"Gimme a sip." Adri says from behind me. I hand her my Caprisun and she takes a large drink, far from a sip. I rip it from her hand and scowl.
"What the hell bro?" I slap her arm and finish my descent from the stairs.
"Lord have mercy Adri, get your own drink." Bella says from in front of me. "I got you Jaz." she winks and keeps walking to our next class.
Jasmine was my actual name, but, you know, there always has to be that nickname.
I was gonna say something else, but stopped when I saw arms wrap around my waist. I turn my head to see my boyfriend Miles behind me. "Hey bud." I say and kiss his nose.
"Babe." He smiles and kisses my nose back. He walks next to me and grabs my hand, swinging it back and forth.
"Sooo, today after school I was thinking Taco Bell." He smirks and I roll my eyes
"You're always thinking Taco Bell." He shrugs.
"That's true."
I follow Adri and Bella to Adri's mom's classroom and stop before the door.
"Can you skip 7th and come see meeeeeee?" I wine and he kisses my forehead.
"You'll be in the gym?" He asks and I nod. "Okay I'll try." I smile brightly and he leans in to kiss me. We break apart slightly and he leans his forehead on mine.
"Until next period m'lady." I laugh slightly and give him one more peck before going into the classroom.
Since our art teacher lets us do whatever we want, we stay with Adri's mom during her planning period. I enter the room and she, Mrs. Colt, but I call her Anne, rolls her eyes.
"Oh it's you." I laugh.
"You know you love me." I say and take one of her pretzels. We have an odd relationship, but it works for us. We're both sarcastic, so we both know we're just joking.
"Don't bother her today, she's in a mood." Adri says and her moms scoffs.
"Just because I have all this yearbook stuff to do." She puts her hands up in the air with frustration. "Adri, take those papers to the office please." Adri nods and motions us to go with her.
"Lemme have one." Bella says, grabbing a pretzel. we follow Adri down the hall until we're met by the principal.
"Ladies, where are we going?" He folds his arms against his chest and we all say "the office" and walk past him.
"Lol." Bella says, chewing on more pretzels. My phone vibrates as we get up to the office so I look down.
*Can we take your car after school, mine's messy.*
I sigh and text back a simple "yeah that's fine." I turn back to Adri and Bella, but they were both engrossed in a gossip session with the receptionist.
"A new kid?" Bella leans in, obviously interested.
"He's in the office. Heard he got in trouble with some other schools before." They're eyes widen and I giggle at their behavior. So dramatic.
Just then, the door of the office swings open, and my eyes focus on a tan skinned boy with dark hair and dark eyes. He sports a band tshirt with black skinny jeans and converse. He grasps the schedule in his hand and walks past the girls. I lock eyes with him and he smirks, but it slowly fades when he walks past.
I blink a few times before looking up to Bell and Adri.
"What?" I ask. They look at me, exchange glances with each other, but then shrug.
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After 7th, I make my way to the hallway where all the football boys hang out, which is where Miles would be. He didn't come to 7th with me. Something about homework, which was weird cause he doesn't do homework but I didn't really care. I see him in the mess of boys so I walk over to the group. I grab his arm softly and he turns to look at me.
"Hi." He smiles and turns to say bye to everyone.
"She got that whip out?" Someone comments and the boys laugh. They make whip sounds as we walk away hand in hand, laughing along.
"Taco Bell?" He says and I nod. He kisses me softly, grabbing my keys.
"What-"
"I'll drive." Miles twirls the pink lanyard and we walk towards student parking.
"What homework did you have to do earlier?" I say. He looks to his side and shrugs.
"Just, uh, like algebra." He unlocks the passenger door of my old black Chevy truck. I nod even thought he can't see me.
Waiting for the buses to move, we exchange kisses every now and then to pass the time. He turns on the radio and switches through stations until he looks up.
"Whose that kid?" He points to the boy that was in the office this morning. He had his head down, on hand was holding the strap of his backpack on his back and the other had his phone, which he was playing on. He walks past the truck, but just as he was about to pass the driver side door, Miles opens the door, causing the boy to run right into it. Miles explodes in a fit of laughter, while the boy's face turns a bright red.
"Watch where you're going." Miles says between laughs. I punch his shoulder but he doesn't stop.
"I could say the same to you." The boy challenges. Miles stops laughing and looks at him.
"What the f.uck did you just say?" He squints his eyes and the boy shoves his phone in his pocket.
"Are your steroids affecting your hearing? I said watch it." The boy snakes the door closed and walks away to a small car. He drives away and all I could do was laugh.
"He got you there bro." I said. Miles shoots me a look and presses the gas pedal too abruptly, causing my head to come way to close to the dashboard. Yeah, he has issues
