𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

DARRIAN PUT HIS hands in his hair in distress, he hadn't talked to celeste in three days to be exact and he was already loosing his mind. celeste was the only that was able to put him at ease but without her he had been angry at almost everything and anything.

he had been trying to text her but she obviously didn't wanna talk to him.

right now he was in lunch where he was stressing about literally anything and everything. everybody at the table could tell something was up since darrian was being more stingy with his attitude so they just didn't say anything since they knew how he was.

but notti was fed up, he didn't like how 'his fav' wasn't coming to school just because darrian had fucked up. "nah, hold on cause can you tell me the real reason cel ain't coming to school no more? and it better no because of yo fatass." notti mugged darrian.

the boys had grown a friendship with the quiet girl, they liked how sweet she was and how she wasn't like the other girls they had talked to before.

"she mad at me for some shit i ain't even do yo." he stressed out as he thought of the girl he had grown so fond of. "not too much on wife now." dd mumbled but darrian caught the slick remark as he snap his head back he almost got a whiplash.

"nigga who's wife? cause she ain't yours." darrian spat back at his friend with anger laced with tone. "she ain't any of y'alls, the fuck?" isis finally engaged in the conversation while she placed her phone down on the table.

"it ain't my fault that this nigga is pussy whipped and cant accept the fact that his girl don't wanna talk to him right now." dd made quotation mark gestures with his hands in attempt of getting on darrian's nerve which he had successfully acceded.

"bro stop fucking playing with me yo." darrian got up and pulled up his slightly sagging pants and was ready to get up from the were he was sitting to get into fighting position but was stopped when he was blocked from isis put a arm in front of him so he couldn't get around the table.

isis glared at him making darrian mug her before she opened her mouth to speak.

"look ddot, for as long as i've known my own cousin, she's stubborn as a bitch. so if you expecting her to talk to you first, you ain't gonna hear from her in years. so my advice is to apologize let your pride go and just apologize and if that doesn't work you have to like force her to listen to you, like don't let her walk away."

darrian took the advice isis had giving him with every brain cell in his brain. now if it was anyone else he wouldn't care, but this was celeste we were talking about so he was bound to drop his pride and talk to her.

then darrian came up with a plan, a plan were he could get celeste to talk to him without her avoiding him.

"aye, isis can you do sum for me?" he asked the girl who lifted an eyebrow out of curiosity but nodded nonetheless.

notti smirked at the two, "oo, ddot bouta' get his girl backk."

CELESTE LET OUT a tired breath when she finally got the last luggage of haven's in her room. the girl had found out that haven would have to sleep in her room for a month, she didn't mind a week maybe even two weeks but a month was a stretch.

she still couldn't wrap her head around the fact why haven had to stay over at her house, they could've rented a hotel room for all she cared but now she was in the space that she only felt space she could sleep and escape all her problems.

but now she would have to deal with haven.

"yeah, can you leave it right there thanks, i guess." haven smacked on her bubble gum as she walked into celeste's room. celeste mugged the girl and walked out her own room not wanting to deal with whatever tantrum haven was gonna have.

now she had nowhere to go just because her room was her only space spot but now that was being invaded too.

she was tired and she really didn't wanna go back into well the room she now shared with haven so she got onto the cozy couch and layed across on it ready to take a long nap but was stopped when she heard her door burst open making her let out a annoyed sigh.

"crystal!"

"it's fucking celeste." she mumbled under her breath as she lifted from the comfortable couch. "what you want?" she groaned already visibly annoyed from the girl that was now getting on her nerves for everything that she had done.

"uh that big ass pink teddy bear in your room didn't mean nothin to you right?" haven asked suspiciously making celeste raise her brow. "no actually that teddy bear means a lot to me. why?" celeste responded.

haven opened her mouth an a 'o' shape making celeste more worried. "haven.. what the fuck did you do?" celeste glared at the girl who was now avoiding eye contact. she shoved haven out the why making her stumble back but she didn't even care anymore.

celeste didn't know what she was expecting when she opened the door to her room but was she was not expecting was to see the teddy bear that darrian had gifted her to be covered in a sticky liquid making it a ugly pink-brownish color.

the girl didn't know why but she wanted to burst into literal tears, maybe it was because of her flowing hormones or something but she felt so many emotions come at a fast pace. but anger was going through every spine of her body and she didn't know what to take it out on.

"my bad-" haven's voice ringed through her ears, celeste's hand was itching to hit something and haven's face was so bad of a suggestion.

the light skin girl walked over to where haven was standing and threw a punch right to her face making haven stumble back. she was sure that her fist hurt more then the punch she threw at haven.

haven then punched her in the nose as soon as she got up making celeste's eyes water a lot, even though it didn't hurt that much, haven then tried to throw a swing back at her but celeste catched her hand right in time and twisted her wrist making haven wince in pain. while haven was trying to caress the bruise that was on her wrist celeste took her head and smashed it multiple times against the door, now haven was full on yelling.

"pussy." she mumbled under her breath and tugged on haven's curls before leaving the room.

now that celeste had just done that, she was starting to regret just a little bit. she couldn't lie and say that wasn't out of line but she felt like haven deserved it even though she didn't know that the bear had a meaning to it who goes into someone's room and break there prized possessions.

and it kind of felt good since of the video she had sent of her and what celeste assumed was darrian.

celeste was more than glad that her dad wasn't home anymore to see what she made haven looked like. she knew that her staying over was a bad idea especially if she just fought her into ten minutes of staying over their house.

her mind had now rifted to darrian and how she had been avoiding him for the past few days, she still felt so bad but at the same time she was still a bit irritated you cant blame her, he literally made out with haven.

celeste got up from her seat to get a bag of takis to snack on while she watched the end of outer banks but remembered that darrian had told her 'if i'm watching a show with you, i'm the only one you watchin' it with.' but she watched it anyway.

the girl was on her second to last episode until her phone started ringing. celeste groaned and was about to ignore it but the phone stopped making her sigh in relief but,

then it started ringing again.

celeste picked up the iphone and accepted the call that she was getting from her cousin, isis. "hi pooka." she heard isis's deep voice making her laugh slightly, "you sound like a whole grown man." she joked before hearing isis suck her teeth in annoyance.

"anyways.. you tryin' to go to the park right now?" isis asked her as celeste munched on her takis. "no.." celeste replied honestly making isis groan silently.

"but there's somethin i wanna show you." isis lied. celeste was now getting suspicious since why couldn't she just show her through face time. "just show me on here."

"no. it's really important, just meet me there." and with that isis hanged up. celeste knew that if she didn't go she wouldn't hear the last of it from her so she got up from the couch to change into something warmer.

as soon as she was gonna open her bedroom door isis flew it open and stomped out of the house when celeste heard the front door slam. she let out a laugh at her angerness before getting ready.

celeste quickly changed into a pair of green sweatpants that had white hearts on the bottom of it, a light green hoodie over her white tank top and she slid her white crocs onto her feet.

she pulled her loose curls into a messy bun and left out two strands of hair in front of her eyes, walked out her room then grabbed her phone and stufffed it in her pocket before leaving the house.

celeste walked through the way of the park that was connected to the basketball court were her and darrian had met. when she made it to the park she looked for isis's figure since the street lights were already turning on.

the girl was beginning to get worried because she didn't see isis so she walked around for a few minutes until she saw someone, but from afar it didn't look like her older cousin. the figure started to walk towards celeste making her back away slowly.

she walked back until her back was against one of the small tables.

"leste?" the voice spoke and celeste knew that voice all too well. celeste internally rolled her eyes knowing that she was set up.

celeste let out a annoyed sigh and was about to walk away but darrian pulled her by the waist with one hand holding her firmly so she couldn't walk away.

celeste tried to strangle out of his grip but darrian wasn't having any of it. "listen, leste- bro let me talk to you." his voice was getting slightly annoyed but he tried to keep his nerves low. "oh my god." celeste mumbled and successfully made it out and shoved him away getting ready to make a run for it.

darrian sighed in annoyance before putting down the bouquet of flowers on the table behind him before catching up to celeste and grabbed her by the waist with both hands this time.

he made her turn around and grabbed her throat, not enough to make it hurt but enough for her to like it. his point was proven when she heard her breath hitch making him smirk.

"you gonna listen to what i gotta say, m'kay?" he asked her but her expression didn't change, celeste just rolled her eyes. "okay?" he squeezed her throat lightly making her her nod.

"okay." he let out a nervous breath as he let go of celeste's throat. celeste crossed her arms and looked at her imaginary watch on her wrist before looking back up, "clocks ticking." she sassily said.

"look. that fuckin' video of haven what you thought was me, wasn't fucking me. like bro- that nigga dead don't even like me." he exaggerated his words by using his hands. celeste looked away not wanting to believe him, "that's not what it looked like though." she mumbled but it was loud enough for him to hear.

"bro what? yo look." he pulled out his phone and glided through it to show her the video that was in much better quality. he handed the phone to celeste and zoomed into the guy that celeste supposedly thought was him.

"that isn't fucking me." he said while she looked at the video.

it finally clicked.

the guy haven was making out with has his curls out while darrian hadn't even met haven when his curls were out, she had his hair braided for him before he even met haven.

"oh." she let out, realizing she was wrong this whole time. and she was mad at him for no reason. this whole entire time.

"and bro why would i kiss her, when it's so obvious i like you." he points at her like he was trying to prove something. this took celeste by surprise as she tilted her head in confusion gesturing for him to continue.

"like bro. bro. i fucking like you, like i feel like my world literally fucking stops when i'm not around you. celeste, your the only girl i want. like i want us to be together." he stresses and picked up the black and white roses from the table and placed them in celeste's hand.

she didn't say anything. instead she stood looking at him wide-eyed, still taking the information she was just given. there was a silence between the two before celeste took a hand and slid it across darrian's cheek, sending him a loving gaze as she bit her lip in thought before going in for it.

"you always know what to say."

and with that celeste pressed her soft lips against his taking him by surprise but he welcomed the feeling of her lips on his. darrian slipped his hands around her waist and pulled her in closer as much as he could.

they pulled away for an instant, then devoured each other. the kiss started getting needy and rough as the two kept exploring each other. in between the long kiss celeste let out breathy sounds as darrian had more of a tight grip on her hips as he sucked on her bottom lip.

this time celeste was the one to pull away first and connect there foreheads to more, inches away from each other with their eyes closed. they were breathless from the longing kiss and just wanted to be close to each other.

"i'm sorry, for- um, ignoring you-" she tried to say breathlessly but wasn't even able to talk properly making darrian smile softly at her tone. he cupped her face and pressed a soft kiss on her lips quickly before pulling away.

darrian backed away from celeste a bit and pulled out a silver ring that was laying in his sweater pocket. "so, like, will you be my girl?" he asked her and celeste stayed quiet pretending to think about it.

"i mean ion know.." she played clueless making darrian frown before celeste peppered kisses all over his face, "of course i will." her hand travelled from his hair to his neck. celeste slid the pretty silver ring onto her ring finger and kissed him one more time before pulling away for good.

"now let's go home, it's mad brick out here." celeste pointed out the cold weather making darrian let out a vibrating laugh since they were literally glued to each other the whole walk to celeste's house.

the two couldn't be happier.

NOTE ──── MUST BE NICE . MUST BE FUCKING NICE . i keep setting myself up for writing these lovey dovey chapters while im single asab . mbn. smh , anyways hope you guys liked this chapter see ya later pookies !