OCD

Soccer Field

3:18 PM

Claire walked down the hall and out of the school. She found Josh at the soccer field with his friends practicing.

"Hey Josh!" Claire called out, waving to him.

Josh looked up and did a double take. He nearly tripped over the soccer ball. The boys whistled.

"Hey Claire. Wow, you look really nice." he commented.

"Thanks." Claire blushed. "Are you ready to go?" she asked.

"Yeah, just let me shower and change. You can come to my house and wait there if you want to." he said.

"Ok." she said.

"See you guys later." Josh said to the boys.

"Bye." Claire said to them.

Claire followed Josh to his bike.

"Here, get on and hold onto me." he directed.

Claire got onto the bike and put her arms around Joshs waist tentatively. As they were riding, they passed Massie and the girls. Claire grinned and gave them a thumbs up sign. She couldn't wait to get to Josh's house.

Josh's Mansion

Front Yard

4:23 PM

"Ok, we're here." Josh stopped in front of a large mansion with huge garden and fountain.

"Wow, your house is ah-mazing." Claire complimented.

"Thanks."

They walked through the front doors and inside, the furniture and decorations were much more amazing. Josh led Claire up the stairs and into his bedroom. It was really clean and neat. That wasn't the way Claire expected Josh's room to be.

"You can watch T.V. while you wait, or you can go on the computer." Josh said.

"Ok, thanks."

"No problem. I'll be back soon." he said, grabbing a bunch of clothes and shutting the door behind him as he left.

Claire looked around the room more closely. There was a bookcase in the corner, his desk in the middle, his closet on the right side, and his T.V. in the other corner. Claire looked at his nightstand. It had pictures of Josh at his soccer games. She glanced down, and saw a notebook peeking out from a drawer. It said 'Josh's Private Journal.'

Wow, I never knew that josh kept a private journal. she thought to herself. Claire had a big urge too look inside to see what he wrote. I can't, what if Josh catches me? Finally, she couldn't resist any longer. She took it out carefully and looked inside just to take a peek. She randomly flipped to an entry. It was on the day of the party that they held at The Room. It was very long and detailed. Claire read the entry.

Geez, I don't know why everyone thinks I like Alicia. I mean, sure, she's pretty and all that, but she doesn't have a great personality. And, no offense, but she's not that smart either. I like Claire, she's funny and smart. She's the right girl for me. Too bad she's with Cam, otherwise I would want her to be my girlfriend. She's not like Massie, who can be really snobby and mean sometimes. Today, Dylan dared me to kiss Alicia. It was kinda annoying, because everyone assumes that just because Alicia likes me, then I like her too.

"Ehmagawd!" I can't believe the things he said about Massie, Alicia and I." Claire exclaimed. She heard the shower turn off.

"Uh-oh." Claire quickly closed the notebook, and put it back inside the drawer. Claire turned on the T.V. and watch a show.

Moments later, Josh emerged into the room. He was wearing a green T-shirt with brown cargo pants and Vans. He looked so ah-dorable with his wet hair.

"Let's go." he said.

Claire turned off the T.V. and asked, "How are we going to get there? It's too far away to bike or walk."

"Don't worry, my driver, Sean, will take us there." Josh said.

"Cool." It seemed to Claire that everybody that was rich, had a driver.

Josh called Sean on his cell phone, and minutes later, Sean was waiting outside in the front.

"Hello Josh, who's this young lady?" Sean asked.

"Hey Sean, this is Claire, my date for tonight." he said.

"Hello Claire."

"Hi Sean." she said, getting into the car.

The car ride there was pleasant. Sean asked Claire some questions about her family and school., and Claire asked Sean some questions in return.

When they got there, Sean got out and opened the door for Claire.

"Thanks." she said.

Sean smiled, "You're welcome. Have a nice time!"

Josh bought the tickets, and they got some popcorn and candy. They sat in the front row and waited for the movie to start. A few minutes later, the movie finally started. Claire reached into her candy bag and took out a piece of candy. It was a gummy bear. It reminded Claire of Cam for a second. Claire shook her head, clearing the thought. She was on a date with Josh, and she wasn't going to let Cam ruin it.

Josh then put his arm around Claire's shoulder. Claire blushed in the dark. Two hours later, the movie ended. Claire got up and stretched.

"Hey, are you hungry?" Josh asked her.

"Um, not really. All the popcorn and candy made me full." she answered.

"Yeah, me too. Do you wanna go get some ice cream though?"

"Sure."

They exited the theater, and Sean was waiting for them in the front. Claire and Josh climbed into the car.

"Did you guys have a good time?" he asked.

"Yes." they both answered.

"Good, where to next, Josh?" Sean asked.

"Coldstone's."

"Ok." Sean said, starting the engine.

Downtown

Coldestone's

7:33 PM

They went to Coldstone's to get their ice cream.

"What do you want?" he asked her.

"Strawberry."

"Ok, I'll have Mint Chocolate Chip " Josh told the cashier.

They got their ice-cream and sat down at a table. They chatted about many things. Claire's cell phone suddenly rang.

Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

That was the ringtone Massie had programmed on Claire's phone.

"Sorry." she said, taking out her phone from her purse.

"It's ok." Josh said.

"Hello?"

"Hey Claire, it's me." Cam said.

"Cam?" Claire said in disbelief. "What do you want?"

"I want to talk to you?" he said.

Claire saw Josh look up in surprise from his ice-cream.

"Right now isn't a good time, I'm on my date with Josh right now."

"But-"

"Not now." Claire cut him off. "Bye." she said, shutting her phone.

"What did Cam want?" Josh asked.

"He wanted to talk about something."

"About what?"

"I don't know. I told him that we could talk later." Claire said.

"Oh."

"Anyways, what were we talking about?" she asked him.

"About the upcoming dance at school." he reminded her.

"Oh yeah. Um, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me." she said, biting her bottom lip.

Josh's eyes lit up. "Sure!"

"Great!" Claire exclaimed, relief flooding through her. She didn't want to be dateless for the dance.

Josh looked at his watch. It was getting late.

"You want to head back now?" he asked.

Claire looked down at her watch, it was ten o'clock already. She had no idea they had spent about two and a half hours here. Time passed by so fast. "Yeah, my parents will freak out if I don't get back soon." she said.

Claire and Josh got up and left Coldstone's.

Guesthouse

Front Door

10:09 PM

Luckily, Claire didn't live too far away from Coldstone's. In less than 10 minutes, she arrived at the guesthouse. Josh got out and walked Claire to the front door.

"Thanks for tonight." Claire said. "I had such a good time."

"No problem. Me too." Josh said.

They were standing really close to each other. Josh leaned in slowly and kissed Claire on the lips. Claire completely melted. The kiss seemed to last forever. When Josh finally pulled away, he had some lip gloss on his mouth.

Claire giggled, and pointed to his lip.

"What?" he asked, wiping his lip on his arm.

"You have lip gloss on you." she informed him.

Josh looked down at his arm and laughed. "Oh well."

"Claire, is that you?" a kid's voice said.

Claire turned around and saw her little ah-nnoying brother, Todd, peeking out from behind the window.

Claire quickly withdrew herself from Cam.

"Ooooh, were you guys kissing? Who's that? Where's Cam?" Todd asked, asking question after question.

"None of your business, go away Todd." Claire told him.

Todd groaned, but obeyed her. Claire turned back around.

"I should really go now." she said.

"Yeah, you should." Josh said, laughing.

"Thanks again." she said. "See you on Monday."

"Bye." Josh said.

"Bye." Claire said, waving goodbye to him.

"Wait." Josh said.

Josh grabbed Claire and turned Claire around and kissed her on the lips once more.

"Sorry, I just had to do that." Josh said, blushing.

Claire giggled, "It's ok. Maybe you should do it more often."

Josh laughed, "Yeah, maybe I should. See you later."

"Bye." Claire said.

Claire opened the front door and happily walked into the living room.

"Hey, I'm back" she called out to her parents cheerfully.

"Dude, what's wrong with you?" Todd asked, looking strangely at Claire. "A few days ago, you were so sad and gloomy. Now you're all happy and chirpy. I don't get girls."

Claire ignored her brother and went upstairs to take a bath. 25 minutes later, Claire got out of her bathroom, dressed in her pajamas. She walked down the hallway into her room. Having no one to talk to on the computer, Claire decided to take a short nap.