Untangle Me.

“Fuck.”

John opened his tired eyes as his head felt as though someone had hit him repeatedly with a bat. His mouth was dry and his stomach wanted to be emptied. He pulled the covers off of his fully clothes body and he was thankfully when he saw an empty bed. John had no memories of what happened last night after he was dumped. All he remembered was the gallons of alcohol he pumped his body with; everything else was a distant blur. He reached over for his phone to see the many missed called and unread texts. He ran his fingers through his mess of hair before dialing Max’s number and placing the phone to his ear.

“Where the fuck are you?!”

John cringed at the loud noise. “Fuck Max, could you be any louder?!”

John could hear Max laugh lightly on the other end. “Hung-over?”

“Like a bitch.”

“I’m going back home with Danielle and Pat right now. We bought plane tickets so the rest of you are going to drive back home. Jared and the rest of the guys are down in the lobby eating but you and Garrett are the only ones MIA”, he said as John’s head pounded harder. “Get your shit, go get Garrett’s ass and get your asses on the road right away.”

John nodded his head as he hung up the phone to take a quick shower. He packed up all his things before walking out of his room and down the hall to Garrett. Garrett was really the last person John wanted to see but personal shit was always thrown out the window when you’re in a band. John made it to his door before pounding hard on it, loud enough to wake the bitch up. When the door pulled open John was met with a pretty blond standing there in nothing but a shirt.

“Shit”, he said looking up at the number. “I must have gotten the wrong room, sorry.”

That’s when John noticed Garrett’s zombie shirt on the girl’s small frame. He looked past her to see Garrett in bed and suddenly anger was rising in John.

“Garrett, get your ass up!” he yelled walking past the half-naked girl. “We need to get on the road.”

“Shut the fuck up John”, he whined as he rolled to the side.

John walked over to his friend ripping off the blanket from his body and throwing it off to the side scaring the poor girl standing there with her arms cross over her chest.

“Sweetheart, maybe you should go home”, John said looking over at the girl.

“Yeah”, she choked out before grabbing the black dress from the floor.

“Did you need me to call you a cab?”

The girl shook her head before gathering up her things. “I drove here.”

John nodded his head as he walked the girl to the door. “I’m sorry about all this.”

“It’s okay”, she said with a seductive smile. “You’re really cute, what’s your name?”

“Not interested”, he said before slamming the door in the girls face and then turning over to Garrett. “You’re a fucking idiot!” he yelled as he watched the younger boy stand up. “What the fuck were you doing with that girl?”

“Why do you care?”

“I honestly don’t give a fuck but Danielle sure will.”

“No she won’t.”

John held back the need to punch Garrett in the face over and over again. His clenched fists were pounding against his thigh.

“Are you mentality retarded or are you just a complete idiot Gary? Cause I really need to know why the fuck you were with some slut when you have a beautiful girl on a fucking plane going back home”, John yelled as he stared intensely at Garrett holding back every urge that was flowing in him.

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

John rubbed at his face before running his fingers through his hair. “She fucking picked you, asshole and this is what you do go and fuck some other girl?”

Garrett was still as John yelled at the top of his lungs. He looked over at the older boy confused as to what he was saying.

“What?”

“She fucking picked you Garrett.”

Garrett felt sick to his stomach as he stood there. He rubbed at his face before running his fingers through his mess of hair. He stared over at John afraid of what he was going to do to him and honestly Garrett deserved it. He watched as John shook his head with a pissed off expression but Garrett could see the sadness behind the anger.

“Get fucking dressed and go down to the lobby”, John said turning around to leave before he did something stupid. “You really fucked up, Gary.”

And with that Garrett was left in the mess he brought upon himself. This time Garrett was the boy that fucked up. Garrett was going to be the one that hurt her and not John.

Danielle Bailey.
I’m leaving to the airport; I’ll see you when you get back home. I want you Garrett and only you. I’m ready to be your girlfriend<3

“So do you think you made the best decision?”

Danielle looked from her phone up to Amanda. Danielle gave a smile before nodding her head. Garrett was the right choice. He was the perfect boy for her that would never hurt her.

“I think I did”, she said looking down at her phone waiting for anything from Garrett. “I think I could be happy with Garrett.”

“I think so too.”

Danielle gave Amanda another smile before looking down at her phone. Since she landed she had been looking down at her phone constantly. She just assumed that Garrett was driving, since he was always the one that wasn’t hung-over. But when she found out that the boys were already home, she was becoming very anxious and confused as to why she didn’t get a text or call. Once again knowing Garrett he probably broke him phone or he was taking a nap back home. But that didn’t stop her from staring down at her phone waiting for his call.

“Are you ready to go?”

Danielle nodded her head as she shoved her phone in her pocket. The two girls made their way out to Amanda’s car, Danielle’s brown eyes still staring down at her phone that was placed in her hand. When they got to Max’s apartment that was filled with all their friends, Danielle instantly let her eyes travel the room. Looking for a pair of those beautiful blue eyes that she had been dying to see and talk to.

“Hey Danny B.”

Danielle turned to see Peter standing there with a wide smile on his face as he stood there next to Kennedy. Both with beers in their hands, so she let her eyes wonder around the room hoping to see his blue eyes but got nothing in return.

“Hey Peter”, she said with a smile as they embraced each other in a bro hug. “Kenny, have you see Gary?”

Kennedy just shrugged his shoulders with a confused look on his face. “I honestly don’t know”, he said taking a sip of his beer. “But all I knew the whole drive was awkward as fuck. What the fuck happened between John and Garrett?”

Danielle looked at both guys with guilt rushed all over her face as the both boys nodded their heads understanding.

“You picked John?”

Danielle was thrown off by Peter’s response and Kennedy agreeing to it. She shook her head feeling awkward under their stares. “Why do you say that?”

“Well I just figured”, Peter said with a shrug. “I mean you and John have crazy chemistry and I just thought bro.”

“And the whole drive Garrett was mopey as fuck, more than usual.”

Danielle was confused, she remembers sending Garrett a couple of texts that morning and all through the day. That had just confirmed Danielle’s assumption that Garrett’s phone was broken.

“Have you talked to John?”

“Yeah”, Kennedy said running his fingers through his hair. “He said he was going to come later on tonight. He said he had shit to figure out.”

Danielle nodded her head at the boys as her eyes rushed to the opening door and there he stood. His eyes looking dark and bloodshot but his eyes looking beautiful as ever, Danielle couldn’t help but to smile at the sight of him. He walked in through the door with his brother right behind him. Danielle excused herself from the boys before making her way to the boy that she believed was the right person for her. When she got the boy she didn’t waste any time grabbing him into a hug, a hug that wasn’t reciprocated.

“Oh, Danielle”, Garrett said pushing the girl out of his arms as his heart beat out of his chest. “Hey.”

“Uh, hey”, she said confused by the distant attitude that Garrett had towards her. “Did you get my texts and calls?”

“Yeah, I was just busy today.”

“Oh”, she said looking down at her vans. “Um could we like talk?”

Garrett couldn’t look her in the eyes, he couldn’t do it. He couldn’t bare to look at the girl that he fucked over. Garrett had turned into something he wished he never had, a liar.

“Could we do this later?” he asked taking Danielle by surprise. “I kind of something to do right now”, he said still not daring to look into her brown eyes.

“Um yeah-“

And there Garrett went walking right past her. Garrett was constantly thinking about what he had done and how he was going to tell her. Garrett made a mistake and he wasn’t sure how to break it to Danielle. He couldn’t do it; he couldn’t see the hurt in her eyes. He had seen that many times before and he didn’t want to be the reason behind it. Garrett’s blue eyes noticed Danielle’s confused look as she talked to Amanda, probably talking about how cold he was to her.

“I didn’t think he would show up.”

Garrett looked over to see what Jared was talking about but when he saw the tall figure walking through the doors, the night had just gotten worst. Garrett looked over at Danielle as her brown eyes stared longingly at the figured as he pushed his way through the crowds of people. When his green eyes met Garrett’s blue eyes, Garrett knew that he was fucked.

“Gary, can we talk?”

Garrett nodded his head as he stood up from the chair he was sitting at. Everyone in the room sensed it and Garrett knew this wasn’t going to end well. The both of them walked to a corner of the room away from everyone, so they could talk.

“Have you told her yet?”

Garrett simply shook his head looking over at the pair of eyes staring over at them as whispers were being heard.

“Why the fuck not?”

John watched as Garrett simply shrugged and that just pissed John off even more. “You need to fucking tell her, right fucking now.”

John watched as Garrett’s mopey eyes turned to look at him in confusion. “Who the fuck are you to tell me what to do?”

John cocked his head back as his fist bald up together. John’s knuckles turning white as he stared down at his once considered best friend but at this moment he was some asshole that he wanted to kill.

“Who the fuck am i?” John said getting in Garrett’s face, seconds away from killing the younger boy. “I’m the guy that got pushed to the side because I wasn’t the best choice for her and funny thing is you’re the asshole that fucked her over”, John said getting closer. “Funny thing is, I haven’t looked at or touched another girl since I realized how much I loved Danielle.”

“John, get the fuck out of my face.”

“Or what?” he asked getting more in his face. “What the fuck are you going to do?”

Garrett looked away as he felt John’s face being pressed against him. He could hear people whispering as eyes were on them. Garrett couldn’t take it, he couldn’t take John. John was always butting in his business. It was always John with Danielle. John was the center of all his problems so Garrett did something that surprised himself; he shoved John’s body back.

But right when John’s body was pushed back he felt a fist collide into his mouth. It all happened so fast that he couldn’t control himself. Garrett’s body was being held back as a screaming and failing John was being held back by three people.

“Fuck you Garrett!” John yelled over and over again as he tried to get out of the grasp of his friends. “Fucking pussy!”

“What the fuck is going on here?”

Instantly John calmed down at the view of Danielle standing there with a scared look on her face as she stared from each boy. John calmed himself as he pulled down his shirt that had ridden up. John looked over at Garrett who stayed quiet. Everyone around them was quiet; the music was brought down as all eyes were on the three.

“Tell her Garrett”, John yelled with such anger. “Fucking tell her.”

Garrett stayed quiet as he stared down at his shoes. He couldn’t tell her, especially not like this. His head was throbbing from the situation as his mouth taste of blood. He brought his hand to his lip as he whipped away at the dripping blood.

“What are you supposed to tell me?” Danielle asked in a low voice as she got closer to the boy. “Please just tell me Garrett”, she said reaching over to touch the boy.

Garrett instantly moved his body away from her touch. He couldn’t look at her instead he just stared up at the multicolor light on top of the ceiling.

“This is fucking bullshit!” John yelled getting closer as he pointing a finger in his direction. “Fucking gross some balls pussy and tell her.”

Danielle looked over at John noticing the veins popping out of his neck. She had never seen him so mad in her life. John was always the happy go lucky guy, never the fighter. The nerves inside her were driving her crazy. She didn’t know what was going on, she couldn’t process a thing. She stared over at Garrett as his blue eyes met hers.

“I had sex last night.”

And there it was that feeling of heart break. She stared over at Garrett; this had to be a joke. This was a joke that was the only thing that could happen. Danielle let out a laugh before looking into his eyes.

“Come on Gary, knock it off.”

“I fucked up”, he said reaching over to take her hands in his. “I thought you picked him and there was this girl.”

Danielle took a step back dropping his hands from hers. She stared over at him feeling her eyes watering up. She couldn’t believe this.

“Okay”, she said with a nod before looking at Garrett. “I’m going to get going.”

Danielle turned around and walked out of the small apartment as fast as she could. She walked away from the whispers and the stares. She walked away from the two boys that hurt her in different ways. She walked away from the boy she thought wasn’t ever going to hurt her, but ironically had just broke her heart in pieces.

“Danielle!”

Danielle didn’t listen to the voices yelling after her as she walked into the warm Arizona air. She had no idea where she was going all she knew was that she needed out.

“Danielle, please!”

She felt her body being pulled back as the tears streamed down her face. She couldn’t look at him, she couldn’t bare it. She whipped away at the tears as she shook in his arms.

“Danielle, it was a mistake”, she heard his sweet voice say through tears. “I fucked up, god I
fucked up.”

“Why did you do it?”

Danielle looked up to see Garrett. This was the reaction she wanted from him, a reaction that told her that he cared. She watched as he stopped touching her and stood there with a strange look on his face as a stray tea fell from his eye.

“What?”

“Why did you fuck some random girl?” she asked using harsh words that made Garrett cringe.

“The truth?”

“No Garrett”, she said with a roll of her eyes as anger rolled off her tongue. “I want you to fucking lie to me.”

Danielle watched as Garrett took a deep breath before looking up at the stars. “I thought you picked John.”

“So you fucked some girl?”

Garrett just shrugged his shoulders unsure of what to say. Danielle nodded her head before turning to walk away. That’s when Garrett grabbed her upper arm pulling her around to face him.

“I fucking love you Danielle”, he said at the top of his lungs. “I always fucking loved you. I watched you go through these boys that didn’t see how amazing you were but I did, I always did. I watched you change yourself for John. I watched your clothes change and your attitude but I always saw that”, he said getting closer to Danielle as he placed his hand on her face. “I saw you for you.”

Danielle felt her skin tingle as the feeling of his skin against hers. She closed her eyes as tears fell from her face.

“I’ve been in love with you for as long as I remember and I finally got a chance to be with you”, he said with pleading eyes. “Please forgive me, give me a chance. Give us a chance of something real, something you don’t have to work for.”

Danielle couldn’t look up but stared at her closed eyelids. The tears falling from her face as Garrett rough finger tips whipped away the stray tears. She could hear him sniff back tears as his hands were all over her face. He was pleading with her, he needed her. He needed her to forgive him; he needed her to be his.

“Do you know why I chose you?”

Danielle finally got the strength to look into his eyes. They stared at each other as their eyes bleed tears. Garrett didn’t know why she chose him, he was nothing she wanted. He shook his head waiting for the reason with closed eyes.

“Because I thought you would never hurt me”, she said with a laugh. “I thought you were reliable and that I could always trust you.”

“You can.”

Danielle didn’t know where she stood. The reason why she picked Garrett over John was the fact that Garrett was the perfect guy that never messed up and here he was admitting that he had sex with another girl. Danielle had no right to be mad but she couldn’t help but to feel hurt. Betrayed, and she was back to square one.

“I don’t know if I can Gary”, she said staring into his eyes. “I just need time.”

“Take as much time as you need.”

Danielle nodded her head before pressing her lips against his forehead and turning to walk away, leaving a trail of tears that brought then back to a distraught Garrett standing there with his hopes up in the air. He knew he wasn’t the one for Danielle, he just wished that she didn’t see it that way.