Nadia Washington spent majority of her life in an overly strict household, being the last child, her parents wanted to protect her from the world and keep her home as long as possible.
One day, Nadia decides that she no longer wants to live that lif...
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The next morning I got up feeling like shit, I'm never drinking again. My phone was what woke me up this morning, it was ringing non-stop. Out of annoyance I answer the phone with out paying attention to the contact name, big mistake.
"NADIA AUDREY YOU HAVE SOME FREAKING NERVE-" my father yells into the phone. I quickly pulled it away from my ear and mentally screamed 'fuck' cause this is the conversation I've been dreading.
"HELLO ARE YOU THERE?!" This is definitely punishment, him screaming into my ear whilst I have a hangover.
"Can you please lower your voice" I say calmly into the phone
"NO I WILL NOT LOWER MY VOICE! WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU MOVING TO NEW YORK!" He yells into the phone ignoring my request.
He continues "ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING MINE AND YOUR MOTHERS CALLS HAVING US WORRIED! YOU HAVE NO SYMPATHY!"
"I needed to go out on my own Dad! I was suffocating in that house with all your rules!" I say with frustration
"THEN YOU TALK TO US! WE DON'T RAISE REBELLIOUS CHILDREN! YOU ARE COMING HOME, YOU KNOW YOUR SISTER ISN'T GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU LIKE WE CAN!"
"I didn't come here for her to take care of me that's what your not getting. I came here to gain independence to take care of myself!"
"Nadia" he says calmly "stop playing with me. There has to be another reason why you would pull something like this! Is it a boy?!" He assumes
Here he goes with this bullshit! He swears he has a sixth sense and just knows everything!
"Now I'm gonna stop you right there! When did I have time to talk to a boy with your strict ass house rules!" I say fiercely into the phone. He was really pushing it now.
"Watch your mouth! You are ungrateful! We provided for you-" this is when I really tuned him out. I felt like my head was going to burst from all the yelling.
"You are gonna buy the ticket and come back home immediately! Your sister is whose been brain washing you cause you weren't like this!"
"Maybe you didn't really know me at all. I'm not moving back, I'm staying here. I have a job at ESPN and it's an amazing opportunity." I continued "I'm sorry but you can no longer control me, I'm finally growing into my own. Be happy for me."
"I'll always be happy for you but this isn't the right move! There's a good and a bad way to do things!" He said exasperatedly
"You didn't leave me a choice" I needed a way out.
"When this blows up in your face, just know your room is still here"
"It probably will blow up in my face or it probably won't, that's the thing about life you make mistakes and learn from them." I sighed
"Then you made your choice" he says with finality in his voice
"I have" I said "goodbye Dad" I say hanging up my phone and throwing it on the side of my bed.
That had to be the most draining thing I've ever had to go through. The whole conversation was just replaying in my head. Maybe I was too harsh or maybe I could've said something differently, or maybe he's right and I am making a mistake and I'm better off home.
Anxiety takes over and I just keep thinking of all that could go wrong, how I could be fucking things up for myself.
I love my parents deeply but sometimes I gotta do things for me and make decisions on my own. I refuse to be a thirty year old living in my parents house all because they are paranoid of letting me explore the outside world.
I'm interrupted in my thoughts by Celine walking into my room.
"You heard didn't you?" I question, I could already tell by the look on her face that she did.
"Hell yeah I heard! You were being loud as fuck, you inconsiderate twat"
"I hate you" I say laughing then stopped due to the hangover pain "Ow! Don't make me laugh, I have a hangover too"
"That's what you get and here" she says handing me a pill bottle I only just now realized was in her hands. "Thanks" I say as I grab it taking two pills out of the bottle. Reaching towards my nightstand, I grab one of the many water bottles I keep there for when I'm thirsty at night and down the pills.
"I'm never drinking again I'm telling you now. I don't know how people can go out drinking all the time. I feel like shit" I say grimacing at the lingering pain
"You are no fun" she said while climbing on my bed "well at least you got to experience you know getting drunk and having a little adult fun" she says giving me a suggestive look
"Adult fun? Girl the club was shot up! That ain't fun"
"Sure looked like fun to me the way you were grinding all up on Hunter" she says laughing "you get real bold when you drunk"
"Don't remind me" I rub my hand down my face
"I thought you said nothing was going on. Y'all said that you were friends" she said putting finger air quotes on the word friends.
"I can't be friends with him like I'm really starting to like him" I sigh "it's like he's being all flirty and just nice to me one minute, then the next he backs off. Know what just forget it" I say as I jump off the bed.
"I'm hungry we should go out to eat since it's practically the afternoon"
"Sounds like a plan" Celine replies as she continues to lay in my bed unmoving.
"You want to get off my bed to get ready or..."
"Yeah yeah five minutes"
I shake my head leaving my room to get ready.
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A/N: not the biggest fan of this chapter. Anyways y'all know how I said spring semester ended and I'll post more frequently....yeah well summer semester starts tomorrow so RIP. I'll still post but just be patient. It's only 6 weeks long so... yeah
