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55 | the e m o t i o n s

| Z O Y A |

     HANDING HER CHEMISTRY TEST to the invigilator, Zoya hurried out the classroom and got ShaunaKaye's attention.

"Wow. . ." Zoya mused, eyeing ShaunaKaye's baby bump that was more visible. "Congrats, girl. All this time I thought you were sick but it wasn't how I thought."

ShaunaKaye chuckled, rubbing a hand over her belly. "Thanks, Zoya. Sorry for not telling you."

"It's fine. You weren't obligated to tell me. How far along are you?"

"Four months."

Zoya smiled. "Congrats to you and Daddy."

Shauna's smile dropped before she quickly recovered. "Thanks, girlie. Bye and good luck on the rest of your exams."

"You too," Zoya said before turning in the opposite direction. She sent a quick thank you text to Noah when she heard Pia call her name. "Yu just dash mi weh so!"

Pia chuckled and locked arms with Zoya while they walked. "Girl, mi been so busy."

"I can see that," Zoya said, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Hey, stop it. I'm still on treatment so we haven't been doing anything."

"So my favorite couple is back?"

"I guess," Pia said. "We're working on trusting each other again. Where are you going?"

"The dorm."

"I haven't been there in so long."

"Mhm. Yu dash we weh like used condom."

Pia laughed. "You say the most out of pocket things, Zoya."

"Laughter is the best medicine recently. . ." Zoya said, remembering all that transpired yesterday.

Pia sadly sighed, on the verge of crying. "Sometimes I still can't believe she's gone."

"Pia, mi a beg yu nuh start cry right now. If I start I won't stop."

Pia sadly smiled and wiped beneath her eyes. "Did you hear that GreySlate got shut down?"

"Really?" Zoya asked, shocked. Pia nodded and Zoya hummed in understanding. "I get why the police would-"

"It wasn't the police. On the site it says it was deleted by the owner."

"What?!" Zoya exclaimed. "How's that possible when she's-" she paused, unable to continue.

"I guess we'll never know. . ."

Zoya sighed, allowing silence to settle between them for a moment. "I'm going to sleep until my 2:30 exam."

"Sleep?" Pia piped up. "Why didn't you say that?"

"You're lazy," Zoya joked and Pia grinned. Feeling her phone vibrate, Zoya pulled it out.

[being.grace]: Your problem has been fixed.

[zoyaaa]: Thank you 🙂