7 - Back To The Basics

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❝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠

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❝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠. 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒. 𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛. 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑. 𝑂ℎ, 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒.❞














Raya couldn't believe that she was willing to hear her out. They put their desk together in the algebra lab and begin to talk.

"I am sorry for not believing you. What James told me about her actions made me realize how foolish I was to take her side. I regret it. I want us to be friends again, but I understand that it's up to you whether or not we can move past this. I hope we can," Raya said firmly, looking Ryland in the eye while holding his hand.

"Let me interrupt you," Ryland said, holding her hand up. Raya sighed and looked down at the ground. "I forgive you. It's easy to be blinded by her."

"Seriously?" Raya said shocked.

"Yes, seriously." Ryland smiled, holding her hand tighter.

They smiled at each other and hugged.

"Double trouble is back!" Ryland said jumping up and down.

Raya looked at her confused. "Double Trouble? Where did you get a name like that?"

"Remember when we were younger?" Ryland said.

"Which time?"

"We mostly danced and sang like we were in our band before we met Angelia," Ryland said while laughing. "And we were nicknamed 'double trouble' because nobody could handle all the heat we brought."

"I remember that we were pretty good." Raya smiled.

"We were the best in this school. Even Sharpay respects us, even though she can't stand our guts," Ryland boasted.

"Ironic, isn't it?" Raya said.

"I'm so happy, I got the music back into you," Ryland said.

"Yeah, we never got to celebrate that after my dad died, now I just live with my terrible mother. She's the worst."

"Sad we can't go back to that though," Ryland said, shrugging.

"Who says we can't?"

"What?" Ryland asked confused.

"You remember the song we wrote when we were 10?"

"Yeah, what about it," Ryland said.

"Follow my lead."

𝐼𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘 ; Chad DanforthWhere stories live. Discover now