the only exception - kenny wu

10. going out

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julie had left to go talk to bombay about getting to play, while connie and arabella continued to get ready after showering. they were listening to 'hot to go!', thanks to connie. 

it's safe to say, there was more dancing than getting ready. the boys knocked on the wall that they shared, telling them to shut up. after laughing, they just continued singing even louder. 

kenny was on the other side of the wall, and he smiled as he listened to arabella having fun. they were definitely listening to a wide variety of music, seeing as it went from chappell, to soulja boy.

he couldn't hear arabella singing, but he did hear her laugh and ask connie what kind of playlist they were listening to. kenny couldn't hear the answer, but he figured that since his roommates were going out, he'd go and talk to dean and fulton. he didn't know where charlie and adam were, and he didn't want to bug them. 

after they left, he could hear 'fell in luv', making him laugh. he pulled out his phone to see that connie had sent him a photo, so he opened it. it was a photo of arabella getting ready. she was in front of a mirror, posing since connie was taking a picture. he noticed she was wearing his sweater and some jorts, but he didn't see the full outfit because the way the camera was positioned. he didn't care about the rest of the outfit though, because he was too mesmerized by how pretty she looked. 

that reminded him, and he saved the photo before going to his sister's contact, debating if he should text her or not. kenny decided he should, and texted her something pretty vague, knowing she'd call him. 'what would you do if you liked someone?'

he waited a few minutes for it to say read, and a second after, his sister facetimed him. he accepted it, obviously, but made sure to turn his volume down because he knew she would be screaming. 

"kenny! who is it, who do you like? is it someone on your team?" chloe, his sister, asked to find out more about her. 

"it's a girl on my team. her name is arabella." he didn't want to give out too much information, but figured she would probably find her anyways. 

chloe gave him a look that meant 'aww', but continued talking anyways. "have you guys been talking, or is it just like crush from afar?"

"we've been talking, we sat next to each other on the plane and she helped me up on the first meet thing."

"wait! is arabella the one that leaned on you during the interview?" 

"yeah, and she-"

chloe let out a loud gasp, making kenny stop talking. "she's way too pretty for you. like have you seen this girl? damn."

kenny frowned. 'was he not good enough for her?'

he tried to push that thought to the back of his head. "how do you know?"

"her tiktok and insta. she just posted. arabella myers, right? her user is hellabella."

kenny went to tiktok to put in her username, and she posted a video with the two other girls. it was the three of them lip-syncing to the song 'meddle about' by chase atlantic. the video would switch from connie to arabella to julie, and they'd each lip sync a lyric from the beginning of the song. arabella started, and kenny's eyes widened as she lip synced the lyric, 'we only met each other just the other day, but you already got me feeling some type of way'.