The Effect of Affection

PART 1

            "You two are a little too close." I said to my best friend Sarah and my brother (Brick), who were cuddling on the couch. I looked over at my other best friend Veronica, she was already giving me THAT look.

Here is a little backstory on my friends group. So let's start with V (Veronica) and I, we first met in kindergarten and have been best friends since the first day, although we have been through our ups and downs, she is my day 1. She is a natural ginger, tall(5'9), and has green eyes.

Now onto Sarah, V and I met her in volleyball in 8th grade and became besties with her since, but what we didn't know is she dated my brother before we even became friends. So you can imagine what happened when we started hanging out with her. 

Sarah is also a natural ginger but her hair is dyed black with blonde front strands, she is shorter than me so about 5'4, and she has blue eyes.

Then onto me. I have blonde long hair, 5'5, and hazel eyes. I would say that I'm pretty, or at least that's what everyone tells me. 

My older brother, only by 18 months, and Sarah have been off and on for a long time now. At the moment they aren't together, thankfully. 

Its always been us three, the trio. Through our bad days we have always been there for each other, we love each other with everything in us. 

I know what people say about trios, how they don't ever work, but ours was different, we had a special connection. 

Of course a we all played a different role in the trio. I was the bad influence who always came up with the dumbest shit, I was also the most straight forward and sarcastic one. V was the shy one, she's never had a boyfriend and she doesn't talk much, but she's always down with my dumbass ideas. Sarah was the "mom", she made sure we stayed out of trouble, even if that meant being a party pooper. 

My brother just got out of a relationship, she cheated on him. He is now using Sarah as a rebound even though I don't think she knows that. I don't even think my brother knows that he is using her, but of course I can tell he is still heartbroken.

"Guys we have to go bring Brody clothes, his charger, food, and his pipe." Sarah told us reading a text she had just received. 

Brody is Sarahs older brother, he is the same age as Brick, him and my brother are pretty good friends. 

Now a little backstory on Brody, he is a major stoner and just got out of a relationship with one of my "friends"(we aren't very close). I have never actually had a conversation with Brody since he is never home when I'm over at Sarahs. 

I know it's weird but Sarah is white, and Brody is mixed, but they have the same mom just different dads, they are adopted along with there oldest brother (17).

Anyways Brody ran away a few days ago and now we have to go bring him stuff secretly. 

My brother is the only one with his license, us girls only have our permits. 

"Alright let's go bring Brody his things then" Brick said. "Let's go to space aliens after, I feel like an onion blossom right now." I said smiling. Everyone nodded in agreement. 

We are now driving around looking for Brody where he told us to meet him. "There he is." V said. We pulled over and Sarah quickly jumped out and handed him his bag. 

Brody glanced at me for a quick second before turning and walking back to wherever the hell he was hiding.  

Sarah got back in and we headed to space aliens. 

After space aliens we all went back to my house, my parents are always an hour away at our family lake house, they stay there over the weekends. 

"Who wants to get violently high." I asked smirking at them. "I would but I'm too tired." V said making a bed on the floor. "You already know I'm not." Sarah said. Sarah doesn't smoke, I'm kinda the stoner of the group.

I quickly smoked a few bowls and went to bed with my friends. Boring ass hoes.

A sudden beeping sound woke me up and I looked over to see Sarahs phone going off. It was her mom. I shook Sarah awake and she answered quickly. 

"Hello?" she said wearily. She rolled her eyes and hung up. "What was that about?" I asked. "Oh just Brody, he got found and now he is getting an ankle monitor so he cant leave the house without parent or his parole officers permission."

"Damn he must be in paradise." I said giggling. We went back to bed for a few hours. 

Only I couldn't fall back asleep, I wasn't tired. We have school tomorrow and I really am thinking about faking sick. God, I hate school.