Chapter 4

I was in my room packing when I looked out the window. There was a guy in the house next door looking back at me. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

'Cute smile,' I thought as I left my room and went downstairs.

"Dad, who lives next door?"

"The Kelns. Why?"

"Do they have a son."

"Yeah. Jakob. Why?"

"No reason."

Then Sholanda came into the room. "I know why," she sang. I gave her a look and she stayed quiet. About ten minutes later we left.

On the bus, the introductions were started.

"Guys, this is Sholanda," I told them. We were all sitting by the TV.

"Hi," she said.

"Hi," said Brian, sitting down next to her. "I'm Brian."

"Brian remember Leigh Ann," I told him.

"I know. I'm just being friendly."

"I'm AJ." He sat down right across from her. "Where are you from?" he asked, flashing his best flirt smile.

"AJ," I warned. "You guys are going to suffocate her."

"Drew," Dad said. "Be quiet. You're cramping the guys flirting space."

"I'm not flirting," objected Brian. "I'm just…."

"We know B-rok. You're being friendly."

Seeing that he wasn't going to win this, he turned to Nick.

"Wanna play Nintendo?"

Everyone else groaned as the two of them set up a game.

"What's wrong with Nintendo?" asked Sholanda.

"Nothing," Howie told her. "But they play it all the time.

"I like Nintendo," she told him. Sholanda turned to watched the game in progress.