Marie Pov

"Ugh" I groaned after leaving that hot smelly gym. Guess what, the showers were not working so I smell like the subway. Anyways, while roaming the hallway, I spot Fred, hanging out with his "crew" he saw me and smiled. He walked over to me and gave me a light hug. "Hey how you doing girl?" I giggled. "I'm fine, and you?" I asked him. "I'm fine, thanks for asking." I saw  his friends looking over to me and he pulled me to where they were. "Guys, this is Marie." I said a light hi and they slightly smiled. "Marie, this is Randal-" "Call me randy!" He intercepted. I smiled and nodded. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted" he said before swatting Randy's head. He winced and I slightly chuckled. "This is Brad, Caden, Nicki, Montella, and Ray." I smiled and shook all their hands. "It's very nice to meet all of you guys." They replied with same with you. We made small conversation until we had to part.

In English class, we had an essay due in two days. I groaned because I wouldn't be able to see Michael tonight. I was about to text him, but the teacher was standing right next to me so I knew better than to be texting during class... Especially Ms. Della's class. I've heard horror stories about her and didn't want to be in one myself.

After the bell rang and that was my final class, I quickly made my way back to my place. I needed to get started on this essay ASAP if I wanted to get a decent grade. I stripped all my clothes and made my way into my comfortable robe. I started making my layout and then started my essay. Time flew by and I didn't even know it. By the time I was half way done with my essay, it was already 6:10. I completely forgot to tell Michael that I wouldn't be able to make our date tonight.

"Hello?" I heard his voice ringing on the other side. "Hey Michael it's Marie!" He chuckled. "I know it's you girl." I smiled. "Michael listen, I'm not going to be able to make the date tonight." His side fell silent until he spoke up. "May I ask why?" I sighed. "I have an English essay that's due in two days, and i really want to get a good grade on it." He sighed on the other side of the line. "I understand Marie, go and get a good grade on that essay!" He yelled over the phone. I laughed loudly. "I will babe, thank you." I eyed the essay and gave it an annoyed face. "Your welcome gorgeous, see you tomorrow." I replied with an "hmm" and we hung up.

I finished my essay around 2:00 in the morning. I wasn't going to half ass my work. I wanted to take a shower but I was just to damn tired. I barely had the strength to brush my teeth but then I went to bed and drifted off to sleep fairly quickly.

In the morning, I woke up ecstatically. I was happy because I didn't have that essay weighing on my shoulders anymore. Feeling disgusted with myself, I headed over for a long hot shower. I wore a shower cap to prevent my hair from getting wet. Shortly after I dried myself and went into my room and looked for something to wear. "I don't feel like dressing up so..." I pulled out a Marilyn Monroe oversized sweatshirt and black leggings. I slipped on my Nike sneakers, grabbed my things, and left to go see Mariah.

When I knocked on her door, no one answered. "Good thing I have a key" I thought as I pulled out a small golden key out my purse. I quietly slipped it in the lock. When I opened the door, what I was looking at shocked me. I saw Fred pulling up his pants and Mariah in her sheets. I gasped and they both looked at me with wide eyes. "Oh my!" Mariah said while covering her face in embarrassment. Even Fred's goes red due to being caught. "Mariah, a word?" She looked at me and I motioned her in her room.

"Girl, what's going on? What happened with Aden?" I questioned her. She shook her head. "I know it looks bad but this was a one time thing, I really like Aden but he's not available.. He has a girlfriend." I slightly sighed. "Well, you do you, alright?" She nodded. We made our way back out and Fred was gone. He left a little note saying that he was headed to class and that he'll see us later. She nodded but then went to go get herself together. Once she came out, she was wearing a t-shirt and jeans with high boots. "You hungry?" I asked her. "Yeah." She replied. "Let's go to dunkin donuts real quick!" She lit up and we went downstairs to my car.

While we were driving, we cranked up the music and started singing along with it. We laughed at our horrible voices and Mariah started to record us. It made us laugh even harder. She kept distracting me from driving so I told her to put her phone away. She frowned like a little child and I smiled.

"So what do you want to talk about?" I asked her. She shook her head. "Not really, why?" I replied. "Just making conversation girly." She slowly nodded her head. Shortly after, we pulled up to dunkin donuts. There we ordered real quick and sat down and ate our breakfast. We took our time because we woke up early, class didn't start in another 45 minutes. I attempted to make jokes and what not but something looked like it was disturbing Mariah. I frowned and spoke.

"Mariah, are you okay?" She looked at me with a serious face then smiled... A forced smile. "I'm fine" she muttered sadly. I stared at her until she finally spoke. "I'm just upset at myself... And Aden." She sighed in the process. "If you don't mind me asking, who's his girlfriend. Her answer shocked me.

"Nadia"