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MY FIRST SEMESTER THIRD YEAR PASSED WITH NO ISSUES. I WAS SLOWLY LEARNING TO DEAL WITH MY SITUATION. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS I WAS HOOKED ON WEED. BUT, I DID NOT SEE IT AS A PROBLEM ON MY PART. MY FRIEND THOUGH SHE DID, SHE KEPT PESTERING ME ABOUT IT EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHE GOT. SHE EVEN TOLD HER MUM. HER MUM KNEW ME WELL.
I WENT TO VISIT HER AT HOME AND SHE JUST ASKED ME, "CHERRY, WHY DID YOU MOVE OUT OF THE HOSTEL AND WHY ARE YOU SMOKING WEED?" I WAS SO EMBARRASSED I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, I JUST TOLD HER THAT I WOULD STOP, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING TO DO  FOR FUN.
MY PARENTS DID NOT KNOW I MOVED OUT, OF THE HOSTEL, THEY STILL THOUGHT I LIVED THERE, I WAS ALWAYS ON MY TOES COZ ANYTIME THEY THOUGHT OF VISITING ME THEY WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE HOSTEL AND FIND OUT THAT I NO LONGER LIVED THERE.
LUCKY ME THEY NEVER CAME TO VISIT AND I MADE SURE I DONT GIVE THEM A REASON TO COME, SO I WENT HOME REGULARLY.
I WENT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY BREAK AND OPENED UP TO A FRIEND OF MINE, ABOUT MY SITUATION WITH WEED. I DID NOT MENTION THE ABORTION. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE ALSO SMOKED AND SHE COULD HOOK ME UP WITH HER DEALER.
I WAS ELATED, NOT ONLY DID I SMOKE WEED AT SCHOOL BUT NOW EVEN AT HOME. MY PARENTS DID NOT NOTICE, BUT MY SISTER DID. MY SISTER, SHE HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING BAD, EVERYTHING BAD THAT WAS DONE AT HOME IT WAS ALWAYS HER FAULT. I WAS THE GOOD GIRL.
I BECAME CARELESS AND LEFT A JOINT THAT I HAD NOT FINISHED SMOKING INSIDE THE MATCHBOX, SO MY MUM FOUND IT AND BLAMED MY SISTER FOR IT. SHE ASKED HER WHY SHE HAD STARTED SMOKING WEED. MY SISTER DID NOT SAY ANYTHING SHE CALLED HER FRIEND AND TOLD HER TO TALK TO MY SISTER AND SHE ALSO SAID SHE WOULD TAKE HER TO THE PRIEST SO THAT SHE CAN BE PRAYED FOR.
MY SISTER ACCEPTED THE BLAME SHE DID NOT SAY THAT IT WAS NOT HERS. SO I OWED HER ONE NOW. THAT WAS HOW THE FAMILY WORKED. MY MUM WAS A STAUNCH CATHOLIC. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SHOCK.
TEE CAME HOME TO VISIT ME AND MY SISTER LOVED HIM, NORMALLY SHE DOES NOT LIKE ANYONE BUT SHE SEEMED TO HIT IT OFF WITH TEE, SHE EVEN BEGAN CALLING HIM HER BIG BROTHER.
I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, AT LEAST SHE HAD SOMEONE ELSE TO TALK TO OTHER THAN ME SINCE WE FOUGHT A LOT.
EVENING CAME AND TEE HAD NOT YET LEFT, SO MY MUM FOUND HIM AT HOME AND OH BOY, I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY YOUR YEAR BE FILLED WITH LOVE AND PEACE.