•Dedicated to≈ Nisagauci. You rock girl!
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"To be beautiful, is to just be the unique and outstanding you."

-Kamoyrocks 😊
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Jace's POV

"Say that again." I whisper. I don't think I heard her right. My mom always told me that I had a habit of misinterpreting anything people said.

"I-I love you." She blushes.

"Again." I take her hands in mine. I look into her eyes as she does the same. My breath is taken away when I find nothing but love in her big brown eyes.

"I love you." She says more loudly.

I've been longing to hear those three words fall from her soft lips. I feel like the luckiest boys in the world. She loves me...oh thank god, she really loves me.

She's the love of my life, my other half, my happiness, my one and only queen. She's mine.

There's only one thing left to do. I  look into her eyes as I slowly lean in. I've been waiting to do this for so long. I slowly grab her jawline, as I look at her eyes, and then her lips. Just as I'm about to kiss her...

The door opens.

"Julia!! Your back!" Emily screams and runs to her, separating us.

Ugh, I can never get any privacy in this house.

"Yes, I've missed yuh guys so much!" Julia smiles and Bethany, along with Tyler enters the room.

"Julia!" They all exclaim.

Then that means...

"Ahh!! We just got the news! Julia! We've been so worried about you!" Kathy screams and separates us even further, along with everyone and its only then that I'm pushed off the couch.

My family...

I do nothing but smile at Julia as she speaks to my whole family.

God I love this girl...

Julia's POV

I walk down the halls, fully aware that everyone's eyes are on me. Glares from the girls, smirks from the boys, I can literally feel the stares piercing through my skin.

Everyone has stopped what they are doing. The halls are completely quiet. The only sound that is heard is my footsteps as I walk down the narrow hall.

I'm tired of this...

I slowly put down my bag on the floor, and stand up in the middle of the hall, where there's a little bench, that way everyone can see me.

"Yuh know what?" I shout to get everyone's attention. They all turn to look at me strangely. "I'm tired of you guys. Yes, mi black. I'm not white, I'm different from you all. I speak different from all of yuh. But you know what? Y'all are gonna have to live with it. I'm not gonna change. I'm here, I'm different and I couldn't really say that I hate my race. I don't despise none of you. But its just the fact that you all can deal with someone different. Just because of what your ancestors did doesn't mean that you should follow."

"I can't change who I am for you all. I can't blame God for how he made me. And I'm most defiantly not going degrade or hate myself just because of my colour. I'm proud of myself. I'm proud to be black. I'm proud to be different, to be daring. To be completely and utterly unique. I'm proud of who I am. I'm a proud black  African girl. And I may not be perfect but I'm only human, I am going to make mistakes, I'm going to mess up, but that's just something I have to do. I'm sure none of you are perfect, none. So before one judges one, make sure that you are perfect."

"I'm not going to go out of my way just so that you all can accept me. No. So whether or not you accept me, its not my problem. Why am I hear giving you this speech? Because some of you need to wake the flipping goat up. Some of you just have to accept the fact that everyone is equal. There's no need to degrade black people, or people in general. No one is better than anyone. No one has it easy and the reason why some people want to commit suicide is because you all won't just give them a break! None of you know what a person really goes through, and you could just make their lives a little better by leaving them alone or helping them. But no, you decide to bring them down even more. What do you achieve? Attention? Fame? Likes? Let me tell you something. You see if your acting out to get attention, you need to stop. You already have yourselves attention, and that's the best of all. You are your own motivator. If you are hurt, you need to be your own healer or talk to God. But bullying will never lessen your pain, it only increases. Bullying never solves any thing, trust me."

"I'm not asking you all to like me, because I was not placed on this earth to impress you, if you choose to talk about me behind my back, dislike me or bully me that's your business. Imagine how you would feel if you were I'm the same experience like some people. But trust me, you will feel utterly terrible. Not only by your actions, but you WILL face your own karma. Make the choice today. Love without restriction, trust without fear, want without demand, and accept me for who I am." I finalise and step down.

The room is quiet. I start to walk but I stop when I hear a clap, then another one follows, then another. Soon, everyone is clapping at me. They are all smiling at me, nodding their heads, some are crying and its the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. Something tells me that what I've just said was what other people were trying to say for so long but never got the courage to.

I think I just saved this school...

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"Come on guys! I just want a few more clothes." Brook says as we enter another store at the mall.

"Baby, that's what you said the last time. And even now, we still can't finish." Alex groans as his girlfriend drags him into another store.

"Perks of having a girlfriend." Drake chuckles. "Hey my little ice cream." He says ruffles my hair.

"Stop." I chuckle and fix my hair. "What do you want now?"

"Other than undressing you in my head? Nothing." He grins.

"Whatever." I say and it just hit me when I finally process the sentence. "Drake!" I push him slightly. He chuckles.

Chuckles

"Your ears smell amazing." He..compliments?

"Thanks?" I shrug and turn to see Alexander talking to a girl and she giggles. They look so cute together. I see them becoming a great couple.

"They look cute." Drake says from behind me. I nod my head. Like me and Jace. I wanted to say.

You might be wondering where he is, well he couldn't come to the mall with us became he and his dad had an important talk about the family business. Lucus isn't hear because he simply just didn't want to.

I don't blame him, anything beats walking around this mall for nearly three hours.

"Your beautiful Julia." Drake whispers from the shell of my ear. I turn and look at him. His eyes has slightly dilated and I scrunch my brows together.

"Thanks." I say a little confused and he steps closer.

"I know you and Jace have a little thing going on but the thing is, I've always just liked being around you Julia, always. I know you might think that I'm annoying but I only annoy you because you look so cute. Your cute." He whispers softly and I turn my head to the side in confusion. Wondering where he is going with this.

"What are you saying Drake?" I ask and the words that fall out of his mouth next leaves me speechless.

"I think I like you Julia..."

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A/N: So I can honestly say that I love this chapter because of what Julia said. I hope she got her point across, because that's just something that had to be said.

Yes, I am black. I'm an African American. I honestly hate inequality, especially when it comes to Racism. I hate Racism, I think you all have picked up that. Everyone is equal and I hate when people act like they are better than others. I love everyone, if I am being honest. So you would never see me hating beautiful white people. I love every human bring that God has placed on this earth, even my enemies. Even though they have done me wrong, I still love them. Became forgiveness is the gateway to peacefulness.

Reflection: Spread your love and positivity wherever you go. Let your uniqueness shine through. When you make people feel good about themselves, it will make you feel good too.

And guys, it okay to be sad and negative. But please try to defeat your negative thoughts no matter how hard your struggles are. No one has it easy, not even me. I do go through struggles, but I try to stay positive because all things are working for my good. All things are working for your good guys, believe me. Everything God does is for a good reason. And one day...

Your gonna be so damn happy, I just know it. Because you deserve it all.

That's all for now. I love you all ❤