Too Good At Goodbyes (G×G)

Chapter 11

"I swear you could open an art gallery and name it after her...", Bella teased Devon who was drawing yet another picture of Selena, they were sitting in their usual spot in one of the coffee shop's corners.

"Well it's the first time I draw her in that position, I had the chance to take a picture of her when she fell asleep yesterday...", Devon replied casually, her eyes still roaming after her pencil, she was comfortable around Bella, after her fight with Taylor, her relationship with Bella went from  frankly encounters between a frequent costumer and table server to a good friendship, she even came out to her after knowing that Bella's brother Isaac was gay, that's why she was always at ease around them.

"I've never seen a person who has that amount of passion for another person other than in the movies, how can you manage your emotions around her?".

"Believe me it's harder than it seems, I can't resist not looking at her, and it fascinates me how everytime I do, I discover a new detail, it's just hard to describe what I feel for her..", Devon's hand stopped moving her gaze went outside watching the random passerbys, a smile craping her lips.

"Try to..", Bella prompted sipping from her cup.

"It's like the time stops whenever she's around, everything, everyone disappear and she's all I can see, her voice , her smile, her perfume intoxicate me, she's my muse, whenever my pen and paper met, it'll be something about her, like I see her in everything, I can't- hold a second why does it feel like you're interrogating me?"Devon asked suspiciously.

"Maybe I'm..." teased Isabella.

"Do I look like a lab pet?" Devon scoffed halfheartedly.

Bella chuckled," no I've been asked to do a research about how love affects a teenager's life, emotions and decisions, and to be honest I couldn't find anybody better than you", she answered truthfully.

"So I'm a horny Lab pet?".

"Well you're not a Lab pet but I'm not sure bout the horny thing.." she enjoyed getting on her friend's nerves, especially since Devon was the kind of people that's hard to figure out what they are thinking or feeling, so seeing her flustered expressions was a rare scene.

"I'm gonna mention it in my complaining paper, I'ma let your mom knows that she's risking her life's work handing it to her obsessed psycho daughter..".

"Oh, you're too good to do that..", Bella smirked wiggling her perfectly drawn eyebrows.

"Why everybody thinks I'm not able to hurt a fly?" She groaned remembering Selena telling her the same thing yesterday.

"Is it just me, or my daughter is really a bother to everybody around her..", a familiar voice interrupted the girls' encounter, and a whimper was heard, Devon chuckled and glanced up to greet Denise, Isabella's mother who was clutching her daughter's ear playfully.

"Oh, hey Mrs.Brown well I was jut tellin her I'ma report her to you because she made me her lab pet, and she said I'm too good to do that so here I'm provin her wrong...", Devon wasn't the type to easy warm up to people but Denise's friendly and warm aura, the way she treated her children with love and care always reminded her of her own mother, wich made the task of interacting with her on daily basis easier.

"Is that a way to treat our faithful costumer Isa ?" She arched her eyebrow questioningly, trying her best to impose a serious tone.

"I was just askin her some questions to take notes for my project, anyway what you doin here? Did you finish work early today?", Denise was a make up artist, she had her own little shop, but she was good at her job.

"Oh, darling not excited to see me..", she squeezed on Bella's ear a little bit harder, "yeah, I decided to stop earlier today and come around to see if everything is working up the way it should, so come with me for a bit I need to check up the incoming from this week if you don't mind Devon-", she focused her gaze on the chocolate skinned girl, who just smiled "she's all yours ma'am..".