. Serenity and Adrienne do cheerleading and basketball, joining clubs made them more social and allowed them to make more friends. Being on the basketball team is where she met her first crush in OK. She knew him from the classes they had together, but they didn’t really talk to each other that much. When Adrienne joined the girl’s basketball team they started getting closer. There was only one problem. He was her brother Raphael’s best friend. If Raphael found out about them he would fight her “man” and be mad at her. So their relationship was on the low. What the guy’s name you ask? You already know his name dummy, lol. Blake griffin. Back when he was skinny tall Blake. 11th grade.
Adrienne and him lived across the street form each other. He sometimes spends the night over their house on the weekend. Adrienne lay in her bed next to Raphael’s and wished that Blake would have the guts to come in her room and cuddle with her. But he never did. Adrienne and Blake both knew they wouldn’t be able to keep this secret for long. It was a matter of time before he saw his best friend and his sister making googly eyes at each other.
She thought he would find out sooner tho. They’ve only been going out for a year! And he didn’t even have a clue what was going on. That all stopped one day, the day that Adrienne’s mom and aunt were gonna be out of town for a week! On the weekdays Adrienne and Raphael came and went as they pleased. Adrienne’s mom left Gia in charge, because she was usually a very bossy person. But surprisingly she was out doing her own thing. Adrienne swore she spent the night over her boyfriend’s house every day of that week and only showed up to get new clothes.
On Friday of all days Adrienne had no plans. She just expected to stay at home and do nothing. But that wasn’t happening. Raphael invited almost all the people on the football, basketball, baseball and soccer team. A whole bunch of boys were down stairs playing video games and being loud. Adrienne was trying to watch a movie but couldn’t really hear. She was ready to go down there and yell at all of them.
While she put on a new movie her bedroom door opened slightly. She turned and yelled.
“Close my fucking door!”
Blake ‘s face peeked from behind the door. Adrienne instantly started smiling. Blake started to close the door but Adrienne ran over and opened it.
“Blake.” She said wrapping her arms around his neck. He was way taller then her. Her face was to his chest. He picked her up and walked in her room. When he closed the door behind him he let her go.
“ You wanna watch a movie.” said Adrienne. Holding his hand.
“What if your brother walks in?” he said.
“So what were just watching a movie.” Said Adrienne pulling him on her bed.
They sat with their back to the bed board, and after a while stopped watching the movie…if ya know what I mean.
They had their arms wrapped around each other and were making out.

Raphael suddenly notices Blake wasn’t in the room.
“Yo, where’s Blake?” he asked a couple people on his way to the stairs.
Adrienne lifted Blake’s shirt off of him and threw it to the side.
“Are you sure your ready?” said Blake.
“ummm….” Said Adrienne thinking.
Raphael looked in all the rooms except Adrienne’s. He thought to himself ‘ he wouldn’t be in there.’ After he thought that to himself he heard talking in Adrienne’s room. He couldn’t make out the words. So he reached for the doorknob.
“Maybe we shouldn’t do it,” said Adrienne.
Blake went to where she threw his shirt and picked it up to put it on. And right then and there Raphael opened the door and saw his sister laying on the bed and Blake putting on his shirt. With out asking questions Raphael tackled Blake and they started fighting in her room.
“Stop!” said Adrienne watching them punch each other and wrestle all over her room.
“Stop!” she said again. As they fight went out into the hallway.
Whatever video game was being paused stopped and almost everyone was in the hallway trying to brake up the fight. They were pulled off of each other and Blake had a little dark mark under his eye and Raphael’s nose was bleeding. Adrienne tried to go after Blake but Raphael pulled her by her arm tightly.
“oww!”
“ Where the fuck are you going?” he said. “You stay in the fucking house you fucking ho!” said Raphael nearly throwing her in her room. Adrienne may have looked weak but she was no fool. Raphael’s temper was crazy! She wasn’t about to yell back and get embarrassed. She sat in her room and cried.
‘He’s never gonna talk to me again!’ she thought to herself.
The one guy she really fell for, the one guy she might love will probably never talk to her again.
Adrienne tried to call him over and over again. By 10:00 she gave up. She went to sleep with tears on her pillow.

Adrienne woke up 20 mins later to her vibrating pillow. She grabbed it and picked it up as fast as she could. She felt relief when she saw Blake’s number on the caller id.
“Blake!” she whispered.” Your not mad at me are you?”
“No.” he said,” can you meet me somewhere?”
“ Can’t. Raphael slept downstairs so I wouldn’t escape.”
“Damn….” He said.
“ I know.”

There was a long silence between them.

‘ I have an idea.” Said Blake.
“What?” said Adrienne?
“ You’ll see just get dressed, ill see you soon.” He said hanging up in her face.
“ This better be good.” Said Adrienne getting dressed quietly.
She sat near the window ready to go. She peeked out the window and looked for Blake. All of a sudden she got a text saying ‘look out your window.’
“ I am looking out my window.” Said Adrienne to herself. She went to her window on the side of the house and saw Blake below it. She smiled at him as he looked up at her. Adrienne opened the window as quietly as she could. She looked down at Blake who had a latter to her two-story window.
“Your bugging!” she sent to him in a text.
“ Lol come on, ill hold it still.” He sent back.
‘Fine.” Said Adrienne.
She went out the window feet first and climbed down to Blake. The first thing she did when she hit the ground was jump in Blake’s arms. They hugged each other tightly.
“Let’s go.” Said Adrienne pulling Blake toward the sidewalk.
“Wait.” He said.
Blake ran over to the latter and laid it down Next to the house.
The both of them walked down the street. Adrienne didn’t know where she was going and didn’t care. She was with Blake, and that’s all that mattered to her. They walked all over talking and kissing. Soon it was too cold for them to be outside. Adrienne went to the house that serenity stayed and her family lived in and her and Blake cuddled up in the guest room. They faced each other and were quiet snuggled up in each other’s arms.
“ Blake.” Said Adrienne.
“Huh?” he said.
“I think I love you….” Adrienne could feel Blake smile at her in the dark. She smiled back.
“ I know it’s only been a year but, you’re a really good guy.”
(Adrienne sat in her and Blake’s bedroom and remembered how grown she uses to act. She shook her head smiling.)
“If it isn’t love, I really like you.” She said.
“ I love you too.” Blake said not really sure if he meant it, or if he knew what it meant.
Adrienne didn’t know what love was at the time either but she thought she did.
“Blake.” She said again, “ I think I ready now.”

Adrienne didn’t know what was wrong with her. She wouldn’t stop throwing up and couldn’t stop eating.
Serenity just stared at her cousin. She knew what was happening but didn’t know when she should tell her cousin she knew why she was getting fat and throwing up and really moody.
She wouldn’t listen to the basketball coach during an important game. She wouldn’t pass the ball and was going on 45 points. The coach finally took her out the game. She stormed out of the gym furious. Serenity went to go check on her.
(Locker room)
“I fucking hate that bitch!” she said pacing back and forth.” Like what the fuck are you complaining about! Were winning!” she said.
“Adrienne,” said serenity calm,” I think you’re pregnant.”
Adrienne stopped pacing and looked at her.
“What?” she said.
“ The symptoms are there, I mean look at you.”
“ I’m not fucking pregnant, I would know if I was.”
“Take a test then.” Said serenity.
Adrienne suddenly got nervous. She didn’t think she was pregnant, but she didn’t know for sure.
“ Fine. “She said.
“Right now.” Said Serenity going to her gym bag and taking out two boxes she got from the nurse.
“Here” Said Serenity shoving the boxes in her hand. Adrienne peed on the sticks and waited with Serenity for the results. All of sudden Adrienne walked up the sticks that were laid on the sinks.
“ Two means yes one means no.” said Serenity.
Adrienne looked down at the sticks and ran into the stall. She began to cry.
Serenity looked at the sticks and saw that all of them had two lines.
“Its gonna be ok Adrienne.” Said serenity outside the bathroom stall.
“ My mom is going to kill me!” she said sobbing.
“No she’s not A-dri.” Said serenity trying to cheer her up.
“Do you remember what she did to Evelyn and winter!?!” said Adrienne reminding her cousin. “ She yelled at Marcelli when she was pregnant and she was 24! I can’t go home.”
“Yes you can, well tell her together.” Said serenity really trying to help her close cousin.
“It’ll be fine.”

But it wasn’t, as soon as Adrienne told her mom she tried to attack her. Adrienne ran out of the way crying. Gia and serenity held her back.
“You get out my house!” said Johanna!” you get out now.”
Adrienne was crying so bad her head started hurting. She didn’t know where to go. Blake moved from across the street a few weeks ago. She been to his house but she wasn’t sure where how to find it again. It was cold; she was pregnant and didn’t want be anywhere her mom would be. When she picked up her phone to call Blake her phone went dead.
‘Shit!” she said.
She tried her best from memory to get to Blake’s house. She got lost maybe four times before reached it. She walked up to the house and tried to make herself look like she wasn’t crying. But she couldn’t. She knocked on the door. No one came. She knocked again. No one came again. All of a sudden the family car was pulling up in the driveway with the headlight flashing on Adrienne and her bags.
Blake got out the car. Assuming she got kicked out. His parents didn’t ask any question they invited her in and fed her.
“Blake I really have to talk to you.” Said Adrienne as they cleaned the dishes together.
“What’s up?” she said.
“I’m pregnant.” She said fast and quickly to get it over with.
“Look me in the eye and say you’re pregnant.” Said Blake not believing her.
Adrienne looked at him straight in the eye.
‘I’m pregnant.”
Adrienne noticed Blake’s mother standing in the doorway right as she said it. She was shocked and looked like she wanted to cry.
Both Mrs. Griffin and Mr. griffin sat them down and talked to them about pregnancy and having a child young. Adrienne knew it was going to be hard work. She hated when people told her that.
She made out fine. She now has three more kids but she doing it. They’re doing it. This is the path she choose and if she had to got back, she wouldn’t choose another.
“Mommy?” said Noah who woke up and didn’t see his mother by his side.
“Mommy?” he said again with more fright.
“ I’m right here sweetie.” She said.
Noah ran over in his footy pj’s and climbed in his mother’s arms. Adrienne kissed his head.
“I love you sweetie.”
“ I love you too mommy.”

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