Penthouse - Lamelo Ball Story

Chapter Four

A week later

Ivy~

I've just completed my first week of school successfully. I've made a few friends, and surprisingly, I've become close to Cheryl very quickly. Initially, I didn't think we would hang out outside of school, but today we have plans to go to the mall together.

It's already noon, and I'm getting ready to meet Cheryl at 2pm. Since it takes me a while to get ready, I start preparing early. I apply some makeup and put on a nice outfit consisting of ripped skinny jeans and a white long sleeved crop top. To complete the look, I wear my favorite golden mini hoops and my nameplate necklace. By the time I finish getting ready it's already 1:30pm. I grab my purse and find my mom so she can drop me off at the mall.

When I walked out of the room, I noticed that all the boys were sitting on the couch, watching a basketball game. From their expressions, I could assume that their team wasn't winning, as every face I saw was slightly red and had frown lines engraved on them.

As we make our way towards the elevator, I take the lead as my mother and heavenly follow behind me. While walking, I find myself repeatedly glancing back towards Lamelo. Even when he's upset he still looks good.

After walking around with Cheryl for a while my stomach starts to scream at me. I've barely eaten all day. We went into the typical stores like Victoria's Secret, Forever 21, and Hot Topic. As we make our way to the food court we see a group of guys walking and me and Cheryl share a look.

They were all pretty cute however, my attention was drawn towards one particular person who seemed to be looking back at me. He was tall, with a flawless brown complexion, and his face was particularly covered by his long, dreadlocked hair. As he conversed with his friends, I could see that he had an infectious smile that lit up his face. When he smiled I noticed the bright blue braces on his teeth, which only added to his attractiveness.

I feel a little nervous as he approaches us. He greets us both before turning to me. "What's up with you?" He smiles, showing his perfect teeth.

"What do you mean?" I replied, very shocked that he came up to me in the first place.

"You're cute, can I get your insta?" He responded with a smirk plastered on his face.

"Yeah sure." I feel my cheeks heating up and turning read as I become flustered. He walks away and as soon as he's out of sight I turn to Cheryl. "Omg did you see that? He likes me and he's really cute."

Cheryl and I found a restaurant where we sat down and chatted, getting to know each other better.

"So do you find any boys at school cute?" She asks me.

"Honestly no one from school but..." Cheryl looks at me intrigued, "you know how I live in a penthouse? Well, we share the top floor with my mom's boss's family and they have sons. One of them is my age and he's really cute. His name is Lamelo."

"Omfg no way! I think I saw him come in when I was on my way out of your house the day we did our project. I thought he was your brother."

"Eww, stop don't even make me envision something like that!" We laugh and continue to talk until the waiter comes and serves us our food. After we finished eating she offered to drive me home. The ride was nice as we listened to music and bonded over some of our favorite artists.

Later in that evening I go to the kitchen and see Gelo eating cookies.

I've never really talked to him before but I wanted a cookie so I go up to him and ask. "Can I have one?"

"For sure." He responds so I invite myself to sit next to him.

We sat in silence just scrolling through our phones, It was a comfortable kind of silence though. As I'm mindlessly scrolling on Tiktok I get a message request on Instagram and see that it's the boy from the mall today. I check out his Instagram profile and he has 10k followers. His name is Jayden and he's also a basketball player. I'm about to accept his request and respond to him then Lonzo sits next to me. He invited me to his birthday tomorrow.