If This Is Love, I'll Love You Forever

*Danny's P.OV.*

I walked into the living room and tried to avoid what Ben had said to me and Sam.
Ashley and Andy were sitting on the sofa talking beside Cameron when I walked into the room.
"Where's Ben?" Ashley asked and something boiled inside me.
"Oh you'd like to know." I spoke harshly and left the room.
"What's with him?" I heard Cameron say as I left.
Then I heard Andy say, "I'll go check on him."
I stood in the kitchen and wiped my eyes.
"Danny?" He walked into the kitchen. "What's up with you, man?"
"Nothing's, 'up with me.'" I said with finger quotes.
Andy crossed his arms and looked at me like every best friend does when they know something is up.
"Just leave me alone, man." I said and attempted to walk past him.
"Dude. I know something's wrong. Talk to me."
"I need to go check on Seth." I pushed away from Andy, but didn't leave the room completely.
"You're okay, right?" He asked with concern flooding his voice.
"Andy I'm fine. Come on. You know me best, mate."
"Just don't do anything stupid."
"Who me?" I asked sarcastically.
He smiled and I left, heading up the stairs.
I slowly walked up to Seth's door and saw that it was already open. Seth and Ben were sitting on the floor playing cards.
Ben's back was facing the door.
I knocked on the door frame and they both looked at me.
Ben didn't say anything. He just looked back at the cards.
Seth said, "Hey. Wanna play?"
"No thanks." I said, but came into the room and sat on the floor anyway. "What are you guys playing?"
"War." Ben said quietly as they placed their cards.
"Aah. I see." I scooted closer to Ben and laid my head on his shoulder. He laid his head on mine and continued to play.
They continued to play and Seth and Ben made jokes to each other. I stayed quiet and let them play their game.
Around an hour later Seth started to look bored.
He spoke to Ben, "Okay, Ben. You win. I'm tired."
Ben smiled. "Okay." He laughed lightly. "Thanks for letting me play."
"Don't worry about it." Seth spoke, standing up.
I stood up and held my hands out for Ben.
He grabbed them and muttered a 'Thanks'.
"I'm gonna go see what Trevor is doing."
"Okay. See you later." We both said in unison.
"Wanna come back downstairs? We've been up here for a while." I asked Ben.
"Um. I-" Ben stopped when there was a knock at the door.
Ashley was standing there.
"Andy asked me to look for you."
"Oh okay. I'll be right down."
He stayed in the doorway and looked to Ben and said, "Can I talk to you?"
Ben looked at me then looked back to Ashley. "Uh yeah. Sure."
I leaned over and kissed Ben then left him blushing in the room with Ashley.

*Ben's P.O.V.*

I smiled and blushed. I watched Danny leave the room then I looked at Ashley.
"So." I said.
"So." He said back.
"What did you want to talk about?"
"Why did we stop talking?" He said abruptly.
"I uh well uhm that's a kinda difficult question to answer."
"Why?" He looked upset. "I just want to know what happened."
"A lot happened." I sighed.
"You stopped coming out of your house, Ben. The only time I saw you was at school."
"I know." My voice broke when I spoke.
"Just tell me what happened. Please."
"It's not that simple." My throat felt like it was closing up.
"What's not simple about it?"
"Everything." I whispered. "My life has never been simple, Ash."
"You didn't have to cut me out of your life."
"I'm sorry." He came closer to me and I flinched.
"Im not gonna hurt you, Ben."
He pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly.
"I'm sorry." I whispered again.
"Stop apologizing."
"Ashley!" Andy called from the other room.
Ashley pulled away from me and smiled.
"I should get going." He looked down. "Maybe we can talk another time."
"Yeah." I said quietly. I felt like I was making an empty promise.
"See ya." He said and left the room." I stood there for a second before realizing I was still in Seth's room. I left and walked down the hallway into mine. I quietly shut the door behind myself.
I looked at the guitar in the corner of my room on its stand and walked over to it.
I picked it up and held it. I felt as if it would break in my hands and shatter. I plucked one of the strings and it seemed louder than it should have been. It made me cringe.
I sat down on my bed and started strumming. I hadn't played this guitar so I hadn't got the feel of it yet.
I tuned it by ear and played a song I knew, then I just started messing about with the chords and sounds.
I smiled and I felt happy for once.
I continued to play for the rest of the night.