"you may now turn your tassel to the left."
everyone began to cheer and toss their caps in the air. i couldn't believe i was already graduating. just like andre said, we were just 8th graders and now we're graduating from high school. which speaking of, andre has been ignoring my calls and text all day. not even a 'congratulations' text or nothing.
everybody began to walk out to meet their families outside. amongst the crowd, i ran into lone and ken.
"i've been looking for you everywhere dreya." ken said extending his arms for a hug. "should've call me or sumn." i said as i gave him a hug.
"so y'all cool yet or what?" ken said referring to me and lone. lone and i glanced at each other. "it's getting there." i said.
"way to make it awkward nigga." lone said shaking his head at ken. "what i do?" ken said. lone glared at him. "ima go with mia." ken said quickly. i let out a small laugh.
"so uh what are you doing after this?" he asked. in a way i felt like i was meeting him all over again. it wasn't the same playful friendship we always had. he almost felt like a stranger.
"i think i might just go home. i don't have anything planned." i said. "ken and i are gonna have a small graduation party. you should come." he suggested.
"i don't know, i'm not really in a party mood." i said. "well it's not really a party, just a couple friends that's all. come on dreya, we haven't hung out in a while." he said, "you know you want to."
a smiled came across my face, "fine i'll come. i'll go after i go home and change." i said.
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"hey i just pulled up." i said into my phone. "come around the back gate, it's just ken and mia here." lone said.
i hung up and walked towards the back gate. i could hear them talking in the distance.
"hey guys." i said. they all turned their heads in my direction and smiled. lone stood up and walked over to me. he extended one arm out to me and gave me a side hug. crazy how this is how our relationship is now.
"bro it feels like we haven't hung out with you in years. you be actin like a stranger now." ken said, "thanks to lone."
making it awkward again ken.
mia squinted at ken and slapped his shoulder for making that comment. "what?" ken shrugged as if he didn't know what he did wrong. "come on let's go inside. give them privacy." mia said grabbing ken by the arm and pulling him inside the house.
me and lone made awkward eye contact and i forced a smiled. "so..."
"i missed you a lot dreya, like fr. and again i'm very sorry for my mistakes." lone said nervously playing with his hands. "you don't have to keep apologizing, lone. i forgive you." i reassured him. he smiled and nodded.
"i know you probably don't want to, but can i take you out somewhere? just me and you." he asked. i hesitated before answering.
incoming call from faygo💕
i looked down at my screen and notice that lone looked too. i pressed decline.
"listen, i'm gonna be honest with you. dre and i have been giving our relationship another try." i noticed his smile turned into a slight frown. "i should've mentioned it earlier, i'm really sorry." i said. i felt really guilty hurting his feelings like this.
"um..it's fine, andreya. let's just forget i asked." he said trying to moved passed the topic.
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i just came back from lone's house and was now sitting in my room.
"bout time you call me back." dre said. his statement made me furrow my eyebrows. "you're the one to talk. you haven't been answering all damn day tf." i said.
"i was busy." he said. "all day? busy doing what?" i asked. "don't worry about it andreya. you kinda trippin rn." he said.
"i'm trippin? nah bro you tryna just push past the fact that you being sneaky right now." i said. i could hear him smack his lips, "man call me back when you done trippin." and just like that he hung up.
i was shocked that he really just hung up in my face.
maybe giving him another shot was a mistake..
