Just a Walk in the Park

‘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…

‘(Y/N)… I never planned for this… it shouldn’t have happened.. I don’t know how…’ Darren seems flustered and you can’t help but wonder why,

‘It’s okay, it’s okay.. I’m here,’ you say as he leans his head on your shoulder and whispers to you,

‘I’m so sorry (Y/N), I messed up.’

‘How did you mess up? I’m sure it can’t be that bad,’ you say as Darren looks up to you,

‘(Y/N), they saw us when we first met, they saw me go back to your place-‘

‘Who saw us..?’ you ask worried.

‘The press… they have pictures of us, I was on my way back from a Glee rehearsal and they followed me… they haven’t said very nice things about you.. and I didn’t want you to find out.. they’ve been harassing me at work.’ Darren looks to you concerned.

You don’t know how to react..

‘Wha.. what have they said about me?’ you manage to ask.

‘… just the usual things..’ Darren says with pain in his eyes.

You suddenly realise something…

.. I haven’t been online in a while… does that mean..

You suddenly spring up and grab your coat,

‘(Y/N), what are you doing?’ he asks puzzled.

‘Just checking something..’ you say as you get your phone out.

It was all over your twitter…

‘OMG, why would Darren go to HER house.’

‘She looks like such a whore!’

‘I bet she’s just a fan who stalked him.. :O’

‘Ugh! She’s so ugly’

.. you were overcome with emotions as you sink to the floor just about to burst into tears,

‘(Y/N), what is it?’ Darren rushes over to you as you hand him the phone..

.. you just stare at the floor as Darren reads,

‘This isn’t right.. I have to fix this.. I can’t let them say things about you, this is all my fault!’ Darren starts getting worked up,

‘No.. no this is my fault.. can’t you see what they’re saying.. I - I should go..’ you say afraid of what might happen.

‘(Y/N).. no, please stay, I can change this.. I’m so sorry..’ Darren says trying to stop you.

You just grab your things and give him a quick kiss,

‘It’s okay.. you don’t need to do anything.’ You say as you rush out of his room.

As you walk through the lounge you bump into Joey,

‘So how did things go?’ he asks,

‘Erm.. great.. yeah my song worked.. that cheered him up,’ you say with a quick smile, ‘I’ll see you later..’

‘Err, okay then.. see ya!’ Joey replies as you walk out the door.

You rush to your car and drive home with tears in your eyes.

My life is over… what did I just do?

You think as you slam your door shut and crash on the sofa and realise..

Ugh! I left my guitar over there… what am I supposed to do now?

You already see that Darren is trying to call you but you just let it go to voicemail even if you feel bad for doing this to him.

You can’t even look on your computer but you still think about all those comments people sent you..

I deserve it.. I deserve all of it… what was I to expect.. I mean it wasn’t exactly going to be a fairytale was it?

You think to yourself as you think of all the fun times you’ve had with Darren and you burst in to song…

Everything you do it sends me
Higher than the moon with every
Twinkle in your eye
You strike a match that lights my heart on fire

You start singing your favourite song by Mindy Gledhill as you pretend your phone is a microphone. You start dancing about as you start singing the last verse…

Finding words, I mutter
Tongue-tied, twisted
Foot in mouth, I start to stutter
Ha, ha, Heaven help me

Hello, how are you, my darling today?
I fall into a pile on the floor
Puppy love is hard to ignore
When every little thing you do, I do adore
Every little thing, bapapapa
Every little thing, bapapapa
Every little thing you do, I do adore

You start feeling better about yourself as you sit back down and look at your phone…

You suddenly realise that you’d accidently hit the answer button when you were dancing and Darren was on the other end of your phone. You hear Darren’s voice calling your name,

‘Crap.. err.. erm,’ you don’t know what do so you just plunge your phone into a cup of water and hang up the phone.

‘Ugh! I’m such an idiot!’ you say as you start to blush to yourself realising that Darren just heard you sing… acapella.

You spend the rest of your day trying to comprehend what’s happened and you decide to go on twitter to see what else has happened…

The messages were worse and there were even groups set up against you… then you look at the trends..

‘(Y/N) is a bitch’

‘We love you Darren’

‘Darren and Kirsty Forever’

‘It’s your fault (Y/N)’

..They want Darren back with Kirsty and they think it’s my fault they broke up…

You start tearing up again as there’s a knock at your door,
‘Nobody’s in at the moment!’ you yell towards it.

‘C’mon (Y/N), I know you’re in there..’ you hear a voice and know its Darren’s.

You have a sudden yearning to be in his loving arms,

‘Please let me in… I have your guitar,’ Darren says as you smile to yourself, ‘and I have other gifts…’

‘Okay, fine…’ you say as you open the door whilst trying to wipe the tears that were running down your face.

Darren places your guitar on its stand and gives you a tight hug as he soothes you with caring words…

‘Shh.. it’s gonna be okay… I’m here now…’

You suddenly feel like everything is going to be fine as you look up at the pair of warm hazel eyes that are staring right back down at you.

‘So.. What’s this about gifts..?’ you say with a small laugh as wipe your face again.

Darren laughs too as he hands you a box,

‘I bought this and I wanted to give it to you on a special occasion but I think you should have it now,’ he says.

You look down at the box as you open it carefully…

Inside is a silver bracelet and on the inside of it there was an engraving,

‘Never stop smiling... Ever! - D’

You suddenly remember all those times where Darren has complimented you on your laugh and goofy smile…

‘Darren… this is beautiful.. you didn’t have to get this for me.. you saw what those people said… I’m a nobody.. you shouldn’t be here, you shouldn’t be with me… I’m just going to cause you trouble.’ you say knowing this is the right thing to do as you look down at the bracelet.

‘(Y/N)… why can’t you see that I love being with you… I’m not going to let some reporter stop us from being together-‘

‘Yeah but you saw what all your fans were saying they want you back with Kirsty, they think I’m just a crazy stalker who only likes you for your money and it’s not ever going to stop they’re not going to change their views of me eve-‘

You’re suddenly interrupted by a pair of delicious lips pressed against ours. Darren kisses you sweetly as he wraps his arms around your waist. You realise he wasn’t going stop unless you kissed him back so you give up your defences and wrap your arms around his neck and kiss him back as you play with his hair. Darren pulls back and smiles down at you,

‘Don’t you see that I’m not going to give upon you, I can’t (Y/N)… I think… I think I could be falling for you (Y/N)..’ Darren says as you see that he’s blushing slightly,

‘I think I could be falling for you too,’ you reply with a huge smile on your face.