Our Story

Part 4

Chapter 3- Friendships

Colton's POV;

I sit next to Ari in almost every class. She's barely paying attention, she is chewing her bottom lip the way mom does. She is balling her fists up the way that man did this morning when he nodded telling her he would stop by. She might actually be correct when asking him if he was our dad. 

When Ari begins to doze off so much that the teacher asks her a question and she doesn't even notice, I kick her foot under the table and she turns to glare at me. One of those mom death glares I get whenever I'm in trouble.

"Arianna do you have something you want to share with the class that's so interesting?" The teacher asks her and she rolls her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Not at all Professor Cullen." She says and breathes out a sigh as he looks away from her.

Thank you she mouths to me as she reaches for my hand, I take hers and nod to her and we continue holding hands for the rest of class.

Arianna's POV;

At lunch I sit with Colton, Cleo, Trey, and Jake. We have always been really close since middle school all five of us. Colton and Trey have some secret thing going on that they think no one knows about, but the sexual tension is so thick you could cut it with a steak knife. Colton isn't ready to say that he's gay but call it a twin intuition, I already know he is. Cleo is Trey's sister and they are half siblings. Jake is my boyfriend. Or my sort of boyfriend. We've been crushing and teasing for awhile but neither of us are ready to do anything about it. But sometimes at lunch I'll feel his hand on my arm or my leg. We've been best friends since 6th grade. 

Colton and I have always shared friend groups because we like the closeness we get with the same friend groups.

"Hey you alright there, tiny one? You seem kind of zazed." Jake asks me and I turn to him and Cleo, Colton, and Trey start laughing.

"Zazed?" Trey asks through his laughing fit.

"Yeah you know dazed and zoned out." He says picking a fry off my plate and winking at me.

"Whatever helps you through English class man." Colton says and laughs. 

Jake laughs and winks at Colton and picks off another fry. 

"Easy there sis, don't kill the guy it's just a few fries." Colton says as I glare at Jake's hand.

"Says the guy who screams every time I touch your food." I remark and we all laugh.

"Touche touche." Colton says and he laughs running a hand through his hair.

After school we get on the bike and agree to meet up with Cleo, Trey, and Jake over the weekend at the pier this weekend. Surprisingly our first day was on a Friday, who knew? So we drive home and I blast music through our shared earbuds and we are screaming at the top of our lungs as we arrive home and see a white shiny car in front of our house...