Andre Johnson had only one best friend and he was surprisingly white. The two were inseparable and both their families loved each other dearly, although this happened to some more than others. Zoey has always had a huge crush on her best friend the...
"Reactions, you gotta love the way people react to things. They can be good, like planning a surprise party for someone, or they can be bad, like delivering some unsavory news to someone. Some reactions are in the middle, one out of many examples would be the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A lot of people celebrated his release but there was still someone that wasn't looking forward to it. To put it simply, to every action there is always opposed an equal reaction and sometimes it's better to react with no reaction."
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Zahra sat on the couch with all the eyes of the Johnsons on her. Ruby and Bow sat on either sides of her on the couch while Pops sat at a single couch and Dre on the other. Zoey, Junior and the twins sat on the large couch next to Zahra. Zahra's foot tapped on the ground incessantly as she tried to calm her nervous at what she was about to tell them.
"Zahra baby, you said you'd tell us where your parents where when Andre and Rainbow were here." Ruby reminded gently.
"Did something happen to Mike and Jay?" Dre asked worriedly.
Zahra sighed as she gripped her knuckles together "Yeah...they...uh...they died."
The room went silent as the heavy news dropped on all of them, each and every one of them had adopted a shocked look on their faces.
"N-no..." Bow muttered.
"Mike and Jay died?" Dre muttered mournfully in shock "Mike's gone..."
"What?" Junior asked in shock as the twins gasped.
Zoey widened her eyes as she continued to stare at Zahra and gulped when their eyes met, with Zahra breaking the eye contact and looking back at the ground.
"Lord no..." Ruby said as she shook her head.
"What happened?" Pops asked after a long silence.
"Pops!" Dre scolded at the insensitivity.
"Well we gotta know." Pops replied.
"Earl you-" Ruby was about to insult but Zahra stopped her.
"It's okay GG, I was gonna tell you anyway." Zahra said.
"You don't have to." Bow said as she rubbed her back soothingly.
"I want to." Zahra replied.
"Take your time." Dre said as he was already at the brink of tears at the loss of his best friend.
"Well..." Zahra started.
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It was currently night time at large house in the suburbs of New York, Zahra sat at a desk in her room as she studied. There was a sudden knock at her door which made Zahra look towards the door.
"Come in." Zahra said.
The door opened and in came her parents. Her father was a Caucasian man with a well-built physique, brown eyes, well-trimmed black hair and short black stubble under his chin. He wore a long-sleeved black shirt, black jeans and brown shoes with a badge clipped to his belt. This was Zahra's father and police detective of the NYPD, Michael Williams or Mike for short.
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