I'm staring at my closet. It seems like everything I own is butt ugly. I sigh and look for about 30 minutes when I finally decide on this.

I brush my hair and put in some black hoop earrings. My look is completed. It's been 4 days since Derrick told me he liked Aria. I've been confused, a little hurt, and even more confused. I could've sworn he was into me. I guess not.

But, I'm happy for Aria, her and Derrick have gone out every night this week. They seem to really be hitting it off. It even got to the point where I just stopped walking with them because I felt like such a third wheel. Marcus has been driving me these past few days. And after school I help him plan his cousins birthday party

I grab my phone and walk downstairs. My mom is sitting at the table drinking some coffee. "Morning mama." I say and kiss her on the cheek. "Morning baby." She says and smirks at my outfit. "I see you'r looking good for your boyfriend."

Immediately I start choking and hacking and coughing on air as I gasp for it. "What?" I say. "Mom, he's not my boyfriend." I say. "Oh, I know." My mom says. "If he was, he would've met me by know." She says as if she's implying that he should meet her.

"If we get together you'll be the first to know." I say and kiss her on the cheek before heading out the door. "HE'S A NICE BOY!" I hear her say just before I close the door.

I wait a few minutes until Marcus' car pulls up in our driveway. "Morning." He says as he gets out to give me a hug. He smells so nice. I say in my head. His cologne is heavenly.

"You look great!" He says. "Thank you." I say. We walk over to his car and he's about to open the door for me.

"You don't have to open the door for me." I say. "A princess always gets her doors opened for her." He says and winks at me. I blush. "That's sweet, but I do have hands, and I am capable of opening a door." I say and open the door for myself. "Whatever you say Des." He says and gets in on his side.

We listen to music on the radio and just enjoy the scenery. At one point, Marcus' hand is held out for mine to interlock with his. I'm hesitant at first. I do like Marcus, but with all this stuff with Derrick and Aria plus that his girlfriend Selena will be coming back soon and moments like this will be no more. But, eventually I put my hand on top of his as we interlace fingers.

This feels so nice.

Marcus' POV

I can see she doesn't want to put her hand on top of mine. I don't know why I put mine out. After a few seconds though, she interlaces her fingers with mine. What am I doing? What is Des doing to me? I've liked her since freshman year, glasses and all. She was always so confident and didn't care what people thought of her. I've always wondered why she changed.

In my point of view, absolutely nothing was wrong with the before picture.

I pull up to the school to find a parking space. Once I've found one I get out of the car. "I can't thank you enough for the rides." Des says. "You say that everyday." I say. "I know, it's just.....nice." She says and smiles.

Her smile is so infectious. I can't help but smile back at her. Selena may be gone but I'm not exactly missing her. Des and I are.....something but I really want to be with her.

One day, that girl is gonna be mine. I'm going to treat her so right, just like a princess.