Between the noisy whirring sounds of her sewing machine and the latest single from Adele playing in the background of the dorm room, she shares with her best friend, Tanner Lockhart. Aaliyah Gupta is currently working on a design she had in her head for a top when she's nearly done stitching a sleeve when the banging of knocking on the door gets her to turn off the device.

She finds Lorenzo Vidal standing in the doorway wearing a gray hoodie with dark pants. The discussion she had with her mother earlier about giving him the money for school which she told her shouldn't have done, since she strongly believes Lorenzo isn't worthy of her.

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"Hey," she says softly.

"Hey, I'm not interrupting you, am I?" Lorenzo queries. "I heard your machine goin'. And I know when you get in your creative mode, you don't like to be pulled away from it."

"I think the shirt can wait."

Aaliyah recalls she had called Lorenzo, where she left a voicemail to see where they stand in terms of their relationship. Lorenzo fell into financial difficulty and couldn't afford to pay his tuition to attend college this semester. So she went to her father, who wrote a check for the amount he needed.

Though Lorenzo became upset at her for going behind his back, which resulted in them hardly interacting until now,

"Look, I know what I did by going to my father wasn't the best solution, but when I overheard the frustration in your voice about you not being able to afford to stay here. I felt I had to do something," Aaliyah explains wholeheartedly.

Lorenzo keeps his hands in the pockets of his hoodie while setting his jaw.

"Aaliyah, when you brought that check over -- it made me feel -

"Like what?"

"Like I was nothin', I mean your mother is a famous architect, your dad owns his own business, and I'm friends with a millionaire whose father runs the biggest company in this town who is letting me stay in his guest house."

Aaliyah begins to detect the hurt upon his face from telling her this.

"Lorenzo, that doesn't mean a damn thing to me, and it's not like my parents were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. They have worked really hard for where they are now"

"I wish I didn't feel like that, but I do, Aaliyah."

Growing up, he wasn't necessarily inspired to share his true feelings. His father often told him to keep his head down and get on with it. So at this moment, he can't help but feel embarrassed by doing so to his girlfriend.

"So that is why I dropped out of school. I couldn't feel indebted to your father in that way. And my family probably wouldn't be able to afford my tuition for next semester anyway."

"So, what are you going to do now?"

Lorenzo reaches into his pocket to retrieve a name tag with his name engraved on it.

"Guess who is the newest stock clerk at J&M?"

"Oh my god! "That's great, congratulations! Why didn't you tell me?"

Lorenzo tells her about her father offering him the job when he had dropped the check back to him. At first, he wasn't going to take it but realized he had no other option, so that's why he did. Besides, her father did have a point about him having too much pride. 

"Sorry, I haven't been in touch, but I've been working extra hours trying to send some money home to Philly, and by the time I get a chance to call. I fall asleep."

A glimmer in her eyes occurs as she puts her arms around her boyfriend. "I will never be ashamed of you, Lorenzo. I hope you know that now,"

"How did I deserve you?" he says tenderly.

"Let me show you,"

The couple starts making out excitedly as they lay down on her bed, where their legs intertwined.

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