75: Something new (Part I)

The more time it took for Joel and Isaac to arrive, the more water Isabelle gulped down to ease her tensed state.

It was finally Friday afternoon, and the girls had come over to wait for the guys, who said they'd come to pick them. Isabelle knew Joel didn't have a car but wasn't sure about Isaac (since he also took the bus to school), so she wondered why the wait.

Loveth, who had been watching her gulp down water from the glass cup in her hand, started laughing. “Relax. You look like you're going to the altar.”

Isabelle scowled at her. 

“Should I wear my hair up or down?” Jemina asked as she packed up her braids and then lowered it.

“Down. And lose the glasses,” Loveth said and took off Jemina's glasses.

“I can't see without it!” 

“I'll guide you. You're not ruining my swag with this.” Loveth kept the glasses in her purse.

Isabelle had tol