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SCAD
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
“Happy birthday to Josie! Happy birthday to you!” the party sang as an elaborate blue-and-gold cake was set before me.
I sat on a chair in my apartment with all of my friends around me. Maddox stood at my side. His smile was effervescent. My roommate, Jamilla, flipped her box braids over her shoulder and gestured forward with her signature long red acrylics.
“Make a wish already, J-Squared,” she joked since we were both J first names. We’d become friends sophomore year at a party and never looked back.
I glanced around at the sea of admirers and then to Maddox. I didn’t feel like I needed this wish. I had everything I wanted right in front of me. The last two months had been the best of my life. Working all day on my senior thesis film and having s*x all ni
