Once Upon A Love Song

Daniella's POV:

18th January, 2023

Love is a very complicated thing, everyone knows that. For some its easy to find the person you're destined to be with, while others have to learn the hard way and get their heart broken a few times to finally be with their soulmate. I for one was stuck in the middle of the easy and hard way for love. If I would've known that my one true love, my "knight in shinning armour," was living right next door I would've done everything differently. He was always there I just didn't realise it until I almost lost him. No this is not the typical boy/girl next door type of story, this is the story of how I learned that opposites really do attract, I just wish I had figured it out earlier.

*5 years earlier*

21st March, 2018

I was sitting in lunch with my friends. I'm the head cheerleader so I usually sit with the cheerleaders and football as well as basketball players. We were laughing and joking around like we usually do when he walked in. Now most people normally think I mean my boyfriend José Riverá but nope, Alexander Evans walked in the Cafeteria. Alexander or Alex for short is my best friend Annabelle's twin brother as well as my next door neighbour. I've always seen Alex as a close friend or even like a brother sometimes. We were like best friends when we were younger but drifted apart once we got to high school and now we rarely hang out due to me being a cheerleader and him being more of a bookworm.

We did have one thing in common though, we both love to sing. The two of us were thankfully blessed with a pretty good set of pipes so we have music class, or as Belle calls it "glee club," which we both are in together everyday and we can both sing pretty well. Alexander and I have never done a duet together but everyone always says how our voices would sound perfect together. I can't really agree or disagree since we never tried to do a duet but maybe we should.

Alex and I are just so different like polar opposites. I have chestnut brown hair, hazel-green eyes, dimples, a decent figure and I'm a little on the short side. As for Alex, he has sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, tan skin, he's pretty muscular and is actually pretty tall. We have different taste in music, fashion, food, just everything. I'm a cheerleader while most people view him as a nerd, I don't because most nerds I know don't have bodies like his especially my boyfriend, most nerds aren't as hot as him either but Alex is kind of shy and quiet.

"Daniella?" I heard José say. I blinked a couple times then finally focused on him.

"What?" I said.

"We've been calling you for like two minutes now, you ok?"

I looked up to see all my friends staring at me. Wow this is awkward.

"Yeah I'm fine I was just thinking."

"About Chelsea?" He asked.

I sighed heavily and shook my head no. He knows better than to even say her name around me. It hard enough to even say my sisters name without crying. Six months ago my twin sister Chelsea and I got in a car accieent, a truck driver lost control of his vehicle and ended up crashing into the back of the car that me and Chels just happened to be in. I closed my eyes and fell into a coma but my sister and best friend since birth closed her eyes and never opened them again. Even though it wasn't either of our faults I still blame myself for what happened. It should be me laying in that grave not her.

"Daniella!!" Annabelle basically yelled in my ear.

I scrunched my nose up in confusion and looked at her.

"Lunch has been over for like 5 minutes, you zoned out and we've trying to get your attention." She said.

"Oh sorry." I got up and grabbed my bag. It doesn't matter if I'm late, all of my teachers have been giving me a break since Chelsea's death. I wiped the single tear that rolled down my cheek and walked to class with Bella. I can't wait until I'm a senior so I can graduate because junior year sucks so far especially without my sister here to take on the world with me.