High School Friends (Story)

So, basically when I was in high school a lot of people made fun of me for my music taste and some people thought I was a redneck due to being from Virginia.

So, my bestie Ravey asks me why I kept hanging out with people that would make fun of me and my answer was that I rather just hang out with anyone even if they were mean than be alone.

Ravey kept trying to convince me that hanging out alone is better than being with people that treat you like dirt.

Other times when I basically had hearts in my eyes when I saw people I had crushes with and Ravey always just rolled her eyes and told me that I got crushes on people really quickly and that I should try just being friends with a person first before going all in.

I find it hilarious that Ravey was both the popular girl and the outcast at the same time, or at least she was to me. I thought she was super cool, but at the same time she never was a follower and did her own thing for better or for worse.

She could have been head cheerleader, but she rather just hang out behind the bleachers and do that kind of stuff instead.

Thinking back she was one of the only people that never liked my jokes that were taking jabs at myself.

You know I always found it weird that even though most my friends were guys back then and I felt awkward when talking to girls, but yet I still somehow felt more comfortable talking to girls than guys.

I know that doesn't make sense, but what I mean is that whenever a girl asked me a question I would always just be truthful and it had more emotion behind it than whenever I talked to a guy.

I guess it helped that the only people that asked me about my personal life were girls, so it felt more connected in a way.

Guy friends mostly only talked about hobbies and stuff like that and never anything really deep like what we were doing this weekend or inviting me to anything.

Yea, I never got invited to anything back when I was in high school.

So, it was mostly just me hanging out in my room with Ravey talking about crushes and other random stuff.

You might think it is weird that we shared the bed, but it would feel really unnatural for us not to.

Like, she tried her best to make me feel safe and to keep the nightmares away.

When I got hickies at school she would laugh and tell me that she knew that all the girls would be after me, but then I had to tell her it was from a guy. Ravey had the biggest look of surprise in her face when I said that and she laughed really loudly afterwards while I just blushed.

I did find it pretty cringe when all the guys kept hitting on my friend F and kept looking at her butt when she didn't want them to. She did tell me one time that I was one of the most respectable people and never crossed her boundaries, so that felt nice to hear. Sure she was attractive, but like I don't know why people thought that she would get with them when they acted that way.