That One Quaterback || Darnell Hayes AU

Five

*RING RING*
"Hello?" I answered my phone with a low groan.
"You aren't up yet?" A guy answered, I pulled my phone down to see who it was and look at the time. Darnell. 8:53AM.
"It is not even nine in the morning" I slowly stated.
"What time do you normally get up on the weekends?" He asked.
"Noon," I said as my eyes finally opened.
"Homie get your ass up, you said we can spend the day together while everyone else has something planned," Darnell stated, "I'm not waiting till noon"
"Ugh fine, but we are getting coffee before we start anything," I stated, and threw my blanket off of me.

I sat up and stretched out my body. Nine in the morning? Is he serious? I went over and flung open my curtains to let in the early sun. Before I start off this day, I went to the shower so I can redo my hair and cleanse before I go out.

The water ran for about five minutes while I stripped and combed through my coarse hair while it was still straight. I opened the curtain and stepped into the shower. The water was warm and I started to wash my hair. Once I was done conditioning, I left it in while I washed my body and face. I even shaved my legs and armpits because why not show some skin, I'm single now! I stopped the shower once I finished rinsing my hair, and when I turned off the water. I stepped out of the shower and wrapped myself in a towel.

Today, I wanted to keep my hair's natural shape, so I parted it and applied my curl products, then attached the diffuser to the hairdryer. Part by part, my hair dried. My natural curls were tight and weighed down my hair, giving it length. I walked to my room to get dressed and finish getting ready. I had just shut my door when I heard a knocking at the front door. I peaked my head out my door.
"Who is it?" I screamed.
"Darnell," Darnell answered. Oh my god, what is he doing here? I'm only in a towel, and he never told me he was coming over.
"Uh- Um" I said hesitatingly, "C-Come in"

Darnell walked in and I shut my door, hoping he got the hint. I took off my towel and started to go to the closet to get my outfit for the day. I picked out a horizontal stripped shirt with a black skirt and threw it on my bed. Before I can even turn around, my door starts opening. I try to cover my parts with my hands as fast as possible.
"Stop oh my god stop!" I yelled and Darnell stood in the doorway.
"Girl you take forever to get ready, your naked still," Darnell said, staring at me, "But damn are you fine,"
"Darnell! I am trying to get dressed, I didn't even know you were on your way," I sternly stated.
"I texted you," He said and crossed his arms.
"Out! I need to get dressed," I shouted.
"I mean, your single so if I watch, it won't matter," Darnell said.
"Darnell, out, now," I sternly said.

Darnell left my room and shut my door. I was able to release my body from the uncomfortable position it was in and grab my undergarments from my dresser. Within five minutes I was fully dressed and got my shoes on. I put on a little bit of mascara and brushed through my eyebrows. I slung my small purse over my shoulder and headed to the living room, where Darnell was sitting.
"I'm sorry, you just take forever to get ready," Darnell said.
"It's okay, and I needed to shower boy, my hair needed to get done," I stated, "Now let's go, I want coffee,"

We walked out of the house and the sun hasn't even hit its peak yet. I looked at Darnell and gave him the dirtiest look and rolled my eyes. This is way too early for me to be up, it's not even ten and I'm already out of my house, not acceptable.
"So do you normally do your hair alone?" Darnell asked.
"If it's easy enough yes, like today I can, but when I'm braiding it though, Coop helps me because I normally feed in the hair add in's and it's hard when I can't see the back of my head," I answered.
"So your talented, homie you should do cornrows on my hair," Darnell added.
"Maybe," I laughed, "Braiding is a skill and it takes time, my hair takes like almost a day to do,"

We made it to the Slauson Cafe and I immediately went to order my latte, that I get every time. When I was done, I left Darnell so he could order, and I took my drink to a table and sat down. Within minutes, before Darnell got his order, I seen Cam and his friends walk in. I needed to not be too noticeable so I looked down at my phone and texted Spencer, knowing he was up.
Me: Help, Darnell woke me up before nine.
Spencer: Early bird catches the worm lol.
Me: shut up bro, and Cam just walked in
Spencer: J you can handle him
Me: do I want to? No.