23 year old Normani Kordei has to work to make ends meet for her and her younger sister, Zendaya. With their parents passing from a tragic accident, their worlds are turned upside down.
Lauren Jauregui is a world renowned artist who was lucky enoug...
It's been 3 weeks since me and Lauren went to Coney Island and we've continued to get to know each other more, though I've still managed to not reveal much. I'm starting to develop strong feelings for her even though I keep trying to push it away, it just won't leave. She's asked me on a date twice already but me being me, turned her down with no explanation. Tonight we're going skating and she'll be here any minute.
"Maniiii why can't I come?" Zendaya whines
"How many times I gotta tell you it's 21 and above?" I groan
"I can easily go in with you, you know that! One glance of ID and you can let me in if you wanted" She says
"Look little girl you and Rowan are not coming" I laugh
"My mom would be fine with it" Rowan says
"Too bad y'all not coming" I mumble
"I know why you don't wanna take us, you wanna be alone with Lauren" Zen smirks
"No I don't" I say
"Then why can't we come?" Rowan asks
"If I give y'all money would y'all shut up?" I ask
They smile at each other then nod their heads, I roll my eyes and give them 30 each.
"Z open the door" I say after a rhythm of repeated knocks hit it
In walks Lauren with a smile on her face.
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She greets the other two then comes up to my side and hugs me.
"Hey Mani" She says in a cute little voice
"Hey" I smile
"I'll be back around 3, go nuts" I say
We arrive at the place and show them our ID, we get our skates and I drag her onto the rink.
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"Race 1 lap?" I ask
"You're on" She smirks
I take off with her hot on my tail and even though it was looking like a tie at first, she won.
"I think you totally cheated" I say while playfully folding my arms
"I smell a sore loser" She smiles
She unwraps my arms and interlocks our fingers, we skate over to the bar.
"Serious question" She says while drinking her drink
"I'm listening" I say
"Every time I ask you out why do you say no with no explanation?" She asks
I stare at her, analyzing the confusion in her eyes. Making me feel even more bad about it.
"I'm sorry" I say
"I don't want an apology, I want a valid answer" She says
"I have a very high guard and I don't wanna risk anything by lowering it" I say
"So basically you're scared and you don't trust my intentions" She says
I nod my head and she grabs my hand again.
"Why?" She asks
"I like you a lot Lauren, more than I wanted to but it's a long story that would take hours" I sigh
"I'm willing to listen" She says
"It's gonna take some time cause the last person I opened up to threw it all back at me whenever he could" I say
"Well I really like you and wanna know what makes you, you, so let's make a deal, whenever you're ready, once a week you tell me whatever you feel comfortable with me knowing and we'll make our way from there? That way I can prove to you whatever I have to" She says
"That sounds good" I smile
"Great, let's go back on the rink" She smiles
"We gon take it back for a while!" The DJ says
Don't be so quick to walk away Dance with me I wanna rock your body Please stay Dance with me You don't have to admit you wanna play Dance with me Just let me rock you Till the break of day Dance with me
"You could dance in skates?!" Lauren asks amused
"Yup" I smile
I circle around her then skate backwards, watching her jaw drop. I continue dancing around the rink pulling her with me.
"Mani I'm gonna fall" She wines
"Not if I got you" I say
I do one move that makes her think she's gonna fall and she screams, I laugh and stop skating.
"Don't be a baby Lo" I smirk
"I have every right to be" She laughs
'I Wanna Be Your Lover' by Prince comes on and I settle on a simple 2 step so she can keep up with me.
"And they say I'm so shy, yeah but with you I just go wild! I didn't wanna pressure you, baby, no but all I ever wanted to do" I sing
"I wanna be your lover, I wanna be the only one that makes you come running, I wanna be your lover, I wanna turn you on, turn you out, all night long, make you shout, oh, lover! yeah" She sings
"You haven't stumbled over your feet yet?" I tease
"Fuck you" She laughs
"I'm sure you want to" I smirk
"Cruel" She smiles
Another song comes on and we speed up, attempting to skate to the beat.
"Listen girl, didn't he tell you the truth? If not then why don't you ask him? Then maybe you can be more into him" She sings
She did it so gracefully in her lower register, oooohh panties soaked.
"Instead of worrying about me and hopefully you will find all the reasons why his love didn't count and why we couldn't work it out" I sing
"He wasn't what mani?" She asks
"He wasn't man enough for me" I sing
"Girl you better recognize the game" She sings while twerking
"Do you know I dumbed your husband girlfriend, I'm not thinking bout him" I sing while joining her
We stay till midnight and leave, deciding to walk around the city.
"Thank you Lauren" I say
"For what?" She asks, confusion written all over her face
"For still wanting and willing to make this something even though it may take a while" I say
"Feelings don't go away with the snap of a finger, anybody who genuinely wants to make something work with somebody will make it work no matter what they have to do" She says
