Broken Record- Dani Cimorelli (Fanfic)

Part 4

Cole's POV

I texted Dani earlier today and got her address. I'm on my way to her house now to go pick her up and take her to this record store. As I got closer I felt myself getting kind of nervous.

I shouldn't be nervous. She's just some girl that I met and I'm hanging out with. But something about her has me interested. So I don't want to screw things up right away.

I pulled into her driveway and headed up to her front door. I knocked a couple times then stepped back to wait for an answer. When the door opened I saw her dad standing on the other side.

Cole- "Hi sir, I'm Cole." I said extending my arm out to shake his hand. When he shook my hand he definitely tightened his grip which was slightly intimidating. But I understood why. Most dads tend to be protective of any guy that's hanging out with their daughter even if it is just casual.

Mike- "It's nice to meet you. I'm Mike." He said kindly, making me less nervous.

Mike- "Dani, Cole is here!" He said, calling her downstairs.

In a few moments Dani jogged down the stairs and walked beside her dad. She gave him a hug to say goodbye.

Mike- "You two have fun. Be back at a decent time okay?"

Cole- "Yes sir. It was nice meeting you." I said smiling.

Dani- "Okay. Bye dad." She said smiling as she waved.

We walked out to my car and she got in the passenger side. As we started driving down the street she spoke up.

Dani- "So where is this store anyways?"

Cole- "It's in the center of Nashville, but most people don't even see it because it's tucked away."

Dani- "Don't take any offense to this, but you don't really strike me as the guy who loves music." I laughed as I glanced over at her.

Cole- "Well you don't strike me as the kind of girl who would go hang out with her friends older brother... So I guess we're both in for a surprise." I said as I laughed.

Dani- "Hey you asked me to hang out!"

Cole- "I'm just saying! You don't think I like music and I didn't think you would ever give me the time of day. It's not a bad surprise, it's a good one." I said as I looked at her with a shy smile.

Dani's POV

He was so shy when he was with everyone else, that this moment where I actually got to see a different side of him was incredible.

We pulled into a parking lot right outside of a small record store.

Cole- "Ready for me to change your life?" He said with a small smile.

Dani- "If this is what you call a life change, then sure. Why not." I said with a smile on my face.

We walked into this store that seemed so small from the outside. But when we entered it was huge. There were what seemed like endless rows of records.

Dani- "How do you even look through all of these to find what you want?!" I asked kind of shocked.

Cole- "If you knew what I did to pick out music, you might be kind of surprised."

Dani- "Alright. Surprise me." I said smirking at him. He smiled as he nodded his head for me to follow him. He walked to the very first aisle of the store where there was a man standing and looking through records.

Cole- "Excuse me sir?" He said getting the mans attention.

"Hey! What can I do for you?" The man said very kindly.

Cole- "I just needed a favor really quick... Could you pick a number between 1 and 10?"

The man gave him a strange look and put on a confused smile.

"Uh sure. 6!" He said.

Cole- "Thank you sir! Have a good day." Cole looked at me and then started to walk away.

I walked beside him as I laughed.

Dani- "Okay? What was all that about?"

Cole- "There's 10 aisles in this store. He said 6. So we're going to aisle 6." I laughed as I looked over at him.

Dani- "Okay but I'm confused. How are you going to find the record you want this way?"

Cole- "That's the thing. I used to come in here and look at records for hours. Then one day I just decided not to look for a record. I would just get the most random record that came up."

Dani- "So how do you pick a record once you get an aisle number?"

Cole- "Well normally, I'd ask someone else. But since your here, I'm gonna ask you... It's by artist name. Pick a letter." He said a she pointed up at the 3 letters that were labeled above. There was an M, N and O.

Dani- "Alright! N." I said stating the letter. As we walked to the N section Cole looked at me and asked one more thing.

Cole- "Okay. Last question... Pick a number." He said smiling.

Dani- "26"

Cole looked down at the records and flipped through 25 of them. When he got to the 26th he pulled it out.

Cole- "This is how I record shop." He said as he gave me a side smirk.

Dani- "Do you even know who that person is?"

Cole- "Nope. That's the point...you get someone you don't know and figure out if you like it or hate it. If you hate it, at least getting it was fun. But if you love it, you feel like you've discovered something that you never would have." He smirked as he looked up at me. I was still kind of surprised and I think he could read the look on my face.

Cole- "It's kind of like you and me. I could go looking for something great, or I could stumble on it." He paused for a moment then continued.

Cole- "I think you making a mess all over our kitchen was the stumble." I smiled as my cheeks turned slightly red.

Dani- "So now you have to find out if you like or hate what you've stumbled on." I said now being the one who smiled shyly.

Cole- "Well really, you technically stumbled on me... But I have a feeling I couldn't hate the girl who stumbled on me... So really, it's gonna have to be you that figures that one out." He said smiling.

He's the opposite of what expected. He's nothing that I anticipated.

But that's what made me even more interested in figuring him out.