Belladonna | 18 +

Twenty five | Tours & come overs

"Jesus, you're out on the West Coast for only a month and already you're shorter than before." My brother teased me as I walked out of my building to meet him at the front.

"It's not exactly hard to beat when you're like 6'1"." I rolled my eyes.

It was true, both my brothers stood at 6'1" while I was the shortest out of all of us, standing at 5'4" on a good day.

"Or it's her fact that you just keep getting shorter." He shrugged with a smirk before he reached out to hug me. "How've you been?" He asked me.

"I've been good, you?" I asked him.

"I'm glad to be getting out of New York for a while, as much as I love it, that city is suffocating me." He chuckled.

"Tell me about it," I chuckled and he joined in.

"Where to first? I do have to say, I'm hungry so wherever we go can it please be somewhere with food," he said.

I laughed and agreed with him as we walked down the road to grab a couple drinks in the cafe not too far from my building.

We both grabbed smoothies and I took him around Berkeley to all my favorite places. At least the ones we could fit into the few hours we had together.

We'd spent the most time out along the shopping strips where he pulled me into every shop because he was looking for the perfect gift for his girlfriend since he'd promised he'd bring her back something.

"I'm telling you, a couple of good perfumes, jewelry, and something you think will suit her are good gifts." I sighed as he looked among an array of rings in Pandora.

"Is that not all a bit materialistic?" He asked me with a smile on his lips.

"Yeah but I don't know what she's like yet," I shrugged. "I'm going off something I know I'd like."

"You'll meet her at Thanksgiving." He said confidently. "You are coming home for Thanksgiving right?" He took a double take and looked at me waiting for an answer.

"I should be," I said. Currently, I have no other plans for Thanksgiving since it's not for another few weeks. "I do miss home sometimes," I added.

"Good, we'll all be home then, and you'll meet Raya." He pointed out. "This one should do right?" He asked me showing me a ring with the perfect heart-shaped gem in the middle.

"It's cute, I like that one," I said to home with a smile as I examined it.

"I'll get it for her," he said. "And maybe one of those charm bracelets things with our initials."

"Look at you, you're all soft and shit for her. Never thought my older brother would be all soft." I teased him and instead of glaring at me like he always used to, he chuckled along with me.

"What can I say, she is my favorite person. You'll get like that one day B," he patted my shoulder and turned to the shop teller assistant who helped him check out and I waited at the back of the store.

I scrolled through the apps on my phone as I waited I got a text from Reynolds.

Reynolds :)
Hi bella, I hope you're having a good time with your brother.

Me
I am thank you :))

Reynolds :)
You should come over later.

Me
Really??

I was a little surprised she'd asked me to go over to her house. I'd only been there once and to say I enjoyed my time there would be an understatement.