"Mom, I'm going to walk to school, OK?" Alfie shouted up the stairs.

"OK sweetie, but be careful" Abby leaned over and gave her son a kiss, she would never get used to just how much he looked like his father, he had the same blonde hair and was even starting to overlap his father on his achievements at a high school level, Tim had set off some time earlier to drop off their daughter at ballet and that left her with straightening up after breakfast, and the rest of the day to herself.
Alfie had stopped off at Uncle Tony's house on the way to school, he walked up to the front door, but before he could knock he was pulled inside and pinned against the door.
"Wait here" he was instructed by Maya, who ran up the stairs to gather her books and bag so he could go with her to school. He straightened himself up and waited for Maya. Jordan came wandering in from the kitchen with toast in his mouth, he nodded at Alfie and pulled his bag on his shoulder,
"Dad gave me the keys to the Mustang, do you and Maya want a ride?"
"Yes please," Maya answered running down the stairs and out the front door, the two boys looked at each other and followed her out the door.

Jordan had basketball practice early this morning and was hoping to practice on his own for a short time before coach appeared with the rest of the team. Getting changed quickly he headed into the gym and began, he hadn't been there long when he heard the door open behind him, he turned to look and what he saw surprised him. A girl about his age, walked in and sat on one of the bleachers. She pulled out a book and started reading, it wasn't uncommon for people to read in the gym especially as it was quieter than a lot of the other areas within the school. the girl had bright green eyes and blonde hair which was stained with the color of golden syrup, he made his way towards her and cleared his throat, she looked up at him, surprised to see him there she hadn't noticed him when she came in and couldn't help but look into his brown eyes, "Can I help you?"
"I'm practicing here" Jordan replied too quickly,
"Am I disturbing you, I'm sorry" The girl countered, "I will leave" She got up and began putting her book into her bag.
"No, its OK, have you been at this school long?" Jordan had never seen this girl before but noticing her bag had a sticker from another school.
"Second day, I spent most of yesterday filing in paperwork, whats your name" the girl asked.
"Jordan"
"Madison"
"Nice to meet you Madison" Jordan sat down next to the girl and held out his hand which she shook with a giggle. They sat talking for some time, the bell went but they didn't notice, lost in conversation, Jordan's phone rang sometime later, he answered it without looking at the ID.
"JD here... oh hey dad... im at school... in the gym... why what time is it... oh crap... sorry dad... got side tracked... no not a girl... OK yeah but she is really pretty... OK bye" he turned to Madison "its 11:30"
Madison stood up quickly and grabbed her bag, she ran out of the gym, leaving her book behind. Jordan looked at it and picked it up. it had her name and address written just inside the cover. he went to get changed he knew he was in trouble.

Jordan walked into the house that night, school had been bad after he had left the gym, his teacher had given him detention that evening and every evening for the rest of the week, he went straight to the kitchen and sat at the small table in there, he knew what was to come.
Tony walked into the small kitchen to see his son sat at the table, his head rested on his hands and his eyes shut, he knew his son would have been punished at school for what he did but, he needed to learn that things had consequences, he needed to keep up with his studies as well as being athletic and girls where a whole different thing.
"hey JD" Tony smirked "Trying to sound cool in front of your lady friend"
Jordan looked up and glared at this father, "yeah and it would have worked, she likes me I can tell but apart from her first name I know nothing about her" he lied to him, he didn't want his dad to know about the book.
"well you clearly like her too, you were really talking to her for that long?, if I hadn't called you, would you have realized the time?"
"I'm sorry, dad I really am, this girl is so cool and clever, she would probably give Uncle Tim a run for his money, I promise I wont do it again."
"good, and seeing as you have detention for the rest of the week I wont punish you further, I will however warn you about letting girls distract you"
Jordan had heard all this many times and asked to be excused before Tony went into a full on chat about how many times Gibbs had slapped him, before he finally plucked up the courage to ask him mum out.