Emerald  A few weeks later, James and I were back to normal, although I always had my doubts about his mother. I made sure we didn’t meet anywhere close to his house or even dropped him off at his house.Parking my car at a close near his house, I unlocked the door for him to head out and he shook his head, wearing a grin.‘’Again with this you are never coming to my house anymore. My mom isn’t even at home.’’ I glared at him. I didn’t know why I was annoyed when our ice cream date had gone pretty nicely.‘’Why don’t you ever drive anyway when you have cars at your

 James‘’Look who we have here if it isn’t the prodigal one himself,’’ Kayla, a friend of Riley said smiling as I advanced toward them in Taylor’s patio. I shook my head spotting Louis and Taylor with their girlfriends sitting on their lap. I couldn’t help but feel a certain way—that the gang could do or even better without me as they seemed in a good spirit as usual.I started toward the ladies to greet them. Riley did seem excited to see me and Kayla… Why was she hanging out with her again cause last I checked she was mad at me for sleeping with her friend back then before she started to feel a little too attached to me. Kayla was an undeniable beauty with her rich light brown skin, a pretty face and nice angles—not too thick nor slim. Just okay with

JamesEmerald hadn’t stopped asking about where we were headed the whole ride, each bust stop we got to.  Driving for about thirty minutes, we stopped by the gas station and got ice cream and cookies since she was hungry. At twenty minutes past four, we arrived at the beach. She was stunned by the time we got there and pulled off her boots to get in the sand.‘’We could have stopped by my house to get even more proper clothes,’’ she said and I bit my lips, looking down at her jean. Why hadn’t I thought about that, more so, why was that even a topic in the first place.‘’Guess I screwed up on that part.’’ I squinted at her because of the sun rays getting into my eyes and then took the shirt

EmeraldJames had been given me a lot of distance, even after I was done with my tests. We conversed almost every day but basically just small talk. He hadn’t even spoken about meeting up with me anymore which made me kind of mad. At first, it made sense for me to busy myself too with something to avoid coming off as needy but since the semester was soon ending and I was most likely spending the summer break at Boston, getting a job wasn’t really necessary. But burying my head in amazing romance novels was an exciting sport. Two weeks and more of not seeing James or not being how we used to be went by pretty quickly and it hurt every time my heart ached or looking for a hideout spot away from Mimi to let it all out. This was basically how it ended in relationships, even though we weren’t in one. The couple drift away from e

Emerald  “I guess you guys are back again together, huh?” Mimi finally asked after hours of acting like it wasn't a thing. I obviously could see her eye movements as I texted on the phone, smiling. Or how many times she had adjusted herself on our living room couch.