"What's your name?"
"Why are ya talkin' to mi?"
"Because I want to. Now, what's your name?"
"You don't need ta know tat."
"Why are you so mysterious?"
"Why you askin' meh a lotta questions?"
"Maybe I want to know who you are."
"M...
"Yea," I say, looking over her outfit and her newly done hair.
"You like?" Zen asks, running her fingers through her braids,"Onika did it."
I target my eyes on Onika, questionably, causing her to look away.
"Nicl!" A voice yells from the front of the house,"I'm out!"
We all look up and I see an exact duplicate of Onika walking down the path to the driveway.
Wait a minute. Two Onika's?
"Ok, Roman," Onika says.
Roman... I think as I watch her walk to her black Mustang. She's actually kinda-
Zennudges me a little too hard in my ribs, causing me to groan.
"Ok, Nika. We about to go. We'll see you in a few hours," Zen rushes out, quickly pulling me away.
As soon as we're out of earshot, Zen smacks me at the back of my head.
"Ow! Wha' ya hittin; meh fa?!" I exclaim, fixing my hat that she damn near knocked off.
"Don't even look at Roman like that again," She mutters.
"Wh-why nah?" I ask, confused.
"Because..." she drifts off.
"Becah-" I stop, realizing why," ohh! Ya like ha!"
A look of pure surprise crosses her face,"w-what? I-I do not!"
"Yes, ya do!" I tease dancing around her.
"Stop!" Zen yells, her face turning red. I stop mid-skip and look at her face.
"Wha's wrong?" I ask, concerned as to why she looked mad.
"Nothin'" Zen says, walking to her white Altima,"you ridin' with me?"
"Yea," I say, following her.
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"Ah ya almost done?" I ask, carrying my two bags and two of hers.
"Almost. I just gotta get a new skateboard," Zen says, biting into a pretzel she just bought.
I glance at her and roll my eyes.
"What's your problem, girl? You hungry or somethin'?" Zen asks.
"No, I'm tired. We been walkin' round fa - is t'at ah candeh store?!" I ask, a colorful store coming into view.
Zen laughs,"yea, you wanna go in?"
"Yessss," I groan, speedwalking to the store.
As I come inside the store, I look around in awe.
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"Why you so excited? Haven't you been in a candy store?" Zen asks, standing beside me.
"No." I admit. I really haven't. A huge part of my childhood went missing while I was living in the islands and this was apart of it.
"Hmm..." Zen ponders, taking me by my arm,"then try this."
She pulls me to a basket that has little orange-foiled balls in it. She takes one out and hands it to me.
I eye it, suspiciously,"wha's in it?"
"Just try it. It won't kill you," Zen says, a smile across her face.
I take the wrapper off, exposing a ball of chocolate. I take a small bite of it and chew, a smile coming across my face as the flavors burst in my mouth.
"Wha's in it?" I ask, popping the rest of the ball into my mouth.
"Ecuadorean dark chocolate with peanut butter," she says, taking one and unwrapping it,"I ate these a lot when I was little."
"We 'lowed tah eat t'is?" I ask, taking another one.
"Nah. But choose some candy and I'll buy it for you," Zen says, eating the chocolate ball.
"Yea?" I ask, smiling.
"Yea, hurry up, We have to catch a movie before we go."
Less than five minutes later, I walk out of the store, as satisfied as can be. In my bag I have a huge gummy bear, a pack of those little chocolate balls, a bag of peanut butter balls, some gummy worms, a huge pack of Skittles, and a gigantic bag of Reese's Pieces.
As we approach the movie theater, I can see Onika walking towards us, bags in her hand too.
I choke on air,"w-why she's comin'?"
"Because, I invited her," Zen says, just as she comes into earshot.
"Hey guys," Onika says, blushing hard.
"Wassup, mama?" I ask, smiling. Knowing that I had an effect on her was amusing to me.
"What movie we watching?" Zen asks, walking to the ticket booth.
"Let's watch Don't Breathe." Onika pipes in.
"Don-" I start, but am interrupted by Zen.
"Yes! But isn't that a scary movie?" She asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yea. But I got ya'll if I get scared," she says.
I raise an eyebrow, a chuckle escaping my mouth. I see what she's doing...
