"Get up you lazy bum!" Rao announces making me groan.
"Leave me alone Rao," I groan again slowly opening my eyes staring up at my ceiling.
"You might want to hurry it up or you'll be late for school, and then that means an angry Dari," Rao says and I chuckle at the nickname she gave Darian.
"Good point made Rao," I say as I lean up swinging my legs over my bed, grabbing my phone and seeing ten unread messages from Zara.
"I'll just talk to her when I get to school," I mumble as I set my phone down, getting up from my bed heading into my bathroom.
"NO WAY!" Darian yells laughing like a lunatic.
"What the hell is her problem?" I mumble as I leave my bathroom heading over to her bedroom.
"He's got to be joking!" Darian laughs. I slowly peek my head in watching her texting quickly on her phone.
"Who are you talking to?" I ask when her head jerks up and she looks over at me nervously.
"No one," Darian says as I make my way into her room towards her closet.
"I know when your lying Darian," I say and Darian sighs in defeat.
"His name is William," Darian admits as my head whips around and I glare at her.
"Are you fucking with me or what?" I ask as Rao laughs her ass off.
"Please don't kill me, and no his name is seriously William," Darian admits.
"How'd you get his number?" I ask crossing my arms over my chest.
"I found it on a piece of paper," Darian says.
"Where did you find the paper at?" I ask now tapping my foot on the floor.
"In the glovebox of your jeep," Darian admits and I growl.
"You little fucker!" I yell as I get ready to tackle her but she quickly hops off her bed running down the stairs.
"Ahhh!" Darian screams as I chase after her.
"Give me the damn phone Darian!" I yell.
"What is going on?" Mom asks and Darian screams hiding behind her when I stop running and I glare at her.
"Dakota is trying to kill me!" Darian announces and mom rolls her eyes.
"Seriously what's going on?" Mom asks.
"Darian has the phone number of the guest I was inviting over for dinner tonight!" I growl as Darian quickly texts something on her phone.
"William says to calm down and take a deep breath," Darian says and I growl again.
"He's not my brother or therapist!" I yell when Darian types something else.
"He said he'll see us at school when we finally decide to show up," Darian says and I groan heading back to my bedroom.
"Tell him I'm getting dressed and we'll be there in five minutes," I say and when I stop to think I start blushing really hard.
"Alright then," Darian says probably texting it to him, and when I quickly spin around Darian looks at me smiling.
"You sent it didn't you?" I ask, and she nods.
"Yeah why?" Darian asks and I groan turning back around walking the rest of the way upstairs to my bedroom so I can get ready for school.
"Wear something casual but hot," Rao says and I chuckle.
"How do you have better fashion sense than me?" I ask and Rao chuckles.
"Just get dressed already," Rao says as I quickly look through my closet finding the perfect outfit.

"Does this look ok Rao?" I ask.
"It looks perfect!" Rao announces and I leave my hair down since I don't feel like doing anything with it.
"Hurry up Dakota!" Darian yells from downstairs.
"I'll be down in a minute!" I yell back grabbing my phone along with my bag, slipping some black sandals on then quickly running downstairs.
"So which vehicle we taking?" Darian asks as we head outside to the garage.
"Let's just take the jeep," I say as we hop inside the jeep and I start it up.
"I can't wait to me him," Darian admits as I drive out of the garage taking off down the road speeding only a little so we can make it to school on time.
"Haven't you met him already?" I ask as I quickly look in my mirror before switching lanes.
"Not yet," Darian says and I sigh.
"I hope she doesn't embarrass me in front of him," I admit and Rao chuckles.
"Then you better let me in control and she won't," Rao admits and I roll my eyes.
"Is he nice?" Darian asks.
"Yeah he's nice, and when we see him at school he might be dropping his sister off since he's twenty one," I admit and Darian grins at me.
"He's twenty one?" Darian asks.
"Isn't that what I just said?" I ask.
"Yeah but I just wanted to make sure," Darian admits.
"Alright then," I say when Darian rolls her window down and sticks her hand out.
"Dakota?" Darian asks.
"Yeah what's up?" I answer and she sighs.
"William told me something when I was texting him," Darian admits.
"What did he tell you?" I ask nervous of what he would've told her.
"Just kidding he didn't tell me anything," Darian admits laughing when I growl.
"Your lucky I'm driving or I would've kicked your ass," I admit.
"Isn't that what Zara says?" Darian asks and I sigh pulling the jeep up into the school parking lot.
"At least we made it in time," I sigh parking in a spot farther from other cars.
"Can I go meet him now?" Darian asks.
"Sure, I'll be right behind you," I say when she hops out of the jeep darting into the school like she's running a marathon.
"What's up with Darian?" Zara asks coming towards my jeep as I get out closing my door.
"She's going to meet William for the first time, and she's super excited about it for some reason," I admit and Zara chuckles.
"Did you read any of my texts?" Zara asks.
"No I didn't have time this morning," I admit and Zara sighs.
"Well Fallen got extremely drunk last night, and wasn't able to come to school today, so she told me to tell you that she loves you," Zara says and I smile.
"Well I hope she feels better," I admit when we enter the school seeing Darian chat with William, another guy and a girl that is most probably Williams younger sister.
"Hey guys!" Darian yells waving at us to come over. Me and Zara quickly look at each other for a quick second then decide to join them.
"That's who I was talking to," William says telling his guy friend and he nods probably approving of me.
"Hey," I say smiling.
"Hi Dakota," William says and Zara smiles putting out her hand.
"I'm Zara Vale. Nice to meet you!" Zara says and William shakes her hand.
"William Hart," William says.
"So who's your friend?" I ask and he smiles.
"The name is Owen Blackwell," Owen says and I smile back.
"I'm Dakota," I admit and Owen chuckles punching William softly on the arm.
"This guy already told me but it's nice to finally meet you," Owen says and Darian sighs.
"I better head to class but it was nice to meet you guys!" Darian admits as she waves at us walking off to her first class.
"I haven't told you yet but that outfit is amazing," William admits making me blush.
"Thanks," I smile and Zara chuckles slapping my back.
"Go talk with him in private! I'll stay here and keep these two preoccupied," Zara whispers as I walk up to William.
"You want to go somewhere quiet to talk?" I ask and William smiles.
"Sure why not," William says as we head off to a corner of the hallway that is kind of dark but quiet.
"So what did you want to talk about?" William asks when I look down playing with the ends of my romper.
"Um," I mumble to nervous to ask him.
"You don't have to be afraid of me Dakota," William says slowly lifting my face up so my dim blue eyes meet his sharp bright blue ones.
"Sorry," I apologize making him chuckle.
"Don't apologize for being nervous around me Dakota," William says.
"I know but," I say trying to finish but William cuts me off.
"You think I'll take advantage of you because I'm older?" William asks.
"No!" I admit.
"So then what did you want to talk about?" William asks and I sigh.
"So my mom thinks your my boyfriend," I admit and William almost bursts out laughing but holds it in.
"So you want me to be your pretend boyfriend for tonight?" William asks and I nod.
"Can you?" I ask and William smiles brushing strands of my hair out of my face.
"Sure anything for you," William says as we leave the kind of dark corner and head back to our friends who are laughing.
"Thanks William," I smile when he pulls me close to him and wraps an arm around my waist.
"Anything for you baby," William says making me blush and my heart pound faster.