Deke smiled, "Hi"
Daisy looked up from her phone, "Oh, you're in one of my classes, right?"
"Uh yeah, computer class" he grinned
"Right, -" she hesitated
"My friends call me the D"
Daisy frowned
"Oh, but people call me Deke" he quickly covered up his flub, "I mean, my name's Deke"
"Right" she nodded, with a knowing look.
"Did – uh – you come to see a movie?" he pointed at the posters on the wall.
"I did" she sighed, "but my date never showed up" she glanced at her phone, "I was hoping he'd text me, or call me, but he didn't" the hurt showed on her face.
"Do you want to see a movie?" Deke offered, "I mean, we could see one, if you wanted. I could even pay for us" he dug his hand into his jeans' pocket.
"I just want to get out of here" she shoved her phone in her jeans' pocket.
"Oh" Deke uttered, "Mind if I walk with you"
"Sure, whatever" she scoffed.
They made their way down the sidewalk, "You know, you really don't have to do this" Daisy glanced at him
"Sure I do" Deke grinned. He didn't want to add that he'd he'd do anything for her, too.
"Hey mister!" two young children shouted at him. Deke noticed that he and Daisy had come across a homemade stand of some sort.
"Do you want to buy a glass?" One little girl shoved a pitcher in his face.
Deke looked at the murky contents, "How much?"
"A dollar" the other one spoke up. They couldn't be older than six.
"A dollar per glass?" Deke looked confused
"Oh come on" Daisy smiled at him, "I bet they worked really hard on it, too"
"Yeah lady, we been slaving all day long" the first child beamed at her
"Sure, why not" Deke dug into his jeans' pocket and pulled out two crumpled bills.
"Enjoy" the other little girl nodded and poured two paper cups of lemonade.
"When life give you lemons" Deke held up his cup.
Daisy looked at him quizzically, and then realized he expected her to clink the two cups together
"Cheers" she tapped her paper cup against his. Together they drank the liquid
"Not bad" she forced a smile for the children.
"So, what do you want to do now?" Deke asked as the two walked along towards Daisy's house.
"To tell you the truth-" she began.
But she didn't finish the sentence. Just then, a black sports-car came around the turn.
"Hey babe" Grant Ward leaned over the passenger side area and looked through the open window, "Hop in"
"Where the heck were you?" Daisy fumed
"Working on my college applications" he grinned, "Come on, I'm sure your little buddy here wants to run home to work on his ant farm or something" he stared at Deke
"Actually, we were-" Deke started
"It's ok" Daisy quickly nodded, "I had fun" she gave Deke a quick smile and then got into Ward's car.
As the two sped off together, Deke stared at the sidewalk, where Daisy' paper cup lay crumpled against the concrete.
"Why would she ever want me, when she's got him?" he sighed. He looked up and could just make out Grant's license plate, "SKYWRD"
"Jerk" Deke frowned. "Trevor's all curled up with Sequoia" he pulled his phone out of his pocket, "Maybe I can ask Nana and Bobo what to do" he dialed the number.