Being called best friends is an understatement for these two. Most people think they liked each other from the beginning, but in reality, they didn't like each other at first. However, one day in middle school, they sat down at recess and talked, no...
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Francis's POV
"I noticed that you've been in space for the last three weeks. What's been on your mind?" I looked down and realized that everyone in the lecture room was staring at me. The professor must have asked me a question, judging by the way she was tapping her foot impatiently.
"I'm sorry, what was the question, Professor?" I asked, looking up from my paper.
"It doesn't matter now, class is over. Please submit all assignments by Friday at midnight." Everyone in the room gathered their things and began to leave. As I leaned back in my chair, I could feel my friends' eyes on me.
"Hey, man, are you okay? It seems like you haven't been paying attention lately, whether we're out or in class." Grayson said pulling his backpack onto his shoulder.
"Nothing, just have a lot of things on my mind."
"You have a whole lot of nothing on your mind if it has you like this man," Grayson said nodding at the rest of our friends as we walked out of the door.
"I said, 'Drop it! It has nothing to do with any of you," I seethed, bumping my shoulder into Grayson's as I walked out of the door without hearing the rest of their comments. I could hear them calling after me as I continued walking down the commons. I would be lying if I said I wasn't stressed or scared. The only thing is, the thing I'm stressing and scared about is here, but I know she won't want anything to do with me.
"Baby... Where are you going?" Grabbing my hand my girlfriend intertwined our fingers as she stopped me from walking, I didn't even realize she was standing next to me.
"Sorry. I was... I was going to the quad, I just needed some fresh air." Nodding she began walking with me. Shaking my head as she intertwined her arm with mine she walked alongside me.
Time Skip~
I feel ashamed about how I found out that she was back. I don't know how long she had been back, but it looked like she would be staying for a while. While scrolling through my friend's following list on Instagram, I stumbled upon her username. It had been years since I last saw her, and every time I thought about the way I left things with her, I wanted to smack myself silly. Although her account was private, my friend had reposted something she had posted."
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@Zo
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I constantly check his social media page to see if she has posted anything and if he has reposted it. I'm not sure if it's creepy, but she left a long time ago and was a jerk to her about something she couldn't control back then. I think she must be back in town to visit Emersyn because every now and then Emersyn posts about her, but not too often. This leads me to believe that she doesn't post much on social media.
"Francis! Are you ignoring me?" My girlfriend's voice interrupted my thoughts. When I turned around, I saw her by the bedroom door wearing only a shirt. I put my phone in my back pocket and stood up, grabbing a blanket from the loveseat and throwing it at her. The lustful smile on her face disappeared when she realized I wasn't interested. "I'm not in the mood. Please put some clothes on," I said as I walked towards the front door without looking back at her.
"What is with you!?" She argued, throwing the blanket back at me. " Nothing-"
"I don't believe you. You haven't touched me once in the past three days. All you've done is practice, take photos, and scroll through Instagram. Is there someone else I should know about?" She yelled, causing me to wince at how high-pitched her voice became as she hit the counter with her fist. Without another word, I opened the door and walked out, hearing her scream in protest.
As I heard a loud commotion down the hall, I rolled my eyes, already knowing what it was about. I stopped by the wall, leaning against it, and observed the gathering of Jensen Witherspoon's 'wanna be All American' group in the middle of the commons. I saw people tripping over each other just to be a part of his rich clique where they drink and do drugs. It's all overlooked because they belong to the wealthier social classes and are considered preppy.
"Yo, Francis." My head jerked up to see my friend, Landon. He is also my soccer teammate. "What's up, man?" I replied as we dapped each other up. "Real quick, because I have another class in like ten minutes. Are you going to the party tonight? It's supposed to be the biggest, different colleges are going to be there as well."
"Yeah, might as well. I don't have anything better to do." Hitting my shoulder, he said a quick goodbye before running off past the commons area. Looking back over at the wanna-be NFL players, I saw Jensen look down at someone. I couldn't see who it was.
"Emersyn?" I mumbled, seeing her emerge from the crowd with a small smile on her face as Jensen held her close to him in a 'protective' manner. Watching as she looked semi-comfortable and pleased, I guess I should give the backstory on how we know each other.
We met in middle school. Before she and I met, I was Zo's best friend. We were damn near inseparable. If you saw me, Zo was somewhere around, and if someone saw Zo, I was somewhere near her.
I don't even know how Zo and Emersyn became so close. I'm not even sure if Emersyn knows what happened between Zo and me, because even some of my former friends still don't know what happened. Emersyn is different from Zo. Emersyn is five-foot-three. She's black and Puerto Rican, and she's shy. I've never actually spoken to her in middle school other than a quick 'Hey' in the hallways because I wasn't really interested in being her friend. I was Zo's best friend at the time. She knows... Knew. Everything about me.
Once those things happened between us, she left without a single word and now only keeps in contact with Emersyn. They've been best friends for twelve, maybe thirteen years? I don't know. What I do know is that every chance she gets, she mean mugs me. Which is understandable but also not because she doesn't even know what happened fully.
Whereas, Zo... Words can't describe her, She's five-foot-seven. She has the most beautiful caramel bronze skin, She's originally from here, Huston Texas. It makes me wonder how Zo and Emersyn even became acquaintances because Zo is... She's not extroverted but she's also not introverted, She's bold and will say just about anything if it needs to be said of if she can't shake how she's feeling... That might've changed it has been years since we spoke and i still haven't seen a picture of her... Her damn Instagram is private.
Shaking my head free of her I noticed Emersyn taking a few glances at me before rolling her eyes, Watching her mouth something to Jensen his head looked side to side before landing on me as I pushed myself off the wall.
Seeing a bit of frustration appear on his face, I stared back at him wanting him to say something to me. " What are you looking at, man?" His voice boomed causing the whole commons area to become dead silent allowing everyone's eyes to land on me.
"Nothing," I mumbled, turning away and walking down the hall, hearing his "friends" laugh at me as I walked away.
