Flashback 7

“Come on.” He said as he grabbed his backpack from the ground.

“I’m not walking today,” I said as I looked at the ground. “My dad is picking me up.”

“He never picks you up.” He said, confused.

“He messaged me during lunch saying that he got off early. I forgot to tell you.” I said.

“Alright.” He said and began to make his way out of the classroom.

I waited almost five minutes before heading outside again and I looked around as I made my way to the front of the school. I shouldn’t feel guilty that I lied, but I felt like Chris wouldn't have agreed to let Caesar join us or even wanted to talk with him if he joined us. I saw Caesar at the front of the school like I asked and waved at him once he saw me. We walked for a while and it was honestly a nice change talking with someone that has a few things in common and that kept our conversation going until it was time to g