Miles
is finally able to pull himself together enough to leave on time for his
concert. His excitement over his first
big concert, however, does not distract him enough to ignore the fact that it’s
almost night time and Zawadi is not home yet.
Miles
pulls up to the sports arena. He knows
not to expect huge crowds just yet, but he can imagine that he’ll be filling up
the sports arena soon.
He
rushes in before the concert crowd begins arriving. Zawadi
better be home when I get there! He says to himself, just before entering the arena.
Meanwhile,
Sephora is running a little
late for Miles concert. She’s the one
that gave Zawadi permission to go
over Esme’s afterschool, but now
she’s worried about leaving the house before Zawadi returns.
She
doesn’t want to miss Mile’s first set, so she jumps on her bike and coasts down
the hill.
As
her mother worries, Zawadi makes her way
home.
As
much as she would love to stop by Mitchell’s house, she decides that she’d
better not push the limits with her parents.
The smarter decision is to go home.
Zawadi enters the house,
which is empty of everyone except for Dazzle who is asleep on the chair. She then remembers that her father had his
first concert tonight and that her mother is attending.
Out
of breath, Sephora steps off her bike
in front of the sports arena. She’s sure
that she has already missed the first set.
Sephora rushes to the arena,
hoping that Miles did not forget to put her on the VIP list.
She
waits in the very short line, before entering the arena. Inside, she’s impressed by the crowd that
Miles was able to draw. She missed his
first song, but makes it in time to hear her favorites.
Sephora slips out of the
arena just as Miles begins introducing some of the musicians and background
singers accompanying him. As much as she
enjoyed the concert, she cannot help but be worried about whether Zawadi made it home or not.
Little
does Sephora know, she has
nothing to worry about.
Afraid
to be at home alone at night, Zawadi crawls into her parents’ bed, where she feels safe, and
falls asleep.
She
and Dazzle are fast asleep by the time Sephora makes it home.
Sephora arrives home and
immediately begins looking for her daughter.
“Zawadi! Are you home?” She calls out.
Sephora panics slightly when
there is no answer. Did
she make it home from her classmate’s house? She asks
herself.
Then
another thought occurs to her, Is she with Mitchell? Maybe
I should have had the woohoo talk with her! She thinks to herself; worry all over her face.
Sephora can feel her anxiety
level beginning to rise past her boiling point.
“Maybe I’m not ok with her having a boyfriend,” she says to herself.
She
walks toward Zawadi’s bedroom praying to
herself, please don’t let them be in here woohooing!
In
a way, she’s relieved
to see that Zawadi’s room is empty, but
in another way it scares her because she still does not know where Zawadi is.
“Oh
my God! Where’s my baby?” She asks
herself out loud. Just before she’s
about to lose it, she has one final thought, maybe
she’s in our bedroom.
As
Sephora pushes open her
bedroom door, she again has a brief thought that Zawadi may not be alone in
the bedroom.
She
walks in and turns on the light; immediately breathing a sigh of relief. “Thank God, she’s here safe…alone!”
She
stares at her daughter’s pretty brown face for a few moments, feeling warmness
and love in her heart.
Watching
her sleeping in their bed, reminds Sephora of those times when Zawadi was a little girl and would crawl into their bed at
night when she was afraid. Those are
moments that she has cherished and never thought she’d see again.
Sephora has to fight tears,
as she feels herself becoming sentimental.
She
briefly thinks about waking Zawadi up to relocate her to her own bed, but she doesn’t have
the heart. Instead she leaves the room
to shower and get ready for bed herself.
She
turns off the light and allows Zawadi to sleep on.
Meanwhile,
Miles wraps everything up at the sports arena.
His concert went well and he’s proud that he was able to keep the crowd
entertained.
Miles
is still tying up loose
ends
when even the security guards begin to get restless and start to vacate the
premises.
Finally
Miles leaves the sports arena, again thinking about Zawadi and hoping she’s at
home.
Tired
and ready for bed, Sephora climbs into bed next
to her daughter.
She
falls asleep almost as soon as she places her head on the pillow; feeling a
bond with her daughter that she once feared the teen years would rip apart.
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