The boy from across the road.

10

Olivia's POV

A new message popped up on my phone. I smiled at the name that appeared at the top of my screen.

'Daniel <3'

Let me explain, Daniel Adrian Joseph Jean is my friend from Chicago.
We met through our mothers when we were children and we kind of just clicked.
I grew quite close to Daniel until he eventually moved back to Chicago when we were ten.
When we were old enough to have phones we got each others numbers through our mothers and have just grown closer.

I opened the message and my smile widened.

Daniel <3 : Hey love, you okay? Was just thinking of you :)

Me: Why hello, I'm okay. How are you? That's sweet btw, was thinking of you too :)

Daniel <3 : I'm alright myself. Guess what...

Me: What...?

Daniel <3 : I'm coming over, make space on your floor ;)

My face hurt from the grin that was showing on my face, I squealed and jumped up. I ran down the stairs to the kitchen where my parents were talking.

"Daniel's coming over!" I yelled.

My mother turned to face me smiling.

"Yes I know darling" she smiled.

Just as my father smiled there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it" mom said happily.

She walked out of the kitchen and to the entrance, I heard some voices and she returned happily.

"Jack is outside dear, him and some friends" she smirked.

Jack? What?

"Jack?" I asked out loud.

"Yeah, you know, Jack Donacio"

My heartbeat stopped.

I went to the door and opened it to reveal Jack, Axel and Edward all standing there smiling.

"Jack?" I ask confused.

Edward clears his throat.

"Oh hey Edward, hey Axel" I smile.

A goofy smile foind it's way to Edward's lips.

"So anyway..." Jack began

"Wanna hang out?" Edward blurted out.

I was taken back to say the least.

"Urm, sure I'll come" I blurted out.

Wait, did I actually just say that?

Jack's POV

A smile found it's way on to my lips. She's coming, she's actually coming.

"Brilliant" Edward smiled.

She grabbed a light blue jacket and put it on before closing the door behind her.

"So, what are we doing?" she asked.

Shit. We hadn't thought that far ahead.

"Jett Fisher is throwing a party, we could go" Axel chimed in.

"Do you want to go?" I asked looking at Olivia for reassurance.

She gave me a shy smile.

"If you don't I'll stay here with you" I said kindly.

"No, no. I'll go, come on" she said walking towards my car.

I smiled at the fact that she knew it was mine.
Edward, Axel and I followed, me getting in the front, Olivia sat in the passengers seat and Edward and Axel rode in the back.
I put the key in the ignition and the usual sound of my Volvo S60R purred to life.
I backed out of the driveway and began to drive to Jett Fisher's house.
I wasn't comfortable taking Olivia there, I was worried for her.
Sure, we're not little kids anymore but I do still want to protect her.

"So Olivia, this your first party?" Axel asked casually.

Olivia simply shrugged.

"Yeah I guess so" she smiled.

"Well don't worry babe, I'll protect you" Edward said smirking.

I tightened my jaw so much I was afraid it might snap. Babe? Really?
I couldn't believe him!

"No thanks Ed, I'd rather be protected by a garden gnome, he'd probably be more company anyway" Olivia retorted.

Axel laughed his booming laughing and I joined, sneaking a glance at Olivia, I could see she was smiling.

"Good one Ol's" I smiled proudly.

We arrived at Jett's house.
There were red stereotypical cups all over the front lawn, music could be heard from the driveway and people were laughing and talking. And this was just outside.

"You sure you wanna go in?" I asked Oli again.

She nodded and started walking towards the door, the boys and I followed, ready to have some fun.
Inside was much worse, people were grinding against each other, dancing, talking, drinking, kissing, you name it.

I noticed Olivia looked lost, I smiled to myself and put a protective arm around her waist and pulled her close. After all, I wasn't about to let anything happen to her.

"Do you want a drink?" I asked leaning closer to her ear.

She nodded and we walked towards the kitchen. Inside was none other than Jett Fisher taking shots with his friend.
Jett was on basketball team, every week or so he had a different girl on his arm.

He was a good looking guy, those deep green eyes and messy dust brown hair really did the trick.

He spotted me and smiled, before looking at Olivia. His eyes widened until he saw my arm around her, then he just smirked. He gave me a thumbs up and went back to taking shots with his goonies.

Did he assume we were going out?

I looked down at Olivia who smiled up at me.

"Are you okay?" I asked sweetly.

"Yeah, this is all just so new to me" she shrugged.

I smiled and told her to wait there while I got us a drink.
I walked to the fridge and grabbed a couple of soda cans for Olivia and I.
I started to make my way back to her until I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Jack! Do some shots with us dude!" Edward sang.

He was wasted.

"Er, not now buddy, maybe later" I said trying to move away, but he tightened his grip.

"Dude what the hell?" I asked.

"Jack quit ignoring us for that dumb bitch" Edward grunted.

And that's when my fist made contact with his face.