"Oh my God, he hugged you?!" Clover screeched as we sat at our lunch table during recess. I was telling her about what happened and boy was she excited.

"Shhh, keep it down Clo" I hushed.

"Why should I? My favourite ship on the entire ocean surface has sailed" she replied excitedly.

"Well, I won't say it has sailed" I said "it's probably now at the docks but it's still anchored"

"Bullcrap! I'm going to be the one to un-anchor it, that's my job now" she said, grinning widely.

"No, you will do nothing of that sort Clover, if you do, I swear I'll kill you" I threatened, pointing a finger at her.

"Okay, okay, no promises though" she replied, still smiling. I shook my head at her behaviour as I smiled at her. She was like a child and it's not surprising though as she's the only child and her mom's baby.

We were talking about random things when someone walked up to us.

"Hey guys, mind if I join you?" Someone asked and we looked up to see André.

"Oh hey André" I greeted "sure you can, right Clo?"

"Yeah" she agreed and he took a seat at our table.

"So what's up, you guys look excited" he said, starting on his lunch.

"Oh, Dani is -" Clover started to say without thinking. She couldn't go around telling people of what she thought of Blake and I. I didn't want to incite any rumours, so I interrupted.

"What, she means to say is Dani, that's me, uh I'm excited cause I got an A on a test" I lied, nodding to Clover so she could catch on.

"Oh so you're the nerdy type" he smirked.

"Well, I guess you could say that" I replied chuckling and then changed the subject "So what brings you to New York City?"

"My mom got a new job here, so we had to move" he replied "You?"

"What?" I asked confused.

"You also recently moved her too right?" He asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know that though?" I asked.

"Oh you know how news travels round school fast, I heard that you only resumed here at Arlington some weeks ago" he explained "So I just guessed that you also just moved to NYC"

"Oh. Well, we also moved here cause my mom got a new job here" I replied, lying through my teeth.

"Oh that's cool" he said and we moved on to talk about memes.

After school, my mom had come to pick me up early. Thank God. When I got home, I went to my room, did the only assignment I had and got ready to go over to Blake's house.

"I'm off mom" I said as I reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Again?" She asked smiling "I'm beginning to think I was right honey"

"You're not mum,  it's still just a group study, nothing else" I replied, dragging my palm down my face.

"Alright, alright, if you say so" she replied, putting her hands up in mock surrender "Would you like a ride or you wanna walk?"

"Uh" I said, checking the time on my phone. I still had some time.

"No thanks mom, I still have some time before 5, so I'll walk" I replied.

"Alright honey, please be careful" she pleaded.

"I will, don't worry" I said, going over to kiss her on the cheek and then made my way to the door.

"But you know you can totally tell me if Blake's your boyfriend right?" She called after me.

"Bye mom!" I called back as I walked out the now open door and shut it behind me, but not before hearing the sound of her laughter. She actually thinks she's funny.

It was a nice evening, so I took my time when walking. When I got to the gate, the man-in-blue recognized me as the 'ghost girl' and let me in.

I got to the gate of Blake's house some minutes later and just as I was about to search for a bell, it opened automatically, like those motion sensitive gates. Funny how I didn't notice it the last time, probably because I was too caught up in admiring the large house.

I walked up to the front door and knocked three times. No answer. Just as I was about to knock again, the door opened, revealing a little girl. She was so cute and she was the spitting image of Blake only in feminine form. Same blue eyes and dark brown hair.

"Hi there, you must be Elsie" I said, bending to her height and waving.

"Yes, I am, who are you?" She asked, eyeing me suspiciously.

"I'm Daniella, Blake's friend" I replied.

"Hmmm, I've never seen you before" she said, narrowing her eyes at me. Um, okay.

"I kinda just resumed at school" I replied.

"Stop with the questions Nancy Drew" Blake's voice said from further inside the house and I looked up to meet a beautiful sight.

Standing less than a feet behind her was Blake in all his shirtless glory. He was wearing a pair of joggers and he had such tan skin, even Beyoncé would be jealous. He wasn't too built, just the right size of biceps and......Oh God, now I'm having shameful thoughts.

"Who is she?" Elsie asked, turning to look at Blake.

"A friend of mine, now please go to your room" he demanded and she scurried off into the house but not before I noticed her glare at me from the corner of my eyes which were still fixed on Blake's chest for some reason. I mean, I'm no shrink but I think she doesn't like me.

"Uh, Dani, eyes are up here" Blake said, snapping me out of my thoughts. I brought my eyes up to meet his, which were glistening with pride and amusement. Cue the eye roll.

"Why in God's name are you half naked?!" I asked, walking in while he shut the door behind me. What? That was the first question that came to mind.

"What do you mean? I'm in my house" he countered, trying to prevent a smile from slipping onto his lips but failing.

"Yeah and so what? What if you had an unexpected visitor like, uh I don't know, right now" I said, making my way to the living room.

"You're not unexpected, I was expecting you" he replied, letting the smile form.

"And you still didn't put on a shirt!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands up in the air "Please go put on one" I pleaded.

"Why? Is all this distracting to you?" He asked, gesturing at his torso, a smug smile on his face.

"I've seen better" I scoffed. Lie. Big lie. I hadn't seen better, in fact, I hadn't seen at all, my only brother was six and I'd never had a boyfriend but there's no way I was helping to fuel his ego. "Now go put on a shirt"

"Fine, mom" he replied, rolled his eyes and disappeared up the stairs.

I sat on a couch and waited for him. Teen Titans Go was showing on the flat screen TV and I'm guessing Elsie was here.

"Come on" Blake said entering the living room. I turned to see he was fully clothed, backpack in hand. Thank God, I really didn't want to be distracted.

"The study?" I asked, going over to meet him.

"Yeah" he replied and led the way.

We entered the now familiar study and took our seats opposite each other.

"So, we are only a quarter way through and we have just 2 weeks left to finish the theory part" I started, getting out my stuff from my backpack "and then there's the presentation thing, so we have to round up and then get to work on preparing a presentation"

"Yeah, let's get to it" he replied, standing up to go get our lucky textbook.

We went further into waste management and it's geographical effects, jotting down points and randomly chatting. Along the line, I got thirsty and excused myself to go get water from the kitchen.

I had just gulped down a glass of water when I heard a deep groan. I looked up to see Steve, all dressed up, in a blazer and jeans, car keys in hand. He looked like he was going to a formal meeting.

"If it isn't my favourite human" he drawled as he entered the kitchen and grabbed a can of soda from the freezer.

"In the flesh" I replied and did a little bow, earning me an eye roll. "Where are you going all dolled up by the way? I mean for once you actually look decent"

"Uh, last I checked, that's none of your business" he retorted and walked out of the kitchen. Sigh. Some people were just born jerks. I returned the cup, after washing it of course and went back to the study.

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