Cassidy's POV:

Someone was shaking me. "Cassidy. Cassidy, are you awake?"

It was Chad. I opened my eyes and turned over to look at him.

"Yeah, I'm awake now. What is it?" He smiled and got out of my bed.

"I was just telling you that I'm going home." He whispered.

I felt kind of sad. "Oh, alright. Thanks for coming over."

"Anytime."

He opened my window and slipped himself out, and climbed down the ladder.

My room always felt empty whenever he left.

I looked at the time. It was 8:00am.

"Hey Cassidy! Can you go to Dunkin Donuts and get some donuts please?" My mom shouted to me from down the hall.

I groaned. "Yeah, sure mom."

She was always wanting donuts.

I made my bed and then headed into my bathroom to get myself ready for the day, since I apparently wasn't sleeping in.

"Hurry up Cassidy!" My mom shouted.

Why don't you get your own damn donuts? I thought to myself.

I threw on some shorts and a tank top and walked out of the front door. This wasn't going to be a very short walk. I had to get out of the neighborhood first.

Instead of taking the usual route, I decided to take a shortcut.

When I got to the neighborhood lake, I saw a guy walking his dog. I've never seen him around here before, so I'm guessing he lives in one of the other parts of the neighborhood.

He turned and looked at me and waved. "Hi." He said.

I smiled at him. "Hello."

"Are you just out for a walk?"

I shook my head. "Nope. My mom is making me get donuts."

He laughed a little, and then looked down at his dog.

"I see you're just out for a stroll." I pointed out, motioning to his pet.

He nodded. "Yeah, it's my turn to walk him."

"What's his name?"

"Butsy."

I laughed. "Butsy? What does that stand for?"

He laughed with me. "Well, my last name is Butler, so I just decided to name him something close to it."

"Clever." I stated.

"Yep. Well…um, do you mind if I came with you? You seem kind of lonely."

I smiled and nodded. "Sure, you can come."

As we walked and talked, I started to learn a lot about him. He was the same age as I was, but he went to the high school for the kids on the other side of our neighborhood.

His name in Ryan Butler, and he loved to play basketball, just like me.

When we reached Dunkin Donuts, we didn't even realize it because we were so engrossed on our conversations.

"Oh look, we're here." Ryan started, pointing to the building.

I blinked as I looked up, because the sun was right in my eyes.

"Yeah, I guess we are."

Ryan stayed outside with his dog while I went in and ordered the box of donuts. When I got back outside to him, he looked over at me.

"I have to hurry and get home. I have to babysit." He said, starting to walk.

"Oh, okay." I answered, walking a little behind him.

When we got all the way back to the lake, he looked at me and waved.

"Nice meeting you!" Then he was off.

I smiled to myself and then brought the box of donuts home to my mother.

"Finally!" she exclaimed when I walked through the front door.

"Oh, and by the way, Chad is upstairs in your room. He came over a few minutes ago."

I smiled to myself and ran up the stairs to my room.

I swung the door open. "Hey Chad!"

He turned around from where he was standing and just looked at me, arms crossed.

"I saw you went to Dunkin Donuts with someone else. Someone that wasn't me." He said, walking over to me.

My smile faded. "Um…well you had just left…so I didn't want to bother you again. And I just met that guy. How did you even know I was with someone else? He didn't even come to my house."

He quickly looked down at his feet. "Um…"

"You were spying on me!" I shouted, smiling.

"No! No, I wasn't…I-"

"Yes you were! Oh my gosh, why were you?"

He sighed and walked to my bed and sat down. "I don't know. I mean, I'm just so used to you asking me to come over and hang out. I guess I was just upset you didn't ask me this time."

I stared at him, as he twiddled with his fingers. "Seriously?"

He nodded and looked up at me. "Yeah."

I shook my head. "Well, it's good you can be that honest with me."

Chad got up and hugged me. "I'm sorry I got so upset."

I squeezed him. "It's alright. If you didn't get upset, I wouldn't have known that you even cared."

He laughed and we sat down on the floor and played cards.

"I win!" He shouted, throwing his cards in my face. "Again!"

I shook my head and picked them up. "I declare a rematch!"

"For the fifth time? Okay, but be prepared to lose again!"

"Oh, I don't think I'll lose this time! Five is always my lucky number!"

He laughed at me. It was always so much fun hanging out with him. He was so funny.

"Hurry up and shuffle the cards!" he said, staring at me.

"Okay! You know what? You do it!"

I handed him the cards and he shuffled them in 5 seconds. He outdid me at everything.

"I hate you Chad." I said, smiling.

He stopped shuffling and looked me in the eyes.

"…Really? Because, I never thought you did."

I didn't realize he was so close to me until now. Then he started to lean closer to my face. I didn't know what to do. I've never been kissed before.

Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. My stomach did a bunch of flips, and then he pulled away.

He was smiling at me. "I've always wanted to do that." He placed his forehead onto mine.

"I…didn't know that." I said, staring into his eyes. They were such a distraction.

"Well, you know now."

He kissed me again, and I totally forgot about playing cards. This was so much better.