Aye Aug, you aight?" My home boy Monte asked. "Yea." I said snappin' out of my thoughts. I was really thinking about the girl across the street. She was sittin' down on her front porch reading a book. She looked like she was really into it because she hadn't looked up once. I watched her every detail, how she'd bit on her nails and scrunch up her eyebrows, how she kept crossing her legs and pulling down her skirt and the way her bangs constantly would drape over her face causing her to have to repeatedly push it back behind her right ear. I think i was staring at her too long because she started to look uncomfortable. First she looked over to her right and the her left and back down at her book until she finally looked at me. We made eye contact she smiled slightly and pushed her hair back behind her ear. She stood up and gathered her things before she swung the screen door open to her house and disapeared inside.
I leaned back in my chair and sighed.
"Aug why you staring at that girl?" Monte said chuckling.
"What chu mean?" I said looking at him frowning.
"What chu mean what i mean, don't play dumb wit me i'm sittin' here literally watching you stare at her for the longest." He said laughing some more.
"She go to yo school?" Monte asked.
"Yeah, we never talked much around school but now that its summer its like i see her everywhere." I said.
"Well i mean y'all only live right across the street from each other." Monte said shrugging his shoulders.
"Man whatever." i said laughing and shaking my head.
"So... whats her name?"
I paused for a second.
"Blu."
Blu
"Blu, when ma gettin back." My brother Andre asked.
"Um she said she wont be back till morning, she's working graveyard tonight." I said walking into the kitchen.
"Oh aight cause I was about to go out so you think you gone be cool here by yourself?" Andre said pulling on his shoes.
"I'm 17 years old I think I can handle myself." I said crossing my arms.
"Cool, call me if you need anything." He said kissing my cheek and headed towards the door.
"And Andre?" I said stopping him in his tracks.
"Yea."
"Be careful. Please."
He chuckled.
"Blu. I'm 22 years old I think I can handle myself."
I smiled. "Bye Andre." I said before he walked out the house. I made sure I locked the door before I went back to my room. While I was sitting on my bed I was thinking about earlier when I saw August staring at me. We lived across the street from each other for as long as i can remember and we go to the same school but never really said anything to one another. To be honest I was kind of afraid of him, he always seemed to himself almost like he never seen a day to smile about something, but today the way he stared at me sent chills down my spine... in a good way.
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