Danielle’s POV
I walk into my mom’s room and notices her combing her hair in the mirror. When she sees me she smiles and I hop onto her bed. “So tell me! How was the date?” I asked her curiously. “Oh honey, he was a gentlemen” She said as she closed her eyes and reminisced on the moment. “ We had dinner at some French restaurant and we talked all night long about our mistakes, our past, what makes up happy, oh man we talked about everything I’m afraid that on our next date we’ll probably have nothing to say” my mom laughed and I laughed with her. “I’m happy for you mama” I said and she winked at me. Shawn walked into the room. “Nelly, Shayla’s at the door” he said and walked out. I kissed my mom bye and left for school.
On the school bus Shayla was grilling me. I laughed. “What?” I said confused. “Why are you wearing all black?” She asked. “Because I wanted to?” I said but my tone came out as a question. “What will Connor think? Huh?” She asked and I shook my head in disbelief. “Honestly Shay, I’m telling you this right now if I have to change how I dress and who I am for a guy then I might as well just date myself alright? I am Danielle Wright no guys gonna turn me into Danielle Wrong” I smiled to myself at the last statement I made. I was corny, and I was proud. Shayla shrugged and I ignored her for the rest of the ride. When we got off the bus, Shayla ran toward Deron and I made my way to school. “Dani!” Alexandra called out. I noticed Elaine beside her and I smiled. “Hey Alex, Hey Elaine” I smiled. I admired Alex and Elaine no matter the hell that they’ve gone through, they always stuck together. Alex’s parents never accepted the relationship. Alex made them choose between Elaine and Alex running away. Alex’s parents chose Elaine knowing they couldn’t bear watch their only daughter leave them. “I like the black leather jacket” Elaine smiled nodding her head. I smiled back and noticed Ciara walking our way. “Hey guys” Ciara smiled as she hugged each one of us. “Cute Connor heading our way” Ciara said pulling away from me and smiling widely. Connor walked up to me and smiled. “Hey” he said and I immediately felt my face flush. “Your cheek’s swollen what happened?” I asked. The girls walked away from us. “Got into a fight with some drunk guy, punched me right on my face” he laughed and I wanted to touch it but I knew my clumsy hand would hurt him. “Hi, I’m sorry, Hey I didn’t get to say hey to you before asking about your face” I said nervously. “That’s okay” he said and smiled. The dimple, the smile, that’s all I needed just to faint. My heart was beating fast. “Can I walk you to your locker?” He said shoving his hands into his pocket. “Um, yeah” I nodded and we walked beside each other. ‘Small talk, Small talk’ my thoughts yelled out. “So are you in any sports?” I asked. ‘Nailed it’ I thought. “Soccer team.” “You guys won championship last season” I said smiling. “Yeah you were there?” “Yeah, my brother was on the soccer team, it’s weird I’ve never seen you” I said. “Probably because I’m always out injured, you have a brother?” he laughed and I laughed too. “Yeah, um Shawn Wright, tall, black” I said laughing. “Oh wow you guys don’t look alike” he said. “Yeah I look like my father he looks more like my mom” I said and he nodded. “You in any sports?” he asked and I shook my head. “No, but I love soccer, well watching it I mean” I said. “Cool, cool, um how about the glee club are you in it?” He asked. “No, I’m sorry I’m such a boring person” I said and he laughed. “No, no you’re not, at least not yet anyway”. I shake my head embarrassed and laughed. “You should join the glee club, your voice is awesome it deserves to be heard”. “I don’t know, I never really sing in front of people, I didn’t even really volunteer to sing in that studio, Shayla raised my hand for me” I said. Connor laughs. “Well I’m glad she did” he smiled. We reached my locker. “Wait that’s your locker?” he asked confused. “Yeah” I nodded and looked at him confused. He pointed at the locker that was two lockers away from mine. “This is my locker” he said and shook his head in disbelief. “How could I have never seen you?” he asked confused. “It’s a big school and we have a big class” I said. “You’re right, it would’ve sucked if we graduated and weren’t able to ever meet each other” He said. I smiled, I opened my locker, and grabbed my books. He did the same and closed his locker to face me. “Does it hurt?” I asked as I looked at the bruise on his face. “No, I actually forget that it’s there until someone brings it up” he said. I walked toward him and reached to feel it. The bell rang and I pulled my hand away quickly. “I have English” I said. “I have science” he said. “I guess I’ll see you later?” I asked. “Definitely” he said smiling and I smiled back. I walked away. God he was so cute.
