False Bestfriends
i was eighteen but they were both in the same grade, g
ia after having the firs
and noisy. She and her friends sat on th
Selena said to her an
on this braids
while Sisi typed
w to me" Sel
eisha commented and they all looked to t
ell for you, you liar!" Madeline, the ever pompous girl of
ored look on his face as he twirled his car keys i
ood high, hear me now!" Madeline shouted, turning to face the rest of
stomped out o
Sisi l
at?" she asked, turni
e Niel" Sel
ong hair and doll- like beauty; sitting beside Niel on his right. There was no o
that. I thought
ue while Selena and K
Sisi started
els in love with Niel and she did what most people blin
like dating n
Niel likes her much. I think he's just ha
st played out didn't happen. As she turned back to her table, she caught eyes staring at her from acro
le and searching" Si
a sarca
I mean, why would you even date? You still have a whole life ahead of
isha rolle
y sixth boyfrien
n seduced to give up her virginity, after which she regretted it and had suffered depression for months; and Selena,well Selena had not joined the boyfriend game but she wa
. Like high school ends completely" Sisi
now that" she g
her eyes,
Just date Koty, even
won
it obvious?" Sisi asked, looking a
they af
ooking at you"
" Keisha a
nd immediately turned
ke dating?" Sisi
nswered , her
." she suggested. They stared at h
o no relationshi
you'll get embarrassed an
hem this tim
" Selena
etting food?" Keis
at their table was empty. T
nto another ro
could do all the things she had to do quickly and then settle down to
hrough the Sea of people out of the hallway. Someon
he g
" she smiled, stopp
hen closed it, shaking his head. He ha
get anything today and I figured
dened as she looke
ck up at him, "I'm sor
s she stretched t
so. I can't a
his black and curly hair neat and smooth and that he was tall, two inches above her and that he worked out and that he dressed neat
d laughing, her hand still stretched out. They looked funny; standing in the m
ng things from him especially when she knew he had a crush
way from her, laughing slightly, his eyes bright and happy. She
down at her side. She would
8pm and her father was non-existent. Her mother had never spoken about him and she had never bo
thes. She just had to get a few groceries from the grocery store a few streets away and then make dinner. She glanced at Sisi's
as one
end of middle school. They weren't close. Though they she rode in Sisi's car almost everyday
pered and she, Joan was more in tune with her behaviour than Sisi would ever b
ared to ask that she was Susie. Of course, everyone knew it was short for Susan but she had misheard wrongly w
ds next time. She didn't like hair being a nuisance as much as she loved fashion. Better still, she would go natural un
bout him. It seemed like lately he was becoming mor
totally free with and so his recen
came. He had warned her not to and she didn't even know his address; she only k
two stops to get there if she took a train and if
with her. He was her best friend yet they were so far apart in ever
watc
d bumped into absentmindedly. He didn't respond, he just
her steps home. She had to make dinner before she could settle down to read and sh
she made her way up the porch unaware of
n hers. She jumped. Her heart leaping in her chest, the bag of groceries a
laimed in relie
eys while she calmed her racing heart and then h
up on me!? I could have had a heart attack!" She
e a gangster with your face
noticing his stance. His hands were placed on the kitchen counter,
in
m when he still did not reply and turned him to face her. He was
nger boiling in her chest. He hugge