Roger Davis was 16 year old and a junior at Scarsdale High school when he got the nerve up to talk to her. She was blond and beautiful. Julianna Erickson. She sounded like she should have been an actress or a model or something. She looked like she could be one too. Her beautiful blue eyes and long soft looking blond hair had every guy in school wanting to date her. He had been watching her for the last 2 years. She went to catholic school before entering Scarsdale High School, but never got up the nerve until today to approach her. They were in chorus class together and he usually sat in the back on the other side of the room. But today was different. He entered the class room and looked up at her. He took a deep breath and started towards her.
"Hey, I'm Roger. Do you mind if I sit here?" he asked as he entered the chorus room.
"No, of course not. I'm Jules." she smiled sitting in her seat.
"I know. We were in the same English class last year." he smiled looking over at her.
"Oh right. You were the one who kept quoting Bruce Springsteen songs, right?" she laughed looking over at him.
"Yeah, that's me. I like the Boss. What kind of music do you like?" he asked happy that she was talking to him.
"I like all kinds of music. Springsteen, Rick Springfield, Bon Jovi, stuff like that." she laughed looking over at him flipping her long blond hair over her shoulder.
"I like Bon Jovi too." he laughed looking over at her.
"I guess we have something in common, don't we?" she smiled looking up at him. Her piercing blue eyes made him smiled more. He couldn't help it.
"Do you maybe want to go out to lunch with me? We can talk more." he whispered as the teacher entered the class room.
"Yeah, I'd like that Roger." she smiled looking up at him as the teacher began handing out lyric sheets.
"Cool." he smiled looking over at her before taking his lyric sheet as class started. He couldn't believe he not only talked to her, but he asked her out to lunch and she said yes. He sung his heart out that day in class smiling at Jules the whole time.
"Hey Roger, over here." Tom Collins called out. He was a senior and lived down the block from Roger.
"Hey Collins. Do you know Jules?" he asked smiling down at her.
"No, I don't. Hi Jules. I'm Tom Collins but everyone just calls me Collins." he smiled looking up at her.
"Hi Collins. It's nice to meet you." she smiled sitting down at the table.
"Where's Mark and Benny?" Roger asked looking down at him.
"Benny got busted for cutting out yesterday, so he's stuck eating lunch in detention and Mark should be here soon." he smiled looking over at him.
"I told him not to cut out." Roger laughed looking down at him. "I'm gonna get my lunch. What kind of pizza do you like Jules?" he asked looking down at her.
"Pepperoni, please. And can I get a diet orange soda?" she asked looking up at him.
"Sure. I'll be right back." he smiled looking down at her before going to the counter for the food.
"OK." she smiled looking up at him.
"So, I see Roger finally got up the nerve to talk to you." Collins smiled picking up his can of soda.
"What do you mean?" she asked looking over at him.
"Roger's had a crush on you since he was a freshman." he smiled looking over at her.
"He has? He didn't tell me that." she smiled looking up at Roger who was waiting for the pizza.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't know that." he said embarrassed.
"No, it's OK. I've had a crush on him for a while too." she smiled as he came over with the soda's.
"The pizza's almost ready." he smiled looking down at her.
"Thanks Roger." she smiled looking up at him.
"Do you want anything on it? Salt, garlic?" he asked looking down at her.
"Parmesean cheese?" she asked smiling up at him.
"OK." he smiled going back to the counter taking the plates and the parmesean cheese. "Here you go." he smiled sitting next to her handing her the parmesean cheese.
"Thank you Roger." she smiled shaking the cheese onto her slice.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late. I had to finish up a project in film class." Mark smiled as he rushed into the pizzeria.
"Hey Mark, do you know Jules?" Collins smiled as she took a bite of her pizza.
"Um yeah, hey." he smiled looking down at her.
"Hi Mark. We have film making together the last couple of years, right?" she smiled wiping the grease from her mouth.
"Yeah. What are you doing here?" he asked sitting next to Collins.
"Roger asked me eat lunch with him." she smiled looking up at Roger.
"Cool. If you want, you can come to my house after school. We don't usually do much, we just hang out and watch MTV." he smiled looking over at her.
"Yeah, I'd really like that. I'm usually just go home until my dad gets home from work anyway. Would it be OK if I brought my sister April? She's in 9th and I don't want her to be home alone." she smiled looking over at Mark.
"That would be cool. The more the merrier." Collins smiled looking down at her.
"OK." she smiled, as they continued eating their lunch, she and Roger kept smiling at each other. Collins and Mark knew something was happening between them.
"Are you ready to go?" Roger asked standing outside the school waiting for Jules and her sister.
"Yeah, we're ready. Roger this is my sister April. April, this is my friend Roger." she smiled propping her pink knapsack onto her shoulder.
"Hi Roger. It's nice to meet you." April smiled politely.
"Hi April." he smiled looking down at Jules as they started towards Mark's house.
"So how did you and Jules meet?" April asked looking up at them.
"In chorus class. I told you that." Jules smiled looking over at her.
"I know. I just want to hear from Roger." she smiled looking up at Roger.
"Yeah, we were in chorus class and I sat next to her." he smiled looking down at her.
"Roger's a really good singer too. You should hear him." Jules smiled looking over at her sister.
"You're not too bad either." Roger smiled looking down at her.
"I've heard Jules sing. I would love to hear you though." she smiled looking up at Roger as Roger smiled down at Jules.
"Actually, I play guitar too. I wanna go to NYU and then be a rock star in New York City." he smiled looking down at Jules. April could tell he only had eyes for Jules.
"That would be really cool. But what are you gonna sing? Springsteen or Bon Jovi?" Julianna asked laughing.
"A little of both." he laughed looking down at her as they got to Mark's house.
"That sounds cool." she smiled as he led them to the back yard.
"Jules, can I talk to you for a minute?" April asked holding her arm.
"I'll be right there Roger, OK?" she smiled looking up at him.
"Sure. We're just gonna be in the back yard." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK." she smiled looking over at him as she and April stood on the side of the house. "What April?" she asked looking over at her sister.
"Roger likes you, doesn't he?" she asked looking over at her.
"Yeah and I like him too. So?" she asked looking at her.
"You know dad will never let you date him." she said looking over at her.
"Dad said I could start dating when I was 16 and in case you forgot, I turned 16 last June." she said looking over at her.
"Yeah, but look at him. He wears a leather jacket and look how long his hair is. Dad will never let you date a musician." she said looking over at her.
"Yeah well the joy of this is, I'm the one who's gonna be dating him, not dad." she said walking away from her.
"Whatever." April said quietly before following her.
"Is everything OK?" Roger asked handing her a can of diet orange soda.
"Yeah, just sister stuff." she smiled looking over at him.
"Can I talk to you alone for a minute?" he asked looking down at her.
"Sure. Um, April this is Mark and Collins. Guys, this is my sister April. Be good, I'll be right back." she smiled looking over at April.
"I'm not a baby Jules." April said looking over at her before Jules and Roger walked away to the far end of the yard.
"What's the matter Roger?" she asked looking up at him.
"Nothing. Um... I like you Jules and I wanted to know if you wanted to go out with me?" he asked looking down at her nervously.
"I like you too Roger and I would love to go out with you." she smiled looking up at him.
"Really?" he asked sort of surprised.
"Yeah, I would." she laughed looking up into his green eyes what were sparkling.
"Um, I was thinking maybe we can go out on a date this friday night. Maybe a movie or something." he suggested looking down into her blue eyes.
"OK, I'd like that. But um... there's one thing. You have to meet my dad before we go out. He's kind of over protective that way." she said looking down at her feet.
"I can do that. How about I walk you and April home and he can meet me today?" he suggested looking down at her.
"OK, I'd like that." she smiled as he reached down to hold her hand.
"Do you want to get back to everyone else?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah, maybe we should. They're staring at us like we're about to burst into flames or something." she laughed looking up at him.
"OK, let's go." he smiled holding her hand tight and leading her over to everyone else. As they hung out Roger put his arm around Jules' shoulders and held her close to him. Mark brought a radio out and they started playing tapes. Roger and Jules sung along to a lot of the songs. Their voices meshed perfectly. After a while, April pointed out the time.
"We have to go Jules. Dad's gonna be home soon." she said getting up from the chair.
"OK, are you ready Roger?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, I'm ready. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Roger smiled looking over at Mark and Collins before they left the yard.
"So what movie do you want to see on friday?" she asked looking up at Roger who was holding her hand.
"Whatever movie you want. I'll be happy no matter what movie we see." he smiled looking down at her.
"Why's that?" she laughed looking up at him.
"Because I'll be on a date with you." he smiled looking into her blue eyes.
"You're sweet." she smiled as they got to Jules and April's house.
"I'll start dinner." April smiled looking over at them.
"Thanks April." Jules smiled looking over at her as she and Roger sat on the front porch.
"So, it's just you, April and your dad?" he asked caressing her hand with his thumb.
"Yeah, my mom died after she had April." she told him looking up at him.
"I'm sorry to hear that." he said looking down into her blue eyes.
"I don't remember since I was so little when she died. I never knew what it was like having a mom." she said looking into his green eyes.
"You're not missing much. My mom's a pain." he said reaching over to caress her face.
"Yeah well, it doesn't matter." she smiled as they moved closer to each other.
"You have beautiful eyes Jules." he smiled looking deep down into her blue eyes as he leaned down towards her lips.
"So do you." she smiled bringing her lips closer to his. As their lips touched, they both felt the spark. They leaned closer to deepen the kiss. It was Jules' first kiss and it was perfect. Roger was so tender. Just then, Dr. Erickson pulled into the driveway. "Um... my dad's home." she said pulling away from him.
"OK. I can't wait to meet him." he said smiling down at her.
"Julianna, who's your friend?" he asked as he approached the house.
"Daddy, this is Roger. Roger, this is my dad." she said standing up quickly.
"It's nice to meet you Dr. Erickson." Roger smiled holding his hand out to the older man.
"Likewise Roger. How do you know Julianna?" he asked looking into the boy's green eyes as he gave him a brisk handshake.
"We go to school together sir." he smiled looking down at Jules.
"That's nice. Are you staying for dinner?" he asked looking down at him.
"No sir. I have to be getting home. My mom is expecting me." he answered looking at the older man.
"Well, it was nice to meet you Roger. I hope to see you again soon." he smiled looking down at Jules, who was smiling up at Roger.
"Me too sir. I'll see you at school tomorrow Jules." Roger smiled brushing her hand with his.
"OK Roger. Bye." she smiled watching him leave the porch.
"Are you dating him?" Dr. Erickson asked looking down at her.
"Yeah. You said I could start dating when I was 16 and I've been 16 for 3 months." she told him defensively.
"I didn't say anything." he smiled looking down at her.
"Really? You mean I can go out with him?" she asked smiling up at him.
"He seems to be a well mannered young man." he smiled looking down at her.
"Thanks daddy. You're the best." she smiled looking up at him before they went into the house.