collide | central cee [completed]

tension

adriana's pov

my jaw subtly dropped as the principal announced oakley as a prom king candidate. he was not even running. this has to have been rigged or something.

the camera panned to oakley and his friends and he was just laughing like this was a joke to him. he really doesn't take anything seriously.

"okay we will be closing with our well anticipated prom queen candidates!" the principal shouted. name by name, he read girls' names off the index card. stephanie was one of them, of course.

"last but not least, our varsity captain of our championship winning cheerleading team, adriana torres!"

i offered a manufactured smile and wave to the camera that turned to me. my peers erupted in polite cheers and forced applause.

out of everything that's been going on in my life, i know that this is one thing i can count on winning. something in my control. something i can finally have in my control.

"remember, we only have two and a half weeks until prom night. tickets are on sale now!" our principal said into the microphone.

we all were dismissed to our lunch period and everyone went their separate ways.

i tried finding drea in the crowd but no avail. she's probably with ricky. i entered the cafeteria and went straight to my table with the rest of the varsity cheer team.

i smiled and greeted everyone, "hey guys" i smiled. "hey adri, we've missed you!" one of the girls said. "hope everything been okay with you" another person said. i appreciated all the kind words.

"has anyone seen drea?" i asked. "she's been sitting with that new guy ricky and his little hood rats ever since you haven't been coming to school" one of the girls said. she nodded in the direction and i turned around.

well well. she was sitting with ricky just like they had said. oakley was sitting right next to them. i shook my head subtly. drea noticed me and waved, "adri! come!" she shouted.

i shook my head to signal a "no." i want nothing to do with oakley. being in close proximity with him too much for me. "please" drea mouthed quietly. i rolled my eyes.

i got up and dragged my feet toward drea, fully shutting oakley out. "what's up?" i asked drea. "you think you can escape your dad for a few hours?" she smirked. i shrugged, "maybe, for what?" i asked.

"ricky is throwing a party, come?" dre' pouted. i glanced at oakley then back at my best friend. i really don't know. "what time?" i asked. "around 9 or 10.. c'mon adri, let loose!" drea pleaded.

"yeah, let loose" oakley spoke with a growing smirk. i rolled my eyes. "i'll go" i said, rather impulsively.

"only if that payaso ain't going" i sassed, glaring at oakley.

"the fuck you just call me?"

i silently laughed. oakley shrugged and shook his head. "i got better things to do tonight anyway" he spoke as he got up from the table. oakley dapped ricky up and with that, he left.

"there's so much weird tension between the two of you..." ricky said, refraining from smiling. drea nodded in agreement. "no tension. just pure hatred" i looked down at the table.

i stole drea's salad and began picking at it. damn, a party? tonight? i haven't been to a party in a minute. "can i come over later?" i asked drea. she smiled, "duh."

lately it feels so difficult to spend time with her. she and ricky are almost attached at the hip. it worries me a bit. drea is a lover girl, but it gets really tricky with her sometimes.

after school drea took me home with her. it felt really good to get away from my house and my dad especially. we went upstairs and i flung myself on her bed.

"what's up with you and oakley?" drea asked, throwing her backpack on the floor. i buried my face in my hands. "other than that he literally robbed my house? he just has bad vibes" i mocked myself at the end.

"adri.. you know he had to do that to be initiated in tj's little gang right?" drea questioned. "so what? he could've robbed anyone else" i told her. i turned to lay on my back and i stared into the ceiling.

i took a deep breath. "i mean, he knows i care about him. tell me the wasn't a really bad thing to do to someone who likes you?" i mumbled. drea came to lay beside me.

"he really cares for you adri..." drea said. "girl please... why does it sound like you're making excuses for him" i tried not to get bitter. drea just looked at me and pouted.

"you right. fuck that kid" drea said. "i mean, not literally" she added with a laugh at the end.

i wanted to the other night. i cringed at myself. i wanted this man to take my virginity and he takes my belongings instead. i grabbed a pillow and screamed into it.

"so what are you wearing to the party?" drea asked. "i dunno" i said, getting up to go through drea's closet.

"all i know is that kid better not show up."

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a/n: hey guys:) hope everyone is doing well<3 can i do a story time in the comments about how that party went i told yall about 2 chapters ago?😭 i need to ventttt--