Something About Him

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Layla Wilkes

"Where the hell is she at, Layla?" Chris huffs as we wait for Gianna to show up.

Last night, I found time to text her and surprisingly, she texted back and agreed to meet and speak with me.

I didn't really feel the need to bring up that Chris would be here since I thought that that would just be awkward to say, but then again this pretty much is about the two of them...

We're waiting for her at the field right now and she needs to chop chop because I have to get home soon.

My parents aren't there yet, but there's a lot more studying to get done.

"You told her right after testing, right?" He looks at me while asking and I only nod my head.

"It wasn't that complicated of a message, Chris," I sigh. "If she comes- great. If not.. that's cool, too."

Chris stared at me briefly before speaking up again. "Why do I get the feeling that you not for all this?"

"All this? As in..?"

"Talking to her so this shit is done and over with," he answers the question that I already knew the answer to.

His assumption was spot on, too.

I get that we shouldn't have tension especially since we were really close friends not even a month ago, but then again the so called drama didn't even develop because of me.

All I do is mind my business, but she seems to like minding mine as well.

This all started with the texting Simeon thing. Allie wanted to convince me that it was wrong and her convincing worked because Chris knows now, but also along with the convincing came some.. jealously?

I guess that's what I'll call it.

One second we were discussing Chris and why he has every reason for me to be loyal to him, which I have been, and the next Gigi was saying how she doesn't get the way that he acts and how he deserves that from me.

She wasn't really taking shots at the kind of boyfriend Chris is to me, he's been amazing, but she was more so bringing up how he didn't do the same for her.

That isn't my fault though and it really sucks that a boy has come between our friendship, but this boy isn't just an ordinary boy to me.

He means so much to me honestly and the fact that she didn't even take that into consideration when making a minor problem of ours about her makes me feel.. eh.

Now I don't mean to belittle whatever they had, but I think that comparing her and Chris to what me and Chris have makes no sense.

Her relationship with Chris was based strictly off of sex from what I know which is way different from an actual connection, ya know?

But maybe it's me.

Chris sucks his teeth and looks towards the parking lot again. "Ayo if she's not gonna show up we might as well just leave," he looks back at me. "My mom was buggin' yesterday saying I should've came straight home to study, but I was just chilling with my niggas for a little while. I guess that's a crime."