Choices

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Monique Pov

I finally can get out of the house. I woke up and did my daily routine before school. Ya know, showering, putting on my clothes, doing my hair and the other minor stuff.

I made it to the bus stop and met up with Mina. "Hey Mina."

"Gurl, why haven't you been answering me?"

"I got my phone taken away, because I'm grounded."

"Aw, how come?"

"My mom found out I smoked weed. Well used to anyways."

"You smoked? I never knew."

"Yea, because it's not just something I wanted to broadcast to the world especially when I wanted to keep it low key."

"Oh okay, I mean you still could've told me. I wouldn't have told anyone."

"Eh, that was just something that I wanted to keep private, you know that was a way I got rid of stress and made me happy. It's like how you don't go broadcasting the you have sex with Nat." I whispered the last part.

"Okay, okay I get your point, but you still could've told me. No secrets remember?"

"Alright, alright. No more secrets from now on."

At school, I got to my locker dropping off my stuff. When I closed my locker, Candice was walking up to me. What does she want? I would walk away but I'm curious to see what she has to has to say.

"Hello Mo."

"Only my close friends call me that. And as of last Friday, that friendship we had" I scoff "or I thought we had is over after you done tried to steal my boyfriend but failed miserably. So why are you here?"

"Well I just wanted to apologize about that. And warn you about him."

"Warn me? About what?"

"That Tre has problems with staying faithful, and he'll probably cheat on you. It's only a matter of time. He's cheated on me before, so what makes you so different?"

"Tre actually cares about me."

"Oh, so young with so much to learn. By the way you walking I can see your still a virgin. So I bet he's probably told you that he would want to wait until you were ready or take it slow, your the only one he cares about, you goin be his Mrs., oh, and my personal favorite, I don't want no one but you."

That hit home because Tre has told me something along the lines of everything she just listed, and that hurt. I can't let her know that though. "You're just saying that because your jealous. And it ain't a good look on you."

"Please. I'm over Tre, I found someone new."

"Oh, yea. Who?"

I see Marcus walking up to us. He hugs Candice from behind, scaring her. He then kisses her and greets her saying "Hey bae."

Candice turns towards me and says "This is-"

"Marcus, I know." Marcus and I making eye contact.

"Sup, Mo."

"Hey. Could I talk to you for a second?"

"Bae, do you mind?" He asked Candice.

"No, not at all."

Marcus and I walked towards the other side of the hallway for some privacy. "Look, Marcus, I wanna apologize for basically cutting you off in the summer."

"It's cool, Mo, you don't gotta explain ya self to me. I get it, you met someone new and didn't want me no more."

"I know, but I feel bad because I just cut off all communication with you, without telling you why. I guess I was too afraid to tell you because I didn't wanna hurt your feelings."