Untangle Me.

“I don’t know how the fuck I’m going to walk in these fucking shoes.”

Amanda let out a laugh as she looked over at her friend. The blue pumps on Danielle’s small size 7 feet looked perfect with her outfit. Amanda’s eyes went up her thin legs to the cute floral shorts. Leave it to Danielle to still look indie without even trying. Her bare shoulders that made her collarbones pop out made Amanda smirk at her work. Danielle would have never dressed like this if it wasn’t for her sudden confident boost. I guess this whole situation had a positive effect on her best friend. Danielle has always been a beautiful girl but this she was finally embracing it.

“You’ve been in higher”, Amanda said with a laugh. “Plus, they’ve already been broken into so you’re perfectly fine.”

Danielle simply shrugged her shoulders before grabbing the blue blazer that was rested on the couch. She threw her arms through the holes before looking at the body sized mirror to give herself one last look over. Danielle’s hair was French braided to the side and held in a small pony tail. Her makeup natural as usual, except for that red lipstick on her full lips. Danielle turned her attention to her best friend that was standing next to her with a camera in her hand.

“We look good”, Amanda said looking at mirror sucking in her stomach in the small dress she was wearing. “We’re going to make those boys go crazy.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh before turning to her friend. “Make sure I don’t eat shit tonight”, she said with a laugh. “Or let me do anything stupid, I have work in the morning.”

Amanda gave her a laugh before placing her hand to the top of her head in a salute. “Will do bestie.”

Danielle let out a laugh before pulling up her shorts over her stomach, trying her hardest to suck in whatever might not look flattering in the tight outfit she was wearing.

Amanda grabbed the camera putting out in front of them. Danielle’s eyes were still down at her legs, checking out her shoes. Tonight was going to be an awkward night; the both of them knew it was. Amanda was thinking the worst, a drunk horny John in the same area as a very in love naïve Danielle was an ingredient for disaster.

“Say cheese bitch.”

Garrett stood there with water in his hands as he looked around the crowded club. He was sitting in the VIP section with the rest of his friends, Garrett just wasn’t the club going type of person. The music was horrible, it was always hot as fuck and drunken people to him had to be the most annoying people. He looked over at his friends dancing and making fools out of themselves, he couldn’t help but to laugh at the sight. He loved his friends; there was never a dull moment with any of these people.

“Dude”, Pat said with a laugh. “Peter is already drunk.”

Garrett let out a laugh before looking down at his cell phone. “It’s barely 11.”

Pat just shrugged his shoulders before walking away. Garrett continued on his conversation with the guys, mainly about music and the band. Garrett was always the music nerd, since he was a young kid. When everyone in his class was into Backstreet boys and all that shitty music, Garrett was obsessed with The Beatles and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. On the top of his head he could name off all of Ryan Adams albums in complete order. Garrett never did great in school, mainly because he wasn’t very good at gathering and remembering information but when it came to music he could tell you anything you needed or wanted to know.

“Yeah man, we should be going into the studio soon”, Garrett began but suddenly his attention was on something else.

That something else was more like someone else. His blue eyes were following the small redhead walking up the stairs with the biggest smile on her face. Garrett’s eyes wondered up and down her body, his eyes staring put on her legs. Garrett was a legs guy, legs and eyes and Danielle had great sets of both. Her small floral shorts made his mouth water at the sight; he started to wonder what she was wearing under them.

“Uh”, he was brought back to reality as he saw the smiles on Trey and Ryan’s faces. “Got distracted man?”

Garrett watched as both boys laughed at their friend’s sad attempt to hide the creepy smile on his face. Garrett’s eyes were instantly back to Danielle who was standing there with Amanda talking and hugging Peter. Garrett turned his attention back to his brother and friend.

“Go talk to her.”

“Who?”

“Stop acting like a dumbass”, Trey said with a laugh. “Danielle is looking good, so talk to her before someone else does.”

Garrett nodded his head before walking off. Trey looked back at his friend Ryan with a knowing a look. Everyone knew about Danielle and John but no one dared to bring it up to Garrett. Trey had tried it once and was immediately shot down. John haven’t shown up just yet so here was Garrett’s chance of speaking to the poor love struck girls before the wolf came and devoured her.

“Dude!” Peter yelled pointing a finger at Amanda. “Remember that night when you ate shit by the pool”, he said to a very annoyed Amanda.

Danielle thought it was hilarious; she couldn’t stop herself from laughing. Laughing to the point where her side was hurting. Danielle kept scanning the small VIP section on the top of the club for a certain pair of green eyes. She had yet to talk to him all day today and she was dying to see him or even hear from him. When she felt arms being wrapped around her waist, her eyes lit up and that smile was brought to her face. She turned around with a grin about to yell in excitement, but when her brown eyes were met with blue and not green her face suddenly dropped.

“Oh”, she said suddenly putting on that smile. “Hey Gary”, she said pulling her into a hug.

Garrett’s heart broke a tad bit, but it was what expected. Garrett was trying hard to get it through his head that John was what Danielle wanted and not him.

“Not who you expected?”

“Oh shut up”, she said hitting his shoulder. “You’re who I wanted to see!”

Garrett nodded his head with a fake smile. Danielle was getting better and better at this lying thing, she was turning into another John right before his eyes. The lying, the random sex and the breaking of hearts but Garrett didn’t mind it at all. He loved Danielle for who she was and not who she was trying to be. In the mist of her change, Garrett could always see Danielle Bailey, the quiet girl he met in elementary. His Danielle Bailey, the girl he was in love with.

“When did you get here?”

Garrett shrugged before taking another swig of his water. “Like an hour ago, I came with Kenny and you know how punctual that guy is.”

“Yeah and it’s very strange”, she said with a laugh. “Party boy, chug a lug.”

“Shut up”, Garrett said with a laugh before turning his attention to a very annoyed looking Amanda. “What’s with her?”

Danielle turned around to see what he was talking about before letting out a laugh. “Peter”, she said trying to find the right words. “Well, it’s just Peter being Peter.”

Garrett nodded his head completely understanding what she meant. He watched as Danielle laughed at loud, her eyes scanning the room until stopping at something. He watched as her face completely fell and a look of sadness rushed over. Garrett turned around and when he did he saw John standing there with a pretty burnet under his arm. Garrett let out a sigh before turning his attention to his friend.

“He’s an idiot.”

Danielle let out a laugh before shrugging her shoulders. “Nah, I am”, she said honestly, the lies were disappearing and the real Danielle was appearing. “I’m going to go save Amanda, I’ll catch you later.”

Garrett nodded his head before watching Danielle walk away from him. Garrett turned back to John whose eyes were on the red head and then bouncing on Garrett. He just simply shook his head at the older boy before walking away to his knowing friends waiting to hear the venting that was coming their way.

“Really man?”

John looked over at Jared who was looking at him like he was the biggest idiot on the face of the Earth.

“Are you trying to start drama?”

John looked from Jared down to the small blond standing there with Jared. Kourtney was Jared girlfriend of two years. John simply rolled his eyes at the power couple before looking over at Danielle dancing with Amanda, big smiles on both of their faces.

“She doesn’t even care.”

In all honestly John wanted drama, wanted a crying Danielle causing a scene. He wanted her to care but she didn’t and John found that even more appealing. The plan had back fired on him; he wanted Danielle more than he did before. Especially in that little outfit she had on, John was ready to rip it off.

The couple looked at each other before giving up. This whole situation was confusing as well as exhausting. John was a confusing guy, he rarely made sense. He rarely knew what he was doing, especially in life. The things John were good at were things that confused everyone more than anything.

“Let’s get another drink!”

Amanda watched as her friend jumped up excitedly, the shots of tequila were catching up to her friend. Amanda just simply nodded her head as they walked to the bar together, getting ready to take another shot.

Danielle’s eyes were glued to John and that girl, disgust and hurt was all that she could feel. Her hands all over him as his lips were all over her. John had no shame and Danielle was getting full action of it. Danielle was a mixture of feelings at that very moment. She was angry, hurt, embarrassed and most of all she was drunk.

“I hate him.”

“No you don’t.”

“Oh, I do”, she said suddenly before downing the rest of her drink. “I should go over there and tell him something”, she said glaring at the couple grinding in front of her.

“That’s not a good idea.”

“Yes it is.”

“Don’t do it!”

“I do what I want!” she yelled causing Amanda to reach over grabbing her shoulders. “Calm down, please.”

“No!”

Amanda rolled her eyes at her drunken friend before yelling for Garrett. Garrett heard his name being yelled but he didn’t know from what direction.

“Gary!”

Finally he turned his glance to Amanda who was flagging him over. Garrett got up making his way to the two girls, he looked over at Danielle confused as to why she looked like she was on the verge of tears and then back to Amanda who looked like she was on the verge of strangling her best friend.

“What’s going on here?”

Amanda looked over at Danielle before looking back up at the blue eyed boy. “You take of your friend”, and with a slap to his shoulder she walked away.

Garrett looked over at Danielle who was slumping over at the bar with an annoyed look on her face as she was glaring over at someone behind him. He didn’t need to turn to know who she was glaring at.

“Forget about him.”

“I can’t”, she wined, and she was drunker than he thought. “He’s in my head, Gary”, she said pointing a finger to her head.

Garrett let out a laugh before reaching over and pulling her hand away from her face. “That’s not a good thing.”

“It’s terrible!”

Danielle let out a drunken laugh before stumbling into Garrett. The heels on her feet were still there and it was making it harder and harder for her to walk in them. Danielle took a hold of Garrett’s arm as she fixed the shoes on her feet. Garrett couldn’t help but to smile at his friend, no matter how disgusting he thought drinking was especially when girls did it he couldn’t help but think she was an adorable drunk. He watched as she pulled off her jacket and threw it on top of Tim with no care. The two laughed before Danielle smiled and jumped her body on top of Garrett’s.

“I love this song!”

“I know you do”, Garrett said with a laugh as Lykke Li came on the speakers. “You love her strange voice.”

“That I do”, she said with a plus. “And Drake, let’s dance Gary!”

Garrett looked down at the girl who was smiling up at him. Garrett didn’t dance; well when Garrett danced it was mainly for laughs and not to just dance. “I don’t know”, he said with a shrug. “I don’t really dance.”

Danielle reached over grabbing both of his hands in hers before giving him that puppy dog face he couldn’t resist. He didn’t have to give her answer before she grabbed him off to the small dance floor. Garrett stood there awkwardly as Danielle danced around him singing the lyrics. Her body suddenly got closer as she swayed to the beat. She closed her eyes as Garrett’s hands suddenly found their way on her waist. His shaking hands holding the side of her waist as she moved her hips into his, he was nervous by the way she moved into him.

Sure Danielle and Garrett and danced before, even grinded but this was something different. It could have been the song, the atmosphere or even the fact Danielle was fucked up but there was a sexual tension between the two.

“I think I’m a little bit, a little bit, a little bit in love with you”, she sang in his ears causing chills to go up and down his spin. “If only you’re a little bit, a little bit, a little bit in love with me”, she sang as her hips grinded against a very nervous and turned on Garrett.

He pulled her body closer into his as his hips instantly started to move in and with hers like it was some kind of instinct. The two didn’t care about the stared from the people around them, especially a certain pair of green ones.

“John?”

John’s eyes were glued to the two in front of him. He watched as the two bumped and grinded on the dance floor. He watched as Garrett grabbed her hips as Danielle moved hers into his. He watched her close her eyes and bit on her lip. He couldn’t help but to think back to this morning when she was going that on top of him. He looked at Garrett in disgust; he couldn’t handle a girl like that. Garrett was never looked at as competition, he was just Garrett but at this moment John was jealous.

“John.”

He snapped out of it looking over at the girl on his lap. “Is that the girl you’re trying to forget about?”

John didn’t know what to say but instead pressed his lips against the girls in a heated kiss. He needed to forget Danielle and sex with a hot girl was a start.

“So gross”, Danielle said in Garrett’s ear as they held each other. “Their making out.”

“Who cares.”

“I do.”

Suddenly Garrett heard a sniff coming from his direction. He pulled her out of his arms to see her tearing up a bit. Seeing Danielle like this tugged at his heart strings. He hated it; he hated John at that moment.

“Don’t cry Danny.”

“I can’t help it”, she said letting the things fall. “I’m drunk and I hate crying.”

Garrett reached over grabbing her into a hug. “We’re going to go.”

Danielle simply nodded her head. Garrett grabbed her hand and the jacket on the chair before pulling her out of the club without a single goodbye. The slipped out of there with no worried before walking out on the street.

“Fuck”, Garrett said before turning to Danielle. “I drove Kennedy’s car, I’m going to get the keys from him. Sit right here and I’ll be right back.”

Danielle simply nodded her head before sitting there with her arms wrapped around her body, letting the tears fall from her eyes. She didn’t understand why she was crying the way she was crying. Danielle was very good at math in high school but she didn’t know a certain equation that was known by many. Alcohol + Asshole=TEARS.

“Let’s go.”

On the drive home Garrett was trying his best to make Danielle happier than the tears that were streaming down her face. When they got to Danielle’s apartment he helped her into her room. Danielle was a mess, stumbling into everything. She was a walking tornado and
Garrett couldn’t help but to laugh. When he got her into bed he sat on the edge of the bed looking down at the girl as she drank the water he brought her.

“I have work in the morning”, she groaned before taking another sip. “I have fucking work in the morning. Fuck me, my life and John.”

Garrett let out a laugh before reaching over and pushing her bangs to the side. “I’m going to get going okay”, he said placing a kiss on her forehead. “I need to take the drunken guys home.”

Danielle instantly grabbed Garrett’s hand before pulling him back down. “Stay!” she wined putting the water bottle to the side. “Cuddle.”

Garrett couldn’t deny the girl so he did what he was asked. He took a spot in the bed holding Danielle close. She cuddled her body into his. She was doing fine, that was until the tears started all over again.

“Oh come on Danny”, he said pushing her hair back. “Don’t cry.”

“I’m an idiot.”

“He’s an idiot.”

“I am”, she said as he wiped her tears and then kissed her nose.

“Danielle, trust me he’s the idiot”, he said knowing she wasn’t going to know what was going to happen. “Want me to sing to you?”

She nodded her head excitedly with a big smile on her face. “My song?”

He nodded his head with a smile before holding her closer. “You are my sunshine”, he began with a smile, the song that was sung many times before.

Garrett had this ability to make Danielle happier than anyone could. He knew the right words to say to her to make her smile. Since elementary there was a song that always made her happy and Garrett loved singing it to her.

“My only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are blue. You never know dear, how much I love you. So please don’t take my sunshine away.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to smile as she looked up at Garrett. Suddenly her lips were pressed against his. Just as quickly as she did it, it ended. But it didn’t stop Garrett from feeling that gut wrenching feeling in his stomach. A feeling he could never describe, he couldn’t find the words. Bold enough Garrett reach over to caress her face with a smile on his face as he stared into her brown eyes.

“I wish I could have a guy like you”, she said as Garrett’s heart started to beat faster. “You’re the perfect guy.”

Garrett wished this situation was different. He wished he could hear those words while the girl was sober. He wished she actually meant it and not the alcohol. But he was confident with his movement of hands that laid on her waist and the other on her face softly.

“You could have me.”

Danielle let out a big smile before pressing her lips to his once more. She pulled away from his with a smile before leaning in and kissing him again but this kiss was something more than just a peck. Garrett cupped her cheek as they continued on kissing. Her leg wrapped themselves around her body as he held her in place. Their innocent kiss turning into something much more once Garrett felt her tongue slide against his lips. Suddenly his mouth was open and her tongue was making an entrance. Garrett was on cloud nine, he couldn’t believe this was happening. He couldn’t believe he was kissing Danielle. It was far better than he imagined it but everything amazing must come to an end. Once he tasted that alcohol on her tongue he pushed her back, his lips swollen and begging for more. She gave him a smile before cuddling into him.

“Goodnight Gary, I love you.”

Garrett was a gentleman; he wasn’t going to take advantage of the girl. That was the difference between John and Garrett. Garrett didn’t take an advantage of the beautiful girl, instead laid in her bed to watch the angel sleep. He couldn’t help but to smile, he was always told that a drunken slur of words hold a hint of honesty. He was hoping this was true.