Didn't See It Coming

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Six: the only complications with having a male best friend.

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"My lord Arianna your dye is strong as fuck." Jordyn said as she leathered my hair and more purple ran down the drain, she'd been at it for fifteen minutes now though I've had worse like when i bleached my hair.

"I lost the packaging so I'm not sure what brand." I said and we rinsed out my hair and the purple no longer ran down the drain.

I smiled lightly as Jordyn picked up a towel and started drying out my hair.

We were getting ready for Zack's birthday, apparently it's at this exclusive club that Duncan's dad owns  some his basket ball teammates were coming as well as some of our...well his high school friends were coming i know most people assume 21 is the big one but this is our first year in Varsity so he was going big.

Jordyn for the first time since we'd met was sitting infront of a mirror applying blush, her black hair was curled delicately and her make up was light though her eyes were heavily emphasised.

Annie was holding up two dresses, both of them were the same colour but the theme of the dresses were seperate one was slutty and one was stylish and slutty.

I picked up a blow dryer letting my wet hair fall down my shoulders in natural curls, before i picked out a hair brush turned on the dryer and let the hot air run through my hair as the brush did, Jordyn  froze watching me unlike Annie my hair was really thick, which is strange seeing as it has been dyed multiple times.

I turned off the dryer running a hand through my now dry blonde waves, like everyone in our family my hair was curly so it always reverted back to its curly waves.

"You look so different." Jordyn said looking at my make up free face,
"I know." She stood up tilting my chin and assessing my overall look,
"I never knew you had freckles."
I rolled my eyes,
"Yeah after years of putting on foundation no one ever really noticed them." I said putting some lip balm and then and a layer of Matte red lipstick.

I put on mascara and that was it no tinkering.

I put on a pair of hoop earrings and gold studs in my upper lobes, then of course my industrial piercing.

I had to leave early and meet Zack at a tattoo parlor to get my heart filled in, after that we'd get icecream and sit on a bench where I'd give him his present before we would head over to the club.

I stood up going going over to my closet and picking a white off the shoulder croptop with black highwaisted  shorts and to switch things up white Nike AirMax, yes people i own another brand besides converse.

I know that we were supposed to dress like we were ready to go clubing but I'm not a club person so shorts and a croptop were my best bet.

Anabella had tried to convince me to wear one of her outfits but i refused hundreds of times.

I left the room waving goodbye to the girls and ordering an Uber.

The tattoo place was similar to the one we had back home  so nostalgia rolled back as i stared at the red neon sign, i gripped my purse's strap and looked down at my wrist five hearts one inked at full black and the rest just outlines of the shape.

On my other wrist was the infinity sign, i smiled at it.

The heart tradition started right before i was taken to juvi, Zack's dad kicked him out of the house after he saw Zack kiss a boy on thier porch and he called me.

I came right over and we went to a party so he'd feel better, to be clear he asked he to take him to this party and right after the party while we were drunk we got the hearts, and promised to fill them in whenever we leveled up in life, University is a level up so hence the fill in.

I'm blurry on the exact events that lead to that but i guess it's what happened after all that's what i was told.

"Hey stranger." Zack whispered and i hugged him,
"Your a whole year older, I'm so proud of you." I said as he hugged back and we pulled away,
"What exactly are you proud of?" I shrugged,
"Your ability to still look the same as you did when you were still eighteen, i mean shouldn't you have a gray hair?" He shoved me to the side,
"Shut up Ari." I pretended to zip my lips and throw away the key, he took my hand and lead me into the tattoo parlor.

The process was faster than it was before and we walked hand in hand into a restaurant just to buy icecream and leave we sat on a bench across from the restaurant and i openned my bag as the sun set,
"You know when you gave me my half of the necklace on my birthday i swore to one up you." I said taking out the small box,
"Are you proposing Ari?" He asked dramatically taking the box after eating a scoop of icecream, i rolled my eyes,
"The day i propose to someone will be the day i put on acrylic nails."

I smiled and he smirked at me before opening the box and his eyebrows furrowed,
"You got me a piece of paper?" I shoved him to the side,
"Unfold the fucking paper numbskull." He chuckled opening the paper up and his eyes scanned the paper a smile forming on his face as he read it.
"The first copy of our contract." He said slowly and i nodded,
"Hand written in cursive." I said as he looked up at me a glint shining in his eyes, they were hazel again.
"You kept this?" I nodded again,
"I'd never get rid of something like this Zack, your important and i know we may have our differences but we always work and whenever i re read this i remember the promises we made that day." 

He smiled once more our eyes resting on one another, his hand came up to my cheek and he glanced down at my lips for a split second, swallowing hard before leaning in his eyes fluttered closed as mine did and our lips touched, there it was again.

The BOOMCLAP.

I kissed back and we moved slowly against one another.

There was something intimate about this kiss,maybe it was because of the widespread of electrons in my body that lead to the electric feeling that enveloped me or rather the slow pace but my heart lept forward banging at my ribcage almost impossiblly fast as though I'd run a marathon.

My hand instinctively came up to his chest resting there, his heart was moving just as fast as mine in that moment.

We pulled away and he clenched his jaw,
"Thank you." He whispered and i nodded.

Friends weren't supposed to react like this, I know he likes Tyler but I think I'm in love with my best friend and no it's not just a crush.

I've known this for a while now i should've known the moment we couldn't stay away from one another or when we constantly stayed close to one another.

This is the only complication with having a male bestfriend no matter what happens your heart will always pull you to them.

You will always fall in love.