Besties

I heard a knock on the door, and I jumped up from where I was waiting on the couch. I quickly opened the door and smiled at my best friend.

"Hey Lila!" I said. She smiled at me and came inside, hugging a textbook. We sat on the couch in our normal spots, her on one side, me on the other, our books sprawled in the middle.

"Okay, I have no idea how to do chemistry today," I admitted. She laughed at me.

"If you said you understood it, I would be more surprised," she replied.

"I guess that's true. I am pretty bad at all this," I said.

"Don't worry. It's pretty easy this time," Lila said.

"You say that every time," I grumbled

"Cause it's true!" she said.

We started working on the homework, and just like always, by the end I understood it. She should be a teacher. Like seriously, she could teach a rock to say please and thank you.

"Ugh. I hate chemistry," I moaned after doing the last problem.

"Agreed. And class today was boring," she said. "Who knew the loss of Ethan would make the class so quiet?"

"I know, right?" I said. "Hey, do you want to watch a movie?"

"Oh what time is it?" she said, as she craned to look at the clock. "I'm sorry Austin, I gotta run home. I have to babysit tonight."

I got up off the couch as she gathered her books up. I looked around and didn't see Gif, my family's little orange kitten.

As if echoing my thoughts, Lila said, "Where's Gif? I haven't even seen him yet!"

"I dunno," I said, as I started looking for him. We found him in the front room, chilling on the back of the couch.

"Hi bud!" Lila said. "I haven't seen you in a while!"

Lila loves Gif as much as my family, having catsit him for a few days. She says that he was the only reason she could stand to be in my house after dark. She claims my house is haunted. She's probably right.

We pet the kitten for a while, sitting on the couch, looking out the window toward her house. Lila has been my next door neighbor for a couple years now, and it feels like she's always been there.

"You know, the other day when I brought you candy corn, I was tempted to just tape it to your window and see how long it would take you to notice," I said. Lila looked at me and laughed. "But then I thought better of it. Cause of your siblings and all," I added.

"I probably wouldn't have noticed anyway," She replied, still petting Gif.

I looked at Lila. She has the most beautiful eyes, big and blue, but sometimes grey. And the way she was looking at Gif, so happy, it was entrancing. And her hair, long and chestnut. I realized I was staring and quickly looked away. What was wrong with me? She's my best friend.

"My brother is getting a puppy," I said.

"Awww!" she said, turning to me. Yup, her eyes are still gorgeous.

"And it only has three legs," I said.

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This is a story idea I wrote a while ago but forgot about it. Doja guys like it? Where do you think I should go with it?

The main characters are Lila and Austin. This is written from Austin's point of view.