The Heart Wants What it Wants by Tatianna Staton (the beginning after the end novel read TXT) 📕

    “Now we’ve gone over this everyday this week, and now its Friday and no one can tell me the theme of this story?” I sigh rolling my eyes at my English teacher Mr. Springer as he was giving the whole class another lecture. We had just finished reading Romeo and Juliet and we were going over it now as a class but no one wanted to answer him or his questions. “Callie, I know you know it” I look up at him from my journal, he was always calling me out “sure, the theme describes the battle of love and hate, in which battle love is victorious” Mr. Springer smiles and claps “thank you.” I smirk giving him the thumbs up “sexy and smart, my kind of girl” a guy named Todd says from behind me. “Chill out man” my ex-boyfriend Caleb says standing up I make a face at him “sit down Mr. Hernandez” Mr. Springer says looking away from the smart board he was writing on. “She isnt anything to fight over anyways” my nemesis Taylor says rubbing Caleb’s shoulder as he sits back down. “You’re a smart girl, got to be with that big ass head, so I suggest you shut your mouth, before I do it for you” she holds her hands up with a smirk. “Okay, okay, settle down, you do have homework tonight” I tone Mr. Springer out annoyed.

Taylor and I have pretty much hated each other ever since we were younger, around the age of 10. At first we were really good friends then one day while we were in my room playing one afternoon she stole my favorite charm bracelet. After that we stopped being friends and have hated each other ever since the incident. She has forever tried to make my life a living hell and more. The bell rings snapping me out my thoughts I pack my things up, as I’m almost out the classroom someone comes up behind me and puts their arms around my waist. I instantly knew from the smell of his cologne that it was Caleb “move nigga” I say pushing him off he laughs walking alongside me with a smile on his face. He was still sexy as hell with the most perfect white teeth and the cutest smile but he was also still a cheater and thats what made him unattractive to me. I’m a junior now, Caleb and I dated from 8th grade to the 10th, but we broke up the summer before the 11th grade because he cheated on me with one of his ex-girlfriends. It was only once but it still happened, and I forgave him but there was no chance of us getting back together. Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Callie Montgomery and I’m 16, a junior at Southwest Edgecombe in L.A, California. I’ve lived here all my life with my mom, she and my dad divorced when I was 13, he lives in Miami, Florida with his girlfriend and her 17 year old son. I’m an only child, which I kind of like for the most part, I’m really smart, make all A’s, it’s been that way since I was a kid. I’m very short only 5’0, mixed, curly shoulder length sandy brown hair,, green eyes that I get from my mom, and a sexy figure. “So, how have you been? You don't answer my calls or texts anymore” I shrug as I keep walking to my best friend’s locker to meet him there. “Caleb, I just need more time, I don't really feel like talking to you or messing with you in any type of way, can you just give me my space?” He stops walking and stares at me “really Cal?”

“Yes, really Caleb, I’ll talk to you later” and with that I walk off. When I get to my best friend’s locker he’s there talking to another dude and my two girls are there too.

My best friend is Zack Jenkins but I call him Zacky Pooh, he’s been my best friend since birth you might as well say. His mom and my mom are best friends they have been since middle school, and he’s the best friend anyone could ever ask for. He’s on the basketball team, one of the best players up there, he and I are only 4 months apart, he’s older. He’s tall, light skinned, curly hair, hazel eyes, his lips are big but very sexy at the same time. I look at him more like a brother than a best friend and its never been anything more than that, surprisingly. My other two girls Jade and Sandy are so freaking crazy. I’ve known them both since elementary school but we’ve been close since like 7th grade, we always have each other’s backs, always there for each other, and I love them to death. They’re both short like me but they are taller than I am by like 2 or 3 inches. Jade has long black hair while Sandy’s is short and brown but they’re both dark skinned and beautiful.

“Hey sexy people” I declare walking up to them with a big smile. I’m always happy to see them. “Hey beautiful” Zack says giving me a hug “hey love” Sandy says with a smile Jade just waves because she had gotten on her phone and was talking away. I glance at the sexy dude standing beside Zack who was staring at me “and who is this?” I ask biting my lip and staring at him also. “This” Zack says putting a hand on the guy’s shoulder “is my man Nick Monroe, Nick this is my best friend Callie and check it, he’s even a senior”

“Hey, it’s nice to meet you” I say shaking his hand “likewise, I’ve heard a lot about you, what Zack didn't tell me was that you were this gorgeous” he declares kissing my hand making me blush and even giggle a little. “Well thank you”

“Oohh I see you trying to kiss up to my girl” Jade says holding the phone away from her ear looking Nick up and down he just chuckles. “Well she’s not ready to date right now my friend”

“Shut up” I say hitting Zack in the arm. Nick is so attractive  and so sexy, he’s tall, dark skinned, blue eyes which I had never seen a dark skinned guy like him with. He had muscles that you could see through his shirt, and the way he licked his lips before he smiled was beyond sexy. I sneak beside Nick as we start walking to the cafeteria for lunch. “Those heels are too cute” Sandy tells me looking down at my feet “thank you darling, I got them at that sell you was supposed to go with me to last weekend” she makes a face “I’m sorry again” I make a noise bumping her. “So where are you from?” I ask Nick as the tardy bell rings and we walk into the cafeteria “Indiana, I moved here with my dad, work reasons”

“Interesting, how long have you been down here?” He and I walk away from my friends to a table to sit at “two weeks, today is my first day here at the school though” I nod facing him. “Like it so far?” He shrugs and looks in my eyes “I like the people so far, particularly you” I giggle and blush again making him laugh. “I see you’re a blusher, I like that” and that makes me blush once again “yo, I got tickets to go see YMCMB next month in Charlotte” Zack says coming to the table with two bags of chips and two flavored waters in his hand. “How many do you have and how did you get them?” I ask curiously as he hands me one of the waters and chips, he sits on the other side of me. “I got them offline, 6 of them, so all of us and one left over” I drink some of my water as my girls get to the table. “Well thats wassup, but is everyone’s parents gonna let them go?”

“I’m guessing yall are talking about that concert to go see YMCMB” Jade replies opening her soda and looking at us “yes ma’am we are” Zack tells her taking his phone out of his pocket. “My parents will be thinking about supervision” Sandy mutters making a face her parents were kind of strict about a lot of things. “Do you think your dad will let you go?” I ask Nick hopefully he shrugs “most likely, but imma still talk to him about it” I nod opening my chips just as Nick takes some chips out of his bag and opens them. “I probably can go, I’ll just get Dre to keep Jaz that weekend” Jade was referring to her baby and baby daddy who was in college already and had his own apartment. Jade had her baby her freshman year in college her daughter, my little God daughter was 2 now. “Well yall ask your parents so we can start planning” Zack declares and then gets on his phone I just roll my eyes at him.

“Madre I’m home” I yell setting my purse, backpack, and track/step bag on the floor. I run track and I’m on the step team at my school, track practice is from right after school till 5 and step practice is from 5 till 7:30 so I be exhausted on days when I have practice for both. I walk into the sitting room but my mom wasn't in there “mommy!” I yell again walking into the living room “I’m in the kitchen sweetheart” I hear her yell back, as I’m heading to the kitchen I slip my sneakers off and set them by my bags. “Ma, you didn't hear me--” and I stop mid sentence because sitting to our table with paperwork and my mom was the sexiest black man I’d ever seen. “Ohh, hello” I say quite speechless he smiles at me and stands, so does my mom “Cal this is Namarcus, he works with me, Marc this is my daughter Callie” he shakes my hand “it’s nice to meet you”

“Pleasure’s all mine, I can see where you get your beauty from” he declares making me and my mom blush making him laugh. His voice and his laugh was both deep and sexy, if my mom knew like I knew, she’d keep him. He was really tall with a fresh haircut, had on a suit, a diamond stud in each ear, hazel eyes and the sexiest smile. “Um, well, I’ll let you two get back to work, I’m just gonna take a shower, but it was nice meeting you Mr. Marc”

“You too” I hurry out of the kitchen giggling the man was too fine and I didn't see a ring on that finger, if I was some years older I’d hop on that. Once in my room I take out my ipod setting it on its adapter and putting it on shuffle, Truffle Butter by Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and Drake comes on.

I kinda liked being an only child, I got whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and I could almost do whatever I wanted to. My mom’s a criminal defense lawyer so she gets paid really well, my dad is a doctor so he gets paid well too and he often sends me money. Since Zack is like a brother to me his parents and little sister are like family to me also, he and I have this strong bond that no one can break. Just as I’m about to get in the shower I get a text from Nick saying

Clear your day tomorrow, we’re chillin.

I chuckle texting back

Okay Boss

Then we send each other’s