Dricki: Unestablished

Puppy Love

Every since the night of the dance, which was two weeks ago, but whose counting? Drake and I have been acting like two fools in love. At least that's what our parents were calling us. Kat and Caiah would laugh and say we were dating. Yet all me and Drake would do is deny it. It was iron ice because we knew we were crushing but we didn't want to. Anyways we keep our distance more now. The school year is almost over and everyone is talking about how great next year will be for us since we would now be in middle school. My mama says I'm starting to mature and so is Caiah. Our parents were talking about how we're going to stay in the same house until we really grow up. Kat and Drake said they told their parents they never wanna move. After hearing that we all made a pact to stay close as we grew up.

I was outside riding my bike when I fell and scraped my elbow a little. I sat on the curve and looked at it and rubbed it.

"You shouldn't do that you know?" I turned and seen Drake walking around me. He sat next to me and looked at my scrape.

"It's a small scrape" I said.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he watched me rub it.

"Yeah, just getting the scratches less noticeable" I said.

"Can we talk Onika?" He asked looking at me.

"What's up Aubrey?" I asked turning more towards him.

"We're friends right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well things are always awkward between us. One minute we are cool then we are acting like we don't know each other or something"

"Because we used to like each other" I said clearing the air. He looked flushed.

"Well moving on" he said in a way that made me laugh, "I don't like you... I love you. Almost and I mean almost like a brother. I just want you to know I'm your friend and it would be great if we could be best friends" he said. I was surprised because this coming from Drake is shocking.

"I wanna be your best friend too" I said. He smiled and we shared a hug. We both stood up and he picked my bike up off the ground for me. "Thanks" I said taking it by the handle.

"Next time try to stay away from the bumps in the concrete" he said. I laughed.

"I'll try" I said winking at him. He laughed and went back towards his house. "Oh and Drake" I said stopping him.

"Yeah" he said.

"I love you too" I said. He smiled.

"I know" he said. There was a long pause. "Everyone loves Drake" he said making it less awkward. I laughed.

Who would of thought that Drake would want to be my best friend? Not I. After that I put my bike up and felt pretty good inside. I was looking forward to being his best friend. Hopefully it will work out for us. And did we say love? I mean it was in a innocent way but will it change? Or did he actually mean love me? Who knows.

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On Drake's end he was feeling relieved. It was my intentions to tell Nicki I loved her. I just want us to be close. I know one day we will really start dating and we most likely will be dating other people but I want her to know I wanna be the only guy she really cares about... Because that's how I feel about her.