lungs

part 59

joey
"are you going riding the bus today?"

i spray my last bit of perfume before picking up my phone and responding.

me
"don't i always?"

joey
"lol. tell me when you're ready."

i turned off my phone and swung my book bag over my back. leaving sams room, i kiss his forehead goodbye before going down the stairs.

before i go downstairs, i hear mckenna and dylan talking.

"we have to tell someone kenna we can keep this a secret forever." dylan says. i get move closer to where they are so i could hear.

"who though?" mckenna asked.

"anna maybe." he says. me? tell me what?

she sighs, "she doesn't even wanna talk to me. she mad at me because i didn't text her after she moved."

"why didn't you text her?" he asked, confused.

"because i was scared to. she had a whole new life, new friends, new house, new school and i thought that if i just let her go then i wouldn't be a problem." she said, "before she even moved, we would always get into arguments literally about anything and i didn't want her to stress over me thousands of miles away. it wasn't worth it. and her mom invited me over so i just came because she my best friend, you know."

dylan sighs, "tell her then baby. tell her how you feel."

"she won't listen to me!" she says, "i just want my best friend back."

i feel bad now. all mckenna wanted was our friendship back and i pushed her away. i got mad at her for no reason.

i come from the stairs and walk into the kitchen. i'm not gonna do anything yet because i don't have time to, so i'll do this in the afternoon.

"hey," i said faintly, trying to play cool as i got an apple from the fruit jar.

"oh, hi." mckenna smiled.

i grabbed took a bite out of the apple and walked into the living room.

me
"i'm leaving now."

i turned off my phone and walked out the door. it wasn't so cold out so i was fine with my sweatshirt.

i literally wear sweatshirts all the time. they're so cozy and comfortable.

across the street, i see joey coming out of his front door. he smiles at me and runs up to me, pulling me into a hug.

"i missed you!" he says.

i giggled and hugged him back, "you literally saw me yesterday."

he pulled away from the hug and got close to my face, "that's to long," he whispered, before pecking my lips.

he laces is fingers with mine as we walk to the bus stop, "have i told you how much i love you, cross?"

i blush and rub his knuckle with my thumb, "yes, joey, yes you have." i said.

"i love you more than i love myself. i mean look at me! there's everything to love about this. but you're even better to look at." he says.

"i love you too, birlem. why are you such in a good mood this morning." i said.

he shrugs, "i feel like i don't tell you enough." he says, "and you know, valentine's day is coming up."

"do know what you're getting me?" i asked him.

he shook his head, "yup! and i have it all planned out." he says as he takes my hand and kisses the top part, "just you and i, together."

just you and i, together.

i smile and tuck my hair behind my ear. joey swings our hands back and forth as we walk.

as we're walking, i see jack in the far distance. he was wearing a champion hoodie, a nice hoodie. he was looking down at his phone, scrolling.

as we approached i spoke, "jack!" i said.

joey looked at me and arched his eyebrows, "who's jack."

we approached jack and i smiled at joey and him, "joey this is jack, jack this is joey."

jack looked down and saw us holding hands, he then looked back at joey. "nice to meet you." he says.

joey shook his head and squeezed my hand, "nice to meet you too, man." he said.

"anna!" i hear. we all turn our heads and see jacob running in the distance waving his hands.

jacob runs up to us, out of breath. "you forgot to wait for me, girl. i almost tripped 3 time just by running my ass up here. are you trying to make me loose weight?"

i giggled, "you're already skinny as shit. you need to eat more that's what you need to do." i told him and he laughed.

"girl i'm a double decker biscuit!" he says. he looks at jack and arched a brow, "who's this."

"oh!" i say, "this is jack, he just moved here on friday. jack this is jacob, my best friend. and joey, of course, is my hot boyfriend."

jack smiles at jacob, "what's up?"

"the sky, that's what up." jacob says.

joey, jacob,jack. i need to get more friends, i got the j's all around me, man.

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bro, jack ryin is so hot. like i cant.