Untangle Me.

“He’s totally getting dumped right now.”

John pushed down his camera from his eyes to look over at the couple arguing in from of them. He let out a laugh before looking over at Danielle.

“You don’t know for sure.”

“She’s totally giving him the “it’s not you it’s me” speech.”

John looked over at the two and couldn’t help but to laugh. He’s used that cliché line numerous times. John assumed by the way Danielle was laughing she had used it as well, maybe just not as much as John had.

“It’s just I’m fucking your Dad”, John said in a girls voice as the girl in front of them spoke to the guy. “You’re dad has a much bigger dick and oh man the things he does with his tongue.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as she looked over at John. “How could you?” she said in a deep voice. “But it’s okay, I’m fucking your sister”, she said as the guy continued on with his rant. “And your Mom, a couple of times. And I can’t forget the blow job your best friend Lisa gave me.”

“That bitch”, John said pretending to hurt. “Well sucks for all of you because I have herpes.”
Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as she turned to John with a laugh. She looked up at John with a smile before shaking her head with a laugh.

“That was good”, she said with a laugh. “Didn’t even see that coming.”

“I have a way with words.”

“You sure do”, she said with a smirk before putting up the camera to her eye. “Smile!”

That’s when John turned around and gave the biggest smile he could muster as his eyes went crossed. Danielle let out a laugh as she clicked away.

“Smile for me Danny!”

That’s when Danielle covered her face with a look of embarrassment. John couldn’t help but to laugh as he pushed down her hands with a laugh before pressing down on the camera and taking the pictures of her face. He pulled away to admire his work.

“You better delete those!”

“No way”, he said looking down at the pictures with a laugh. “These are priceless.”

“Let me see!”

“No”, he said with a pout. “Get your own camera.”

“John”, she whined reaching over on him pulling the camera from his hands.

Right when his hands met hers both of their bodies were sent in a craze but John simply ignored it and went to sprint as Danielle chased right behind him. The two ran through their friends and through the trees and grass area with laughs. Finally Danielle caught up to him and then got caught up in something else causing her to trip. In her most glorious moment, she grabbed John and brought him down with her. Danielle falling on John as he broke her fall.

The two erupted in laughs as John’s arms found their way around her waist holding her up and making sure no pain was felt on her end. Much like a cliché movie scene their eyes met. His green ones staring up into her brown ones, smiles on both of their faces as they tried their hardest to hold in the laughs.

“You klutz”, John said with a laugh as Danielle sat on his lap.

“So sorry”, she said with a laugh as her face went red.

John couldn’t help but to laugh as he stared into her brown eyes. He was studying her beautiful face and all he wanted to do was kiss her right there and then. She covered her face making John laugh even harder.

“Don’t you dare cover those things”, John said with a laugh pulling down her hands. “I love those brown things.”

“What?”

“Your eyes”, he said with a laugh. “I love them.”

“Oh shut up”, she said with a roll of her eyes before grabbing the camera from John’s hand. “Stop trying to get in my pants.”

Danielle looked down at John with a smirk and the both of them couldn’t help but to laugh as he shook his head with the most innocent look on his face. He couldn’t help but to blush as Danielle looked down at his camera. His body was telling him to make a move but his heart was telling him otherwise. He couldn’t believe that a girl would have this effect on him, especially a girl like Danielle.

“God, I look so ugly”, Danielle said with a laugh staring at her crossed in eyes on the screen in front of them.

John couldn’t help but to laugh as he stared at the picture with a wide smile on his face. He turned to look at the girl, staring into her beautiful brown eyes.

“You’re beautiful.”

The both of them just stared at each other; neither of them could deny that feeling. That certain spark that flamed up between them, they didn’t have time to notice the pair of blue eyes staring in their direction.

“Relax Gary”, the voice said behind him. “He’s going to fuck up sooner or later and she’ll realize that you’re the right guy.”

Garrett couldn’t look away from the two smiling faces in front of him. His heart beating out of his chest and the anger on the rise that was making it harder and harder not to run up to John and knock that smile from his cocky face.

“Just calm down”, Pat said placing his hand on Garrett’s shoulder. “You’re not going to hurt her, he is.”

Garrett knew that was true but he couldn’t help but to feel anger watching the two of them happy as can be as they talked. He couldn’t concentrate on much but only on Danielle and how much he wanted her to himself. How much he hated John and how much he wished he was more like him.

“Hey Gare Bear.”

Garrett turned around at the sweet voice. His smile faded once he saw John standing right next to Danielle. He looked away from the older boy to the beautiful girl standing there with a smile.

“Hey beautiful”, he said before pressing his lips against her soft lips. “Where the heck were you all day?” he asked playing dumb.

John knew Garrett was watching them all day and he couldn’t help but to laugh at his question before shoving his hands in his pockets taking a look around the new venue of the day.

“Just taking pictures with John.”

John watched as Garrett tried to seem interested but his body language said it all. Garrett wanted to kick John’s nuts in and everyone knew it. So John took it upon himself to turn to Danielle with a smile.

“I’m going to get going”, he said with a smile. “See you later.”

Danielle simply just smiled before she felt his lips being pressed against her cheek. Danielle couldn’t hide the smile as she turned to watch John away. Instantly she turned her attention back to Garrett with a smile.

“What’s going with you two?”

“What do you mean?”

“What’s going on between you and John?” he repeated with a stern look on his face. “Are you guys hooking up again?”

“We’re just friends”, she said with a shrug. “Just like we’re friends.”

Garrett didn’t want to hear that but he just grinned and bared it, like he did time and time before. The two spent the rest of the day just hanging out. Garrett so desperately wanted to show her that he was the better choice for her and he did what he was planning. His sweet little gestures made Danielle as happy as can be. She never thought she would be feeling this way for her best friend. The two sat there watching as John and Jared sat in front of the group of screaming girls.

“I can’t wait to just lie down and be a whole lot of lazy.”

“Me either”, Garrett admitted as he looked over at Danielle with a smile. “Wanna watch Fight Club when we get back to the hotel?”

“You have it?”

“Wouldn’t leave home without it.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as she smiled over at the boy. Garrett so skillfully reached over to grab her hand in his. Danielle felt her cheeks burn up as their fingers glided so perfectly together. Garrett didn’t care that there were girls watching them, he didn’t care that there were probably pictures being taken. He didn’t care that this was going to be all around the internet, all he cared that Danielle was looking at him and not the heartthrob that had all the girls’ eyes on.

“So we got three different kinds of chips”, Garrett said looking into the dark colored plastic bag. “Four different Arizona and some sour patch kids.”

“Don’t forget the Jack in the Box tacos with the curly fries”, Danielle said with a laugh as she pushed down on the lit up 19 on the elevator. “I swear I’m going to gain so much weight.”

“I already feel pudgy.”

“Oh shut up”, Danielle said watching the number go up. “You skinny ass”, she said looking over in his direction before hitting his stomach. “I’m the pudgy one.”

Garrett couldn’t help but to laugh at how wrong she was. He reached over to grab her waist pulling her body closers to his before placing his lips against hers. “You’re perfect.”

“Are you trying to get in my pants?”

“Maybe”, he said with a smirk. “Are you willing to let me?”

Danielle leaned in and kissed his lips before kissing up his neck to his ear. “You don’t even have to try.”

That’s when their lips crashed into each other’s. His tongue found its way into her mouth with a sly lick. She felt his tongue swirling around in her mouth as his hands grabbed on her body tighter and tighter, his hands roaming all over her body. Danielle couldn’t control the low groan as Garrett pushed her small body into the cold elevator wall. The bags in each of their hands falling to their feet as the heated kiss turned into something much more.

He wanted her right there and then, while she just wanted Garrett to keep going. But they were brought back to reality when the doors opened to their floor. Garrett pulled from her mouth looking down at Danielle with a sly smile. He pushed back her red hair before pressing his lips against her forehead.

“Fight Club is calling our name.”

Danielle watched as he reached down for the bags and carried them off. She followed right behind him with a wide smile on her face. She felt young with Garrett, not like Danielle was much older than her young 21 year old self. She just felt like a kid again with Garrett. She felt so innocent and so new to everything. She loved that feeling. They sat on the bed looking over at the bloody Brad Pitt on the screen. The both of them munching on the loads of junk food in front of them.

Garrett couldn’t help but to look over at the beautiful girl as she ate away with no care in the world. Her head bopping up and down as she threw in French fry in her mouth. He watched with a wide grin as the girl stared at the screen repeating the lines she knew oh so well. She must have noticed the staring, because Garrett’s blue eyes were staring back into her brown ones.

“What?”

“Nothing”, he said with a wide smile.

“Then why are you staring at me?”

“Just looking.”

“Looking at what?” Danielle asked suddenly feeling really self-conscious as she wiped away at her face. “Do I have something?”

Garrett couldn’t help but to laugh as he stared over at her. He watched as her cheeks went a bright red causing Garrett to laugh a little bit harder.

“What?” she asked with a pout.

“You’re perfect.”

Garrett watched as her lips turned into a huge smile as her eyes stared down with a look of embarrassment washing over her. He watched as her lips gave off a smirk as she shook her head with her redden cheeks.

“Can we cuddle now?”

Garrett didn’t waste any time before taking the girl into his arms as they lay on the bed. He felt her finger tips gracefully carving into his skin. He felt at peace with Danielle in his arms. He felt right; this was where she was supposed to be.

“Danielle?”

“Hmm?” she asked as her lips graced his bare chest.

“This feels right.”

Danielle looked up at Garrett with a strange look on her face but that didn’t stop him from his confession. That confession that was long due.

“I’m in love with you.”

Danielle had no idea what to say or do. She stared up into those blue eyes and she felt something for the boy. She felt something strong but she wasn’t sure if it was love just yet. So Danielle did what any person afraid of love would do, she pressed her lips into his.
Garrett assumed the kiss meant that she felt the same way. The passionate kiss died out once Danielle’s head hit Garrett’s chest. Her eyes closing as his fingers ran themselves through her hair.

Danielle tried her hardest to fall asleep but she couldn’t, her mind was racing. Garrett’s breathing had become shallow and the light sound of snoring told Danielle that the coast was clear. She needed to clear her mind so she got dressed and left the sleeping boy in the room and made her way to the roof. She needed time to be alone; she needed time to make some kind of decision.

Did Garrett love her, really? Did she love him? The confession by the blue eyed boy just complicated everything and she honestly wished he didn’t say anything.
Once Danielle got the roof she folded her arms across her chest in a way of keeping herself warm from the cold winds. When she reached the top she noticed the shadowed figure sitting out in front of her. Right when she was about to turn around and make her run, she noticed that familiar voice.

“John?”

She watched as the figure turned around and suddenly his green eyes met hers. Though the darkness she could notice those beautiful eyes of his.

“Are you stalking me, Danny?”

“Oh yeah”, she said with a laugh as she walked closer to the boy sitting on the ground with a guitar in his hand. “I’m one of those creepers.”

“I knew you would be.”

She just let out a laugh before looking down at the guitar in his hands. “What are you doing out here?”

“Thinking about killing myself”, John said with all seriousness looking at Danielle. “Just jump of roof and go splat.”

“You don’t have the balls.”

Suddenly John’s stone cold face turned into a smirk as he let out a hardy laugh. “That wasn’t very nice.”

“It was the truth”, she said with a laugh before looking over John’s shoulder. “Are you
writing?”

“Maybe.”

“Can I hear something?”

“Can you get naked?”

Danielle just let out a laugh before John covered up his lyrics giving Danielle a look making her laugh even harder.

“What are you doing out here?”

“I was hoping to find some dumbass and then kill him and make it look like an accident”, she said with a look of seriousness. “I’ve been watching a whole lot of Law & Order and it just looks fun.”

“You’re so weird.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh at how adorable John sounded. Suddenly their eyes met in that cliché moment. John was suddenly starting to feel very uncomfortable and unable to speak at her eyes on him. So he broke the trance before looking down at the guitar.

“Why are you really out here?”

“I need to think”, he said honestly as he stared up into her eyes. “Had a lot of my mind lately.”

“Like what?”

“Like bitches and hoes”, he said as Danielle let out a laugh before rolling her eyes and looking in the opposite direction. “I’ve just been really confused and shit, keeping me from sleep.”

Like thinking about Danielle Bailey all day, every day.

“So what are you doing here?” John asked as he messed with his hands. “I’m still alive so I’m assuming man slaughter is out of the question.”

“I couldn’t sleep”, she said with a laugh. “Garrett passed out and I just had a lot of my mind.”

“Like what?”

“Like bitches and hoes”, she said causing John to laugh as he shook his head.

He couldn’t believe the feelings he was having as he watched the girl smile. He couldn’t help but to think if she laughed like this with Garrett. Did Garrett make her laugh so hard that her eyes tear up? He wondered if Garrett got her awkward jokes the way that he did. His heart was beating out of his chest as he felt her shoulder being pressed against his. He didn’t understand this feeling he had in the gut of his stomach. That feeling in his head that told him that Danielle was the one. He just didn’t understand what “the one” meant.

“Bicthes aint shit.”

“They sure aren’t”, Danielle said with a laugh.

Once again the two started laughing until their eyes met. They stared at each other for a good minute, the both of them unsure of what to do.

Danielle stared into his green eyes as her hear raced faster. She felt him move in closer, inching closer and closer. It felt as though time went still and everything around them froze. Her eyes were zooning on his lips that were getting closer and closer. Her heart was beating out of her chest as John’s face was inching in. He reached over and placed his lips on her cheek, and that caused Danielle’s body to go in a craze.

“You’re the one on my mind.”

The words hitting her body like a ton of bricks. His lips were pressed against her soft skin as her breath was caught up in her throat. She felt his body pull away from hers as his green eyes stared into her brown ones.

“You’re beautiful.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to blush as she looked in the opposite direction. John instantly grabbed her face pulling her to look at him.

“Sing to me?”

John couldn’t help but to smile at her smirk. He nodded his head before pulling the guitar up on his lap. He started the chords of the new song he was working on, Danielle’s eyes were staring at him intensely and suddenly John was very nervous. He didn’t use his music to get in girls pants, he didn’t need to. But what was this? Why was he playing for Danielle? He looked over at the girl who was smiling over at him as he played the chords that he had been working on all night.

“It was your world, baby and I just lived in it”, he sang the song that was too rocky to be considered a song.

John couldn’t stop staring at her as she grinned widely at him. That feeling erupting his stomach and he couldn’t get away from it. He didn’t understand what it was until that little voice in his head killed it all for everyone.

You love her.

John was planning on never letting her know.