Cathy's POV
I was talking to Sam by our lockers about why Danny was always late like if he didn't hurry he would be late to class in ten minutes! "Where do you think he is?" I asked her leaning against my locker, and she just shook her head. "I don't know Cathy, he's probably just running late again." she said trying to calm me down. "It's just that… I feel like something bad is going to happen and I don't want anything to happen to you guys." I said to her. After I finished saying that I saw Chris walking towards us.
"Hi Chris." I and Sam said. "Hi, have you guys seen Danny?" he asked. He had a look that said he wanted to tell us something, but he wasn't suppose to. "No, we were wondering where he was because he might be late again. Hey, what's troubling you?" said Sam looking at him worryingly. "Never mind. He'll tell you. He's coming here and I think that my expectations did happen by how he looks." he said pointing towards a seemingly upset, looking down at the floor, Danny walking down the hall. I run up to him.
"Hi Danny! What's wrong?" I asked him once I was next to him. He looked up and turned to face me. When I saw his eyes I knew something was really wrong. I could see a lot of sadness and misery in them. We stopped walking when we reached Sam and Chris. "I'll tell you guys later. Can we meet at the park under the tree after school? I won't be in the classes today or if there's an alien, I might go." he said, his voice not as cheerful, but kind of depressed. He started walking again, but stopped by Chris. He didn't look up from the floor. "Chris, it's worse than what I told you." he said and continued walking. Chris gasped and had a horrified look on his face. "But?" he said not finishing his sentence and we went to our class, not speaking, but just thinking.
The day went bye really slowly for me. I didn't listen to the teachers and I daydreamed the whole day thinking of what Danny was talking about. I didn't bother asking Chris, because I knew that he wouldn't tell me. 'Maybe I was right? Maybe something bad did happen? I hope nothing horrible happened to Danny!' I thought while I rode on my way to the park. I had left the classroom as soon as I heard the bell ring and didn't even hear Sam and Chris call after me. Right now, I just want to make sure that he's okay. I had headed to my locker and then to the park.
When I got there, I saw Danny leaning against a tree still looking down on the floor and he had his hands into tight fists. I walked over to him. "Danny?" I asked in barely whisper. He lifted his head quickly and he seemed startled. After five seconds I could see tears were forming on his eyes. "Can I please hug you and cry on your shoulder?" he asked, his voice cracking a bit. 'He's never asked me that before.' I thought but nodded. "Of course." I said and hugged him. I felt him sob and cry, so I hugged him tighter. Strangely, even though he was the one that seemed to need comfort, I felt like my worry was gone when I hugged him and he hugged me back. I don't know for how long we stayed like that, but I know that it was for a long time.
Danny's POV
I was leaning against a tree and thinking of how things were going to be after.
"Danny?" I lifted my head to know where it came from. There, I saw a worried Cathy in front of me. 'Wow, she looks pretty good with sun's light and when she seems worried.' I gulped trying to push back tears. 'I wish I didn't have to stop seeing her. I'm really going to miss her.' I thought. "Cathy, can I please hug you and cry on your shoulder?" I said not being able to hold them back any longer. 'Danny, you won't regret saying that, you won't!' I thought. "Of course." She said sincerely and hugged me. All I could do was cry and cry on her shoulder for some time, being with her calmed me down, but after a while I felt a bit better and pulled back to tell her why I was like this.
Cathy's POV
After a while he pulled away. "Thanks, it's just that…" he stopped, and looked past me. I turned around and saw that Sam and Chris were walking towards us. I looked at my watch and saw that school had been over forty-five minutes ago. "Where were you guys?" I asked. "I forgot something in class, so Sam went with me. But, it's takes at least twenty minutes to get here and you got out of the class, before we were even allowed to, which was ten minutes after you left. Oh here." said Chris taking out a detention slip and giving it to me. I smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of my head. "Thanks for coming." said Danny seating down by the tree and I sat next to him.
"Chris, I told you that my dad could've gotten a promotion and we could've moved to another city somewhere in the country." he said and stopped to see our reactions. Sam and I gasped, because we didn't know. 'Why didn't he tell us?!!' I thought. Chris nodded and seemed a bit relieved, probably because now we know, but he still seemed sad. "Well, he got an even better promotion and instead of another city…" he looked directly at us, though I could swear he looked more at me.
"It's another continent." he said and after that, I couldn't feel any part of my body, but I know my mouth was completely open. 'He, he can't be serious! He's going to leave! He's going to leave us and the MBC!' I thought. I was just able to move my mouth after a while, so I closed it. I was just looking directly at the grass as if it was suddenly the most interesting thing around. 'How can he just leave?!' I felt something on my face and that shook me from my thinking, so I could move again. I brought my hand up and felt my face wet. 'I'm crying?
Yes!
Why?
Hello! You're going to miss him as soon as he leaves!
Oh.'
"Danny, when are you leaving?" I asked him looking up and breaking a tense silence. My voice was supposed to come out normal, but for some reason I had trouble talking. "Tomorrow." he answered looking down at the floor and so quietly that we could barely hear it. "Tomorrow!" we all yelled out except for Danny of course. "Yeah, today I got a transfer to another school and I got out of every sports club that I'm in. That's why I wasn't going to be in the classes and I already packed. Now, the only thing left for me to do is this." he said and took off his V-com and held it out for me. I slowly grabbed it. 'Why does he have to give it to me? Why not Sam, Chris, or even the commander?!' I thought. "D… Danny…" I started.
"No, there's nothing that I can do. I doubt that it's possible for me to be in the MBC if I live in Brazil." he said and Sam and Chris gasped, for a moment I forgot why I was crying. "Where's Brazil?" I asked confused. Danny smiled, but then frowned after a second. "The other side of the world." answered Chris and with that, my sadness returned. "Oh." I said lowering my head. "Yeah…, but I made a deal with my dad and my sis also wanted to take part of the deal." he said and tried to smile a bit.
Sam frowned. "I don't have to tell Alex, right? Emily will tell him?" she asked him hopefully. Alex is Sam's seventeen year old brother and Emily is Danny's seventeen year old sister. Alex is his school's quarterback and martial arts master like Sam. He's height is 6'3", he has brown/black hair like Sam's and also her eyes. Emily is her school's best artists in painting and also the best singer-though none of the other girls admit it. Her height is 6'1", she has Chocolate brown hair and green eyes that are a bit lighter than Danny's. They have both been best friends for all of their lives and have one of the strongest bonds that I have ever seen.
"She told me that she wanted to do it and that she didn't want anyone else telling him. You know, you would think that they would already tell each other that they like each other." he said frustrated, crossing his arms and huffing, (this is a Cathy/Danny not Sam/Danny just in case anyone wonders, but they're siblings are going to be a pairing.) but then looked at us. "Anyway, the deal was that if we learned Brazilian Portuguese, spoke it fluidly, and were able to pay for a house, apartment, etc. on our own, he would let us come back, so we can study here and stay here, but we don't know how long that could take. We would also have to keep our grades up. For Emily, at least one B and all As. For me, he said that I would need to pass all of them and get at least two Bs. Emily was taking a language course on Brazilian Portuguese, so she's a bit ahead on it which is good for us." he said. (is there really a difference between regular Portuguese and Brazilian?)
"Well, look at the bright side. You'll learn a new language and you've always wanted to play soccer in Brazil." Chris tried to encourage. Danny just chuckled. "Yeah, that's what my parents told me." he said, not looking cheered up.
"My parents already left today and they told us if we wanted to leave the next day, so we automatically said yes. Emily's going to ask if she can stay at your house, Sam and I was hoping I could stay with one you." he said hopefully, but still sadly. "Well, you can stay with me. My grandpa isn't here. He went on another cruise around Saturn." I said. "I can ask my mom if you can stay home." suggested Chris. "and if your sister's going to stay at my house, I'm sure my parents will agree with you." said Sam.
"To bad we can't just spend it together." Danny and I said at the same time. We looked at each other and laughed, but then frowned again. "That would be a better choice, but its Thursday, so tomorrow we have to go to school." said Chris looking down at the floor.
"I got it!" said Sam standing up. "Well, you need to meet your sister, so you can go to the airport and make sure you both get on the plane and everything else, right? Well, Cathy you don't need to ask Mr. Smith if you can sleep over at one our houses 'cause he's not here, correct? And Chris, I'm sure your parents will let you if it's just for this! They'll understand that a close friend of yours is moving away and that you'll want to be with him as much as you can, so why don't we sleep over at my house!" she said looking at Chris hopefully and though she doesn't notice it, he can never say no to that look. He knew I would say yes, so we just needed him. Chris sighed and said, "I'll call my parents." and got his cell phone out. After five minutes he hanged up. "They said yes, as long as they can say bye to you, your siblings are there, we get you two to the airport and the plane on time, and we go to school." he said smiling a bit. Danny stood up.
"Well, then. We'll both go to your house and you'll get your stuff, Emily has my clothes for tonight and tomorrow, and Cathy and Sam can go to Cathy's house so she can get her stuff, then we can meet at Sam's place." he said, we all nodded and run to opposite directions.
Danny's POV
I'm glad I told them. I'm going to work hard to learn and find a way to earn money without asking Dad for it. Chris opened the door to his house with his key and we walked in. His parents were sitting in the living room and we walked over to them. "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Robert. I came with Chris so he can get his stuff ready and so I can say goodbye to you two and John." I said walking to them and Chris went upstairs to get his stuff.
------Later
Sam's parents let us stay and we were to go to sleep around nine, because the plane left at eight thirty. It turns out that our siblings told each other their feelings to one another and they're now a couple, which we were happy for them, though right now they were on a date and would be back around 8: 50. The girls were going to sleep upstairs, Sam and Cathy in Sam's room, but Alex was going to sleep in his room and Chris and I were going to sleep downstairs. Right now it was around 8:15 and we were just talking and remembering things. Our laughter died down after a while and I put a straight face on.
"You guys now, that even though I've helped, it can still be an advantage for me to not be on the team." I said to them. They looked at me shocked. "What?!" Cathy exclaimed. "Danny, you're a great help!" said Sam looking at me still shocked. "Yeah, it's not going to be easier if you leave! It might even be harder!" Chris told me. I stood up. "Or you guys will be the best team ever! I've messed up so much that I lost count!" I said to them, but Cathy stood up. "and I've lost the count of how many times you've saved us and Singletown!" she said to me looking straight at me only a few inches apart.
"Cathy, because of me, many things could have happened! And you could have all died!" I said to her. Sam stood up and said. "but also, because of you, we're alive!" she said to me and I walked to her and whispered so the others couldn't here. "because of me, there wasn't any MBC." "That was two years ago." She whispered/snapped back. "It still happened." I said to her in my regular voice. Chris stood up slowly. "Okay, you have, but we forgave you and you have been a hero to us many times. That, you can't deny, but let's not argue. These are our last moments together and we should spend them being happy, even though if we are sad." he said, trying to reason with us. I sighed. "All I'm trying to say is that, this might be for the best." I said in a reasoning, but quiet voice. Cathy turned back to me from looking at Chris. "Or this might be for the worst." She said and I could tell she was holding back tears threatening to just come out. But just before I could say something, my sister and Alex came in.
'Nice timing.' I thought and looked over at the clock. They were ten minutes early. They were pretty happy, though.
"Hi guys. We decided to come a bit early to make sure we had everything ready." Emily said and she Alex walked up the stairs. I turned to my friends.
"Guys, I just don't want to cause more trouble. I want you guys to be fine and not be sad, and I want you all to know that I will do my best to get back. I just believe this could be helpful." I said to them trying to not get them mad. Cathy sighed. "Danny, we will miss you. But also know that we are one of the best teams. No team has ever been the best." she said. I smiled and we all got back to talking about random things.
Cathy's POV
-In the morning
The airport was noisy and bustling with people. It was 8:15 and we were getting ready to say bye to them. I felt like crying but I couldn't yet. I couldn't let him see me like this. He doesn't want to see us sad. Danny, Sam, and Chris were saying bye and I could over hear Danny saying he would still get things for their birthday. I couldn't though, I couldn't bring myself to say bye.
Then, Danny turned to me and Sam and Chris went to get a snack before the plane left. Just by looking at him, I couldn't stop the tears that were now falling down my cheeks. He smiled slightly and I run up to him and gave a huge hug. He hugged me back and rubbed my head soothingly. He then spoke. "You know, it's funny how we were almost in the exact same position yesterday but the other way around." He said trying to calm me down. I let go of him and looked directly at his eyes.
"Danny, promise me you'll learn and find a way. You don't even need to get me anything for my birthday- 'Which is today.' I thought while speaking. –except for you to be learning." I said he smiled slightly. "I promise to you I will. And I'm sorry." He said sadly. Then, we heard the call for their plane. He turned again.
"By the way, Cathy, tell Mark that I'm gone and I'm pretty sure he saw me crying at the park yesterday when I was with you, so if he does, could you defend me." He said slightly blushing from embarrassment. I nodded.
When they left, Alex took us to school. By the time we got there it was nine. Just some minutes late, not an hour yet. We walked towards our class while Alex walked to his, also glumly.
When we got into the class, we saw Mark putting a CD in a DVD player. The attention was turned from him to us. Our English Language Arts and Writing teacher, Mrs. Panettiere, looked at us and spoke. "You three are very late. What's your, oh so great, excuse this time?" she asked, annoyed. We sometimes had to leave and gave an excuse so she was getting tired of them. Sam sighed and decided to speak, but then the TV that was set up started to play. All attention turned to Mark who had to press play for the actual movie/video, whatever it was, to start. He smirked.
"Well, as you all know, we had to look at people and things around us to see how they might feel and write a story with those kind of emotions. I got this video yesterday and I think that it clearly shows a lot of emotion. I'm just upset that, that person won't be able to see it because he's not here yet." He said and pressed play. I saw first Danny against the tree before I got there. Then I saw Danny crying on someone, though that person didn't come out. It was just him crying like he was vulnerable.
'That's it!' I though and unplugged the TV while it was still playing and I turned on the lights that had been off. Mark turned to me smirking but right now, I. Am. Not. In. The. Mood. For. His. Stupid. Games!
"Mark. Do you have any idea in your little brain why he's like that?" I asked walking closer to him glaring. He seemed to start to get nervous but didn't answer.
"Do you know why he's not here?" I asked and again, no answer. I glared more.
"I'll tell you why. He was crying because he was sad, upset and felt awful. He was like that because he had to move. Not just school, not just city, not just country, JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT CONTINENT THAT HE KNOWS HE WILL HAVE TO LEARN MUCH ABOUT! He was sad and upset because he was going to leave the only place he has known his whole life and he was like that because he will leave his friends! Do you want to know why we were late? Do you? No, you don't, but I'll tell you anyway and hopefully it will get in your brain. We were late because the guy that you are always trying to beat, the person that always tries to put you in your place, our friend, left today! If you think that having a video of him crying would have intimidated him, you are very wrong!" I shouted to him, who already had a terrified look on his face. I sat on my desk and waited for an actual lesson to begin.
'This is going to be a long day.' I thought.
Me: Please don't hate me for writing this! I just had it in my mind since around May and June. It was annoying having it there. I just hope you guys like it and I am writing my other story.
Levin: I don't like it.
Me:That's because you're not in it. But you might, I don't know yet.
Levin: *sigh* Fine but I'm still mad at that.
She doesn't own anything and she hopes you like it.