After It Happened novel Chapter 4

31st January, 2018

Danielle,

Camille and I made up today. Of course I apologized, she was looking so miserable the past few days and kept giving me these sorry looks. Choosing to be the bigger person, I called her aside and apologized for ditching her. I also pointed out what she did wrong and she gave a pained cry as she hugged me. Although I didn't really feel hurt, she deserved to learn so she could be a better friend to someone who actually felt something.

My cousin, Aunt Amara's youngest child, Dubem, came to visit us today. He is just a year older than me. He hugged me tight and ruffled my hair before greeting his mom and Grammy. I remember us being really really close, best of friends before 'it' happened and then me growing distant. I think that's because I can't smile with him without feeling something or someone is missing.

Over dinner, Dubem told us his experiences as a first-year student at the university. He dragged me to my room immediately he dropped our plates at the sink. Sitting cross-legged on my bed, he waited for me to tell him about everything that has happened since he left.

I remember the night we had been sitting this way facing each other and he had my first kiss. It was more of a peck on the lips though, like we were just testing the waters. We had a huge crush on each other, or maybe I was just the one who had a huge crush on him. He was the first person to get over the stupid crush.

He called me that day so eager to tell me how he finally asked this pretty girl he liked out. That was the day everything happened. The hurt I felt sitting on my bedroom floor that afternoon was the last emotion I remember feeling before my world went black and white.

2nd February, 2018