New Girl

Chapter 27

He rolls his eyes as he leans over to unlock and open the door for me. I get into the passenger seat and look over to him. He looks calm. It's crazy to think that this same man was beefing with Zae in the park earlier. He's typing something on his phone so I decide to get on my phone too.

I changed my location to my Mac so it'll still say I'm at home. The boys tend to ask a lot of questions and Kai probably already told Tiny. I decide to scroll through Instagram again and see that one of my friends from back home got shot and killed. I tuck my phone under my thigh. I try not to get emotional or let him see me cry but before I know it there are tears rolling down my face.

"Woah, what happened why you crying ma?" He asks. I didn't even know he was looking at me. I don't even get a chance to wipe my tears before he does it for me. His touch is gentle but his hands are rough and they sort of smell like weed.

"I'm sorry, I just found out one of my friends from home got killed. It's just crazy that someone you know could be here one day and gone the next." I wipe the rest of my tears away and look at him. There's a concerned look on his face but it's quickly dismissed.

"I'm sorry for your loss my heart. It's hard losing a friend, trust. Do you want to still go get food or are you not up for it anymore?" I wonder if he still mourns losing Isaiah as a friend or if he's lost other friends the same way I lost my friend. I decide to keep those questions to myself since this is my first time hanging out with him. I don't want him to think that I'm trying to gather information on him.

"Nah we can still get food. I haven't talked to him in so long it was more of a shock than anything. I didn't mean to ruin the vibe, sorry." I say quickly wiping the rest of my tears away and getting myself together. It's true, me and Sean weren't really close but we had almost every class together so we talked a lot. He was more my ex's friend than mine. He was a really smart kid and a great lab partner too. I don't handle death very well so my immediate reaction was to cry.

"There's nothing to be sorry for amor. I just wanted to make sure you're good before we go anywhere." He quickly changes the subject "Where do you want to go eat or what are you craving?"

I poke my lip out and shrug my shoulders, "You choose."

"Bet that. Hope you like Dominican food." He smiles softly and puts an address in his phone. The phone starts giving directions in Spanish. The ride is quiet for a while before he starts playing Searchin by Sonder.

I gasp a little because most people like Brent Fiyaz but don't know about Sonder. "This is my jam!" I whisper to myself. I smile and start humming along. I love when I don't have to talk and I get to just be silent and enjoy the music.

You've been holding on to desires
It's been raining all night
Now I don't wanna put pressure on you

"What you know about this song muñeca?" He chuckles. He looks over at me while he's driving. There's a little smile plastered on his face.

"Man this is my song." I groan out happily.

"You've been searching for this long and hard." I sing out loud with the music. He turns the volume up and we sing the song together. The roads aren't empty but he's barely listening to the directions anymore. I definitely prefer this over the constant drill I get when I'm with Matt or Manny. The song ends and a bachata song I've heard Sam play a couple of times starts to play but he skips it. A couple more songs play that I can't recognize by the first 5 seconds when I turn to him.

"Damn how many bops are you gonna skip?"

"My bad, I'm not in the mood to listen to them right now. Gotta set the vibe you feel me."