"hold my things," i say, as i gave my bag and keys to zion's hand. i paced quickly into the front of the boba shop to see if anyone was in there. i continue to walk towards the door. i open it, where the bells rang, to tell the workers that there's a customer. i turn around, to see a confused look on zion's face.
"AJ!" i yell, as the guy in there shoots up from sweeping the floor. he drops the broom and runs towards me. we both go into a hug, in which he picks me up a bit, and spins.
"it's been forever babe!"he cries in my ear, as he's still picking me up.
"i miss you. a lot! i knew you'd be here," i say, once he put me down. we both smile at each other, until i remember i had someone with me. i can see the look in zion's eye, and he looked so mad. i start to laugh a bit, which attracted AJ to turn around.
"last time i checked, i was your boyfriend," he gives me the stink eye. both AJ and I burst into laughter as he said that.
"oh god, i really chose the right guy, didn't i?" i wipe under my eye, as we AJ was still snickering.
"what's going on?" zion's face starts to get mad red.
"yea, zion, i'd like you to meet my boyfriend, AJ," i proceeded, as AJ gave me a kiss in the cheek. after that, we yet again crack up a big laugh. "i'm just joking with you!"
"hi, i'm AJ. Lily's first guy she ever loved," AJ joked, as he went up to zion. i can see zion not get it yet, while he clenches his fist.
"zion," he gives a fake smile. i flinch my nose, as he gave me a death glare.
"ok, i'll break the ice," i roll my eyes. "AJ is gay you bighead!"
"oh, okay. nice to meet you!" he smiles at AJ.
"so, boyfriend?" AJ smirked, as he got back to counter to prepare the regular.
"he followed me back home. i couldn't just leave him in the streets. also, my mom fell in love with him," i giggle, as i sat at a booth.
"tita would never," he shoots up, as he brewed the tea.
"but she did," i reply. "also, just make the same thing for him."
"yes ma'am," he continues. "i thought you were gonna find me a boyfriend while you were in LA, but you found your own."
"what happened to that jeremy guy?" i asked, as i looked at zion, who was secretly taking a pic of me.
"oh gag, he wasn't it sis," he literally mimics a gag. "no offense, but how?"
"it just happened," i go up to the counter to get the boba drinks he finished preparing. "he can sing. he's in some boyband."
"get me one," AJ pouts, before he goes out again to clean up from where he left off. i look at my phone to see my mother finally calling to check where i am, and forcing me to go home.
"my mom's already calling jay," i frown. "friday night?"
"you're leaving me already?" he comes towards me to give me a hug once more. "yea, i'm always free on fridays. love you."
"love you too," i blow a kiss, before heading out. i handed zion his drink, which he still has a sour look on his face. but he still proceeds to drinking the boba.
"i don't like it," he sips.
"then why are you still drinking it?" i question, as i started the car.
"because," he scoffs
"because you like it?" i giggle.
"yeah," he still continues to sip.
since we were already nearby the house, the drive only took ten minutes. it was kind of late, and everyone was already in their rooms. my mom was still watching some drama i haven't seen in a while.
"you guys came home late," she says, as she pauses the tv.
"we grabbed boba," i handed her my drink, so i wouldn't get in trouble for being out late.
"you went shopping again?" she continues to watch her show
"my dress doesn't fit me anymore, so i went to buy a new one. and zion doesn't have nice clothes," i say, as we headed upstairs.
"if you're getting fat, you better not be pregnant, because i don't wanna be grandma," she yells, before proceeding to watch her show.
"i have a sense of style," zion complains, as i opened the door to my room.
"no, you do not," i giggle.
after a few minutes of resting, i decided to take a small shower. accordingly, zion went first, since he planned to sleep afterwards. once he finished, he came out with the water dripping from his dreads, and the towel wrapped around his waist.
"why didn't you change in the bathroom," i cover my eyes as a child. after a laugh, i let it go.
"i forgot," he winks at me, jokingly.
"gag. just don't go through my shit," i give him the stink eye, before going in the bathroom.
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zion's pov
as she was in the bathroom, she told me not to go through her things. that made me curious. i couldn't sleep immediately, and i couldn't play fortnite, since no one in this house ever does.
she had a bookshelf, with interesting covers. with curiosity, i grabbed one to read. now, this wasn't any other normal book. this was her diary, marked as "liliana's memorabilia of senior year."
inside, there were pics of mikey and her. though it may have looked cute, we could look way cuter. along the lines of the pictures were short captions. cheesy. after that section, there were some pages, that looked like they've been wet before. the words on the pages seemed to be faded, but i managed to read all of them.
words like, "it's just a few more months," "just a few more days," "he isn't worth it," and so much more. as i wanted to see the background. luckily, lily reminds in the back of that book that there's a continuation to it.
as i hear from the bathroom, she's still singing to the spotify music playing on her phone. she wouldn't be getting out in a while. i proceeded to look for the second book.
as i find it, i snicker to myself to see all the cheesiest stories that has ever happened. from the fact of when she almost cheated on mikey, to when she secretly got a tattoo on her 18th birthday. then it came to the ending, where things were worse. talking about how she wasn't perfect, to the time she was taking meds. why would this girl i met, so perfect, think she's not, and have the idea of ending a life, so pure and bright.
"what are you doing?" she fixes the towel that was wrapped around her head.
"you are the purest person i've ever met. you do know you're perfect, right?" i look directly at her, as i hold a grip to her diary. i know she will snatch it right from my hand.
"why thanks," she blushes, as she pops her foot. "i am one of a kind. limited edition."
"then what's all this?" i raise her book, which makes her zoom towards the bed to grab ahold. i stand up quickly, and raise her diary up in the air. luckily, i was taller than her, which made it a struggle for her to grab her book!
"i was a stereotypical depressed teen," she stutters, as she tries to grab the book. lily then stops. "you should've seen my captions on insta right after the breakup."
"did you ever-" i question, before i get cut off by feeling a sharp pain from her poking me on the side of my torso. i didn't drop the book, but i did put my hand down. i fold my arms, so she wouldn't grab it.
"are you ticklish?"she gives a devilish smile, before she tickles me on my sides.
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author's note
im dying. my path to valedictorian is now over. math tryna play with me.
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