sunday, july 3rd

"baby, that's not right.." armin tells rowan who was writing down math equations and their answers in her notebook. "armin, imma be completely honest with you, i don't care. professor levi gon' get what he get." she tells him as she continues writing in her notebook. "okay, i'll be right back." armin gets up and leaves out of rowan's room.

he originally wanted to go in the kitchen and get a snack, but he knew there was no food in yall pantry, so he went into your room instead. "princessssssss!" he awfully sung as he made his way into your room.

"i'm in the shower, you need somethin'?" you shouted from your bathroom. "nah, just came in here to bother you." he says as he looks around your room and tries to find your snack bin. "it's in my closet." you shouted. you already knew armin came into your room to get some snacks from you. "thank you." he says with a mouth full of utz hot chips.

you were currently in the shower getting ready for your date with connie. you were originally supposed to go on your date yesterday, but he claims something at work came up, so now you're going on your date today. you weren't mad at him for canceling though, you didn't even finish your hair until this morning, so it all worked out.

as you finished up your shower, you thought about what you should wear. you were going on a dinner date, but you didn't wanna get too dressed up.

you weren't sure if it was a casual, but dress up casual, or a fancy, dress up date. you wanted to ask connie, but you didn't want him to think you expected fancy dinners or anything extravagant for the first date.

as you thought of what to do, you got dressed in some lounge clothes and recruited everyone who was in the house.

"okay, so, if y'all were to take someone on a date, or be asked to go on a date, would you wear something casual, but dressed up, or something fancy?" you asked everyone.

"well, when eren took me out on our first date, it was an casual, but still look cute typa thing. i even remember exactly what i wore." temari says as she makes herself comfortable on your king sized bed.

"did connie even tell you where y'all were going?" eren asks as he looked at himself in your vanity mirror. "no, imma ask him." you reply. "yeah, that might give you some insight on what to wear." rowan says.

"he says it's a mix." you tell your friends whose all look at you with straight faces. "a mix? like a mixer?" armin asked with a curious tone. "huh? i asked him what the vibe of the restaurant was..."

your friends look at you with blank faces once again. eren and armin just shake their heads at you. "you asked the wrong question... ask him where your going out to eat at."

"oh- okay... he said marcel's ." you tell them. "okay, so the theme is fancy." temari states. "just wear a cute, but nice black dress and some cute heels." she advised. "yeah, i think that'll be cute." rowan adds. "maybe do a strapy heel or something."

"just wear something casual. youn wanna get too dressed up and look outta place." tyler says as she played the game.

"he goin' to marcel's. that's a place where you do dress up." jean said with a bit of sass. "oh okay, sassy ass nigga." tyler rolled her eyes at her friends statement.

"don't be mad cause you wasn't thinking. anyways, connie, just wear a nice dress shirt and some jeans. not ripped jeans though." jean advised. "no, no! no damn jeans!" sasha exclaimed while eating some of connie's leftovers. "jeans are not appropriate for marcel's, you should know that."

connie wasn't even paying attention to his friends. he was more so focused on the fact that he still has people calling, texting, and even emailing him about some damn drugs.

connie specifically told all his clients that he wasn't going to be selling today because he had something important to do, yet they completely discarded that.

tyler, jean and sasha noticed that connie hasn't said anything in awhile, so they decided to ask if he was alright. "i'm cool, it's just these damn people can't seem to understand that i have a life outside of my job." he rolled his eyes. "ten people want me to deliver to them in less than an hour."

tyler and sasha looked at each other before offering connie some help. "ion know much about weed and shit, but i can help." sasha said as she looked at her phone. "just explain it quick cause you gotta start getting ready."

"you sure? you don't have to do it." sasha rolled her eyes. "connie, if you don't just explain it."

after about twenty minutes, connie finally finished explaining everything to his bestfriend. "okay, so i think i got it." sasha said as she typed down everything connie told her. "look, if shit hits the fan, ty will be with you. she knows what she's doing in that area." connie advised. "but if shit gets real crazy for some reason, call eren." sasha nodded her head at the important information.

"thank you for doing this, sash, foreal." connie smiled as he looked over at sasha who was still eating his leftovers from her restaurant. "no problem, but you need to go! you'll be late!" she put the black container down and pushed connie towards the door. "don't be late, it gives a bad impression." she told him. connie laughed at sasha, but shook his head in agreement. "ight,
i'm out, don't fuck my house up!"

"fuck, he's on the way." you mumbled as you tried to straighten your hair faster. "calm down, he doesn't live in this bougie ass neighborhood." eren commented seeing you rush. "tuh, my neighborhood is not bougie." you rebuttal. "girl, please. every house on this block is a three story home with a basement, huge ass backyard and a pool." he deadpanned.

"this is regular." temari added as she emerged from your closet with your jewelry and shoes. "regular? i wish i grew up rich like yall." eren wiped a fake tear from his face. "be sooooo foreal, yeager. you lived in the mansion right across from mine as kids." you looked at eren through your vanity mirror.

"oh, baby you is teaaaaaa!" rowan exaggerated. "the british are coming." she says which caused everyone to laugh. "you are a trip, but thank you sexy."

"amerie, stop seducing me." rowan joked as she lightly nudged you. "y'all so gay." temari added as she walked towards the two of you. "i'm starting to think you have a crush on merie, no shade though." temari continued. "especially since you was so excited to kiss her the other day." eren side eyed the lightskin girl. "oh my gosh, no i don't y'all." rowan waved the couple off as she fixed the back of amerie's hair.

eren and temari looked over at armin who wasn't paying the group any mind. "so much shit to do." he mumbled looking at his emails. him and eren needed to leave soon to take care of something.
something normally connie would care for, but he's about to go on a date. "you good?" temari asked walking towards him. "yeah, yeah i'm good." he quickly answered feeling himself get more annoyed after receiving more emails. temari cocked her head to the side seeing how armin looked irritated after he just said he was cool. the darkskin girl shrugged her shoulders. she wasn't going to press armin about whatever his issue is. she just assumed it had something to do with whatever was on his phone.

"connie's here!" eren smiled as he shoved his phone in amerie's face. amerie moved eren's bright phone from out of her face with a mug. "tell him i'll be outside in a few seconds." amerie quickly stood up and walked over towards her bed and began quickly putting on her jewelry and heels. "damn girl, slow down." temari laughed watching her bestfriend almost fall over from
how fast she was moving.

"how do i look?" amerie asked with a smile. "you already know i think you look good." rowan winked. "you look so cute!" temari giggled. the boys both gave their signature thumbs up in response. "okay, i'll be back. i love you all, please don't fuck up our house!" she blew the four adults kisses before beginning to walk out her room.

after a few steps, she could hear footsteps behind her. "um, what are you doing?" she asked armin and eren. "girl, just go." eren gave amerie the lightest push. "i swear y'all think y'all are my fathers." amerie laughed hearing them not protest to that. "just gotta make sure he's treating my babygirl right." eren joked as he puffed out his chest to seem all big and bad. "you look so stupid." armin said while slapping eren's chest back into its originally state. "that was so unnecessary." eren rolled his eyes at armin who just shrugged his shoulders.

"i feel like i'm somehow to blame for how sassy you both are." amerie mumbled as she reached the bottom of the steps. "whew I'm nervous." she let out a quick breath of nervousness before walking towards the door. "before y'all start," amerie turned around to face the two boys. "you have my location, so do not, i repeat do not text me multiple times throughout the night." she pointed both of her pointer fingers at their chests to make sure they really heard her. "okay daughter, we won't." armin agreed knowing that he was still going to text her regardless.

amerie pouted knowing that neither of them took her serious, but it was worth a try. her face quickly changed once she felt the two boys give her a group hug. "on a real note, have fun." eren said as he patted her back. eren and armin have always felt as if they were supposed to be amerie's protectors ever since they met her. amerie is an only child and her mother was a single mother, who was constantly working to make sure amerie was taken care of. which meant amerie spent a lot of time alone, well until eren and armin moved in across around the street.

the boys spent their entire childhoods defending her from bullies or just anyone who was being rude to her. they had her back and she had theirs. "thank you guys." amerie smiled. "i love y'all, be safe. i know y'all are going to work." amerie winked at them, meaning she knew what they really were about to do. even if armin or eren didn't tell amerie anything about their jobs, she's always knew anyways. the way they always kept tabs on her, she did the same for them. "i appreciate you." she told them and with that, she opened the door and was surprised to see connie standing there with a bouquet of pink peonies. her favorite flower.

"awwwww, constance." she pouted as she took the flowers from his tatted hands. "these are so cute, thank you." she smiled as she quickly turned around to hand them to armin, so he can put them in some water for her. "you welcome, you ready?" she nodded her head and placed her hand into connie's as he walked her towards the passenger side of his mercedes benz. he opened the door for her and she was met with the smell of weed and cologne. amerie typically wasn't too fond of the smell of weed and she hated when guys tried to use cologne to cover it up, but for some reason, she liked it this time. the two scents together smelt good to her.

"my bad for the smell, i wanted to take my other car, but i forgot it was in the shop." amerie shook her head. "it's okay, i don't mind. i actually kinda like the smell surprisingly." she laughed making herself comfortable in his red leather seats. she could tell he must've just recently got his car detailed because his car was super clean. it was almost as if it's never been driven before. "i meant to tell you this at the door, but you look good." he smiled at her as he switched gears to begin driving. amerie could've melted on the spot, the sound of his voice was becoming her favorite sound. "thank you, you don't look half bad yourself." connie smiled at her compliment.

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"thank you." amerie told the waiter as they received their desired meals. "so, what do you do for a living?" amerie asked as she began to cut into her steak. "you can be honest."

"well, i do the samething eren and armin do." connie truthfully answered. "you do everything or just sell?" she asked before taking a bite of her steak. commie let out a chuckle. "everything." connie couldn't lie, he was slightly worried that amerie might not want to talk to him over his current job. he knew that she knew what eren and armin did and she was still cool with
them, but she's just their friend. she might be okay with what he does, but not want to be involved with him romantically due to whatever reason she may have.

"i assumed so. do you have any other jobs or other things you wanna do?" she asked curiously. amerie has absolutely no issue with connie's current job. as long as he could keep himself stable, then she was down with it. amerie has never been the type to judge people for how they make their money. "well, i currently have a bachelor's in business, but i'm in a masters program right now to get my masters. so, when i finish that up, my goal is to buy or build a barbershop and maybe add a hairstylist part or whatever for struggling parents or kids who need free or discounted services. i haven't really figured everything out yet, but that's the plan so far."

mentally, amerie was thanking god for the man in front of her. granted, this was her first time being alone with connie, but she knew he had a good head on his shoulders and an even better heart just from the little things she does know about him. "not to wedge myself in the middle of your plan or anything, but i have a nonprofit organization that was created to help struggling single parents. i created it because i was raised by a single mother and she's given her life to make sure i had everything i ever needed or wanted, so
i want to help those in need. anyways, i say all that to say that if you need help or even a investor, i don't mind helping you with that." amerie finished off her rant with a smile.

"oh, and mari is a hairstylist. she owns her own salon so, you could always talk to her about any questions you may have about owning a barbershop." connie smiled at amerie. "you've got a lot going for you." he complimented. "thank you, you too." the adults continued to talk about any and everything as they finished their food. they talked for so long, they were there until the restaurant closed.

in amerie's eyes, the date went amazing. it's been awhile since she's been genuinely interested in someone. connie was so different for her. her previous relationships consisted of her being the only one doing something with her life. her last relationship was absolutely horrible. her ex didn't cheat or anything, but cheating isn't the only thing that can ruin a relationship.

he was so unromantic and lazy. he did absolutely nothing with his life and that just wasn't something amerie wanted to do. she couldn't be with someone who had no dreams or desires or a life outside of her. she doesn't mind clingy partners, but you need to be clingy and still have your own personal life. still have things you want to accomplish independently.

however, connie has dreams and aspirations. real unique ones too. she also liked how they both started or want to start something to help the less fortunate single parents and children. in amerie's mind, her and connie were destined. for what? she doesn't know, but she has high hopes.

amerie couldn't lie and say she wasn't sad that the date was ending already. she had a really great time with connie and she wanted it to last forever. "what's wrong?" connie asked seeing amerie's pouty face in his passenger seat. amerie waited about ten seconds before responding. she was always taught that once you show a man your vulnerability, he has power over you and your emotions. she is constantly trying to unlearn that negative way of thinking. amerie was a lover girl at heart and no one or anything could stop that.

"i'm sad that the date is ending already." she laughed to cover up how serious she was. connie let out a sigh of relief. "i thought it was just me." he laughed. "i wanna spend more time with you." amerie smiled so hard connie could see all thirty-two of her pearly whites. "well, everything's closed for the most part, so why not come back to my house?" amerie offered. "that's gon be cool with your friends?" connie asked knowing that the trio of girls bought a house together a few months ago.

"yeah, their my friends, not my moms." amerie laughed which connie joined in on. "you right." he agreed. "if you stay the night or anything, you can wear some of eren or armin's clothes." amerie blurted out without thinking. "sorry, i feel like i was telling you to stay or something i-"

connie cut amerie off. "nah, i know what you meant." connie laughed. "i can't lie though, i was lowkey hoping you'd invite me over afterwards, so i packed a bag already." connie shyly rubbed the back of his neck as he saw your eyes trail to his backseat seeing a black nike duffle bag. amerie burst out laughing. "yeah, we're definitely gonna get married."