Untangle Me.

Danielle sat there watching as Pat was being chased around the backyard by his older brother. Her brown eyes covered by her Ray Bans as the harsh Arizona sun was ablaze down on her skin. She couldn’t help but to laugh as she looked up at Peter dancing to the music that was being played on the speakers. She felt her heart beat a bit faster as she watched John mimicking his actions. She watched secretly as her sunglasses covered her face not making her stares obvious to those around them. John was dressed in merely cut off jeans with vans. She was glad he didn’t decide to wear his sandals; Danielle wasn’t a fan of feet especially dirty boy’s feet. John’s tank top was hanging loosely on his body showing off that skinny yet fit frame. She had to hold in the mouth watering action as she stared at the boy.

“Why are you sitting here all alone?”

Danielle’s thoughts were brought back to reality as she turned her eyes to Garrett who was sitting next to her. She just gave him a smile before giving off a shrug.

“I’m just tired.”

“How has work been going for you?”

“Horrible”, she said with a roll of her eyes.

Danielle had just started working at a photo studio, a studio manly taking pictures of whining children. It wasn’t what she expected but it made her money that she was in need of. She had taken a second job from the small dinner down the street from her house. She was either surrounded by loud crying children or grumpy old couples complaining about the temperature of the café. And then there were always the drunk or hung-over teenagers stumbling in, most of them included her friends.

“If I hear someone talks in baby talk I’m going to cut their fucking throat.”

Garrett couldn’t help but to laugh as he stared down at his friend. “Awwh my little baby is so cranky”, he said in that annoying high pit baby voice. “Who’s the crabbiest crab in the sea, you’re the crabbiest crab”, Garrett said as he reached over to pinch her cheeks.

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as Garrett continued on with his baby talk. His fingers pinching her cheeks softly, no matter how many times she swatted his hand away he came back full force causing her to laugh. Danielle could always count on Garrett to bring a smile to her face; Garrett was that person she could count on.

“I love you Gare bear.”

Garrett couldn’t help but to smile as those words left her lips. Whenever she said those eight letter, three words Garrett’s heart seemed to beat faster than what should be normal; he just wished it was in a different way. The friend zone he was put with Danielle was killing him but he’d rather be the girl’s friends than anything else.

“Danny!”

Danielle looked away from Garrett at the sound of her nickname being yelled. Danielle’s eyes looking over at Peter who was waving her down with a wide grin but that wasn’t who got her attention in fact her full attention was on the boy standing next to Peter.

John had his hands in his pocket as he looked off at Danielle and Garrett sitting at the table offal close. Normally their closeness wouldn’t bother John but at this moment he was very annoyed at the auburn colored boy.

“When are we going to go get tatted up girl?”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as Peter shouted across the lawn. “Whenever, I’m always down!”

“Let’s go right now before the cooking gets starting.”

“I have work in about”, she said looking down at her phone rested on her lap. “20 minutes”, she said with a sigh as Peter threw his hands up.

“Work is for the weak!”

“I’m very weak”, she said with a laugh.

“Well just hit me up when you’re not feelings so weak.”

“Will do Peter”.

Peter gave her a grin before looking back at John. John stood there with his hands in his pocket; he has yet to say a word more than hello to Danielle. Peter looked at his friend with concerned eyes but he just decided to let it go and not question what was up his ass.

“Call in sick.”

Danielle looked over at Garrett with a smirk before shaking her head with a laugh. “Gary, I just got hired.”

“So?”

“I don’t want to get fired”, she said with a laugh before reaching over to grab his arm. “Not all of us could be musically talented and get paid to make girls scream.”

“That’s all John.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh, John was attractive. John was sexy, especially when he was on stage. He had the amazing voice and the stage presence that had developed over the years. He did more than make the girls yell, he made the girls go in heat convulsion. Danielle had been victimized by the JohnO charm while he was on stage. But there was Garrett; he was a good looking guy. Danielle couldn’t help but to find the boy attractive. He did have the bright blue eyes and the adorable smile. Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh at how modest Garrett was, he had his share of screaming girls.

“Garrett you have girls going crazy over you, so shut your cute mouth up.”

Garrett let out a laugh as she gave him a smile and grabbed his arm. At such a simple touch Garrett could feel his heart race. He wanted so desperately to feel her hands all over his bare body. He wanted more than just sex with Danielle, he wanted her to be the girl he fell asleep and woke up to in his arms.

“But I should get going Gary”, she said leaning over to press her lips to his cheek. “See you tomorrow?”

Garrett nodded his head with a smile watching her stand up fixing her red and black stripped shirt that revealed the tattoo on the side of her body.

“Bye guys!”

“Where are you going?!”

Jared and Pat both stopped what they were doing to give the puppy eyes. Danielle couldn’t help but to laugh as she got all the boys attention.

“I got work.”

“Call in sick!”

“Garrett already tried to convince me”, she said with a laugh. “See you guys later.”

There was a chorus of goodbyes all except John who stood there with his hands in his pocket. He couldn’t stop looking at Danielle since she walked in. He really fucked up the day they hung out. He replayed the day over and over again in his head and every time it ended with him kissing her. He so desperately wanted to kiss her. He wondered if it would feel different, if it was awkward or amazing. But he was too much of a bitch to find out.

Danielle got to work and the yells and cries of the babies were enough to make her tie her tubes right there and then. This job was making her want kids less than she did before.
“Hi”, she said waving at the little girl in front of her. “Can you smile for me?!”

That never worked; of course she would have to stoop down to this level. “Come on baby girl, smile for me baby”, she said in a baby’s voice.

Danielle clapped her hands as she made the doll in her hand dance just to get one little smile from the little girl. She did this for hours as she stared into the camera. Her baby talking and the weird shit she was doing with the animals just to get a laugh or a smile. Every time a crying baby cracked a smile she felt accomplished. She was thankful she had a small break as she sat on her stool going over the hundreds of pictures she had just taken. Danielle was exhausted and she hated herself for stooping down to the annoying photographer’s voice.

John stood there with plated in his hands looking over at Danielle sitting there with a not so pleased look on her face. He didn’t understand why he was so nervous but he made his way to the girl.

“Hey”, he said smoothly catching Danielle’s attention.

When her brown eyes met his green ones she was thrown back at the sight of John standing there. She looked at him with a confused look on her face but John just smiled that hundred dollar smile.

“Hi John”, she said still racking her brain why he was standing there. “What are you doing here?” she asked with a small smile looking at the plate in hand. “With a plate in your hand?” she asked with a laugh.

“Are you going to take your lunch soon?” he asked as he looked around at the empty studio.
“I just figured you’d be hungry and there are no good food places around here, only Panda Express and you hate Chinese food.”

“Uh yeah”, she said pulling out the “be back soon” sign. “Let me go get my purse.”

John nodded his head as he watched her jump off of the table to grab her purse. When she walked back to him he couldn’t help but to smile as they walked to his car. They sat on top of his hood, the plate rested on the black car as Danielle ate slowly.

“This was very sweet of you John.”

“I just figured you’d be hungry”, he said with a grin as he watched her eat with no shame, unlike other girls. “And I was right.”

“Don’t look at me with those judging eyes, I can’t help that I’m a fat ass.”

John just let out a laugh as he stared at the girl with a wide smile. “You look cute when you eat.”

“Uh no, I don’t”, Danielle said with a roll of her eyes. “I look like a beast.”

“Far from it.”

Danielle couldn’t help but to blush at the simplest of compliments. John had that ability on her; the simplest of things would make her all giddy and happy inside.

“So what are you doing tonight?”

Danielle simply nodded before swallowing the bite of hamburger whipping the ketchup that might have been on her face with the napkin. “I don’t know yet, I get off at 10”, she said looking over at John.

“Well there’s a party tonight, if you want to go with me?”

Danielle couldn’t help but to smile at John before looking into his green eyes. “Yeah, sure.”
“I’ll pick you up at 11.”

“Sounds good”, she said with a smile.

John simply smiled before looking down at his phone to text away. They sat there for Danielle’s whole 30 minute lunch before John walked back with her to the studio.

“See you tonight?”

“See you tonight”, Danielle said with a smile watching John walk away.

Danielle couldn’t help but to feel giddy inside, John actually asked her to go with him to a party. Sure, John has many times invited her to a party. Have picked her up to go to a party, but he has never asked her to go with him. Sure, he’s asked her to come with her but he’s usually word it so she knows other people were going in the chair with them but this time seemed different.

Amanda Harris. (Mobile)
November 17, 2009. 7:37:19
John just asked me to go with to a party; I need an outfit to look hot. Tonight’s the night (;

Amanda looked down at her phone seeing the text from Danielle. She couldn’t help but to shake her head wondering what the fuck her friend was thinking. Danielle was in the deep end and she wish she could stop her friend before she drowned.