A/N: Hey. Sorry I haven't been updating, but life's been crazy. I think later in the story I may add more about what happened that summer. Anyway, now Lacey is back home to Atlanta 3 years later. It's May and school's almost out. I know "One Time" didn't come out until like June or July, but we're going to just pretend.
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Chapter 2: Date with the "Devil"
My best friend, Caitlin, and I were lying on her bed "doing homework." By "doing homework" I mean "opening our math books and then ignoring them to look at the facebooks of really cute guys from our school." She had the radio tuned to her favorite station. It was my favorite, too, but I never got to listen to it because all my parents listen to is bad eighties dance music. Then a song came on and she said, "Oh my gosh! I love this song!!" Then we both got up and started dancing to it.
"Oh my gosh! That is such a great song! What's it called?"
"I think it's called 'One Time' but I'm not really sure. I don't even know who sings it."
"I wonder who he's singing about. I wonder how old he is." I said.
"I wonder if he's cute…" Caitlin said as she dreamily stared off into space.
Then we heard a knock on the door, so I shoved her laptop under the bed as she said, "Come in!"
"I'm already in," it was her little brother Christian. He's cute in a little baby brother way, but other than that, no. "I need Lacey to do me a favor."
I narrowed my eyes suspiciously at Christian, "What kind of favor?" Trust me-when you've known someone since the day they were born (literally) you can usually tell when something's up.
"Well…" he started slowly. "."
"What? Say it slower-a lot slower."
"I accidentally told Chase that you were my girlfriend and that we make out a lot and that I was taking you to dinner tonight, and then Chase asked if he could come with his girlfriend and I said yes because I panicked!"
"What!?" Caitlin and I said at the same time.
"Sorry. See you tonight at 6, Lacey!" He said before he ran out of the room.
"Are you actually going to go?" Caitlin asked me.
"I don't know. Maybe just to make him happy, but not the kissing part. Eew."
Then Caitlin started to pretend to make puking noises until I threatened to shove her off the bed. After her mom decided she would sit there and watch us until we finished the math homework, I went home and got changed. I put on my denim shorts that came a little over halfway down my thigh, my yellow ribbed tank top, a hot pink shrug, and my hot pink ballet flats. I put my LG chocolate touch with a bright yellow case into my pocket and grabbed my favorite Victoria's Secret lip gloss-Cherry Baby. Here's my reasoning: if I keep my lips really glossed, Christian's not going to want to kiss me because it'll get all over his lips and then he'll be walking around with lip gloss on his lips because believe me-sometimes lip gloss just doesn't come off. And because, well, I haven't had my first kiss, and I really don't want it to be with my best friend's little brother. Then Caitlin's (at this point it's more importantly Christian's) mom drove up outside and Christian came up to the door to get me. I got to sit in the front because Chase and his girlfriend, Natalie, were in the back with Christian, and because I was the oldest-a 15 year old girl on a double date with her best friend's 13 year old brother and his best friend. That's not embarrassing. We ate at some café outside. There wasn't anyone else there, so it felt just a little bit more awkward. We were halfway through the dinner when my phone rung. I looked down at who was calling me-Caitlin.
"I have to take this; it's important. I'll be right back." I got up and walked out of earshot so they couldn't hear me. "Hello?"
"Oh my gosh, Lacey! Are you actually there with my brother?"
"Yeah. I was texting you while I was getting dressed. Remember? You told me to wear the pink shirt with the yellow shrug instead of the yellow shirt with the pink peace signs."
"Oh, right, well guess what I just found out?" she was having trouble containing her excitement.
"What did you just find out?"
"Ok, the song is called 'One Time' and the singer is named Justin Bieber and he's really cute and he's 15 and he lives here in Atlanta!!"
"No way! Get out! Send me a picture right away!" I shouted right back.
"I can't my phone won't let me send picture messages. I think my mom blocked it for both me and Christian after she found out he was sending pictures of him without his shirt on to random girls from school."
"Oh, I remember him doing that! It was kind of funny."
"So how's your date going?"
"Oh, just as well as it could be for someone who's on a double date with people 3 years younger than her."
"Oh. Sounds…fun." Caitlin said, and we both started laughing like crazy.
"Ok sorry, but I have to go now. They're starting to suspect that this call is not absolutely necessary for me to take."
"Ok. Bye, I love you, Lace."
"Love you too, Caits."
I hung up and walked back to the table and sat next to Christian, who immediately started asking me questions. "Who was that?"
"Your sister."
"What did she want?"
"To tell me something; it was an emergency."
"And what was it?"
"Teenage girl stuff-you wouldn't get it."
"Whatever," Christian said. That's pretty much how the night went. When I got home I tried to look up pictures of the singer online, but my internet is shut off due to my whacko neighbor. He's like 20-something and he never washes his hair, he never leaves his house, and he's some major computer nerd. He was either doing some experiment or trying to hack into the FBI, but he was using our wireless internet instead of his, so if he got caught we would be the ones to blame. They shut off the internet, but when we complained the FBI suddenly had "more important things to do." Jerks. I flopped on my bed and started thinking of him. All those times we spent together that summer…
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A/N: I hope you like it! The next chapter is going to be a flashback. I don't know how many flashback chapters there will be altogether yet, but there will be at least two. I'm already working on it as you read this. Please review!!
