Ebony sat at a large oak table with her mother and father, both well
to do successful business people who had little time for her or her
sisters. Her father was still dressed in his suit from work, his tie
loosened a little about his neck. Her mother wore a white blouse and a pair
of dress pants. She closely resembled Ebony except for the eyes, those were
her fathers. After pushing the remains of her salad around on her plate for
a few minutes she yawned.
"May I be excused? I have a lot of work to do...and to be honest I'm quite
tired." Ebony seemed to be telling rather than asking, not that it would
make much of a difference she wouldn't be missed.
She climbed the stairs and entered her room. It was completely different from the rest of the house, which was decorated elegantly and modestly. Her walls were a deep purple. Her furniture was sprayed a metallic gold and several silk pillows lay tossed about on the floor. Magazines were strewn out over her four poster bed and more pictures from them covered the wall above her desk. She closed her door locking it behind her as she kicked off her boots and fell onto the bed.
She stared up at her ceiling for what seemed like hours before she reached for her phone and dialed Salene's number. She didn't even know if she would be home, she was always so busy baby-sitting her younger cousins she was hardly home. After several rings Salene picked up, sounding a bit winded as if she had to jog to the phone.
"Hey...Ebony...what's up?" She said between long breaths. "Hey...how'd you know it was me?" Ebony inquired. Salene laughed. "Caller Id...it works wonders Ebbs. So what was it you wanted to talk about?" Said Salene adjusting the phone on her shoulder so she could continue to paint her nails. "Oh...nothing in particular. I just wanted to you know chat." She said as she flipped through Vogue eying a pair of leather pants. "Alright...oh you know who I ran into today." Said Salene with excitement. "Who?" Said Ebony half-drifting off into space. "Amber, and guess who just broke up with her?" Said Salene trying to sound suspenseful. Ebony sighed. "Salene, how many times do I have to tell you I don't have a thing for Bray anymore. So I don't care if he is with Amber or not." Said Ebony becoming defensive. "Sorry, it's just that...I thought...you might need a date to the semiformal and well Bray's available." Replied Salene. Ebony paused for a moment, she had completely forgotten about the semiformal being next week. And it wouldn't help her social status if she showed solo, maybe Salene was right, maybe she should just ask Bray. "It's ok...I'm just a bit irritable...I think it's the caffeine." Ebony said as she got up from her bed and walked into her bathroom and started to fill the tub with water. "Speaking of caffeine...how'd it go with that Jay guy after we left?" Said Salene smiling as she looked at her perfectly done red nails.
Ebony hadn't thought about him all day and now all of a sudden memories of their encounter started to flood her head. He certainly was attractive and he managed to make her squirm which most people couldn't do. "Ebony...hello?" Came Salene's voice through the receiver. "Oh sorry...umm his friend came and I had to get home anyway so not a whole lot." Said Ebony absent-mindedly.
"Too bad...I'm sure he would want to go to semiformal with you." Said Salene playfully. "Ok...he was cute but I don't think I would just show up with me on his arm infront of the whole school." Said Ebony trying to make a defense for herself. "Please, don't fool yourself Ebony, if he had asked you, you know you would have said yes without thinking twice about it," Said Salene. "And I would go with him myself except I'm going with Pride."
Ebony's eyes widened as what her friend just said sunk into her skull. "I didn't know you and Pride were together..." She said rather surprised. Pride had been friends with Salene since gradeschool, they went everywhere together and since Ebony and Salene had always been friends she spent a lot of time with them both. But never did she think they would get together. In all honesty she thought Pride had a thing for her up until a year ago when Salene said he didn't.
"Well we aren't exactly together, we just decided to go with each other, as friends. I mean I don't think Pride likes me like that...I mean we are just friends so what's the harm in going to a dance together...it's not like we have obligations or that it's a date is it?" Salene started to speak so quickly Ebony was having trouble keeping up.
"Whoa...slow down girl, it was just a question, no need to get paranoid about it. Listen I have to go... Mr. Warren's paper on the fall of Rome is due tommorow and I still have three more pages to write." Said Ebony making up an excuse to end the conversation. Her bath was ready and she really wanted to relax, besides she finished her paper days ago when it was first assigned. "Oh...right, I almost forgot I still have to do that myself. Well I'll see you tommorow, Good night Eb." Said Salene. Ebony hung up the phone and closed the bathroom door. "At last, a moment to relax." Said Ebony outloud to herself as she slid into the tub.
She climbed the stairs and entered her room. It was completely different from the rest of the house, which was decorated elegantly and modestly. Her walls were a deep purple. Her furniture was sprayed a metallic gold and several silk pillows lay tossed about on the floor. Magazines were strewn out over her four poster bed and more pictures from them covered the wall above her desk. She closed her door locking it behind her as she kicked off her boots and fell onto the bed.
She stared up at her ceiling for what seemed like hours before she reached for her phone and dialed Salene's number. She didn't even know if she would be home, she was always so busy baby-sitting her younger cousins she was hardly home. After several rings Salene picked up, sounding a bit winded as if she had to jog to the phone.
"Hey...Ebony...what's up?" She said between long breaths. "Hey...how'd you know it was me?" Ebony inquired. Salene laughed. "Caller Id...it works wonders Ebbs. So what was it you wanted to talk about?" Said Salene adjusting the phone on her shoulder so she could continue to paint her nails. "Oh...nothing in particular. I just wanted to you know chat." She said as she flipped through Vogue eying a pair of leather pants. "Alright...oh you know who I ran into today." Said Salene with excitement. "Who?" Said Ebony half-drifting off into space. "Amber, and guess who just broke up with her?" Said Salene trying to sound suspenseful. Ebony sighed. "Salene, how many times do I have to tell you I don't have a thing for Bray anymore. So I don't care if he is with Amber or not." Said Ebony becoming defensive. "Sorry, it's just that...I thought...you might need a date to the semiformal and well Bray's available." Replied Salene. Ebony paused for a moment, she had completely forgotten about the semiformal being next week. And it wouldn't help her social status if she showed solo, maybe Salene was right, maybe she should just ask Bray. "It's ok...I'm just a bit irritable...I think it's the caffeine." Ebony said as she got up from her bed and walked into her bathroom and started to fill the tub with water. "Speaking of caffeine...how'd it go with that Jay guy after we left?" Said Salene smiling as she looked at her perfectly done red nails.
Ebony hadn't thought about him all day and now all of a sudden memories of their encounter started to flood her head. He certainly was attractive and he managed to make her squirm which most people couldn't do. "Ebony...hello?" Came Salene's voice through the receiver. "Oh sorry...umm his friend came and I had to get home anyway so not a whole lot." Said Ebony absent-mindedly.
"Too bad...I'm sure he would want to go to semiformal with you." Said Salene playfully. "Ok...he was cute but I don't think I would just show up with me on his arm infront of the whole school." Said Ebony trying to make a defense for herself. "Please, don't fool yourself Ebony, if he had asked you, you know you would have said yes without thinking twice about it," Said Salene. "And I would go with him myself except I'm going with Pride."
Ebony's eyes widened as what her friend just said sunk into her skull. "I didn't know you and Pride were together..." She said rather surprised. Pride had been friends with Salene since gradeschool, they went everywhere together and since Ebony and Salene had always been friends she spent a lot of time with them both. But never did she think they would get together. In all honesty she thought Pride had a thing for her up until a year ago when Salene said he didn't.
"Well we aren't exactly together, we just decided to go with each other, as friends. I mean I don't think Pride likes me like that...I mean we are just friends so what's the harm in going to a dance together...it's not like we have obligations or that it's a date is it?" Salene started to speak so quickly Ebony was having trouble keeping up.
"Whoa...slow down girl, it was just a question, no need to get paranoid about it. Listen I have to go... Mr. Warren's paper on the fall of Rome is due tommorow and I still have three more pages to write." Said Ebony making up an excuse to end the conversation. Her bath was ready and she really wanted to relax, besides she finished her paper days ago when it was first assigned. "Oh...right, I almost forgot I still have to do that myself. Well I'll see you tommorow, Good night Eb." Said Salene. Ebony hung up the phone and closed the bathroom door. "At last, a moment to relax." Said Ebony outloud to herself as she slid into the tub.