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"Oh my god! I come back and you guys are still kissing?! What are you going for, a record?" Clara says as she walks back into the kitchen.

"Is there something that you want, Clara?" Lacey asks while her arms are still wrapped around Danny's neck.

"Yes. I'm hungry."

"Well, it's almost dinnertime so you're just gonna have to wait until Mom gets home. Now scram!"

Clara knows Lacey is just teasing her because she never yells at or is mean to her. Clara is quite amused at catching her sister kissing a boy and at seeing her so happy and carefree with this guy. Clara can't get over how gorgeous he is. And his hair is awesome!

"Do you know when Mom will be here?" Clara asks.

"Nope. And hopefully she doesn't work late, but you know how she is." Lacey tells her sister.

"Then you'll have to cook." Clara says then asks, "Is Danny staying for dinner?"

"I don't know Clara." Lacey looks at Danny. "Danny are you staying for dinner?"

"Sure, if you want me to." Danny finally speaks during this conversation.

"Clara, do we want him to stay for dinner?"

"Yes." Clara says with a huge smile on her face, looking exactly like Lacey. The only difference is Clara didn't inherit their Mom's dimples. "So what are we having?"

"I'm not sure yet. Let me call Mom first to see what her plans are. Lacey says as she finally breaks away from being hugged up with Danny.

Lacey goes to grab her phone from her room. "Hey Mom. Clara is hungry and we wanted to know what you're gonna do about dinner." Lacey asks her mom on her way back to the kitchen. "Let me check." Danny and Clara see her walk to the fridge and look in. "Well, there's lots of stuff in here, but everything is frozen."

Danny is checking out her ass again and Clara catches him. Danny locks eyes with Clara as she smiles at him. Danny smiles back and puts his finger to his mouth. Clara does the same and giggles.

"Ok, but what are you gonna eat? Ok. See you later. I love you too, Mom. Bye." Lacey says as she ends her call with her mother.

"So what did she say?" Clara asks.

"Well, Mom said we can order something."

"Yes!" Clara exclaims in excitement. Danny and Lacey laugh.

"So what do you want, Clar Bear?" Lacey asks already knowing the answer to her question.

"I want pizza, Lace Face."

"How did I know you were gonna say that? You'd eat pizza everyday if you could."

Danny loves watching the playful banter between Lacey and Clara. It gives him better insight into the kind of girl Lacey is, and he likes it. It also makes him wish he had a younger brother or sister.

"So what do you want on it, Clara?" Lacey asks her.

'Anything but anchovies. Yuck!" Clara says while making a face.

"What about you, Danny?"

"Anything but anchovies. Yuck!" Danny says mimicking the same face Clara just made.

Lacey laughs and shakes her head at both of them. "Ok. One pizza with extra anchovies. Coming right up!" Lacey says with a straight face.

Danny and Clara instantly stop laughing. Clara says, "Hey! That's not what we said, Lacey!"

"I know. I'm just kidding. Where's a good place to order from around here, Danny? We've never ordered in before."

"Well, Vito's is awesome. True Italian pizza." Danny says.

While Lacey places the order, Danny realizes how much more he actually likes Lacey and how glad he is that he met her. She's like a breath of fresh air.

"Call me when it's here." Clara says while leaving the kitchen.

"She's really cute, Lacey. I can see why you guys are so close." Danny says. "It makes me wish I had a sibling."

"Yeah, she's my best friend." Lacey says while smiling.

"I noticed the clothes she's wearing. Is she a dancer?"

"No, gymnast. She's really good too. I used to dance when I was younger, but gave it up a long time ago." She tells him.

"A dancer, huh? What kind?''

"Mostly ballet, but I studied it all. I didn't like tap at all though. My mom was furious when I threw my tap shoes away."

Danny laughs at the thought of Lacey hating tap so much she actually threw her shoes away. But he gets it totally. Like when his parents wanted him to learn to play the piano. He hated that more than anything.

"I get it Lacey. I wished I could have thrown away the piano when my parents made me take lessons."

"My parents made me take piano lessons too. I hated it at first. And then I got good at it." Lacey says.

"Is there anything you can't do or haven't tried, Lacey?' He realizes how it sounds after the words have left his mouth and Lacey has a weird smirk on her face. "That came out wrong." Danny says.

Lacey just laughs and brushes it off.

"So how is being on the choir going?"

Lacey makes a face and scoffs.

''What's with the weird face?" Danny asks.

"I'm just thinking about having to sing lead and a duet at the assembly. And we're singing songs that really don't have anything to do with sobriety awareness.''

'Yeah, well that's how the choir is. Mrs. Stevens just does what she wants. And since they're so good, they just let her. They sang at the White House before."

"Really?" Lacey asks in awe. She had no idea that the choir was that good.

"Yeah. So I'm sure you'll be fine. And like Phoebe said, she doesn't just let anybody sing, so you must be good."

'Thanks for the vote of confidence, Danny." Lacey says while smiling at him.

"And you can always remember what I said before. If you get nervous, just picture everyone naked or in their underwear."

"I don't think I want to picture EVERYBODY like that though, Danny.''

"Well then you can just focus on me." Danny says with his best smirk in place.

"Ah, subtle." Lacey says and they both laugh.

"Well, I thought I'd give it a try."

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were trying to charm me."

'And you would be right. But I know it's too soon for that though, Lace. So I know I just have to settle for hugs and kisses."

Danny says while grabbing her hand. "I really like you, Lacey."

'I really like you too, Danny."

They are about to lean in for another kiss when the doorbell rings, signaling the arrival of the pizza.

"I have to run up and get the money and I'll be right back." Lacey says.

"No, here. My treat." Danny says while reaching into his pocket to pull out his money.

'Thanks. I'll be right back." Lacey hurries off and Danny hears her call Clara down. They eat their pizza while Clara laments over how good it is. She then leaves to go finish her homework as well.

"Well, Mr. Desai. We really need to finish our homework."

"Don't remind me."

They finish up their homework and Danny starts gathering his things to leave when he says. "I don't want to leave."

"I don't want you to leave either."

"How about I just spend the night." Danny says with a straight face. Lacey looks at him, baffled.

"Are you crazy?" Lacey asks.

"Yeah. I'm crazy about you." The look in his eyes makes Lacey weak in the knees.

"You can stop with all the flattery, Danny. I've already fallen for you.''

Shit! I shouldn't have said that!

"Good. Because I've fallen for you too.''

They lock eyes and smile at each other.

'Well, I'm going to head on home. It was great spending time with you, Lace. Clara too."

"It was great spending time with you too, Danny."

Danny grabs her face and plants another kiss on her lips.

"Goodnight Lace."

"Goodnight Danny."

Danny leaves and Lacey closes the door behind him. She then slides down to the floor where she remains, just alone with her thoughts until Clara comes downstairs. Clara immediately comes and sits on the floor next to her sister and grabs her hand.

"Did you tell him?" Clara asks.

"No."

'Are you going to?"

"Yes. Eventually.''

"Are you scared to tell him?"

"Yes."

Clara leans over and gives Lacey a much-needed hug.

"Thank you, Clar Bear. I needed that."

"I know."