Heartbeats episode 18 – 19

🖤❤️HEARTBEATS 🔞
( I Think I
Love You … )

CHAPTER 18&19

By, Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★
( KENT )

‘What’s he doing?’ JoJo thought as Butter kept leaning in, his eyes never left her l-ips.

He was about to get to her when she spoke up.

“What are you … Doing”

He came back to his senses and pretended like he picked something from her hair.

“Something was…. In your hair” he smiled awkwardly, moving back.

“You could have told me, I can remove it myself” she curved her l-ips, and he balanced on the driver’s seat.

“You surely don’t know how to say thank you” he said.

She smiled as she tried fastening her seatbelt, but she kept struggling with it.

Butter bent to her side and took the belt from her.

“You don’t know how do fasten a belt?, What do you know how to do then?” He said and started clipping it.

“Don’t bully me” JoJo pouted, and when he looked up to see her pout, he chuckled and grabbed the wheel.

“I didn’t touch you”

“You’re mouth-bullying me” she pouted childishly again, and Butter laughed this time.

“Is there even something like that?”

JoJo stopped pouting and joined him to laugh as he started driving the car.

“But honestly my wounds healed already” she said, and he shifted his eyes from the road to her knees.

There are scars on it , from the healed wounds.

“Scars are bad” he said, that made her look at him.

Their eyes met, and he quickly returned his eyes to the road.

“Thanks” she suddenly said.

“For what?” He asked.

“Saving me from Kent” she replied, and he sighed.

“It’s fine” he replied, and that made her smile.

“Initially…I used to think of you as arrogant and proud” she said, resting her head on the headrest.

“Why?”

“You don’t like talking to people just like Draco, but now I know the two of you are just different, you guys are actually the best” she smiled.

“You’re close to Draco?” He asked immediately.

“Yeah, we’re friends” she replied quickly.

“That @sshole” he muttered, and she hit his head.

“F**k!, Did you just hit my head?” He glared.

“Don’t you dare call him @sshole” she replied, and he scoffed before pulling at her cheek.

“Let go of my cheek!” She shouted, grabbing his cheek too.

He stopped the car and they started pulling each other’s cheeks.

“Let go of my cheek” Butter said.

“You started it so you should let go of mine first” she replied.

“JoJo!”

“Butter!” She shouted too, and they started staring at each other with bulgy cheeks.

It didn’t take long before they bursted into an uncontrollable laughter.

He suddenly stopped laughing and started staring at JoJo who was still laughing.

She looks extra cute while smiling, but she looks more beautiful when she laughs, so right now he just wants her to continue laughing so he’d stare at her forever.

He can’t remember the last time he laughed wholeheartedly like this, but she just made him laugh today.

He immediately felt like keeping her forever, if not for anything, but for the happiness.

“Let’s go, it’s getting late” JoJo finally stopped laughing, and he smiled before continuing the drive to the hospital.

*****

ONE HOUR LATER★ COLLINS RESIDENCE**

Butter’s car stopped in front of the house, and JoJo stepped out.

They didn’t spend much time at the hospital, she only met a dermatologist who prescribed creams for her scars and the ones for skin glow, Butter got it all for her.

“Thanks for everything, though I kept insisting that I’m fine but you’re just stubborn” she said.

“We’re going tommorow too” he replied, and she rolled eyes.

“I swear I’m not going with you” she replied, walking in fast.

“JoJo!” He called after her.

“I’m not following you to the hospital tommorow!” She replied without looking back.

“JoJo” he called softly, and she stopped to look back with a funny look on her face.

“Goodnight” he said, and she curved her l-ips prettily.

“Goodnight!” She replied fast and rushed in, shutting the door.

Butter smiled and looked at the house again before driving off.

Ignatius was sitting in the living room when JoJo came in, but she decided to ignore him completely.

She started walking in without greeting him.

“Stop” he suddenly said, but she didn’t stop .

She was about to enter her room when he blocked her and held her face.

She kept a stony face as he started staring at her face allover.

“What the hell is happening?, Plastic surgery?” He said with a smirk, and she hit his hand away from her face.

“Mummy’s surgery” she rolled eyes, and Victoria came out of her room

“Yes, mummy’s surgery” she said and pulled JoJo away from him.

“Excuse us” she said and took JoJo into her room.

“How was your date?” She asked immediately, and JoJo’s eyes w¡dened.

“I never said I was going on a date!”

“But you went out with a guy” Victoria smiled.

“He took me to the hospital to see a dermatologist!, And we’re just friends, Butter can never be into someone like me, I’m definitely not his type ok?” JoJo replied and started taking off her gown.

Victoria suddenly hugged her from behind.

“Mummy…

“You look happy today, so I’m happy too, and I’m hoping it continues this way” she whispered, k-sing JoJo’s hair.

JoJo faced her and hugged her tightly.

“I love you mummy”

“I love you more baby, now don’t forget to have a night shower before sleeping” Victoria replied, breaking the hug.

“Sure” JoJo smiled, and she pecked her cheeks.

“Goodnight JoAnn”

“Sleep tight mummy” she replied as Victoria left the room.

JoJo rushed into the bathroom immediately, she had a shower and came back to sit in front of her mirror.

She emptied all the facial treatments Butter got for her on the table and started rubbing the appropriate ones.

Her phone beeped on the table, and she quickly got it to see a message from Snow.

💌 Don’t forget to practice for your audition tommorow, love you! 💙

She smiled and typed a reply.

💌 You too, practice hærd ok?, We must get into the club no matter what, I love you more! 💙

She stood and started jumping around the room.

“So this is how it feels to actually have a friend!, I’m so happy!, I’m happy!, Whoaaaaaa!!!!” She s¢ræmed, falling on the bed.

“I have Draco, I have Butter, I have my Snow, and I have my firefighter, gosh!!!, Dream come true!!!!” She started throwing up her legs, jubilating happily till she suddenly stopped and got her phone.

She messaged firefighter immediately.

MIMI: Are you there?

She waited for twenty minutes, but no reply came from fighter, she released an heavy sigh.

MIMI: I guess you’re busy, goodnight.

She sent that and dropped the phone, then she stood at the center of the room.

“JoJo Collins, come in please!” She said in miss Cindy’s voice, and she started catwalking, flaunting her hair and trying to move her slender w–st with her steps, she made many poses when she got to the stopping point, then she smiled.

“I can do it, nothing can stop me” she said to herself.

******

NEXT DAY★ DRACO’S UNIT**

Draco squeezed up his face immediately he woke up from sleep, his hair scattered on his head and some fell on his face, his full brows together with it gave him even a cuter look.

He perceived the smell of food in the air, so he opened his eyes and sat up quickly.

He’s still naked cos he f*cked Kavita till midnight.

He stood from the bed and got joggers from his closet which he put on before walking out of the room.

The smell got stronger and stronger as he went closer to the kitchen.

He finally entered the kitchen and met Kavita there, she’s the one cooking.

“What are you doing?” He said, and she looked back at him.

“Hey demigod, you’re awake” she smiled, walking to him.

She wanted to pull him into a k-s, but he resisted.

“What are you doing in my kitchen?” He said stonily, taking her aback.

“What do you mean?, You exhausted your energy on me last night so I thought of making you breakfast and…

“I never said you could enter my kitchen, and who told you I’m gonna eat your food?” He interrupted.

“Draco..

“Stop right now, I’m not interested” he frowned.

“Really?, you want my efforts wasted? ” She said.

“You can just pour it for the stray dogs, and leave my kitchen” he replied flatly before walking out.

“Motherf*cker” Kavita muttered, remembering when he was smiling at JoJo yesterday.

******

LOVERBOYZ UNIT★ 9AM**

Luke: Whenever you’re around me
I wanna hold you in my arms
Millions of things surround me
But I see only you.

Lustre: (Only you)
Stay beside me till the end of everything
Be my melody till the end of the song.
Don’t let me go.

Walton: (it’ll hurt)

Luke: don’t let me go

Walton: (I love you)

Lustre: lemme be your knight in shining armor….

“Whooo!!” Walton shouted.

“Tommorow is another concert, let’s perform sweetly as we’ve always done” Lustre said.

“Yes leader” Walton smiled.

“But Lustre, You’re revealing your face tommorow, right?, I really want everyone to see your face, how can you be hiding your face for your fans when they’re not vampires, please reveal your face on stage tommorow and…

Lustre quickly covered Luke’s mouth.

“When are you gonna stop being a talkative, your girlish behavior is still intact” he said.

“I really want you to show your face on stage” Luke pouted, and Walton started staring at him.

His pout is…too cute for a guy.

“I will, not just now, but sooner than you guys are expecting” Lustre smiled, and Luke nodded.

“Alright leader”

“But… were you a girl in your past life?, You can easily pass for a girl” Lustre said.

“You always say that” Luke replied and his eyes w¡dened.

“Our class is in thirty minutes time, I have to go prepare!” He said and rushed in quickly.

“Seriously he drives me crazy” Walton said slowly.

“What do you mean?” Lustre asked.

“How can a guy be beautiful?, It’s not making any sense right?” Walton replied, and Lustre smiled.

“We all know he has been girlish from the start”

“But…I’m feeling somehow” Walton muttered, touching his chest.

*****

STANFORD UNIVERSITY★ 10:30AM

“We have just one class left, right?” Snow yawned as she came out with JoJo after the first class.

“Yes” JoJo replied, and someone suddenly bumped into them.

“Why is it that blind people are common in this school these days?” JoJo said when she saw it’s v×rgiπia.

She’s with her minions as usual.

“Just because you got little beauty, you think you can now talk anyhow?” v×rgiπia replied, coming closer.

“That little beauty made you faint yesterday, heard you were unconscious for two hours straight” JoJo smiled, and v×rgiπia gulped nothing.

“You just bumped into us knowingly, we don’t deserve an apology?” Snow smirked, and Cora stepped forward too.

“You should tell your newfound friend to have a little bit of shame, the fact still remains that all Californians saw her nudeness” she said, and JoJo laughed.

“It’s called temptation, seeing something you can never have a taste of” Snow said.

“Wait.. sourflowers, are you guys always this stupid or is today a special stupidity occasion?” JoJo said.

“Sourflowers?, Are you insane?” Abigail said angrily and made to grab their hairs but But JoJo grabbed her hand and pulled her closer.

v×rgiπia and Cora shifted back.

“Go ahead and touch me, I swear it I’ll wound you and nothing will happen” JoJo said and released her hand.

Abigail stepped back immediately, and Snow smiled.

JoJo suddenly sighted Draco, he was entering the amphitheatre.

“I’ll be right back Snow!” She said and rushed down the block, rushing all the way there.

She opened the door slowly and went in, her sneakers making her steps quiet.

She was wearing ripped jean and a white crop top, then she has a bucket hat on her head, just small l¡pstick like Snow suggested, and she’s still cute.

She saw Draco on the podium, he was snapping pictures of the blue sky repeatedly.

She smiled and started tiptoeing to him, intending to cover his eyes from behind when she gets to him.

She did it as quietly as possible, but just some steps away from him, he looked back, and her eyes w¡dened as she stopped moving.

“You love childish plays a lot” he said, and she smiled sheepishly.

“And you’re a smartass” she said and stood straight, walking to him.

“Why are you so obsessed with snapping pictures of nature?” She asked.

“I don’t know too” he replied, and she faced him

“Do you know you’re weird?”

“You’re not the twentieth person to tell me that” he replied.

“But I like weird people” she said, moving closer to him.

“My knight in shining armor” she whispered, and he looked at her.

She blinked cutely, curving her l-ips again.

“I told you to stop calling me that” he said, returning to his camera.

“And I told you I’ll only call you that when we’re alone like now” she replied.

“You’re stubborn” he heaved, and she suddenly snatched the camera from him.

“I wanna snap too” she said, positioning it on her right eye.

She closed the left one and pressed the wrong button.

“I don’t know how to do it” she pouted and started blinking again.

Draco shook his head and snatched it from her, then he started walking out.

“Teach me how to use the camera!, Draco!, Huh?, Huh?, Say yes!, Draco!” She said, rushing after him.

She held his shirt and he stopped.

“Let go of my shirt” he said, and she made cute faces.

“Cute Draco” she winked, and he felt himself staring, but he quickly stopped, and she suddenly started tickling him.

“Hey stop!, JoJo!, It’s not funny… JoJo!” He said, trying to stop her, but he was already laughing hærd.

He finally grabbed her hands and she started blinking again.

“You’re like a baby witch” he said.

“Will you teach me?” She pouted.

“NO” he replied and started walking out fast.

“Draco!!!” She shouted, running after him.

Kavita came out of her hiding place and smirked

“So… He can laugh and talk like this with her, he even allowed her to touch his camera but he shouted at me when I mistakenly touched it, really?” She said.

“I’ll just overdose you with my p*ssy, morning afternoon and night, till you won’t be able to think of another thing, then I’ll do something about that b*tch” Kavita said and walked out.

*******

Draco and JoJo are currently walking through the dry hallway of the amphitheatre, and she kept giggling.

“I seriously can’t wait for the audition by 3” she said happily.

“You’re always happy over minor things” he replied, tucking his hands into his pocket as he walked.

“Everything matters to me” she replied.

“That’s why you get hurt easily” he replied, and she stopped walking to face him.

“Huh?”.

“Why the hell are you both together!” Kent’s voice interrupted them, and they both turned to see him coming.

JoJo’s expression changed to angry.

Draco kept his poker face.

He got to them and pushed Draco’s chest.

“Why are you with my girlfriend” he said, pushing it again.

JoJo tried to push him away from Draco, but he grabbed her hand and pushed her instead.

She fell on her butt with a whimper.

Draco looked at her and then at Kent.

“Tell me why the hell you’re with her” Kent said and tried to push his chest again, but Draco grabbed his hand this time , twisting his wrist before punching his jaw.

“F**k!” Kent gr–ned as he staggered back with a bleeding mouth.

Draco removed his wristwatch and gave it to JoJo before opening the door to the nearest room.

He pushed Kent in and he went in too, then he shut the door.

TBC