Lena
June let me borrow his car so I could handle some business but talking to Luís was at the top of my list.
Every where I turn, somebodies telling me that MY FRIENDS have an issue with me and they've been dragging my name through the mud all around the city.
I don't do that "he say, she say" stuff but when one person tells you there's a possibility of a lie but five different people tell you the same thing? It's definitely a problem and I'm not going to sit back and let this happen.
I was going to let it go but I still had a little pressure on my chest so I couldn't.
Everyone has been treating me bad ever since the club and it reminds me of when we were kids too. I was always the one left out but I didn't have the heart to speak up for myself.
We're not kids anymore, we're all grown and I'm not afraid to say what needs to be said.
On the way to Luís' house, I practiced how this conversation might go and I wanted to be calm about it but I can't.
Luís and I got years under our belt. I fought people for him and he did the same for me.
When one was in trouble, we both were. I never did anything to count him out or to make him look bad.
Everyone expects me to be a people pleaser and care about what others might say or feel about me but I don't care anymore.
I got out of the car and slammed the door.
"Luís!" I yelled as I approached him and the rest of the crew, sitting on his stoop and he just acted like he didn't hear me.
"Luís!" I yelled again.
I walked up to his house and opened the gate.
"Yo I don't know what y'all got goin on but whatever it is, it's whack!" I yelled.
I woke up this morning to 2 missed calls from Alex, a paragraph from Gina trying to explain herself before I found out whatever she won't tell me and June pulled up on me to talk about why I need to handle my homeboy Luís because he's getting out of hand.
All this happened while I was taking a nap, I haven't talked to Luís or any of them since the night at the club. What could've gone wrong in that time?
I can tell that they were all sitting around and having a filled day just talking about me.
They don't return my calls or respond to my messages in the group chat but steady posting group photos on the internet so I don't know what the problem is.
I didn't care enough to ask until it started affecting my personal life.
"Lena chill" Myles got up to hold me back before I could get to Luís.
Everyone was chilling on his stoop but I never got the invite and it's been like that for a few weeks now.
"No because ever since we was at the club, all of y'all have been treating me bad, what did I do?" I asked, "I don't understand."
"We all at the club celebrating Myles' birthday and you not only invite this bum to the party but you left early to be with him, that's the problem" Luís said.
"What? What are you talking about?" I was genuinely confused. I was THOROUGHLY confused.
When I told Luís I was leaving that night, he didn't trip.
"Gina seen you dancing with June at the party and then you left, what's up with that Lena? You too good for the crew now or what?" Alex chimed in.
I'm trying not to put my hands on anybody because I'm not a child, I know better but this is the dumbest conversation that I've ever had....pretty sure I lost a few brain cells entertaining this.
