Tha Love that Grew from tha Internet

Day Ones

All of Aphinity's friends are in the media.

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You grab the Ciroc. You grab the Henny. We just walked in the building. You grab the ace. You grab the Remy. We just fucked up the party.

My alarm goes off and I roll over. My name is Aphinity. It's a spelling variation of affinity which means a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something. I live in Miami, Florida and attend Coral Gables Senior High School. Bitch ass school. It's a great school academically and athletically but my worst enemy still goes there. Midnight Jones. Sad part about it, he used to be my lifeline. My very first boyfriend and my very first heartbreak. Fuck niggah. I go brush my teeth and wash my face, throwing my hair in a messy bun with a white bandana before going to my closet. I change into a pair of faded jeans, a sleeveless baby blue button down and my baby blue Nike Blazers. As I'm putting in my earrings, my phone rings. "Hello?" "Hey, boo." My homegirl, Afeni says. "Hey. What's up?" "Are you leaving?" "Finna walk out now." "Aight. We'll meet you on Trapp." "Cool." I say and hang up, grabbing my keys and backpack before walking downstairs and out the house. I put my headphones in and listen to 'Yayo' until I see Afeni, Laylani, Amaru, and Xavier. "Good morning." I say as they fall into step with me. "Who's ready to fail mid terms?" Amaru asks with so much enthusiasm which causes us to laugh. "That's only you. I think I'm good." Xavier replies. "I ain't gone front. I don't know shit for at least two of my classes." Afeni says and me and Laylani agree as our school comes into sight. My peep game too strong and I see Midnight and his crew standing around his car. I try to keep my walk steady and my face nonchalant. I know most of you would've breezed past him, making ya presence known. I can't do that yet. I'm still trying to wrap my head around why he broke up with me. So I try to make myself as invisible as I possibly can. Laylani sees what I see and automatically turns up. "Bitch steady hollerin' bout fuck me?! Hol' up, hol' up! Now FUCK DAT BITCH!" She sings and we all join in, bringing attention to ourselves but making it easier to walk past Midnight. We walk in the school and go separate ways to our lockers before we meet up in first period. As I'm grabbing my history binder, a familiar scent engulfs my nose. I look to my right and internally facepalm. "Good morning, Aphinity." "What do you want, Midnight?" "I just can't say hi?" "You've been ignoring me for 6 months. Hell nah you can't say hi." "When are you gonna let it go?" "When you stop lying and tell me the real reason you broke up with me." I say and I can see his heartbeat pick up. "Yo, do we have a problem here?" Amaru says as he swings his around my neck. To be real, Amaru never really liked Midnight. He just tolerated him because I asked him to. But now that we aren't together, bro ain't got no love. "Nah. It's all good." I respond and walk away. "You aight, princess?" Amaru asks and I nod, walking side by side with him into Pre-cal. "We might need to fuck Midnight up." He says when we sit down. "Nah, y'all won't." I chime in. "He ain't saying nothing outta pocket to you, is he?" Afeni asks. "Nah. He just think we're still supposed to be cool, I guess." "Let us know if he get tough. We'll dead that shit." Xavier says and we all laugh. I got some real ass friends.