jared wakes up at 6 every morning to get ready for school. thank god it's his last year of high school. he never really liked it but he often went with the flow.
he is good friends with zaria. they've been friends since 6th grade. zaria is someone who understands jared which is rare to come by. jared often finds himself being misunderstood a lot because of how he is. jared and zaria always meet up in the morning by the window in front of the office. they've been meeting there since they were freshmans. they always talk about what's happening in the world or boy problems from zaria or stories about jared and jamal.
jared has a older brother , jamal, who is like a role model to jared and they've been tight since day one. jamal is 21 years old. he is in college and plays football for clemson. he and jared grew up with their mom , dad , and little sister. jared's family was wealthy and they had money but jared wasn't the one to brag or show off.
zaria was wealthy as well. she always had a crush on jared but never showed it because she didn't want to ruin their friendship that they had built for so long. he was everything she dreamed of. jared wasn't mean but he wasn't friendly. he could dress but he didn't have to wear designer for you to know. his personality was so great , anyone would who knew jared like her would be lucky.
it's 7:15 now and school is about to start. right now jared and zaria are walking to first block. they both have pre-calc.
"jared , why you always doing that?" zaria laughed. jared would always walk with his head down and it really bothered zaria so she would always comment on it.
"always doing what zari?" jared then put his head up.
"putting your head down like you below everyone"
jared then sucked his teeth. "man zari mind yours. you already know the answer to that so why keep asking."
zaria rolls her eyes. "well excuse me for trying to break a bad habit. it's all love tho jared.
zari then kissed his cheek like she always did and jared kissed her on her forehead. this was always the normal for them. many thought they dated but they
were just bestfriends.
they were now walking into pre-calc. they both huffed , this was not a class they really wanted to
attend. zaria and jared were very smart but sometimes they just needed a break from all the difficulties from life.
when zaria and jared walk in they go immediately to the back like always. when they got there , they both rolled their eyes.
this big girl who is always in the way and looking for attention always tries to test people's patience in the morning at the wrong time. jared then yelled "you always do this hoe, when you gonna learn man?"
the big girl ari opened her mouth wide "oh no you didn't just call me no hoe"
zari laughed "I mean you kinda asked for it but girl can you please get up so we avoid all the problems. we don't got time for this boo."
ari then got up. zari thanked her knowing that jared sure wasn't. ari just turned and put her thumbs up and went about her day per usual.
jared and zari sat in their seats right when the bell rang. in came their teacher, mrs. powell , she always gave her instructions then got on her phone for the whole class.
after she gave her instructions , jared and zaria snuck out the back since she never paid attention and went to the stairwell they usually sat when the skipped.
this is where they usually had their deepest conversations.
they both sat down on different steps.
zaria laughed looking down. "jared why you have to do ole girl like that"
"man I can't stand a hoe seeking attention at the crack of dawn." jared laughed out loud.
zaria was leaning back laughing by that time. jared had a smart mouth if you don't see by now.
jared then looked at zaria seriously. "zari it happened again."
zaria quickly hugged jared. "you wanna talk about it?
he nodded his head. "he was so loud. my mom seemed helpless and i just felt so weak. i didn't want to hurt him. i- i- i-...
"jared what you do?"
"it looked like he was about to raise his hand to hit her and I just blacked out and went crazy. i was beating the hell out of him. he deserved it in my head at least."
"what were they arguing about?" lately this had been happening a lot. jared's parents arguing. it was about the little and the big things. he figured they would get a divorce and even though it would hurt him, he thinks it can probably benefit them.
"you know the usual where my sister should go." jared's dad is really his stepdad and his little sister was his stepsister but his mom raised him to be respectful and that led him to automatically respecting his stepfather at a young age especially since that was the only father figure he had other than his grandpa and uncle.
"aw i'm sorry baby , you know i'd do anything to help you" zaria had tears rolling down her face. it always hurt her to see jared hurt and vice versa.
"yea i know zari." jared kissed her forehead.
all of a sudden the bell rang and the two prepared to separate since they didn't have the same class next block and they would soon see each other at lunch.
second try at this lol. hope you like it. ♥️
