Minks and I were in the library, because it was her favorite place and I liked her company. Did you know penguins have knees? That's the stuff you learn when you got Minks as a friend. She had been blabbing about greek mythology, her newest obsession.
"You ok?" she asked me when I didn't smile after her I didn't smile about Tantalus's punishment in the underworld.
I shrugged, sending her a weak smile.
"Stop it. Tell me. What happened?" she pushed, putting her book aside.
I looked down at my hands, not wanting to look her in the eyes. My dad left us yesterday.
"Oh gods. What made him leave? It's ok if you don't want to tell me."
He was getting texts from this other woman from Taiwan. My mother asked him if she was one of the co-workers when he exploded. He was cheating on her.
She knitted her eyebrows, looking at me with a worried look. Then she smiled.
"If I was Hera, I would blast her on the spot. Then I will drag your dad to Tartarus and watch the skin bubble off his flesh," she explained, making me laugh (silently). "I need to get to class," she added suddenly. "See you at lunch."
I waved as she packed her stuff, walking out of the library.
"Hey," a voice sounded from the seat Minks previously occupied.
I looked up, surprised to see that girl who saved me from the iron grip of Ian, Mango. Wait, no, Rain. Don't get me wrong, I love me a bag of frozen mangoes.
"I've been wanting to talk to you."
I looked back down to my homework that I procrastinated on for the past week.
"Sorry," she gave off a nervous laugh. "I just wanted to apologize for Ian that day. He's a really sweet guy if you get to know him."
If you can talk. I thought to myself.
"Anyways, homecoming is coming up. You ask your friend. I planned the whole thing. It will be worth it."
She left after that, walking out of the library.
Maybe I will go.
At lunch, I was determined to go to homecoming, accompanied by Minks. I had no idea why I was so nervous; it would be nice for us to go as friends. I watched Minks as she walked over to our usual deserted table. She squinted at me, tilting her head to the side, trying to read me. I nervously bit into my tuna sandwich.
"You want to ask me something?" Minks asked.
I swallowed my sandwich, feeling a sense of confidence at that very moment that I didn't want to lose. Will you be my date to homecoming?
"Sure," she cut a slice out of her cafeteria pizza, waving it around as she talked. "I never had pizza from the cafeteria before. Is it good?"
Tastes like shit.
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Silence is Golden
Storie d'amoreThis was Aiden's last year in high school, and he was determined to make it a great year. That didn't really work out very well for him. Like all seniors, he was forced to deal with the usual struggles, college, classes, teachers, romance. Throughou...
