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"I'm afraid about the fact that even though me and Keenan were best friends before any of this happened. That we will hurt each other so bad that none of that even matters" I was explaining to my mother.

"See now that's where you're wrong already. How are you going to go into something with a negative mindset ? It's like you're trying to find excuses as to why you shouldn't pursue a relationship with Keenan" she said to me.

I didn't want to admit it but she was right. I would never tell her that though.

I sighed. "You know I'm right" she spoke. I just looked away.

"I say go for it. Even though I know you're going to do what you want at the end of the day, but if my opinion matters at all, I say go for it"

My mother's opinion is the one that mattered to me most. She would tell me if she felt like being with Keenan was wrong, but her and miss Nikita have been wanting me and Keenan together since we first met.

I'm gonna talk to Tay'Vian then I will finally make my decision, it's like I already know what I want to do, but I have to see what Tay'Vian says.

"Hey sis" I knocked on her door, she turned around and looked at me.

Something looked off about her but I decided not to ask since I don't really have that much time.

"What's up?" She asked me "I wanted your opinion on something. I've been asking pretty much everyone and so far all the answers have been the same or different in a way" I explained to her.

"I'm listening" she sat up and looked at me giving me her full attention.

"Well if you didn't know, Keenan and I have had feelings for each other for some time now and just the other day we admitted to those feelings. He asked me if I wanted to take things serious with him on some boyfriend , girlfriend type stuff. I'm really stuck because I feel like things would be really great with Keenan but things could get really bad with Keenan. And that's a risk I'm scared to take, you guys know how I got when he wasn't talking to me at that one point. I'm scared that if we date and break up .. I'll lose him forever"

I opened up to Tay'Vian about the whole Keenan situation, I watched as she took in every word I said.

I also noticed a lot of changes about her , her hair is getting longer and curlier. Her chocolate skin was glistening. She was now starting to wear 25mm lashes making her look more grown and don't even let me get into her shape.

Tay'Vian was becoming a beautiful young adult.

"Well one, you know that no matter what happens between you and Keenan he is not letting you go. Everyone knows that boy has been in love with you since the day you introduced us to him. We watched you guys grow closer and your love grow stronger , we saw how deeply y'all effected each other. Noticing that only Keenan can really hurt Tiara and only Tiara can really hurt Keenan. Yes y'all are young but there's this saying "when you know you know" and I know that you and Keenan are meant to be".

I wasn't expecting all of that out of her , but I couldn't disagree with her.

I sighed. "So what are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna follow my heart"

"What path is your heart taking you down?"

"My heart wants to be with him... but my gut tells me don't do it"

"I think for once you should follow your heart. You've been second guessing for so long. Stop that. Be with the man you love"

Tay'Vian was right. I should follow my heart , my heart wants to be with Keenan.

"I have to go"

"I love you sister" Tay'Vian stood up and gave me a hug.

Once we let go, I turned around and left out. I grabbed my keys from the stand at the door and hurried to my car.

I checked the time on my phone and it was still eerily. The plane doesn't come till 6 and it's only 10:30.

I know Keenan is up because we were texting this morning.

Ti❤️: wya

Bestie🖤: home, wassup?

Ti❤️: I'm omw.

Bestie🖤: the door is unlocked.

Kennan didn't live too far from me so the drive to his house wasn't no longer than 15 minutes. I decided to stop at checkers and get us both burgers and funnel fake fries.

I arrived to his house around 11:10, I got out of my car and into Keenan's house. Making my way upstairs to his room and there he was laying down in his bed.

"You got us checkers!" He looked up at me and smiles. I smiled back at him and nodded "of course I did". I handed him his bag and then he opened his arms for a hug. I went in for a hug and even when he was sitting down, he was still towering over me. He kissed my forehead and then let go of me "thanks Ti".

I handed him his drink and then took off my shoes and got into his bed.

"Have you packed everything already?" He asked me.

"Yes, everything that I'm taking back is pretty my packed in a huge suitcase and duffel bag. I only brought back clothes and some shoes"

"Yeah same here. What time do you wanna leave for the airport?"

"4:30, only because you really never know flight could come early or hella late"

"True"

"But I also came here because I wanted to tell you something" I sat up and faced him. His eyes were following my every move "is everything okay?" He asked me. "Yeah! This is actually a good thing." I told him. "Oh okay" he calmed down a bit.

"So what's up?" He was now giving me his full attention. "So earlier I had a talk with my mom and sister about us and I asked them for their opinions" I started "okay" he wanted me to continue.

"And I took in every word both of them said , even though they pretty much said the same thing. They said it in different ways .. do I make sense?" I asked him.

He chuckled "Ti, calm down. You always ask that when you're nervous. It's just me" he said.

Yeah but this time it's not just you. This time it's me telling you that I want to be together.

"Now breathe and continue" he said.

I took a deep breath and then exhaled.

"I pretty much already knew the decision I was going to make just because of the fact that I've been holding this in for so long. It's finally coming out , I've been denying my feelings for you for way too long and I'm ready to be with you. I want to be more than your best friend. I want to be your girlfriend , best friend , mom and bro all in one. I want to be your everything Keenan" after I said all that I took another deep breath but this time with my eyes closed.

When I opened them he was looking at me, a smile snuck upon his face.

"So you're ready to be my girlfriend ? Like for real?" He asked me.

"Did you not just hear everything I said to you not even two seconds ago?"

"It took you long enough , I'm ready to be your husband if we're being quite honest but I know we're not there yet"

Him saying that made me blush so hard that it was almost cringey.

He pulled me into a hug "eww now you're about to be all lovey dovey towards me" I pretended to be disgusted by him wrapping his arms around me.

"I can let go if you want" he threatened "no no" I pulled him back.

He pecked my forehead "will you be my girlfriend Miss Tiara Gold?" Kennan asked me.

"I would love too!"

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So it only took them 25 chapters , a best friend break up , a death , reconnection , secret pregnancy & drunken New Years sex for Keenan and Tiara to finally end up together .. we love to see it 🥰!

But let me know what you guys think!!!

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