After his encounter with Danielle (and a few more hours of sleep), he rushed over to his best friend's house for backup. Dan banged on Chris' door, yelling inaudible nonsense as he called for his friend.
Before Chris could open the door for the tyrant, it open to Dan's kick." Really, Dan?!" He yelled followed by a soft growl as he checked the door. "You broke the hinges!"
"Shut it." He stabbed a finger in the man's face. "I need your ugly ass wife."
"Dan!" He put his hands on his hips, glaring at his rude friend. "What did I tell you about saying rude things about Elise?!"
"Well, I'm sorry for saying how I feel." He stuck out his tongue to Chris like a child.
At that moment Elise came from the kitchen, untying the apron that was wrapped around her waist. "Oh, hello Dan." She said with less enthusiasm, her eyes widening when she saw the door. "What in the hell happened to the door?!"
"Yeah, Chris did. Anyway," Dan spoke quickly, tapping his foot impatiently. "I need you to do some research for me." He put his fingertips together and chuckled in an evil manner.
"What do you mean by 'research'?" She asked with concern, crossing her arms in slight interest.
"On a girl…" He growled as the slightest thought of Danielle intruded his mind.
"A girl?" An expression of disbelief and wonder appeared on her face. "Like a 'girl' girl?" She looked at Chris who was just as surprised as her.
"Actually more of a woman. She was somewhere in her mid-thirties. Not bad-looking either..." He smirked slightly as he pictured the misanthropic woman in his head. It was about a minute before he threw the image out. "Anyway," he continued. "That's not the point."
"Well, what could you possibly want with a woman?" Chris questioned, knowing Dan, he'd probably want to burn her for looking at him the wrong way or some idiotic reason Dan could make up.
"What else would I want with a woman?" Dan glared at his friend. "I want to get revenge!" He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth for dramatic effect.
"Dan, why do you feel like getting revenge on this poor woman is the right thing to do?" Elise sighed, knowing that she should've expected this kind of thing from Dan. "This just gonna be another Hortense case."
"I never got revenge on Hortense!" He corrected Elise. "And what's that supposed to mean?!"
"Dan, you're going to fall in love with this girl and go all crazy about her."
"Blasphemy!" Dan yelled loudly, jumping up and down in anger. "I was never 'in love' with her. I just felt... very warmly towards her."
"Dan, you were crazy about her." Chris snickered which caused Dan to give him another glare.
"Look, are you going to help or not?!" Dan growled at Elise, now irritated with the both of them.
"No." Elise answered calmly.
"Why the fuck not?" He whined slightly, hoping that it would change her mind.
"Because I'm not going to help you destroy this woman's life!" Elise argued against him.
"She destroyed my car! I have to make her pay!" He started out the house. "And I can do it without your fucking help!" He stopped at the doorway. "Chris, come on. I'm going to need your help."
Chris sighed and followed Dan, Elise grabbed his arm to stop him. "Are you really going to help him?" She glared at him.
"Of course not honey." He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her forehead. "I just want to see this woman and get to know her myself. Try to talk some sense into Dan."
"You're a good person, Chris.." She smiled sweetly. "Do not let him hurt that woman." She warned him.
"I won't." He learned in for a kiss when Dan honked the horn, yelling for him to hurry. "I'll be back soon." He gave her a quick kiss before rushing out the door.
-oOoOo-
Dan paced around his apartment as Chris stood by the window, waiting for Danielle to come by. He watched Dan as he growled and muttered to himself, his hand stroking the stubble on his face, trying to figure out a to take down this woman he claims to have 'destroyed his car'. Dan paused his eyes brightening for a minute then went back to their dull green color and he began to pace again. He must've thought up of plan then watched it fail in his mind. These were his most favorite moments with Dan, they were calm and peaceful and didn't involve him getting eaten by a T-Rex.
"What if-"
"No." Chris interrupted him, shutting down his plan.
"Oh come on!" Dan whined, crossing his arms. "You don't even know what I was going to say!"
"It doesn't matter. I promised Elise that I wouldn't let you hurt this girl."
"Chris, you're supposed to be helping me!" He scowled at him.
"I am, but I don't feel comfortable hurting this poor woman that you just met!"
Dan growled and was about to shout when he heard a car engine turn off. Chris looked out the window, unable to make out the person in the car. Dan pushed Chris out the way and stared at the car, becoming angrier as he watched Danielle park her car next to his. He ran to the door and almost ripped the door off it's hinges as he ran out to the stairs. "Get your damn car away from mine, woman!" Dan's yelling caused Chris to follow him outside.
"Dan..." Chris' eyes widened when he saw her. "You have a twin sister?"
"Who the fuck are you mistaking as that asshole's sister?!" Danielle yelled as she shut her car door. "And I can park my car whenever I feel like parking it, jerkface!"
Chris didn't even notice Dan move away from him until he saw him running towards her. "Dan, stop!" Chris sprinted after Dan, grabbing him by the arms and holding him back. He smiled sheepishly at Danielle. "He's not always like this." He threw her a smile.
Danielle growled punched Dan in the stomach, Chris gasped and Dan got out of his grasp, rushing to hit Danielle when Chris stood in the middle of them.
"Guys, stop this! You are acting like children!" Chris yelled, holding both of back from one another.
"She hit me! You saw that!" Dan barked, wanting to punch her back.
"You're an asshole and you stole my cigarettes!" Danielle hissed back at him, baring her teeth as a threat.
"You're not the only one who needs smokes, toots!"
"Hey, both of you, stop it!" Chris pushed them away from each other.
Danielle hissed at Dan and pushed both him and Chris out of the way. "Why don't the both of you go make love somewhere else cause I don't want to hear that shit!" She flipped them off and walked towards her apartment.
Chris became offended and blushed brightly. "Hey, we're not-"
"Oh, I'm sure you would love that, wouldn't you?!" Dan yelled, his face flushed from embarrassment.
"You're disgusting." She snorted, placing a hand on her hip.
"I can say the same for you." He placed a hand on his hip to mock her.
"You don't even know me!" She scowled.
Chris' eyes brightened and he got what he thought was a brilliant idea. "Hey! Why don't the two of you have lunch together?" He flashed a smiled to Danielle, trying to charm her. "That way you both can get to know each other."
"Lunch with the enemy?" Dan whispered as rubbed his chin, Why didn't I think of that? A smile appeared on Dan's face. "Lunch sounds perfect!" He bursted with sudden happiness that surprised both Chris and Danielle.
"Well... I can never say no to free food." She shrugged, crossing her arms in slight confusion. Why the hell is this idiot being so nice when he was just yelling at me? She thought as she watched Dan casually walk towards her.
"Alright, so it's settled." He put his arm gently around Danielle's shoulders, bringing her closer to him. "Lunch at Burger Phile's… let's say tomorrow around two?"
Danielle's face turn a slight pink. "Uh, sure. Two is ok." Her eyebrows were furrowed in false anger, not wanting Dan to think that him touching her meant that they were 'friends'.
"Alright, sugar-tits!" Danielle let out a slight squeal when Dan gave her ass a tight slap. "I'll pick you up at two!" He grabbed Chris and rushed into his apartment, making sure to lock it before Danielle could do something in retaliation. He watched her from the corner of his window, her face was bright red in angered embarrassment as she walked past his door to her place next door. He chuckled evilly and rubbed his hands together. "Chris, you're a genius!" He shouted in happiness, hugging his best friend.
Chris' face flushed a slight red and he smiled, patting Dan's back. "W-Well, thanks Dan! See now you have a date tomorrow with that woman and maybe you guys can be friends."
Dan pushed Chris away. "Friends? Date? Ha! Don't make me laugh!" He snickered at his Chris' idiotic comment.
"So, if you're not going to go on the date, then why-"
"Oh, I'm going on that date." He smirked as he walked past him and grabbed his revenge bag. "But not for 'lovey-dovey' reasons." He gagged at the slight thought of him and Danielle being a couple. Then again, with a body like that it could be worth it. He growled as he shook the thought of that out of his head. He took out a small tape recorder from the bag. "I'm going to have small talk and record every single thing she will say to me about her and use that information against her!" He grinned, patting himself on the back his brilliant plan.
"And just when I thought you had slightly changed, Dan." Chris shook his head in disappointment.
"Shut it! She fucking punched me and I was not about to let that go!" Dan yelled.
"You know what. I'm not part of this." Chris unlocked the door and let himself out.
"That's fine! I didn't need your help anyway!" He yelled within the silence of the room. He grumbled to himself silently and his planned out his revenge scheme mentally, but as he did he couldn't get the thought of Danielle out of his head. He didn't want anything to do with her except to get revenge for his car, so he couldn't understand why he was constantly thought of her. He decided that it was nothing, but within his dreams that night she was in them. He woke up quickly when he ended up kissing her in his dreams, sitting up in cold sweat somewhere around 3am. He breathed heavily as he grabbed his head, becoming lightheaded as he thoughts were filling up with her. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" He growled as he laid back down. He stared at the ceiling, trying to clear his head when Mr. Mumbles hopped onto his bed with him. A warming smile invited the cat to snuggle into Dan's arms and a few soft strokes to her fur caused her to purr happily. "Don't worry, Mr. Mumbles." Dan spoke softly to the cat. "I'll get revenge on Danielle if it's the last thing I'll do." He yawned as his eyes shut closed to another Danielle-filled sleep.
Shit from me: Hey, I know this is LONG overdue, but I was stuck and distracted by other things for a while. Anyway, I'm going to be working on this story again and making all of you hungry for it's finish! So, things are just starting to heat in, in the next chapter, Dan and Danielle will obviously go on their date and Dan will begin to realize that Danielle is more and more like him. So this will cause some... emotions to rise and tension to thicken. If you have any ideas or concerns, please feel free to write them down in your review. Later jerkfaces!