CHOICES

Chapter 2

It was the year everything was going to be new and some things would change in Camry's life. This year wasn't just taking her to new adventures but also a year she was finally going to turn 18years and be of legal age.

It was mid year when she was scheduled to start university and start her new journey in the Finance world. Though she was set to study accounts it wasn't her first choice,what she wanted more was to be an engineer. Since 9th grade she fell in love with the concept of technical drawing,she loved how everything was done in perfection and with elegance. As much as she loved it some people hated it. Whenever she found it to be challenging,she would get her self back up with a saying to herself that the teacher would always say to motivate the class

"eat TD,drink TD, sleep TD and dream TD"

she would always say ' let TD be a part of you and once you do, it will be easy for you to understand'.

Going to high school she wanted to continue with the subject that was associated with technical drawing as it would have paved a clear way for her to study architecture in college. But as luck had it she found herself in a class with different options one of which was accounts which she later would find herself down a career path of finance,the irony in that.

Time was passing by fast and her semester was to begin soon. It took time for her to finally gave in and accept the course that was picked out for her,she tried her best to convince her parents to let her do what she had wanted,but having more reasons and been beaten in a vote of 2:1 she finally decided to give into their choice and looked forward to seeing how she would cope with a profession that wasn't her first choice.

Camry had always wanted to change her hair after high school, while in high school she couldn't have done the two options she had always wanted to do,that went against the school rules and conduct. But now that she was done and almost on her way to college Camry decided it was time to pick which stlye she wanted to go with between the two choices she had. She had beautiful straight hair that was shoulder length,the two things she wanted to do to change it and it's appearance was:

°either make it into permanent curls

or

°cut it by the sides and leave the middle part the length it initially was. After some time outweighing the two options and picturing how she would look in both hair styles,she finally made her choice of cutting it.

She was happy and excited to start her semester, though a little nervous as she wasn't certain what to expect. One thing she was sure of is her hair style would be the first thing people would notice when they see her and probably judge before they get to know her.Her semester was to begin soon.A week to go and classes would start. She spent that week preparing and gathering all she needed for her classes.

It was her first day of class, she was nervous been in a new surrounding and new people she was going to encounter. Her nerves where almost getting the best of her especially when she walked into the class and everyone was staring at her,more her hair as it was tied up and showed the cut sides. She received different stares and deep down she knew some people were judging her bases on how her hair looked.

When she joined the class she was told they had started lessons a week earlier prior to when she was told they would open. She was immediately added to a group,for the class was divided into groups for a presentation on topics they had to do. That action made it easy to interact with some of her classmates,she finally had an easy way on how to start getting to know them and within that week she made some friends and got along with everyone in her class. The semester went by quick and she only hated the fact they had to leave for the holidays,to them it felt like it's only been a month in school but as they say ' time fly's when you having fun '.

Her second semester started and her birthday was just a around the corner. It had been a week since she got back in school and within that short period of time she was back she met new people and actually found someone she was getting close to. A couple of weeks to her birthday, Stella her roommate and her boyfriend invited Camry to go out to the club as a pre-birthday celebration,she gave it a thought and wondered if she wanted to go, it would be the first time she would be going to the club. Been excited with the thought and curiosity of expireincing what happens at clubs she ended up making the choice to go out with them. All she thought and pictured clubs would be like in her imagination was way different from the actual thing. It was a place filled with all types of people, everyone was happy,the music playing and everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves which made her look forward to how her birthday would turn out to be this year.

It was finally the day she was excitedly waiting for,the day she turns 18 and becomes of legal age. As she awoke from her slumber she was greeted by her roommate,who had a big smile on her face. She went and gave Camry a warm hug,wished her happy birthday and handed her a present she bought for her. Camry was happy on how her day was starting off so far so good,she hurriedly went to take her bath got ready for her class that day. Class went well and finally got done for the day,now she could start her birthday celebration. Her sister was the first to come through and wish her happy birthday, within a short period of time her childhood friend she hadn't seen in years came through and also wished her a happy birthday. Her birthday was going great, better than she imagined it would be, friends came through and wished her happy birthday,brought her gifts and they sang the birthday song. They cut the cake,ate and drunk everyone was having an awesome time. As night approached they started to prepare and get ready for a night out to finish the birthday celebrations. Her friends already made plans of taking her out for dinner and then later finish the party at the club. It was a wonderful night and Camry enjoyed her birthday celebration surrounded with love and all her friends. #bestbirthdayever.