Danielle’s POV
Later that day I was at my locker with Ciara. “Literally his locker is two lockers away from mine and we have Math together. How could I have never seen him” I asked as I put my books away. Ciara smiled. “You know what I heard today?” she asked and I faced her curiously. “He’s never had a girlfriend, I heard that Michael blurted it out in their science class” Ciara laughed and I looked shocked. “He’s never had a girlfriend? But he’s Connor, he’s hot Connor” I said confused. “He’s also ‘I only want Danielle’ Connor, and you Dani have never dated either so this is perfect for you both” she said. “He asked to walk me home after school” I said smiling. “Yes girl, you can get to know him more” she smiled. “This is crazy” I smiled and she links arms with me when I shut my locker and we made our way out the school.
I noticed Connor walking up to me. “Hey, are you still up for walking home together?” He asked and I nodded. Ciara smiled and let my arm go. “She’s all yours have fun” she said and backed away. I saw Ciara hand signal to call her and I nodded as she walked away. We began walking home together. “Have you lived here all your life?” I asked him just to make conversation. “Yeah ever since birth so this is literally my home I know nowhere else but I’ve always wanted to travel to see what else I’m missing, how about you?” He asked curiously. “Um I moved here when I turned eight, I used to live in Compton Valley but when my dad got a new job we moved here. I like it here though I would never want to move again well not yet anyway” I said shrugging my shoulders. “When my dad was in the military he always wanted us to move around with him, but we never had enough money to do it. I remember going a whole three years without seeing my dad it sucked” he said and I frowned “My sister used to be in the military too” I smiled. “I didn’t know you had a sister.” “Oh yeah, she was my big sister, she was nine years older than me, she was like my best friend” I said. “You keep saying was,” Connor said confused. “She passed away two years ago in Afghanistan, a month after my grandmother passed” I said sadly. “I’m so sorry” Connor said and his voice was soothing. I stared at him and smiled wanting to change the subject. “What’s your favorite color?” I asked. “I like cerulean” he said and I laughed. “Fancy” I said and he laughed. “Can I guess your favorite color?” He asked and I nodded. “Is it purple?” He asked smiling. I looked confused how he could ever guess the answer right on the first try. He pointed at my bracelet that was purple and said “I love Purple”. I laughed and hit him on his arm. “Ouch” he grabbed his arm and looked hurt. “I-I’m so sorry” I said shocked and he shook his head. “It’s fine that drunk dude must’ve hit me there too” he said. “I have ointments for that, they work trust me, my sister used to always come home with bruises and stuff and she’d put that cream on it and it was gone in like a day. I can give it to you” I said hoping to help him out. “That’s be great” He said smiling. “Okay next question, what do you do for fun?” I asked. “Fix bikes and cars.” “Really? That’s cool” I smiled explains the huge muscles and biceps. “My dad owns a repair shop for automobiles and stuff. So when I turned thirteen he taught me everything about how to repair them and stuff it became really interesting and now I get paid for it by my own dad” He said smiling. “So you want to be a mechanic?” I asked. “Mechanical engineer, yes.” I smiled at him. “What about you? What do you do for fun?” He asked. “Um, well I love music so I love to listen to music I guess, or sing, I also really love walking, it’s relaxing, so I’m doing something I love with you right now” I said smiling and he smiled showing his dimple. “You’re so cute” I said and he laughed. I saw my house from where we are and frowned at the shortness of our walk. I lived twenty blocks away from the school and usually it took a long time walking because of how long the blocks were. I guessed that since Connor and I were talking so much I didn’t even realize how fast this was. “So do you live far from here? I’m sorry I shouldn’t have made you walk me home, now you have to walk back alone” I frowned and shook my head. “You didn’t make me do anything, I wanted to, and I only live six blocks away at Saunders Avenue” he said and I smiled relieved. We stopped in front of my house. “Um, my mom’s at work and Shawn’s still at school do you want to come in I can give you that cream I was talking about?” I asked nervously. “Sure, yeah I’ll come in” He nodded and I opened the door. We both walked in and he smiled. “I like it” he smiled. “Thank you, um you could just sit down there and I’ll be right back ok?” I asked and he nodded. I ran upstairs and into my sister’s room. I took a deep breath when I smelled the perfumes that smelled like her. My mom wanted to clear it out but I couldn’t let her. I walked over to her medicine drawer and found two tubes of the cream. I grabbed both and made my way back downstairs. “ Okay I got them” I said handing them to Connor. “Thank you, I appreciate it” He said with a huge smile and stood up from his seat. “I should make my way home now” He said. “Um I should give you my number so you can text me when you get home” I said and he pulled out his phone and gave it to me. I started dialing the number but a call disrupted me. I saw the caller ID and it said ‘mom’. “Um your mom is calling” I said handing him the phone. He frowned. “You could decline it” he said. “You sure?” I asked and he nodded. I declined the call and continued typing in my number. “Okay, make sure you text me so I can know if you get home safe or not” I said and he took the phone. I walked Connor outside and smiled at him. “Thank you for walking me home” I said as I held his hand and kissed his cheek. He smiled and I backed away from him. “Goodnight” he smiled. “Goodnight” I said and watched him walk away.
Twenty minutes later after taking a shower and getting into my pajamas, I went to the kitchen. I grabbed a bag of chips, some soda, and I made my way to the living room to watch TV. Shawn walked into the house with Shayla behind him. “Hey sis” he said and walked up the stairs. “Hey Mrs. Vitale” Shayla said and I rolled my eyes smiling. “What are you doing here?” I asked. “No one’s home so I decided to come here, why didn’t you tell me Connor was walking you home?” She asked curiously and sat down beside me. “I couldn’t find you so I just left” I said and handed her some of my chips. “You have a cellphone I have a cellphone you could’ve texted.” “Sorry, but what’s the big deal?” I asked confused. “Well I don’t know I waited for you for ten minutes and almost missed the bus” she said and I smiled at her. “Sorry” I said and saw my phone vibrate. I took my phone off the small table and slid the screen to see the message.
Connor: I’m Home beautiful
I smiled and texted him back immediately.
Me: thank you for telling me, handsome
“Ugh! Yuck!” Shayla screamed and I wiped the huge smile off my face. “I haven’t seen a virgin look like that since Zachary asked Ciara out. “Virgin look?” I asked confused. “Um yeah, a never been kissed, never been touched, never had a boyfriend look” She explained. I shook my head in disbelief. “Are you serious Shay?” I asked annoyed. “Yeah” Shayla said. “Alright just because you and Deron are never on good terms doesn’t mean you have to bash mine” I said angrily. “You should go check if your parents are here or not” I continued to say. I watched Shayla get up and leave. My phone vibrated.
Connor: I want to know more about you
Me: like?
Connor: What type of music do you like?
I smiled getting butterflies in my stomach.
