Just a Walk in the Park

Ugh! Where am I? What even happened last night..?

You suddenly realise where you are….

Oh, of course… I need to get ready!

You try to get up only to find your notebook stuck to the side of your face, you start laughing at yourself and you find that you’re hugging your guitar in a very awkward way on your sofa.

Well this is a great start to ‘Mission Surprise Darren With Your Awesome Skills’ day….

You get up and shower quickly, you know Darren has the day off today and you find that he’s already trying to call you and you have a million texts from him…

Darren: Good Morning! :)

Darren: So, I have the day off today.. you know what that means? ;)

Darren: (Y/N) are you okay? :(

You decide to text him back, although you hate what you have to do…

You: Hii! Sorry I haven’t been answering… I don’t think I can meet up with you today, my families got me running errands for them :(

You feel so horrible for doing this…

Darren: Hey, don’t worry about it, we’ll sort out something else! :)

Darren’s reply just makes you feel worse, you know he didn’t mean it!

You put all of this at the back of your head and carry on planning, you want it to be perfect as you scribble down more and more words in your notepad.

When you’re finally ready you leave your house with your guitar…

Well I’m finally off to Darren’s house….

You arrive outside his house and you just hope he stayed in, you knock on the door and Joey Richter opens the door! You almost explode right in front of him, but you contain it because you don’t want Darren to know you’re here yet,

‘Hello, can I help you?’ Joey says,

‘Erm, hi, I’m (Y/N), I’m a friend of Darren’s and I wanted to surprise him with something because I know he’s been feeling a bit down lately.’ You say trying to make sure he doesn’t think you’re just a fangirl who’s desperate to see Darren, which you kind of are,

‘Oh (Y/N), Darren always talks about you, it’s like non-stop, (Y/N) this.. and (Y/N) that, you must be something really special,’ he says with the cutest smile on his face, ‘So what have you got planned for him, he hasn’t come out of his room yet, I’m not sure what’s wrong.’

‘Well, I know he’s had a couple of rough days at work so I prepared him a little something,’ you say pointing to your guitar, ‘and I wanted to surprise him today, I told him I was running errands so wouldn’t be able to see him,’ you finish laughing quietly.

‘Oh, so you’re talented as well, no wonder he likes you…. Oops!’ Joey says as he sees you’re surprised face, ‘Well I didn’t mean it like that, er, well it is, but. Oh man! I’m just digging myself a hole,’ you laugh at him trying to hide your embarrassment,

‘Well, come on in,’ he says opening up the door more.

Wow! I’m in Darren’s house and Joey’s here! It’s like a dream come true..

You think as you can’t help but smile to yourself.

Joey shows you around and then he points you to Darren’s closed door,

‘He’s still in there, you’re surprise better work, I’ve never seen him like this!’ Joey says as you feel super bad now about the texts earlier.

‘Well, here goes nothing!’ you say as you knock on Darren’s door.

‘Hey, you can come on in, I’m just getting up,’ you hear a voice that’s really sad,

You open the door, as you walk in you see that Darren is half naked with just his baggy trousers on,

‘Oh my god! I’m so sorry!’ you say as you put your hand in front of your eyes.

‘(Y/N)!’ Darren says laughing at your reaction and you’re sure he has a massive smile on his face, ‘What are you doing here?’

‘Well, I came to surprise you, which I think worked,’ you say laughing whilst peeking through your fingers,

‘Hey, I can see you peeking from behind there!’ Darren says smirking,

‘Sorry!’ you say as you completely turn around now.

You hear some shuffling and then you’re suddenly being swooped up into Darren’s arms,

‘Darren! My guitar!’ you say alarmed,

He just takes it from you and laughs as he puts you on his bed and stats tickling you, you frantically try to run away,

‘This was supposed to be my surprise, not be attacked by a mad man!’ you say in between breaths,

‘Okay, okay, I’m done… that was for lying to me and telling me you were on errands!’ Darren says putting his hands up in a surrender,

‘Well technically I was doing errands but it was for me not my family aaannd it was just to pick my guitar up from my living room…’ you burst out laughing,

‘You’re really sneaky , you know that, sooo what’s the guitar for…’ Darren says with a curious look on his face which made him look adorable.

‘Okay, it’s time for your surprise…’ you rush off to pick your guitar up and you’re overwhelmed with nerves,

This has to go right! I want happy Darren back!

You sit on the end of his bed and stare up at him,

‘So I was up all night finishing this off, I heard how upset you were on the phone and I wanted to cheer you up, I started working on it as soon as we met and well…. I think it’s time you heard it…’

Before you let Darren answer you start strumming your guitar, trying not to get embarrassed as you smile up at Darren and start singing your song.

Your song is based on you and Darren from your perspective. The song starts off about your friendship and love you have, then you start singing about a first kiss and can’t help but look away from Darren as your cheeks turn red. It ends with a verse about being there for each other through thick and thin and how much you care. You can’t help but feel self-conscious as you know you’re not a genius when it comes to writing songs.

You carry on playing and when you finish you look up at Darren slowly, when you see his face you find he has tear stained eyes,

‘Oh no! That was really bad wasn’t it? I’m sorry, I’ve just made things worse haven’t I?’ you panic as you feel like it’s all gone wrong, you look back up to him,

‘(Y/N), that was the most beautiful song ever… come here,’ he slowly moves towards you as your lips lock for the second time, it feels like your mind is exploding as he kisses you slowly, as if treasuring every moment, when you pull back you smile to Darren,

‘Wow! That was.. er.. something,’ you manage out as you’re slightly breath taken, ‘So, my song cheered you up?’

‘It more than cheered me up, thank you so much, that was the best few minutes of my life, I’m so glad I met you, it feels like I already know you so well…’ he fades off as if thinking to himself all the times we’ve had together,

’..so I want you to know that I’m always going to be here for you, not matter what,’ you say biting your lip, you want him to be able to confide in you.

Darren sat there staring at the floor with a sad look on his face.

‘Darren… what’s up? Why are you so upset?’ you ask as you reach for his hands and hold them in yours.

He slowly looks up to you, and you can tell something bad has happened…