Chapter 35

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                              Devin's POV
I'm really not just telling her I love her just to say it. I can be weak around her without worrying about how she'll see me. With my friends I worry about that. Gabrielle and her family made me enjoy my birthday for the first time in my life.

"There's no way you're real. You must be a figment of my imagination."

"I can assure you that I'm real."

"You and your family are actual angels."

At night instead of going to my room I stayed in hers.

"I'm here for you. My family's here for you. I don't care what time it is. If you need to wake me up in the middle of the night then do it. Don't worry about me getting mad at you. I'll be cranky for a sec probably but I won't be mad. If you just need to lay with me then don't worry about waking me up. I'll know you're there."

Our limbs were entangled.

"I also feel weird. I'm supposed to be the strong and perfect football captain. Meanwhile I'm not."

"Hey nobody has to know if you don't want them to know. My family won't judge you at all."

If I could I'd marry this girl right now.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You saved me from a dark place. I was scared of my own mind. I thought I'd be alone forever. I'm probably repeating what I've already told you. I'll shut up now."

"No don't. It's okay. It's good for you to open up. I want you to open up to me. I want you to tell me everything you want me to know."

"I've never let my guard down around anyone. Can you start to hang out with me and my friends please?"

"Yeah sure."

"Thank you. My court date is coming up. You don't have to come."

"It's for your emancipation right?"

"Yeah."

"Oh! Before I forget! I have something else for you!"

She got up and walked over to her closet. She took something out of it.

"I got you this. Here's the receipt in case you wanna take it back. I'm pretty sure you don't have it though."

She handed me a shirt for the band I like.

"Holy crap! Thank you! How much was this?"

"Why? You're not paying me back."

"I don't have to?"

"No. Not at all. This is your gift. You don't pay anyone back. If I could I would've gotten you more. Also. I've been thinking about this. I think I wanna to be a cheerleader for a bit to see if I like it."

"Wait really?"

"I mean...it could be fun."

"Now I gotta find a way to tell them to not fuck with you. Wait! I'll be right back."

I got up and walked to my room. I grabbed my jewelry and walked back into her room. I put everything down on her bed.

"Pick what you want."

She went through everything and found a pair of huggie earrings she liked.

"You can take those. I've never worn them. I don't even remember getting them. It's like I said. Everything I had was either a hand me down or stolen. If they make your ears green then sorry.

"These look like they're titanium."

She took out the earrings she was wearing and put the huggie earrings on.

          

"They look good on you."

She smiled and went through necklaces. She picked up a normal chain. Nothing was attached to it.

"That I remember getting. My dad got that as a gift and he hated it so he threw it at me."

I helped her put it on.

"It's official. You look good in everything you wear."

She got up and came back over to me holding a lot of scrunchies.

"What are these for?"

"You wear them on your wrist to show that you like someone,if you're talking to them,or if you're taken. In this cases this is for all three reasons. You can use a different one every day if you want. I'll probably do that with your jewelry if that's okay."

"Yeah. You can do that."

"Yay!"

"Where are you going to put everything?"

She pointed to a corner of her room.

"I hang all of my jewelry there. I don't have much so it's easy to keep organized."

She picked up all of my jewelry and walked over to the corner. I walked over to watch her. She has rows of hooks with pieces of jewelry on them. She has  two earring holders hanging on her wall.

"How long did it take you do organize all of this?"

"An hour or two. Okay. Your birthday ends in a few hours. Is there anything else you want to do?"

"I wanna go to sleep."

I went to get ready for bed. I laid down on my bed tuen shut my eyes. My mind was still awake. I kept tossing and turning.

I'm scared my friends will hate her.

What if they start to act differently towards me?

Brenton:Go talk to her. She said she won't care if you wake her up.

"I know. I'd still feel bad."

Brenton:Just go do it.

I got up and walked to her room. I opened the door slowly. When I was in her room I closed it softly. I slowly walked over to her bed.

I feel like I'm doing something I'm not supposed to.

Brenton: She told you that you could do this remember?

I took a deep breath and got under the blanket. Her back was facing me. This meant she was laying on her side. I slid one of my arms underneath her neck. I hugged her from behind. I felt her pick up one of my hands.

Did I put my hand in the wrong spot?

She opened my hand and kissed my palm.

"I knew you'd end up in here. You can hold me tighter if you want."

She rolled over to face me. Her grey eyes opened.

"You look stressed. What's wrong?"

"I'm not. I'm just tired. Thanks again for today."

"Anything for you." She said with a smile.

"Please tell me what's wrong. I can sense your stress."

"I'm worried about how my friends will treat you."

"And you think they'll start to think you're changing right?"

"Basically yeah."

"Well...I'm not going anywhere. If they have a problem with me then that's their business. If they start to treat you differently then they can go to hell. They're clearly not your real friends then."

"What if they all ditch me?"

"Then that's their loss. I get you all to myself then."

She slid her arms underneath mine. She put a leg in between mine.

I'm about to fall asleep with a girl in my arms!!

Her head is on my chest!

Holy shit!

I shut my eyes. I fell asleep finally. I woke up before any alarms went off. I know this is going to sound creepy but I just watched her sleep. I didn't want to wake her by me moving.

There's no way she's going to stay like this.

She must be making me think she's sweet and innocent.

This girl is going to find a way to break my heart I swear.

There's also no way she's real.

"Morning Dev."

"Morning Gabby."

She jumped out of bed.

"DAD DON'T BURN THE WAFFLES AGAIN!"

"I'M GETTING BETTER AT MAKING THEM!"

They make breakfast?

That wasn't a one time thing?

I went to my room and got ready. I looked at my phone and saw I had a voicemail. I listened to it and it told me that since my family were in jail my court date was postponed.

Today's going to be a shitty day.

I can already tell.

I walked to the dining room and sat down in my seat.

"Did something happen?"

"I-it's about my court date. It got postponed until further notice."

"Oh Dev...I'm sorry. I know that meant a lot to you."

"Today is going to be a shitty day I swear."

"Don't start to think like that."

During the day I put on a smile but on the inside I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. At lunch Gabrielle sat with me and my friends.

"Oooo someone has a girl!"

I don't like the way Corey is looking at her.

I wanna slap him.

Is he-

He's looking at her chest!

"Corey! Stop looking before I knock you out!"

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