Adrian Likes Julius

VIII

"Yo, can I ask you a question?" Jesus asked as he drove his ratty car, Adrian in the passenger seat.

This morning the ride had been quiet because Chris was at another classmate's house the night before. Even though they were all very close, Adrian was the only one with no outside contacts aside from the random hook ups he had from time to time. He had stopped fucking with Paulina since Jesus had gotten back with her and she broke up with him not even three days later for some guy on the basketball team.

Plus Adrian had not stopped thinking about Friday yet. It was such a peaceful day that he would have sworn they were cool for years. But it was the same story during the week. It was now Wednesday and they'd continued their bickering in class, earning a detention for today because the teacher was busy yesterday.

He would have blown it off but she threatened to send him to the principal's office and he didn't need that man snooping around his life or else he would get into even more trouble than just arguing in class.

"What?" Adrian answered with.

"Um... You know how you've been in the library for lunch?"

"Yeah...?" He's been siting there because he's been tired of Jesus and Tisha during lunch. Also, the spot they usually chilled at was being used due to Halloween and the school's annual haunted house- which he never attended- so they had been subjected to the cafeteria. He doesn't do the cafeteria.

"Alright, so me and Tisha have been bonding for a minute and I was wondering if it was okay if we talked on a serious note? I know you used to date her and still talk to her but she's such a sweet girl and is way different than what I'm used to. I just d-"

Adrian held up a finger. "Before you continue, lemme get something straight- she and I don't talk. If you like her, go for it. She's gonna drop me like a used napkin cuz she's loyal as fuck."

The Hispanic male grinned. "That's what's up. I like her, man."

"I didn't even know you dated black girls." Adrian shrugged, looking out the window.

"A girl is a girl, I don't care about her race."

"I feel you. I just thought you only fucked with other Dominicans."

"Nah." Jesus shrugged. "So what's up with your love life."

"Dry." He answered nonchalantly. There was chance of him dating any time soon.

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Honestly, an hour and a half of detention was excessive. But according to Ms. Finn, this had been going on long enough. Julius had tried to tell her that was just how they interacted with each other and she brushed it off with how they interrupt her class. The teacher had moved them to a smaller room, occasionally checking in on them as they worked on homework for the last ten minutes.

"You're such a dickhead." Adrian grumbled, completing his trig homework and putting it in his bag.

"I'm the dickhead? We wouldn't be here if you ain't threaten to kill me." Julius smirked, moving to sit next to him.

"What the fuck? No, I said I was gonna choke you because you were being annoying as fuck."

"I wasn't being annoying. You're just mad serious in school. That's why I try to talk to you on the weekend, cuz you're odee cool."

He didn't feel as if he acted differently in school

Adrian frowned at him. "You try too hard to talk to me. Why, even? You got like a million friends."