"'have a great summer - your friend' is all these things ever say anyway. like, if i actually write a heartfelt message i'd be considered crazy. why even bother you know?" henry sighs at his year book filled with the same messages.
suzy smiles, "drew wrote me a nice one!" henry rolls his eyes, "he wrote me one too, he only did cuz we're best friends and he's your boyfriend, weirdo."
drew scoffs, "calm down dude. whoever you want a long nice one from, go give them one and hope for them to return the favor."
henry's eyebrows knit together in concern, "you're right. okay bye guys."
suzy stares at drew, "who do you think it is?" drew shrugs his shoulders, "why?" suzy shakes her head, "i need to know if it's that bitch emily. i'm gonna follow him."
drews left with his thoughts and year book under the thinning oak tree in the quad. henry has a point. it's all h.a.g.s. over and over again. jeez. so boring.
drew closes his year book and shoves it into his backpack. "hey wait, you can leave that out a little longer!"
drew looks up to see abby running over to him grinning, clutching her year book and a purple sharpie. drew smiles, "oh hey! yeah sure." he pulls it back out and exchanges the two thin books.
stresesssssssssssfulllll what do i writteeee
five minutes later of the two of them thinking and writing, they pass their books back to each other.
drew quickly opens his book to find her purple paragraph reading, "hey-o. thanks for throwing a punch for me. can't say i'd do the same or think you'd ever do that for me or anyone, but it was pretty rad. just saying you're awesome. even though we don't hang out that much, we should... <3". drew smiles shakes his head.
abby finishes reading his and smiles back. she reaches out for drews hand. he gives it to her.
"i should pro-" abby starts but stops herself. she sighs and looks into drew's eyes.
"i should go find my friends." drew squeezes her hand tighter. she gets up and pulls him up to his feet. hands still locked. eyes still locked.
abby lets go.
she leans in for a hug. drew holds her close. they rest their head on each others shoulders.
"drew."
they pull away and turn to see suzy, arms crossed. "what are you doing with her?" drew looks from suzy to abby, "saying hello.. and goodbye."
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blurry nights
General Fiction"my skin is dark as night, but you're the one with constellations across yours"
