𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞

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Blu huffed, placing her hands on her knees. The other team continued celebrating just as the buzzer went off. They had just hit the winning three pointer making the score now 42-10, giving them the title of state champs. Blu watched as they were handed their trophy and started to take pictures. She wasn't even mad about losing their championship game.

With their record, she was even surprised they even reached the championship. Regardless, it didn't faze her that much, but she couldn't say that for her other teammates. She let a small sigh, standing up straight then walking to the locker room. As she headed inside all she heard was shouting which made her roll her eyes.

"We lost because of the lack of teamwork. Everyone was arguing with each other!" One girl shouted, Blu walked past her and going to her stuff that sat on the bench.

"Not only that, but some people on the team think they're better than others." The girl remarked, side eyeing Angel and Blu. Angel caught her and stared right back.

"We gotta a problem?" Angel asked and the girl look away. "That's what I thought. And no one thinks they're better than anyone. We don't communicate, so that's why we lost."

"If you can't take a simple lose then you shouldn't be playing any sports." Blu retorted, putting her bag on her back. She walked out the locker room slightly annoyed, but she didn't show it.

She seen her mom standing by the door and she walked over to her. A huge smile formed on Crystal face, Blu giving her mom a weird look.

"Are you okay?" She asked and Crystal nodded her head.

"I'm fine, why you'd ask?" Crystal questioned, Blu look her mom up and down. She was still smiling hard which was scaring Blu.

"No reason." Blu answered, hesitantly.

"Okay, we need to head home now. There's something waiting for you." Blu nodded her head and they both headed out the gym.

"So, how was the game?" Crystal asked as they walked to her car.

Blu shrugged her shoulders, "It really wasn't anything. We lost." She answered nonchalant. They reached the car and they both got inside.

"I'm sorry to hear that, y'all girls worked hard to get to that position. I'm sure you'll be going to the championship again, I'm guaranteed you will." Crystal said starting up the car, Blu hummed a little placing her head on the window.

She checked her phone seeing notifications from different apps. She seen a message from Jahseh and clicked on it.

𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐈🥰🥵

when u see this u might be

tired but u spending the night

with me so bring ya ass over

and don't make me ask twice

or we gonna have a problem

Blu playfully roll her eyes, replying back to his message.

"Sooo..." Crystal dragged, glancing over at her daughter. "...school is almost over. How you feel about that?" she asked, sparking up conversation as they make their way home. It was a half an hour drive back, but the way Crystal was driving, they were going to be home in minutes.

Blu humped her shoulders, "Ion know, it's just school." She answered, Crystal frowning at her answer.

"Yeah, but it's ending in a few weeks. Your about to go to prom, take your final exams and then it's graduation. You should be happy about all that."

"It's whatever." Blu muttered. In all honesty, she wasn't too happy about it all coming to an end.

Time had went by fast in her opinion and she didn't want any of it to end. She had made some amazing friends and even had some very memorable moments that she wasn't ready to just let go yet. She wasn't even sure what her future was looking like at the moment either.

She had spent the last five months applying to colleges and no word for any just yet. She was worrying a lot, but she didn't show it. If only she had more time, she could be able to wrap her head around the fact that high school was about to be over and she was about to step into the real world.

Was she even ready?

Crystal groaned, "I can't keep this a secret anymore. Blu, there's two letters for you at home from Jackson and North Carolina. I was suppose to wait until we got home, but I just couldn't. Are you happy?" She asked eagerly, more happy than Blu. She glance over at Blu seeing the same plain look on her daughter face.

"You heard me?" She asked and Blu nodded her head.

"Yeah, I heard you. Can we not talk about it right now." Blu told her mom, shifting in her seat. Crystal nodded her head, accepting her wishes.

"Okay, but I can't wait for you to open those letters. My baby going to Jackson or North Carolina A&T. I can't wait to share the news with the family..."

Blu tuned out her mom who continued talking. She could tell she was happy since Blu would be the second women in her family to actually go to college. But, that wasn't something Blu was just thinking about. It was something she didn't want to think about at all.

She stared at the envelope that had her name on it. She was scared to open it because she didn't know what it would say. A huge part of her thought she wasn't accepted which made her scared to open it. She just stared at the letter, hitting it against her hand.

"I can't do this." She muttered, putting the letter on the dashboard. She leaned the seat back, putting her feet up. The car door opened and Jahseh got in, a bag of food in his hand.

"Babe, you lucky I love you cause I literally waited half an hour for them to make your food." He told her, Blu smoke taking her food.

"Thank you and I love you too." She said back, leaning over and pecking his lips.

"Mhm, you opened it yet?" He asked leaning back in his seat. She shook her head taking her fries out and eating some.

"Babe, what's taking you so long? Just open it." He told her and she shook her head.

"I can't..."

"Why?"

She shrugged her shoulders and Jahseh suck his teeth. He pinched her thigh making her jump.

"I hate when you do that." She said, smacking his arm.

"I wouldn't have to if you answered my question. It's your acceptance letter mamas, so open it." He told her.

"But, what if it's not my acceptance letter. What if they tell me I'm not accepted and now imma look stupid."

"You would never know if you don't open it. Fuck it, imma do it." He reached over moving her feet and grabbing the envelope. He started tearing the envelope then took out the piece of paper.

"Dear Miss Randals, after carefully reviewing your application, we regret to inform you that we are not offering you admission to Jackson State University." Jahseh spoke and Blu mouth dropped open.

"Are you serious?" She asked, staring at him. Jahseh look at her then shook his head.

"Nah, I'm not serious. You actually got accepted baby." He told her handing her the letter. She snatched it from him and he started laughing.

She read the letter seeing that she was indeed accepted. "Jahseh, that's not funny." she said, shoving his arm.

He kept laughing, "Sorry, but you was so worried about not getting accepted that I had to. So, now you can stop stressing yourself out. We both going to the same school, so we won't be separated. You happy?" He asked her and she raise her brow.

"Wait, you got accepted too?" She asked and he nodded his head.

"Yeah, I got accepted in a few that I applied to, but I chose Jackson." He answered making her smile.

"Aww, but why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I knew how stressed out you've been lately about the future. Usually, it's me that's been stressing about the future, but since we're close to the end of the school year it's been you. So, when I found out that I got accepted, I kept it from you because I didn't want you to be upset. But, now we can be happy while going to the same school." He answered and she nodded her head.

She let out a sigh of relief, "Well, I'm feeling relaxed now. Wanna bust my doonies down?" She asked bluntly.

"Wanna bust my doonies down." He mocked her and she smack her lips. "I'll handle you when we get home baby."

She started dancing in her seat and Jahseh shook his head.

ahhh five chapters left