"Oh, hey." I spoke, seeing that it was one of my school friend's, Jennifer.
"Hey, you grabbing breakfast before class?" She asked as we began walking together.
"Uh, no." I shook my head, after thinking about it. I wasn't hungry much these days.
"What? No breakfast?" She asked.
"That's new."
"But alright, I guess I'll see you in class." She nudged my shoulder and I simply nodded, going about my business.
*
3pm
The end of the day came around faster than expected. Considering I was sitting in the office with my mother the entire hour I had for my last class of the day. We were going over my graduation requirements and though I wasn't my happiest, I couldn't help but to be excited about it.
Graduation was getting closer and closer and I was almost free. Free of school, free of living with my mother and simply free to do whatever I pleased with my life. I was ready to feel like the actual adult I am.
Breaking me away from my thoughts, I could hear my name faintly being called in the distance.
"Tiana!" Someone yelled out as I slowly turned around, wind blowing through my hair.
"Oh, it's you." I said as Connor made his way up to me with a patch over his forehead and stitches in his lip.
"What the hell happened to you?" I asked, quickly remembering Dominic had my phone.
"Fuck. Did he do this to you?" I asked in disbelief and he simply nodded his head.
"Granted, I actually deserved it." He shrugged his shoulders, making me knit my eyebrows.
"Come here." I grabbed his arm, pulling him toward a random bench that was placed right outside of the school.
"What happened?" I asked as we took a seat.
"Well.." He chuckled, looking down.
"Your boyfriend..?" He trailed off, questioning.
"Ex."
"Well, yourex-boyfriend texted me, pretending to be you and he said he was going to come over."
"So I figured it was you wanting to make up or something, considering the horrible dinner we had with my parents."
"Right." I nodded, listening intently.
"So I agreed, telling him to come over."
"But of course when he got there, things went left fast and they tied me up."
"They?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"Yeah, he had a woman with him."
"Oh.." I trailed off.
Deja. I thought to myself.
