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Toni
          "Old Acquaintances "

"I'm so sorry ma'am but there was nothing we could do " The doctor said . "What did I do wrong T ?" Zoeys eyes began to water as she looked in between me and the doctor. "I did everything right Toni I did everything right "

I tried to comfort her the best I could . Things like this happens all the time there's nothing we could do . What do I say ? I can't pretend that I know how she's feeling because I don't . " Shh it's going to be ok " attempting to reassure her I kiss her forehead and hold her hand tighter .

"I'm sorry for your lost we will be able to release you within 48 hours ." The doctor noted something on her chart then left the room . As soon as the door closed my sister cried .It was one of those cries where it feels as if your whole world went to shits. She grabbed her chest as she cried louder .

"Toni can you come back later ?" She asked between sniffles looking up with watery eyes . "No I'm going to stay you need somebody right now "

"Please " she begged I kissed her cheek and agreed.






Dakota

"Lemme do the project and you do the paper " Adrian offered . We had this system where we did each other's work that was past due ..got shit done

"Ight coo " I gave her my rubric and flash drive . "Adri you want sum while I'm going downstairs ?"

"Nah I'm good " Adrian replied and with that I went downstairs to get my snacks . I grabbed a bottle of water and some Chex mix .

"Babydoll let me talk to you ." My mom said over the tv . Ughhh I rolled my eyes and walked over to her . "What's up ?"

"What happened to that Toni girl ? I saw the way you looked at her and I heard the way you talked about her . Now it's like she fell off the earth ." Laughing at the last part of her sentence I run my hands through my hair .

"Uhm we kinda fell out "

"Did she cheat or did you ?" She questioned me like I was on trial or something. "Nobody cheated ma but I have some work to do "

I jogged back up to my room then sat on the bed eating my snack. "Adri what's the paper supposed to be about ?"

"Global marketing trends " she put her laptop down facing me ." Kota I have a confession " she began fiddling with the rings on her finger .

"What's up ?"

"When I'm with you I get these feelings. We have been friends for years but not until recently I realized that I have feelings for you . Dakota your such a sweet person but an ass at the same time . You don't take shit off nobody and that's what I like about you plus you have the biggest heart . " Adrian said

But before I could respond to her my phone started vibrating. "Just give me a sec " . I pulled the vibrating phone out of my pocket to see who it was . Of course it would be Toni . Her caller ID was a picture of her with ice cream on her nose .

God this girl is so confusing but I'm not going to fall for Toni.If she wants me she will be honest. It was particularly my fault but I'm trying to help her . Zoey isn't loyal to nobody even a dog has loyalty that runs through its veins . "uhh... I think I should... um go but I will email you the project . Just get to me with the paper whenever ." Adrian said grabbing her things then running out.

My phone vibrates again and it was a text from text from Toni . I bit my lip in hesitation then opened the message.



                        Toni

"Damn you took forever."

"Look I didn't have to come " Dakota replied while taking a seat in the sand . "So why did you call me ? Especially here ? " She asked staring at the stars .

I look over admiring her features " I wanted to attempt to at least be civil with each other ."

"Ok " She said running her hands through her hair ." I also wanted to apologize for lying about my past life " . I took a deep breath while throwing my head back .

"It's fine sometimes things aren't meant to be and that's fine . But we can be friends it kinda sucked not having you around anyways."  Dakota playfully nudged my shoulder.


After leaving the beach I went home to an empty house . I actually liked not being bothered with zoey. Before I could relax someone knocked on my door . Why Why Why ?

"Yessss" I opened the door with an attitude. When I saw this person I froze how could this be ? She's supposed to be dead . Wait...What the hell is going on ?







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