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12

..."There's a type of life that makes us appreciate death"-Me

Iretiola's POV

We're done with our exams now and we're headed home for Christmas.

It's been hard trying to get through to Aarin, she's been ignoring me. Don't even get me started on Travis.

That little douchebag tried to embarrass me on his TikTok live and I guess he succeeded because I realized that I've got a lot more haters than I thought I had.

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"Hey, Ireti. How much does your outfit cost?"
He asks with his phone in my face.

"Get your camera out of my face"

"Just answer the question"

"I don't want to. Get out of my face or else-

"Or else what?" He taunts with a smirk on his face

"Or else you won't like what I'll do" I coldly respond but that doesn't scare him off cause he brings the camera closer to me and says

"Awwwnnnn, is poor Ireti ashamed of the fact that her mom purchases her clothes-

He starts and I snap and snatch his phone from his hand, angrily throwing it as far away as possible,which is the cold ,hard and tarred pathway I'm walking through.

"What did you do?" He asks and his eyes darken as he picks up his phone from the floor and stares at the shattered screen.

"Well,you can't blame me, I did tell you to get it out of my face or else...." I mumble as I walk away from him.
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I'm glad Aarin has Travis though. They always sit in the cafeteria together and I'm happy she has someone to talk to.

But she still does drugs. What if he's her dealer though?. C'mon,I wouldn't put it past Travis. I wouldn't put anything past him.

She looks happy with him and that's all that matters.

Anywho, Things with Xanny have been going really good. There's no label though.

We're just friends who kiss right?. I know, I know I sound stupid but I'm stressed out.

I don't want a label because that'll just increase his expectations from me and frankly, I don't think I can handle anything sexual right now so I just avoid the discussion each and every time it pops up.

Xanny sneaks up on me while I'm waiting for my mum to park her car and my luggages almost fall in fright.

"You jerk!" I exclaim. "You love me" was his corny response "oh,shut up" I retort with a blush playing out on my cheeks.

"Why do you have to leave so soon?!,I miss you already" Xanny whines

"Awwwnnnn, I'm missing you too" is my cheesy response. Get a grip,girl.

"We could always meet up at the cemetery though..." He playfully suggests. "It's a date, I'll bring the cookies"

"Are you serious? Why would you want to have a date in a ceme-Oh Good morning Mrs.Williams" Xanny says which makes me turn around and face my mum with a smile.