he was disappointed in himself. He knew that this was a representation of how the way he was living wasn’t working, and he knew that he wasn’t the person he had once been or wanted to be. Ronnie decided he was going to change reform himself into the person he used to be. He explained his feelings to his brother and friends, and they all laughed and taunted him. Ronnie knew he was going to have a hard time readjusting but decided it would be beneficial.
One night, James had went to sleep early, and had drop off Julian and Jason off at Tyson’s house. On his way home he stopped to get dinner from an high class take-out restaurant. When he went to get in his car he was mugged. He called the police, but they didn’t care and wanted nothing to do with him because of his prior arrest. Ronnie knew how to keep his cool. He was clearly upset, but decided to try to think clearly. He went home and went to sleep. When he woke up his first thought was to try to enroll back into school, but it keep it to himself because he didn’t want to break out the news right away. When Ronnie called to enroll he was asked a series of questions. The conversation with the advisors ended with bad news: the school would no longer allow him to attend to due his arrest. Ronnie was heart-broken, and his mind was crawling with thoughts of sadness. Instead of doing something stupid, he decided to grab his basketball and head over to the court to clear his head. All the while, his phone was constantly ringing. Eventually all the guys showed up. They begged to find out what was wrong and he told them. For the rest of the day they kept him calm with playing ball and then giving him his space.
The next day he called Tyson to ask if he would come with him to sell the Mustangs and getting a more affordable car, but Tyson was “busy”. He gave Julian and Jason a call also, both with the same story. Ronnie even got the same treatment from his brother. Unsatisfied with their rotten behavior, he went into his room to search for any extra money, which he found. He made up his mind that he was going to the ignore everyone else until they came around, because they were clearly showing their true colors.
Ronnie decided to get a job that was good enough for him to pay for his own little place. He looked all over the place, anywhere from down the road to 2 hours away. He made sure that there were places to rent nearby. He also applied to schools that would hopefully accept him even with his criminal history.
In the end it worked. He waited a week, and with his luck got a job an hour away, where he could also live. He left everyone behind. He moved on. In the end, he knew that there’s no reason to live and love and wait for other people to come around. He had his fun and now he was ready to live with the consequences, alone.
— Jennifer Drake, Class of 2014