The Best Friends

"Huh nothing!? NOTHING HAPPENED TO MY CHEEK!" Zafyra exclaimed. She really didn't want to worry them especially since they were about to start the 'test'. She continued quickly before anyone could say anything,"By the way where is aunt May, Ian? I haven't seen her in a while I should go catch up 'kay bye!" Zafyra ran out of the room before they could even ask anything else.

They all looked at the black door closed behind her in silence. Until finally someone spoke up. "She got hit again didn't she?", said Adrian while turning to look at Jezza. "Is it that obvious?", Jezza responded as he got up to pace around the room. They all sighed at the same time knowing that their friend wouldn't open up to them. They tried asking her in the past but it always ended up with them being ignored and her changing the topic. She always seemed to fidget and her eyes always subconsciously drooped down. They honestly didn't really know what happened to her but the only thing that they could do at this point was just to support her whenever she needed it. She wasn't really a brash person but she was amiable enough to seem normal to others. The only ones that could surpass the mask that she always put on, was the boys. Jezza, Nate, Ian, Adrian, and Ashton only them.

The boys weren't exactly the ugliest guys in the world. In fact they always seemed to bring attention to themselves, especially whenever they played soccer together at their current high school. Many young woman were always lovestruck, especially since they were athletic and many girls liked having an athletic love interest. They always laughed and joked around together especially whenever the whole group was playing soccer together.

Jezza, Nate and Adrian were actually the oldest of the bunch. They were in fact going to be Seniors in August. While the other three were supposed to be Juniors. Of course the other three decided to skip a grade so that they could all be together in a classroom when they were younger. Ian, Ashton and Zafyra skipped the second grade with a lot of effort. They usually studied together so that the three could catch up to the others and after many hours of studying they eventually got what they wanted. They finally got into the same classroom and grade!

Jezza had straight wavy-ish brown hair that stuck up at the top, messily that it gave him a bad-boy look. He was tall and had shiny brown eyes. His looks were simple but with the way he carried himself and his overall aura, he naturally caught a lot of attention by himself. He was obviously the most amiable out of the group naturally but, he was also the most scariest when he turned serious which naturally made him a leader.

Nate on the other hand had straight dirty-blonde hair that was pulled into a raked back pompadour, a couple of strands hanged at the front and sides. He was a little shorter than Jezza but was actually much more muscular than him. He had green eyes and he looked like a future businessman. He was the most serious and responsible person of the group.

Adrian was shortest out of the guys, at the height of 5'10. He was had light brown skin because he was latin. He had brown hair and light brown eyes. His hair was curly and it stuck up at the top. By far Adrian was the clown of the group he knew how to make anyone laugh.

Ian was taller than all of them, he had sea blue eyes which showed his charm. He had blonde hair and a defined jawline, with his hair stuck up messily. Ian was the most flirtatious guy Zafyra had ever encountered but he was cool to be around.

Lastly, Ashton had beautiful hazel eyes just like Zafyra. He had wavy black hair that was swept to the side showing his carelessness. He had a smooth jawline and was taller than Nate. He always had a mysterious aura which drove great interest in people. Ashton was the least talkative of the group, but he was an observant chill guy.

Finally it was time to prove themselves to their parents after doing the 'test' 2 times already. Hopefully third times a charm right? They walked out of the room and first went to the shooting rink. There they met all their parents talking with one another. The rule about the shooting rink was that they got 12 moving targets but they could only miss 2 bullets. This was hard because each person individually had to react rapid enough to catch the target. The last time they all did the 'test' they all ended up hitting only 9/12 targets which was a terrible way to loose. They were all so close yet so far. This time they must ace this part of the test, there was no question to that.

Ashton was the first one to man up and go first. He was confident in his ability this time. The timer counted off 3,2,1 and the light went green. Ashton knew already that there was about 4 targets in the first minute. POW! POW! POW! POW! He hit to the right, left, up and finally left. He got the first 4 shots on target, but that wasn't impressive. It wasn't impressive because they were the easy, slow targets. The next 5 targets were faster but he shot them all. Finally, the hardest 3 final targets came. This was generally where the guys messed up since they pop up randomly. Meaning they could pop up behind him or to the side. Ashton took his concentration level to its max, he was ready for the blue targets to pop up. POW! POW! POW! Ashton finally did it! He hit all the targets on point and he was so proud of himself. Of course he didn't show it on his aloof face but Zafyra knew he was proud. Then the next person came and it was Jezza.

Meanwhile Zafyra was just watching them from the computer lab. The only people that could see the test taken place were people that already passed it. So naturally all the parents and Zafyra were there. She was proud to see that her best friends all passed the shooting 'test'. Even though they all didn't hit all targets but she was proud of them for passing this part.

"ZyZy so we were thinking that once you guys graduate from high school that maybe you guys could live in the mansion together. You know because you guys are inseparable and we know very well your situation so we offer you to come live with them! Also we were thinking of preparing you guys more to take over the group and we want the boys to take over our companies." said aunt May sweetly. Zafyra knew very well that they were trying to help her but Zafyra couldn't help but feel a little bit of a nuisance. She wanted to create her own company too! She wanted to own something by herself and that was what she planned as her goal this year.

"Uh thanks for the offer aunt May.... I'll think about it...." Zafyra immediately turned her attention towards the boys entering the computer lab after, they did their language test. They all could feel tension between aunt May and Zafyra. So they decided to intervene.