Luce had drifted into a heavy sleep, when a knock woke her. Luce sat up quickly, banging her head on the bottom of Nora's bed, as her book clattered to the ground. Luce scrambled from her bed to pick up her book. She threw it on her bed and ran to get the door. Luce took in the violet eyes and shaggy blonde hair in front of her.
"Sorry. I woke you." Daniel took in Luce's pyjamas and messy hair, no trace of his usual amused smile.
"Yeh." Luce shuffled her feet, feeling awkward and not knowing what to say.
"I'm really sorry about tonight. I got caught up." Daniel looked at Luce, his eyes boring into hers as if he could read her soul. What did he get caught up with? Another girl? "You're mad, aren't you?"
"No. I mean, I could have used the extra sleep anyway." Luce smiled, but not very convincingly.
"Well, if you don't want to go back to bed we could hang out?"
"Okay, I gue-" Luce began, turning to see her clock tick to 2.30.
"I'll wait for you outside," He ran his eyes over Luces clothes, "Unless you want to stay in your pyjamas? Personally I don't think you should change." Daniel smiled cheekily. There it was. That sparkle in his eyes that made Luce melt.
"I'll be one sec," Luce said, laughing.
Luce ran into the bathroom, carrying her jeans and her old senior's jumper. She changed quickly and tried to smooth her hair, without any success. Luce opened the door and found Daniel leaning casually against the wall. "Ready?" He smiled.
"Where are we going?" Luce asked as she walked with him down the hall.
"I dunno. We can go back to my dorm and eat popcorn or-"
"Only if you cook it," Luce shrugged, "I can't cook popcorn."
"How can you not be able to cook popcorn?" Daniel asked, laughing.
"I dunno, but me and Nora, my roommate, set the fire alarm off the other night because I tried to."
"That was you?" Daniel threw his head back, laughing. Luce laughed along. "Well, I can cook popcorn but my roomie is in there with his girlfriend, so I think we would be better off going somewhere else."
"Where?"
"I know a place," He replied, smiling down at Luce.