Today I have no questions, because the next one is really hard. Also in the next chapter will be in Wolf's POV, so there will be lots of Wolfet.

Cress went to sleep thinking about when her new neighbor kissed her on the cheek. Maybe that was a date and he was telling her it was a date through a kiss. At lunch she talked to Cinder all about it, she barely even let Cinder talk. All Cinder said was how annoying he was and that he was only being nice to her because he was confused by the snow. In Cress's mind though, he was an okay guy.

When Cress awoke the next morning, those thoughts were still in her mind. She thought about them all morning, while she brushed her long hair, got dressed, and made breakfast. Cress knew that if she ever saw him again she would be even weirder then she already was. What really made her scared was what was going to happen next. Cress knew that he liked her, but what if they were just friends in the future?

Cress finished making her oatmeal and sat down at the small table she had in her living room. When she sat down she opened up her laptop and looked at the business she was trying to get a job at. Cress couldn't work at a restaurant her whole life, especially if she was a college graduate.

The company specialized in electronics, which was Cress's specialty. After Cress was bored at looking at this website she looked at the puppies again. Cress really was attached to this little Bernese Mountain Dog, well it wasn't little.

Cress closed her laptop and looked outside her window that was right next to her. There was still a tiny layer of snow on the ground outside. Cress had the day off today, so if it wasn't snowing, today would be the perfect day to ride her bike to the library. But with the snow she couldn't go too far away, the only transportation she had was a small little bike. Maybe she could take a taxi and get some grocery shopping done, or put on some snow shoes and go on a walk. Cress was gonig to go on a walk.

She went into her room and slid on her snowshoes. She went to her front door and was about to leave, but someone knocked on the door before she could open it. Cress opened the door and saw Thorne standing there, in full snow clothes. A little much for just a thin layer of snow.

When Cress opened the door, Thorne gave her a smile that made her insides melt. "Hey," He said.

Cress grabbed her braid and twirled her fingers around it. "Hey," She said back.

"So," Thorne said, sounding very excited for some reason. "I still have your friend's jacket." Cress noticed it in his hands.

"I'll take it." She responded, taking the jacket from him.

There was silence for a few seconds, then Thorne started whistling.

Cress looked at him, confused. "Just trying to lighten the mood." Thorne said raising his hands over his head, like she was planning on arresting him. Cress kept fiddling with her braid. "What are you planning to do today?" Thorne asked.

"I don't know," Cress responded. "I was planning on going on a walk right now, I got the day off."

Cress thought Thorne almost looked happy at this news. "Well, can I come with you to return the coat?"

"Sure," Cress didn't know why he needed to come. "He is on the third floor," Cress walked in front of Thorne. As she started down the stairs, she tripped on the top step. Though immediately, two arms grabbed her. Cress blushed at Thorne's touch and got up. She really needed to move to a place that didn't snow.

Cress kept walking down the stairs, until they reached Jacin's door. Cress wasn't sure if he was home. She knocked the door and pretended that Thorne wasn't watching her, while she didn't know what he was doing.

After a few seconds Jacin opened the door. "Hi Jacin," Cress said, she knew Jacin longer then they any of her other neighbors. He worked for Sybil when he was a younger. He found out about Cress and they talked a little bit. Cress moved here because she found out Jacin lived there.

"Hey," Jacin responded, his eyes changing between the jacket in her hands and Thorne. "You have my jacket, I thought Winter took it."

"Yep, sorry I took it." Cress responded, Jacin shrugged. "I let our new neighbor borrow it, he came from L.A."

"Is this our new neighbor?" Jacin asked. "Or just a new friend of ours?"

"Neighbor," She told Jacin. Thorne smiled at Jacin, Jacin looked annoyed.

"Nice to meet you." Jacin said sourly. Thorne just kept smiling.

"Jacin, do you have work today?" She asked.

"Nope," He responded. "Kai didn't need a bodyguard today."

"Kai Prince?" Thorne asked with the same sour expression Jacin had earlier.

"Yeah, he lives downstairs." Cress responded to Thorne, then turned towards Jacin. "Does that mean he's home?" Jacin nodded. "Well, I need to go talk to him."

"Well, see you later." Thorne said then turned around and went up the stairs. When Cress turned back towards Jacin, the door was closed. Cress just sighed and went down the stairs toward Kai's.

Cress liked talking to Kai, it was less weird around him then any other of the people she was friends with. He also has very smart comments, and would let Cress talk most of the time without making her feel guilty.

Today Cress wanted to just talk about life. She and Kai did that a lot, it was nice and Cress like hearing about his celebrity life.

When she got to Kai's place she was happy to see he was home alone. Kai invited her inside and she sat down on his couch. He made her tea and sat down next to her.

"What up Cress?" Kai asked.

Cress sighed, "Life," She responded, and he signaled for her to keep talking. Then for the next hour they kept talking. Cress's shoes were too heavy, so she took them off and hugged her knees on the couch.

Cress wanted to mention her crush on their new neighbor, but that was more of a girly thing. Also Kai brought it up first.

"I heard you hung out with our new neighbor." Kai commented.

"Cinder told you?" Cress asked.

"Yeah," Kai responded. "Was he nice?"

"Yeah, and funny. Cinder just said that he was a jerk though." Cress stopped hugging her legs.

"Do you want to invite him this Saturday?" Kai asked before he took a sip of tea.

Every other Saturday everyone who lived in the apartment building went to go do something fun. This Saturday they were going to see a movie. Cress read the book of it, so she wanted to see it. None of her other friends read it, but they saw all the other movies. This was the last movie of the series.

"Yeah, totally." Cress responded.

"You should go ask him now." Kai told Cress. "I think we both explained everything we didn't know about each other."

Cress laughed, "Okay," she then got up, excited. Kai smiled, like he could tell that she had a crush on Thorne.

When Cress got to Thorne's door and knocked, he answer right away. He looked like he was unpacking the many boxes in his house. It still was full of boxes though, but lots more things were on the shelves and in the kitchen.

"Oh hey Cress," Thorne said. "Another gift basket?"

"No, but we wanted to invite you to the movies tomorrow, Mr. Thorne." Cress said.

" ?" Thorne raised an eyebrow.

"Thorne's your last name, so." Cress told him.

"If you want to put something in front of my name," Thorne responded. "I'd prefer captain."

"Okay Captain," Cress responded, Thorne smiled.

"What time is the movie?" He asked. "I'll come."

"Noon," Cress responded, very happy at the news that he was coming.