If I was your best friend, I'd want you around all the time
Can I be your best friend?, If you promise, you'll be mine
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My alarm goes off but I'm already awake. I'm sitting in my bed on my phone. These are the moments I get to spend in solitude. I can just relax and be me. I don't have to be anyone else, just the quiet , Nahla Evans.
As i'm scrolling down my Tumblr searching for colors to dye my hair I get a call from my childhood bestfriend Chance
"Lalito (La-Lee-Toe) you up" he said calling me by the nickname he gave me in 6th grade.
"Nah Chauncy I'm not up" I responded calling him by his government name.
"C'mon now! but for real for real we got to get going its already 10:15 and we got to head to the barber shop"
"I haven't picked a hair color yet" I admitted.
The first day of our senior year was tommorow and I still had not picked my hair color. Chance and I set our appointments up at his cousin's beauty/barber shop over a month ago for the first day."Nahla bruh are you serious you had all summer to think about this" he said growing impatient.
"Be ready in 15 Jenae" He said calling me by my middle name and hanging up. I was definitely going to check him when I saw him. I know he gets irritated when I get indecisive, but I have not one clue who he thinks I am. Don't hang up on me!
Since I took a shower last night all I had to do was wash up and get dressed. I got out of my covers and made my way into to the bathroom I share with my baby sister Skai. I did the usual which consisted of washing my face, brushing my teeth, and doing something with my hair; for the sake of this heat I decided on just a tight bun on the top of my head. I went back into my room and decided on a pair of light denim shorts, a grey Pink Floyd muscle tank with my black sports bra underneath, and my black converse.
As i was making my way down the stairs, Chance called my phone signaling he was outside. Instead of picking up I just hung the call up in his face like he did to me.
"Morning Ma...dad already left for work?" I asked my mother as she was making some breakfast.
"Yes...now where are you going this early and with who?" she asked with her hand on her hip.
"I'm getting my hair dyed today and with Chance duh"I said making a silly face at her causing her to throw a piece mushroom at my head. "Don't duh me gal, but don't come back with no crazy colors" she said pointing the knife she was cutting her vegetables with in my direction. "I know mama I won't."
"I mean it Nahla Jenae, come back here looking like Nicki Minaj I'm beating yo lil ass, now go on don't keep my future son in law waiting." I just stale faced my mother on that note
"See you later mommy" I said walking out the door to see Chance sitting in his car on the phone.
I got in and buckled up waiting for him to pull off, but he never did. "Chance are we going to go?" I asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Nahla, not today, don't start this today..you know the rules of the whip, you get in you must say hello, hi, wassup, shalom, something.. can't get in here acting like you aint knowing" he said calling himself checking me. " And you know the rules of the phone, don't eva eva eva EVA hang up on me without permission" I said making my voice sound like Smokey's from Friday. Chance chuckled and responded. "Aite, aite I promise Lalito, BUT ONLY IF you say hi."
Many people misunderstood chance's and I's relationship. They thought we were boyfriend and girlfriend when in actuality we weren't. We never kissed, had sex, or even went on a 'date'. We are best friends thats how its been and that is how it is always going to be.
I sighed and said " Hey Wassup hello" the way Fetty Wap says causing both Chance and I to start cracking up as he pulled off.
As we walked into the barber shop I greeted his older cousin Damon and walked straight over to the leading stylist Asada's chair. "Hey Sada."
"So I heard you haven't picked a color." she said grabbing a smock from one of her drawers in her station. "Who told y-..CHANCE" I responded coming to grips to realizing who could have possibly told her. "Its okay... I think I have just the color for you."
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This story has been in the works for a while...I hope you guys enjoy and don't forget to comment and like.😘
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Bestfriend.
Romance"We are best friends, that's how it's been, and that's how it's going to always be"
