mango pepsi (whats ur favorite soda p2)

i am addicted to mango pepsi

no one else really gets it

thirty cans always in the cafeteria

pretty sure i'm the only one who buys it

but its so perfect

sweet, fruity with classic cola taste

generally i'm more of a coke fan but nothing hits like mango pepsi

i've only seen it in one place

the school cafeteria

until one day last month

no more mango pepsi

i mourned the loss and switched to cherry coke

but i still miss mango pepsi

the cafeteria tried to replace it:

oreo coke, strawberry doctor pepper, starburst ice all flood the shelves

nothing hits like mango pepsi

there's this guy

i met him getting checked for scoliosis by the nurse

i know, real life changing moment

but

there's something about him that's just so electric

he's not a bad boy or playing hard to get

my friends think he's ugly but i think he's cute

granted they don't know yet

he's sweet, bubbly, dorky and real

i went on a school field trip the next day with him

not going to lie i checked the roster for his name with my fingers crossed

i swear it was some kind of intervention

but i got moved to the seat right next to him

we talked the entire time

as much as i knew him for a week

i kind of just had the feeling hed be important

i don't know why

i told him he seems like the main character of a sitcom:

breaking the fourth wall, eccentric, genius, horribly oblivious

second conversation and he told me id become important to the story

don't think he was flirting but god it made my head all fizzy

lord i'm falling too fast

he talked to me everyday the next two weeks

i feel like he just keeps appearing

somethings strange

i don't know why he's everywhere

but it just feels important

we met up on the school lunch line

he looked at me and sighed

i cant believe they got rid of the mango pepsi

i swear it felt like everything clicked

i know its cringy

but i swear i almost floated away

i ordered my lunch while we talked

he told me i had good taste in sandwiches

it is: my sandwich choices are impeccable thank you

but i wanted to keep talking

i got it toasted

i hate toasted sandwiches

worth it

so completely worth it

its only been two weeks

i didn't even know his name two weeks ago

nothing will happen but still feels good

he'll be gone from my life in two more just like my fucking pepsi

but it's delicious while its here

and my friends always know before me

they have a sense for what i like

i got asked on a trip why i was obsessed with him

another friend guessed him first try

they still think he's ugly

but they're more cherry coke people anyway

i want to buy a can and shake the tab out

but i'm scared it'll tell me what i already know

no cola spilled on the floor