Studying. Midterm. Summer vacation.
Finally..
School was out and I needed out of UCLA.
Tori and I got a beach house in Huntington. We both were out on the sand she was tanning her pale skin whist I sat under an umbrella, I wasn't trying to get darker.
"Have you spoken to Derek?" She asked as she turned over onto her stomach tanning her back.
I shook my head putting my Michael Kors sunglasses on, "nope not after that Starbucks incident."
"Has he tried to talk to you?" She asked concerned
"Yeah.. He calls me every day leaves voicemails and texts." I said as I picked up my phone. Speak of the devil.
I decided to answer this call
"Hello?"
Tori turned on her side and mouthed who is it
I mouthed back Derek.
"Mami how come you won't answer my phone calls?"
"I don't want to deal with you Derek. This whole semester was a mess. I should have listened to skate."
He paused before he spoke, "really? You're gonna listen to a guy who fucks his ex friends ex."
Tori sat up, I'm sure she heard him because Derek was yelling into the phone.
Snatch!
Tori had my phone I didn't bother to get it back, "Nathan fucked who?"
I knew Derek was sneaking a smirk behind the receiver, "your boyfriend fucked Rebecca."
Tori tossed my phone into my lap. She got up and before I could say anything she was walking away on the phone.
Oh shit..
I picked my phone up, "why'd you tell her that?"
"You weren't going to. She had to know sometime."
"Adding more to the problem.." I said quietly.
"Where are you?" He asked
"Not in town."
"I know that, where are you?"
"I'm not tellin you Derek. I don't want to see you."
Click.
I tossed my phone into my beach bag. Tori was pacing in the sand. People walking by were giving her weird looks.
She came back, eyes puffy, sniffling, tears.
"How could he?" She asked
Y'all weren't even together when it happened?
"These Cali boys I'm telling you.." I shook my head. "We should have stayed in Florida."
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Tori and I stayed on the beach until sundown. She had gotten tanner but her tan was burned. We went out to dinner where we talked of all the times we had in Florida and how we missed our other friends out there. Good thing we were saving money to go to Florida for Christmas.
We got back to our beach house were bundles upon bundles of roses were laid out on our front porch. A card was attached to one of them.
"Who did this?" Tori asked as she walked onto the porch.
Wtf..
I walked on the porch and grabbed the card
Raven
I opened the card.
Raven I know things are hard between us right now. But I want to say I'm sorry, mami.
-D Luh.
How in gods name did he find me?
I gave Tori the card and she read it rolling her eyes, "he keeps playing games with you, Ray."
I didn't want to give in to him. But he keeps doing all these cute things. Shit.
"I need to call him." I said grabbing out my phone calling off the porch calling him.
"I guess you got my roses." He said cheerfully.
"How'd you know where I was?" I asked kind of freaked out.
"Your location is on, on Twitter." He chuckled.
His laugh. Ugh.
"Turn around." He said
I turned around. He was there.
He looked cute. He was in all black.
Oppose from myself, in a dress with beach curls Tori did for me.
He walked closer. I took a step back. I was still upset with him.
"Raven stop." He begged.
Tori peeked out the window and swung the door open.
"Stay away from her." She said sternly, protectively.
Derek looked at her, "this is between us, Victoria."
"Tori go inside I got this." I said calmly.
I hope I do.
She went inside and closed the door.
Derek turned back to me tugging his lower lip between his teeth.
Now I know why he didn't want me to do that.. That was a turn on.
He stepped closer. I stood there. He got closer. My heart started to pound in my chest.
"Raven, baby listen to me.. I know you're mad at me I know that. But I'm always thinking about you. You're my down chick."
I'm his what? I must be dreaming.
"You tried to keep me up, with grades tried to show me affection and I broke all of that."
I looked down.
He lifted my chin with his finger.
Warmth. I know this feeling, we kissed.
I broke away and stepped back.
"I don't know Derek.." I said unsure of myself.
He held out a disc, "listen to this. Call me later." He pressed a kiss to my cheek as he walked off.
I looked at the disc and took it inside with all the bundles of flowers.
Luckily this house had a cd playing in it.
Plop. Shut. Click. Music.
I played the song..
Wait, down chick? He wrote this song for me..
Heart warm. Smiles. Blushing.
