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After she walk up the first company to arrive was the water company. She filled out all that was necessary and the water was turned on. The same thing happened with the power and phone companies. She found a pair of nice jeans and a T-shirt and went to the bathroom and took a nice long hot shower. Then she got dressed brushed her long blonde hair and put it up into pony tail. She walked to her VW Bug and drove to the college. She drove to Hartnell College. Orientation went by so fast she barely remembered anything the speakers said. Orientation lasted at least two hours. She went to the scheduling center and decided what classes she was going to take. She decided to take only four: English, Science, Math, and Philosophy. She was just going to start with her core classes before she started taking any music classes. Once she was done with that she went to the bookstore. She asked for help to find her books then once she found all of them she paid for them.
She bought a late lunch at the schools cafeteria. She sat down and at a table adjacent to her were three girls sitting there talking to each other. She wasn't trying to listen to them but she couldn't help they were so loud.
"He hasn't called me back to go out again," said the girl whom she later found out her name was Emily.
"I told you to watch out. I told you Davy's a player," her friend Cari said.
"I think he's to busy with his friends to pay attention," Emily said.
"You mean he's to busy goofing around in a band with his friends," Cari said.
"Cari be nice," Emily said.
"You stop being naïve. You got burned just like I told you, you would Emily," Cari said.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but do you happen to be talking about Davy Jones who's in a group called the Monkees?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah, why?" Emily said.
"I just moved here and living next to them. All of them seem nice. Just nice information to know," Cassie said.
"Well now you know how one of them can be," Cari and Emily said.
Cassie finished her lunch in silence thinking about what the girls had said about Davy. Was it true? Was he really a player? She didn't want to get involved with a guy like that. If he was the type of guy who would sleep with a girl or go on one date and then just throw her away like yesterday's trash then he wasn't worth her time. What type of girl did he think she was? Did he think she was that easy? She was totally inexperienced when it came to that department, but she had a few boyfriends none of them leading to sex. She didn't know whether to break of the date or keep it. She really liked him, but she didn't want to get hurt.
She went to a clothing store and bought a new shirt and top. She bought a white dress shirt and a red knee length skirt. She knew at home that she had a pair of shoes that would go with it. When she tried them on it she thought she looked great. When she brought it home she found the shoes she was thinking about. She put them together for the next day. She thought I should call Mary and tell everything that has happened. I also should call Dad and tell him that I have settled in and ready for school. She did neither and waited to call Mary after the date even though Mary would threaten to kill her for not telling her before then.
Next day she decided to call her dad. She waited for someone to answer the phone. Her future step mom Donna answered the phone.
"Hello," Donna said.
"Hey Donna is Dad there?" Cassie asked.
"No he's not here right now. Would you like him to call you?" Donna asked.
"Yeah. Let me give you the number," Cassie said giving Donna her new number.
She got off the phone. Even with the news of how Davy was she was still excited to go on a date with him, but nervous at the same time to tell him she wasn't going on another date with him if he asked. Davy seemed cool as a cucumber but he was a little nervous for the date that evening. The day went by so fast for both of them that they didn't realize it was an hour before the date. The both started to get ready. Cassie went to her room to get ready. Over at The Monkees' pad Davy went to the room he shared with Micky to get ready for his date with Cassie and once he found the right outfit he got dressed. Then he brushed his hair just right.
Cassie put on the white blouse and red knee length skirt with black dress shoes. She went to the bathroom, which is apart of her room, to decide what to do with her hair. She grabbed her house coat so her shirt wouldn't get wet, because she didn't want to look like she was apart of white t-shirt contest. She plugged in the curling iron to let it heat up while she was doing everything else. She wet hair, brushed it, and put it in a pony tail. Then she heard a knock come from downstairs. She ran down the steps yelling, "I'm coming hold on."
She opened the door to opened it to see Davy on the other side like she expected to, but he was early.
She said, "You're early. Come on in. Why don't you sent down? I'm still getting ready. I'll be done in a few moments."
Davy thought I've heard that one before. Cassie went back to the bathroom and wet her hair again. Then put it in a pony tail again except the part she was going curl. Then she curled her long bangs in medium curls. Once she was done she took her house coat of and walked out of her room. Then she walked down the stairs. Davy noticed what Cassie was wearing and was breath taken. He stared at her shirt where her breasts subtly shown through her v-cut white blouse. She almost felt exposed from the shirt she was wearing, because her breast was the one place that she didn't loose any weight. At this moment she was cursing her Swedish genes.
When she finally made it down the stairs, Davy said, "You look smashing."
"Thanks Davy," said Cassie.
"Before I came over here the guys were giving me a hard time and asked if we like a chaperone," Davy said.
"Really," Cassie said walking over to the door, "Maybe we should take them up on their offer. I don't know you very well."
She started to laugh after she finished what she said.
"We'll just have to change that, won't we?"
"Yes we will. So what do you in store for me Mr. Jones?"
"Well how about I show you? Let's go in the Monkeemobile."
"The Monkeemobile?"
"Yeah the car in front of my pad."
"Oh"
They walked to the Monkeemobile, got in, and Davy them to their destination. Davy took her to a diner, then a movie, and then they went to the Vincent Van Go-Go to dance. They talked the whole date except when they were at the movies. They were constantly laughing at what the other said. Davy believed he was starting to like her more than he did most of the girls that he dated. They were still laughing as they walked to Cassie's door.
"Did you have fun? I hope you did," Davy said.
"Yeah. I had fun tonight," Cassie said dreading what was coming next.
"That's great. Would you like to go out again sometime?" Davy asked.
"I-I-I can't go on another date with you. Sorry. Bye Davy," Cassie said walked into her house and closed the door before Davy could say or do anything.
Davy was so confused walking back to the pad. He walked into the pad a little upset.
Mike said, "Is everything all right, shotgun? How'd the date go?"
Davy said, "It was going great. We where having a great time, you know laughing and everything. Then when I ask her if she wants to go out again she said no and ran into her house. I don't even understand it."
Micky said, "Well maybe she heard something about you when she was at school yesterday. Doesn't one of your 'girlfriends' go where she's going?"
"Yeah, but I don't think Emily would tell her unless Cari was with her," Davy said.
"There you go shotgun. That's the problem. Also maybe she was in a bad relationship before and the news about you just didn't help. You like her don't you?" Mike asked.
"Well yeah I like her and I know Sandra likes me," Davy said.
"Maybe you should give her sometime. I mean she just moved here and everything. She might not be ready to jump into a relationship, ya dig?" Peter said.
"I guess you're right," Davy said.
Meanwhile next door. Cassie was getting ready for bed. She thought to herself that it was the right thing to do, but she still felt bad about it. She was starting to fall in love with him. She was going to call Mary but she decided to wait until tomorrow.
The next morning she called Mary. Mary step-dad Donis answered the phone, "Hello, who is this?"
"It's Cassie. Is Mary there?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah. Hold on. Mary, Cassie's on the phone she wants to talk to you," Donis said.
"Hey girl. How are you doing?" Mary said in her Kentuckian and West Virginian accent.
"Oh fine. I moved into a new place three days ago. I had a date last night," Cassie told Mary.
"You had date last night and you didn't tell until now. You're a lucky girl. Who's the guy?" Mary inquired.
"I know I'm a bad girl for not telling you. His name is Davy Jones. He lives next door and he's short," Cassie said.
"And?" Mary asked.
"He's a nice guy, but last night will be the only date we will go on."
"Why? Was he like Andy your last boyfriend?"
"Well, it's hard to explain. During the date he was a complete gentleman except the few times I saw him glancing at my chest, but he's not what he seems."
"Meaning?"
"Two syllables for you: Play and er."
"Really. If that's the case it's a good thing you didn't want to date him. You could've been hurt."
"Yeah I guess."
"Is there more to it than what you told me," Mary said knowing how her best friend can be sometimes and know how to read between the lines better than Cassie own mother can.
"No," Cassie said lying a little.
"Okay, Uh-huh. If you say so. Well I gotta get off the phone. Talk to you later."
"Talk to you later. Bye."
Her dad called a couple hours later. She told him everything except about the night before. The talked for a little while, but her dad had to get off the phone because her dad and Donna were going somewhere. She got off the phone with her dad. She decided to call her mom later. She knew if she didn't she would here about her not calling from either her dad or Aunt Vicki.
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