Forever

Best Friends

Later that day I was back home. I was laying on my bed going through my dash on Tumblr. Which was basically my life at the moment and probably still is. Natalia was laying on her bed as well. She sat there scrolling through her own Instagram feed.

Natalia has sat up and then turned to me. "Hey, I haven't heard about Courtney in a loooong time."

I looked at her with a confused look, as I felt my heart sort of sink.

"Oh.. Courtney.. Well I don't know, I haven't talked to her since she left."

Courtney was my ultimate best friend. We had stuck since 3rd grade, and never really unstuck since then.. Until she was being forced to transfer schools by her parents. The last time I saw her was before I left for Christmas break. She'd given me her moms number incase I wanted to hang out sometime, in which I never did. So I kinda felt like an asshole.

"You have her number don't you?" Natalia asked.

"Yeah I do," I looked at the photo booth pictures that were taped into the frame of my bed. One of Courtney and I at a bowling alley, and the other from a trip to the mall, including Natalia in the picture. Next to the photos was a folded up piece of paper taped to the frame as well. It said, 'Priscilla ♥️' on it with a little heart. She had written me a note before I left, which made me feel kinda special.

Natalia continued, "Call her sometime. Hang out, maybe even tell her about the new boy that you really like. What's his name? Ca- Caden? Something with a C?"

"It's Candido, dumb butt," I said as I sat up. I could've told Courtney everything that has been happening. Candido, everything going on at school, and maybe talk about how things are going at her school.

But I'm going to be honest, I was scared to call. Why? It was her MOMS phone number. And honestly I don't know what to expect. So I'd just wait for a time I actually had the guts to call.

"Candido. How is that kid anyway? Does he still stare at you?" Natalia asked as her eyes widened.

"Yeah he does," I laid back down. "And I'm kinda doing some stalking myself."

"Don't get too crazy. You should ask him if he likes you."

"Are you crazy? I can't talk to boys! I'd mess up in the middle of the sentence!"

"I mean, gosh. It wouldn't kill to try Priscilla."

I looked up at the ceiling. "Yeah, sorry. No."

"Alright then. Whatever. But hey, I always see him standing around your locker after school with a bunch of other guys."

I suddenly got tiny butterflies in my stomach. "HUH? My locker?? But why?"

"Sheesh I don't know. Ask him."

"Stop, no. Is he always just talking to them or just standing there?"

"Well, I don't pay much attention but I did manage to hear a little bit today."

My face lit up. "TELL ME! What did they say?!"

"Okay, first off, calm down. Or I won't tell you crap. But I heard one of the guys teasing him. Manuel, Giovanni's big brother? He was teasing him. Telling Candido he needed a girlfriend."

Would this have been my chance?

To finally have a boyfriend?

Someone actually hugging and kissing me?
It would've been the best feeling in the world.

Later that night, I was laying on my mothers bed scrolling through my iPad. My moms bed was pretty comfortable so I laid there every once in a while.

I was trying to look for Candido on whatever social media I had at the time. First Instagram. And of course, I found him. It was a picture of him and his friends. "Candido Escobedo" read his Instagram. I loved his name. It was candy to my ears.

I then looked on Facebook, and searched him up. And thank god, he popped up. I really really wanted to add him but I was so scared to. After a while of hesitation, I did it.

I could tell he didn't get on Facebook very much because he didn't respond to my request for a while. Checking everyday when I got home from school, looking to see if he accepted it or not. Until one day I had seen that one special notification and I freaked the hell out. It was probably one of my happiest moments, says the 9th grade girl.