i walked into the studio, pulling my black jeans up one more time before seeing him.

jace.

oh! "famous like me" makes sense now. i thought.

"hello, daniella!" tim smiled. he gestured for me to sit next to jace, so i did.

"you can call me danny." i told him, and he nodded.

"this is jace. he is our henry!" tim smiled, nodding towards jace.

our HENRY??

no wonder this kid was commenting on my instagram. he probably knew and was being nice. OR he could be behind all of this! i was caught up in thoughts, i didn't even notice jace was talking to me.

"-a pleasure to finally meet you." he smiled. what a cute smile. no stop that dan.

"the pleasure is all mine." i replied, half smiling.

"shall we begin?" tim interjected.

we both nodded.

[danny in bold ; jace in italics]

you must be new here

yeah i'm jade newberry. you are?

henry hart, junior. nice to meet you jade newberry.

oh cool. i'm a junior too. can you show me ms. shapen's class?

i purposely stuttered on the word "shapen"

oh of course. do you want to go out with me?

you're already asking me out on a date?

no?

i gave him a weird look.

yes?

sure why not

really?

i know absolutely no one here, lol. yes i said lol aloud.

cute

wow you must really be confident right now

no i'm just glad i haven't peed my pants

jace stared at me and sighed awfully.

i don't think i needed to know that

where did you come from?

san diego

oooh are all girls from san diego like this or are you just insanely pretty?

shouldn't we get to class?

oh right! right this way jade newberry

then jace kissed me on the cheek.

"wow that was perfect!" tim cheered. "welcome to the cast daniella duran!"

i don't think he'll ever call me danny.

"need a ride home?" jace called out to me.

i looked at the clock, 3:45. i checked my phone for a text from connor.

crayon;

hey bitch i got called into work. fend for yourself

"if its not a problem." i shrugged.

"never." jace smiled.

and i smiled back.