A Wild Wave

song: Teenage Mind (Tate McRae)

Jade Martínez:

"Ugh he's so fucking hot... the things I would do to that man" Aaliyah groaned at the tv.

I wasn't even paying attention to what movie we were watching, I was too busy looking at the fine piece of man that is Michael B. Jordan.
I could only muster a halfhearted "Mhm" in response. That man was too fine...

"Back off hoe he's mine" Aaliyah's eyes narrowed dangerously at me.

"Ménage à trois?" I grinned back

"Yea that could work you're a hot piece of ass muffin" Aaliyah flashed me her award winning smile and a wink.

Aaliyah and I have been best friends ever since freshman year, after meeting in a random robotics elective we both had and got partnered up in for a group project.
We've been inseparable ever since and we actually moved in together off campus at the end of last year.

I honestly don't know what I would do without her. I've always been really quiet and I didn't have that many friends during high school...
She's like the ying to my yang. She's my platonic soulmate. We even found out that both of our families live in Boynton Beach Florida and that we grew up within 30 minutes from each other.

Her entire family has fully embraced my mom and I. They're like my second family and her older brother Chris also attends UCLA, he's a full back for the football team and I love him just as much as I love Aaliyah.

Like I said I don't know where I would be without her.

The movie ends and the credits roll, Wiping my face checking no drool had dribbled down my chin and turning to Aaliyah.

"Okay girl i've gotta go, Jonathan's probably waiting for me right now. You know how he gets when I'm late." I get up from the couch towards the door to put my shoes on.

I'm always late. It's a bad habit I picked up from my crazy Colombian mom and Jonathan loves to remind me of how rude it is to keep people waiting...

"Ew whyyy? " Aaliyah whined from the couch.
"Because Aaliyah, we're trying to spend some time together before finals week"

Finals week before summer, at UCLA is absolute misery no matter what you major in.

"Mhm whatever, just know that you can do way better than that dick. And I still don't know why you haven't dumped his sorry ass yet" Aaliyah grumbles in annoyance.

I roll my eyes this wasn't anything new from her.

My boyfriend Jonathan and I have been together for a little over eight months now, we met during the beginning of my first year here at a New Years Party. That night we hit it off, kissed at midnight and the rest was history.

He's hot and I mean really hot... like sometimes I question why he's with me and not some other, prettier girl.

Sometimes girls will shamelessly flirt with him and he'll respond, but he claims I'm being overly jealous or crazy.

Aaliyah hates him, and has ever since she met him. She claims I deserve better, but I'm happy... most of the time, and I think I love him...plus he's one of the only guys to have ever asked me out.

The only other guy to have ever asked me out was Josh Lawrence during my sophomore year of high school and it was just a messed up joke...

I threw on my oversized UCLA hoodie and put on my Nike Air forces, grabbed my keys and headed out of the door.