Between calming my racing heart and shushing Brietta I don't know which one seemed more tasking. I saw Carmen and Porsha heading towards my car, taking huge strides so they could reach me faster. Once I unlocked the car doors they rushed inside.

"Okay first of all" Porsha started

"What the hell was that?" Carmen continued.

I shrugged guiltily, I knew I had no legitimate reason to freak out like that.

"I felt weird, I didn't like the way Forrest green stared at me". I said.

" Wait forest green?" Carmen questioned with amusement. I blushed.

"Archer" I mumbled. They heard because they laughed so hard I thought they would choke.

"You already nicknamed him?" Carmen asked.

"It was supposed to be in my head" I murmured.

They laughed again.

"He has forest green eyes though, and he stared too long, like he knew me".

They quieted and shared a look, like they were communicating silently, I looked back and forth between them, the conversation seemed intense. My friends are really weird. I didn't think it would warrant such long conversation. Finally they both nodded at each other after what seemed like like 30 years, which was most likely thirty seconds.

They smiled simultaneously, okay I am creeped out. Officially.

"Why are you smiling like that?" I asked.

"Oh nothing, just thought we should go eat lunch outside school" Porsha replied.

I looked skeptical about the whole issue.

"Ok... sure" I said slowly in case they went Gaga.

They didn't wipe off the smiles instead it got wider, turning into full blown grins. Pretending not to see them I backed out of school to our favourite eating joint, The Healthy Junk; it's a paradox in itself. We found it one day in our freshmen year and now we were here so often Mrs Barbara-the owner knew everything about us. We practically lived here.

The door bell chimed above our heads as we matched inside, heading to our favorite booth, the whole place bursted of different flavors and aromas that got my mouth watering. You see this place may be called 'Healthy junk' but it is any thing but healthy, the place served everything unhealthy.

"Hey Mrs Barbara" we greeted as we sat.

She smiled in the motherly way she does, it liked similar to Nana's. Mrs Barbara made me miss my Nana so much, they were eerily similar. I sighed a wistful sigh.. wishing I could just for one second, see my Nana. I missed her so much.

"The usual?" She asked, her lisp was different from Nana's tho. Funny, because Nana said she and Mrs Barbara grew up in the same city. We nodded, because that's the only thing we order here anyway.

Mrs Barbara had tried to take care of me, she never knew how my family or lack of it was. But she wanted to take care of me, maybe because she feels like she has to.. because she was friends with my Nana..or she really wanted to take care of me. But my adopted parents never really let her, so she just stayed at the side. I wish she didn't give up though.. that's why I loved my Nana, she never gave up when it came to me.

"So Forest green eyes?" Porsha teased. Interrupting my thought process.

I groaned, blushed and banged my head on the table while they laughed. The teasing continued till we were served our food, thankful for the distraction, I dug into my plate of burger, frues and large Coke.

"Ashley you could totally get on with Archer though" Porsha continued in between mouthful of fries, with a disgusted grimace, I swallowed so I could talk.

"Porsha I'm not getting on anything with Archer" I said not wanting to admit I thought about what she said.

She swallowed, "May be you guys could be a thing" she shrugged. "He could be your the one" she said quoting one movie we saw before. I rolled my eyes at her. As if, I went through high school with a goal, no boy problem! I didn't want to add more stress to my already stressful life.

"Or maybe I could just finish senior year in peace, without boy distraction!" I argued.

"I could totally see two of you together though, but I am sure your running stunt earlier put him off of girls forever" Carmen butted in, I had even forgotten she was here.

"You agree with her? With Porsha? About boys too?" I was really shocked, Carmen was really level headed, the one that was always calm and collected. The mature one, the one that held the group together with her wisdom. Sometimes she seems older than her age.

She shrugged casually, "like I said, you must have put him off girls.. forever".

I just looked at her, like she had three heads, May be she did.

" Maybe he sees her as a challenge now" Porsha said.

"naa more like a lunatic" Carmen argued

I was totally lost here, it was like I was in a movie I didn't read the script for. Too many surprises.

"Uhhhm, guys? Sisters before misters, ever heard of that? Sound familiar? Ring any bells?" I had to ask. Because they definitely do not remember.

They shared a look and shrugged, it was almost robotic. I groaned, I hated when they did the this thing that they would be so in sync, I feel so left out. I mean if they chorographed the whole thing, they could at least invite me right?

I folded my hands across my chest. "why don't you guys get on with him? Why me? Sacrificial lamb?"

"I'm not the one who ran out of the class because he sat behind me" Porsha reasoned.

"I do not blush at the mention of a certain green eyed beauty" Carmen said calmly.

"And we definitely didn't name him in our heads"

I realized something, Brietta hadn't once contributed to the discussion, she always did. She always had something to add to the conversation. Even if I was the only one who could hear her, she would leave a remark or two, sometimes even crack a joke. Today she was silent.

"Brietta.. Brietta!" I called into my head. No response..it was like she wasn't there, but I knew she was, I could feel her presence..I don't know how.

Then I knew instantly it was because I ran away from Archer. I groaned again, all my friends were really stressing me out. What was the big deal about him anyway.

"Everything" came a quiet whisper in my head.