A lot of the pain and bruising from Friday has subsided. My eye still kills, but I can manage—plus I’ve been somewhat high on the pain meds Ma got from work. They numb everything. Everything but Dre. They can’t distract or make me unlive Dre breaking up with me. It doesn’t feel like we broke up—it feels like I’ve been banished. Like we can’t be friends anymore. I don’t even need to kiss him or love him if he doesn’t want me to; I just need to be his friend. But even that’s not an option. The pain meds can’t stop me from caring about what people are saying in school either. What Aces will say
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