Unknown.//l.h.

O.2

I come home, aggressively slamming the front door,
And to my dismay, I am accompanied by complete strangers sitting in the living room staring at me, shocked.

The only word I can come up with is a snarky "what?"

To which my mother replies with "can I speak to you in the kitchen please?"

With that look on her face, uh oh.

I mutter I quiet "shit." Under my breath.

My mum slowly stands up and says to the guests "I'm sorry for
My daughters rude behaviour-" and glances at me before
continuing, "-but would you please excuse me? I'll be right back."
And drags me into the kitchen saying in a loud whisper,

"What the fuck was that?"

Getting a reply of, "well i didn't know we had company."

"I understand that, but what's with the way you greeted our guests?"

"I-I dunno."

"Jesus Christ Addygirl." Shit, I hate when she calls me by my baby name.

"I told you to stop calling me that."

"Whatever, just go to your room, and come down when you're ready
To stop being so rude."

"Fine."

And I trudged upstairs to room, not that I'm actually mad
for being sent to my room, I was probably gonna end up in here
Anyway, I hate having human interaction with other people .

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A couple hours later, a bored me goes downstairs to grab
food, only to be greeted by the same unfamiliar faces.
This time I put on a fake smile and say, "hey, I'm Adriana"
My mom introduces our guests one by one, standing up she motions to the first one saying, "this is Brian, that's Aliyah, Sharon and Kevin. These are our neighbors. And my new friends."
Finishing off with a polite smile.

All I say is, "ok, well I'm gonna go for a walk and find some friends
Or something." I grab an apple and go back upstairs to put shoes
and a sweater on.

After walking for around 10 minutes, I find myself at a large park with a playground, field, skate park and some sort of shelter type thing...
gazebo maybe?  I'm not sure but there was a couple benches and
I slowly walked over to one and placed myself at the edge of the bench.

After a few hours passed of me playing on my phone and doing
Basically nothing, I stand up and start walking home, only finding myself getting lost. Shit. Now what? I stop at a coffee shop called "cup of delight" and I walk inside since it was getting kind of cold outside. I order a hot chocolate to warm me up only to realize I only had my phone and my sweater. Searching for my wallet once more-with no luck- I look up at the cashier, and let out a nervous laugh, only to be rewarded with an annoyed sigh. After a couple more moments standing there like an idiot , I start to apologize only to be cut off by someone behind me saying "I got it." Setting down 5 dollars I turn around to see my hero and- holy fuck he's really cute and looks my age, maybe older. I fumble with my words, my mind clouded, but manage to let up a faint "thanks,"

"No problem," he drifts off at the end, waiting for my name,

To which I snap out of my daze and say "oh! My names is, uh, Adriana..." Get yourself together Adriana!! "And you are?"

"My name is Alex, and I think you owe me something since I payed for your drink."

"I'm sorry, but I don't exactly have money to pay you back..." What else could he possibly want from me?

"You can pay me back without money."-
What.
"I'm sorry , but I'm going to have to decline your offe-"
"NO, oh my gosh, not like that. If you let me finish my sentence I was wondering if you'd soothe my loneliness and keep me company?"
Oh.
"Uhh- yeah, okay... But only because you're cute."
Oh shit. What did I just say?

I faintly blush and look to the side.
"Thanks Adriana. You're quite the sight as well, in a good way of course"
Alex said that with sincerity laced into his voice and also his eyes.
"HOT CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE WHIP AND SPRINKLES FOR ADRIANA!"
Surprised, I look to my left to see the worker place my drink into the counter.
"That's mine" raising my hand up as I say it.
After I grab my hot chocolate, Alex and I sit in the far corner and talk.
The first one to start the conversation was him.
"So are you new around here? I've never actually seen you before." He finishes.

"I am, it's really different here."

And that, was the start of a heated friendship.