Chapter 6 (Luce's POV)

Daniel…..Daniel is just dreamy.
I was so stupid to be so flirtatious with him yesterday, with that bit with the strawberry. But the fact that he made a picnic was real sweet.
"in your high school days, you identified the phases of mitosis…."
uhh…I can't focus. I'm just going to jot down notes
Flash
What the…..
"Hey" the girl in front of me said "Luce, right?"
She had blond hair and wore a hot pink t-shirt. It reminded me of someone who wore a hot pink t-shirt. "What is the assignment again?"
"sorry I wasn't listening" I said, the girl turned around disappointed and asked the girl beside her.
"Hey, Nora!" I said "What's the assignment?"
"study pages to 16 to 18 and answer page 20, what planet are you on? You're not like this, Luce. Where have you been anyways? I didn't see you in the mess hall yesterday!"
"I'll explain later"
"you better do" she turned to her notebook and jotted notes.
Flashback
Daniel cradling Luce and something is behind him, it was big and amazing and who was coming from 2 places behind him
Where those…..Wings?
*ring*
The bell

Many people were shuffling to the door. I picked up my things and went outside and came nose to nose with Daniel.
flashback
The sky was dark. I was wearing a gown and Daniel was wearing a suit.
flash
back to the present
inches away from my lips were Daniel's lips. That moved and said
"hi
"hi, Daniel" I pulled away and cleared my throat. "umm…. Sorry about that, Daniel"
"it's okay"
"can I go to my locker before heading to the dorm?"
"sure, here I'll carry your books, is it okay if we'll go to your room?"
"yeah, that will be great"
"lets go"

Chapter 7 (Luce's POV)

"I'll have chocolate" Daniel said "how 'bout you Luce?"
"chocolate" I said grinning at him.
"2 scoops of chocolate" he said to the ice cream man. The ice cream stand was located in the Emerald college park food stands. Daniel paid and we went straight to the my dorm. On the way, I asked Daniel if he had any assignments, he said yes. In the room, Nora was sitting on the windowsill, reading a book.
That was new.
She looked up and saw Luce.
"Luce" getting of the windowsill and was running to Luce, who was standing next to Daniel "Explain, I've been waiting like what- 20 minutes for you, who are you with?" She looked and smiled "I get it" taking a step towards Daniel "I'm Nora"
"Daniel"
"So are you here to ask her out or make out?"
"no!" Daniel and I said together.
"Well I'll go! I gotta go find Jordan" looking at Daniel and me "There's organic mac and cheese in my drawer, you could have it" she said. We entered the room and I closed the door. We stayed on the floor and laid our books. Daniel and I finished our ice creams. Daniel made a small joke about what Nora said about making out. Before starting, we hunted for the mac and cheese, when we found it, we tried to make it. While waiting we started to study. I helped Daniel with Physics, after 5 minutes, the mac and cheese was ready to eat. We ate in silence while reading our books. Every once in a while Daniel would ask me a question. When I was done with my assignments, Daniel opened the window and said
"come on, let's get on the ledge"
"okay" I said, he helped me get on the ledge and I sat down.
"can I ask a question?" he said "can I take you on a date? I mean a real date?" he paused looking at me.
OMG! He asked me out, say something
"umm….." I said, he smiled waiting "uh..okay?"
He laughed. I frowned
"what's wrong?" I said a bit angry
"sorry, I shouldn't have laughed" he said, biting his lower lip " you looked so cute when you were unsure wether to say yes or no"
I blushed
"thanks" I said
"so, is it a yes?"
"yeah!"
"cool" he stood up "stay here, I'm going to get popcorn, let's study here or are you done for the day?"
"done for the day, I'll just play Lucinda Williams' album Essence"
"nice" he said. While Daniel got inside and made popcorn, I brought out the album and Nora's stereo which was hidden in her closet and brought them on the ledge. After a few minutes Daniel appeared with a bowl of popcorn.
"so on Saturday? 2 days from now?"
"yeah, sure" I paused "Daniel, I'm flattered but I'm scared of what will your friends think of me"
"don't think of it, ok? What matters is what you think about yourself"
"thanks"
"now, let's just sing the glorious songs of Lucinda Williams" he said, grabbing a fistful of popcorn, We sang and laughed together.
"It's getting dark, I'd better head out before your roommate comes back"" he said going inside and then holding out a hand to help me get down.
"Yeah" I watched as he gathered up his things and open the door.
"so, on Saturday right?"
"yeah" I said. Daniel stepped towards me and pulled me in for a hug. I felt comfortable, my head fitted perfectly in his chest. It lasted for a few seconds and he pulled away.
"see you around" he said and walked away. He turned around to wave goodbye again, I closed the door and I lay on my bed, thinking if this could be the start of a relationship.

Chapter 8 (Daniel's POV)

Tomorrow's the night! I'm nervous; the date has to be perfect.
"Randy" I called "hey, could you sneak in some stuff for my date?"
"sure man! What'dya need?" I told him what I needed and asked if he could help me prepare. When I was done telling him the things needed he went off to get it. Now I just need to ask-
"Connor" I said, running to him "bro, help me out"
"sure, about?"
"food. Can you cook for my date tomorrow?"
"well, sounds important, ok I'll do it, what will I cook?" he brought out a notebook. I told him the appetizer, main course and dessert then he said he'll hop to it.

Chapter 9 (Luce's POV)

"Come on ,Luce, don't you even have a dress?" Nora said, throwing my clothes around the bed. Nora is helping pick clothes for the hangout…err….date with Daniel tonight.
"I'm ok with a shirt and a pair of jeans" I said
"ok, fine let's just find you a decent shirt and a decent pair of shoes."
After 15 minutes, we found a shirt, blue and white stripes with matching shoes.
"There, you look great" Nora said "but I have to make you beautiful not great" Nora grabbed my headband with hairclips and comb. It took us 45 minutes to figure out a hairstyle but in the end, she just combed my hair and placed the headband.
.Thump.
"is that him?" I asked while Nora was peeping at the peep hole.
"yup" she said, grinning "go brush your teeth"
"open the door" I rushed to the bathroom. While brushing my teeth, I could hear Nora say
"Hi, welcome Daniel, please sit down, Luce's in the bathroom"
"cool, thanks" Daniel said
"we'll be right back" Nora said, running to the bathroom "Luce, his got gray eyes, with was that violet? Nice one, Luce" she said, standing right next to me. I spat and rinsed my mouth then wiped it with a towel.
"Thanks" I said to Nora. I went out of the bathroom and saw Daniel, he was wearing a black sweater, jeans and red scarf. Daniel was looking at my books. He turned around and smiled at me.
"are you ready?" he said
"yeah"
"c'mon" opening the door and gesturing me to go first. I turned to Nora and said goodbye and she mouthed 'good luck' to me, before pushing me and Daniel out the door.

Chapter 10(Luce's POV)

Daniel led me to the rooftop of my dorm. In the middle lay a blanket with a peony, 2 plates with spoons and forks, a basket and a perfect view of the sunset.
"I thought you would like to see the sunset" He said. I grinned. Daniel approached a stereo, and pressed play and Lucinda Williams started to sing.
"sit down" Daniel said, smiling. I sat down and he followed. A few inches away were his hands.
"isn't it amazing?" he asked, looking at the sunset.
"What are you talking about? The sunset is beautiful, sure it's amazing, but I think beautiful is the right word" I said
"well, I can't say that when you're here" he said
"you can't s-say what?" I asked, a bit nervous
"that there is something more beautiful than you" he said looking at Luce, his eyes were the intense shade of violet, no hint of gray. I blushed and then chuckled. He laughed. After a few minutes, Connor went out, I recognized him from Chemistry and he was holding two bowls, which smelled like….
"cream of mushroom soup for two" he gave one to Daniel then turned to me "Milady" then he laid the bowl in front of me.
"Thanks, Connor" then he bowed and left, in his wake was Randy, who pressed a button and lights went on. The lights were like Christmas lights that blended with the whole rooftop, Randy disappeared after a few minutes.
"too romantic?" Daniel asked taking a spoon full of soup and then chucking it in his mouth.
"Nope" I said, realizing I have not been eating grabbed a spoon and ate. We ate in silence. When Daniel was finished and I was halfway through finshing it, Connor and Randy served the pizza and Linguini with bacon on top. They laid it beside us, and left quickly.
"Who cooked all of this?" I asked, amazed
"Connor and Randy, but mostly Connor" he said, taking a peony and holding it out to me. "Here, I saw you smelling the peonies the day we met"
"thanks, these are my favorites" taking the peony from Daniel.
Daniel….is my absolute dream guy….he's sweet, kind and romantic.
"How's life in Austin, Texas?" he asked
"nice, but a lot different than Connecticut" I said "how 'bout you? How's life in California?"
"it's o! but I like it better here!" he said grinning "so why did you go to Emerald?"
"Well I had always had the feeling that there is something waiting for me way out in the world, that I have to leave home to find it" I said, we were silent for a few seconds.
"enough for the serious talk" he said, while standing up "C'mon"
"what?" I said
He pulled me up and pulled me in his arms. He held my right hand with his left and his right arm was wrapped around my waist. I placed my left arm on his shoulder. Roland came out and changed the song to a slow song of Lucinda Williams and left. We danced around and around. I was so happy that I started to laugh. Daniel laughed along. Then we continued to dance in the night with the stars twinkling up above.