Stars in my Sky

Chapter 6

Stars in my Sky

Star 6: Forgive and don't hold grudges

July 14. I stared at the calendar and sighed. In a couple of months, Daniel will leave and I didn’t know what to do about that.

Over the past month, he had been my best friend and I couldn’t ask for a better friend. We’ve spent almost every day together and I really loved him.

Why did the perfect guy have to leave by the end of the summer? It wasn’t fair!

My phone beeped, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I read the text from Daniel, saying that he’ll be here in a few minutes, and quickly ran to my closet. I took out a short white cotton skirt and a red tank top and quickly put them on.

I tied my hair up into a pony tail and tucked the few shorter strands that fell out behind my ear.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I jogged downstairs, barefoot because I didn’t have time to put on my shoes, and opened the door.

“Hey,” Daniel said, smiling at me.

“Hi,” I said, giving him a hug.

“Ready to go?” He asked as I checked him out. He was wearing khaki shorts and a light blue shirt.

“Alexia?” He called out, amusement clear in his voice.

“Oh um,” I stuttered, blushing. “Just a minute, I have to put on my shoes. Come in.”

He smirked but didn’t say anything else as he walked in.

I went up to my room and he followed me. He sat on my bed as I opened my drawer and took out a pair of white socks. I grabbed my red converse and sat next to him on my bed as I put on my socks.

“You have tiny feet,” he commented and I laughed.

“It’s better than having huge feet,” I said and he nodded.

“True,” he agreed. “Tiny feet are cute.”

He pinched my cheeks and I slapped his hand away.

He chuckled as I bent to tie my shoelace.

When I was done, I straightened and turned my head to the right where Daniel was to tell him that we should go but I found him already staring at me.

I blushed and cleared my throat.

“Sorry,” Daniel muttered, blushing as well. I smiled and stood up.

“Let’s go,” I said as I grabbed a small white purse, shoving in it my cell phone, keys, and some money. “The park is waiting for us!”

He laughed softly as he got up too and followed me outside.

“Can you believe her?” I kept on rambling as Daniel and I walked down the street to go to the park. “She just said ‘I’m sorry’ like that’s going to fix everything! I bet she only did that because Mark dumped her for his new girl toy.”

I was telling him about the surprise call I got from Claire yesterday. It had been around a month since the incident with Mark and now she remembered that she had to apologize?

“But she apologized,” Daniel said.

“After a month!” I exclaimed.

“Maybe she wanted to give you some space. Talk to her, Alexia,” he said.

“I don’t want to,” I grumbled and glared at the ground.

We had reached the park by now and I sat down on one of the benches. Daniel sat next to me and we stayed silent for a few seconds.