Falling for your best friend

The first day of school!!!

I woke up early the next morning, excited for my first day of school. I was mostly excited that I was going to be picked up by Malcolm. I don't know why, but I had been getting this weird feeling towards him lately.
I was always nervous and scared that I was going to look like a homeless person whenever he came over. He had been acting weird too towards me. He always seemed nervous around me and he always hugged me longer than he normally did but to top it all he had said things like, "You look pretty today" or "I don't like to see you cry." I don't know maybe I was just freaking out over nothing.
But I couldn't have been because of what I had over heard in the kitchen between my mom and Malcolm. I mean come on, I'm the only girl he's ever hung around for the past twelve years. I was his best friend and I'm mean I was his best friend. He would choose me over his homeboys any day. I was taking my time to get ready I wanted to look extra pretty for Malcolm. I spent a long time getting my hair to look just right. I spent like fifteen minutes just to get the cat eye look I wanted. To finish it all off I put on some skinny jeans, a loose fitting t'shirt with tupacs face on it, and my favorite pair of Jordan's.
By the time I had finished getting ready I hear a doorbell ring. I ran out of my room to answer the door. When I opened it, DAMN, did I like what I saw. Malcolm wore a baggy plaid shirt with skinny jeans and of course Jordan's. Man he was looking sexy as hell. He looked down at me and smiled,"Now don't you look fly." I rolled my eyes and said, "Shut up." He laughed at me and said,"But seriously though you look gorgeous." My face went hot when he said that and I was trying to hide it but apparently it wasn't working.
I said,"You look pretty good your damn self." He chuckled,"I swear me and the boys have been rubbing off on you. You're starting to talk ghetto as fuck." I laughed at him and said,"So are you ready to go?" We walked out to his car and he got the door for me, which was really odd he never did anything like that before. What's up with him, man? The drive wasn't that long we were in the parking lot with in five minutes at the most. We both got out at the same time. There standing at the entrance of the school was Dayshawn aka DayDay and Tyreek. DayDay was tall and lanky with dreads and dark skin and goofy features. Tyreek was stocky and muscular with braud shoulders, he was dark skinned and had a smirk on his face at all times.
They both greeted us with grins on their faces. DayDay looked at me and said,"Long time no see girl." As he hugged me tightly and then giving Malcolm dap. Tyreek looked over at me and said,"Wus good Jay." I rolled my eyes I have no clue as to why he wanted to call me Jay, but he said that it sounded cooler and way harder than Jane. I nodded towards him and said,"Nothing man. What 'bout you?" He shrugged,"Same old, same old." He paused for a minute and said,"Now give yow nigga a hug it's been a minute since I've seen you." He reached for me pulling me into a tight bear hug. After a moment I couldn't breath and started squirming as I said,"Dude I can't breath." He quickly let go of me and said,"Sorry, I forgot how little you are." I rolled my eyes and under my breath I said,"I ain't that little." After that we entered the school looking fly as ever, having all eyes on us. It was weird though I never hung out with girls all of my best friends were guys and it made people think I was either a ho or a lesbian. Which the funny thing was I was none of those things, I was still a virgin and I had never had a boyfriend. But to be fair I was waiting for someone very close to me to come along and be my boyfriend. I had been waiting twelve years for him to ask. The four of us sat at a table in commons and waited for the bell to ring. DayDay said,"So how was y'all's summer??" He paused for a minute and then said,"'Cause I ain't seen none of you niggahs since it started." Malcolm shrugged and said,"I mainly hung out at her house and watched movies." Tyreek cocked one eyebrow up at him and just blatantly asked,"My niggah have you two been seeing eachother. I mean are you two like a thing now or something?" Malcolm's face turned red which I didn't realize he could blush granted the color of his skin. He smiled softly and with a hopeless tone in his voice,"No." At the same time DayDay and Tyreek say,"OH!" Then DayDay says,"Just keeping it real with the both of you but y'all would make a cute ass couple. No lie." I could feel my cheeks getting red now because for the past few years I had been wondering if me and Malcolm would ever be together as a couple and it was obvious that people thought that we were cause they wouldn't have said anything. Malcolm said,"Look man we're just friends and it's gonna stay like that for a while." The bell rang before I could say anything to him and maybe it was for the better. The boys and I walked to class together talking and making jokes. Man I loved my boys, they were the best. When Malcolm and I reached my class we said our goodbyes to DayDay and Tyreek and sat our happy asses in a desk next to each other. After that the day went by pretty fast. We mainly went over what the teachers expected out of us and school regulations which I thought was dumb as fuck. When school was over I walked with Malcolm, DayDay and Tyreek to the parking lot area. DayDay looked over at me and said,"Jane, can I talk to you for a second?" I was confused,"Yeah, sure. What about?" He grabbed my hand and walked away from Tyreek and and Malcolm so they couldn't hear what we were saying to each other. He looked all serious as he looked me dead in the eyes,"Look Jane I'm gonna keep it one hundred with you. Is something going on between you and Malcolm?" I frowned and said,"No. Why?" He shook his head as if he didn't believe what I was saying was true,"Quit lying. I see how you two look at each other. There has to be something going on between you two." "Look DayDay, there ain't nothing going on between me and him. I wish there was but there's not." He cocked one eyebrow up and said,"So you like him and he likes you but you two aren't together. Ain't that some shit." I was kinda shocked by what he said. I looked at him funny,"Wait did you say that he likes me?" He started laughing at me like I had said the funniest damn thing in the world. He contained himself and looked at me wide eyed,"He don't just like you bro, the niggah is in love with yow pretty dumb ass." I was lost for words. Then I suddenly thought out loud,"That explains why he was talking to my mom about me last night." With aspiration in his voice he said,"He asks your momma for advice?" I said,"Yeah why??" "That's weird but I mean you two have been friends since y'all was five so it kinda makes since , but it's still weird." I said," Yeah, true. And you ain't gonna tell him are you cause I just want him to tell me on his own." He smiled at me,"I got you little ma." After that we walked back to Malcolm and Tyreek. I got in Malcolm's car and he drove me home. He said,"What was that all about?" I shrugged and said,"He was just asking if you and I were a thing." He said,"Oh?" I looked over at him as he drove towards my house,"Yeah." He dropped me off and walked me in. He hugged me then out of nowhere kissed me on the cheek. Grabbing my hand he said,"I'll text you sometime tonight." I said,"Okay." He hugged me tightly and for a long time before letting me go. He then left me there to think about him.