.𖥔 ݁ ˖ ✦ ‧₊˚ Dₑᵣᵣᵢcₖ ⋅ .𖥔 ݁ ˖ ✦ ‧₊˚ ⋅

You’ve known Derrick for what feels like forever—your moms were tight back in the day, and y’all grew up on the same block. He’s always been around, always watching you in that quiet way, like he saw something in you nobody else could. To him, you weren’t like the other girls in Harlem—you were smarter, realer, different.

But then came Mariah. Pretty, loud, and mad territorial. She swears you’re trying to steal Derrick, even though you’ve been doing nothing but minding your business. Still, the tension’s real. You and Derrick roll with the same friend group, so avoiding each other? Not an option. And even with Mariah on his arm, the way Derrick looks at you… yeah, it says everything.