Becoming Brooke

23.

"Hi." Normani quietly says.

"Hey." Dinah responds just as quietly. they stole there quietly, not sure how to talk to each other.

"You've eaten each other's assholes, quit being pussies." Lauren yells from the end of the hallway, just go get a smack from Ally.

Dinah rolls her eyes but looks back to Normani. Obviously she hadn't slept because looking into her eyes, Dinah knows exactly what she's feeling. Not the same, but they both miss one another.

"I miss you D." Normani says.

"I miss you too."

Normani grabs Dinah's hand, "I know you think I slept with Selena because I didn't want you anymore, but Dinah that's so far from it...I slept with her because at the time we were getting ready to go to different colleges and live different lives and I thought you were gonna break up with me." Normani had to stop herself, because she was getting choked up.

Dinah places a hand on her cheek, and signals her to continue. "I thought if I slept with someone else then I'd do us both a favor and save the heart break...but it didn't do anything but make me realize I'll never love another girl the way I love you Dinah."

Dinah is in tears, but when she's about to speak, Normani gets down on her knees.

"Normani?" Dinah is confused, and her heart is pounding.

"This isn't exactly an engagement ring, but it's a promise ring, Dinah I want to be with you for the rest of my life."

Dinah can't even speak, so she nods and pulls Normani up to kiss her. "I love you Mani."

"I love you too." Normani says in between kisses.

Dinah stops kissing her, "But if you ever want another 'break' again, I will literally kill you."

Normani laughs and hugs her, "Got it baby."

As Lauren and Ally watch the couple embrace, Lauren fake yawns and places her arm over Ally's shoulder,"So you wanna-."

"Don't even think about it." Ally chuckles and walks to class. "We might as well skip, I doubt the teacher even did attendance."

"You're right, I think I'm gonna head home." Ally walks down an all too familiar hallway.

"Wait Brooke, I wanted to talk to you." Lauren quickly catches up to her.

"What is it?" Ally looks at Lauren, and Lauren can't help but melt. "I just wanted to see if, you know since I'm single and your single, we can maybe go out sometime?"

Ally is hesitant, but she gives in, "I'd love that."

Lauren is actually surprised by her answer, and it shows in her smile. "Great! We can do something later tonight since it's Friday."

When Lauren looks up, Ally notices her wince. "You okay Lo?" Ally checks the back of Lauren's head where she grabs.

"No I'm fine, just everytime I come down this hallway, I get a flashback of some lunatic that threw a book at me."

Ally felt herself stop breathing, "Oh...did you do anything to deserve the book?"

Lauren shakes her head, "Nope, Ally just couldn't handle some of the harmless jokes I played around her."

"Oh who's Ally?" Ally pushes, not ready for the answer she's about to receive.

"She was some nerd, I don't know I haven't seen her in years, but if I ever did I'd probably get the little bug back."

Ally decides she wants to end the conversation there, "anyway I think I'm gonna head home I'll see you tonight!" Ally pecks Lauren's lips and walks away.

Lauren smiles, "Huh I didn't even know she knew about that exit."