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I kinda feel bad about what's going around here. I swore I saw Julius' lip swollen and he was looking pretty down. Not to mention he didn't come to school with Lamar.

So if you put two and two together then I'm guessing Lamar and Julius had a fight about Julius and Kyle going out. The only way Lamar found out about that was because of me.

I was in my graphic design class sketching out some costumes for the musical. This counted as credit even though I wasn't doing the actual assignment.

I couldn't help but wonder how everything was going to change after today. I decided to text the group chat because I needed to know how they felt about this.

Periodt😗💅🏽

Have y'all seen
What's been going on with the boys?🤦🏽‍♀️

KS💆🏽‍♀️: Yea, it's hard to miss
I don't even think Lamar came to school today

Me neither
Hannah you have any info from Jayden?

Ms. Marie🥺: All I know is that
Lamar hit Julius
And that Kyle is super pissed off right now

KS💆🏽‍♀️: OMG! Hit him!!😱😱

I knew it!!
I noticed Julius swollen lip😰

KS💆🏽‍♀️: This is getting out of hand

Yea this one was on me😔
I just don't know how to fix it

KS💆🏽‍♀️:Maybe we should just let them
Work things out
We are already involved enough

K

*End Of Messages*

Fuck...I need to check on Kyle but I don't have his number. I'm just going to have to wait until class is over.

The person I should be texting is Lamar. But if it's true that he didn't come to school today, then I shouldn't bother him.

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The bell rang and I gathered my things quickly so I could catch Kyle. Knowing him and his little anger issues he may be about to get into a big ass fight.

I walked out of the classroom looking around if I could see him. Maybe he's downstairs...

I went downstairs and looked around. I saw him  roaming around in the lounge area looking angry as fuck. I walked to him. "Hey...Kyle, you alright?" He glanced at me without turning his head which was a bit scary.

"Yea, I'm aight. Why?" He continued to walk.

"Look, I know about the whole situation. And I know how you handle things. I just want to make sure you are not about to do something you will regret in the future." I patted his shoulder and he moved it away.

"I said I'm good. I don't know him and he doesn't know me. Period." He completely walked away from me out of the building.

I sighed and I saw Julius walking at a slow pace so I decided to walk to him. "You okay?" He looked at me confused because I barely talked to any of the boys.

"Yes, I am okay." He was about to walk again but I said something else to stop him.

"If you need someone to talk to that isn't Lamar, I am here." I gave him my number and he grabbed it walking off.

Fuck everyone is in a bad mood...

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I know that this wasn't like Lamar. To be honest I kind of pushed him over the edge. I already saw that he was angry and I chose to say that shit.

But he was making it seem like he was the only victim in the situation which was making me upset.

*FlashBack*

"Yea my dad said I wasn't responding for a while. He also said that I would've died if they hadn't found me when they did. Now that I'm mentioning it I wonder how they even found out." Lamar was talking on the bed as he copied my notes from school today.

"They found out because of me. I was calling you and you weren't answering me. Just look at your phone." He looked at his phone and his eyes widened.

"Five missed calls?"

Five missed may not be a lot but since we have been friends for a long time, we basically made up a thing that if we don't answer after two calls then we are probably busy or sleepy.

If you don't answer after three calls then we start to get scared because usually a person would answer. So we start to look back in text if the person told the other person if they had something going on the day of. If not, we call again to confirm something.

Me being my street smart self. I remembered that Lamar was going home with some dude that we have never talked to before in the school. He looked like a person that was mixed up with the wrong shit. That also confirmed it.

I told Lamar that I saw him go with the dude. I told him about my mom and his mom. "Yea, I see she called me too....fuuuuck." He slapped his head and felt back on the bed.

I just looked down just playing scenarios in my head. I have seen people OD, people get shot, and other shit. Just thinking Lamar could've been added to that list made me cry.

"Oh shit, Ju you good?" Lamar got up and sat on the edge of the bed hugging me. "It's all good man."

"You could've died Lamar! How is that okay!...I could've lost my best friend! I would've been all alone!" I was crying out and he held me tighter as if he felt my pain." I pushed him off softly to let him know I was okay.

When I looked up he was looking away but I saw a smear of water on his cheek. "I'm alright Julius." He looked at me. "I promise I won't do that shit again..."

I nodded and we did our handshake.

*FlashBack Ends*

I was standing in the middle of the hallway just sobbing. I went outside and ran somewhere quiet and yelled out loud.

"Julius!" I was sitting on the back of my heels crying out loud and I heard footsteps coming to me.

Someone picked me up and hugged me. I'm pretty sure it was Kyle because it didn't feel like Lamar's grip. Who cares...my emotional state is broken...

"Fuck..." I heard Jayden say, I wiped my tears into Kyle's shoulder and looked to see who all was there.

I saw Lamar nearest to us staring at us with a broken look on his face too. So he did come today. Jayden had his arm around Hannah and Kaylah and Kimberlie was standing next to each other looking at me with pity.

How did they know I was even here?...

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Did Lamar & Julius Have That Much Of An Impact On Each Other?

How Do You Feel About This Whole Situation?

Are Both Lamar & Julius Having Second Thoughts On Who They Chose?