A Love Story (please read better than it sounds)

Introduction

I walk through the school doors of Oakland Highschool already smelling the pages of books, girls perfume and boys cologne,fresh new assignments already imaged in my head along with people of all race, both genders, and different personalities.

"Hey Love," my bestie comes up to me and gives me a welcoming hug.
"Hey," I say as I grab my books out of my locker.
"Why yo locker look like two years ago? And why you still got him up there?" She goes to rip it off but I stop her.
"It doesn't matter, I'll just do it later," I say putting my books in my bookbag and holding my binder.
"Mhm, Ill do it for you. Anyways, when you gone stop flexin on Jordan?" She says leaning against a locker.
"Lianna damn, I'm not a calendar ask God," I say annoyed.
She rolled hers eyes and looked away but then she slowly turned back around. "Speaking of Jordan,"
Jordan walks by and greets us."Wassup Love and Lia." If you didn't notice by now my nickname is Love, but my real name is Laylah. My nickname was made because of my mom she always calls me her love do to the fact my dad is no longer in her life, no longer in our life.
"Wassup, Heyy," Lianna and I say in unison. If you can tell by now my bestie Issa maneatter. I'm saying that in the nicest type of way.
"Guuurrrl now that's a daddy right there," she's checked him out. I rolled my eyes then left with her looking a few seconds more then jogging to catch up to me.

~LUNCHTIIIIME!!!!!

Lianna and I sit together with our other best friend.
"Talik let me get them fries off you," Lianna goes to grab it but get popped.
"Damn Talik your still a man remember that," she point her hand at him with wide eyes. She has the mama "Do you understand me face" I laugh.
"Not even funny Laylah," she looks at me with the same face.
"Okay mom," Me and Talik say in person.
We all laugh but then we get interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Yo wassup y'all," I turn around to see Jordan take a seat next to me. I felt I don't... Uncomfortable but in a good way.
"Hey we just chillin,"Lianna says. The way she says it was different.
"Bet,but I really came over here to ask if Love wanted to go out with me," he looks at me.
I look at Lia nodding her head and Talik smilen at me. "Sure, why not?" I answered.
"Bet," he bit his bottom and leaves to his friend.
After that all they talked about was the date.

~AFTER SCHOOl

"Girl I got the perfect outfit for you," Lianna said driving out of the parking lot.
"And I have the perfect hairstyle," Talik said hitting my shoulder.
If you haven't noticed by now Talik is gay. His nickname is Tay it's not much said though. When he told his family his dad left and his mom kinda ignored him so now he goes either our house or his big brothers.
We finally arrive at my house. Our house is in the suburbs called Valley High. We enter my house and go upstairs to my room to get ready. Behind us was Lianna holding up a beautiful lavender tube top and black bottoms with cuts in it. I put on my makeup got dressed and put on my outfit
"Girl this so cute on you!"Lia said with a smile on her face looking me up and down.
"Yeah girl you did your thing with the outfit and I did my thing with the makeup and the hair cause suh is slayin tf," we laugh.
The doorbell rings and Lia runs to get it. "Y'all stay here I'll try and make it romantic like he picking you up for prom," I rolled my eyes and we all agreed.
A good two minutes literally passed by and she came back up to get us. "Damn what took you so long," Talik yelled.
"Don't worry bout that y'all just get y'all asses up and let's go.
We walked down. Jordan was fixing his shirt but when he looked up he froze. "Damn," he bit his bottom lip.
"You ready to go," I ask making it down stairs.
"Yeah," he checks me out once again"let's go."
We say our goodbyes and leave to his car. 
"Where we bout to go?"I ask putting down my phone. "Some place where we can talk, you know I can get to know you better," he looks at me then back on the road.
"Is that so?" I say with a smile, "why do you wanna take me out?" I asked, I really wanted to know and if there was an embarrassing remark I was tough enough to go through it.
"Your beautiful, confident, independent, smart, ambitious," your Laylah and if nobody likes you, you ignore.
I smile. I never heard anyone but my mom tell me those words, he said it very assuring and confident.
We go to the drive way of Wendy's. "what you want?" He ask looking at me. "Four for four meal," I answer.
A few minutes after we hit the park. "Picnic huh?" I say playfully. "Yeah, something small for our first date," he says grabbing the food and going up the playground. I follow behind and we just sit together eating the food.
"Tell me your story," he gets ready to eat his food, look like he bout to eat that shit up. "What you mean?" I'm confused haven't been asked that ever since my dad.

~FLASHBACK~

Seating on my moms fluffy brown laced  couch I look at my daddy with lit up eyes. I'm four years old listening to my daddy tell me about the world. He was right about almost everything he said reality was.
"Do you know who you are Laylah?" He asked me in a serious tone. He's dreads are put up in cornrows that form one braid and he's looking at me like he can see what I'm thinking.
"Uh... I don't know dada," I'm very confused at this point, very speechless too. I didn't know who I was but I was trying so hard to find the answers to his question and I know he knew I was too.
"Maybe not your not sure now but you will know," he says, "Come on, it's time for bed."

~END OF FLASHBACK~

"Love," he calls out shacking his light-skin arm in my face. "I'm sorry, just had a little flashback but it's nothing. Uh... What's my story?" I babble then begin to think about the things I love, done, and accomplished. "Well, I am very antisocial, I have a small circle don't like letting people in," he eat fries still thinking about myself.
"I like to get shit done no matter what, I'm very ambitious. I have a high self-esteem, not to many times you gone see me care what others say. I get my work done, I'm very smart."
"So I was right about you," he asked. I think about the reasons to why he asked me on this date. "Hm, I guess you are right huh?" I throw a French fry.
"Man, wassup with the word huh?" He mocks. I throw another french fry. "I don't know it just happens," I yell and push him. He keeps mocking me and I hit him.
"Ight you got it," he finally said putting his guard up. We laugh a little and he looks at me, I look at him. I feel his hand on my chin and he leans in for a kiss. Then we kissed.

I'm trying to get better with this but please vote and vote and comment.