Destined

The Beginning

Amberlynn

Hey my name's Amberlynn. I'm 16, light skinned and I have long, dark brown hair that stops between my shoulders. In its natural state, it's curly with tightly coiled curls. I have my ears pierced and I pierced the top of my left one. I'm tall for my age, but that helps me dance well. Oh yeah, I forgot to say that I'm a dancer. My bad! I've been dancing since I was 6 years old. My best friend Devin moved next door to me when I was about 4 and he was the same age. As soon as him, his parents, and his older sister moved in, we became instant friends and we went to the same school together here in Boston, Mystic Woods Elementary. We've bonded over the 12 years we've known each other and he always calls me, "His best frienddd." If only he knew how I really felt about him, I've grown to like him more than a friend. I haven't told him cause I'm scared about how he might react and I wouldn't want him to act weird or anything after I do.

It's Saturday afternoon and I'm sitting in my room on the second floor by the window in my beanbag chair. I'm doing my Biology homework when I get a message on my phone from Devin.

" Hey Amberlynn, what you doing now?"

I reply back with, " Nothing much, just the Biology homework from class. What 'bout u?"

" I was planning on going to the mall and I wanted you to come with me. Maybe see a movie or something? "

" Sure, we could do that. What time should I be ready by?"

" Around 3 would be good."

" Ok, good, c u later."

Well, now it's about 1:00 and I wasn't planning on doing anything today but my homework so I was going to wash my hair. But now I gotta wash it earlier than I wanted to. Oh well, it's for Devin after all.

After I washed my hair, I decided to leave it curly and put a gold headband over it. I put on a little bit of some nude lip gloss and some mascara. I put on a black and gold crop top and a pair of dark washed skinny jeans. I looked around my closet for my gold 2-inch wedges and I found them after a little rummaging around. I put them on and looked at my reflection in my full length mirror, thinking about the rest of my day.

It was about 2:30 when I was done with everything, including makeup, I headed downstairs and I saw my brother watching the basketball game that was on for the night. He looked at me and smiled.

" What you smilin' for, bro?"

" Nothing, I'm just admiring my little sister and how she's grown up."

" Quit smilin', NJ!"

" Okay, geez, I was just complimentin' you."

" I know, love you bro!!!"

Shortly after I said that, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and Devin was standing there looking cute as ever. I didn't realize he said something cause I was staring at him.

" Lynn, hello? I'm talking to you."

I snap out of my daze. " Huh, what did you say?"

" I said, are you ready?"

" Oh yeah, of course I'm ready. "

I tell NJ bye and we start walking out to the car that belongs to his older brother. He breaks the silence by telling me something I didn't expect.

" By the way, you look gorgeous today. I mean you look gorgeous everyday but today with all the gold, you look like treasure."

I was so surprised and shocked at this that it took a while to register.

" Thank you Devin, you look great too."

He was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and his blue and white Jordans. His hair was nicely curled as always and he smelled like cologne. He was wearing a gold chain that had a diamond at the bottom around his neck. His light brown eyes lit up when I told him that.

" Thank you Lynn, 'preciate that."

" Of course."

We got in the car which smelled like him. I closed my eyes for a while to just process where I was and who I was with. Devin tapped my hand and I opened my eyes.

" What you doing, girl? Thinking or something?"

" Yeah, I'm thinking about what's just going on now and what I want out of life. Like, what job I want."

" Oh ok, cool. That's cool, I've been thinking about my future too."

I thought about telling Devin about my feelings for him, but I decided now was not an appropriate time or place for that. He started the car and we began our drive, starting up a conversation.

So, tell me what you think about the first chapter!
Do you think Amberlynn would tell Devin?
Does Devin feel the same about Amberlynn?

Comment and vote!!!
This is my first time writing a story like this and I would really appreciate any feedback on how and where the story should go.