Everything Happens For A Reason (MikeXOMC!)

Chap. 1 Making New Friends

"Damian, go get the last box out of the truck!"

Damian sighed as he looked up from the box of clothes that he was unpacking. He quickly walked downstairs, almost falling on the last few steps. All he wanted to do was unpack his things and just enjoy the air conditioning. He despised the hot weather. Damian missed his life back in Canada, but he wouldn't say he hated moving just yet. It was his first day here after all.

As soon as he opened the front door, he immediately looked at the ground. He was on a mission to avoid the teenagers that were next door. There were three boys playing football while another boy was sitting on the porch steps, typing away on his phone. Four girls were on the porch, probably talking about the latest gossip.

Damian walked to the truck, trying to be stealthily as possible. The last thing he wanted was to be noticed. Then he would have to talk to new people. Before he could reach the vehicle, a voice stopped him from walking any further.

"Watch out!" Damian looked up just as a football hit him in the face. The hit hurt a little, but he's been hit by a hockey puck before, so the football was nothing compared to that. Damian rubbed his face slightly as he picked the ball off the ground. He looked up to see a boy with brown hair rushing over to him. "I am so sorry man. My idiot friend threw the ball too hard."

"No, no. It's alright. I should have been paying more attention to what's going on around me. So it's pretty much my fault for not looking." Damian replied. A small blush appeared on his cheeks once he realized he was rambling. He smiled shyly as he handed the ball back over.

"I'm Josh by the way. I live next door." Josh said as he held his hand out for Damian to shake.

"Uh Damian." Damian quickly shook Josh's hand. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Josh's friends looking over at them.

"Why don't you come over for a bit? I can introduce you to my friends. You look like you could take a break from unpacking." Josh said as he looked Damian over. Damian suddenly felt self conscious and even more nervous. He was wearing a pair of faded jeans, black converse, and a gray long sleeve shirt that had the sleeves rolled, because it was so hot out. He knew he should politely turn down the offer or else his parents would get angry with him, but he just couldn't say no.

"Um...yeah! Sure, that sounds great actually." Damian said happily with a smile on his face, even though he felt like he was dying from embarrassment. Josh smiled back at him and walked back to his own yard with Damian following him. Damian looked up to see Josh's group of friends all standing near or on the porch.

"Guys, this is Damian. Damian these are my sisters, Beth and Hannah. And these are our friends Sam, Ashley, Chris, Mike, and Matt. Two more of our friends should be here soon." Josh pointed to each of his friends as he introduced them. Damian mentally noted who was who as he smiled shyly at them all.

"Geez, Mike hit you pretty good." Beth said as she pointed to the red mark that was showing on the side of Damian's face. Damian looked confused for a moment, but noticed that Beth was pointing at the side of his face so he knew there must have been a mark there. Mike looked at the ground. He kind of felt bad for hitting the guy with the football.

"Don't worry about it. That was nothing compared to getting hit with a hockey puck. Almost broke my jaw." Damian quickly said before Mike could apologize.

"Holy shit! A hockey puck?!." Chris said with an amused expression, which Damian replied with a simple shrug.

"Who's the cutie?" The group looked over to see two girls walking over. One girl had short black hair while the other had long blonde hair.

"It's about time you two showed up!" Mike yelled dramatically. "This is hockey boy. He just moved here." Damian rolled his eyes at the nickname that Mike gave him.

"He has a name Mike. This is Damian." Sam said while giving Mike a small glare. The blonde smiled brightly at Damian as she quickly tried to fix her hair.

"I'm Emily and this is Jessica." The girl with the black hair said as she stood there.

"Hello." Damian replied quietly after giving them a small wave.

"So Damian, where are you from?" Beth asked before anyone else had the chance to talk.

"Oh, uh I'm from Canada." He replied.

"Oh really? My parents own a lodge up there." The two started to fall into a small conversation, but before they could say anything else, a voice called out Damian's name. Damian sighed and quietly apologized to the group before saying his goodbyes. "Oh wait, uh we're having a little pool party tomorrow. It will just be all of us, if you want to come. There will be food and drinks. But I mean, you don't have to come if you don-"

"No it's cool, I'll come." Damian said quickly to stop Beth from rambling any more. The others looked at Beth like they were questioning her and a few looked at her with knowing expressions.

"Really? I mean, sounds great. Uh you can come over whenever tomorrow." Beth said blushing from embarrassment. Damian smiled at her as he nodded slightly.

"I'll uh see you guys tomorrow, eh?" He waved slightly as he walked over to grab the forgotten box out of the truck before hurrying back inside his home.

Once Damian was gone, Josh put his arm around his sister and shook her slightly as he started to tease her. "Some one has a crush!" The others laughed as Beth's face went red, but she made no move to disagree with her brother.

~Back to Damian~

"You seem to be making friends already." Damian looked at his mother who was unpacking a box. He quietly set down the box on the floor.

"They invited me to go swimming at their house tomorrow." Damian said hesitantly. His mother was a strict woman. She always looked and acted professional like the business woman she is. Her long black hair was pulled up like it usually was. She looked younger than she actually is, but her gray eyes looked like they were full of knowledge. Damian had gotten his father's looks, but he acted more like his mother, who is a lot kinder than his father.

Rebecca, his mother, looked up from the box she was unpacking. Her gray eyes looked him over as she stared at him quietly. "If you finish unpacking your things and your room is organized, then you can go." Damian looked up at her shocked. He had been prepared for her to say no like she usually did. "Your father and I will be out all day tomorrow. As long as you don't get into trouble or wreck the house, then I'm fine with you going to see your new friends." Damian nodded excitedly and quickly ran up to his room to unpack his belongings.