I pull into my neighborhood and onto my street. I see my friends in my yard. gReAt. I just want to go cry my eyes out. I park and put on my sweater. It would break their hearts to see my arms. I see Jules and Lauren run over to the car. I fake a smile and get out and give them hugs. I then give Hayden and Carson hugs. When I reach Johnny he looks right back where he was when I met him. Broken. Maybe it's seeing me? I give him a quick hug. I head toward my house and they follow. I see Maddie pull up behind me in the driveway. I hope she brings in a blunt. Since our parents died we've been drinking and smoking. My friends won't be happy about it but whatever. The friends that I made in LA are coming tomorrow. There moving here and in with me and Maddie. Johnnys phone rings and he picks up "hey babe". My heart drops. What the fuck did I miss. I see my other friends give me a sorry and sad look. Whatever. I go into the kitchen and Jules and Lolo follow. I grab a cup and then grab the vodka in the fridge. Lolo and Jules have shocked looks on there faces but grab glasses for them anyway. I pour us each a glass, down mine and pour myself another one. I turn on the speakers that are hooked up to the house and hook them up to my phone. I turn on my rap playlist and put my phone back into my pocket. Magic by Lil Skies comes on and I walk back into the living room sipping my drink. Hayden grabs my drink and takes a big gulp. He chokes and swallows. He gives me a weird look. "Is that vodka?!" I nod and shrug. "There's more in the kitchen help yourselves. Maddie walks in hitting off a blunt. I hand my drink to Carson and hop over the couch pushing Johnny outta the way. Maddie laughs and hands it over. I pull my phone out and take a picture and send it to Austin and Mandala.
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I see everyone's wide eyes and hand the blunt to Johnny. He smokes a lot. He takes a second to recover but takes a hit anyways. Mads phone rings and she rolls her eyes and hands it to me. I answer the face time. "AUSTINNNNNNN" He bursts out laughing. "Hey kz so how's things going wit-" I start shaking my head. "Haven't talked to him since I left still...". Him and I both know we're talking about Johnny but nobody knows that. I think people are starting to catch on so I change the story to something that actually happened before we left LA. "We're taking about Joey" I tell Maddie. She nods and winks. I grab my drink from Carson and sit on the couch my friends then sit around me. I take a sip. Austin catches on, Johnny's in the room. "Did he give you sum good dick?" I smirk. He actually did. " no comment you lil bitch" Mandala comes in the screen. "Is that kz" I smile " yes boo." Calling my phone comes on. I see mandala hitting off my vape. "What the fuck that's my vape" he shrugs "I'll bring it tomorrow" my friends start to talk and then I hold my hand up. "Gotta go boys love ya bitch ass hoes" they say it back and I hang up. I stand up and take off my sweater. I sit back down and notice Johnny staring at me. Specifically my arms. I look down and look back up at him with wide eyes. I get up "gonna go get another drink from the bar upstairs" Johnny gets up "can I get one to" I nod and we start to make our way upstairs. What the fuck am I supposed to say. We stop on the third floor and go down the hall to the bar. He whips me around and grabs my arms. "What the hell is this Mackenzie" oh fuck my whole first name. I shrug. "Ummm cuts?!" He sighs and wraps his arms around my shoulders. I hug him back and start to cry. This isn't Johnny falling back in love with me. This is Johnny understanding what I'm going through. He pulls away. He whips my tears away. He goes and grabs a hoodie out of the closet behind me and hands it to me. I sit on the couch and he starts to make me and him a drink I think. He pulls out two glasses. Yup that's what he's doing. He pours some ingredients in a mixer and starts mixing. He then pours them in 2 glasses and then sits down besides me. He hands me one. We take out sips and just start talking. This is nice. I almost forgot what it felt like to be Johnny's friend. Just his friend.
