How To Be Together {2} Shaymien

New Friends (19)

8 years later

Damien POV

It was and warm March afternoon. Shayne and I were waiting for Astrid at the bus stop. We watched as Astrid's bus pulled up. She skipped down the steps of the bus and hugged me and Shayne. "Hey baby girl." I said as we began the walk to the house. "Guess what I did today Pops?" She said holding on to the straps of her backpack, "What?" Shayne asked. "I did 2 big things." She said looking up from her shoes. "I got to dissect a frog in Science class, and a new girl came to our school today, I get to sit next to her and we became like best friends. Her name is Naomi, she moved all the way from Miami." She said looking at us. "Really, that's a long way." I said is as I opened the front door. It was around 5pm. "Yeah, her mom is in the military and after her mom and dad got divorced her mom moved them out here." She said grabbing an apple off the counter and slinging her backpack on the hook. "Oh my gosh, she must be really sad." Shayne said, opening a recipe book. "Yeah, she said it's hard for her to be at home by herself all the time." Astrid said taking a bite of her apple. "I bet." I said wrapping my arm around Shayne.

Astrid POV

I sat at the dinner table and opened my math binder. "What do you want for dinner?" My dad (Damien) asked. "Pork." Pops (Shayne) and I said from the table. All 3 of us laughed. "Do you need any help?" Pops asked from the seat next to me. " I don't get number 4, I did the rest in the bus," I said, pointing out the problem. "You are such a good girl." Pops said as he ruffled my hair. I smiled warmly as he read over the problem. He grabbed an extra pencil, "Look, if you take 27 and subtract 12 what do you get?" He asked pointing at the problem (27-x=12) I looked down at my hand and counted, "fifteen." I said, "So what is the variable?" He asked, "Fifteen..." I said, unsure of the answer I gave. "Yeah!" He said putting down the pencil and high fiving me.

2 hours later

I was in my room when I got a text from Naomi. N-Naomi, A-Astrid

N- Hey, can you come and get me?
A-Why? Are you okay?
N-Yeah, yeah. My mom just can't come pick me up. I had to stay after school.
A-Is there anyone who knows where you are?
N-No. I just really need a ride, please I'll owe you one.
A-let me ask my dad.
N-okay

It was around 7pm. I hurriedly hopped down the steps. "Hey dad..." I said sitting next to him on the couch. "Yeah honey?" I took a deep breath, "canwegopickupNaomi?" I asked quickly. "Slow down." He said touching my shoulder. "Naomi had to stay after school and her mom can't get her until later and she needs to get home." I said. Dad nodded and we,both slid on our shoes and said bye to Pops.

We pulled up to the school about 10 miuntes later. I saw a small girl sitting on the curb, only illuminated by her phone screen. She waved her hand and Dad stopped. I rolled down my window "hop in loser." I said and she opened the door and got in the car. "Hey, I'm Astrid's Dad." He said with a wave.

Damien POV

I waved to Naomi. "I'm Naomi." She said with a warm smile. She was a thin girl, she had dark brown curly hair that was about shoulder long and shaved on one side. She had dark brown eyes and a small nose and mouth. She wore a torn red and black flannel over a stained white shirt and some ripped dark jeans.

I smiled back and pulled out of the parking lot. "Are you okay?" I asked her she looked up from her phone "Yeah. I'm okay." She said typing a text message to the contact labeled 'mom'. "Where is your house honey?" I asked. "108 Harred Lane." She said still typing. I took a glance at the message, she typed 'mom, where the hell are you? I had to get a friend to pick me up.' I thought about the message. "Is your mom at home?" I heard Astrid ask as I looked at the road, "yeah, she probably just forgot about me, it's fine." she replied.