"I guess what I'm trying to say Danny is, I really like you. I just had to let you know." Jo said looking Danny in the eyes, his wide eyes.
He was definitely not expecting Jo Masterson, the girl who he considers his sister, to just come out and say that she likes him. Then his world came crumbling down when he realized that he shouldn't have listened to Lacey and just told Jo about him and Lacey. This was so hard for him. He doesn't want to hurt her and possibly lose her. She was the first person to give him a shot and was kind enough to try and prove him innocent to her father who happens to be the chief of police! He was afraid to say the least. He didn't know how he could break the news to her. Luckily he wouldn't be embarrassing her in front of a sea of fellow students. She had told him when they were about to leave school and walk home. When he was about to open his mouth to tell her everything, she beat him to it.
"Look I understand you might not feel the same way, but I felt like I had to tell you so that way I'd be able to start to move on from you. Let's just start walking it's fine." Jo said turning around and walking away expecting Danny to trail behind her and eventually catch up. When Jo was at the end of the hallway she looked back at him to see him still frozen in his position. Jo tilted her head to the side and furrowed her eyebrows together in confusion. If she could move past this, why couldn't he? "Danny, you ok?"
Danny shook his head, still staring at her with the same wide eyes as before. He was trying to decide if he should tell her about him and Lacey. Of course Lacey would be upset that he told her without discussing it with her first, but how long did she think they were going to keep it from Jo if he didn't tell her now? He went against the part of him that was telling him to at least wait and talk to Lacey. He had to tell her now to save her from hurting more later. "Listen Jo, I wanted to tell you this but we agreed that we weren't going to."
Jo's face now took on a much more concerned face. What else wasn't he telling her? Plus who is we? "Danny? What're you saying?"
Danny took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. He then ran his hand down his face and covered his mouth still having a battle with himself. He already passed the point of no return and had to just rip the band-aid off. "I've been sneaking around with Lacey."
I've been sneaking around with Lacey.
I've been sneaking around with Lacey.
I've been sneaking around with Lacey.
The words bounced around in Jo's head, making her feel incredibly stupid.
Instead of expecting to feel hurt from Danny rejecting her for her ex best friend, she was surprisingly taken over by anger. She felt her once widened eyes change to an intense glare. What the hell? Jo knew that Danny had secrets crucial to the investigation and wouldn't tell her, but she didn't understand why he didn't tell her about this. It made her wonder what else he hasn't told her and how much of what he had told her was real. Most importantly, she was confused.
He had told her that she was the most important thing to him in his life, yet he kept this from her? This wasn't even that big of a deal! If he would have told her before she confessed her feelings for him, she would've been hurt, of course, but once that subsided she really wouldn't have cared. Of course she'd feel a twinge of jealously around them, but compared to proving his innocence to the police, that relationship wouldn't be displayed that much. She knows that they still wouldn't be able to show off their relationship in public since Lacey doesn't want it getting out, but did they really have to keep it from her? Did they think so low of her that she would tell everyone the Lacey Porter, most popular girl in school, is going out with Danny Desai, the childhood murderer who is the main suspect for another murder?
Danny could feel the anticipation rise in him. He was expecting her to burst out into a fit of rage at him. Yet she was standing down the hall, glaring at him and shaking her head. Couldn't she explode already instead of just staring at him and making him fearful?! Suddenly Jo turned around for a second before snapping around with a fire in her eyes. "What the hell?!" Jo screamed the loudest he has ever heard from her.
Danny flinched in shock from her outburst even though he knew it was coming. He was expecting yet he still clamped his eyes shut, not being able to look at her as she tried to keep herself from attacking him. "How long has this been going on?!" Jo said clearly fed up with him.
"Only a few days." Danny responded calmly. "I wanted to tell you but-"
"Save it! I can't believe that even after everything I've tried to do for you, you're still keeping secrets from me!" Jo said shaking her head, ready to storm away.
"Look Jo believe me I wanted-"
"Believe you?! How dare you say that to me!"
"What are you talking about?" Danny asked confused. Why was she so annoyed that he asked her to trust him.
"Oh my god you're so damn oblivious! Do you have any idea how many times you've asked for my trust? This would be the fifth time and every damn time you lie right to my face again!"
"We didn't want you to feel like the third wheel!" Danny said shouting out his answer.
"Oh come on! You don't think I can handle that! I've been an outcast ever since Lacey and I stopped being friends! Do you really think I would be that affected by it?! Plus I have Rico! You guys aren't my only two friends!"
Danny then put his head down in shame. That thought never came into his head. If she was ever bothered by their flirting, she could always go and talk with Rico. "Jo please-"
"Just shut up!" Danny's eyes widened again as she now let the hurt show on her face, "Just shut up Danny! You want my help and trust, but you constantly test it! But do you have any idea how it affects me?! I'm tearing my family apart to prove that you aren't guilty!" Jo suddenly felt like she couldn't yell anymore as the change in her family's unity really hit her. "My mom she hasn't been the same since you came back. She's been different, I can't exactly explain it. My parents have been fighting a lot more since my mom wants to give you a chance and my dad is completely against it." Jo suddenly let out a shaky breath before continuing. "And my dad." Jo said before a sob threatened to escape from her throat. No, she would not break down in front of Danny, she couldn't. "We used to have such a strong bond and now it's gone because he won't see sense. We barely even talk anymore because he always asks if you give me any information and I just-" Jo couldn't continue without breaking down and took a calming breath before looking up at him and seeing his sympathy for her. "Look finding out that you've kept this from me, even if it was only a few days, it still makes me wonder what else you haven't told me or if everything you've said to me was true!" Jo took a deep breath and clamped her eyes shut, "I've been here for you the whole time and all you do is tell me lie after lie!" Jo shook her head before continuing, "Maybe Rico was right about me trusting you." Jo said painfully. She really did not want to leave whatever chance she had getting her life back to what it used to be all those years ago before she lost both of her best friends.
Now it was Danny's turn to be confused. What did Rico have anything to do with it? More importantly what the hell did he say to Jo? "What do you mean maybe Rico was right?" Danny asked with his eyebrows furrowed together.
Jo shook her head, "I should've listened to him. He asked me how I keep on trusting you since you lied about the necklace. I think that's why he's backing up a bit from the investigation. Look it's not that big of a deal. He told me this at fall fest after you went home."
"Oh right yeah when I went home." Danny said suddenly becoming nervous. He had lied to her about that night as well. Since when did he become such a bad liar? He's been able to pull it off for a lot of other things, but why couldn't he this time?
Jo furrowed her eyebrows before they snapped open, the realization of him lying to her about that night as well hit her in the face. "You lied to me about that night too?!" Jo asked outraged.
Danny instantly put his hands up in defense. "Look Lacey texted me! She wanted to meet me alone and away from the festival. That was when she showed me the letter. She didn't want to show it to you at first, but I told her I wouldn't hide that from you."
"Yeah then I bet you guys hooked up after right?! It did take the both of you a long time to get to the diner that night!" When Jo saw the color in Danny's cheeks disappear to a ghostly pale, she knew her accusation was at least partially right. "Oh my god Danny! When does the lying stop?!" Jo said completely enraged now. What else hadn't he told her about him and Lacey?!
"We didn't exactly hook up! We kissed! That's it!"
"If you think it's so small, then why the hell didn't you tell me?!" Jo said with a fire inside of her. She once again would be disappointed, but she would be able to move past her crush on him that much faster. She would've focused more on other boys. When she looked at Danny, she saw that he was completely at a loss for words. So Jo finished the conversation for him. "When you're done hiding things from me, come find me."
"Jo-" Danny tried to say before he lost her again.
"Good luck with your investigation. I'll be secretly rooting for you." Jo snarled before turning on her heel and walking down the hall, not looking back.
"Jo!" Danny said taking a step forward with his arm stretched out until he saw her turn the corner without sparing him another glance.
When Jo turned the corner she slowly picked up her pace, knowing it would take him a few seconds to let everything sink in and she worried that he would chase after her. It started off as speed walking, then jogging, then full out sprinting out of the school. She could feel the tears start to well up in her eyes. She needed to get out of there. When she pushed the door open, she didn't expect to crash into another human being, besides Danny. She put her hands behind her to brace herself to hit the cement ground before the steps. She looked up to see the person turn around to face her. She let her jaw drop noticing that it was Tyler, Phoebe's brother.
"Hey Jo. Why are you in such a hurry? Are you ok?" Tyler asked concerned for her, seeing the tears in her eyes.
Jo quickly, yet violently wiped the tears from her eyes, she would not break down in front of anyone, not even Rico. "I'm ok just a little bit in a rush." Jo said before turning around to look through the narrow window, checking to see if Danny was coming. If he was, she was going to make a mad dash out of there. She couldn't face him right now. Luckily he wasn't in sight, which Jo was grateful for. She looked up to see Tyler staring down at her with a concerned expression on his face.
"So were you walking home or heading out somewhere?" Tyler asked her, knowing that Jo wasn't going to give him much information on why she was so upset, so he decided to drop the subject.
"Uhhh," Jo said biting her lip. She doubted Rico would be waiting for her at the diner since he signed up for extra PSAT courses. She also knew that if Danny were to try and find her, that'd be his first place to look. Also if she was home, she could have her chief of police father defend her if necessary. "I'm just walking home. Would you like to walk with me or do you have some place to be?" Jo really did not want to get in the way of his personal plans, if he had any, which he probably did since he himself was also pretty popular.
Tyler shook his head and moved beside her opposed to in front of her. "Nope no plans today. I was just planning on enjoying nature. Wouldn't mind enjoying it with another beautiful part of nature." Tyler said nudging her with his elbow taking a few steps forward with her, making Jo chuckle at his little pick up line. Jo let out a stray tear fall from her eye and right before she was about to angrily swipe it away, Tyler was once again in front of her. "Hey are you sure you're ok?" Tyler brought his thumb to her cheek and gently wiped it away.
"Yeah I just had a pretty rough argument. It's nothing let's just go." Jo said trying to walk past him until he placed his hand on her arm.
"Look, tonight I'm throwing this party. If you want you're more than welcome to come. It's for the film club and whoever wants to come. What do you say?"
"Uh I don't-" Jo was cut off when she heard the sound of the school door closing. She turned around to see Danny looking directly at them. Her head quickly snapped back around to face Tyler. "Uh sure! Sounds fun and I could really blow off some steam." Jo said allowing a smile to spread on her face.
She didn't know why she agreed to go. She knew Danny didn't trust him, but was that the main reason that she was going? There was no going back now. Tyler smiled and moved back to her side and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and bringing her closer to him. "Great! You're going to have such a fun time!"
As Jo walked down the pathway with Tyler, she could feel Danny staring her down, but she refused to look back, she wasn't going to give him that. He deserved the silent treatment from her for a little while. She was going to have some fun in her life for once and for the first time in weeks, not focus on the case.
A/N Hey guys! I'm new to the Twisted fandom! The show is amazing and I know a lot of people ship Dacey, but I ship Janny. I'm not entirely sure if this will be a multichapter story. I had intended for it to be a one shot, but by the way this ended, it could go either way. So leave a review telling me what you think. Also if you're a Bori fan, check out my Bori stories as well! Later!
-BorixJannyxoxo