A High School Drama Queen

Saying Goodbye

It was Wednesday morning and as usual I woke up at 6:05. I went to the bathroom to do my daily routine. Toilet. Shower.  Brush my teeth. When I got into the bathroom I immediately looked at myself in the mirror. Gawd! I looked awful. My hair looked like a birds nest. I looked like shit. But quite frankly I didnt care, because it wasn't like it was a friday where I had to finish the week of looking absolutely gorgeous. So I settled for a red tank top, black sweat pants, a pair of red Supras, and I decided to put my hair up into a semi- messy bun. Damn! Even without trying, I could still look cute.

I grabbed my headphones, backpack, phone, and mp3. Then I headed out of the door. The walk to my bus stop was short and quiet. I looked up when I got to the stop and realized Lamont and Jay were looking at me and talking.

"Do we have a problem," I asked pulling an earbud out.

"Aye Ariane when you gon let my boy hit," Jay asked.

My jaw dropped as I looked at Jay wide eyed.

"Umm...excuse me?"

"Hahaha Ari he just messin' with you," Lamont said elbowing Jay in his stomach.

I shook my head and put my earbud back in just as the bus pulled up.

I received a text once we were all on the bus.

'u no I like u tho?'

I looked at my phone with a dumbfounded face. Who is this? I thought to myself.

'Who is this??'

'Lamont...'

After I saw his text I made it seem like I was only changing the song on my mp3. I looked up in his direction and he gave me a sad puppy dog look. He knew I read it.

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It was passing period between first and second period. I waited by my locker for Jessie. I saw her jet black hair in a messy bun all the way down the hallway. I walked towards her and realized she didn't look like her normal self.

"Bruh you look like you were attacked by a tornado with a dash of glitter," I said to her. She was wearing a black tank top, gray sweat pants, but her shoes were a glittery black. At least her shoes n makeup were on point.

"Man fuck that. You'll never guess what happened last night."

"Hmmmm...Yareli stole all of your shoes except for those? Alex kept you up playing COD? Julie screamed all night for chocolate milk?"

"Shit! I wish it was that simple. Me and my mom got into it and the end result was I basically said I didn't want to live with her, and she said fine move in with your dad. So I was up all night packing my shit."

"So what are you trying to say? You won't live by me anymore?"

"That too. Im also transferring schools."

I looked at her with disbelief. Surely this was just a joke. She had to be fucking with me. We alsway fuck with each other like this.

"Jess. Stop fuckin with me right now. This shit is so not funny."

"Ari, I'm dead ass right now. I'm moving on Friday."

That's when it hit me like a ton of bricks. My best friend in the entire world was leaving me. I broke down crying. Aand not just an ordinary cry. No, I was ugly crying. In public. This shit was too fucking crazy. I saw Tiana walking towards us and we had the same expression on our faces. She had to have known.

The three of us stood there in the middle of the hallway ugly crying. I knew I was going to be late for class, but I didn't care. Chem could wait. I wasn't wasting anytime on spend time with my best friends. We all went to our classes and received passes to see the counselors.

I walked out of my class and saw Lamont and Jay roaming the halls. Not a surprise at all. Lamont looked at me and I guess he could see something was wrong. He said something to Jay and he began to walk with me. Once we reached the midpoint on the staircase I began to cry again. He grabbed me and held me tight against his chest and I continued to cry.

"Whatever it is I know you'll. get through it."

"How do you know?"

"Because I've only known you for a few weeks and I can see you're a strong female. You don't take no bullshit. That's why I like you."

I pushed him back a little so I could look him in the eyes to see if he was sincere. I couldn't tell much his eyes, but I definitely felt that he was being truthful. I then realized we had been standing in the stairwell for a while so I ran as fast as I could to the counselors office. I was extremely sad about my best friend moving away, but after my talk with Lamont I felt a little at ease. I felt that I would get through this, because like he said. I'm strong. Right?

A/N

Sorry it's been so long since I last updated but I've been really focused on school, sports, n my social life (mostly my boyfriend n my Best friend). but thank you guys for reading this I am nowhere near being done...hell im only in September so far in this story.

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~Alex♡