I'm your kind and sweet neighbor

The last bell ring signaling our day has end. I gathered my books and bag then head to my locker. Opening my locker, I shove all my books inside it and closed my locker.

"Val." I turned around to see Liam calling me "What's wrong?"

"I was just wondering why you disappear at lunch." oh crap! "Oh.. I was a- taking a phone called from my grandma. You know how my grandma is if I ignore her calls." he chuckles lightly.

"Yeah, she will be pissed. Does your grandma still hates me?" I laughed "Why are you laughing?"

"No, I just can't forget about that day." Liam rolls his eyes "Ha ha laugh all you want."

So in case you're wondering why Liam asked that, cause my grandma dislike him. Why? Well first, Liam told me he bumped in to a old lady at the sidewalk cause he was too engrossed playing his phone.

He didn't know the old lady is my grandmother and second when my grandmother bumped in to my dad plates collection and one of the plates almost fell over her head, Liam saves her from the falling plate but she assumed Liam was trying to hit her. And my grandmother hit him with her walking cane and she kick Liam out of the house.

That is one of the reason why my grandma hates him (according to Liam).

"She doesn't hate you, she just doesn't trust stranger." 

"It's still the same. I'm trying to give a good impression to your grandma but its hard to impresses her." I chuckled "My grandma and my cousins will come here on Christmas, you could join us and maybe try to impress her." I suggest to Liam and his eyes lit up.

"Yeah, good idea. This time I'm sure your grandma will like me." Liam said positively. I shake my head and smile looking at him.

"Come on I will drop you to your house." Liam offered me a ride "Nah, it's fine. I'm in the mood to walk right now."

"You sure, but is dangerous you know." I looked up to him and his eyes field with concern.

"I'm fine trust me." I assured him but being the caring boyfriend he is, he's still not sure about me walking alone.

"Do you not know there's a street race not far from your house?" I scrunched my eyebrow in confusion "So? What's that have to do with me walking home alone?" 

"What if they abduct you?" I bursted out laughing "Seriously Liam? No one will abduct me in the afternoon. You're exaggerating."

He sighed "I know, I'm just worried about you." putting my hands behind his neck, I kiss him passionately. "Do you trust me?"

"What kind of question is that? Of course I trust you."

"Then stop worrying about me." he was about to respond but I kiss him to shut him up. "Okay, I'll stop." I grinned and peck his lips.

"I'll be going now, love you."

"Love you too." I head towards the front door of the school "Text me if you arrived!" Liam yelled and I chuckled. What a lucky person I am to have such amazing boyfriend.

I really love my high school year. I have my best friend and my lovely boyfriend. I'm so grateful to have all of them in my life. Without one of them, my high school will probably be dull.

As I was enjoying my walk, the sky starting to rumble indicating there will be a rain soon. I start to walk hurriedly before the rain fall, hopefully it won't rain now.

"There she goes, running straight to the finish line like a true Olympics." I stop in my track and saw a car next to me. Since no one is here I assume the person will be inside that car. The passenger side has the window rolled down, I bent down a little to see the person face and what I found is my highly amuse neighbors.

"With a little practice you could beat Usain bolt." he said teasingly and I rolled my eyes.

"Ha ha very funny. What are you even doing here?" 

"Going home obviously."

"Then why stop?" I raised my eyebrow "I saw you running like a little ant. So being the nice neighbor I am, I stop and offering you a ride."   

I faked gasp "That's so kind of you, thanks but no thanks."  I continue my walk but the rain decide to fall now, even though just a drizzle.

"You sure you won't take that offer? It's starting to rain." why won't it rain later? Why now? I don't want to be in the same car with him but at the same time I don't want my clothes to get wet.

I walked to his car and open the passenger door. I huffed in annoyance and cross my arms, glancing from the corner of my eye I saw him looking at me. I turned to him "What?" He shake his head and muttered "Nothing." he rolled up the window and continue driving.

On our way back home, we just stayed silent only the sound of the radio that field the quietness. But the sound of my stomach grumbling decided to join in. He chuckled and I looked away hiding the blush that start to form on my cheek.

Of course my stomach grumble, I only had a piece of pizza at lunch. I'm hoping we could arrived quickly so I can make ramen noodles. I looked out confused cause this isn't the way home.

"Are you lost? This isn't the way home," he only glanced at me and look back to the road completely ignoring me. Rude!

The car stop and the engine is off.

I looked around the place frowning, McDonald's?

I was about to ask him why are we here but he's already going out the car. I followed suit.

"Why we're not on the way home?" I asked, he shrugged and walked inside. I sigh and follow him inside, he looked at me raising his eyebrow gesturing me to order. Looking at the menu, I decide to order my favorite menu every time I went to McDonald's.

"I'll have quarter pounder with cheese-meal."

"I'll have quarter pounder without cheese and coke."

"That will be $9.13." I took out my wallet but he beat me and pay the food. "Here you go" we took our bags of burger and walked away to find a place to seat.

We settled in the seat near the window, I sat across from him and put my food at the table. He start unwrapping his burger but I only looked at him frowning. He realized my stares and looks up to me "what?"

"Why are you bringing me here?"

"Cause I'm hungry."

"But we're not far away from home, you could eat at your house."

"My mom isn't home." he start eating his burger.

"Why do you pay for my food?" he puts his burger down and looked at me annoyed "you're so noisy, can you just eat now." he continue eating his burger while playing with his phone.

I don't want to eat before he answer my question but my stomach grumble at the food in front of me. I took my burger out and unwrapped it. Taking a bite from the burger, I almost moan by the deliciousness of the Patty. It's so good and it's been a while I eat McDonald.

Mom didn't let me eat McDonald or any other junk food too often cause is not healthy. She let me eat junk food 5 times in a month. Actually before that she only let me eat 2 times in a month cause once I got sick by eating a lot of junk food and she scolded me.

We both eat in silence while pretending to busy ourselves but I decided to start a conversation with him. No harm in that right.

"You know before you came, there's a news about a new student that will transferring to whale coast high school," I know we have a hideous name and I'm still wondering why it's called whale coast high school.

He looked up from his phone "How do you guys know?"

"Let's just say we have a student that knows everything." I drink my cola. 

"And what do you think of the new student?" I looked up, putting my my finger under my chin. What do I think of him? 

I turned to him "Actually, I didn't expect you to be the students." he put his phone down, interested to what I'm saying.

"What do you expect then?"

"I was expecting a girl actually but if its a boy, I expect him to be sweet, not rude, being able to introduce himself, didn't kidnapped a girl that was walking home, and attractive."

"You sound like you're mocking me." I shook my head "I didn't but if you feel that way, it's fine by me."

"I thought you know my name, we introduced ourselves yesterday." he said "Nope," I said popping the 'p' "I didn't catch that." he rolled his eyes "Let me introduce myself then, my name is Tyler Williams, I just moved from California to Chicago. I didn't kidnapped a girl instead I was saving the girl from the rain and I am strikingly attractive." he smirked arrogantly at the end.

Boys and their ego.

I rolled my eyes "lo que sea" muttering in Spanish. He raised his eyebrow "What was that?"

"Um.. Why did you move from California?"

Tyler shrugged "don't like living there. Your turn" he said. "Turn what?"

"Introduce yourselves," he took a bite from his burger. "I thought you know my name." he swallowed his food "Nope, I didn't catch that." Tyler said mocking me. 

"Fine, my name is Valerie Hernandez. I'm cuban-american and I was born and lived in Chicago, and I'm your kind and sweet neighbor." I force a sweetly smile

He scoffs "You're far from sweet." 

"And you're far from the word attractive." we looked at each other intensely than bursted out laughing. "I think we're going to be good neighbors." I said and he smirked teasingly "We are?"

"Never mind." we continue to eat our food more comfortable and less quite. We even have a light chat but nothing to personal. After we're done eating, Tyler took me home. I thank him for the ride and food and he said he was just showing his kindness to his new neighbors. I rolled my eyes at that cause I known he was mocking me.

I went inside and found that my mom is not home. She must be at the restaurant helping dad. I head straight to my room and plopped myself at my bed. I guess Tyler is not that bad for now.

My eyelids are getting heavy and slowly I drift down to sleep.