oblivion [hg]

01

malaya;

"No, not really." I mumbled a response into the phone, shuffling through my drawers for a hair tie.

"C'mon, how do you not like strawberry ice cream?" Hayes asked, sceptical at my reply.

"Um...I'm an alien from Mars? So when are we going to the mall?" I asked, hearing a knock on his door.

"Um...I'm going to have to cancel, Mal. Jax is here." he muttered, sending an unwanted churn in my stomach.

"Oh, okay, I'll just-"

"Yeah, yeah. Bye." he hung up, leaving my mouth agape. Feeling the need to cry, I raked a hand through my locks while biting my lip. I should be used to this, it's already happened numerous times.

Once upon a time or should I say one week ago, me and Hayes were an inseparable pair of best friends, but then Jax, the rich girl from Braxford, came tearing down our friendship with non-stop visits to our house or whining when he was on the phone with me, not even thirty seconds, and not her.

Looking down at my mistake of an outfit, I pulled on some new clothes, deciding to go over Hayes's to see Sky or Nash. Maybe Maya was already there.

"Mom, going over to Hayes's, don't miss me!" I shouted into the kitchen before scampering off to the door. "Kay, be good, hon!" I walked out the door after rolling my eyes, walking down the sidewalk.

"Mal!" Maya sang when she saw me, embracing my body into a hug. She just got back from the beach with Nash. My sister was in love with Nash. I've never seen a cuter couple than them.

"Hey, boo." I winked playfully at her.

"My brother is with the one and only Lax." Nash muttered, disapproving.

"Jax." I corrected. He grunted in response, slinging an arm around Maya and kissing her cheek. I gulped at the situation, tongues being involved. Rolling my eyes, I leaned against Nash's car and watching a few teens pass on skateboards.

"Malaya, what are you doing out here?" Elizabeth asked, setting down snacks for the couple.

"Oh, just visiting my sister." I mumbled, watching Nash's lipstick stained about to spill what I was really doing, but I sent him a look.

"Oh, well Hayes is just with a friend in his room, there's enough room for a pretty face." she winked before walking back in. I played with the hem of my shirt, wishing that playboy in there was with someone that cares about him and not his fame, in other words, me.

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"Ever think about telling him how you feel?" Maya asked, watching as I kept looking at Hayes who was sitting a couple tables away with a few of his friends.

"Ever think about refilling my cup?" I mocked, shoving my only ice filled cup in her chest. She muttered an insult before getting up and making her way to the Chick-Fi-La section of the food court.

I shoved a waffle fry in my mouth before texting my mom back. Yeah, my mother, one of the few contacts in my phone since I've only befriended a few boys other then Hayes. I just couldn't make a lot of female friends in school. Luckily, it was summer.

"Mal, hey." I looked up at one of Hayes's friend, specifically Troy.

"Um..hello." I looked back down at my phone.

"I wanted to tell you that Hayes likes you and is too much of a pussy to admit it. Would you give him your honors of taking you on a date?"

My fingers stopped scrolling through my Twitter, too afraid to look up at him, I blushed furiously. "Uh-I...what?"

"It was a joke, calm it, Mal." he laughed, but then looked back done at me, "Oh...oh! You like him, don't you?" His grin caused me to blush more.

"N-no! You just caught me off guard." I lied, finding no other lame excuse. He winked, "I'll keep it a secret." And then he was gone, sitting back down with his friends.

Oh, my gosh! He didn't believe the lie I made up. Please don't tell Hayes, please do not tell him. Taking deep breaths to calm myself, I sighed in relief when Maya showed. "Sorry, long line." she apologized.

"You have no idea." I muttered under my breath, feeling her questioning looking burning holes through my head. "Later."

She understood, beginning to talk about the beach again, leaving my mind in some other universe.

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