"She was still in love with you, you know?"
"She wasn't, if she was, why would she agree to break up? People in love don't do that Delilah! It doesn't work that way."
She stared at the phone, pressed against her palm before facing him again.
"Doe...
Closing the door behind her, young Marianna Smith walked into the Joyner's house. Elena had texted her that she would be in her room, so Marianna would immediately walk through the livingroom to the stairs. She took her shoes off and walked into the kitchen and the livingroom, typing away on her phone. Her mother always told her to tell her where she went, even though the Joyners lived around the corner and their house was basically her second home at this point. This fact was exactly what Owen Joyner touched upon the moment her hand touched the door knob which would lead her to the first floor of the home where her bestfriends room was located.
"You basically live here and as a repayment you stopped greeting me huh? I thought we had a moment a few weeks ago. Finally started to become friends." The boy was laying on the couch in his sweatpants, watching how i met your mother. That's what it looked like atleast. The blonde went back to the "moment" her bestfriends brother was talking about in her mind and remembered how he helped her avoid detention. Even though she thanked him sincerely and would do it as often as she could, she also knew how big of an ego the 18 year old had. She couldn't blame him though. Let's be honest here, Owen Joyner was hot. Not that she would ever admit that to him. He also snogged and flirted with every girl he layed his eyes on, which reminded Marianna why she could better stay away from him as a love interest. Not that she ever thought of him that way .... So, as a way to mess with him and his ego, she simply replied with. "What moment?"
A flash of hurt shot through his eyes (unbeknownst to the girl in front of him) and he felt his heart sink. Owen didn't want to admit it, but since that wednesday that he helped her avoid O'Briends wrath, he started to look at his sisters bestfriend differently. It was like he finally realised who she really was: a smart, kind girl who deserved the world who he so desperately hoped he could give her one day. That and she wasn't ugly either, she was beautiful even. But, he couldn't tell her that. At least not yet. So he tried to turn the feeling off and did what he always did when he was hurt; Use sarcasm to make the situation somewat better for himself.
"You don't remember? Ouch Smith that hurts."
Marianna, oblivious to the boys feelings, laughed. "No you idiot, ofcourse i didn't forget. You saved my ass out there." He looked up at her as he was standing next to the couch with a big smile on her face. " I was just messing with you and that big ego of yours." He rolled his eyes. "It's not that big." Now it was her turn to imitate his reaction by rolling her eyes. "Ofcourse not. Tell that to the female population of this town." He laughed sarcastically and shooed her away. "Don't you have somewhere to be?" She raised an eyebrow. "Sending me away now are we? Well then. See you later Joyner" She turned around and opened the door but stopped on the first step. "Oh and Owen? I thought we were friends already." As she winked, she closed the door and walked upstairs. Totally missing Owen's huge smile and light blushing cheeks.
"I was wondering where you were." Elena said as the door to her room opened, revealing her blond bestfriend. "Sorry, your brother kept me busy." The brunette looked up, her green eyes got bigger and Marianna paused for a second. "That sounded wrong ....." Elena agreed. "So wrong."
Dismissing the subject of Marianna and Owen, the girl started asking about Elena's life in that matter instead. "Soooo... how are you and your brothers bestfriend doing?" She smirked. Elena glanced at her mumbling a few words but her face betrayed her as it got redder and a blush appeared without her control. That's what Mari was waiting for. "Incredible i assume? Judging by your face that is." In response she got a push on the shoulder which almost made her fall of the king sized bed onto the hard floor. "That confirmed my suspicion. Now spill." Elena looked up and let out a sigh. "Fine..."
* 1 notification from snapchat*
Once home again, Marianna was doing her homework while listening to spotify on her laptop. She saw her phone light up and looked at it, deciding it would count as a break of some sort. The messenger surprised her though and a weird expression reached her face.
A message from Owen Joyner.
Even though the two had eachothers contact info, they never talked through social media. There wasn't a specific reason for that lack of contact. They just didn't think it was important. Until now apparently.
She opened the snap, which was just a normal streak snap, as it seemed. She couldn't shake the feeling in her stomach though so as one does, she messaged back
She put her phone down again and tried to finish her homework as fast as possible. Her head kept going back to their short conversation and she decided in that moment, that she wouldn't tell Elena that her brother was talking to her in any other way than when they bumped into eachother either at school or at her home. She could already imagine Elena's judgemental stares as she told her the news. "Why would you talk to him?" She would say. No, it was for the better if the Smith girl kept it silent.
At least for now.
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A/N
Hello lovelies
Well the secret is out. Mr. Joyner has a crush 👀 question is though: how long will it take before she returns the feelings.
I guess we'll never know *plays tiktok sound*
No i'm kidding, but from now on it'll be a rollercoaster. We're still in 2018 rn and the prologue is set in 2021 so yeah.
That and i wanna write about them together already. Owen and Marianna are my babies soo
