Study Buddy: A Chris & Miya Story

Chapter 7

Chris.

Weeks had passed since Miya started tutoring me. My grades are going up, I'm single, and basketball practice is up and running. Life's pretty good right now.

Miya and I have gotten really close lately. We basically tell each other almost of everything; all while still learning about one another. We're just vibing really well.

I walk in the cafeteria early this morning, because Thomas said he wanted to eat breakfast. We sat down with a two of our other friends; Sean and Anthony. I pulled out my phone, and before doing anything else I text Miya: good morning cutie.

Yeah she has a boyfriend, but so what... I joke around a lot and he was going to have to deal with it. I hate the fact that her and Kevin go out now, because all she does is talk about him...and quite frankly I don't want to hear about it. But obviously I wouldn't let her know that.

"Chris you good bruh?" Thomas asked me.

"Yeah, isn't today Tuesday?" I was asking myself, basically, as I looked at my phone.

"Yeah." He says.

I smiled to myself. Tuesday meant tutoring. Tutoring meant hanging with Miya.

"Aww look at you." Anthony said in a singing tone, followed by Thomas and Sean saying "ooooh" in unison. I look at them, confused.

"What the hell ya'll oohing about?" I look at them as they look at each other.

"It's obvious you got a crush on her." Thomas said nudging me.  I don't even have to ask which her they are talking about.

"No I don't." I shook my head disagreeing. I don't think I have a crush on Miya. Our friendship is just really chill and she is cool. Beautiful, don't forget... She's really beautiful.

"Stop. You can't go five minutes without thinking about her or saying something about her." Thomas stated, causing them to laugh.

"Aha haha ki ki ki" I said mimicking their laughs. "You're not even in my head to know if I'm thinking about her or not"

"Whatever... Bet you be think 'bout her at night." Thomas smirked. Thinking about her at night? As if I have time for that. I'm single now, why would I want to be hung up on somebody already. They're worried about me they need to worry about themselves.

"Not even." I snap.

Everybody gathered in the hallway. Some people were rushing to go to class, others were having conversations. Thomas, Sean, Anthony and I walk down the hall. I greet and a few people, mainly girls. And for the extra cute girls I made sure to flash a smile. I'm out on the market again, so I smile.

As we continued walking I see Miya. When we got closer to her,  I give her a hug as she wrapped her arms around my waist. The hug didn't even last more than two seconds, but I felt so warm inside. I was about to continue to walk, but she grabbed my arm. I stopped and looked at her as she let go of my arm.

"Are we meeting up at the library later?" She asked.

It took me a few seconds to register in my mind to understand she was saying , because I was staring more than listening. "I was thinking , after practice I just go over your house and we'll study there?" I've been to her house, we studied there before. As well as my house. So, it's not even weird asking her.

"Okay that's fine, see you in class..." She walked off. I stared at her from the back. I started staring longer than I needed, imagining things. Well not really imagining but just simply watching her movements.