one of a kind [anthony reeves]

ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ - ʙɪɢ ᴄʀᴀᴄᴋ

"kids, come get breakfast!" my mom shouts up the stairs. it's 7:30am.

"coming!" i shout back, my voice cracking. i hold onto my chest "jesus that was a big crack"

"what was a big crack?"

i turn around to see my older brother caleb leaning on the door frame, looking at me with a smirk on his face

"your face" i reply, raising my eyebrows as thought it was obvious

"huh?"

"because you're an ass" i heavily emphasised on the word ass.

"wow, i can't believe you'd say that to your favourite brother" caleb shakes his head

"she didn't" my younger brother josh butts in "i'm right here"

they start bickering and i continue to laugh

"right everyone out, out" i wave my hands in the direction of the door. they both leave and i grab the last of my things, and swing my backpack over my shoulder.
after a very interesting conversation with my family and trying to explain tiktok to my parents, kendra texted me saying she and naomi were outside.
i said goodbye to my parents, left the house and climbed into kendras car.

"heyo" naomi said whilst texting

"who ya texting?" i question whilst putting my seatbelt on

"just someone" she says, trying to act casual.

"josh?" i ask

"no..."

kendra leans over and peeks at naomi's phone, and she quickly pulls it away
"yeah it's josh"

"awwww" i say and lean forward over the passenger seat and pinch naomi's left cheek "well, you're not the only one who's talking to a tiktok boy"

"ooo, who're you talking to?" kendra asked whilst reversing out of my driveway, checking both directions

"anthony reeves" i answer almost instantly " he followed and dm'd me last night"

"did you get his snap?" naomi said whilst applying chapstick

"mhm, and his number"

"YES girl" kendra covers her mouth "sorry, i got a bit excited there"

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"-the plague, also known as the black death, killed twenty-five million people, of which was about thirty percent of europe's population-"

my only friend in world history, hannah, was off sick. without her it was super boring, and a lot harder to do the work. i had my face resting in my left palm, and was tapping my pen on my desk out of boredom.

"hey"

i turn my head to see who it was. guess who?
naomi's lab partner.

"can you like... be quiet?" he asks in an annoying tone

"erm, sure" i reply and turn away, rolling my eyes

i pull my phone out and hide it behind my desk. i open my messages and text anthony

ant 🦗

anthonyyyy

taylaaaa

im bored
talk to me

aren't you in class?

yes
but world history is boring on my own

do you have any friends other than naomi or kendra?

yes
but she's off sick
hence why im talking to you

so ur texting me so ur not alone?

exactly
im such a genius

hmmm
not as much as me

"tayla coleman?"

i quickly look up to see the teacher and most of the class staring at me.

"sorry, i didn't catch the question" i said, trying to make up an excuse

"what year and where did the plague begin to spread?" my teacher put her hand on the desk and shifted her weight to her arm, as though she'd be waiting a while for my answer

"um..." i genuinely had no idea, so i took a guess which seemed close enough "1503, and eastern europe?"

"well miss coleman, if you'd been listening you would know it actually started in china in 1334" a few suck-ups in the class sniggered "pay attention from now on, please"

i rolled my eyes when she turned away and continued texting anthony

ant 🦗

tayla?
tayla where did u go I miss u :(

ok
maybe im not a genius

hahahah
what happened?

teacher called on me
asked what year the plague began to spread and i was 169 years off

69 hmm ;)

wow ant ur such a child

maybe u CAN do basic math after all

i hate u

u love me really

"tayla, maybe if you'd not been on your phone, you would've known the answer"

i swing around to the whiny voice and see naomi's lab partner, leaning over to me

"bro who even are you?" i whisper shout, furrowing my eyebrows

"i'm kyle, kyle dickson. you're lucky i didn't rat you out to the teacher" he said "i could easily get you into detention you know"

"oh my GOD, shut up!" the guy behind him said. the three of us made awkward eye contact before kyle turned away.

"thankyou" i mouthed to the other guy, who smiled

"no problem" he mouthed back

i switched off my phone and continued listening.

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authors note:
[this part is kinda just a filler part, to show the 'friendship' between anthony and tayla developing. im really excited to continue writing this and i have so many HOT tea ideas so be READY]