It had been raining for almost a whole week now. I was getting ready to go play basketball with some of my friends when Delilah came to see what I was doing. Delilah was my best friend, and my roommate. We'd known each other since we were just kids.
"Whatcha doing hon?" she asked and threw her arm around me. She looked adorable today, as always. Her hair was styled into cute little braided pigtails.
"I'm gonna go play basketball with Sean and Mark. You wanna come with?" I asked her and dribbled my basketball on the deck of our tiny apartment building.
"I'm good. I think I'll stay inside and watch TV." she said and wrapped her coat tightly around her.
"Are you gonna have Christian over?" I asked her, brushing a flyaway out of my face and trying to put it back inside my baseball cap. She looked at the ground and walked out to the railing.
"Yeah I think I will. Maybe they'll be some leftovers when you get back. I ordered pizza." she laughed. Eh, I was getting sick of pizza anyway.
"Okay then, I'll see you when I get back. Love you sis." I said, giving her a hug. She hugged me back and let me go. I went downstairs and went outside. It was cold and rainy. I started walking down the road to the basketball court.
I pulled my hood up and waited for the road to be clear. Who was I kidding. It wasn't like anyone ever drove here. But you know, safety.
"Hey she's here!" Mark's voice echoed across the road. I noticed that both Mark and Sean's hair was protected from the rain. Mark, by his favorite dark grey sweatshirt, and Sean by the black hoodie I wore for a little while once. They were big babies. Had to keep their hair perfect.
"Aye!" I waved and ran across the road. I tossed the ball to Sean, and he caught it. I laid my old blanket on the bench so I wouldn't sit on rainwater. Finally, I sat down on the bench and tied up my Converse.
I dribbled the basketball on the wet concrete as I started humming something I had stuck in my head. "How are you, beautiful?" Mark said and threw his arm around me.
"I'm great..." I looked up at him, smiling. But, it wasn't a real smile. And they knew that. Sean stood beside me, ready to take my hand when I broke down. "You guys are my reason." I said as a tear slid down my cheek.
Sean wrapped his arms around me and held me. "I know you don't need anyone asking you what's wrong... You can tell us if you want though. Always." he said and hugged me tighter.
"I know. Thank you guys so much." I said and wiped the tears from my eyes. "I wish it was something that you could fix. But, you try. And that's more than anyone has done." I said, almost breaking down again.
I sniffled as Mark took his turn and gave me a hug. These two had been here for me through everything. The anxiety, the depression, the constant panic attacks... They gave me hope for a normal life. Mark took the basketball from me and made a hoop.
"COME ON GUYS. STEP UP TO ME." Mark laughed. Sean gave me my basketball, so I got up and ran over to the hoop. I backed up a few steps and went for it. Without hesitation, it went through the basket.
"Oooh looks like you've got some competition." Sean said to Mark, patting him on the shoulder. He looked at me, running his fingers through his shamrock colored hair. I shrugged and grabbed the basketball making a perfect hoop.
"As I always say, you're good, but not good enough." I giggled.
"You do always say that now that I think of it! That should be your catchphrase." Sean smiled at me. After playing basketball for about 15 minutes, I sat down to get a drink.
"Do you guys wanna go for a walk?" Mark asked, randomly.
"Yeah sure, if Scout wants to." Sean said and pulled his hood over his head. It was raining pretty hard now. I love the rain.
"Why not? Where do you wanna go and how far though?" I laughed.
"I say we go wherever the wind takes us. Maybe for once, let's just not have plans."
"Sounds wonderful. Let's go." I said. Our footsteps stirred up rain puddles as we headed down the street. The air smelled like fresh rain. "I'm gonna call Delilah to come with us." I said and grabbed my phone, hiding it from the rain, and dialing her number.
"Yeah?" she picked it up. "Oh hey, Christian just left. You okay?"
"I'm great. Wanna come for a walk with us?" I asked her and moved my hair.
"Sure. You guys still up there at the basketball court?"
"Yea. We'll wait for you." I said and hung up. I sat down on the corner with Sean. His sapphire eyes were sparkling as he looked into mine.
"Can I lay my head on your shoulder?" I asked him.
"You don't have to ask me," he laughed. "Of course you can." he said and threw his arm around me while we waited for Delilah. A few minutes later her cute little head popped up on the other side of the street.
"Aww how cute! Mark, you better watch these two." She laughed as she sat beside us. I blushed, and gave her a friendly shove. "You ready?" she giggled and took my hand, helping me up.
"Yeeeee." I said in a quiet hush. I took Delilah's hand and held it tight as we walked. The trees seemed to be showing us the way to get out of the busy part of town. It was so beautiful passed the boundaries. No matter where we were.
Sean looked at me for a second, sort of smiling in a way he hadn't smiled at me before. "What's up Sean?" I said and threw my arm around his neck. He laughed and looked away for a second.
"You'll have to come to Mark's place tomorrow. We're gonna be recording and we need an extra player." he smirked.
"I could definitely do that. What are gonna be doing for the vid?" I looked at him as a small giggle escaped from my lips.
"Who's Most Likely To!" he laughed and looked at me, blushing.
"Sounds great. Risky, but great." I smiled. After a little while we just sat down underneath a tree and made jokes about the most random things. And before I knew it, I was all alone again.
