The Colors of Us

seventeen

              "Eliana open the door!" I shouted from outside of her townhouse. It was almost noon and it was her off day so I knew that she up. Never would she allow her day off to bypass her by choosing to sleep in. "Eliana!"

The top lock unlatched before her door swung open. She stood in her robe, a scowl etched on her face and her hand propped on her hip. I stepped inside disregarding her 'angry' face because I knew she was faking. She was in here up to something and wanted to act like I'd woken her up from her sleep.

"You're so ghetto for bamming and yelling at my door like that. I do have neighbors sis." she closed the door behind me.

"Yeah, well you shouldn't have taken so long. What're you in here doing anyway? I know you weren't sleep."

"I was minding my business. You should've told me that you were gonna come by."

I glanced around and took notice of a pair of men's sneakers at the door. "Why because you have company?"

"That's exactly why. And because you never just show up at my door unannounced. So wassup? You need something?"

"Yeah, I wanted to talk about you and Noelle—"

"Nope. Not happening." she dismissed the topic.

"Why? It's been two weeks and y'all still aren't talking. This is weird! I can't even invite y'all out 'cause y'all don't want to be around each other."

"Put that up with her. I didn't have a problem until she created one. So, you go and ask her all about that while I go back upstairs and finish what I started." she started for the stairs.

"Eliana—"

"I'm walking away from you." she sung while climbing up the stairs. "Lock the door behind you, please."

I huffed and left out, being sure to lock it like she'd asked me to. The tension between her and Noelle had started to become too much for me. Neither of them accepted any invites I sent their way because they were afraid the other would be in attendance. Therefore, I'd been forced to hang out with Giovanni more and I'd been wanting girl time.