Finally, the school day was over and Dani walked to the parking lot and sat on a bench with Rachel. They laughed and talked, Dani clearly making the jokes. Sam was hiding behind a building watching Rachel. Artie just looked at Sam, frustrated that he wouldn't let him go home yet. "Sam, would ya stop watching Rachel already? Why don't you just ask her out?" Sam turned around quickly, facing Artie. "Shh! I did ask her out and she said she would go, that she wanted to see this one movie for a long time now. But then she cancelled on me because she forgot she had to go to this new girl Dani's house for something important!" Artie just sighed.
"Something is fishy about this new girl I'm telling you Artie." Artie just rolled away. Sam watched for a few more seconds, and then followed Artie.
Dani and Rachel got out of Dani's sister's car, and walked to the front door of Dani's house. "Do you have the key Dani?" Dani's sister asked. Dani then replied, "Yeah." Dani opened the door, and let her sister in first. Rachel stood behind Dani as the walked through the door. Dani saw Rachel look around. Rachel's face then lit up when Dani's mom came in. Dani's mom hugged Rachel, mumbling Spanish.
"Oh! Dani, what's she saying?" Dani smiled. "I'm glad to meet you honey, Dani's first friend at her new school." Rachel smiled. Rachel nodded and wanted to release from the hug but Dani's mom kept on going. "Mom..." Dani said tapping her shoulder. Dani's mom then realized, and let go. "Voy a hacer la cena." Rachel looked over at Dani. "She said she's going to make dinner. Were going to go to my room, call us when dinner is ready." Dani's mom nodded still smiling. Dani then walked to her room, Rachel behind her.
"Whoa..." Rachel looked around to see a queen size bed neatly made, black and white walls with the word Music painted above the bed, about three guitars hanging up and two in stands on the ground, a keyboard, three ukuleles hanging from another wall, some drawings everywhere, and books on a book shelf.
"No TV?" Dani smiled and shook her head no. "I have a laptop, sometimes I stream shows and movies but not very often." Rachel sat in the chair in front of Dani's desk. "I really like your room." Dani looked around, "I am still not done with it. Soon, there will be pictures everywhere and these drawings will be hung up." Rachel skimmed the drawings, and nodded with a smile. Dani then heard a knock on her door. Dani looked to see her brother, Marco peeking his head from the door. "Hey Marc, this is Rachel. Rachel this is my older brother Marc." Marc smiled quickly at Rachel and said, "Nice to meet you-" Then looked back at Dani. "We have a problem Dan." Dani looked confused and got up off her bed. "Stay here Rachel, you can go on my laptop if ya want to." Rachel nodded and grabbed the laptop. Dani walked out of her room to see what was up. Marc took Dani's hand and walked quickly to a closet. He pulled the chain to the light bulb hanging from above. "Dani, look through the crack and see who is at the door." Dani didn't understand what the fuss was all about. Dani looked through the crack to see a familiar face. "Is that..." Marc nodded. Dani wanted to scream but instead, she just paced around in the tiny closet. "Can I just stay in here?"
"No you can't Dani! There is a girl in your bedroom and your ex girlfriend is at the threshold!" Dani put her hand over her face and closed her eyes.