Shattered Truths

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We were friends since we were little. Every time i looked over my shoulder he was always there. He knew every single thing about me and i knew every single thing about him. We would never keep secrets from each other or so i thought...
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"Hey ace, are you on the way to school already"? I said on the phone.

"Yeah, I am. Do you want me to come pick you up or are you gonna meet me there"?

"Can you pick me up please my parents are arguing again..."

"Yeah, I'm on my way". Ace said quickly as he hung up the call.

As Ace was on his way over I was getting myself ready for the first day of senior year quickly but quietly so I didn't end up getting yelled at by my dad too.

Ugh!! he just loves to wake up and start arguments for fun. I said in my head as I was rolling my eyes.

As I was brushing my hair I received a text from ace saying he was here. I rushed out the door and got into the passenger seat as fast as I could so I didn't have to communicate with my parents.

"hey, you okay?" ace asked.

"yeah, i am fine you know how my dad is". As I let out a small laugh to ease the awkwardness out of this conversation.

Ace gave me a sad smile and started pulling out of my driveway.

Ace and I became friends at such a young age because of both of our parents. Not because our parents were close or anything but because of our parents always arguing and fighting with each other. We found company in each other because of how often our own parents fought. Ace has always been the person who is good at communicating, comforting, protecting,
and understanding someone.

We are childhood best friends. we met in first grade, he was sitting in the corner having tears running down his eyes, crying softly so no one heard him but as i was running by to go grab my backpack i noticed him and went up to him and introduced myself

"Hi, my name is Layla. are you okay? because you have a booger running down your nose".

He laughed and introduced himself and ever since that day we stuck by each other's side and my crush grew bigger and bigger on him as each day passed by.

We got to the school just on time since we live 30 minutes away from our school. Ace and i were heading to our first period when i noticed Ace hasn't stopped texting someone since we got to the school.

"Hey, are you gonna get off your phone and pay attention to where you are walking"? I said when he almost tripped over a step.

"Huh? oh right... yeah, my bad I was just texting daxton".

I rolled my eyes. I always hated daxton he was such a creep because of how the way he looked at girls and treated them. He could never keep his hands to his self.

"Hey! stop rolling your eyes i saw that. Daxton is cool i dont know why you don't like him".

I stopped walking and looked at him and said "because he is a creep".

he looked at me and continued walking and said "yeah, okay. you think everyone is a creep".

i rolled my eyes again and asked "what is he texting about anyways"?

"He is saying there is a new kid".

"huh weird, there hasn't been a new kid in our grade in forever."

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