Hate Is A Strong Word

7

I tell Shay about Cam and his party. She came over to my house after school, so we're just sitting in my room talking. "Girl you gotta go. What else is there to do?" She says, rummaging through my closet. I'm not sure what she's looking for.

"I don't know. I'm conflicted." I say. She turns and looks at me, nodding in agreement. "Girl, what are you looking for?" I ask her. "An outfit for you." She responds. "For?" I question. "The party, duh."

Shay loves to party. It doesn't matter whose it is or where at, she'll be there. We're basically opposites. I'm more likely to do something that doesn't involve a lot of random strangers, whereas she loves to be around that. It's not too bad because we introduce each other to different things, but sometimes it's difficult. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the party to her because she'll obviously wanna go, but I guess the small part of me that wants to go knows what it's doing.

"So we're going?" I ask her. "Obviously." She says, pulling out some of my clothes. She lays them on the bed and starts putting an outfit together. I swear this girl is gonna be a fashion designer somewhere, she loves putting together outfits. "How about this?" She asks me.

She lays out a cropped white tank top, light-wash ripped jean shorts, my black/red/white ones, and my red and white varsity jacket.

"Okayy I fuck with it." I say. Simple and cute. That's my go to. "And it's easy to remove, just in case." Shay says, winking at me. I laugh and hit her arm. "Girl please, I don't plan on fucking tonight." I say, playfully rolling my eyes. "Yea you don't plan to. We'll see though." She responds, putting extra emphasis on 'plan'.

I shake my head. "You and Cam can finish what y'all started." She chuckles. I just give her a straight face. "I shouldn't have said nothing to yo ass." I say. We both laugh. There's a knock at my door and I yell to come in. "Hey sweetie, we're about to go." My mom says. I give her and my sister hugs and kisses and they say bye to Shay too.

Ava and Ki are going to their friend's birthday sleepover party for the weekend, and my mom, Ms. T, and some of their friends are having a girls weekend, so that's why Cam's having a party. It'll be nice to have the place to myself for a bit too, of course when Shay isn't here cause we're together like always.

"Okay girl, I'm gonna go home and get ready. You want me to come back here or you come to my place?" She asks. I tell her I'll come to her since I know where Cam lives so I'll drive. She leaves and I decide to take a nap before tonight.

10pm

I just finished getting ready for the party and I'm just waiting on Shay to let me know when to head there. I showered, did my makeup, and put on my jewelry. For my hair, I just brushed it into a neat high ponytail. I did my baby hairs and let my natural hair air dry into a curly puff. My phone rings and I see it's Shay. "Hey boo, you ready?" I ask her. "Yea, just finishing up. I'll be done by the time you get here though." She says. I tell her I'm on my way and we hang up.

I grab my things and head to the car. I'm actually a bit nervous, I like parties but I don't go to them too often. I hope it doesn't get too wild though, I highly doubt Cam asked Ms. T to throw a party and she would kick his ass if the house gets fucked up.

He must believe we're on good terms too because if we weren't, I'd definitely tell her. I know, snitches get stitches or whatever but I promise every time we would fuck each other over it'd be payback from something else, so it's a never ending cycle.