That night, after a long and well deserved shower, Casey settled in for the night in her bed. She had chosen the new sheets herself and it matched the rooms vibe. It was light blue and had a few pillows thrown across it in random places.

 Casey crawled in the covers and opened her phone up to a bunch of notifications. Most of them were from her girls group chat, but one was from a new number.

 First she answered all the group chat. Then she clicked on the new number.

Hi, This is Finn.

Hey! This is Casey!

How are you?

Good, how bout u

I'm doing well.

Do u always txt like that

Like what?

U know, full punctuation & such

Yeah.

Oh

Yeah, my dad was an English teacher.

Was?

He passed away two years ago.

I'm so sry.

It's fine.

Kk

I got to go.

Byeee. Wait, I need a ride tmr, could u?

Sure. What address.

22 Stone Avenue

Thanks.

No, thank you!

Casey slipped on a cute fall sundress, it had falling golden and orange leaves all over it, and a slight fringe around her shoulders, with spaghetti straps.

She laced on her new Nike sneakers from Cali. Then headed down.

"Hey Mom!" Casey yelled.

"Casey! Good morning. I'm leaving now for my shift." Her mom said.

"Ok. Have a good time!" She replied, Casey wished her mom wasn't always going to the hospital for her nursing shifts. But after her bakery failed, that was what she did.

Casey ran back upstairs and loosely braided her hair. After eating breakfast which included an apple, yogurt and some raspberries, Casey brushed her teeth and sat down in front of her vanity. It was old and worn down. White paint peeling in some places, but she loved it. It had been her moms and when she was younger she had gotten a sticker pad of all the Disney Princesses and she stuck them all over the vanity. You could still see Mulans head and most of Cinderella.

The liquid contour was in the drawer of her vanity, she applied some to make her cheeks seem a little less round. The brushes were lined up in order from biggest to smallest. She grabbed a medium sized one and carefully placed blush on her cheeks. Blend, blend, blend, a bit of mascara, a swipe of lipgloss, a twirl in front of the mirror. Parfait.

The doorbell rang, Casey grabbed her black backpack. She opened the door.

Finn stood, a dark blue backpack slung over one shoulder. She smiled and walked out of the door, locking it behind her.

"Hi." She said.

"Hi, I'm still learning to drive, so my mom is driving us today." Finn blushed slightly.

"That's fine, I'm still learning too." Casey twirled her hair around her finger.

"Oh, um, my mom and I stopped at Starbucks, we got three iced coffees, would you like one?" He asked.

"That's so sweet. Yes, thank you." Casey smiled again.

Together they walked down the front porch and the driveway to where Finn's mom was waiting in a white Volvo.

"Hello Mrs..." Casey asked.

"Mrs. Jackson. But you can call me Leah." Finn's mom smiled wide, she had curly brown hair that was just showing signs of gray, her smile was so welcoming it made Casey smile wider. "And you, you must be Casey, my son told me all about you, or as much as he knows right now."

"No I didn't." Finn said quickly.

Leah laughed. "Come on in Casey."

Finn got in shotgun and Casey climbed in the back.

The ride to school was very pleasant, Leah and Finn laughed and made jokes, it put Casey at ease very quickly.

Casey got out of the car and waved goodbye to Leah, she and Finn walked together into the school.

"Yesterday I couldn't find English. And I got a detention for skipping, could you point me towards the direction." Finn asked.

"Yep, when do you have English?" Casey questioned.

"7th period."

"Oh, me too! The reason you couldn't find it is because it's in the library, small town, small school. You know." Casey said. "So you go into the library, take a left on the smutty romance books that really shouldn't be allowed in any high school, and the door should be right there!"

"Ok. Thanks!" Finn said. "I'll make sure to check out the smutty romance books."

She smiled and they both said goodbye and went there separate ways to get to class before the bell rang.

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Xoxo,

Lemon