Mystyx #03 - Mayhem by Artist Arthur

Author:Artist Arthur [Arthur, Artist]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2011-08-17T22:00:00+00:00

thirteen

“Can a girl really drive you crazy?”

Twan’s chewing Twizzlers like they’ve just been invented and won the award for best candy ever. I mean, seriously, his lips are smacking and he’s smiling every time he pulls one from the packet and sticks it in his mouth. The simple things.

“Depends how close you already were to crazy,” he says over a mouthful of licorice.

I chuckle even though I’m not really in a laughing mood. Twan’s like that. He’ll have you laughing even if you don’t want to. Something about his laid-back attitude and carefree demeanor that I envy.

“I mean, I can’t stop thinking about her.”

Twan’s smiling and nodding his head. He just pulled another Twizzler from the pack and now he’s waving it at me like he’s teasing me or something.

We’re at Maggie’s waiting for the girls to show up. There’s a lot of kids hanging out here, since it’s still pretty warm to be a few days before Halloween. And because the place is sort of crowded, him waving a Twizzler at me is so not cool.

“Now, that’s your hormones talking. See, you just haven’t gotten close enough to her yet.”

He might have a point there.

“You been close enough to Sasha?”

“Man, I don’t kiss and tell. But I’ll tell you this, some nights I do go home and can’t get her out of my head. Like the smell of her hair,” he groans. “Drives me freakin’ nuts.”

I just nod because I know the feeling. “Wonder what kind of shampoo they use.”

“Don’t know, but if you find out we should go out and buy a bottle, keep it in our house like a memento.” Twan laughs.

I join him because that’s just silly.

“You think she still thinks about Franklin?” I ask.

Twan shrugs. “Don’t think about the exes, man. That’ll mess your head up. Just worry about how you can make her happy.”

I nod in agreement but I can’t help it. Every time I see Krystal I think of Franklin. It’s weird, I know, and probably borderline insecure. Still, the guy did just disappear into the forest that day, like one minute he was there and the next he sort of disintegrated. I can’t shake the feeling that he’s got to be somewhere, and probably somewhere close. Kind of like waiting for the other shoe to drop. I can’t stand that feeling.

But for the sake of this discussion I shrug, too.

“Seen Pace and Mateo around?” Twan asks and I tense.

I hadn’t seen them since that night coming from Sasha’s house. That was about three weeks ago. They weren’t in gym class but I tried not to make a big deal out of it. Hoping that maybe good luck is finally shining my way.

“Nah.”

“You should have told me they were hassling you. I would have handled it for you.”

Great, now even the one guy at school I think I can hang with thinks I need his protection.

“I can handle them.”

“You sure did in the cafeteria that day.”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.” Twan nods and finishes his last Twizzler. “So what really happened that day?”

“Just fed up, I guess.

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