I was sitting at the local burger joint here in Holden.
"Did you hear about the new foreign exchange student moving here?" My friend Willow asked.
"I hear he's from London," Nevada said. I chewed my fries nonchalantly listening to them talk about Kingston.
"He is," I said quietly. They both looked at me for more details. "He's my neighbor."
"OMG!" Willow screeched. "Is he cute?" I nodded with a slight smile on my face. Kingston was far from cute. He was gorgeous. I dont even know how to describe him.
"Tell us! Tell us all the details!" Nevada said leanin forward in her seat.
"You'll see in three days when school starts." They both sighed. Nevada stood up from her seat suddenly.
"C'mon, we are throwing an end of the summer party at Scar's and her parents went to New York for the weekend."
When we were setting up for the party Kingston came up to the ence and the girls gasped.
"Hey Scarlett." I smiled and continued setting up. "Throwing a party while your parents are away? Tsk tsk!" I laughed and walked over to the fence where he was.
"I'll have you know," I said poking him in his toned bare chest, "I asked!" I looked him up and down and shivered making him chuckle.
"You can come if you'd like," Nevada spoke up.
"Yeah, we'd love for you to come!" Willow added. He smiled at them and looked back at me.
"I'll come if you save me a dance." He smiled.
"I'll think about it," I shrugged carlessly. "It starts at eight."
"Then I'll see you at eight." He winked and waved at the girls before walking back to his house. I laughed slightly and rolled my eyes.
"You said he was cute, not drop-dead sexy!" Willow said loudly.
"You didn't ask if he was sexy!"
"Well!" She said. I rolled my eyes at her and went bac to setting cups out.
"Is Marshall coming tonight?" Nevada asked quietly. Willow and I both shrugged. Marshall was the soccer captain Nevada has a crush on.
"He's coming," Willow said never looking up from her phone. Nevada's cheeks turned a shade of pink and she had a small smile spread across her face.
KINGSTON'S POV
"Mum, momma," I said looking around for my mother. I came into my living room to find her napping peacefully on the couch with the tv on low. I smiled slightly, covered her up, and kissed her forehead before walking to Scarletts's. It was already about thirty minutes into the party, and there was already a lot of people. I walked through the yard feeling slightly self-conscious from all the unfamiliar faces. I looked around finding Scarlett quickly, her red hair sticking out against the rest of them. She spotted and waved me over. She looked beautiful just like the very first day I met her. Tonight, her bright red hair fell in long waves down her back and her white sundress fell above her knees.
"Kingston, hey," she said running up to me. "Are you enjoying the party?"
"I just got here so I haven't really gotten around yet." She nodded at me sipping from her red solo cup and looking around. I leaned down to her and whispered in her ear. "You look lovely by the way." She smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Do you want me to introduce you to a few people?" I shrugged and followed her to a group of people. I recongnized the two girls from earlier, and then there were two guys standing with them. The girls gave me flirty smiles as I approached. "Well, I'm pretty sure you remember my friends from earlier. This is N-"
"Nevada," she interrupted sticking her hand out for me to shake. I smiled and shaked her hand softly. Scarlett moved to the next girl but she spoke for herself also.
"Willow," She smiled and stuck her hand out. I also shook it softly. Scarltett looked at the boys.
"Just introduce yourselves." She sighed.
"Preston," the first guy spoke up giving me a firm handshake.
"Jameson," the second guy said.
"Kingston," I said to all of them. We conversed a bit, each of them telling me a bit about themselves. I'm kind of glad they didn't realize what my name is pertaining to.
After awhile I finally asked Scarlett for that dance and she dragged me to the center of her yard. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I put my arms on her waist.
"Thanks for coming," she said against ny neck.
"Thanks for inviting me," I replied. She laughed a bit and rested her head on my shoulder.
"Thanks for coming," she said again. Her lips brushed against my sweet spo making me tighten my arms around her waist and clench my teeth. She smiled knowing what she did.
"Um, I-I-uh," I stuttered stupidly. She lifted her head from my shoulder and gazed into my eyes. I didn't realize how close we were until I felt out noses brush. Her hazel eyes were dark as she glanced down at my lips. "Scarlett." I said her name so quiety I don't know if she even heard.
"Shh," she muttered. Her beautiful hazel eyes moved to my lips again. Her hands were slowly trailing up my neck into my hair which she gladly threaded her fingers through. Someone next to us cleared their throat making Scarlett jumped back from me. I looked over at the person to find a smirking Willow.
"Kingston, do you want to get a drink with me?" Scarlett asked never taking her eyess of her friend. I cleared my throat and nodded. Scarlett sneered at Willow and grabbed my hand to walk past her.
"What's that all about?" I asked curiously. She sighed and filled a red cup to the top with the bushy colored liquid.
"C'mon," she said pulling me in another direction. "I guess I'll tell you the story." She sighed.
"And that's pretty much why I don't date," she finished with a tear running down her cheeck which I quickly wiped away with the pad of my thumb.
"I'm sorry love." She bit her lip and looked away. Another tear started rolling down her cheek but she wiped it away quickly.
"The party looks like it's starting to win down so I think I'm just gonna go inside and go to sleep." I nodded at her.
"Can I atleast walk you home?" I said with a slight smile on my face.
"Sure," she whispered. Her ran cheeks tinged pink and she was biting her lip.
"Well right this way m'lady," I said. I stuck my arm out which she cautiosly took. We made small tak as we slowy walked to her door.