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Chapter one
Hanbon:
Summer brings a lot of new chances, changes, and hope to me. It’s the time that
speaks new beginnings before school, and this summer especially speaks that because it’s our LAST summer before we are focusing on everything college.
I woke up, hair a mess like always, to the FaceTime call from a groupchat labeled “Bunch of Friends”. I already knew who was in the group. I answered to see Will making eggs, his hair still in his silk bonnet, Coy doing….something, but his internet sucks ass so bad I could tell through the large pixels, and Anthony still in bed, face in cam not talking, and probably scrolling on TikTok knowing him.
Anthony looked up, his blue eyes already looking lighter when he saw me. “Good morning Bon!”. Will put his head more in frame. “oh good morning!”
And then coy. “I’ve be- she…hi” he didn’t actually say that but that’s all I got from the call. Will then speaks up, “yall wanna head over to my house? My parents aren’t home so we have the house to ourselves.”
“Sure” Anthony said, his camera pausing.
“Yeah I’m down” I said.
I’m pretty sure coy said yes, but still his internet was like he was in the middle of nowhere.
“Okay I’ll get ready, do I bring a swim suit orrr” I said
“Our pool is drained since we had to switch the light so not today” Will responded
“Alrighty!” I then clicked end on the call and opened my closet.
I had a shortish jean skirt and this cute flowy, pink tank top. The chest part was pinched in between and the very end had this dark pink ruffles with white and light pink polka-dots. I put my outgrown hair into space buns leaving my blonde bangs out. I then grabbed my gold necklace with a small pearl and gold bracelets (and my friendship beaded one with Anthony that had round, thick yellow and pink beads and the words “hanpo!!” On it). I checked my hair and outfit one more time before sliding my white birks on and walking to Anthony’s.
Anthony’s house was this white, suburban, two story house. It had a trellis under his window perfect for sneaking out. His parents were divorced, and he lived with his mom usually. Sometimes he’d go to visit his dad in Texas but that was…rare.
I knocked on the door and his mom answered.
“Oh hi Hannah dear” his mom said looking as cheerful as I last saw her.
“Hi Miss Gwendolyn!” I smiled at her, “Is Anthony home? We were supposed to go to Will’s today.”
Suddenly Anthony is sprinting down the stairs. “Yes! Yes I’m here”
“Hi” I said as a surprised reflex.
“Okay you kids have fun at the Wahony’s”
Anthony’s mom said.
“Will do” I replied cheerfully before Anthony walked out with me, slightly pushing me almost like he was not wanting to be there anymore.
Once we got walking he asked me, “did my mom tell you anything?”
“What do you mean?”
He ran a hand through his hair before putting that hand on his neck and turning his head slightly like something was up.
“I don’t know, uhm, just forget I said that.”
“Okay dokey”
We got to wills and coy was already there sitting on the stairs leading up to the house.
“Will’s showering and we forgot the extra house key inside sooo, we kinda locked out.” Coy said adding a huff at the end to blow his bang out of his face.
Finally after a long 20 minutes will finally opened the door. “Sorry, just got your text coy” Will said.
“How long have you been out of the shower?” Anthony said raising his right brow.
“I don’t know like 15 minutes”
“Bro” I smacked my forehead.
“Whatever guys just get inside” Will said leaning onto the side of the door.
Once we were inside we went down into his basement. That was the best space in his mansion, because it was HUGE. It had a pool table, ping pong, foosball, arcade area, and then my favorite spot on the other side of the stairs was the movie area. There was this overly comfy couch, and my favorite spot was the hanging chair or whenever we made forts on the floor.
I immediately went to the chair and turned on the fan in front. I was burning up!
I sat there most of the day, occasionally getting up to beat Anthony in ping pong.
Finally they came and sat down I moved to the floor because me and Anthony set up a comfy area with two pillows for our heads. There was 3 layers of blankets and then I grabbed this huge one for us to share.
“What movie are we watching?” I said looking up at Will fighting with the remote till we got to Netflix. “Home!” Coy pointed.
“I watched that movie when I was like 5” Anthony replied.
“Yeah we should watch it cause im so baby”
what…
We all turned to him making weird faces, Anthony staring off into the darkness. We then burst out laughing and Will ended up putting home on.
I don’t know when, but I ended up falling asleep…on Anthony’s shoulder.