Gettin To Know You
Rated PG-13
Summary: A new family moves next door to the Camdens and at the BBQ
Simon and the new girl have alot more in common with each other and
begin to find each other attractive! Please reveiw!


It was 7:35am and it was the first day back at school after the summer.
The sun was shinning brightly and there wasn't a cloud in sight.

"Simon, Lucy come quickly new people have moved in next door" shouted
Ruthie looking through the living room window

Simon and Lucy quickly heard and ran to where Ruthie was.

"Lets see" said Lucy

Ruthie made room for Lucy to be next to her with Simon standing behind
them.

"Simon and Ruthie shouldn't you be getting ready for school and what
are you lot doing" asked Annie walking in with the twins.

"Mum we have new neighbours come and see" said Ruthie

"I know because MR and MRS Clarke came to sign up to the church
yesterday" said Annie

"Well" asked a waiting Lucy

"Well what" reply Annie

"Mum what are they like" asked a curious Lucy

"Your find out for your self when they come over for a BBQ tonight"
said Annie turning the TV on for the twins

"Cool" said a excited Ruthie leaving to get her school bag

"Do they have any children" asked Lucy getting up from the window

"Yes they have 4 children. There oldest is Ben who is your
age, then Hayley
who's Simon's age, then Kaci who's 13 and there youngest Brook who's
11" said Annie realising that Simon had not said a word

"Great well I better go down to college and check my class schedual"
reply Lucy kissing her mum on the cheek then leaving.

"Simon aren't you curious about the new neighbours" asked Annie walking
over to her son

"No not really" reply Simon looking down

"Look sweetheart I know you are still upset about Laurie moving away
and breaking up the relationship but there are plenty other girls out
there you would die to go out with my handsom son" said Annie with a
smile

"Mum I don't want to be with another girl I just want to be with Laurie
" said Simon in a louder voice

"Well maybe Hayley your new neighbour will cheer you up because I told
her parents you would show her around school, walk with her to school
and just basically show her the ropes" grined Annie hoping Simon wasn't
too mad about what she had done.

"Yeah whatever" reply Simon leaving the room.

Annie sat where shew as thinking about how Simon's relationships always
ended bad. First Deena now Laurie and she wished just for once her son
would find happeness.

*****

25 mintues later Simon walk up the path of the Clarke's new home and
rang the doorbell.
He watched Ruthie walk to school with her best friend Hannah when the
door open with MRS Clarke standing there with a smile.

"You must be Simon come on in" said Elizabeth

Simon walked into the house to find the oldest child Ben shouting for
the rest of his sisters to hurry up and this reminded him of the old
days when Matt and Mary were back home.

"Hey I'm Ben nice to meet you" he said shaking hands with Simon

"Hey you too" reply Simon with a force smile.

"Hayley, Kaci and Brook will you get your butts down here now" shouted
Ben again

"Your house must be like this too" laughed Elizabeth

"Yeah" reply a quiet Simon

He then looked up to see a medium height tanned girl with wavy blond/
brownish hair walk down the stairs and for a second he felt himself
smiling

"Hurry up Hayley Simon has been waiting for you" said Elizabeth handing
her daughter her bag

"Sorry but Kaci held up the bathroom" reply Hayley

"Well this is Simon Camden who lives next door and this is my oldest
daughter Hayley" said Elizabeth introducing the two teenagers

"Hey Simon" said a shy Hayley

"Hey" reply Simon

"Well you two better go or your be late for school and Hayley I will
see you later ok and Simon I will see you at the BBQ" said Elizabeth

The two teens walk down the path and started to walk to school.
They were both quiet the whole way until they got to school.

"Simon you know if you don't want to stay with me it's ok I can find my
way round" asked Hayley

"Well I have too I have no choice" said a grumpy Simon

"You really don't" reply Hayley

"Look I do so lets just leave it at that ok" shouted Simon

Simon begun walking ahead and Hayley follow him. She couldn't beleive
he was so mean but just assumed it was back to school day blues and the
fact he didn't want the new girl hanging round with him and his mates.

"Hey Simon" said people he passed in the corridoor

Simon reply back and then showed Hayley to her homeroom.

"Right we will meet here at lunch ok so I will see you later" said
Simon before walking off.

Hayley watched him leave and then went to face the people in her homeroom.

"Hi you must be Hayley take a seat we are just wating for other people
to arrive" smiled her teacher.

Hayley turned round to see small friendship girls talking and she begun
to feel nervous but as she was about sit down a girl behind her tap her.

"Hey hayley come and sit with me and my friends" said Heidi with a smile.

"Thanks" reply Hayley

"Hey everyone this is Hayley" said Heidi

"Hi Hayley" said the 5 other girls with smiles

"So I saw you with Simon are two like going out or something" asked Heidi

"No I have just met him today his my next door neighbour" laughed Hayley

"Anyway don't be stupid Heidi he is really upset about Laurie still" said
Beth

"Who's Laurie" asked Hayley

"Oh she used to be Simon's girlfriend and they were like really close
and stuff but during summer the family had to move so laurie broke it
off and Simon has been upset ever since" said Beth

"Poor Simon but that explains why he was so grumpy towards me" said
Hayley

"Just ignore him for now. So where are you from and why did you move"
said heidi

"Well I used to live in Boston but we had to move because me dad's job
got transfer here" reply Hayley

"Cool so do you have a boyfriend" asked Beth

"Well I did and it's alot like Simon and his girlfriend except it was
my boyfriend who decided to break it up" said Hayley

"Thats alwful aren't you hurt" asked one of the other girls

"Yeah I'm still hurting badly I mean he was my boyfriend for 2 years but
I'm trying to move on" reply Hayley

"Try telling Simon that" said Heidi

Hayley listen as her new friends talked about Simon and she realised
that her and Simon had alot in common.

*****

It was 12:15 and lunch was going good for Hayley. She had made a bunch
of new friends who weren't popular or unpopular but just right. She was
talking with heidi when Simon grab her arm and pulled her over.

"What you doing I told you to meet me at 12 and that was 15 minutes
ago and I have spent that looking for you" shouted Simon

"Look I'm sorry ok I just forgot and anyway you found me now and your
friends who are really cool by the way" smiled Hayley

"You forgot did you well I find that very selfish and I don't hang with
selfish people so I'm leaving and you can find your own way home cause
I'm not wasting my time with s selfish brat who thinks the world
involves just her" screamed Simon then storming off.

"Are you ok Hayley" asked heidi putting her arm round her

"yeah what is his problem" said a shaken Hayley

"Don't worry he didn't mean it" said Heidi pulling her back to the table

"Oh shit I have to see him tonight at this BBQ that both are parents are
hoding what am I going to do" said Hayley

"Look just ignore him ok and he might even say sorry" said Beth

Hayley decided they were right and that Simon would say sorry but she
begun dreading the night to come.

How will the BBQ go and will Simon and Hayley get feelings for each
other?
Getting To Know You Part 2- Coming Soon