january 18 2020
"hey bri," darlos whispered in science.
"what?"
"did you ever end up talking to dj about me?"
"nah, sorry. i forgot."
"ugh, seriously. you had one job." darlos rolled his eyes.
"sorry you aren't my top priority..." bri sighed.
"hey, come on!" darlos seemed offended.
the teacher shushed them and told them to get back to work.
"sorry. why do you want me to ask him so bad?" bri said in a soft tone.
"listen, he text me the other day and was saying how i was 'on top of you' or whatever that means."
"what??? when? that never happened, so why would he say that??"
"exactly!!" darlos exclaimed.
"do i need to separate you two?" the teacher threatened.
"no ma'am." bri replied.
"we'll talk about this at lunch." darlos said.
at lunch
"are you sure dj said that?" bri questioned.
"noooooo, i'm not sure." darlos said sarcastically.
"hey, i mean it. maybe you just misinterpreted what he meant?"
"bri. i know what he said."
"okay, i believe you, but when were you 'on top of me'?"
"he said it was during gym. the only thing i can think of is maybe when i got closer to you, but i was never on top of you. he makes everything so dramatic. i don't even know why you're dating him." darlos got mad.
"hey, chill. he's a good boyfriend." bri argued.
"if 'dates 20 girls in a month and cheats on every single one of them' is a good boyfriend to you, then yeah."
bri hit carlos on the arm. "i don't know why you care about that. he's MY boyfriend and he doesn't cheat on his girlfriends." bri rolled her eyes.
"bri, i care about you. he's a player! you don't see it. you're just blinded by his dreamy curly hair and his cinnamon brown eyes."
"alright, you're just making fun of me now."
"nooo bri i'm serious. you're lucky he doesn't have the same period lunch as us because he would get pissed that we were sitting together."
"i guess." bri sighed as she picked at her salad.
later, between passing period
bri hurried up to catch dj in the hall. "dj, hey! what's up?"
dj turned towards her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "hey babe." they continued to walk.
bri smiled, and then cleared her throat. "soooo, um. are you like mad about me and darlos being friends or something?"
dj looked confused. "no? what are you talking about?"
"i don't know, it's just that darlos mentioned something about how you thought he was trying to flirt with me? i don't really know the whole story."
"nope. never happened." dj shook his head.
bri raised her eyebrows. "oh, okay."
"yeah, don't worry about it. everything's good. i'll catch you later okay?" dj smiled at bri.
"okay." she gave a slight smile.
the two walked to their next class.
