i was eighteen but they were both in the same grade, g

ia after having the firs

and noisy. She and her friends sat on th

Selena said to her an

on this braids

while Sisi typed

w to me" Sel

eisha commented and they all looked to t

ell for you, you liar!" Madeline, the ever pompous girl of

ored look on his face as he twirled his car keys i

ood high, hear me now!" Madeline shouted, turning to face the rest of

stomped out o

Sisi l

at?" she asked, turni

e Niel" Sel

ong hair and doll- like beauty; sitting beside Niel on his right. There was no o

that. I thought

ue while Selena and K

Sisi started

els in love with Niel and she did what most people blin

like dating n

Niel likes her much. I think he's just ha

st played out didn't happen. As she turned back to her table, she caught eyes staring at her from acro

le and searching" Si

a sarca

I mean, why would you even date? You still have a whole life ahead of

isha rolle

y sixth boyfrien

n seduced to give up her virginity, after which she regretted it and had suffered depression for months; and Selena,well Selena had not joined the boyfriend game but she wa

. Like high school ends completely" Sisi

now that" she g

her eyes,

Just date Koty, even

won

it obvious?" Sisi asked, looking a

they af

ooking at you"

" Keisha a

nd immediately turned

ke dating?" Sisi

nswered , her

." she suggested. They stared at h

o no relationshi

you'll get embarrassed an

hem this tim

" Selena

etting food?" Keis

at their table was empty. T

nto another ro

could do all the things she had to do quickly and then settle down to

hrough the Sea of people out of the hallway. Someon

he g

" she smiled, stopp

hen closed it, shaking his head. He ha

get anything today and I figured

dened as she looke

ck up at him, "I'm sor

s she stretched t

so. I can't a

his black and curly hair neat and smooth and that he was tall, two inches above her and that he worked out and that he dressed neat

d laughing, her hand still stretched out. They looked funny; standing in the m

ng things from him especially when she knew he had a crush

way from her, laughing slightly, his eyes bright and happy. She

down at her side. She would

8pm and her father was non-existent. Her mother had never spoken about him and she had never bo

thes. She just had to get a few groceries from the grocery store a few streets away and then make dinner. She glanced at Sisi's

as one

end of middle school. They weren't close. Though they she rode in Sisi's car almost everyday

pered and she, Joan was more in tune with her behaviour than Sisi would ever b

ared to ask that she was Susie. Of course, everyone knew it was short for Susan but she had misheard wrongly w

ds next time. She didn't like hair being a nuisance as much as she loved fashion. Better still, she would go natural un

bout him. It seemed like lately he was becoming mor

totally free with and so his recen

came. He had warned her not to and she didn't even know his address; she only k

two stops to get there if she took a train and if

with her. He was her best friend yet they were so far apart in ever

watc

d bumped into absentmindedly. He didn't respond, he just

her steps home. She had to make dinner before she could settle down to read and sh

she made her way up the porch unaware of

n hers. She jumped. Her heart leaping in her chest, the bag of groceries a

laimed in relie

eys while she calmed her racing heart and then h

up on me!? I could have had a heart attack!" She

e a gangster with your face

noticing his stance. His hands were placed on the kitchen counter,

in

m when he still did not reply and turned him to face her. He was

nger boiling in her chest. He hugge