Chapter 2: Play It Cool

Thursday

"Sh*t! I'm going to be late! SH*T! Where are my keys!?"

"Your keys are in your car!"

"Oh- thanks, mom! Roman is going to kill me. More like the teachers are going to kill me!"

"Daryian, it's the second day of school and you're late AGAIN!"

"I know, miss. It won't happen aga-"

"Detention! Go!"

As I am about to leave the room, I see Roman walking in.

"Sorry I'm late Miss- oh hi Daryian!"

"Both of you detention, NOW!"

Detention

"So, you were late too?"

"Yeah, I woke up late then I couldn't find my keys. Why were you late?"

"My brother made us late!"

"Oh wow!" I couldn't hold myself from laughing. "You can't blame him for everything!"

"Yeah, I can!"

"You two! Shush! This is detention!"

"Okay, boomer," I whispered.

"What was that, Daryian?"

"Nothing!"

Later That Day

"Hey, babe!"

"Hi, Kylee."

"I know we were supposed to hang out but my parents are having me watch my siblings so they can go out with they're friends. You can come over if you want but I don't think you will."

"Uh- Roman and the guys wanted me to go out later. I was gonna say no anyway-."

" No! Don't do that! We can hang out over the weekend. I'll see you tomorrow, baby!"

"Oh, ok. Cya!" *buzz buzz*

Oh, Roman texted me.

🙎🏽‍♂ ❤Crush❤

❤Crush❤- Hey, want to come over later?

Me- Yeah! What time?

❤Crush❤- Does 7 work for you?

Me- Yeah. I'll see you then?

❤Crush❤- Ya see ya then

Damn, I wish I could just tell him already. I feel like it would make my life better or worse.

Roman's House

"Hey, come on in! You wanna go to my room?"

"Uhh- sure!"

Play it f*cking cool, Daryian. PLAY IT F*CKING COOL!

"Daryian, why are you sweating so much?"

"Uh- it's just really hot outside!"

"It's 70⁰ outside!"

"IT'S HOT OUTSIDE!!"

"Okayyyyy. Anyway, what do you wanna do?"

Don't think sexually. Don't think sexually!!!

"Do you wanna play my ps4 or something?"

"S-sure!"

Later

"HOW!? HOW DID YOU BEAT ME!?!"

"I'm better than you, Daryian."

Awww that's cute.

"Okay. Sure!"

"Sooo, what do you want to do, ~babe~?"

That did NOT just happen! Did it? F*ck, I'm blushing so bad!

"Daryian? DARYIAN!?"

"W-what!?"

"I said 'do you have to go home-' what are you doing?"

Sh*t! It's obvious that I'm blushing, isn't it?

"I'm not doing anything!"

"Why are you covering your face?"

"Uh, my jaw hurts?"

"Oh! Why didn't you say something? I'll go get you some ice!"

THAT was TOO close!

"Here's your ice, ~boo~"

I CAN'T STOP BLUSHING! SH*T!!

"What did you say?"

"I said 'here's your ice.'"

"Oh. Thanks."

"If your mom is cool with it, my mom said you could spend the night."

"I'm not 10," we laughed. "I'll text her. She'll probably say yes."

💁‍♀️M♡M

Me- Hey, can I stay the night at Roman's?

M♡M- Of course! See you tmr! Love you!

Me- Cya tmr love you too!

"She said yes! I told you, jerk!"

"You gotta come up with a new nickname!"

"No! Jerk suits you."

"Ugh! I'm tired. Let's just go to bed."

As Roman jumped on his bed, I stood in silence.

"Daryian, are you not coming or something? C'mon!"

This is going to be a long but amazing night.