girl next door ☼ [] dicky harper

ch☼pter 2

constance's alarm went off at 5:00 am the next morning. she dreaded going to school. sleeplessly she rolled out of bed and went to shower. she picked out a simple but cute outfit, as it was literally the first day at her school. she put on her favorite constellation sweatshirt and some mom jeans, putting her hair in low buns.

"god i hate school. why did i set my alarm so early i feel like some preppy girl." she talked to herself as she did her makeup. it was almost time to go and she was really nervous. she kept overthinking every little thing before realizing she'd have dawn, ricky, and nicky. she assumed dicky would be an ass though.

"love it's time to go. did you get a lunch yet?" her mother called up the stairs.

"yes, mom. i have everything i need." she walked downstairs and put on her shoes.

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the teenager looked out the window at her fancy new school. it looked really nice. she grabbed her bag and stepped out after saying goodbye to her mom and little siblings.

"connie!!!! there's my favorite person ever." dawn called to her running up and giving her a hug.

"i met you like three days ago but okay!" she laughed. dawn seemed to be really cool. she made constance feel a little more comfortable at this school.

"hey guys. dicky." she looked at each of the siblings. she watched as dicky rolled his eyes obviously not caring. on the other hand, the rest of his siblings cared and liked constance.

the group showed constance to her classes and made sure she knew where to go. she ended up having a lot of classes with dawn and dicky. dawn, she was happy about but dicky? she didn't dislike him, but she didn't feel buddy buddy with him either. dawn forced him to promise he would help her if she needed it in any classes they shared, and to walk her to them until she got the hang of it.

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"do you need something?" dicky asked, irritated by constance's gaze.

"what did i do to you?" she questioned him, also getting annoyed. she couldn't process what she did in the ten minutes they talked.

"look, i'm not forcing you to be friends with me or something, but what the hell makes you so angry around me?" she grabbed his arm making him stop walking.

"i don't know. maybe i just like watching you get mad." he smirked and shook her hand off. "now come on before we're late."

she rolled her eyes and reluctantly followed. she tried to rack her brain for any ideas on how to get him to stop being a jerk. she wondered if baking would do anything, but remembered she sucks at cooking. 'maybe art? no. i suck balls at that.' she thought, not paying attention to the quite angry math teacher she wasn't listening to.

"would you mind listening in on our lesson, miss' zang?" he asked. she was already irritated with dicky and now this.

"it's zheng, sir." she replied, "and i will do that no problem." she smiled sweetly at the math teacher and rolled her eyes as soon as he turned to face the white board.

"yeah, miss zang. pay attention." she heard someone whisper in her ear. she turned around to notice dicky smiling, obviously finding the situation funny.

"don't whisper in my ear you creep." she replied and turned back around.

"aw don't be like that miss zang. i'm only teasing." he started playing with her hair, doing anything he could to get on her nerves. sadly for him she didn't waste her energy on some dumb high-school kid.

"aw stop touching me mr. dominic." she mocked, "guess who told me your real name." she winked at him. she could feel how embarrassed the teenager was and knew he wouldn't be bothering her the rest of the class.

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"hello my darling little connie." her mother joked as she got in the car.

"hey mom." she laughed. constance was ecstatic that the school day was over and she could go home in peace.

when she got home, she noticed the quadruplets getting off the bus. she noticed dicky coming over probably ready to throw some more insults at her.

"hey constance." he said awkwardly.

"hi dominic?" she replied visibly confused why he was starting a real, normal conversation.

"i like your sweatshirt. constellations are cool. and uh, i'm sorry for teasing you like pretty much the whole day." he apologized. he rubbed his neck awkwardly not sure what she was going to say.

"thank you. i know their cool. and let me guess, you tried to brag about being an ass to me to your siblings and it didn't go well?" she made a wild guess. she didn't mind he was apologizing though.

"yeah pretty much. i won't make fun of you anymore. well atleast not all the time." he slightly laughed. he looked at her, hoping she would be okay with it.

"okay. only if i get to make fun of you too." she simply replied.

"yeah- okay deal." he said, his parents called his name and he had to leave.

"what was that all about?" her mother asked as she cooked dinner. she watched the whole thing through the window.

"mom i love you, but seriously. stop. staring. at. me. through. a. window. it's so creepy." she laughed. constance washed her hands and began helping her mom cook.

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thank you to valadrienshipper for helping me find the motivation to finish the chapter. ur so cool pookie 😈