Poisonous Love. [EDITING]

twenty-nine

AARON

"alright,you guys can run a lap and then head home.see you tomorrow."
coach said walking into his office.

i wiped my face with my shirt before starting my lap around the gym,following everybody else.

about halfway through,chris came up beside me,trying to keep up with my pace.

"hey,we haven't talked in like days.what's going on?"
he said out of breath.

"nothing,i've just been busy."
he nodded understandably.

"is everything okay with you and jessica?"
he asked as we slowed down,coming to the end of our lap.

"she's been extra annoying lately.just in my business a lot."
i put my hands on my head.

"about what?"
he said doing the same.

i shook my head not really wanting to tell him but giving in anyway.
"aaliyah."

he cocked his head my way as we walked towards the locker room,opening the door.

"aaliyah? what the hell are you doing hanging around aaliyah?"
i shook my head.

"everybody keeps saying that,as if she doesn't work at my house,but we've just been spending a little bit of time together,that's all"
i wiped my face.

he opened his locker,grabbing a water bottle taking a sip from it.
"i thought you hated her?"

"things change."
i shrugged taking a sip of my water.

"yeah but,you're not,feeling her or anything,are you?"
he asked putting his bag around his shoulder.

i swallowed.

me and aaliyah are friends and nothing but that.

i don't have any feelings for her and she damn sure doesn't have any feelings for me.

"no! why does everybody keep asking me this stuff,we're just friends,ok?"
i said closing my locker.

he put his hands up in surrender.
"ok."

we both walked out of the locker room,heading for the entrance.

at the front of the entrance,i spotted a familiar face.

aaliyah was talking to the art teacher about something before she walked off leaving aaliyah on her own in the hallway.

"hey,i'll catch up with you tomorrow,yeah? i have to use to bathroom."
i slowed down.

he nodded,looking at me suspiciously before letting me go.
"okay."
he said disappearing down the hall and out the door.

i slowed down my walk,walking in the direction of the hallway aaliyah was in.

she was taking down older papers from the bulletin board and putting up new ones.

"what are you doing?"
i ask,slightly scaring her,she looked behind her,eyeing me.

she went back to hanging up the papers.
"mrs clark is having an art show for the freshman and she wanted me to put up some papers for it."