18 year old Onyx has a history of heartbreak. She meets a boy that she believes can change all of that and make her have faith again. But will the pair's two different personalities be the exact thing that pushes them apart? Or will it be the reason...
"𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃 𝐵𝐸𝐸-." I rolled over and hit the snooze button on my alarm clock. It read 8:30 am. Time to start my day. After all, today was my 18th birthday and I wanted to get an early start. I hopped out bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower. I stepped into the steaming shower and shortly after, the smell of coconut and cherries filled the air from my shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. I finished washing, pulled back the curtain, and stepped out of the shower.
"𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘."
"Hello?" I questioned. "It's Serena, can I come in?" "Yeah"
Serena was my housemate, and not to mention one of the most beautiful people I've ever met.
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Serena ^^^
She had long black hair and icy blue eyes. Her fair skin accentuated all of her features. She had super clear skin and always wore her signature smoky eye makeup. Serena and I shared the house with another housemate, Armani. Serena and I are the same age, 18, and Armani was 19. Last year, we all bought a medium sized house for all three of us to live in in Petaluma, California. We all met in high school, had grown up with bad home lives, and decided we would one day move in together to escape it. So, the day Serena turned 18, her and Armani came to my house, I grabbed my duffel bag full of clothes and we moved into our house. My parents didn't care about me as much as they should've, so it was easy for me to leave. They didn't even notice I was gone. I got a call from them a week later asking where I went. I didn't tell them and they never looked for me, so there wasn't a conflict after that.
"What are you doing up so early?" I asked Serena. "I heard you getting ready, so I thought I'd get dressed and make breakfast for us. What do you think?" "Sounds great! Thanks" "No prob. I'll be in the kitchen if you need me," She said. And with that, she walked away, leaving me alone in the bathroom. I closed the door and changed into black leggings, a blank tank top, a red flannel, and black vans.
——————————————————————————— I walked up the stairs to wake up Armani for breakfast, but she wasn't in her bed, which was strange. She usually sleeps in late. So, I walked back downstairs to ask Serena if she's seen her. I turned the corner into the kitchen and all the lights were off. I flipped the switch and out popped Serena, Armani, and a few of their friends, holding a giant circle cake that read "Happy Birthday Bestie!"
Surprise!" they all yelled. I jumped back at first, but then started smiling.
"Wow guys, this is amazing! Thank you so much!" I said. I talked and chatted with everyone until about 4:30 when everyone started to leave. After everyone had left, we moved out to the living room.
"So we got you a little surprise gift," said Armani. She disappeared into her room and came back with a black box wrapped in red ribbon. She handed it to me and I began to open it. Inside the box was a red crop top, black leather boots and a skirt to match, a silver chain, a black belt, fire runner sunglasses, a clear backpack, and lots of silver rings with different designs on them.
"Wow, I love it guys, thank you!" I said
"It's no problem, that what friends are for," said Armani. "We did have to get you an outfit for tonight."
"What's tonight?"
"We're going out to celebrate your birthday, girl! There's an awesome beach club I found that's about 45 mins away from here. It has an open area bar and a stage so we can watch live bands and we don't need an ID to get in. It's perfect!"
"Wow! Then I better go get changed so we can go."
"Yeah. Oh, also, I'm going to be bringing my friend Jesse, too. He didn't get to come to your party here, so he wanted to go with us to the club. If that's ok."
"Oh, totally," I said. I went upstairs to change and started to think about this Jesse character. How come Armani has never brought him up to me before? I guess I'll get to meet him tonight and see what he's really like.
