Treat You Better// Anthony Reeves

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"Why do you make everything more of a deal than it is?"

I put my head down and heard Anthony talk, "Woah, chill. No need to call someone a dog. And my name's Anthony." I looked up and smiled at him. "Oh, cute name. I feel like Antonio  would be cuter but whatever. Anyway, there's gonna be a party next Saturday, you're invited." She waved and walked away still giving me a death stare. I blew her a kiss and she looked away. "You let her talk to you like that?" Anthony asked me, "No, but I mean I don't care." I shrugged. He smiled and got up, "I'm gonna go study in the library for a bit. I'll catch you after school."

The bell rung which meant lunch was over. I heard my name and looked behind me, "Melany! Hi! We haven't talked in forever!" Melany, best person ever. My best friend since 5th grade. "How've you been Gracey pooh?" I hugged her for a few seconds before telling her about everything. "Wow, seems like Grace has a crush on Mr.Reeves." I punched her on her shoulder and laughed, "Not a crush, he's just cool, you know?" she mocked me. We had gotten to our class a few minutes later. We had to walk in a different way since our seats were across the room.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and saw a piece of paper slide onto my desk, a note. I was hesitant to open it but thought whatever. I opened it and went straight to the bottom to see who made it. I couldn't see anything so I went back to the top and saw the name, it was from Quentin. He was an old friend of mine in middle school. "Hey Grace, long time no talk. Hope you're doing good. Please don't throw this away :(." I looked at him and he smiled, "Ms.King and Mr.Allen, pay attention please." I nodded and went back to taking notes