only fools (fall for you) 》Lip Gallagher/OC

Three Boys

Daniela wiped a hand over her face in exhaustion as she made her way out of her last class of the day. It had been Art, which really wasn't that bad- great actually! But the day plus her two jobs had drained her and she found that she couldn't properly focus.

Opening her locker, she slowly began loading in books and grabbing her bag.

She let out a shriek when she closed it, coming face to face with an unfamiliar person. He gave her an apologetic look for startling her.

"Sorry, Daniela," he said sheepishly. The girl narrowed her eyes at him, trying to put a name to the face.

"I'm Simon," he smiled. "We have trig together." Daniela nodded in recognition.

"Right, what's up?" The boy seemed shy all of a sudden and Daniela vaguely sensed where this was going.

"Well, I was just wondering if things were over with you and that Gallagher kid?" Daniela did a double take.

"Who?" She frowned curiously and grabbed onto the straps of her bag.

"The red-head one. Ivan or something. I thought you two might've broken up because now he's dating and hanging around with Mandy Milkovich." Simon gave Daniela a look like what he was saying was completely obvious.

Did everybody think Ian and I were dating?

Sure they basically only hung out with each other but that didn't mean they were in a relationship. Simon was right about Ian hanging around with Mandy though. However, that was only at school- for appearance's sake.

Majority of the time, Daniela hung out with him after school at his house or at work. He was still her best friend and this whole thing with Mandy hadn't dampened their friendship much.

"Oh no,"answered Daniela, taking in Simon's disappointed expression. "Ian and I weren't dating. He's just my best friend." The boy noticeably perked up at this knowledge. He rubbed a hand on the back of his neck nervously and Daniela realized that he was kind of adorable.

Awkward, but adorable.

"Well, i-in that case," Simon cleared his throat, building courage before looking her in the eye. "Would you like to go on a date? I mean it doesn't have to be a date, it could just be us hanging out. No candles or roses or anything like that. Just two friends- or acquaintances, getting to know each other and all-"

His rambling was brought to a stop by Daniela pressing a finger against his mouth. He stared with wide eyes at her as she pulled the digit back.

"Sure, Simon," she smiled, trying to not let her tiredness show. Simon began bouncing on his heels slightly.

"Cool, great! Um, well is Friday okay?"

"Yeah, Friday's good," nodded Daniela and pulled out a pen and paper from her bag before scribbling her phone number down. "Text me the details. Bye, Simon." She handed the boy the note before turning and making her way home.

She needed sleep.

Daniela was awoken two hours later by a banging on the front door.

"Ella!" Came a voice. The girl groaned and sat up in her bed. Wiping the drool off of her face, she shuffled her way down the stairs to open the door. She was greeted with a smiling Veronica.

Daniela frowned at her. "Sup, V?"

"I wanted to know if you were still up for coming to Target with Debbie and me to pick things for the wedding registry?"

"Wait, I thought the wedding was off," wondered Daniela. Veronica shook her head in response.

"Nope. Well, it's not actually going to be a legal wedding. I'll explain it later, so do you still want to come?"