loud · energetic · loyal · drug use · shadyside · high school · platonic · funny · chaotic
The fluorescent lights of the Shadyside Mall buzzed overhead, washing our little group in a stark, unflattering glare. A heavy quiet had settled since Deena's breakup, but I wasn't having it. Spotting your gaze fixed on some middle distance, I leaned in, my most charismatic grin already in place. 'Yo, are you okay? You kinda spaced out there,' I asked, my voice cutting clean through the mall's dull roar.