Can't Wait

Character Information:

Ken Smith: 18 years old. Around 6'2. Has a lean body build and short black hair which he styles into Side Part Pompadour. Eye colour is green. Caucasian ethnicity.

Bella Dean: 17 years old. Around 5'6. Has a well toned body and a long blonde Asymmetrical Pixie haircut. Eye colour is blue. Caucasian ethnicity.

Ken POV:

I sipped on my grape soda. Damn I hated the awkward situation I was in. It was a Saturday afternoon around. I was having lunch. I was eating at a very nice restaurant as well. So what was the problem? The problem was the one with whom I was eating. It was Bella, Bella Dean. Who is she? Well let's just say that she was my biggest rival. And when I say rival, I mean it. Our desire to be better than you one another extended from school all the to looks and beyond. Now why would two rivals be having lunch together? Well that's quite simple really, our parents forced us. You see, our parents as neighbours knew that we go to the same school and also knew about our rivalry. So they got together and decided to make us spend the week together and make amends. So far, the week had only started and I already wanted to die.

Ah man this sucks! She won't even say a word or even attempt to start a conversation with me. Then again, I'm not saying anything either...

I thought to myself while looking around the restaurant. I shifted my gaze towards her.

Look at her! She's dressed to impress, she has to be. Damn her parents made her look her best for this one didn't they?

I thought to myself. She was wearing a plain white shirt over which she wore a leather jacket accompanied by black jeans which made her look absolutely breathtaking.

I mean I'm sure they made her dress like that, why would she dress like that for me? I bet it's just as bad for her as it is for me... I wonder what she's thinking about right now.

Bella POV:

It was terribly silent. We weren't saying anything to each other at all. I sipped on my dark coffee. This situation was awkward and annoying for me. Not only did have to eat with him, I also had to wear what I was wearing.

Why would mom make me wear this? Oh now his ass is going to get arrogant thinking I dressed good for him!

I thought to myself as I took another sip of my coffee. I focused my gaze towards him. I noticed him looking at me and wink with a smile on his face.

Look at how smug this guy is acting. He also dressed good, he actually looks alright today... His parents really gave him a good look huh? I mean why else would he dress good?

I thought to myself. He was wearing a white shirt the sleeves of which he rolled upto his elbows with black pants which made him look spectacularly stunning. He also had a black school bag with him as well.

No POV:

"So, how're your tests going?" Ken asked finally breaking the silence.

"Yeah they're good, very good actually. What about you?"

"Oh you know just acing all the tests. As we both know, I was the one who scored the best in the school. Followed by you but that's just because you just can't get as good as me. In other words, you're second place." Ken replied leaning back on his chair with a smile.

"Oh that's great. But didn't I score better than you on... Every single tournament we've had at school? In other words, you're not even second place." She said whilst flashing a smile towards him. Ken leaned off of his chair.

"Anyways, you look good today." Ken said taking another sip of his soda.

"Thank you, my mother made me wear it."

"I supposed so."

"Your parents made you look good today no?"

"Oh this? I wore this myself. I'm glad you liked it." Ken replied.

"Why would you dress like that?"

"Oh, I didn't want to dress bad for my first date." He replied with another wink. This pissed off Bella.

"Stop winking at me you idiot! Also, I didn't want to do this so don't get arrogant. Also also, this isn't a date, you couldn't make this into a date in your wildest dreams." Bella snapped flicking her hair.

"Fair enough, I was only joking."

"Yeah well don't joke, I don't like you why would I want to joke with you? I don't even want to be here!"

"Would you rather be here with Jason?" James asked. Bella glared at him with fire in her eyes.

"What did you just say?"

"You know Jason, your boy- oh wait, he dumped you didn't he? Ha, well that's what happens when you have a bad taste in peop-"

"First of all, I dumped that cheating piece of crap. Secondly, don't say that assholes name again! God, I already don't like it here and you piss me off even more after saying that." She said cutting him off mid sentence.

"Woah, ok."

"Also, bad taste? You're the guy drinking grape soda."

"Grape soda tastes great, you probably don't. Maybe that's why Jason cheated on you." Ken said taking a bite of his sandwich.

"Ok I'm leaving. Screw you." She said as she jumped to her feet and picked up her purse.

"You can't leave yet. Just sit."

"No, I'm done. Unless you daily sorry I wo-"

"Bro just please sit down. I'm sorry." He pleaded. She sat down.

"I'm leaving after this." She said taking a bit of her sandwich.

"Listen, if you leave you'll just make it worse for both of us. Well have to spend longer together that way. So trust me an-"

"No one can trust what you'll do. One time you asked me for a few hundred bucks"

"Here we go again." Ken said rolling his eyes.

"Yeah here we go again! You still haven't returned me my money."

"I'll return it soon."

"You said the exact same thing back then. It's been two whole weeks since and you sti-"

"Thanks." Ken said interrupting her mid sentence.

"What?" She asked puzzled why he had said what he did.

"I didn't say it back then so there, I did it now." He replied with a smile on his face and sincerity in his voice. "I don't know what I would've done if I didn't get the money. My friends couldn't lend me that much money because they're trying to help themselves. Honestly, I couldn't blame them. I felt so embarrassed asking you for money, but I knew that you had the resources. I genuinely felt like an idiot asking you to be honest, I thought you'd just make fun of me or say no blatantly. But you actually gave me money and helped me when I needed it most. Obviously you made fun of me for doing so but didn't say no. For that I want to thank you."

Bella POV:

My heart dropped when I heard him say this. I had this urge to leap over the table and give him a huge hug.

"Oh uhh... It's cool." I replied not knowing what to say. "Hey listen, you can take your time with the money ok? I don't need it anytime soon." I informed him while smiling. He smiled back at me.

"See, when you're not being annoying, I can actually tolerate you." He said jokingly.

"And when you're being sincere and nice, I can actually tolerate you." I replied jokingly as well.

10 minutes later:

Ken and Bella were walking down the street. It was currently 4:30 PM. Hours had passed. They were just walking around doing nothing when all of a sudden, Ken stopped walking. Bella stopped just a few steps ahead of him and turned to face him.

"What's up?"

"Damnit! I forgot my... Something at home!"

"Ok, and?"

"Well we need to go and get it!"

"No way! I ain't going!"

"There you go again being selfish. I went to your house just now and I didn't say anything."

"Uhh fine! We'll go to your house! But it shouldn't take too long."

"Oh don't worry, I know a shortcut from here to my house. It'll only take a couple of minutes. Just follow me." He said as he turned and entered the alleyway to his right. He walked in a few steps before turning to see that Bella hadn't moved an inch. "Come on then."

"Can't we just take the normal way to your house?"

"Huh? Just a minute ago you minded taking long. Now you're fine with it?" He asked.

"I just don't like alleyways ok? So can we just..."

"How about no? Now come on." He said walking in deeper. Bella followed closely behind.

Ken POV:

We had been walking for a minute or two by now. We weren't talking to each other. Just walking. Everytime I'd say something, she wouldn't reply.

"Bella, Bella." I called her name but no answer came. "Bel I-"

"I told you not to call me that moron!" She snapped at me.

"You're not listening to me!"

"Fine, what is it?"

"Stay with me and don't say a word once we make this next turn." I told her.

"And why should I do that?"

"Just do it. Also, take my hand."

"Im not doing that." She said to me. I took a deep breath and gripped her hand tightly. "Let go of me!" She shouted. I ignored her attempts to real free from grip and pulled her along with me.

No POV:

The two of them went around the corner.

"Stay quite ok?" He said before whistling three times with each whistle having it's own instinct sound.

"What the hell are you doing?" Bella whispered to him.

"It's a greeting." He whispered in reply

"A greeting? To who?" She asked.

"To them." Ken replied gesturing for her to look in front of her. She turned her head and saw the man he was greeting. There were five men whom were visible. There were two Hispanic men both of whom had no shirt and were filled with tattoo's. Two were black and had multiple rings on their fingers with the one in the middle having a necklace with the letter 'B' on it as well. The last one was the biggest out of everyone there. He looked like he was Caucasian and was also bald.

"Yo K! Glad to see you again man." Said the man with the necklace.

"Stay quite and go with the flow." Ken whispered to Bella. "Same to you man." Ken said walking to him and hugging him.

"Who's this dime here?" He asked while looking at Bella.

"This here is my girl Michel." Ken lied.

"Ah so you got yourself a fine one. Ok then, enjoy her." He said with a wink. "Anyways, you got the gram?"

"You know me T. Here's the pack and here's extra." Ken took out two small boxes no bigger than a carton of milk each from his bag and handed them to him. The man inspected the contents of the boxes for a second before clicking his fingers and gesturing for the Hispanic men besides him to hand him something. They handed him two big stacks of cash.

"Here's the pay." He handed him the cash. "And here's the tip for the extra service." He said handing him another smaller stack of cash. Ken counted the cash and popped it into his bag.

"Aight man, this is good. Call me if you need more, I got more." Ken said.

"Yeah man, I trust no one more than you for this."

"See you then." Ken said as he shook his hand one last time.

20 Minutes Later:

"My house is coming up around the corner here." Ken informed. Bella walked besides him with her arms crossed. "Are you angry that I said you're my girl?" He asked.

"You're a gangster?" Bella asked topping dead in her tracks. Ken stopped and turned to face her.

"Of course not."

"Ken, I'm not stupid. The whistling, their weird appearance. You were trading drugs weren't you?"

"I do what I have to so I can provide for my family."

"Ken, there are alternatives. You don't need to-"

"I've already tried. It's not enough. This pays up and is enough to provide for me and my parents."

"I get that it pays good, I'm sure it does. But do you think your parents would want their son to be involved in this? Once you find your true self, you'll leave all of this behind." She replied. Ken thought about it for a second. "I'll let you think about it. For now, let's go get whatever it is you need." Ken nodded in agreement.

After long, they reached his house. It was fairly big for a family of three. It was a two story house. Ken knocked on the front door thrice and stepped back. A few seconds later, an old woman opened the door.

"Grandma!" Ken said as he hugged her.

"I just came over for a little bit while you were out." She looked over at Bella. "Hello dear." She greeted her.

"Oh, hi." She responded with an appropriate greeting.

"You were just a little boy yesterday Kenny. Now you have a girlfriend of your own."

"Oh no grandma, she's a... Uhh..."

"I'm his classmate."

"Yeah she's a classmate of mine. Anyways, grandma are mom and dad home?" Ken asked.

"Yes, they're in the tv lounge. We were watching a movie just now." She replied.

"Sorry for interrupting then." Ken said.

"It's ok, we're not bothered at all. Come in." She said finally letting them into the house. Ken took his shoes off and ran to the tv lounge where his mother and father were reclining on a red couch.

"Mom, dad." Ken said. His mother and father turned their heads away from the tv to look at him.

"Hey Kenny! Where's Bella?" They asked.

"She's here, were having a great time together." He said. "Anyways, we just dropped by to grab something. We should only be here for a few hours in my room."

"Ok, enjoy yourselves."

Kens Bedroom:

"This place is so clean. For someone like you, I'm impressed."

"I don't need you to be impressed."

"You should consider yourself lucky."

"How so?"

"You have such nice parents, while my I'm and dad are both so mean to me." Bella said as she sat in his bed. Ken sat near his window on a chair.

"Why would you say your parents are mean?"

"There are multiple reasons loser, I'd be here all day listing them." Ken crossed his arms.

"Try me."

"Rapid fire?"

"Call it whatever."

"Ok... My dad doesn't let me wear revealing clothes."

"He cares for you and wants you to be modest."

"Ok then... My dad let's my brother stay out longer than me."

"He doesn't want anything bad to happen to his angel while she's out."

"Ok you got me there... Ah, my mom scolds me for every little-"

"She wants you to stop these bad habits now so that they aren't damaging to your future. Bad things are bad no matter how little." Bella went silent for a second. "See? When you take time to contemplate, you can see the bigger picture. It isn't that they're mean to you or harsh with you, it's that they care about you." Ken explained. Bella seeped all of this in and thought about it.

"Well sometimes my mom or dad just scream at me because they had a bad day."

"They're humans! We all get angry man. You've probably gone home one day and taken your anger out on your parents." He replied. "How about this, it's almost time for you to get going. So why don't you make a list of five pros and five cons for your parents while driving you home? I usually do this when I'm angry at a friend. I fill up the pros section and sometimes even go beyond five. But finding even one con takes hours."

"The entire book will be filled with cons." She replied. He smiled.

"We'll see. Once you realize how wrong you are, go out with your parents give them love."

20 Minutes later:

"Bella, you ready to go now?" Asked Bella's dad.

"Yeah dad I'm ready now." She replied. She sat into the backseat of the car.

Ken POV:

What your parents think? What would your parents think? What would your parents think.

Bella's voice repeated inside my head as I thought of what to reply to T. I had recieved a message from him saying 'aye bro, I got a couple fools who paying 10,000 for a few packets. You down? 40% yours.'

What would my parents think? What am I doing? I'm better than this.

I thought to myself as I replied with 'no.'

Im better than this. I'd rather make 10 cents through hard work than 10 grand by selling my dignity.

I thought to myself.

Once you find your true self, you won't have a leaving this behind.

I remember Bella saying and smiled.

Bella POV:

Dad's bossy? No that isn't right, I'm bossier than him.

I thought to myself. I writing pros and cons about my parents. I had filled the pro side completely while the cons side remained empty.

Once you realize how wrong you are, go out with your parents give them love.

I remembered Ken telling me.

"Hey dad, want to go out tomorrow to watch a movie. Just you, me and mom?" I asked.

"I would love to!" My dad replied in Glee.

Both POV:

I looked outside at the starry night before thinking to myself

I can't wait to hangout tomorrow.