LAURENT'S POV

When me and Larry go to Atlantic City two weeks ago, he meet a girl there. I understand he wait for me and Chrystal for so long, but we busy. I cannot tell you what we busy for doing, because is something only we keep for ourself. I just will say that what we doing that night, if we not have protection, we gonna have a baby right now!

Anyway, back to this girl... my ex. As soon as I see her, my heart drop and I start for get really nervous. A while back, I tell for Vee about what Marisol try for do at me, and I even tell Chrystal a little bit later, but I not tell for either of them what happen after that. I not tell them because I think she will think bad about me, and I not like that. I just drink way too much and I cannot control myself. 

One night, me and Lenelle talking, and it just come out. I cry on her shoulder and she tell for me how everything ganna be oki, but it not make me feel more better. I admit, I do Lenelle wrong, but is like when I meet Chrystal, I see that I only settle for Lenelle. We never even make it official between us, but I know that when I move in with her, I kind of say I make it official without saying nothing. You know they say action speak louder than a word. 

Even if I not know Lenelle and we not have no history, I still would not like her for my brother, because she not my sister Vee. After Larry not talking for her for the longest time, of course I not gonna talk to her either, but I cannot leave the feeling that I have bias to her. My brother and her never be together, but I think is even better for them. They not have no cheating instances and no history, and even though they act fucked up to each other, every people can see that they need for be together. Of course, I tell Larry this before so many times, but he not wanna hear me. He just say how he not ever gonna be with no other girl and how he just gonna "do him". This make me so pissed, because I find Chrystal, and Vee her best friend, and she so good for him.

I know she not want him for his money or to meet celebrities. She make her own money, have all her own stuff, and she already know the famous people, but he not wanting to hear nothing from me. I let it drop, and I just leave him alone. He mess with so many other girls, but I not pay none of them no mind, but when Lenelle come along, I see how my brother look at her, and it make me scare because I think she maybe gonna tell Chrystal, and at the same time, I get jealous for Vee.

Chrystal, later that night tell for me these same things, so I knowing that I not going crazy! She clearly see it too. She say he look at Lanelle like he want to drop down to one knee right now and take her forever. When she say this, I get even more scare and jealous than before. I want to call Vee while me and Chrystal talking because I'm so pissed, but I cannot do this type of things to my twin, so I leave it.

Lanelle with us, well, I should say with Larry, for the rest of the time we stay in the city. She always keep giving me these looks like she gonna spill the beans, and I cannot get comfortable. 

On us last day, I pull her to the side when Larry and Chrystal go order us some food at McDonald's, "What the fuck you doing Lanelle!"

She give me a knowing smirk, "I want you to hurt the way you hurt me." She look over at where Chrystal and Larry standing in line and talk through her teeth, "And you don't think that I know that she's the bitch you left me for?! Laurent, I'm not stupid!" Her anger switch up and she smile then start rubbing her hand up and down my collar.

I knock her hand out the way and grab her upper arm and hiss at her, "Get the fuck off me! You fucking crazy! You wanna know why I leave you?! Because you act like this! Don't think I forget how you burn a bunch of my clothes up that one time!"

Lanelle chuckle and give me a sad puppy dog eyes, just like the crazy bitch she is, "Baby, I would've never done it if you weren't cheating on me." She step closer to me and rub my cheek, "We were meant to be together Laurent. How could you just leave me like that?!"

My eyes grow wide and I step away from her crazy ass and knock her hand away again, "Don't...fucking...touch...me! I swear to you if y-"

"If I what Laurent?!" Her face change again just that quick and she look like she wanna stab me, "All I have to do is tell your little whore who I am and-" 

She instantly stop when she see Larry and Chrystal coming back with our orders. I smile at my brother, but he can tell something wrong, but Chrystal don't notice. Sometimes I hate being a twin. I can never hide shit from Larry. He give me a look like I need for tell him later on what happen and I crumble inside.

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Lucky for me, he forget about what happen. When we get back from our trip, all the time, all Larry talk about is her and how great and beautiful and special she is. Not even a week after we meet her and we all go back home from our vacation, my twin meet up with her a few times when he find out she live in New York too. I try for make him not go, but he not listen to me.

When we run into her at the mall one day, Larry was overjoyed. She trying to make all this plans with him, but I cut in and I quickly tell for her that we only here for the summer and that we not gonna be here no more because we gonna go back home. She look so sad and it make me kinda happy, but Larry turn around and tell for her that she should come and visit us in Paris one day! I thought he just kidding, but when I look to him to tell him with my eyes what he is doing this for, he not look at me at all. I can feel that he know what I was trying to do, so he purposely not looking at me in the eyes. On top of all that, he look like he mean everything he say.

VEE'S POV

I honestly didn't know what the fuck to do in that instance. I must've stared at my phone for 20 minutes, re-reading what I just saw. I decided to go to his page. I haven't seen him in so long, that the first photo that popped up made my heart race. I started scrolling down until I saw the last video he posted on his timeline. I wanted to hear his voice. I needed to hear it.

I scooted myself to the back of my bed, resting my back on the headboard and took a deep breath before hitting play.

"Hey guuuuuys!" I missed him. I didn't know how much until I was able to see him and hear his voice. That was the first thing I heard, and instead of giving me butterflies, I had birds in my stomach, flocking around, their feathers brushing away and massaging my heart. It looked like they were outside walking down the street. I couldn't see anyone else, because his face and chest were the only thing within the camera frame, but I heard Chrystal's loud ass talking on the phone to someone.

"We in Atlantis Cityyyyy!" Larry playfully yelled in the Instagram video.

I saw the camera slightly drop and his head turn to the right just as I heard Lau's voice off camera, "Ahh my gaaawd Larry! You so stupid bro, is not Atlantis City, is Atlantic City!"

Larry smacked his lips and rolled his eyes. Bringing his camera back up to frame his face, he started again, as if it was his first time recording, "Hey guuuuuys! We in Atlantic Cityyyy!" Exagerating the word 'Atlantic', he turned towards Lau again, "You happy now?"

The video ended and I burst out laughing. I tapped the video twice, then I played it maybe ten more times before closing IG. Something was giving me the courage to call him. I went to my contacts and scrolled down to the L's. I saw Lau's name, but not Larry's. I frowned realizing that I forgot I had deleted his number.

I smacked my lips and laid my head back on the headboard, closing my eyes. I shot my head up a few seconds later when I remembered that we used to text each other. I deleted his number, but not the texts!

I went through my message history until I came across a sender with no name. I scrolled through the conversations to confirm that it was his.

I hesitated for a few seconds before hitting the call button and listened to it ring...

LARRY'S POV

This girl, this girl, this girl..... We been spending almost everyday talking on the phone, and I really starting to dig her. I not looking for a girlfriend or nothing, but she got potential to maybe for be mine. Is just suck that we only gonna be here maybe another month, then we going back to Paris.

I invited Lenelle over today to hang out at my place, and she on her way now. I decided to make some sandwiches and popcorn for us, and I pick out a couple funny movies for us to watch. I have them all laid out on the coffee table in the living room.

I was changing my shirt because I got some Dijon mustard on it. I got one arm through my shirt when I heard knocking at my door.

I yelled out, "Hold on!" I was putting the rest of my shirt on as I walk to the door.

"Hiii!" She said when I open the door to let her in. She was looking so good! She had on some white leggings with a oversize brown sweater and Timberland boots. I love her style so much.

I bring her in for a hug and she walk over to the couch to sit down. I go to the kitchen and bring over the sandwiches.

"What movie you wanna watch?" I ask for her as I show her all the potential movies I pick out.

"Ummm." She think really hard. I was hoping she say Elf, but I can tell on her face, she not really like none of them.

"Hey, how about we watch a scary movie!" She do her hands in an up and down motion while she sprinkle her fingers like she a ghost.

"Non, I no like scary movies." I tell for her as nice as I can.

"Oh, okay. Well, ummm," she lean over the table to look at the movies again.

She scrunch her eyebrows up at me and give me a sad look, "Honestly, I don't like any of these. I'm into scary movies though! Or even documentaries!" She say this matter-of-factly, and it make me cringe internally. I guess she not as perfect for me as I think. I finally find something we not have in common, and movies be one of them. Just for make her happy though, I let her go on Netflix and pick something since I don't have nothing she like. I put my DVD's away in the display cabinet.

"How about this one?" She say excitedly. My back still facing her since I on the other side of the room by the tv, so she not see how I make an annoyed face when I look at the screen. She have The Babadook displayed. I just tell for her that I non like for watch scary movies. I don't feel like saying nothing no more, so I just let her pick it.

"I loooove this movie so much!" She press play and I go to sit down next to her and grab my sandwich, "So it's about this boy, right? And he..." She start telling me the whole movie while the intro and credits start to play.

We deep into the movie, and it was really scary, and I start to get uncomfortable. I was starting to get irritated, because the whole time we watching it, she looking over at me to make sure I watching and getting scared at the right parts.

"Did you see that?! OMG, wasn't that scary?" She continue on like this through the movie. Even if I did like it, she ruin it because she constantly talking and telling me what about to happen before it do. What irritate me the most was she keep saying 'OMG, OMG'. She not even say the whole phrase, just OMG, like she in high school or something. Little things she do here and there was really getting on my nerves, and I honestly cannot wait until she leave.

I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket and I take it out for see who it is. My heart stop when I see her number. I delete her number a long time ago, but I recognize it, so I know is her. I look over at Lenelle, and she still talking my ear off, but her eyes are on the tv.

I get up to go to the bathroom.

"Where you going?" She ask me. I almost want to roll my eyes, but I just smile at her, "I need for use the bathroom. I be right back."

"Oh, okay!" She smile back at me and grab her sandwich. She tuck her feet into her legs and take a bite and start watching the movie again. I shake my head and head to the back of my apartment.

By the time I reach the bathroom, my phone stop ringing, so I call her back.

"Hello?" She answer on the first ring.

"Sorry, I try for answer before it hang up." pregnant pause, "How are you?"

I can hear her breathing kind of fast, and I realize that I'm doing the same. She make me feel the same way I did when I have my first crush when I was younger.

"I'm fine. Ummm, I just came back from a trip, so I'm really feeling refreshed and brand new." She tell for me with a soft laugh. Her voice so soft and gentle; is like the best music to my ears and it give me butterflies. I smile at this and I take a seat on the closed lid on the toilet.

"Oh really? Well, tha's good. Yeah, I see you trip on you stories. I'm sure you know..."

I can hear her smile over the phone, "Yeah, I saw that. Looks like you took a little trip yourself too. How was it? Did you guys have fun?"

I feel kind of guilty all of a sudden. Is not help that the girl I meet when I was on the trip with Chrystal and my twin is sitting in my living room right now too. I start to play with a square from the tissue roll sitting in the holder by the sink. I not know why I do this, but I need something for keep me from getting nervous.

"Uh, yeah, it was cool. We go for Atlantis- I mean Atlantic City for have a break." I make sure for exaggerate the word 'Atlantic' and I hear her laugh at my mistake and I laugh too, remembering how Lau have for correct me for saying it wrong.

"Atlantisssss!" She say this for tease me and it make me laugh again.

"Shutup. You try for be Lau now?" I shake my head with a smile.

"I'm just messing with you Larry."

There was another pause before she say, "But yeah, I'm glad you had fun Larry. You sound happy, so that makes me happy." 

I can hear her smiling again.

"Thanks and I'm glad you had fun and you all refreshed and shit too!"

We sat on the phone listening to each other breathing in comfortable silence.

"Yeah, it's crazy, because my Uber driver that picked me up from the airport just came back from a trip too. I thought that maybe that was a sign for me to call you. I guess everyone needs a break from life every now and then." she chuckled.

"Oh really? Yeah, I guess so! So, ummm what you have planned since you be back? Like, you have any shoots coming up or anything?"

She let out a sigh, "Yeah, I have a few shoots lined up, mostly film stuff, so I'm really excited to start back working. I'm going to be extra busy, but I love my job, so I'm not complaining. What about you?"

"Me and Lau taking a break since the tour is done now. Workshops here and there, but..." I pause, because I not like what I about to tell for her, "We only have a month left here, then we heading back to Paris."

She hesitate, "Oh." Now she sound so sad and I feel bad for tell her.

"I mean, if you want, I thinking that we should meet up before we go though!"

"Ummm, yeah, of course! I mean, like I said, I'm going to be pretty busy, but I'd really love to hang out or whatever."

I nod my head in agreement, then she say, "Larry? I'm not going to lie. I really miss you. I hate that we stopped speaking again. A lot of it is my fault, I know. And that phone conversation I had when you left my house." She pause, "God, I feel so stupid. I want to tell you now, but I prefer to do it in person. I can be stubborn and a pain in the ass sometimes, so I'm really sorry. I just wa-"

There was a knock at the door while she still talking. I still have my phone up to my ear and I close my eyes and drop my head. That fast, I forget that Lenelle was here.

"What's taking you so long silly?" she giggle.

I hurry to cover the speaker on the phone by hugging it to my chest so Vee cannot hear her. I hope she not hear her. I shake my head in annoyance, "Yeah, I be right there." I say quiet.

I put my ear back to the phone, "Listen, I sorry for cut you off, but I gotta go. I'll text you later, oki?"

"Sure! Umm, is everything okay?"

"Yeah of course! I just forget I have for do something real quick. I promise I wanna talk more with you, but I need to get off."

"Okay, yeah, no problem! Well, it was nice to hear your voice again."

I smile with a heavy guilty heart for let her go like this, "Same here. I talk to you later."

"Okay. Ummm, A bientôt (see you soon). I hope I said that right." I hear her smiling again and it make me smile wider, especially since she make a effort to talk to me in my language.

"Yeah, you say it right." my heart flutter, "A bientôt."

I hear her phone hang up. I open the door and Lenelle there smiling at me. I return her smile, but I have for force it on my lips, and it never meet my eyes.