Trials Of A Heart | ✔️

5

~Brielle's POV~

"Hey. How'd your first day go?" Harmony asked me over the phone after I got back to my apartment, letting myself in the front door. "It was okay. Not terrible, but guess who I found out goes to the same college as me?" I asked, thinking she'd want to know. She seemed to like him, after all. "Phoenix Boyd. He's in one of my classes, too." I answered my own question, immediately being rewarded with the sound of her gasping loudly and dramatically.

"You're fucking joking!" She exclaimed with excitement. "Oh, my gosh. Bri! Bri! Bri, please tell me you guys are friends!" She just about pleaded, which was where I hesitated and bit my lip. I shut the front door and locked it. "Um, well..." I mumbled. "We sit by each other, I guess, but...I think friends is too strong of a word. Way too strong." I told her, heading into my living room. I set my bag on the floor by the table and sat down on the couch, curling my legs up on it. "He seems like the kind of person that kind of chooses his own friends. I don't think he'd choose me to be one...." I admitted, kicking off my shoes.

Harmony moaned in complaint through the phone. "Damn it." She huffed, causing my lips to twitch. "Sorry, Moni." I apologized, knowing that she probably wanted to at least talk to him. She hadn't spoken to him at all the night we went to the boxing match, even though they were in the same room for a few minutes before we left.

"No, don't apologize. I'm not upset at you." She assured me with a soft laugh, but I still bit my lip in uncertainty. "Um, but if you want a shot at talking to him, maybe I can see if he has another match coming up some time. We can go, if you really want to." I offered, hesitating slightly. Boxing was her thing, but I'd do whatever with her. She'd been my best friend since the fifth grade. "Really? You're serious?" She asked with surprise, making my lips twitch. She probably thought she'd be the one to ask me to another boxing match, not the other way around. "Yeah. I'd go." I said.

"I seriously love you so much. And you don't mind asking him about it? I know how you get around hot guys, Bri. It's like you forget how to use your mouth properly." She said, making me giggle to myself. "I can ask him." I insisted, staring down at my socks as I wiggled my toes inside of them. At least, I could probably ask him. Maybe it wouldn't be as hard for me since we had spoken once or twice before.

"That's so cool, Bri. Seriously, I'll owe you one." She said, but I shook my head, even though I know she couldn't see me. "No, no. You don't owe me. I really don't mind." I said persistently. I didn't want her to think she owed me for something as little as this. She sighed deeply, but thankfully accepted it. "Fine." She mumbled.

The two of us talked for a little while longer about how our separate days went before I heard the sound of someone calling her name in the background. "Shit." Harmony said. "I've got to go, Bri. My pa is calling for me, but I'll call you tomorrow, probably. Love you." She bid me goodbye, and I smiled. "Bye, Moni. Love you too." I responded, tossing my phone onto the table once we both hung up. I stood up from my couch and headed down the hall into my bedroom, the dark floors gently creaking under my weight.

When I reached my room, I headed over to my light brown wood dresser, the fluffy white rug in front of it soft beneath my feet. I took off my jewelry and set it down before I began to get undressed, wanting to change into my pajamas and get settled in to be comfy for the rest of the night.

I pulled on a comfy pair of pajamas and then turned on the fairy lights that I had strung up on my walls, smiling happily to myself as I looked at them. Back when I was in middle school, I had always wanted some fairy lights for my room but wasn't allowed them, so I really liked them. It seemed kind of dumb, but these fairy lights were one of my favorite things about my bedroom. Sure, my twin sized bed was a little bit small, but I didn't really need very much space since it was only ever me that slept here. It wasn't like I had a boyfriend, now or had I ever.

My bed was against the wall by my window, with white and tan striped sheets and a comfy white blanket. There was a desk to the side of my bed, which I really only planned to use to do school assignments because I didn't leave my bed when using my laptop. I had a few plants on the desk and another one hung from the ceiling close to the window, near the end of my bed.

Hung up on the wall by my bed were a few different posters, one about butterflies, one about plants, and another with this cute drawing of a bunny. Above my bed was a big circular shaped mirror with some cute plastic vines going up the wall and actually looked pretty real. My room wasn't super decorated, but it felt cozy and that was what was important to me.

I crawled into my bed and grabbed my laptop from where it sat on my desk, opening it before I went to Netflix to watch a movie. Thankfully we hadn't been given any homework for today, probably since it was the first day, but I was sure that wouldn't last for very long.

The night passed quickly and, eventually, I fell asleep with my fifth movie of the night still playing in my headphones.