Mario hugged Brittney saying, "Ima go to class aiight, call you when I get home."
"OK, bye thanks." Brittney smiled at him as he waked down the hall, but her eyes went back to Druex as he watched her get into her locker.
He turned toward her, his eyes never leaving her face, he was hoping to see that smile from last week. She was definitely looking good today, she was wearing a fitting white T-shirt with some American Eagle Flares, and those T-Mac shoes she had bought Saturday.
Brittney pulled out her notebook and her Theater book, turned toward Druex and looked at him like he was looking at her. He was decked out in Phat Farm from his bandana to his pants, and was wearing the shoes she had bought Saturday.
Brittney finally smiled and hit him in the arm, "What?"
"I need to talk to you." Druex said simply as that smile got to him, he had to grip his book a little harder cause he almost dropped it.
"About what?" Brittney asked as they started walking, she knew his Algerbra class was with Omari and Jarrell, but he was walking toward the West Campus with her.
Druex stopped her as they got to the double doors and the lockers came to a stop along the wall, "About you and me."
"There is a you and me?" Brittney asked surprised as her stomach did back flips again.
Druex bit his bottom lip as Brittney brushed a piece of hair out of his eye, "That's just it, I want there to be."
"OK," She smiled broadly, she thought she couldn't get any happier, "then can you come over to my house after school?"
Druex thought about it for a minute, "Yea."
"Coo', aiight then Ima get to class." Brittney said as she started walking toward her class.
Druex bent and kissed her cheek, "Aiight, just don't say yes to Mario before we talk OK."
"I won't." Brittney replied running down the hall as first bell rang, this was it, the very thing she had told herself couldn't happen was happening.
Druex liked her, he really liked her, as he walked to class not caring if he was late he smiled to himself. Brittney was exactly what he wanted, he wasn't gonna let Mario take his 'feelin' away from him that easily. His whole life he wished of having a real girl in his life, that was all he really wanted and now maybe he could have the affections of a girl that was exactly what he wanted. Sure she wasn't perfect, but who was, the girl who was gorgeous and was close to perfect was the last thing he would ever want in his life. Sure she wasn't a made for a bikini but she was still beautiful. And this was want he wanted, he wanted what Jerome had found so much happiness with, and maybe have a better time with her.
He opened the door as the teacher handed him a tardy slip and sat down next to Omari, who was staring at him like he was crazy. Druex hadn't stopped smiling since he kissed her, all he could think was maybe later he could get to taste what he had somehow, twice in one night, avoided.
-- At Brittney's House --
"What girl?" She laughed as Brittany rambled on about something that had happened at her school today.
"I know so we spent the whole lunch period trying to convince Sarah and Preston that Marcus' present had nothing to do with ribbed Trojans. So has Mario called?" Brittany asked trying to hold in laughter as she thought of the two blonde friends of hers and one of the 2 black boys at Raghlei Prep.
Brittney looked in the mirror wondering why she couldn't look her friend, but she shook all her insecure thoughts back into the hole by her heart as always, "No, but Druex told me not to say yes to him before he got here."
"He's coming to your house?" Brittany asked sounding rather surprised.
"Yea, he wanted to talk...about 'us'." She replied sitting on her bed, looking at her the red nail polish on her toes.
