Just a Walk in the Park

You found yourself in a very awkward position. You were sat at the edge of the couch, Chris was standing in front of you and Darren was on the other end of the couch looking at you.

You couldn’t look at him, so you just stared down at the floor.

You think back to when you answered the door, Chris said hi and you said hi back then Darren came in and he looked at you with those adorable eyes of his, ‘(Y/N), I’m really sorry… I really am. I hated for you to have to see that but I didn’t want her to kiss me… you didn’t see what happened before. She kissed me.. you’ve got to believe me.’ he reached out to you but you just moved out the way and motioned for him to come in.

You hadn’t said anything since then,

‘(Y/N).. please can you look at me?,’ Chris asked, your eyes flick to him but you don’t want them to see how upset you are so you settle for the floor again, ‘Please?’

You sigh quietly to yourself and finally look up to Chris, ‘Now I know you don’t want to hear any of this but just hear us out okay?’ he says,

Okay I should at least be nice to him… he’s trying so hard,

‘Okay,’ you say quietly to him and he smiles slightly,

‘Okay… so I was there before you walked in so I saw what was happening as well. But the thing is is that all that shouting that was going on was Darren telling… err-,’

‘Charlotte,’ Darren says,

‘Yeah.. he was telling Charlotte to stop flirting with him because it was getting out of hand,’

You really wanted to say ‘oh yeah I noticed’ but you didn’t want to upset Darren even if you were mad at him,

‘but she wasn’t listening to him and then she noticed you at the door so she threw herself on him and as soon as you left Darren pushed her off.’ Chris gets out and sighs,

You don’t know what to say. You still don’t completely believe the story,

I mean why would he shout that much if she’d only flirted a couple of times with him? and who even is this person if she thinks she can just throw herself at him like that?

You get so frustrated with yourself, you don’t know what to believe you get up and throw your hands up in the air as you start pacing still not looking at Darren.

Then you finally get what’s going on and you stop in your tracks and turn slightly towards Darren,

‘I just… I don’t understand why you would have to make up this whole story if you just didn’t want to be with me anymore. Why didn’t you just tell me? Or are you just completely in love with this Charlotte person?’ you say sounding ridiculous but not realising it at that moment.

You breathe out slowly and turn away to lean against the wall with your forehead resting on your arms,

‘(Y/N)…’ Darren says in a small voice, ‘I don’t know how I can get you to believe that I love you and only you. Charlotte means nothing to me, she’s just some girl who has a crush on me, but you’re the one I think about all the time,’ you hear Darren get up and stand behind you, ‘you’re the one I miss when I’m all alone,’ he grabs you by the waist which you flinch slightly at and turns you around, ‘you’re the one who spilt coffee on me and I still fell in love with you the second I looked into your eyes.’ He pushes your chin up with his hand to make you look at him, ‘Please, forgive me?’

Your eyes start to water and you feel like you don’t know anything anymore. You were so sure that you weren’t good enough for him but why would he be saying all of these things to you if he didn’t want to be with you anymore.

‘I just… I just need some space.’ You say as you compose yourself and gently push Darren away so you could move somewhere else.

You notice than Darren looks so desperate and Chris was looking at him with concern, your mind was just going round and round in circles. You didn’t know who to believe, you feel like your heart has been torn out of you,

‘I think that maybe.. you should go.’ You say staring at the floor not wanting to see his reaction.

Without saying anything Darren grabs Chris and leaves, which was probably for the better.

* * *

You managed to get by a whole day without any distractions and you started to think that maybe you could get over Darren that was until you left your bedroom to see all the pictures of you two together that you had thrown all over the floor the night before.

You didn’t know what to do with them so you left tem scattered on your floor. You decide to distract yourself from them by having and evening of films. But no Disney films.

They were Dare’s favourite!

You think as you put back the Disney films and settle for Star Wars and X Men. You were actually having a great time as you settle down with some popcorn and lots of sweets.

Your phone starts buzzing just as you’d gotten snuggled into your blanket, you see that it was Chris,

Great! And I thought this was going to be the perfect day.

You think as you answer your phone,

‘Hi Chris.. erm.. what do you want?’ you ask nicely,

‘Hi… well I’m having a few problems.’ Chris says,

‘What kind of problems?’ you ask now worrying slightly,

‘Today at the Glee set Darren has been acting irrationally the whole day. He hasn’t been speaking to anyone. If he’s told to do something he’ll just snap at them. He won’t come out of his dressing room now either. (Y/N). He needs you.’ Chris tells you as your whole body is telling you that you shouldn’t feel bad because of what he did to you,

But what if he’s sad? What if he’s acting out because you accused him of cheating on you?

You think as you start feeling bad, then you realise Chris is still there,

‘(Y/N)… please can I just take him round yours for a bit? Maybe then you’ll finally believe what happened.’ Chris says sternly,

‘Hey! What would you think if you were in my position? This is hard for me as well.’ You say getting a bit angry,

You hear Chris sigh, ‘Okay, okay I’m sorry. But he still would never do anything like that to you. So can we come over?’ he asks and you say yes without really thinking as you’re dwelling on what he said before,

Could I just be overreacting then?

You must have been contemplating for a long time because before you know it there’s a knock at your door. You immediately go and answer it only to find it wasn’t Chris and Darren. It was Charlotte.

You were about to shut the door on her but she stops you,

‘Wait! I know what you must think of me but just hear me out!’ she says as you loosen your grip on the door and let her carry on,

‘Okay. I just wanted to say that I’m really sorry for what I did to you and Darren, I saw him today and he was just... distraught. I felt so guilty. This is my entire fault. You see, I thought I had a chance with Darren until you came along. Then I got jealous so I threw myself at him. I could tell he hated me which was why I kissed him the other day he was defending you and saying how he could never be with me. Then I saw you there and I was so angry I just kissed him.’ Charlotte gets out very fast,

You’re standing there utterly confused and relieved and guilty that you accused Darren of something he didn’t do,

‘Woah! Slow down. So Chris hasn’t put you up to this at all?’ she shakes her head, ‘And you’re honestly coming over here to tell me this because you feel guilty about it all and want me and Darren back together?’ you ask,

‘Yeah. I guess so. I’m really sorry.’ Charlotte says and you actually believe her this time,

‘Err, thank you for coming round and telling me this. I really do forgive you. Just as long as you don’t try anything silly like that again.’ You say joking with her,

‘That means so much to me, and I promise I won’t ever try anything like that again. Not ever!’ Charlotte says as she leaves.

Then you hear another knock at your door,

This must be them!

You think as you open the door.

Chris and Darren both walk in. you see that Darren is slightly reluctant,

‘Why don’t you guys sit down?’ you say trying to get a reaction from Darren.

His eyes flick up to you then to Chris,

‘Why don’t we just go?’ Darren says which makes your heart break.

He starts turning towards the door, ‘No! Wait… please?’ you say to Darren which makes him turn to you,

‘Why should I?’ he says almost angry, ‘I’m head over heels for you but you won’t even look me in the eye anymore because you think I cheated on you.’ He was exasperated, ‘I would never do anything to hurt you, (Y/N). When are you going to start believing that?’

You look up to Darren and all you want to do is run over to him and be held in his arms but could you do that now that you’d accused him of cheating on you?

Your mind was racing and you continue to look at Darren without knowing what to say.

There was silence for a while, ‘(Y/N)… you can’t seriously believe that Darren would hurt you in that way! He would never do that to you. He loves you!’ Chris says with a raised voice,

You look away from Darren to see that Chris was going to protest again,

‘No… Chris we should go. It’s what (Y/N) wants.’ Darren says but you can see the sadness in his eyes,

Darren grabs Chris and he starts opening the door,

‘No. Please! Just wait!’ you say desperately.

Darren turns around with Chris one last time.

You suddenly burst out into tears and run over to Darren as you say over and over, ‘I’m so sorry,’ while he holds you.

Once you’d calmed down you found you were sat in Darren’s lap on your sofa where he was stroking your hair soothingly and whispering reassuring things into your ear,

‘I’m sorry Dare.. I’m so so sorry.’ You say looking up to him,

‘(Y/N), why are you sorry? You don’t need to be.’ He asks,

‘Well I basically just accused you of cheating on me.’ you say, ‘And I was so stupid to think that you could do that to me. Before you came here I realised how irrational I was being then Charlotte came over-‘

‘Charlotte came here?’ Darren says sitting up,

‘Yeah. She apologised for what she did and she was really nice about it. Then I realised that this was all my fault because I was the one who got jealous in the first place.’ You say.

Darren just looks at you and smiles, ‘I’ve missed you so much.’

You start cuddling when Chris coughs loudly, ‘I am still here you know.’

You all burst out laughing and spend the evening finishing your Star Wars and X Men marathon.