I have a friend that's in a grade higher than me. He just told me that he had just gotten out of the D home and that he had been selling drugs. He told me that all he wanted to do was stay black and have 3 kids. It almost brought me to tears. He had said that when he got back to school he would quit. He was told by someone that he had talent and he shouldn't waste his life. I told him that he did because he could play the trumpet really well. He said that he only plays it just to be doing something. I then offered him that I would help him find something he would want to do. I really don't want to see my friends do nothing with their life. He thanked me and is willing to find something that he would want to do.

I just feel like I want to help because my boyfriend was like that. He was in a gang and could have gotten himself killed countless of times. It was because I felt like I wanted to help him that he finally quit. Because I broke down and told him that I didn't want to see him die so young that I helped him. Now I feel the same way with my friend. I hope he just doesn't give up on me because I am very serious. I feel like there is nothing I can do if he's given up when there is someone to help him. I don't want that.