Forever my girl

Chapter three: Tiffany

In most basketball arenas, the VIP seats are located near the court, either in the lower bowl or the suite level.

"We got the lower bowl today, so we will have potential interaction with the players." Ashley says and whoops as we get seated.The game has already started and the audience are happily cheering the players shoot hoops on the court .

My eyes are fixed on my phone as i nonchalantly scroll through i********: and "the game is happening right in front of me" who cares?

Ashley keeps whooping noisily, I can feel her voice radiating through my skin and there's an elderly man seated right beside me,he turns to look at Ashley with an irritating face anytime she whoops.

"I don't know her." I say to the man as he looks at me and Ashley again.

Everyone was enjoying the game but i was so absorbed in my phone that i barely noticed what was going on.

The cheering from the crowd becomes wilder than before as one of the players misses his shot,and the ball comes flying towards me. I suddenly hear a loud thud, and felt a sharp pain in my arm.

The basketball had hit me.bouncing off the edge of the bench and into my lap,the strawberry slush i settled on my lap and held with my left hand splashes on my shirt.I jump up, startled, and dropped my phone . "Ouch!" i exclaim, rubbing my arm. It stung, but the pain quickly faded.The player comes running towards me to apologize.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

I got awestruck by his handsomeness, "six foot, six inches of pure, athletic perfection!"his chestnut brown hair shines as the sun strikes on him and i can barely get a word out when he spoke.

"Ahhh,i am fine!"i sigh.

As the slush on my shirt drips down my body,His honey-brown eyes shine as they tiptoe down my body.

"I am really sorry, Ahhh-hhh i would like to take care of the slush but,kinda in the middle of something."He says as he points his finger to the court.

"yesss-go-do-you."i blush. He smirks and says "Alright" as everyone's attention is on us,he waves both of his hands at everyone and they all whoop.he winks at Ashley and quickly runs back to the court to continue playing.

Ashley starts to clap as the player walks away. "you're a good pretender tiffi," i thought you made it clear to everyone that you can't stand Triston. And look at the smile on your face.

"Tris- who?" I say as I frown my face in shock and sit on the bench.

"You must be kidding me Ashley." How can that guy that was so nice to me be Triston.

"Triston can never be this nice" i say as i use my palm to wipe off the slush on my phone. And he never looked this great on posters or pictures of him on social media.

"Oh really?" Ashley grins with her eyes wide open.i give her an angry face and she was going to say something but then decided to zip up her mouth with her fingers.

The game ended with the audience cheering and singing a happy song, but i am still absorbed in my own thoughts and hadn't noticed the celebrations around me. Ashley grabs my arm and pulls me to my feet.

"Tiffi, why are you being so spacey today?"She says in a loud voice and suddenly a little boy comes near the barrier that separates us from the basketball court.

"Ehmm,miss this is from Triston." He toss a mini ball to me and i catch it. "thanks," i say as i give the ball a thorough look Ashley is already peeping to read out what's written on the ball.

Sorry about your shirt! Dinner?

I smirk and Ashley gets stunned by what she just read "ohh-my-god tiffi you are already my best friend if not we will never be friends,you literally have dates falling from the sky."

"I am not actually going to go out with him." I toss my hair to one side as i try to contain my smile, a smile tugs at the corners of my mouth as if my face is determined to break my true feelings. I can't believe what my brain is telling me, "so that guy that was nice to me was Triston."and he wants me to go on a date with him!

Some people say men love what they see,and women love what they hear.But today,i Tiffany Warren is going to interchange this stereotype. " I like what i saw ." and it sits fine in my heart.but wait who did i just see? It's Triston Remington! He placed a tarantula on my head!

"I am not going!" I say as i cross my arms over my chest.

Ashley let's out a feeble laugh and sigh "Alright then, we will go together." I am sure Triston doesn't even know you are the girl he placed a spider on and maybe he doesn't even remember that happened, "he was a senior back then,remember?" "He finished high school before us and probably got distracted by grownup things so?" Ashley shrugs

"So what?" Do you mean to say Triston doesn't remember what he did to me,oh Ashley keep your mouth shut!

"Tiffi look over there." Ashley points over at Triston standing with his team,far away from us and he waves at me with a shy smile on his face,i give him a faint smile and his eyes darted as soon as our gazes meet.

My phone suddenly beeps as i receive a message from Henry of course. "he always pops up like a wizard when ever any guy wants to be friends with me, "any guy!"

Bubba

Bubba: hi muffin *unamused face emoji*

Henry usually calls me muffin when ever we have a fight and he doesn't want to apologize but knows he has to.so to be on the safer side he calls me his muffin.

Bubba: are you there?

Me:hello

I reply to Henry's message and quickly tuck my phone in to my pocket as everyone starts to leave the arena.

Ashley wanted to go and say hi to Triston but i stopped her from doing so because i need to think about how to face him when ever we meet again.she drops me at home some minutes later and the first thing i can sight as i open the door are red rose petals arranged in a heart shape at the door way.

I don't need to do any deep thinking about who has done this,I already know whose work this is.

"Henryyy." I shout his name despite the tiredness in my body.

"Bubba are you home?"

Henry isn't answering me so i walk to my room to see if he is there but he isn't.

"Maybe he is in the kitchen." I exclaim letting out a huge breath because if it's not Henry i think i might want to punch someone's face tonight because i am already scared.

I open the kitchen door and find Henry lost listening to music with his headphones on and dancing joyfully as he is cutting some carrots on the chopping board and the kitchen is filled with a spicy aroma that i would never like to perceive even when I am half way asleep. "Henry doesn't know how to cook ,"i give him a thorough look and notice he is wearing my sweatpants and he has no shirt on him.

I gently close the kitchen door and lean my back on it as i watch him dance. "he is just so happy and looks confident." He suddenly spins and our eyes lock with each other and i try not to smile or laugh but he does and covers his face with his damp hands and takes off the headphones.

"Why is bubba shy today?" i ask as i blush and stand upright

"Bubba is shy because he hurt his muffin's feelings."

Henry comes to me and grabs my waist,he stares at my face as i turn it to the side. I can feel his eyes fixed to my face without blinking and he gives me a peck on my jaw. i turn to face him and he smirks "gotcha baby ."

"Are you still mad at me?" I am sorry if what i said yesterday made you feel bad,I didn't mean to hurt your feelings,baby.it's just that i don't like it when you look so sexy and we have to go to a place where there're a lot of dudes,I don't want them to look at you. "I want you all for my self baby."

And i am also sorry for not telling you that you looked so stunning yesterday.the pink dress was so gorgeous on you that was why i got frightened ,maybe another guy might want to snatch you away from me because i noticed most of the regular customers in the cafe are guys and they just can't take their eyes off you when ever we are there,he scratch his head.

And-anddd,Ah'hahh! I am cooking your favorite rice dish and chicken fricassee.

Henry noticed the tiered look on my face and decides to keep quite because he talks too much most of the time and he knows the facial expression i give when ever i am tired of hearing what he has to say.

"It's okay bub.i yawn, "i don't like keeping grudges with the people i cherish a lot in my life,and you are part of them." I grin and hug Henry as tight as i can to fill up for yesterday's absence of him beside me and i missed leaning on his broad chest too.i bury my head on his chest and give his hard tummy a punch and he flinch making him to rub his abdominal muscles.

I quickly run to the other side of the kitchen and he tries to catch me but i manage to squeeze myself under the working table. "All thanks to my tiny body structure" that makes almost everyone i know refer to me as a doll and Ashley calls me a minion sometimes when she wants to look for my trouble.

I hide under the table as my long hair covers the sides of my body while i squat on my knees and Henry keeps laughing at me.

"If anyone should come looking for you inside this kitchen,I would be ninety nine percent sure they would never find you because you are so small" and you look like a troll right now tiffi.

"You can't be serious about calling me a troll bub," how dare you! i say as i horridly try to crawl out I hit my head under the table "ouch,ouch,ouch ouchhh."

Henry keeps laughing at me tremendously and assists me in standing up.he hugs me from the back and sniffs my hair "you smell so nice tiffi!" I blush.