Lacey walked down from her room and decided to go into the kitchen to fix supper. As
she walked down the stairs her mind was on Jose and what they had talked about earlier. Why
am I thinking about him like this? she thought to herself. When she got to the kitchen she opened
the refrigerator to decide what to fix, and after standing there for a few minutes she decided on
the chicken. She grabbed the chicken and washed it off in the sink "I wonder what would go
good with chicken" she thought to herself as she prepared the chicken. She looked around the
kitchen and saw a sack of potatoes."I know I'll make us some oh what were they called French
fries?" she said. She grabbed the flour, oil, a couple pots, and pans. After about an hour the meal
was ready "Phew that took longer than I thought" she said tired as she set everything on two
plates. "Now I just have to wait on my mom to get home" she said as she set the things on the
table and took a seat.
The front door opened and her mother walked through "Sorry I'm so late the errands took
longer than I thought" she said. "It's not a big deal mom I was able to get supper ready and have
a lot to tell you" Lacey said with a smile on her face. Lacey got up and pulled her mother's seat
out for her. They sat there eating and talking for some time. "So who's this Jose?" her mother
asked concerned. "He's someone I ran into on my way to school today and I'll be meeting up
with him again tomorrow morning" said Lacey happily. "You just be careful I don't want you
getting hurt" her mother said very wearily. They sat and talked for a little while longer and then
Lacey cleaned up the kitchen and the table. "Hey mom I'm going up to my room for the night I
have a big day tomorrow" she said as she walked up the stairs. Later that night as she laid in bed
she continued to think about Jose and what it would be like in the morning. She fell asleep with a
smile on her face.
The next morning she awoke to a blaring alarm as she slowly rolled over she hit the clock
as she climbed out of bed. "Why did humans invent such an annoying device" she groaned as
she rubbed her eyes. Still half asleep she walked to the closet and grabbed her uniform getting
ready for the day. As she was brushing her hair she remembered that she was going to meet Jose
I can't wait to see him even though I don't know why I'm so excited she thought to herself. After
that she hurried to get ready and put on her necklace and rushed down stairs. "Good morning
mom I wish I could stay and talk but I gotta go early today" she said as she rushed into the
kitchen. She grabbed a piece of toast and stuck between her teeth and grabbed her bags. As she
headed towards the door her mother said "Have a good day and be careful around that boy you
haven't known him that long" she said worried. Lacey nodded her head as she ran out the door.
She continued to run until she came to the intersection that they met yesterday. Jose was waiting
there patiently for her "Well good morning to you Lacey" he said with a smile. "Good morning
to you as well" said Lacey bowing slightly and her face turning slightly red. They walked to
school at a walking pace talking about things at school and just about themselves without going
into very personal detail. When they reached the entrance to the school Jose turned around and
said nervously "Hey um do do you want to meet me for lunch?" Lacey noticed that he was
turning slightly red as he asked and responded "y-yeah I'd like that" turning red herself. They
both walked into the school laughing and smiling and neither one could wait till lunch. As Lacey
walked into class the others were waiting for her to ask her why her and Jose were walking to
school together. "I promised him that I would meet him and walk to school with him" she said
bashfully. The others accepted that answer and waited to see where it would end up. Lacey spent
the class periods leading up to lunch thinking about him. I don't understand why am I like this
after just meeting him? Why is he the only thing I can think about? What will happen? Could
this be oh what was it that humans call it love? When lunch finally rolled around Lacey wasted
no time she sprung from her seat and waited for Jose. When they met up he suggested they eat
lunch on the room on such a nice day. Lacey agreed. When they got on the roof they were the
only ones up there which was strange, because normally the roof was filled with people at lunch.
Jose sat down on the bench and patted the seat next to him. Lacey sat down next to him turned
red. "Lacey I have to ask you a question" said Jose quietly. "Yes what is it?" Lacey responded.
"Would would you like to" he paused "it's ok" she said. Jose thought for a moment and tried
again "Would you like to go out with me sometime?" he said his face turning bright red.