Danielle's P.O.V

I walk into the house with Cole trailing behind me and my mom looks at me with a smile. I place my bag on the ground and furrow my eyebrows in confusion.

"Why are you smiling at me like that?" I ask my mom as I walk into the kitchen, taking an apple out of the fruit bowl.

"Oh nothing, I just realised something." My mom says as I take a seat on the stool and Cole takes a seat next to me.

"Where's Andrea?" I ask, looking around to see if she is on the couch hiding but she isn't and my mom let's out a chuckle.

"In the shower." My mom says with a grin and I look at Cole with a frown and he just shrugs.

"Can you please tell me what's going on?" I ask and my mom brings me into a hug.

"Your birthday is in two weeks!" My mom says and I let out a groan.

"Kill me." I say and my mom shakes her head.

"I know you hate your birthday but I will still make it really special." My mom says and I roll my eyes.

"You say that every year." I say and my mom let's out a laugh.

"Could you stop being so stubborn for once?" My mom asks and I jump off my stool and walk towards my room.

"I'm going to lay down." I say and my mom just let's out another laugh and I swear she is drunk because two of her wine bottles is empty.

I let out a scream in my pillow to try and let out my anger but it doesn't go away. I clench my fists together and grit my teeth in annoyance.

"Stupid birthday." I say and Cole walks in my bedroom and closes the door behind him, locking it.

"Whats wrong?" He asks and I shake my head, letting out a sigh. I walk to my stereo and turn it on, making sure the volume is all the way up. The song Birthday by Selena Gomez comes on and I let out a groan, picking up my stereo and ready to throw it at a wall but Cole stops me. He turns the stereo all the way down so all we could hear is my heavy breathing.

"Calm down." He says quietly, trying to take the stereo out of my hands and when he does, he sets it back on the table and grabs my hand, making me sit on my bed.

"Now, tell me what's wrong." Cole orders and I shake my head, holding back the tears.

"No." I say, trying to keep my voice strong but it's comes out in a whisper like I trying to hold the last of my dignity together.

"Danielle, tell me." He says again, he voice staying hard but when the first tear falls, his face falls and he holds my shoulders.

"Don't cry, Danielle. Your stronger than this." Cole says, wiping the tears away with his thumbs. I hold onto his arms as I start to sob loudly.

Cole let's out a sigh and holds me in his arms, rocking me slightly.

"Just sleep, Danielle. You'll feel better soon." Those are the last words I hear from Cole before I fall asleep in his arms.

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After I had fallen asleep in Cole's arms, I woke up at ten at night with Cole holding me while leaning against the wall, asleep. I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy sleeping him his arms for at least six hours.

Josh: So tomorrow at seven?

Me: Yeah.

Josh: Okay, see you then, Danielle.

Me: Bye, Josh.

"God, I'm hungry." Cole mumbles as he looks into the fridge for something to eat. I let out a sigh and run my hands through my hair.

"Cole, the pizza is on its way." I say and Cole shakes his head.

"I need food now." He says and I roll my eyes and sit on the stool, watching as Cole looks around the whole kitchen for something to eat. Once he finally finds a bag of chips to solve his hunger, he takes the seat next to me.

Since my mom and Andrea had to go to the hospital for a late night shift, Cole and I are home alone again but now, unlike last time, we are much more civil and calm. Well, that's because I am not really in the mood to argue because I have a lot of stuff on my mind.

"So, you have your date sorted?" Cole asks and I nod.

"Yeah, tomorrow at seven. You won't me to annoy you for about four hours." I chuckle, trying to lighten my mood up and Cole nods.

"Yeah." He says, looking away from me and shoving a chip in his mouth. A few seconds later, the doorbell rings and I jump off the stool and walk towards the door. I grab the pizza and pay the guy before closing the door and walking back to the table.

"Now, time to eat pizza." I say with a smile as I open the box and Cole grins, taking the slice of pizza in his hands and taking a bite out of it. I do the same and enjoy the taste of the pizza.

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"Okay, if I lose, you get to punch me anywhere you want." Cole says and I grin, raising my eyebrow at him. Cole groans and runs a hand through his hair. "But it has to be a soft punch." Cole adds and I roll my eyes and place my elbow on the table.

"Fine whatever but if I lose, I have to... owe you a favor." I say and Cole grins. I roll my eyes again as Cole nods, placing his elbow on the table.

"Ready?"

"Yeah." He says and I grip at his hand tightly, making sure not to lose again.

"Okay... go!" I say and all of a sudden, Cole begins to drag my hand down to the table but I use my strength to start to push his hand up, trying to push his hand on the table so that I would win.

"Damn, you are strong..." Cole mutters, trying to keep his hand from touching the table. I smirk and just as I am about to win, Cole pushes my hand so that it touches the table and I let out a groan.

"But I am stronger." Cole adds with a grin and I flip him off.

"You suck. You never let me win." I say and Cole shrugs.

"Thats because I don't want to either get punched or kicked." Cole replies and I roll my eyes and jump of the stool.

"Fine, I'll owe you a favour but this time, we are actually going to do this properly." I say with a small grin and Cole gets off his stool and stands in front of me.

"I am not tackling a girl." He says, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Oh come on, I'll make your prize interesting this time." I say, completely bored out of my brains and Cole's eyes widen.

"Oh then I'm in." Cole says and I nod.

"So, you tell me what my prize is going to be." I say and Cole looks at the floor in thought.

"If you win, I will finish the rest of that assignment." Cole says and I let out a laugh.

"Please, you can't even think about anything other than girls, let alone finish our assignment." I say and Cole shrugs.

"More reason to win." He replies and I roll my eyes and cross my arms over my chest.

"If you win... I will kiss you." I say and Cole raises his eyebrow at me.

"You wouldn't. I mean, you don't want to kiss 'a walking STD' such as myself." Cole grins and I throw him a smirk.

"More reason to win." I mock and Cole shakes his head in amusement but gets into position.

"You better keep those lips soft for me." Cole winks and I narrow my eyes at him, getting into position.

"You better be prepared to use your brain for once in your life." I throw back and Cole rolls his eyes.

"Three..."

"Two..."

"One!" As soon as that word left Cole's lips, I run straight towards him, shoulder barging him in the chest. Cole grabs my waist and spins me so that my back is facing him and I quickly turn back around and go for his legs, trying to lift his heavy ass up.

"Fuck, you weight heaps." I mutter under my breath as I try to get him down on the ground but Cole grabs my hips and flips me so that I am on the ground, laying on my back as I look up at Cole who is smirking.

"Babe, I used to play football. I could've got you down in less than three seconds but I didn't want to hurt you." Cole says with a smirk as he looks down at me and I roll my eyes, getting up.

"How can I lose again?" I ask myself, completely tired out and Cole shrugs.

"Uh, maybe because girls suck at everything?" Cole replies and I grin at him.

"So that's why your mom failed at looking after you. I mean, I never knew you were thrown at a wall and dropped when you were a baby." I say and Cole rolls his eyes.

"Again with the bitchy side." Cole says and I nod.

"Yep." I say, popping the 'p'. I go to walk towards my room to go to sleep but Cole grabs my arm and spins me around, pulling me to his chest. He grabs my hip with one hand and taps his lips with his other hand.

"I think your forgetting something." Cole smirks and I roll my eyes and stand on my toes to kiss him. I connect my lips with his and to be honest, I never knew Cole's lips would be this soft.

I wrap my arms around his neck, getting lost in the moment and Cole wraps his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him. Just as anything was about to go further, I hear the door open which makes us both pull away instantly to see our mom's standing at the door with a smirk on their faces.

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Oh my god, I updated again! I am such a good person, aren't I? Anyway, why do you think of the chapter? What about the kiss? How do you think the date is going to go?

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