"Baaaaarrry!" My best friends side hoe comes barreling down the hall. We are standing around waiting for this chick, and she has the audacity to- she didn't actually do anything... but still! The audacity!
"Wha'da'ya' wan?" He asks around a mouthful of chips. Its Funyuns so his breath is gonna smell like garbage.
"Mom and dad said that we shouldn't head home right away cause Bo is having a tantrum" Okay so his side hoe is really his sister, Bo is their adopted little brother who has serious mental problems. He scoffs and throws the Funyuns bag in the garbage (which his breath already smells similar too.) as we pass by it, headed to his car.
"I have so much work to do. How am I supposed to get it done if we aren't going home? I mean, one thing sets him off and then the entire house has to be on lock down for the rest of the day? Why-"
"Oh my gourd! You whine more then a cabitch. You can do your work at my house, cactus ass." He looks at me with an overly fake pleading face, his hands like a prayer.
"Really, Tommy? You'll let me?" He stands up and tackles me in a hug, "Thank you! You are the best!" Hes shrieking and crushing me, because he is a bit (a lot) bigger then me.
"No, pumpkin bum, I was talking to your sister. She can-"
"NoOoOoOo!" He lets his legs go slack so he almost falls over into my arms. I almost collapse at his sudden weight because again, hes a huge ass football player and I have the same physical traits as a twig.
"By god! Yes I meant you! And I already regret my decision!" He immediately stands up and ruffles my hair.
"Thank you, Tom-pom!" As we exit the school and find his car, I can't help the smile that breaks out on my face. Hes such an adorable dork-nugget.
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Its been two weeks since the last time Barry and I have hung out. We've both been swamped, me with work (lots of AP classes) and him with the football season starting. And my birthday is coming up. Barry and I have been friends for 9 years, if we hadn't been, he never would have known when it was and I wouldn't have told him. But alas, I can not have everything.
Right now I'm sitting at home, doing homework, when I get a face-to-face call from Barry on Snapchat. The only reason I have Snapchat is because Barry and I quote "likes seeing my face" which is kinda cute in a weird way. So I kinda like Barry, if that wasn't obvious. He makes me melt sometimes, and he doesn't mind my weird insults (Cactus ass), and he makes me feel warm and fuzzy. I know we are just friends, even though he knows I'm some sort of LGBT. Last year I thought I was gay, but then I didn't think that as much, and now I think I'm Bi. And he said he doesn't really care about who he likes cause hes never really liked anyone and- Bloop!
I pick up my phone and see Barry calling me. I sigh and feel a happy little grin grow on my face as I answer the call.
"Hey, Barry!"
"Hey. What do you want for your birthday?" Ugh.
"I don't know. Something small, I guess. Maybe some new pens?" I can hear him sigh loudly and then hear someone laugh.
"Who are you with?" I ask, it better just be his sister because he knows I don't like anybody knowing about my birthday.
"Its just Brady. Anyways, what do you want?" Brady... the gossip... now knows my birthday.
"I don't want anything!" I shout. He told my birthday to Brady?
"What do you want? C'mon! Tell me!"
"I don't want anything!"
"Fine! If you don't tell me what you want right now, I'll buy you a zoo." So the thing about Barry, is that his family is super duper rich. Like. Rich. So when he says buy me a zoo he really means buy me a zoo.
