ONIKA
Study hall quickly became one of my favorite classes. Over the past month, Bey and I have gotten a lot closer and I look forward to the class just to see her.
It's bad but most of the time I don't get much in class. The days where she's nodding off mid conversation are the only ones where I actually get work done.
After finding out about all the drugs she does,
a lot of things make sense. I try to help her out as best as I can but she doesn't want it most of the time.
When she works late and has no ride, she texts me and asks me to pick her up. She always gives me gas money so I don't mind.
Today, I was extra excited. I wanted to see if Bey noticed my new nails.
I had to get Bey from her last class to make sure she came. She likes to skip and her counselor said she can't graduate with a certain amount of absences, and she was already getting close this early in the school year.
When I got to her class, she was already in the hallway leaning in the wall.
I could tell just from looking at her she took a downer. I know words like that now because of her.
She acts different depending on what she takes. Sometimes she has a lot of energy and gets really clingy, and other times she's like this. Mumbling her words and struggling to stay awake or walk.
I don't like it when she's like that but there's nothing I can do, if she doesn't listen to people she's known for years there's no way she'll listen to a girl she just met. It's clear she's going through stuff so I just try to be there when she'll let me.
I tapped her shoulder and smiled when she looked down at me. "Hey."
"Hi." She put her arm around me and we started to walk.
I know she just puts her arm around me because her coordination is off and she can't walk that steady but I still like it.
We walked to study hall, we sat down in our unofficial assigned seats even though we had a sub today. I scratched the outside of my nose to bring attention to my nails. "So how has your day been so far?"
She shrugged. "I don't know, cool."
"Have you eaten yet today? I have some snacks in my backpack today."
"Aren't you a vegan?"
"No, I just eat healthy. But I brought some
cookies I baked and some brought some carrot sticks."
"Let me get a cookie."
I smiled, "Please?"
She rolled her eyes and laughed. "Let me get a cookie, please."
"Better." I went into my backpack and pulled out the container of cookies. I brought them for me and my friends to eat during lunch but they would be fine if Bey had a couple.
I gave her the cookies and she immediately started eating them.
She still hadn't noticed my nails still so I put my fingers in her face. "I'm soooo bored."
She laughed louder this time and moved my hands out of her face. "Are you trying to get me to notice your nails? I noticed them when you tapped on me in the hallway, they look good."
I smiled, "Really?"
"Yeah. I like the diamond shit on them."
My nails were pink with jewels on my pointer fingers.
"I really thought you weren't going to notice."
"I notice a lot of things. Like how you're wearing a sweatpants for maybe the first time since I've met you."
