My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter Three

"What!?" Tamara giggles, closing her locker.

"Shut up!" I whisper.

"Girl, nobody can hear us." She waves me off. "I can't believe he saw you naked."

"It was so embarrassing." I groan.

"I wanna see him naked. That boy is too fine." She hums.

Tamara and Ethan don't know about my crush on Fergie. I haven't told anyone about it; it's my dirty little secret. I feel like if I tell someone, then everything is going to fall apart and somehow Fergie will find out. Now I'm left with an image of a naked Fergie in my mind. I wonder if he has any birthmarks no one knows about. I doubt there isn't at least one girl who hasn't seen him naked before. Fergie says he's not a player, but he has had a few girlfriends in the past. He's a senior now; I'm almost positive he's hooked up with at least one of them. I know I shouldn't automatically assume that he's hooked up with someone before, but I can't help it.

"Girl, you so crazy." I shake my head.

"Like you ain't never pictured him naked." She narrows her eyes at me.

"Let's change the subject." I laugh.

"Speaking of subjects, we gone be late to math class." She looks at the time on her phone.

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Luckily, Tamara and Ethan have the same lunch hour as me. I wouldn't even call our lunch hour 'lunch' because we eat at eleven in the morning. It's basically breakfast. Our school has three different lunch periods: eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, and one o'clock. Devin has the second lunch hour and Fergie has the third lunch hour, so I barely see them around school. I have math and lunch with Tamara. I guess Ethan and I got unlucky this year because we only have lunch together. I can officially say junior year hasn't been the greatest so far.

Sometimes I eat lunch that the school provides, and other times I bring my own lunch. My mama hasn't been to the grocery store, so I'm stuck eating school food for now. Tamara hates eating school food because she says it's one of the most unhealthiest things you can feed a student. I don't disagree with her, but if I am hungry, then I will eat school food with pride. I'm not going to let my stomach growl throughout the whole day.

"Ethan, guess what!?" Tamara squeals as soon as Ethan sits down at our usual table.

He looks at me and narrows his eyes, trying to figure out what has Tamara so hyped up. I shrug my shoulders and look to Tamara myself. I wonder what's got her so hyped up myself.

"Fergie saw Tati naked!" Tamara exclaims.

"Tamara!" My eyes widen.

"You had sex with Fergie." Ethan asks. His whole demeanor changes. "I figured it was bound to happen soon."

"I didn't have sex with him." I scoff. "And what is that supposed to mean, it was bound to happen?"

"Anybody with eyes can see you like Fergie. You make it so obvious." He says in a low voice.

"I do not like Fergie." I lie. "And why are you being so mean, geez?"

And am I really that obvious about it?

"I'm not being mean." He scoffs.

"Dude, yes you are." Tamara nods her head. "I said he saw her naked, I ain't say they hooked up."

"Why would you let him see you naked? Do you not have any respect for yourself?" He shakes his head.

"First of all, it was a accident. I got out the shower and he opened the door. It ain't like I did it on purpose. Second of all, I got all the respect in the world for myself. And even if a girl let a guy see her naked doesn't mean she doesn't have respect for herself." I narrow my eyes at him.