Untangle Me.

“So after that we can put in Into Your Arms.”

Everyone looked over at John with a nod of their head as he wrote down on the piece of paper that was placed out in front of him. John loved this feeling, that feeling right before he leaves on tour. John was a fan of chaos and when it came to his band getting shit together before tour, chaos was always big.

“Maybe we should get the arrangements ready for I Must Be Dreaming”, Jared proposed as he pulled out the acoustic guitar. “I figured we’d change it up a bit”, he said looking over at John. “Your voice has changed a bit so I found a new way to make it sound fresher.”

“Fresher?”

“Yes, I said fresher bitch”, Jared said looking over at Kennedy with a laugh. “Got a problem?” he asked with a tough look on his face.

“Nah bro, get your fresh on.”

John couldn’t help but to laugh at his friend before his eyes carried off to Garrett standing there with that goofy smile on his face. John was starting to hate that smile. In all honestly John was staring to hate Garrett’s face. He wanted so badly to punch him straight in the kisser but he could never do. John couldn’t help but to think Garrett probably felt the same way about him but the difference between the two, Garrett faked nice and John just tried his best to ignore the younger boy.

“How did you like it?”

John snapped out of his thoughts looking over at Jared with a nod of approval, even if he hadn’t heard it he trusted Jared and his musical ability.

“Let’s do it all over again”, John said with a nod. “I’ll sing along and we’ll figure everything out.”

Jared nodded his head as he grabbed the guitar to his chest ready to play again. Once John heard those familiar chords play, he looked straight at Jared’s guitar watching as his fingers danced across it. John sang the song that he knew all too well, the lyrics he wrote a while ago. He closed his eyes singing those very lyrics and the only thing he could think of was Danielle. When he opened his eyes he swore he saw her standing in the room. John could see that big smile and those beautiful brown eyes; suddenly he stopped singing when he realized she was really there. His nerves got the best of him and everyone turned to see what John was staring at.

“Sorry”, she said lifting her arms up in the air. “Didn’t mean to interrupt, I’ll just get going.”

“Shut up Danny and just sit down”, John said with a laugh before turning to Jared. “Start up from the second chorus.”

Jared nodded his head as he began the chords all over again. John watched as Danielle took a seat right next to Pat and Garrett, crossing her long legs. John’s mouth watered a bit seeing the shorts she had on.

“I'm fallin' in love, but it's fallin' apart. I need to find my way back to the start, when we were in love. Oh things were better than they are. Let me back into. Into your arms”, he sang looking straight at Danielle.

Her brown eyes were staring back at John's, that smile on her lips as she listened with wide ears. John couldn’t help but to smile as I looked down, she was looking at me and not Garrett.

“Into your arms”, he sang looking back into her eyes making her smile bigger.

“Oh she's slippin' away. I always freeze when I'm thinking of words to say. All the things she does. Make it seem like love. If it's just a game”, he sang as Danielle’s heart was beating faster with every word coming out of those gorgeous lips of his. “

“Then I like the way that we play”, he said with a smirk causing Danielle to get very nervous.

No matter how hard Danielle tried to not act like those stupid girls that melt at the sight of a boy singing, it was very hard when the boy singing was John O’Callaghan. He had this voice that made Danielle melt all over. His words were touching every inch of her body and she so desperately wished John was the one touching her. The Goosebumps that were covering her body was making it very hard to sit still. Making it hard for Danielle not to stand up and press her lips against his.

“Into your arms.”

Garrett started at John with disgust as he kept his attention on Danielle. He looked over at Danielle seeing that she was eating it all up. That smile on her face and the slight blush to her face was making Garrett’s veins in his neck pop out. He wanted to jump off the couch he was on and choke the fuck out of John. He reached over grabbing Danielle’s hand causing her to look over at him. She gave him a smile before putting her head on his shoulder but he couldn’t help but to notice that smile on her lips.

“So are you coming with us or not?”

Danielle looked over at Pat who was staring at her intensely. Danielle just simply shrugged her shoulders as Pat threw his head back.

“You’re killing me smalls!”

“I’m sorry Patrick.”

“Kiss my ass!” he yelled jumping in her face.

“What the fuck is going on here?” John asked as he looked down at Danielle with a smirk.
“Why are you telling her to kiss your ass?” he asked taking a seat on the couch right next to Danielle.

“She’s not making a decision”, Pat said crossing his arms. “And it’s pissing me off.”

“A decision about what?” he asked as his hot breath touched her neck.

John was too close for comfort. The both of them wanted to reach over and touch the other person while Garrett wanted to strangle John.

“To go on tour with us”, Jared said as he took a drink of his water.

“You still haven’t made a decision?” Kennedy asked with a laugh. “I say we just take you,
pressure off.”

John was lost as he watched everyone speak. He couldn’t help but to be hypnotized by Danielle’s scent. He wanted to just reach over and kiss those pink lips of hers.

“Wait what?”

Garrett looked over Danielle to give John a stern look of annoyance. “I asked Danielle to go on tour with us.”

John looked away from Garrett before turning to look at Danielle. “Really?”

“Yeah”, she said honestly. “And I’m not sure if I am or not.”

“And why not?”

“Cause I have work and shit”, she said staring down at her hands feeling uncomfortable with everyone’s stares, especially Garrett’s and John’s. “And I hate confined places and all of
you.”

“I hate you too!”

Danielle turned to look at Pat with a laugh before sticking out her tongue with an annoyed look on her face. Danielle could feel the vibration from John’s laughter. She turned to look at him, their eyes connecting with a smile. She gave him a dirty look as he did one back before wrapping an arm around her.

“I still think you should come”, Kennedy said with a laugh. “Even if you hate us”, he said with a laugh.

Jared looked over at the love triangle on the couch, both John and Garrett fighting for one girl’s attention. Everyone could sense the tension but everyone just stayed quiet in hopes that it would fade. Jared watched as Garrett grabbed her hand and John wrapped an around her shoulder. He watched Garrett lace their fingers while John ran his fingers through her hair. Jared could sense the awkwardness in Danielle’s face. When Danielle stood up saying she had shit to do, everyone knew it was because of the two boys that were fighting for her attention.

With a kiss and hug to everyone Danielle left the room. Jared was hoping that Danielle wasn’t planning on going, two weeks with the three of them was going to be like a personal hell to Jared. He preferred to distant away from the drama and not have it follow them.

“What are you doing here?” Danielle walked through the door to see Amanda lying on the couch with a bag of chips on her chest. “I thought you were going to spend the day with the guys.”

“I couldn’t do it!”

Amanda watched as her friend threw her hands in the air, Amanda could sense the frustration and confusion that was being read all over her best friends face.

“What happened?”

“John”, she said taking a seat on the couch with a sigh. “John is just so ugh”, she said running her hands through her hair. “The way he sings and the way he smiles and god he smells so good”, she said with such frustration. “And then Garrett, perfect Garrett”, she said looking down at her hands. “He’s so nice and so cute.”

“What happened with them?”

“Wanna know what happened?!” she yelled standing up. “I fucking like both of them!”

Amanda knew this was going to happen. Amanda knew that her feelings towards John weren’t going to just fade away. Amanda watched as her friend paced around the room puling at her hair like a complete mental patient.

“It’s okay Danny”, Amanda said with a laugh. “Shit happens.”

“Yeah shit happens”, she said with an annoyed look on her face. “Shit happens to me a lot. I had John and he turned out to be some asshole so there was Garrett, perfect Garrett”, she said looking down at her best friend. “And then perfect Garrett was just being too perfect when John came back along being all nice and cute”, she said with a look of disgust. “And so fucking sexy, my god!”

Amanda couldn’t help but to laugh at her best friend’s semi breakdown over having two guys being into her. Most girls would love this but Danielle wasn’t most girls and that just made this situation far funnier than it should.

“And then they want me to go on tour with them, the both of them.”

“Have you figured out what you’re going to do?”

“No”, she said with a shake of her head before taking a seat one again. “What should I do?”

Amanda looked over at her best friend with a laugh before shaking her head. “I don’t know Danielle; this is all your choice and your problem.”

“I need help.”

“You need to figure out who you want more.”

“Both.”

“Wanna know what I think you should do?”

“I think I just asked you that not too long ago but you were being a bitch.”

Amanda couldn’t help but to laugh as she shook her head. “Do you want to hear it or not?”

“Yes.”

“Go on tour with them?”

Danielle looked over at her friend wondering if she was kidding or not. Why would she go on tour with these two boys that make it hard to be in a room with the both of them longer than an hour? Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as she stared at her best friend.

“Are you fucking kidding?”

“Nope”, Amanda said with all seriousness in her voice. “You need to figure out who you want so why not go on this tour where you’ll be around both of them.”

“So go?”

“Go.”

Danielle looked over at her best friend with a sigh. This was the start of a disaster and both Amanda and Danielle knew it.