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Chapter 1


“Bella! Bella!” I heard a familiar voice say as I awakened from my deep sleep. It's just something about those brick solid school desks that put me to sleep so fast. I heard the fire alarm ringing. Briiing! Briiing! Briiing! I was guessing it was another fire drill or somebody pulled the alarm again. I mean it has happened 6 times in the last month.

Where I live, we always have to do fire drills. It's literally mandatory. I go to California Preparatory academy(Cali Prep for short), but the famous nickname for our school is The Fire Hazard because it's the driest area around here. I live in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California where fires are an everyday thing. Just last week, a gas station blew up on Maple street because the ground was so dry. But that's another story for another time.

“Bella wake up, it's a fire!” I look up to see the love of my life, Lamar. I mean yea our relationship was toxic, and yea he broke my heart several times, but i loved him and i still do. And I just know that he still loves me too. We were each other's first love.

Lamar and I met on the first day of school at California College Preparatory School. It was my first day of junior high and Lamar had showed me around. Man when I tell you I was so lost. He showed me to all of my classes and introduced me to his friends. We had the same lunch period, so I sat with him. We’re in our junior year now.

“Did somebody pull the alarm again?” I ask as I get up.

“Bruh, No it's for real this time. Bella, wake up,” Lamar says.

“I'm up! I'm up! Jeez,” I say.

I get up and walk towards the door but as I reach for the knob I can feel the heat coming off of it. So I tried the other door but that door was hot too.

“Bella, it's not going to work. Now we’re both stuck because I came back to save your Banana.”

“You didn’t have to.”

“But i did”

“Why,” I say as I try to open the window from the second floor.

“Because I love you Bella and I don't want anything bad to happen to you. But this is what I get for letting my emotions get the best of me. Now I'm gonna die. No, we’re gonna die.”

I manage to open the window enough to fit my body through.

“Lemar! Shut up ranting and raving and listen to me. We’re gonna have to jump.”

“Aw hell nah now I'm really gonna die. What, do you think I’m white? Black people don't just go jumping out of windows,” he says pacing back and forth like he actually has a choice.
“Okay then, die.”

I get ready to jump out of the window but I feel Lemar grab my arm. I look up at him.

“Bella, wait let me go first,” he says.
See here he goes again being a selfish stuck up prick like he’s always been. He just wants to save his own life and the real reason he came back for me is not because loves me, It's because he loves being loved by me. I'm the only one in this entire school that will put up with his sorry behind.

“Bruh really? In a time like this you’re putting yourself first? People never really change do they?” I say not really asking a question, it's more like a statement but of course knowing him he’ll answer a question that's not meant to be answered.

“Bella people do change and I’m not putting myself first…. Well not really. I Just wanna go first so when you jump I’ll be there to break your fall.”

“What's the catch Lemar?”

“There is no catch. Like I said `mi amor, I really care about you.”

I rolled my eyes but I let him go first. As I watch him jump out of the window I can see a bunch of kids crowding around underneath the window. I hear sirens and see flashing lights. The news channels are here. That's new because that never really happens. I jump out of the window and I kind of do a roll so I won't break every muscle in my body by trying to land on my feet. Lemar helped me to my feet as I dusted myself off.

And all of this was just the beginning.
















Chapter 2

Everybody was calling their parents and friends to come pick them up. Some people had cars so they could just drive off the parking lot. I called my mom so she could pick me up, but she never answered. I kept calling her tho. She finally picked up the phone.

“What do you want bella you know I'm at work,” she said

I rolled my eyes because who answers the phone like that.

“ My school caught on fire and I need a ride home.”

“I can't pick you up Bella, I'm at work so you’re going to have to find a different way to get there. Get an Uber or something, I’ll give you the money back.”

She never pays me back so that wasn't going to happen and I don't even know why I bothered calling her because I can never count on her to do anything for me.

“Okay, I’ll just see if somebody else can take me home. And I might call off work because this is a lot.”

I work at The Build-A-Bear Workshop in the mall every day after school. I started working there because of Lemar. His big brother worked there and they needed more staff. Lemar told him I was good with kids, since they get a lot of kids that come in there. He interviewed me and I started working the next day.

“Ok so that means you shouldn’t be late getting home. And when you get home you need to do your homework”

“Yes ma’am”

Click. I hung up the phone and stood on the sidewalk thinking about what I should do. But before I can even look up the location for the Uber, Lemar is walking my way. He was over there talking to his friends and stuff, which surprised me because I didn't even know he had real friends for real.

“Hey, Bella,” he says.

“Hey, Lemar. What do you want?”

“Damn, why do I always gotta want something. I was coming to see if you needed a ride.”

“To be
“How do you know Lemar,” I ask

“This my homie, bro. This is my brother for real, for real,” Lemar said. “But Bella, what were you about to say?”

“Huh,” I said, “What was I about to say? I kind of forgot to be honest.”

“You said something about “to be honest” but then you got cut off”

“Oh yea! I was about to say, to be honest you can introduce me to your friend and he can drive us both home. Because your car is being towed,” I pointed to his car on the other side of the street, parked illegally.

“Oh shi….” He ran towards his car screaming,” Hey! Heyy! That's my car! Do you know who I am ?!”

Me and Lemar’s friend laughed.

“Hi, I’m Jaylen,” He says.

He sounds so… I don't know. He just has a beautiful voice. He sounds as if the gods spent days personalizing his voice to perfection.

“Hi, I’m Bella.”

“That's a cute name. Since Lemar’s car is getting towed then I guess I can give you a ride home,” he says.

“Um, that's ok. I’ll just get an Uber,” I say.

“Please. I insist. And plus you just said you wanted me to give you a ride, and i wouldn't mind at all,” Wow, this guy is too nice. He must be gay or something because its too good to be true.

“Ok I guess you can give me a ride, but what about Lemar?”

“I don't think we’ll have to worry about that,” he says, pointing to a black Nissan. It's Lemar’s mom and she’s yelling at him about the car. I can't really make out what she’s saying because the windows are only rolled down slightly, but I know it's about the car.

“Yea but how do I know you’re not a serial killer or something? I value my life sir,” I say jokingly.
He laughs a little bit,” Yea I’m a serial killer and I have a bunch of people in my basement.”

I laugh,” Funny but that's a joke right?”

“Yes, it's a joke Bella,” he smiles, “C’mon Bella, my car is over here.”

He leads me to a black Dodge Challenger. This just keeps getting better and better. He opens the passenger door for me. I get in the car and look around. His car is nice, clean, and neat. I like this dude for real. He closes the door and walks to the other side of the car and gets in. He looks over at me.

I look at him and smile, “ What?”

“Nothing,” he smiles and starts the car, “So where to?”

“Home, obviously but I’m guessing you dont know where that is. Just go down Main street until you reach the third stop light, then turn left. That's my street.”

“Alrighty.” He pulls out of the school’s parking lot and starts driving down the street.


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I made him drop me off three houses down from mine. I never give anybody my address and the only person that knows it is my two best friends, Hope and Natalie, and Lemar. I text Ms. Johnson, the elderly woman that lives in the house I'm being dropped off at, to let her know that there's someone new dropping me off today so she wont get scared or anything.

We pull up to the house and as I'm putting on my purse so I can get ready to get out of the car, he gets out of the car so he can open the door for me. When I get out of the car he’s standing very close to me and he just stares at me for a little while. He has some pretty brown eyes and it seems like they sparkle in the sunlight. He finally moves so I can start walking.

“Bella, wait. Can I have your number so I can text you sometime, you know, if you ever need another ride because Lemar isn't getting that car back anytime soon.”

“Yea, you're right about that,” I say as we exchange phones so we can put our numbers in. When he hands me back my phone I look at it.

Jaylen ❤
209-456-4773

“Bye bella. I’ll text you,” he says as he pulls off.

I stand there for a little bit trying to understand what just happened because somebody that cute is flirting with me. Or is he flirting? I wouldn't know because boys are always sending mixed signals. I think they don't even know what they want for real because they could flirt with you one day and then the next tell you they have a girlfriend.

Ms. Johnson is watching me out of her door. She opened the door to talk to me. She’s my favorite person in this whole neighborhood.

“He’s a handsome young man, Bella. And he’s a gentleman the way he opened the door for you. I like him.”

“Me too, Ms Johnson. Me too,” I say as I start walking towards my house.

I unlock the door to find the house empty. I look at the clock and it's only 12:30. My sisters dont get out of school until 3:00 and my mom gets home at 5:00. I’m going to take advantage of this time so I go to the kitchen and grab a snack. When I go back to my room I turn on the T.V to watch Euphoria, but I eventually end up falling asleep.

























Chapter 3


I’m walking through the mall with my best friends, Hope and Natalie, when we see Jaylen at the food court. I have on black ripped jeans, black and yellow checkered crop top, and some black and yellow air forces. He’s walking towards me so fast and smiling. He hugs me so tight like he hasn't seen me in months. He pulls away from the hug and kisses me and at this point it feels like we’re the only two people in the room. I look around and my best friends aren't there anymore and now me and Jaylen are in my living room. “Why are you looking at me like that bella? Is everything okay?” “Yes everything’s fine,” I say. He kisses me again and we sit on the couch. He rubs on my thigh as he kisses me. He stops kissing me and looks at me. “What?” I ask “Nothing you’re just so beautiful,” He says as kisses me again. My little sister, Adrianna, walks in and just stares at us. “Bella, make me a snack. Bella! Bella!”


“Bella wake up,” my little sister says as she shakes me.

“Oh my gosh bro what do you want?” I say as I wake up from my glorious nap. It's always her waking me up like this.

“I want a snack”

“You are 13 years old and you can't make your own snack?”

“I can't reach the animal crackers genius and Mom told me to stop standing on chairs so you have to get it for me,” she says.

“Bruh why didn't you ask Naomi? I swear yall are so annoying,” I say as I get up so I can get her snack.

I check my phone to see if anybody called or texted me. I have two messages from Lemar and one from Jaylen. I obviously look at Jaylens first.

Jaylen
Sup 👋🏾

Bella
Hey. Didn’t think you would text me fr.

I checked Lemar’s messages next:

Lemar
I'm not getting my car back 🥲
Did you get home safe??

Bella
Yea, I got home ok.
Seen

I get Adrianna her snack so she can leave me alone.
“Where's Niaomi?” I ask

“I don't know. Probably in the room on her phone,” Adrianna says, sounding like she has an attitude. I'm not even going to ask because she's always like this.

I get a notification so I check my phone again, and it's a message from Jaylen. I walk to my room, shut the door, and sit down on my bed as I text Jaylen back.

Jaylen
Ofc I texted you. Why wouldn't I?


Bella
Idk. I guess i've had too many ppl disappoint me

Jaylen
Well I won't disappoint you. Trust me.

Bella
Lol ok and you made an appearance in my dream when i took a nap

Jaylen
Oh really? What was it about, like what was I doing in your dream?

Bella
Kinda forgot. All I remember is we were at the mall with my friends.

Jaylen
Mhm ok. Well i had a dream about you
And in my dream i asked you out on a date and you said yes
Oh wait look it's happening irl

Bella
Are you asking me out?

Jaylen
Yes. Will you go on a date with me Bella?

Bella
Mmm idk. Where will you take me?

Jaylen
Wherever you wanna go. Just say yes pls so i wont feel stupid

Bella
Lol sure, I’ll go on a date with you

Jaylen
Cool, cool. I’ll pick you up tomorrow at 1. I mean if that's a good time for u.

Bella
Yea i’ll be ready. But what should I wear?

Jaylen
Wear whatever you want. Probably something casual.

Bella
Ok good because that's all I really got is casual clothes.
I don't really dress up that much.

Jaylen
Lol ok. See you then.

Bella
Ok

I stare at the ceiling in disbelief because no way this is happening to me. He’s so cute and sweet. I like the vibes I get from him. No way he likes me, out of all the pretty people at that school and he likes me. This is all just crazy to me. He has to have some kind of flaws because this guy is just too perfect.



































Chapter 4
I wake up to the sound of my phone ringing. It's Jaylen and I just realized that it's almost one-o-clock. I answer the phone as I start to get ready.

“Hello,” I say into the phone as I look for some clothes to put on.

“Hey, are you ready because I'm about to be on the way,” he says, sounding finer than ever.

“Uh, yes I'm ready. But I'm going to call you back, ok?

“Yea, bye,” he says as he hangs up the phone.

I rummaged through my closet to try to find something to wear. I can't find anything to wear so I just throw on some jeans and a hoodie. I go into the bathroom and pull my braids up into a ponytail.

I hear a car horn honking outside my window so I look to see Jaylen waving at me from the front yard. I grab my purse and run downstairs and outside. When I get out there I see my sisters talking to him.

“Adrianna and Naomi,” I say slightly raising my voice, “Move and leave him alone.”

“He’s cute,” Naomi says.

Jaylen opens the passenger door so I can get in.

“I’ve noticed,” I say as I get in the car.

“Yea and yall better not be on not of that freaky stuff,” Adrianna says.

“Yea keep your hands on the driver's side of the car and look at the road and not my sister,” Naomi says eying Jaylen.

“Yes ma’am,” he says laughing a little bit.

“What's funny? I already told you what's gonna happen if you mess with my sister and defy my rules,” Adrianna says.

I buckle my seatbelt and put my purse in my lap as we begin to pull off.

“Wow. Your sisters are…,” Jaylen says, pausing as if he’s looking for the perfect word.


“What? Special? Weird? Cuz yea i know,” I say interrupting him.

“I wasn't going to say all that, but ok, “ he says kind of laughing, “but what's this about me being cute?”

“I never said that,” I say blushing.

“Yea, but you never didn't say it,” he says smiling like he's proud of himself, “ It's alright if you think i'm cute. Just say it, it's not that hard, Bella.”

“You’re not ugly, okay. Never said you were cute. You’re just not ugly.”

He laughs but I don't know what's funny. This Bananay stuff isn't it and I don't like it at all. I mean yea he is cute, like very cute, but he doesn't have to do too much about it.

“Yea, no I know I'm not cute. I was just playing around tho. To be honest I didn't even think you would go out with me for real,” he says just staring straight ahead.

I just stare at him in disbelief, because what? Yea, I don't enjoy Bananainess, but this insecure stuff, I don't like it either. He is most definitely better looking than any other guy at that school.

“Jaylen,” I say still staring at him, “ Never, ever, and i mean never, say that dumb Banana again. Because you are most definitely cute, I mean you're better looking than any other guy at that school. And of course I would go out with you, why wouldn't I?”

He looks over at me as if he doesn't believe me. I don't know why because I'm being so serious right now.

“Yea, whatever you say,” he says,” and because somebody as pretty as you wouldn't even dare look in my direction, let alone go out with me.”

We just sat in silence for the rest of the ride as I thought about a book I read about the honeymoon faze, and this was it. He’s just so nice and I really like him, like a lot. But like I said, the honeymoon faze.






























Chapter 5

After we rode in silence, which seemed like forever, we pulled into the movie theater parking lot and I couldn't help but think about how cliche it was for him to take me to the movies. But we didnt stop and park in the lot. He kept driving, and he drove around the building.


“Close your eyes,” He said with excitement in his voice as he continued to drive. I looked at him puzzled because why am I closing my eyes?

“Close my eyes?” I ask. He looks at me as he stops the car, still trying to hold back his smile, and nods.

“Yes, Bella. Close your eyes.”

“And what exactly am I closing my eyes for?”

“So they can steal all my money and kidnap me. Maybe hide me in a cellar underground in the back of a movie theater.” He laughs at that but stuff like that really happens, just saying.

“I'm not gonna steal your money or kidnap you, although that kidnapping bit sounds interesting and convincing. But anyways, usually when a person says close your eyes, that means there’s a surprise somewhere.” I just stare at him as he smiles. Wow he has perfect teeth. “So close your eyes!” He says with a laugh.

“The kidnapping bit sounds interesting? What!?”

“I'm just kidding,” he says with a laugh.

I close my eyes as I feel the car begin to inch forward. We turned like 7,000 corners, but his car finally came to a stop.

“Can I uncover my eyes now?”

“No! Not yet, keep them covered please.” He walks around the front of the car and opens the passenger side door, which is where I’m sitting.

“Keep your eyes closed,” he says as he leads me out the car by my hand. He puts his right hand over my eyes and leads me by his left hand.
“If you let me fall I’ll kill you,” I say as I stumble around, feeling the air like Velma from Scooby Doo when she loses her glasses. At this point I think I'm crazy because this is not me. I don't usually go on dates and do surprises. But here I am, going on a date and getting a surprise.

“Okay, you can open your eyes now,” he says as he removes his hand from my face revealing a projection screen made out of a white sheet. I look around and we aren't near the movie theater anymore. We’re in a grassy field with two stocky trees across from each other which the sheet is tied to. There's two chairs in front of the “screen” with a blanket draped across the back of them. There’s a white cooler next to one of the chairs and a container with a variety of snacks on top of that cooler. I look over to see Jaylen watching me intently while he plays with a strand of his hair.

“So, what do you think?” He asked as he continued to gaze at me.

“I’m amazed. I don't have any words. You did all of this for me?” I asked because no one has ever done anything sweet like this before. I mean it's something small and simple, but it's cute and he had to put a lot of thought into this.

“Yea, I hope you like it.”

“I definitely do. This is nihttps://share.temu.com/fQeOgLZFMQce.”

He pulls the blanket off of the chairs and lays it out neatly on the ground.

“Take a seat,” he says as he motions toward the blanket. I sit on the blanket and look over at him. He pulls the cooler over to us and sits down. He opens it up and pulls out some sandwiches, chips, and oreos.

“Ooo, Oreos,” I say as I eye them,” I literally love Oreos so much.”

“Yea, I know,” he says as he puts a sandwich and a bag of chips in front of me. As I begin to eat I look up at the projector screen, or should I say sheet.

“That's for later,” he says as if he was reading my mind,” When it's a little darker outside.”

“Oh, okay,” I say as I put an Oreo in my mouth,” Well can you take me home and pick me back up because I have something to do and my phone is almost dead.”

“Yea, of course.”

After we finish eating he packs everything up. I really don't want to leave but I don't really have a choice because my mom is so strict and she might think we were doing a little more than just eating oreos and chips.

“You ready?” He asks as he opens the passenger door for me.

“Yup,” I lied as I got in the car. I wanted to stay here with Jaylen forever. I really enjoy his company, like I feel like we could just be sitting there in silence and still enjoy ourselves.

“Alrighty.” He shuts my door, walks around the car and gets in. As he starts up the engine all I can think about is how I can't wait to see him again later on tonight.

He pulls up to my house and as I’m about to get out he looks over at me.

“Bella I had a good time today, well at least so far,” he says with a chuckle.

“Me too,” I say looking at him. He leans in to me, I can feel his breath hovering over my face.

“Oh would you look at the time,” I say dodging his kiss, which I don't know why I did that.

“Welp, I guess you better get going,” he says, popping the locks on the car. I get out of the car.

“See you at seven?” I ask, shouting back at the car as I walk up the pathway leading to my house.

“Yup, see you at seven,” he says, pulling off.

As I put my keys in the door I feel my phone vibrating in my pocket. When I looked at it I began to smile. It's Jaylen texting me.

Jaylen
I miss you alr

Bella
Sir, why are you texting and driving?

Jaylen
Actually, I pulled over
Bella
Lol. Ok hurry home

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

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Answer 11

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Answer 12

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Answer 13

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Answer 16

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Answer 17

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Answer 18

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