The Ghost Of Us (HWGA sequel)

Promise Me

"Hey, y'all!" Austin walks in. "The real fun is finally here!" He smirks.
"Hey, took you long enough," I say sitting down and grabbing the controller.
We were all chilling in my living room. Austin finally arrived.
  "I was getting a pedicure," he shrugs sitting down. "And you guys are playing this... again."
  "Obviously," all of us nod.
  "Is Mandy coming?" I ask Austin.
  "I think so," he nods. "I told her to come."
  "That's what he said," Caleb laughs at himself and I laugh.
  "Ew," Austin says laughing slightly. "I'm gonna call Mandy again," he stands and I nod.
  "Mandy doesn't even hang anyone, we should just replace her," Caleb shrugs.
  "She's still a friend," I say.
Speaking of, maybe I should invite Andrew over. We never really have him hang out with us, and I'm sure if they can deal with me, they'll like him.
  "Actually, I'm gonna invite Andrew over," I said putting the controller down and grabbing my phone.
  "Andrew?" They all say.
  "Yeah."
  "Why?" Sam asks.
  "Why not," I reply.
  "He's not a.... regular in our group," Kyle remarks.
  "Yeah, but he's cool," I shrug.
  "Really? I guess I never paid attention to him," Caleb says. "He's just in some classes of mine."
  "You guys like besties now?" Sam asks. He was sitting on the couch, and I was on the floor below because I was playing from down here.
  "Just friends," I say texting him to come over. "Why? Do you guys not like him?" I ask and I feel Sam grab a piece of my hair and play with it.
  "No, we barely even know him," Caleb says.
  "Who?" Austin sits back down. "Mandy's coming now."
  "We're talking about Andrew," Sam mumbles.
  "What about him?" Austin asks.
  "Jo invited him," Kyle retorts.
  "Oh really?" Austin asks.
  "Yeah," I nod.
"Well, whatever," he shrugs. "Can you guys not play video games... it's boring."
"No, they're fun. You should learn to play," I say grabbing my controller again.
There's a knock at the door and in it opens and Mandy walks in.
"Hey, guys!" She grins. "Sorry, I'm late. My mom was being annoying," she licks her shoes off and comes over.
"Hey bitch," Austin says and Mandy drops into his lap dramatically. "Your hair looks good, did you dye it?"
"I just got my roots done," she nods. "I needed a touch-up. It's been a while."
"Nice, I need to get mine?" Austin says. "Jo, we should go together."
"Eh," I shrug.
"Are you even a girl?" He asks.
"No," Caleb retorts.
"Yeah, she is," Sam adds with a smirk.
"EWW!" Caleb and Kyle both groan.
"Sam!" I say and he laughs.
"Sorry," he said. "Just saying."

There's a knock on the door. I stand up getting it and Andrew was there.
"Hey!" I say. "Come in," I move to the side.
"Hey, thanks for inviting me," he said stepping into the house.
  "Yeah," I shrug. "We were just hanging out, playing Call of Duty," I said.
  "Ooh COD," he says. "I've been playing that for years. You should be worried," he grins.
  "Worried, I am the best player in this house right now," I walk back to my seat and sit down.
  "Hey guys," Andrew says sitting down next to me on the floor.
  "Hey," they reply and I see Sam staring at him, it was a confusing look. He didn't look happy, but he didn't look mad. He just looked... like he didn't like Andrew. But why?
  "Andrew, how come you never... hang out usually?" Caleb lays down with his arms behind his head and he looks at Andrew. "I only see you in class."
  "Yeah," he says. "I don't know why though," he shrugs. I pass him a remote.
  "Andrew claims to be a great COD player. So we need to test this," I say.
  "Jo's pretty good," Kyle mumbles.
  "Maybe... but I'm better," Andrew says and I look at him.
  "Pfft, we'll see about that," I say.
  "Jo likes to act like she's best when we all know it's me! I literally beat you in it all the time," Sam says.
  "That was before," I say. "I'm back to being MVP."
  "No," Sam shakes his head and I push his leg making him laugh.
  "Have you tried the new Modern Warfare?" Andrew asks.
  "No, I still need to get it. Have you?" I ask picking my gun and he picks his.
  "Yeah, it's great quality," he nods. "It's almost like this one, just better."
  "Really? I gotta play!" I say.
  "Yeah, it's fun," he says. "You can always come over," he shrugs. "But now... I'm ready to beat you."
  "You don't want to get cocky Andrew. Trust me," I said and I press play on the game.