"Hey Princess."

The deep voice disturbed the sleep of a dark brunette sleeping next to him. "I have to be the luckiest man in the world." He thought to himself as the deep brown eyes opened on the sleeping beauty.

"Shut it you." She smiled as she rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up. Conner McKnight sat up with her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"How'd you sleep?" He asked the sleepy girl.

"Fine." She smiled. "Until you woke me up." Conner laughed at her accusation.

"I just thought that since it's about midnight, you might want to get home before a certain brother of yours skins us alive." She laughed brightly and stood up, brushing off her jeans.

"It's not like we've done anything." She grinned at the boy on the ground that stood and grabbed her around her waist.

"Aria Oliver!" Conner said into her ear and she giggled, twisting away from him as he tried to catch her. She stopped and looked up into his face and her thoughts swirled around in her head. She and Conner had only seen each other two times previously, but she was quickly falling for him. Although that didn't keep her from playing hard to get, and she hadn't let him kiss her yet, mainly because she knew that would lead to something else, and lead her brother to killing Conner. His brown eyes looked into hers and he leaned in, but she turned away with a grin. "Aria…" he trailed off.

"Conner…" she said back to him. He rolled his eyes and picked up the blanket they'd been lying on and stuffed it in the picnic basket. The two had eaten a small picnic on the blanket, watched the sunset, and talked all evening, a big feat for two people who had little in common. Conner closed the picnic basket with anger in his movements. Aria rolled her eyes.

"Conner look. There's a reason I won't let you kiss me." Conner froze and looked up at the petite brunette who had her arms crossed in a very Dr. O manner, making Conner truly believe the two were siblings. "Why are you always disappearing?" His eyes widened, but he kept his cool.

"What do you mean?" he said calmly. "Let's get you home." He grabbed her hand and led her through the woods and back to Conner's red mustang.

Next Morning

"You were out late last night." Tommy said in a fatherly manner. Aria rolled her eyes at her older brother. He was twelve years older than her seventeen years, but the two were still getting to know each other because of it. Their parents decided to let her finish high school in Reefside with her brother so the two could become closer.

"Conner is a very nice guy; I don't see why you're so worried." She said innocently looking at him. Tommy laughed; they both knew Aria had heard about Conner's reputation at school, but she didn't let that effect anything when he asked her out. "Let's get out of here."