Untangle Me.

“Are you an idiot?!”

When Danielle walked through the door from work she was met with lectures. Lectures brought to you by Amanda Harris. Danielle wasn’t really listening to the rant that was given by Amanda but instead she stayed glued to her phone texting none other than the problem himself. John and Danielle were sending each other flirtatious text upon flirtatious texts, leaving smiles on Danielle’s face permanently

The smile on Danielle’s face was apparent. Amanda was furious, she couldn’t believe that Danielle Bailey was become that girl. Amanda would never think that her best friend would stump down to the level of “friends with benefits.” Sure Amanda was known for hooking up every now and then and of course those very few one night stand but that was Amanda, not Danielle. Danielle wasn’t that girl, she was so much better than that. She looked down at her friends as a smile was spread across her face as her fingers gracefully texted away a storm. The only difference between what Danielle was doing and what Amanda would do is the biggest thing at all, Danielle was in love with John and John wasn’t in love with her.

“Just leave it alone”, Danielle said putting her phone down with an annoyed look on her phone. “No one’s going to get hurt, it’s just fun.”

Amanda looked down at her friend like she was the biggest idiot. She watched as Danielle looked from her back down to her phone letting out a laugh before typing away. John was going to hurt her and Amanda was positive that her best friend was setting herself up for disaster.

“Just be careful.”

John looked up to see Kennedy and Jared staring down at their friend. John had just told them about Danielle and his little arrangement and they all thought it was a disaster in the making. But they knew better than to lecture John, they knew he wasn’t listening. Instead John was staring down at his phone, texting random girls. Both boys knew what he was doing and what he was doing was a whole lot of flirting with girls he probably had them saved as random nicknames such as “hot blond with mole” and everyone’s favorite “Girl from *insert certain party*”. All these nicknames were jokes to the guys but one stood out in the list of random girls, Danielle Bailey printed on the top of the screen.

“How many times have you guys have had sex?”

John looked up from his phone before looking up at Jared who asked the question. “Which one?”

The guys let out a laugh as John stared at his friends with a smirk. Kennedy and Jared both shook their head in annoyance. “Danielle, man.”

John simply rolled his eyes, no matter how many times he had sex with the girl he wouldn’t give out a number. As much as John didn’t want to admit it Danielle was different from his other girls. His feelings for her were different.

“Shut the fuck up.”

“Does Gary know?”

John looked over at Kennedy with a confused look, why does it matter if Garrett knew or not? Garrett and Danielle were just friends.

They were just friends, right?

“He’s going to be so pissed if he doesn’t.”

John put down his phone before staring at the two boys that were sitting across from him.

“Why does it matter?”

The two boys looked at each other contemplating telling John about Garrett’s obvious obsession with Danielle but the opted up with a shrug.

Kennedy knew that he were to tell John that would just complicate things more. John had a certain lust for competition. If he knew one of the guys liked a certain girl that was mildly good looking, John’s game face was up and going.

Jared knew John for a very long time, the two met in what seems like Elementary. They’ve been somewhat best friends since then. John was never one to be the ladies man, he was awkward and quiet around girls. Once John grew into that obnoxiously big nose and tall and lanky body, his confidence was boosted up. Then when it came to the band, that confidence grew into a sort of arrogance.

“It doesn’t”, Jared said with a laugh. “It’s just their best friends”, he said as he looked over at Kennedy for the save.

“Plus how would you feel if Danielle was dating one of us.”

John thought about it and the anger was rising up in him. Back when the band started Danielle was interested in their friend Tim, always thought he was cute. When John caught word of it he wanted to kill Tim.

“I’d cut your fucking balls off.”

They both nodded their heads with laugh. The irony of this situation was hilarious. John was that guy that he was protecting Danielle from. John was that guy interested in one thing and that one thing usually ends in heart break.

“Ready to get fucked up?”

Kennedy let out a laugh as he looked over at Eric walking into the door. They all made their way to the party, ready to get their drink on. John was on a mission and that mission was to get as many girls as he could and then possibly go home to Danielle. When he got the party his eyes were looking for that beautiful red head, the alcohol was catching up to John quickly and he was horny. He was horny for Danielle but she was nowhere to be found.

“Yo man”, John said tapping on Pat’s shoulder. “Where’s Danny?”

Pat looked back at him before giving him a smile, knowing what he wanted. Everyone knew about Danielle and John and everyone thought it was a bad idea. Everyone expect John and Danielle.

“She’s at Gary’s house.”

John was stunned before he turned around to get another beer.

What the fuck is there something going on?

“Gary stop!” Danielle yelled as she felt his body on top of hers. “You’re going to pee in my pants!”

Garrett couldn’t help but to laugh as he straddled the small redhead tickling at her sides. “Maybe I’m into that.”

“Okay R.Kelly”, she said with a laugh causing Garrett to roll over with a laugh. “I didn’t know you were freaky like that.”

“Oh you don’t know girl.”

Garrett lifted his eyebrows over at Danielle causing her to laugh as she rolled over on his chest. Garrett instantly grabbed her waist holding her closer before turning to the screen.

“When did the movie end?”

Garrett heard Danielle let out a laugh before looking into his blues eyes. He so desperately wanted to kiss her lips but he never had the balls to actually do it. Actually make the move on the beautiful girl.

“Probably in-between our popcorn run and the whole wrestling match over the last watermelon sour patch kid.”

“You owe me a new bag”, Garrett said with a laugh.

“Okay fatass”, she said with a laugh before looking into his blue eyes. “You have pretty eyes, you know that right?”

Garrett couldn’t help but to blush a bit as Danielle reached over to push out a stray piece of hair from his face. She gave him a smile as his breath was caught in his throat.

“You have the beautiful eyes.”

He noticed her blush slightly before looking down at her hands. “Lies! Their just so plain.”

Danielle’s hands instantly went over her eyes causing Garrett to let out a laugh. He reached over pulling her hands from her face, struggling to get the stubborn girls hands away from those beautiful brown eyes.

“Their beautiful.”

Danielle looked over at Garrett as his hands brushed across her cheek. He was being so forward with his actions and that caused Danielle to look at him differently. She felt that ping feeling in her stomach as she stared into his blue eyes.

It’s just Garrett.

Danielle always thought Garrett was a beautiful boy, when she was younger she had the biggest crush on him but he had a crush on Rachel Roberts, his ex girlfriend since they were fourteen. To Danielle, Garrett turned into her best friend. Her crush for Garrett disappeared once she found those beautiful pair of green eyes. John was the reason behind a lot of things to Danielle.

“Aren’t you going to say something?”

Garrett stared over at Danielle hoping and praying for her to make the move, make that swift movement with her lips. He wanted so desperately to taste her lips, to feel them against his. But that whole dream died quickly once the vibration of her cell phone went off in-between them. She grabbed the phone desperate to change this awkward tension between Garrett and her. She had this want to kiss Garrett, but she couldn’t. Garrett was merely just a friend.

“Hello.”

“Danny!” she heard John’s loud drunk voice on the other end. “Where are you?”

“Hey John”, she said with a smile looking over at the clock blink 2 in the morning on the side of Garrett’s bed. “And just at Garrett’s, you’re obviously drunk.”

Garrett heard John’s name and he couldn’t help but to roll on his back with as aspirated sigh, his blue eyes staring up at the ceiling very annoyed. Once again John was cock blocking him more than just one way.

“Why are you at Gary’s so late”, John wondered out loud, suddenly he placed his hands to his forehead.

John was jealous and Danielle knew it. Danielle couldn’t help but to smirk before putting on that confident act that drove John crazy.

“Why does it matter?” she asked with that seductive voice. “You’re not jealous are you?”

“Of course not”, John said with a smirk as he took a seat on the nearest bench. “How fast could you get here?”

Danielle bit her lip as she looked over at Garrett. She had promised to have a slumber party with Gary. They had these sleep over’s every week. They’d spend all night eating a whole lot of junk and watching gore movies, something the two loved.

“Who says I want to be there.”

John smirked; he loved this game that they played. Most girls were easy to fall into his trap, but Danielle wasn’t. He wasn’t as confident with the girl then he was with other girls. John was all about the chase and most girls didn’t run that long, but Danielle was doing laps around him.

“You know I could make you feel good Danielle”, he said in a seductive voice as he heard Danielle giggle on the phone. “Let me taste you.”

“Where are you?”

John let out a confident laugh before giving her the directions. Right when Danielle hung up the phone she looked over at Garrett with guilty eyes. This was going to be the third time this week she was going to ditch Gary for John, only in the week. When she saw those blue eyes turning to look in her direction, she felt like a complete bitch.

“John wanted me to go pick him up.”

Garrett knew better, John wanted sex. John was drunk and wanted sex with a very sober Danielle, his Danielle. He didn’t have words but instead he just nodded his head as he watched the red head stand up from the bed.

“You’re not mad right?”

Garrett contemplated telling her the truth right there and then. The words were bursting from the seams. He wanted to tell her that she was better than all this. That a guy like John didn’t deserve someone as perfect and beautiful as her. Garrett wanted to tell her that he loved him, always have and always will.

“No”, he said throwing on a fake smile. “See you Saturday?”

Garrett couldn’t, he opted out with the friends card. He watched as Danielle nodded her head making her way to his side of the bed. She leaned in pressing her lips against his cheek with a smile. Garrett was mesmerized by her eyes.

God, she is so beautiful.

“You’re the best, you know that right?”

“No, you are”, he said in a low voice as their lips were inches away.

His nerves were getting the best of him as he felt her lips slightly brush against his as she stood up straight. She looked down at him with a genuine smile.

“You’re my best friend Gary.”

Once again Garrett was put in that friend’s zone that he hated so much. He didn’t know he could hate two words more than he hated the words “best friends.” He wanted to break out of that zone, he needed to break out. Danielle was killing him and she didn’t even know it.

“You’re my best friend too, Danny.”

"Best friends means I pulled the trigger, best friends means you get what you deserve."