JULIO AND XAVIER ARE my best buds. Xavier, aka Busk, and Julio were my friends since before my transition. They're my buds in swimming, track, and they work at "Mic Danalds" with me.
"Sup, man," Busk hoots dabbing me up.
"Yo!" I hoot back. "Whare's Julio at?"
"Uh, sick. I think."
"Ah," I grunt nodding.
"Yo, I think that girl's staring at you," He says turning my head to a pretty, rich girl.
"Heather? No, not the type I like 'em broke, like me haha."
"Hahaha, but Heather's cute...cute and could bye you nice shit, bro!"
"Ah, Nah." I wave my hand away in her direction as she gives me the stink eye.
"You's goin' to be single forever, then!"
"Yeah, so what? She's not my type. She'd be the girl that bosses me around and gets really annoying after the first date."
"Okay, what about her?" He points at Trishanna.
I shrug, "Maybe."
"'Ight, bye bro."
"Bye, Busk. See you tomorrow at the skating rink, mind if my little brother, Donnie comes?"
"Nah, I like him. He's cool."
I Laugh as he steps out. I have Gramma's old car, which isn't old at all she just didn't know how to work it so she gave it to me for my sixteenth birthday because I'm mature and responsible other than Ade but he was only ten at the time. When I come in, Maria's sitting at the kitchen table asleep. I make dinner.
"Ade, what do you want to eat?"
"Nothing. Not hungry," he says slinging a lot of bags over his shoulder.
"Where are you going?"
"TéMia's house. She needs a tutor for math."
"Is her name actually TéMia?"
"Yes, she's an exchange student from Guatemala."
"Oh, cool, bud."
"Did you forget we're not all white? We're, well, me, you, and Don is Japanese-American."
"I know, I know. Gramma and Grampa show that we are clearly Japan. I know this, Ade. I've been here longer than you."
He leaves, "Tell Maria that I'm torturing a student, khopesh?"
"Khopesh," I say plopping sandwiches on paper plates and calling it dinner.
After dinner, I lie on Ade's bed. I call it tonight. We alternate between the beds, which means tomorrow Donnie will have the spare bed. I wipe the sweat off of my forehead as my phone dings. I pick it up:
Busk o.O: Hey
ME: what's up
Busk o.O: I ran away from home
ME: Yo Fr wut happened bro!!!:0
Busk o.O: my dad broke outta prison me mamas going back 2 her old ways and Tasha is trying to khs again so I took my little and we ran
ME: Damn that's a lot bro I'll make ask my cousin if your brother can stay ight
ME: Don't mention it I think if I was in your position youd do the same
Busk o.O: u bet thx alot
ME: aw now don't get all mush mushy with me you know I don't like that bro
Busk o.O: gn im cumming over rn
ME: tmrrw Maria's asleep