𝒆𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕.

𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦..

It was currently Wednesday morning, Raine and I stood in line at the student store. I wore beige jeans that stuck to my sides but ruffled over my shoes, white lace cami, and a blue zip-up over it. My black converse on my feet.

My hair was free from the soft locs, worn out in a wash n go look I did. Draping a little over my shoulder.

We had just come from first period together and she wanted a cookie so we stood in the line. I've basically memorized my entire schedule by now. All my friends still forgetting from time to time. But it was expected

Chewing a piece of gum I leaned against the railing for the line, students behind us talking and laughing.

It was times like this I felt disoriented, a side effect of my anxiety. I stood there staring forward blankly. Not focused on one thing, the faint ringing in my ear played.

My mind was completely blank as well, I didn't feel like I was inside my body. Instead, I was standing on the opposite side of the room. Staring at myself, things happening around me.

It wasn't until someone tapped me I snapped out of the trance and looked around to see the kids behind me telling me to go, as well as Raine and the women on the other side of the counter.

I blinked and walked forward with Raine blinking a couple of times and muttering a sorry to her.

I've tried to explain to my mom how bad my anxiety is that it forces me into blankness to cope with all the things happening around me. But she doesn't listen.

"You alright?" She held the cookie that was inside a wrapper as we walked out of line towards our friends.

I nodded and sat down beside Narri. "What class you got next Acura?" Caylin asked and that's when I fully became alert.

"AP Bio," I spoke.

"Dang, I feel bad for you. I couldn't sit through an hour and a half class next to Adonis," She chuckled and I nodded laughing along with her.

Of course, it was fake, they wouldn't support the fact that I was with him again so why tell them? Why force myself down the path of them telling me all of the things that could go wrong?

"Narri has history next," Caylin pointed out with a smirk and I looked at Narri to see her side-eyeing her.

"Isn't Damon in that class?" Semira asked and Caylin nodded.

"What's up with that?" Raine asked after taking a bite out of her cookie. "Are you guys gonna get together?" She asked.

But when she saw the look on Narri's face that displayed a, 'why would you care' look I caught on quickly but stayed quiet.

"Nothing," She spoke looking away from Raine and back at Caylin. "Bro shut up, me and him are just friends. I don't like him"
"No, you aren't, but lie to yourself if you want to," Caylin smiled and the bell rang.

The five of us stayed seated while students began leaving where they were and heading to class, "I don't want to go to art class," Semira groaned.

"Me either, tired of this nonsense." Raine agreed since they had that class together.

"Well, I have to go across campus to French with Kavion, see y'all at lunch?" Caylin asked and we nodded as she got up trying to catch up with Kavion and his friends.

"See you guys at lunch," I told them and they nodded as the four of us got up, Narri walking towards the orange building, Semira and Raine walking to the art buildings while I headed towards my locker in the blue building.

Once I got into the blue building, I made my way through some kids and opened my locker. Placing my Spanish textbook inside I grabbed my bio one and closed it back.