Page 170 of Before We're More Than Friends
She’s doing her makeup right now
I can talk to her on the drive to school
Hayden
Ok
Let me know if anyone changes their minds
Oliver
KK
See you later
Dallas
See you
Can’t wait for this afternoon
Caleb
Can’t wait for the snacks
Sienna
Is that all you think about?
Caleb
At least I don’t depend on coffee to function at a human level
I wouldn’t be surprised if your blood cells have coffee in them
Sienna
I have no shame in it
I laughed, the hope lifting in my chest. Maybe it wasn’t over for us. Maybe I hadn’t lost what I loved so much about this new place I called home.
When I arrived at the shelter after school, everyone but Hayden was in the break room. Oliver, Caleb, and Sienna were playing UNO while Raina and Arielle scrolled on their phones at another table. Of course, Caleb had a can of potato chips open while Sienna had her coffee.
I smiled.Thiswas how things were supposed to be.
“There’s our other lead singer,” Oliver said with a grin as he placed a card down.
“Hey.” I kissed Raina on the cheek before sitting beside her. “Where’s our drummer?”
“I don’t know,” Oliver said. “He hasn’t answered any of my texts.”
“I think he’s just nervous,” Arielle said, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. She’d said earlier in Chemistry that she wanted to join the band again. Apparently, she and Hayden had worked through the fight they had.
“We’ll give him a few minutes,” Caleb said with a mouth full of chips. “He’ll be here.”
After Sienna won two UNO rounds, Hayden still hadn’t arrived. I was about to search for him when he finally walked in the door, his head of braids held high.
“Hey, guys,” he said with a smile. “Sorry I’m late.” He hung his backpack on the chair next to mine. “I left my notebook at my house and had to get it.”
