Meant For You

fifty-eight.

Nola Scott

I was staying in Oak Hill for a couple more days. One of my cousins - and best friends - had made an appearance in town. We lived in the same city, but Frankie was always traveling. She was rarely in Los Angeles these days. But our cousin Aviana's eighteenth birthday was coming up so she decided to spend her time off in Oak Hill.

As busy as both of Avi's parents are, my aunt and uncle were also able to take time off for her birthday. She was a senior in high school like Kayce only Aviana already had a plan for her future. This fall, she was going to attend college. In Paris, France. How she had managed to convince her parents, I had no idea.

Like Frankie, she had gotten herself quite the following these past couple of months. She's more of a model than an influencer but she's been getting more attention these days. Her parents have even hired a full-time bodyguard because of it. Some scary-looking big dude named Roy who I'm sure will be joining her in Paris when she moves out there this fall.

My parents are the only bunch out of my aunts and uncles who aren't in the public eye so we were raised more low-key than the rest of my cousins. I've been around the lifestyle long enough to know that it isn't easy. Even now with Miles and JT as friends, I see the way they manage it as well.

We celebrated Aviana's birthday at the Valdez's house with everyone present. Even Kayce made an appearance and gave Avi a gift. "Thank you, Kayce. I know I'm going to love it," Aviana said, giving Kayc a big grin. He raised his brows and nodded his head. "You're welcome." Despite being the same age, they're not close at all. Avi and Zya are best friends but Zya is probably the only person who can see through Kayce more times than the average person.

I was able to talk to Frankie's boyfriend, Alistair, again. He was really nice, not really a talkative guy I've noticed. He kind of just listened to Frankie and I gossip and threw in his two cents every now and then. Speaking of gossip, I may or may have not filled her in on my past couple of months with Miles and how he's my boyfriend now. Alistair was talking to Briar, Frankie's baby sister, the whole time we talked about this.

It's not that I don't trust the guy but I know Miles wouldn't like for his business to somehow get out in the media. Plus, we've only been together for two and a half days now. Nevertheless, Frankie was extremely happy for me and promised to keep her lips sealed until I told Mom and Dad. She was the second person I told. Em being the first obviously.

I was hesitant to tell her too because of JT. Turns out they patched things up just last night. Everything was bliss again in their little world. Those two were in love, the word love just scared the living shit out of both of them. She's terrible at keeping secrets but I told her I have to talk to Miles about it first. Who knows if he wants anyone to know about us?

It's just hard to keep my mouth shut when I'm excited about something.

I felt bad that I was skipping Miles' game tonight. Dad slyly played it on TV so that's what was on right now. No one really paid attention to it except for me, because I cared, and Frankie because she wanted to see if my boyfriend was any good at the sport he played. Sadly, the Kings weren't playing their best tonight. Again. The score was 4-1 and there were only five minutes left in the game.

It made me sad for the guys. I wanted to call and check in but I didn't know if I'd get time tonight since it was the first time since Christmas that we were all together like this. It's hard to get us together and I don't take advantage of the times when I can hang out with all my cousins. Earlier, I decided to join a conversation with Xavier, Izaak, Justus, and Brooks. It wasn't the smartest thing to do. The conversations between boys their age scare me and anyone else who may hear them.