love line | chanspeaches

one.

— ciera's pov

ugh i really don't wanna go to school. 

i dreaded the first day of school as i woke up. my mom wasn't home from work yet and my brother and my dad had just left for work a few minutes ago. i decided to skip breakfast, as always, and started getting ready for school.

i didn't know where my classes were so i wanted to go early to find my classes. the walk to school didn't take that long as i got there around 7AM. a few moments after i had arrived, i saw a really nice car pull up into the school drive way and i immediately knew who it was.

one of my best friends, travis hale, said bye to his mom as she rolled down the window. obviously he wasn't the one driving, we're only freshmen in high school. i also said bye to his mom as she made her way out of the schools driveway. i haven't seen travis since the "last day" of summer break, which was only a few days ago, but i gave him a big hug anyways.

"i know it's only been a couple of days but i missed you." travis says, pulling away from the hug.

i laugh at his cuteness, "i know. i missed you, too." i gave travis another tight hug.

(a/n: me editing this rn and cringing at what i wrote in middle school)

travis and i hear someone obviously fake cough behind us. i let go of travis to see who it is and to my surprise, notice the sarcasm, it's none other than ronnel bacani, my other best friend. i laugh at ronnel's lame way of getting my attention.

"so uh, ms. ciera. when were you gonna tell me you had a boyfriend?" ronnel emphasizes my name and glares at me with big eyes.

i try to speak but the only things that come out of my mouth were a bunch of weird stuttering sounds.

#dumbbitchenergy

i thought as i gave up trying to explain. ronnel then breaks the awkwardness by asking me what time i had gotten to school.

"around 7," i reply, "why?"

ronnel checks the time on his phone and widens his eyes, "huh? why were you here so early? it's been like 15 minutes since you got here."

i widen my eyes at ronnel's statement, "bro what? so me and travis have been hugging for that long? what in the–"

i quickly move my head to face travis, which was a dumb move to make because trent's face was so close to mine. if you looked at us from a certain angle, it would've looked like we kissed- but we didn't!

(a/n: girl what?? bye i'm cringing at myself)

"kalei!" i hear someone loudly shout a nickname that only a certain someone calls me, so i pretty much already knew who it was. i smile widely and search for where the yell came from. i look down the hall to see my other best friend, jaxton kein santiago, running towards me with his arms wide open, ready for a hug.

"how many guy friends does this girl have?" travis asks ronnel.

"even i don't know bro." ronnel replies.

"oh, right. i'm travis by the way. you can call me trav or whatever other nicknames anyone else can come up with." travis breaks the ice by introducing himself.

"i'm ronnel, ciera calls me ronnie though. nice to meet you." ronnel and travis shake each others hands.

once jaxton pulled away from hugging me, he went to introduce himself to travis.

"kein, why did you hug me that hard? we're literally neighbors." i look at jaxton with a 'what-the-fuck' face.

jaxton looks at me funny and replies with, "i don't know. i didn't see you this morning because you didn't wait for me, dummy."

the boys started talking about fortnite and overwatch and i simply did not care so i decided to listen to music instead. and boy, i was getting tired because i quite literally only got an hour of sleep in.

"guys i'm gonna go sit down on the bench, okay? i'm tired dawgs." i butt into the boys' conversation.

"oh, hop on my back." jaxton and travis say at the same time, offering to give me a piggyback ride.

both boys look at each other for a moment, "actually, i'm gonna go find my classes. see you guys in a bit." jaxton leaves us and puts up a peace sign.

"c'mon, get on," travis grabs my arm so i can get on his back, "where's your homeroom? let me know so i can drop you off later."

"i think it's upstairs." i slowly fall asleep to the vibrations of travis' back as he continues his conversation with ronnie.

a few minutes later, i start hearing "aw's" all around me. i slowly open my eyes to see that all my friends are now here, watching me sleep on travis' back. by this time, jaxton had already gotten back from looking for his classes.

"you can let me down now, i'm awake." i quietly say to travis.

"not yet." he replies quickly.

"okay then." i groan.

"hey friends..." i hesitantly say to my friends.

"um hello? why didn't you tell me you were dating someone?" asks rafael fernandez, one of my best friends.

why does everyone think me and travis are dating? i mean, i'm not gonna lie to you, i like him and stuff but he probably doesn't even like me back.

(a/n: also italics r just ciera thinking in her head lol)

"we aren't dating." me and travis say in unison.

"then explain why you're on his back." riley teases me.

miss girl... did you not just see me wake up? i was tired lol.

"who is he anyways?" azaleigh sato, another one of my best friends, asks.

"javi, just introduce yourself to them." i felt sorry that travis had to continuously introduce himself to all my friends.

"um, hi. i'm travis, ciera is the only person who calls me javi besides my family. and i've been one of ciera's best friends for about 6 years now." he says, smiling at everyone.

"6 years?" everyone questions in unison.

"how the heck did you keep this dude a secret from us?" asks ronnie.

"i don't know. i guess i just was too scared to tell you guys because you were gonna think we were dating, like right now," i shrug. "why are you two surprised?," i gesture to aza and raf, "i've known you guys for almost 10 years. you too jax, i've known you since birth." i say quickly as the bell rings for us to go to our homerooms.

okay, i clearly didn't look for my classes like i said i was going to this morning.

"see you later javi," i say as he drops me off to my homeroom.

"where's your last class by the way? so i know where to meet you after school." i ask him.

"i think it's in the other building."

"okay, see you at recess." i hug him tightly and sneak a quick kiss his cheek.

(a/n: bro what is this??? this is actually gross and cringey and i hate it.. but ima still write it lol)

to be continued