Ellianna
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The first few moments of our car ride to school were awkward which was expected considering all the events that occurred yesterday. There was still tension between Shane and Colin despite Shane reconciling with him by allowing him to ride to school with us. Things were still weird between Colin and me simply because last night was the first time we had talked in almost two years.
So here we were sitting in silence, Shane driving, me in the passenger seat and Colin in the back. Until Colin decided to speak up. "Ellianna since we're all friends again you should sit with us at lunch." I laughed at the fact Colin even thought that was a remotely good idea was hilarious. "No way, we're civil not friends. remember?" I stared directly in front of me as Shane entered the line of kids turning into the school parking lot. " What do you mean, of course, were friends," Colin stated nonchalantly like he didn't remember a single word from last night's conversation. " Colin no." I deadpanned.
Just then a horn honked from the car parked behind us. I turned around to see Matt's red pickup truck behind us. The boys laughed and Shane honked his horn back. although the whole interaction was childish I couldn't help but smile a bit. Shane pulled into a parking spot and Matt pulled into the one next to us. I got out of the car and Shane let Colin out of the back, meanwhile, Matt and Miranda Sanchez tumbled out of the truck. Colin rushed over to talk to Matt as Shane and I got our backpacks out of the trunk. " You really should sit with us at lunch" Shane leaned over and whispered to me. His brown eyes had that special little twinkle in them, the same one he got when he was talking to me about football, the same one he had when he told me he had broken up with Karlie.
"you know that's not a good idea." I whispered back. "what's not a good idea? Miranda popped over our shoulders. great now Mer was involved. " Nothing Miranda I'm just trying to convince Elli, to sit with Colin and me at lunch, that's all." Great now Mer knew Colin's offer and I knew she was not going to let it go. "Hold on what?" Miranda exclaimed. I rolled my eyes. "I'll see you in chem," I told Shane as I hung back with Mer and he caught up with Matt and Colin.
" so what's going on, Colins talking to you again? your talking to Colin again?" With all the drama that happened after school yesterday and I had totally forgotten to catch up with my best friend who completely deserved to know what was going on. " So where should I start," I said hoping I wouldn't have to rehash too much. "Matt told me that Colin and Shane had a fight in the locker room over you. What happened after that?"
"Colin came over to my house last night and apologized for being an asshole in eighth grade, he said it wasn't because of Shane but like he would've never apologized if it wasn't for Shane you know?" I said letting out a sigh. We arrived at our lockers and started organizing our lives for the day as we continued to talk. " So you accepted his apology and y'all are friends now?" I closed my locker door and put my backpack on my back. I felt bad I couldn't give Miranda the answer she really wanted to hear, which was yes Colin and I are as close as we were when we were kids and were all best friends and things can go back to how they were way back when. But I couldn't, I wouldn't because things would never be the same as they were.
"No, we're not friends, we're civil. But yes I did accept his apology, it seemed genuine, well as genuine as anything coming from Colin can get." I told her. She looked at me with a soft nostalgic look in her big brown eyes. " why can't y'all be friends? I mean don't you miss how things were before everything happened?" I didn't miss them but I knew Mer did that's what was so hard about all this. She took my side when all that shit went down she stuck by me when no one else did, which was hard because when I lost all my friends she did too. "When Colin's parents got divorced I stood by him Mer, it was hard for him He didn't show it at school but at home, things really sucked for him, he was at my house a lot and I was there for him. the fact he couldn't do the same for me really freaking hurt me and I forgave him now but Ill never forget." she hugged me as we both remembered how hard everything was for both of us. " I understand I do, and maybe one day, even though you can't forget maybe you'll move on you know?"
I doubted it, but miracles do happen, however, I was hardly due for one it was a miracle Colin even apologized in the first place. "maybe Mer, I'm just taking it one day at a time, I mean its freaking October and look how much drama we've already had this year."
"to be fair it's the end of October, so it's basically November and If you didn't befriend Mr. All American over there we wouldn't have all this drama either." Miranda gestured across the hall to where Shane was standing talking to Colin, Matt, and everyone else of North view importance, aka Mer and I's old friend group. " and to be fair, I did not befriend Shane, he befriended me." I clarified. not that I was mad about my friendship with Shane. I hated to admit it but I actually really liked having Shane around so much, He was less judgy than Miranda and super chill to be around, not to mention how willing he was to help me out with chem. I don't know maybe Im just starting to get too close to him.
The two-minute warning bell rang out overhead and the hallway roared to life as kids started shuffling to class. " I guess we better go huh?" Mer said as we both slung our backpacks on. " yeah ill see you at lunch, Normal table okay?" I told her. She nodded her head as we both went our separate ways to class.
