Vanity (edited)

troubled paradise.

written to my dearest friends, Kyle, Cydni, and Tracey. I hope you enjoy this short story 💙

It was dummy hot in August. The bath water ran as I pulled my hair up into a bun all the way on top of my head so that I could soak myself in some epsom salt. I undressed from my clothes and threw them all over the floor. I shrugged my shoulders knowing that it was a little messy of me to be scattering my clothes, but hey.. I'm too fucking stressed to give a damn. I turned off the water and just stared at the pretty lavender colored bubbles as I slowly stepped in. I bit my lip as the hot water stung my light skin, making it flush red. I inhaled deeply as my butt touched the flat surface while lifting up my arms to rest on the sides of the tub. "So relaxing.." I whispered to myself.

>> 1 hour later <<
I had slipped on my grey, red-polka dotted pajama set on after moisturizing my body up. I walked back into the bathroom and took my hair out of its bun. I combed it out thoroughly and did a french braid on each side of my head. I headed to my bed, then I sat on the edge with my palms on my lap. I had something on my mind, but I really didn't want to think about it. So I laid down in my bed and turned onto my right side, closing my eyes to rest. But as I did, my ringtone Party by Chris Brown started playing and I slowly opened my eyes up just to see who was calling. It was Ariya. I rolled my eyes and reached over to answer the phone.

---------------Phone Call--------------

Ariya: Hey girl . What you doin?
Me: Hey, and I was just finna sleep .. what's up ?
Ariya: Girl, I just found out Mya throwin a party.
Me: When?
Ariya: August 15th . Like on the Saturday before we go back to school. It would be a good way to end summer.
Me: Alright Ari. Let me go to sleep now, I'm tired.
Ariya: Girl.. You probably wanna get me off the phone so you can go and talk to Ty.
Me: Haha, no. Me and Ty are nothing but friends..
Ariya: Liar, I saw ya'll texts girl. Yall wanted to see each other on July 4th. Mhmmmm, don't try that slick shit with me.
Me: Oh my god, Ariya .. we just friends.. chill! Goodnight.
Ariya: G'night hun.

---------End of Call---------

After the call, I realized what I was thinking about too. It was about Ty, but it bugged me even more now at the thought of his name. Ty isn't really a bad person, he just seem like the player type and I don't wanna have to catch feelings and end up dating him for him to be playing me. That's why I didn't wanna think about that. I set my phone back onto my nightstand and exhaled loudly in frustration. I closed my eyes and went straight to sleep.

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Morning of August 4th.

Ty and I been on the FaceTime for about five hours now. He looked at me and yawned. "Sariya, can we hang today?" He asked while looking up into the camera. "Maybe, Ty." I said as I got up out of my bed and walked back into bathroom, placing my phone on a upright position so he could watch me do my hair. I made sure the towel around me was extra tight so that when I lifted my arms, it wouldn't fall. I bit my lip when I looked at him smirk at me, "Baby girl so bomb." He whispered into the mic as I smiled and shook my head at the same time. I looked at the camera to see him, but he had me on paused. "I hope you was talking to me." I said loud enough for him to hear me. He took me off paused and started laughing, "You my only babygirl.. I'm not gonna play you." He said with his deep voice as he winked and licked his lips. I blushed and rolled my eyes, "Mhmmm, okay." We talked for another hour and then he said he had to go to practice. I sighed as soon as he said that, "I don't want you to go babe." "Baby, I'll be back to kiss you and hug you. Just text me yo address." He said as he moved away from the phone to pack his things in his bag. I groaned and huffed out the word 'alright'. I paused him, sending him my address, then resuming the call only to see him smiling at me. I giggled out of no where, only maybe because I liked him. He smiled, "I have to go now babe." I nodded and told him goodbye as I got off the phone with him. I pressed my hair within the next hour, making sure it's silk straight and then I headed out to the mall.