Her

Natasha

I get to the house and knock on the door. Natasha opens the door and she's standing in leggings and a t-shirt like always, but her hair is down instead of up in its usual ponytail. It's really curly, because she is black and Asian. Her complexion is the definition of perfect, and her teeth are bright white. I stare at her for a second, her black tinted  glasses resting gently on her face.

"Kye are you okay?" She asks and all I can do is manage to shake my head gently. "Come in and talk to me." She says we she moves and lets me walk in. I finally let a tear slip from my eye and run a hand through my hair.

"I-I don't know what to do Nash." I mumble, calling Natasha by the nick name that I gave her when we met seven years ago. "Kye I need you to calm down and tell me what's wrong." She says as she stands in front of me and  holds both my hands in hers rubbing circles on the back of them.

I look into her inviting carmel eyes and my stomach finally stops twisting in knots and I breathe. "Nash my dad is trying to send me away with my mom on weekends. She doesn't even know me, and the worst part? She has another kid now and she was drinking from my mug." I say quickly and narrow my eyes at the last part. "My mug." I hiss and Nash pulls me into a hug, rubbing my back.

Nash knows that going to the coffee shop every Saturday became mine and my mother's tradition and I would always drink out of the same mug. Until, two months before the divorce. My mom became distant and neglectful, and I spent most of my time at Nash's house.

"Kye baby she's just a kid, she doesn't know what it means to you." She whispers in my ear and her fingers gently play with my hair, knowing it calms me. "Nash, I can't just go with her." I whisper and bury my face in her neck as more tears fall and run onto her skin.

"How about you ask your dad if you can come here instead? My mother loves you, and so do I." She says and her smile falters for a second then reappears, that was a weird, she's never done that after she says she loves me. I shake it off and nod.

"I don't know though, it seems like he  wanted me to get to know her." I say spewing her out with venom, my stomach clenching at the thought of her having my mug. "You should at least try." Nash says, encouraging me. I nod and pull out my phone, I ignore all the texts from my dad and call him back.

"Where are you?" He growls through the phone and I play with the bottom of my worn out shirt gently. "I'm at Nash's house." I say in a soft voice. I hear my dad sigh and practically can see him roll his eyes. "Of course you are, well be home for dinner, we still need to talk about this." He says and I gulp a bit, my talks with my dad never end well.

"Dad I was actually wondering if I could stay the weekends at Nash's house?" I say timidly. "No Kye that's out of the question, you spend to much time with that girl anyway, you need to get more friends. Your mom lives a city over, you could make some friends there on the weekends." He says and I shake my head even though he can't see me. "Dad I have other friends, Nash is." I start and my dad cuts me off. "I know she's just your best friend, but Kye sometime she has to stop fighting your battles for you and you have to face your own problems." He says and I tear up again as I take a deep breath.

"Okay dad, I'll be home by dinner." I say then hang up and sniffle. "Was he saying you need more friends again?" She asks and I nod softly and she hugs me tightly. "Kye, don't worry, it's always been me and you against the world and your dad isn't gonna change that." She says and I nod against her.

Her mom comes out of the kitchen with some snacks and sits them down. "Hi Kye, how are you sweetheart?" She asks and I smile at her. "I'm fine thank you Mrs. Jiang." I say and she walks over and hugs me tightly. "Darling I know you're sad, and I'm always here as an adult if it's serious." She says and I nod. "Thank you so much." I say and she pulls away and nods. "Anytime kiddo, now dry those tears." She says we she gives me her signature smile  then wanders back into the kitchen.

"Kye I promise everything is gonna work out." Nash says and hugs me. We sit on the couch and I eat some chips and grab a glass of lemonade, her mother makes the best lemonade. "Thank you." I say and look at Nash. "For what? I'm your best friend it's my job." She says and jokingly punches my shoulder. I smile and nod as I lean my head on her shoulder, relaxed on the sofa as she flips through tv channels.

One of her hands gently rubs circles on mine, but I think nothing of it because she's been doing this for years. Do I like Nash? Yes, but she could do better so I'd never make a move on her.

An hour passes and I decide that it's time for me to walk home so I stand up and stretch. "I need to get going." I say and Nash stands up hugging me. "I'm only a text away if you need me Kye." She says softly in my ear and I nod. I let go of her and walk toward the door, she stares out the door at me as I walk off and she doesn't noticing me looking but she looks sad as I walk away, like she doesn't want me to leave. I just shrug it off and keep walking home.

I walk in the door and my father is sitting at the table, I glare as I see my mother, an unknown man and her sitting at the table. My father motions for me to come to the table but I just bolt upstairs to my room. I sit down on my bed after locking my door then I open my window and crawl onto the roof. I stay up there until I see them drive off and the tears finally stop. Then I get into bed and slowly fall asleep, dreading the nightmares to come.