we chatted for a while about the things that have been happening at the party and laughed about it but deep inside i was really pissed off.
gabby did a lap dance for mike.
coral had a body shot with jacob.
i licked john's cheek.
& madison kissed dejuane.
meanwhile , anecia passed out after they made her drink a shot which was mixed with who knows.
" what the fuck ? i did that ? " madison cringed while john nodded back.
" no wonder dejuane was hitting up my dms the day after. "
" yeah , y'all were nasty. " a cold voice pops out of nowhere.
i look behind john and saw dior , staring darkly into my soul with his bored eyes.
" wassup man- "
" get out. " dior cuts john off.
why does he always tell people to get out ?
" because that's my seat , right ? " his stare drifted to me.
did he just read my- no.
" yeah. " i stutter.
" okay then. i'll sit in front. " john raised both his arms in surrender as he made his way to an empty seat , in front our row.
" you finally attended this class. "
" why ? did you miss me ? " he meets my eyes , maintaining his blank face.
" hell no. "
" then shut up and leave me alone. "
i furrow my brows at him. what a sociopath. how did he manage to get a girlfriend with that kind of attitude ?
luckily , classes went by quickly and it was time for basketball practice. the season's around the corner and we don't wanna be defeated on our home opener.
5 : 27 pm
we were chilling at gabby's house after practice , drinking iced coffee as we sat at their balcony , enjoying the evening breeze of cali.
" alyssa. " coral suddenly utters.
we all look at her confused.
" that's the name of dior's girl right ? "
we nodded.
" i think they broke up. "
she sent a screenshot at our group chat , it was alyssa's story on instagram.
@alyssaa.howard
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" this makes me cringe. " madison judges resulting the group laughing.
" i know right. "
" maybe the day she visited dior was the day they broke up. "
i stayed silent throughout their talk. come to think of it , dior was in a bad mood when he entered his room that day. he must've found something out or vise versa.
my thoughts all faded away when my phone went off.
@jj_barboza hey , there's a new grill in town. wanna check it out ?
@jasmine_ only if it's your treats.
@jj_barboza leave it all to me.💸
" uhm , john just asked me to go check this new restaurant with him and i said yes. "
" what ?! a date ? "
" no ! he's just being friendly. "
" friendly my ass , y'all will soon grow into lovebirds ! "
" whatever. go out there sister and do well because the night is yours ! "
i roll my eyes on the girls.
" nothing's gonna happen. we're just going to eat. bye babes ! "
6 : 38 pm
" am i the only one or people around us have been taking pictures ? " i ask john as we settled down at a table.
" i don't know , i noticed it too but let's not mind it. "
he smiles and i gave one back. he's so soft and kind , literally my ideal type but i can only see him as a friend. or maybe not.
" so you're into basketball , huh ? "
" yeah , my brother pushed me to play the sport and i liked it so i am. "
" that makes sense. how about relationships ? "
relationship. that word makes me feel weak , memories flooding through my brain at how happy and a fool i was over a cheater.
" don't have time for them. " for unknown reasons , he pouts.
" too bad. i wanted to be your man. "
i got flustered.
" just kidding. " he suddenly laughs off when he notices my awkward expression.
i decided to chuckle along hoping somehow he didn't mean that. why am i feeling this way ?
" here are your orders. "
the waitress sets down two big plates of smoking beef and pork in front of us. thick smoke begun going in my way so i used my hand to wave it off.
as the smoke lessened , i got a clearer view of what's on the other side. it made me wanna bring all the smoke back.
