Ari's POV

We left VS a few minutes later . Quinton was right behind me and was teasing me about the lengirie . I was trying so hard not to smack him because it was so embarrassing.

As we headed towards the foodcourt , I noticed someone was missing. That someone being my best friend.

I turned around , almost bumping into Quin's chest and I caught upto Josh and Bryce who were giving me a disappointed look. What did I do now?

"Guys where's Troy?"

Instead of answering straight away Bryce  answered in a taunting voice,

"You wouldn't know now would you-"

Josh cut him off by shoving his elbow into his stomach ,

"He went back to the house. He wasn't feeling that well."

That was enough for me to rush out of the place but Josh stopped me by holding me back .

"Ari , he's fine . He just didn't want to stay here . "

A frown overtook my worried features ,

"But why? Did anyone say something to him? Did he hurt himself ? Oh my god he will faint . He has a phobia of blood..." I rambled on and on .

I stopped when Josh and Bryce started laughing at me mumbling something underneath their breathe.

Josh put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me along ,

"Nothing happened, you enjoy over here, ok? Stop worrying about your boyfriend for once"

"Best friend "

"If only you knew ..." This time Bryce mumbles this.

Quinton came up from behind and took me away from them and kept his arm around my waist.

"Quinn, they'll notice something!"

"So? Do you not want them to know? Coz that will be very difficult , Ari"

I thought about it for a while and he spoke up again,

"Will you be my girlfriend, Ari?" That question seemed to pull me out of my thoughts just fine. My jaw dropped .

"Quinton..."

"What? I don't want anyone to call you names for being with me without a relationship...."

I literally awed out loud ,

"Awww baby, yes I'll be your girlfriend" just as I completed the sentence he leaned forward to peck my lips but I turned my face so his lips landed on my cheek.

His hands were around my waist as he took this opportunity to kiss down my jaw making me smile.

"Quin.. no PDA please " I whispered as a blush crept up my neck.

Yes we were towards the empty side of the mall but I wasn't comfortable with PDA outside home.

He understood but kept his hand at its place pulling me flush against his side.

We had some food , while I almost chocked from his dirty jokes and his hand on my thigh. We covered it up by saying it was just something funny that came up and I was a klutz .

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We were currently on our way back to the house , I was with Quinton in the back of Jaden's car .

The dress shopping was so embarrassing. All the girls were small size , I kid you not they were all very skinny and beautiful. While me? My curves refused to fit into a small or a medium. I gave up on dresses and decided to wear a crop top . It was so cute , it was lacy and came upto my waist . It was short but it made me feel hot? I don't know , I liked it. By the look on Quin's face he liked it as well.

We finally reached the house and I took off to finding Troy . He was doing something. What is this dumbass doing?

He was packing something . His clothes ??

" Troy? Where are you going?"

His gaze lifted upto me , pausing slightly at my neck . was there something on my neck??

"I'm shifting to the room that got finished today " he noticed my frown and continued.

"It wouldn't be a good thing if you slept in the same room as me when you're with Quinton isn't it ? " He sneered the last part .

My mouth went dry . No don't look at me like that . I was going to tell him but I would've told him now instead of him witnessing it .

"You don't need to move , I was about to talk to you about something....Umm I wanted to sleep in Quin's room " I squeaked out the last few words.

His fist clenched as well as his jaw.
Now why is he acting like he's mad ? Didn't he JUST suggest that he'll leave the room because of the exact reasons ??

"Oh" that's the only sound that left his mouth before he got up and started throwing whatever clothes of mine were out of the suitcase , back into it.

I just stood there thinking WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS DUMBFUCK OF A BEST FRIEND OF MINE ?

He shoved the suitcase into my hands and gave me a sinister smile .

The frown deepened but I still took the suitcase and turned around to move towards Quin's room.

I won't lie and say it didn't affect me . I almost wanted to cry and demand to him as to why he's acting so ruthlessly .

I shook my head to get rid of these thoughts. At least I had Quinton for the rest of the time I'm here. I'll enjoy it fully.
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Well......don't hate me ok? Also how tf are we already at almost 450 reads ???? Dear lord I posted the first chapter on April 2nd . But thankyou so much . Please vote , they are anonymous but they motivate me to write more and update faster ♥️