Lena remembered the first time she met Stef vividly. 6 summers ago, her dad had gotten a new job and they had to move to San Diego all the way from Cincinnati. Lena was carrying one of her many boxes from the truck to her house when she spotted a blonde girl on her bike. Wearing a tank top and worn jeans the small blonde stared inquisitively at the new family, Lena smiled at her and the girl smiled back. They were never best friends or anything. They once did a project on Native Americans in 6th grade together, they had exchanged small talk in the lunch line, Lena always thought she was beautiful but kept such thoughts to herself.
The humongous crush Lena had developed for the blonde freshman year had been dashed when she started dating Mike and Lena forced herself to let her straight girl crush go.
The car ride home was awkward, Stef felt kinda bad for mooching a ride of someone she barely talked to. Burying her face in her phone she checked twitter than instagram before the car stopped abruptly. Both girls sighed, there must of been a car crash up ahead and the back up seemed endless. " Seems like we might be awhile" Stef quickly broke the silence, she wished there was music to fill the stale air.
" Yeah probably, not like I had much to do at home, except watch Netflix maybe "
" Yeah me either "
" Why arnt you at b'dubs? Isn't that where all the " cool" people go there after games " Lena stuck her hands up and giggled , making air quotes. Stef didn't respond immediately and Lena feared she had asked something too personal.
" No ummm...I was just tired today "
" oh yeah...makes sense..." and awkward silence fell over the car , and Lena mentally kicked herself. " Yeah first days always tire me out" Lena tried again to spark the conversation , to no avail, Stef was clearly bothered by something, her eyes had a kinda far off look and her fingers were fidgety. Lena was going to ask if she was ok when traffic started moving again and before long the two were home.
" Yeah well thanks L see you at school " Stef smiled and turned to trudge across the grass toward her house.
"Yeah" Lena said mostly to herself " See ya "
Guys I promise the next one will be super long :? yo tengo mucho tarea
It will be up in atleast 24-29 hours maybe...hopefully