dangerous (berleezy)

five

𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲.. my dad finally came back home from his work trip and my parents have done nothing but argue since.

they called for Ryder and i to go to the living room for a family meeting, i already have a horrible gut feeling about this..

"let me just start with- there's no easy way to say this. uhm so you guys have probably noticed your mother and i arguing more than usual recently.." my father starts.

"which i want to apologize because you guys shouldn't have to hear that" my mom adds.

"let me just get to the point, we are getting a divorce" he says making me just look at them in disbelief.

"what does that mean?" Ryder asks.

"it means we are separating, we will no longer being living together. i'm moving back to New York to further my career and you guys will be staying here with your mom"

"so does that mean we get two christmases?" Ryder questions.

"in a sense yeah" my mom replies.

"awesome!! you hear that Nova? we get double presents!" he looks at me with a smile.

i look at him with a blank expression not understanding how he could be happy right now "yeah.."

feeling overwhelmed, i get up and walk outside to get some fresh air. i sit down on the curb and try to process what just happened.

i mean yeah, they have been arguing a lot recently even before he left on his work trip but isn't that what couples do? aren't they supposed to work through it? maybe talk it out?

maybe the version of love i know and seen from them isn't really love..

i decide to get up and walk across the street to see if Berlin was home or not. since his parents aren't together, i feel like he'd be a great person to get insight from.

"hey baby, what're you doing here?" Regina asks with a smile.

"hey uh- is Berlin here by chance?"

"yeah he's in his room, come in" she says.

"thank you, i just really need to talk to him right now"

she yells out for him to come here, few minutes later he walks to where we are.

"what's up? oh- hey Nova" he smiles.

"hey"

"i'll leave y'all to it, remember to keep that door open boy even if i'm not here" Regina says walking out the front door.

"what's wrong? you wanna talk about it?" he looks at me concerned.

"yes i do actually" i say while we start walking to his room.

i explain the situation to him and everything that was said, even Ryder's comments.

"awe Nova i'm sorry girl, our life's are more similar than i thought they were" he says bringing me into a hug.

"does it ever get easier?" i look up at him.

"to be honest, not really but it's one of those things where you just learn how to live with it" he explains looking down at me.

he wipes the tear falling down my cheek with his thumb then goes back into the hug "you know i'm always here for you though"

"yeah i know and i really deeply appreciate you for that" i sigh.

"can i stay here for a bit? i really don't wanna go back home"

"of course, stay as long as you want" he smiles.

i smile back and we kind of just stare at each other for a moment, taking in one another's presence.

"am i interrupting something?" Britani questions.

we both laugh "no you're okay"

"okay cool, mom just wanted me to let you know i was leaving" she says walking away before he could even respond.

we pull away from the hug and he lays back down on his bed. i sit down beside him and watch whatever he was watching on his tv.

"you can lay down if you want, you don't have to be shy" he laughs.

"okay.. i just didn't know how your mom would react, i don't want you to get in trouble because of me" i say before laying back and getting cozy.

"nah you're good, she's not even here right now" he states.

"yeah but if she's anything like my mom, which seems to be the case then she always knows everything even if you don't tell her" i shake my head.

"yeah that's true, i still can't get over how similar we are" he says.

"me too its crazy, i feel like we're the same person just in different bodies"

"exactly my thoughts. i think the main difference between us is that you haven't been in a relationship before and i have"

"woww B way too rub it in" i laugh.

he laughs "you get the point of what i was trying to say"

"yeah yeah, ima let it slide" i say shaking my head.

"yoo i'm stealing that phrase from you"

we kept talking on and on, when his mom got home we helped her with the groceries, came back to his room and laid back down eventually falling asleep.

A/N:
their friendship is blossoming beautifully :,)

ℋℴ𝓅ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊 ℯ𝓃𝒿ℴ𝓎ℯ𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉ℯ𝓇