What Makes The Heart Grow Fonder✔

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"Aye, wait!" Devin called to Sabrina as she headed straight for the front doors of the school.

She turned around calmly but irritated by the way he had treated her. Normally if someone had shut her out like that she would never speak to them again like they never met and felt no remorse, but she still had a thing for him.

"I'm sorry. I was stupid for even thinking it was coo to do you like that."

A small smile appeared on her face. "So you probably was a total mess while I was in New York. You went days without talking to me then."

He looked down. "Yeah I was upset with you."

"Why?"

"Well it wasn't just you, it was everybody. I had got some good news and I shared it with people I'm close with and they all had some hating shit to say. So then I FaceTimed you, looking for some encouragement, and you didn't answer. So I just became frustrated and had this fuck everybody mindset."

Sabrina sighed and was relieved that his problem wasn't anything major. It was still stupid to her, but at least he came back to his senses.

"I'm sorry, it was a busy week. But I'm here now so what was the big news?" She asked eagerly.

"I got two full ride scholarships to the University of Akron and O State." He playfully acted cocky.

She pushed his chest, "look at you!"
But then she remembered that him going off to college would separate them.

"You're choosing Akron U right?" She started playing with her fingers, just hoping he would choose the city that's much closer to home.

He shrugged, "whatever my heart tells me. Haven't decided yet forreal."

She became nervous. To Sabrina, a life without Devin is meaningless.

"Devin, I gotta tell you something." She said, appearing to be insecure about what she was gonna say next. What is he gonna think after I tell him.

"Dev! Coach said you got two minutes to get out to the field before every body do wall squats. So bring yo ass cause I'm not about to suffer for you."

Sabrina's POV 🖤

So much of enjoying the relief of finally getting that off my chest. He just had to interrupt.

"Look, I'll text you when I get home, is that cool?" Devin said, pulling me into a quick innocent hug and starting to walk off.

"Yea, I understand."

I left out the school, and like every day I started searching for my mom's car.

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"I want to thank you all for coming out to help celebrate me and my boyfriend's new addition. Please help yourself to all the food in the back."

I was already slamming on my food at the table. Only reason I came to this baby shower is because Gisselle asked me to help decorate and prepare food. It's her sister or cousin that's pregnant.

Interrupting my meal, Gisselle came behind and tapped my shoulder. "Can you help me refill the punch bowl?"

She was wearing a royal purple dress with gold heels. I wore a black tight dress with lace sleeves and black heels.

"Fine." I got up and followed her into the area where the juice, ginger ale and ice was,

"Can I please have everyone's attention please!" The father-to-be stood from his seat, leaving his pregnant girlfriend wondering.

Gisselle and I continued to fill the bowl with ice.

"As you all know, I am with this beautiful woman sitting next to me because I love her. But why do I love her? I'm glad y'all asked."

Laughter rolled over the crowd and I even chuckled myself.

"I'm in love with this woman, because of who she is, and who she has helped shape me to be. She's beautiful inside and out, truly kind-hearted, not a mean bone inside of her. She helped me overcome a lot in my past and shown me how to be a more positive person and a better man all together. Never has she left my side or been disloyal. And when you find someone like that....you need to keep them around forever."

It felt like the room had paused. Gisselle and I had both turned around and watched since everyone else's attention was on them as well.

He continued, "my family is here, her family is here. So this is the most perfect time to ask this woman that I love so much........" he got down on one knee and pulled out a black ring box from his pocket.

Everyone gasped and quickly got out their phones and started snapping pictures. My heart smiled as well.

"Gabriella Tanai Watson, please make me the happiest man on this earth, be with me forever, as my beloved wife."

I was so touched and almost cried as if he was asking me the question. I couldn't help but to think about Devin in a moment like this, and I wondered if this will happen to me in the future I want it to be Devin because I really like him. I wish he could just read my heart.

"YES! Of course I'll marry you."

Everyone smiled and cheered and I clapped as well. I can only imagine how this moment felt to her.

When I first got to this shower, I was perfectly fine. But now that all this lovey dovey stuff is happening I started to go back to feeling sick at heart and different shades of blue. Maybe my brother was right, I'm probably in love. But there's been so many times that I have been told that I'm too young to grasp the true meaning of that word, and I started to believe it. So how do I know if I'm either in love or in love with love?

I always wanted to be loved and cherished by someone other than my family. Someone that will tell me they love me the same way my parents do but have a slight different meaning and tone when they do so. I want to be someone's everything, someone's right hand, someone's friend for life.

When I met Devin, I felt something much stronger than a friendship between us. In the first week of meeting each other, we had a bond so strong, it was like we were one! I would talk to him like I had knew him for years and he was the same way. It was easygoing like the ocean and nothing was forced. Everything just fell in place without us trying.

I don't know about you, but someone like that can never be let go-you should never want to, and physically, spiritually and emotionally it just can't be done because they're obviously apart of your destiny.

Me and Devin will most likely always be friends, but because of how well our spirits connect at a friendship level, I don't think I'd want to be with anyone else. I can't see that happening at all.