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So my plan for 2014? I’m gonna keep moving forward because time waits on no man. And heck just be better to me than 2013 please haha.

Is that mushy enough for you? #Shalom  

Alright meet Michael Donald. Michael is dating Bonita. Michael and Bonita hae been together for a while. it all started there sophomore year. Well that’s basically when everything in Michael’s life took off. His grades started coming together he was active in the SGA, really cool guy. But the biggest thing was his athletic career! Michael was an All-American his sophomore and junior year so naturally all of the girls flocked to him. The thing was Michael wasn’t your average football player. He was a pretty decent guy and he didn’t want all of the girls attention he was satisfied with Bonita’s. So he’s with Bonita and he’s on the road to the riches. Everything is going good right? He’s living the life. Wrong.(its a LameStory you know its not all gonna be good c’mon dude). its his senior year in high school and he blows his knee out! Completely shatters it! He has to have reconstructive surgery and all of his athletic scholarships are G O N E! He’s in the hospital depressed. The thing he loved the most was gone but its ok because the PERSON he loved the most is still here. He cant wait to see his sweet pea, the apple of his eye. She’s the only reason he keeps on coming home and all that other bogus lovey dovey crap we feed our metal potential spouses that we date for two days and never talk to again without formally breaking up. Well anyway he’s waiting on her to visit but she never does. finds out she has started dating the quarterback at their rival school. He was a really big star in the city too. Predicted to go D1 and to be making B A N K in a couple of years. (Gosh I hate quarterbacks). But its ok. 5 years later Michael has a job at a big business making a pretty decent salary. He has a new woman and she’s making pretty good money herself. Well one day Michael gets some bad news. The company is downsizing in the fall and well Michael’s services are no longer needed. He drives home and tells his fiancé about the situation. She says its ok but two days later she’s gone and has cleared out his account! (Can you see the trend? if he was richer he would’ve kept em). Well Michael isn’t an idiot he notices the trend and he’s done with love. I mean he has an entirely new mission. He knows what he wants and his ambitions change. He’s no longer in pursuit of a woman. I mean he has adopted the mentality that women are only good for one thing, making him feel jolly when he’s lonely. Well Michael hits it big one day. He lands this big job at a fortune 500 and he’s making B A N K! Top of that he’s going into politics. State senator and everybody knows his name. When he announced that he was running his friends take him out to a club. Its a club in the middle of no where so no one will know who he is. Well at this club he meets Jessica. Jessica is SUPER FINE! I mean athletic build. Nice eyes, thick legs (my dream woman) well they hit it off. They start talking and everything and they exchange numbers. On the way home Michael and his friends are talking about the night out and he tells them about the number. He laughs balls up the paper and throws it away (she wrote her number down on a napkin he put his number in her phone) He explains how he has no intention of using the number anyway and he highly doubts she’ll call him. Well the next day his secretary (nice young lady…single) asks him out to lunch. He says ok but he’s not paying. (After his first two massive heartbreaks he has refused to ever pay for another woman, he hasn’t even bought his co-workers teddy bears for valentine day). Well anyway they go to lunch she buys her lunch he buys his. On the way home he notices a missed call. he’ll get to it later. when he leaves work for the day he returns the call. Guess who it is Jessica! Jessica is talking to him and everything and they decide to meet up and go out to dinner. They talk and talk and they really hit it off like she REALLY likes him and actually he really likes her back. They get super close like talking on the phone every night, texting through the day (when he’s free), and going on random lunch/dinner dates (he refuses to pay for her. so she buys her food and he buys his). He likes her because he can actually talk about his campaign and his job and she actually listens. Like he finally finds a woman that likes him for something other than the money he’s making. she genuinely cares about him. She asks him about getting into a serious relationship with her and he laughs it off. This woman doesn’t really want him he thinks at least. So he says if he wins the Senate seat and she’s at his acceptance speech in a black tight fit dress he’d marry her (he says this jokingly of course) she says that’s a bet. Well time passes and they keep talking and its all good. One day she asks him to borrow 300 bucks. WOAH he’s like for what? she says its a surprise. He’s thinking hard about it. He knows this feeling but she’s different right? She genuinely cares. Its not like he doesn’t have the money trust me money is never an issue now its just he doesn’t know if he wants to give it up. well he thinks long and hard and eventually he says what the heck and gives her the money. She says he wont regret it and leaves. Well its been 3 days and he has heard NOTHING from her. He’s like super depressed. They got him again (those mean bad cruel women! cant be trusted!) well one day he decides to go out for a drink. Its a week before the election and he’s kind stressed out. So he goes to the club in the middle of no where were he meets Jessica behind the counter serving up drinks! She’s a bartender?! he’s Furious! He GOES HAM on her and walks out. Well he’s telling his friends about the situation when one of his close friends explains that he knew Jessica well. And how she was saving up for some new dress but she was 300 dollars short. He explains how she asked him for the cash but he didn’t have it. She said it was really important. She even left crying because she had no way of getting the money. She had been working over time at the bar to make a little extra money JUST for that dress. Michael starts to think about it and he regrets it. This woman liked him enough to go out of her way to buy a dress? really? So he calls and calls trying to apologize. no answer. He even goes to the bar but she’s not there. He’s depressed. the first woman who really loved him is gone and its all his fault. Well its election night and he cant even get excited because he’s thinking about Jessica. Its a close race but guess who wins….MICHAEL! Everybody is screaming and shouting and patting him on the back and everything. Well he gets up to give his speech and looks out into the crowd (u know where this is going) and he discovers Jessica isn’t there. His heart drops but he gives the speech anyway. Well after the party is over he’s walking to his car head down thinking when he some calls him. Its Jessica in a black dress and 300 plus in her hands! She explains how she has been working hard to make the money to pay him back for the dress and how it was so hard and how she’s so sorry that she’s been MIA and how she knows he hates her and how she promised to be there but the dress was messed up and she had to get it fixed and how everything went wrong and he stops her mid sentence. looks her dead in the eye and says “I would LOVE to pay for you"! The End!!

She walks down the hall and is greeted by smiles and hugs. “Hey girl!” “I like that shirt!” “Looking good Sandy!” She just smiles and keeps walking. Her name’s Sandy Jenkins…EVERYBODY knows Sandy Jenkins! She has like a 4.4 GPA! She’s the captain of the cheerleader squad…she doesn’t dress flashy but it’s ok because she’s GORGEOUS!!!! But the best thing about her is her personality. Her personality is indeed the best feature she possesses. Sandy is a very humble girl. She doesn’t talk unless she has been spoken 2 first. She’s kind of a loner but it’s ok because she’s so awesome! People are like naturally attracted to her. She was voted to be on the prom court every year since she’s started High School but she has always turned it down. All her friends are like “u can win if u run! Everybody loves u Sandy!” But she’d just laugh and say “that’s not my thing” or something like that. She’s also been asked by all of her teachers to join clubs and stuff which she does! She has even ran for and won class and SGA president! But Sandy is super shy. People don’t understand why tho because she is like super awesome! Well anyway Sandy likes this guy named Ted (I wanted to use Ken but i thought Barbie would get mad lqtm). Ted is just like Sandy. He’s super smart and super awesome! Ted plays football basketball and baseball for his school and he’s like the star on every team! He’s like a the guy who can touch crap and it like turns into gold or whatev(I forget the guys name Midas or sum like that). Anyway Sandy likes this guy right , she’s been in love with him since they’ve been in high school but she’s shy remember so she has never told him or anyone else. In Sandy’s head inside “this will never work out. This guy is awesome and I’m just…Sandy” but all of her friends are like Y’all would be awesome together! But Sandy just shrugs it off and keeps moving on with her life. Sandy has a type of posse. She has like a group of friends. All of en are pretty cool. They always hang out at school and like go out and crap but Sandy never stays long. She would hang for a while then leave calming she’s tired or something. The other girls always give her a hard time about leaving tho. “Sandy you’re the most boring cool person Ik!” Sandy would laugh and wave and walk home. But other than this no one has ever thought twice about it. Well anyway on day Ted walks up to Sandy. She jumps because he catches her off guard. He’s just stopping to speak tho. He asks her about some hw flashes a smile and leaves. Sandy’s hands are sweating and she drops her pencil. She picks it up and takes a deep breath. “He’ll never want me” well just as she says this one of her friends walks up. She asks sandy if she’s gonna actually run for Prom Queen this year. Sandy’s like “of course not Jill, u know I’m not into that kinda stuff. I’m not even going to prom” Jill’s like “why not?! It’s your senior year! And u have the BEST chance of winning plus I hear Ted wants to be your running mate!” Sandy drops her pencils again. What? Jill’s like yeah and I think you two would be perfect together! Both of u are like super awesome! Sandy doesn’t believe her tho. She’s busy and has to get to class. Well they pass out the ballots and what do u kno she’s paired with Ted. All of her friends are going nuts! “Ok we’ll make posters and everything! Sandy all u have to do is show up looking nice!” Ted walks up and asks her to prom. She’s like “I don’t think I wanna do this guys. In sorry Ted but I don’t think I wanna go.” They’re like “why?!” She’s like “I just don’t think I want 2” Ted looks her in the eyes and he’s like “well just promise me you’d think about it” she says ok and he flashes that smile and walks away. Sandy goes home and thinks about it…this is her senior year and it is Ted! She has liked Ted for soooooooooo long and now’s her big chance to get with him! Or at least hang with him. So she accepts his offer and the nomination for prom queen. Ted asks what color she wants to wear and she explains how she hasn’t decided and how he should decide. He wants black. Well she goes out and buys the dress and shows up at prom. Ted picks her up from the school and they do the pictures and crap with Ted’s parents and they both head out. They walk in the prom and its like all eyes are on them. They’re actually a really beautiful couple. They win Prom King and Queen! Ted looks great in his black and all the girls are screaming for him as he takes the stage. Then they announce Sandy as prom queen and she takes the stage. Her dress isn’t exactly deep black like Ted’s tux but Ted doesn’t mind he still thinks she’s gorgeous. As she takes the stage you can hear small laughs in the crowd. And as they dance together the laughs continue. But she doesn’t really notice it because she’s having a magical night. She goes home happy. The next day she wakes up and logs into her instagram. It’s flooded with pictures of her and Ted! She smiles but it soon fades as she reads the comments. “The picture would be perfect if she didn’t have on that dress!” “Why aren’t they matching?!” “WTC does she have on?!” “Are those stockings with open toe shoes?!?!?! Hahahahaha” Sandy’s eyes start to water but she keeps reading and she sees a comment from Ted. “Haha yeah I was like I don’t think that goes but whatev lol” Sandy’s heart sinks! She just cries and cries. Then there’s a knock at the door “Sandy get you’re A’word out here! We’ve been calling u for the longest are u deaf?! U got folks waiting on u and crap! U better get to work now. WTC u crying for?!” (It’s her foster mom…yes I said foster mom) she looks over Sandy’s shoulder and looks at the pictures “haha oh I told u, u ain’t have no business going to that crap! Haha that dress is ugly! And those shoes!!! Haha see I told u God don’t like ugly and those comments are exactly what u deserve after wearing that ugly outfit! Haha stop crying girl and go clock in” she walks out and closes the door. That night Sandy doesn’t come home from work…she jumps off a bridge and her body’s never found. But the find her book sack with a note attached. “I don’t invite people over because I don’t have a house. I’m a foster child and my foster mom doesn’t want me to have company over. I always leave early because I have to work 2 jobs to pay for my cheer fees. I cheer because it’s the only thing that really makes me happy. I don’t talk much because Ik I’m not worth much.I do SGA because I can do it in my regular clothes. I didn’t do prom last year because I didn’t have money for a dress and I had to work on that night. I like Ted but I never thought he’d like a foster child like me. That’s why I asked him to meet ne at the school. I don’t wanna be here. I didn’t wanna go because I knew I would embarrass myself. I had to work over time all month to be able to by a dress. Ik the dress didn’t match but I couldn’t afford the one that did. After buying the dress I didn’t have money for shoes. I asked my foster mom but she refused. So I went through my closet and those were the only shoes I could find. Ik it was fashionably incorrect but that’s all I had. I never wanted anyone to kno my situation. I didn’t mean to embarrass Ted. I’m not happy. I’m poor. I’m not clean. No one really wants me. I’m sorry” attached to the card was a picture of Ted and Sandy at prom… :’( This is dedicated to everyone who feels misunderstood and has fallen victim to bullying. Words hurt and they stick in person and on social networks. You never know a person’s situation. The coolest people have often been through the most and have the weakest minds. The outside can be deceiving. Kids fall victim to bullying all the time. This is real and it is dangerous. Words are powerful weapons fr! And to my victims keep your head up. You’re beautiful just the way you are. God took his time with u because you’re that important. Forget what people say DO U! #Shalom :)