With time nearing closer to my graduation, things have become more different lately. Lots of changes started to take place in my life. One of them being the big move. I remembered with the whole Ana chaos, I desperately wanted to move away as far as possible. Luckily I didn't have to do it for Ana moved off. Not far but still far enough from me.

With her new life, (running off with a butcher man and getting pregnant, not to mention didn't finish her senior year) I was starting to make a new chapter in my life. With all drama and past mistakes behind me, I was about to make a move that will change me completely.

Joe left me because I was poor. I lived in a house that was someone's garage once. I used to have a decent place but not everything can stay like that forever. Life likes to put one's life in test. The place where I once lived couldn't be ours because in those years my father was on the edge of death. Miraculously my father survived but we lost it all and for nine years we made that garage into our home. Sadly there are people out there who think they are better than one and simply love to judge. 

Joe judged my place and never came back. He didn't need to say anything when his actions clearly spoke for him.

Now after nine years I was finally moving. Two block away from me there is a trailer house. A place where I can finally call home. Bit by bit things were starting to turn out for the better. And boy am I thankful.

Sadly my love life is a complete mess.

A confusing one while I'm at it.

The lights of the room went off as the teacher put a movie in front of the class. Mr. McClure sat in his desk as the rest of us started to find comfortable places. Some sat in their desks while other laid on the floor or played in their phones in a corner. To be honest the movie was such a bore that I didn't find out what it was called or least care what it was about. I laid my head on my desk when suddenly I felt someone poke me on the leg.

"Lay down on the floor with me." Juan patted next to him.

Rose was busy entertained staring at the screen and Chinito (Kalvin) sat next to her with Owen. I couldn't help but to grin and lay down on my stomach next to Juan. We laid there, staring at each other.

Simply just stare.

He placed his whole arm under my head making me rest on it like if it was a pillow.

I smiled.

"Dani?" He whispered.

"Yes?"

"Close your eyes."

"Um why?"

"Just do so." He caressed my hair.

I closed my eyes like he told me to and felt him get closer to me. I could feel our faces just legit centimeters, millimeter, away from each other. I could feel his soft breathing on my face and the tip of his nose touching mine. I couldn't help but to open my eyes.

What is he doing to me??

Around us, the class was too busy ignoring us. Only a girl from the corner was staring at us. I felt heat rush to my cheeks but either way I stayed frozen just staring into his brown eyes. I have to admit for ordinary brown eyes, he sure had some pretty ones.

Man, Rose would kill me if I said it out loud.

The corner of his lip twitched into a smile. His hand went to my cheek to caress it.

"What are you doing?" I whispered hoping it didn't came out in a sigh of awe.

"Nothing. Just admiring you."

"Admiring? There's nothing much to admire." I quietly chuckled.

"Oh trust me Dani there is." 

I didn't asked more and stayed quiet instead. The silence wasn't awkward at all but soothing and calm. One thing Joe hated about me was my silence. It wasn't my fault I like to be quiet and a observer rather than a loud mouth going on and off whenever. Joe knew who I was when he asked me out. I was mute when he met me yet he had the need to want to change me and complain of my silence. And here I was silent again with Juan though it wasn't the type silence that left some awkwardness in the air. Instead it gave me hope.

I don't know why the hope but the sudden eagerness of hope turned my lips into a smile.

It was the simple things that got to me.

"Want me to tell you a secret?" Juan whispered.

I nodded as he got even closer to me.

"I have this urge," he went. "This want that has been bothering me for a few days now," He closed his eyes and smirked. "I don't know if it's because I'm a guy or maybe because I'm feeling left out by my own girlfriend." He opened his eyes and stared into mine. "All I know is that I want to kiss you."

Oh lord...

Well this was...sudden.

"What will you do if I just suddenly kissed you right here, right now?"

Heart attack.

"I will karate chop you into tiny pieces and feed it to my neighbor's dog."

Okay that came out completely different from what I wanted to say.

"Seriously Dani?" He chuckled.

"Seriously. I feel like you are disrespecting me. Not to mention your girlfriend."

"Look about Victoria...I love her but I don't have her near me."

"What are you trying to say?"

"Maybe what I'm trying to say is that I miss someone's lips on mine."

I slowly blinked twice.

"And what do I have to do with this?" My eyes slowly went down to his lips.

"A lot."

For starters, I had no clue where he was going with this conversation nor I don't know why he was saying all of this to me. All I knew was that my heart was racing and that "urge" he spoke about was clearly inevitable. I was shock and didn't know what to say, least what to do about it. Other times I would send the person with their tails between their legs because of the disrespect, asking a question like that. Juan had a girlfriend and him telling me that he wanted to kiss me was disrespectful.

Yet I didn't find it to be that way.

I smirked at him and made myself even comfortable in his arm.

"Close your eyes again." He told me.

I closed my eyes and felt the tip of his nose rub against mine. I kept my eyes closed and smiled as we stayed like that for a whole minute.

"Eskimo kiss." He breathed.

Suddenly the lights of the classroom got turned on. I quickly flashed my eyes wide open and sat up with Juan.

"I personally love this documentary." Mr. McClure spoke to the class as he sat down on his desk. "We will finish it tomorrow."

Just then the bell rang.

Rose, Owen, and Kalvin were the only ones staring at us as everyone grabbed their stuff, oblivious of the small secretive scene Juan and I had. 

The three of them stared at us with their beady eyes. Kalvin was silently laughing and giggling while Owen had this bewildered expression on his face. Rose on the other hand glared directly at Juan.

"Are you two a th-"

"Nope!" I didn't let Owen finish his sentence.

"You two were awfully cl-"

"Nothing happened." I kept interrupting Owen.

Juan laughed and got up to get his stuff as I did the same.

"You and Juan Rocha?" Owen got close to me and whispered.

"No." I looked to the sides.

"Maybe?" He wiggled his eyebrows.

I felt my cheeks go red.

"I'm just messing with you." Owen laughed and walked off.

Rose was waiting for me as half the class was gone. Across the room Juan waved at me to wait for him.

"Go on ahead. I'll catch up to you." I told Rose.

Once she walked off, I waited for Juan who was talking to the teacher and quickly finished with Mr. McClure.

"So what did Owen say?" He nudged me with his shoulder.

"Nothing. Just misunderstanding the whole thing. He thinks we are a thing. I told them many times you have a girlfriend already." I shrugged.

"Yeah but we can still pretend." He smirked.

"Pretend? What do you mean?"

"The next person who says that, just tell them I'm your pretend boyfriend." He winked at me and ran off.

Hmm pretend...I like that.

*****

I was heading to my last class when I saw around the corner something that left me in shock. Just when I was enjoying my day, there had to be something to ruin it.

Mistakes were meant to be learned not committed over and over.

One will think that Ana was enough but someone just simply doesn't learn.

In a corner, my brother Steve was kissing some girl. They were legit blocking my path to get to my class. I had no other option but to walk right past then.

Oh this wasn't awkward at all. Totally not awkward.

I'm dripping with sarcasm.

The scene right in front of me was awkward to the max. Plus just disgusting.

Slut 2.0 looked at me and hid behind my brother.

"Hey Danny wassup," the little hypocrite smiled at me.

I gave one look at the girl and rolled my eyes at her. Seriously my brother has bad taste looking for girls. He can't stay single for a few months? This Ana really damaged my poor brother's brain cells.

I casually walked by and gave her the cold shoulder as she tried to say hi to me. I went to my class and slouched in my seat.

Why do people do this to me?

I felt the phone in my pocket vibrate. I pulled it out and saw Rose's text.

Rose: Ugh you won't believe what I just saw.

Me: lemme guess Steve with a slut.

Rose: ya.

Me: who is she?

Rose: she's a junior.

Me: seriously what is up with my brother looking for girls way older than him.

Rose: Ikr

Me: what's her name?

Rose: Her name is Serena.

I hid the phone back in my pocket and let out the longest sigh I had holding in me.

I just wish I can close my eyes and hope this wasn't reality.

Sadly reality was reality and it sucked.

Welp Ana 2.0 again.

Lets see how this go.

I know its not my business but you can tell by the look of a person who is trouble. This one was trouble.

This time I won't tolerate another Ana. Even if this one had a change of name.

This is going to go wrong again. I can just feel it...