/not on drugs ✔

Jealous

Lily Collins as Evangeline "Evan" Greer (Luna's new new friend)

Angie

So.

My stomach doesn't really hurt anymore.

I can walk without limping and clutching my stomach, so that's something.

Sahara didn't talk to me on the bus, and Faye didn't talk to Luna on the bus either.

So Luna sat by a girl named Evangeline, who tells us to call her Evan.

She moved here a year ago, she's a very nice girl.

Luna sure knows how to find herself friends, good or bad.

"Okay, what's your deal, Sahara? Ever since I talked about Luna, you've been distant."

Sahara kept looking out the window.

"Sahara." I said, dragging out the last few letters.

"What?"

"You know what! Why aren't you talking to me?"

"So you like Luna?"

I looked at her crazy.

"Yeah, she's my sorta friend."

"That's what you said about me five years ago."

"What?"

"Before we were best friends. You said you didn't even like me, you didn't like Luna."

"Okay? But you're my best friend now, right?"

She went silent.

"Right?"

"Yeah, I guess. I was just going crazy, I'm sorry."

I nodded.

So she was jealous.

Of Luna?

I looked over at Luna, who was happily talking to Evan.

"Did you think that Luna would replace you?"

Sahara looked over at me again.

"I hope not."

"She won't. You know that."

She nodded and looked outside again.

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"Listen to this." Sahara handed me her earphone.

I grabbed it and held it to my ear.

"What's this?!"

"It's a band called Twenty One Pilots. They write some good music."

I jumped.

"What's wrong?"

"That guy just screamed."

"He does that a lot."

I jumped again.

"Jesus Christ!" I gave her back the earphones.

"Haha!" She put them away.

"Why would you do that? Scared the fuck out of me!" I held my chest.

"They make good songs."

"Without the screaming."

"Uh...yeah."

"Like?"

"I'll send you a playlist after school."

I nodded.

"See ya!" She waved and headed to class.

I thought about the lyrics that the dude on Sahara's earbuds screamed.

Don't let me be gone.

I guess I'm doing band research tonight.

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-kisses from mo