𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨

016. imessage.

CHRIS,
hey, jayla ?

JAYLA,
sup white boy ?

CHRIS,
i wanted to talk to u
about kali.

JAYLA,
what is it, is she okay ?

CHRIS,
that's what i wanted to
ask you...

JAYLA,
now boy you know damn
well ian seen that girl in
nearly five months...

CHRIS,
i know i know.

CHRIS,
but you're her best
friend so i assume
that you know her
pretty well?

JAYLA,
wow u really are smart.

CHRIS,
i'm gon ignore that 🙄.

CHRIS,
anyways. lately, kal's been so
on and off w me. like one moment
we're laughing, having a good time,
n the next she's shutting down
and ghosting me for days, sometimes
weeks.

CHRIS,
and its like she only remembers
me when i reach out and talk
to her, or at least try to.

CHRIS,
but its not like when we were
kids. back then she was always
shy to talk to me but now she
always spurts out wtv tf comes
to her little head. but NOW it's
like she's regressing back to her
14 year old self when she'd shut
down and ghost us for weeks :/

JAYLA,
oh no.

CHRIS questioned a message!

CHRIS replied to JAYLA
oh no.

⤷ CHRIS,
wdym oh no ?

JAYLA,
look imma only tell u
this cuz i can tell that
u really like her and if
ur anything like ur sweet
brother, i know u won't
do no fuckshit.

CHRIS,
i won't. promise.

JAYLA,
kali isnt...all there.

JAYLA,
she's sane, yes. but she's
not really RIGHT. she
gets very paranoid easily,
she has these shit eating
nightmares about her past,
and it's very hard for her to
open up and trust anyone
outside of our circle.

JAYLA,
why is her business to tell,
but jus know that it's not
YOU. it's really her. she
doesn't know how to react
to any emotion that looks
or feels like affection. she's
never gotten it from her shitty
parents, and her sister was
the only one to show her what
it was like, but she moved out
when she was young too, so
there wasn't much for her
there.

JAYLA,
so to many people, kali
is emotionless. cold. she
doesn't give a fuck about
anyone's feelings but her
own, or she puts the whole
world before hers. there's
no in between, although it's
usually the latter.

JAYLA,
she goes into these episodes
where she'll just go radio
silent for days sometimes evn
WEEKS. trust me. she does it
to us too. she isnt custom to
shutting her sister out bc that's
one of the only people she got
in her circle besides us at the
end of the day.

JAYLA,
she's coming from a family
who would shut her down
any time she expressed any
type of affection, so thats why
she doesn't know how to
reciprocate it bc it was never
GIVEN to her. thats why she
comes off as 'playing too much'
about certain shit. she doesn't
know much in that department,
and whatever she DID know was
completely warped. again, her
story to tell.

JAYLA,
just give it time and don't
pressure or rush her. the
moment kali feels pressured
into doing something, she
RUNS. and it's once in a while
where you could get her back.
don't move too fast, but don't
move too slow either. go at HER
pace. if she clearly has a lil tude
and u aint do nothing wrong,
don't trip. be calm. if she's
randomly bubbly and wanting to
hang out with you alla sudden,
move accordingly.

CHRIS,
wow. okay.

CHRIS,
so would inviting her
to LA with my brothers
and i be too much ?

JAYLA,
depends. did u invite
her already?

CHRIS,
yea 🧍🏻

JAYLA,
u aint shit.

JAYLA,
kidding, but what did
she say ?

CHRIS,
she said she'll see bc
she has a 'thing'

JAYLA,
that bitch lying.

CHRIS,
i know.

CHRIS,
i feel like it's cuz i told
her i probably won't be
able to go to a concert w
her bc it's the day that we
leave. but idk. i could be
tripping.

JAYLA,
definitely not. i'll talk to
her.

CHRIS,
thank you.

CHRIS,
but now that i know
what i know.

CHRIS,
how soon could you
and ty'anna get to LA ?

JAYLA,
huh.

JAYLA,
ikyfl.

CHRIS,
so deadass.

CHRIS,
don't tell her tho. i
want it to be a surprise.

JAYLA,
🤐

author's note,
chris n kali so cute. poor
kali tho :((( she me fr.