Alice walked out of Danny's house, her mind in turmoil. She didn't want to get close to him and he'd nearly kissed her. The face she'd wanted him to kiss her too. She'd wanted it with everything inside her. That scared her coz it meant they were getting close. She couldn't fall for him, he had Sarah and she'd only end up heartbroken!
"Hey Alice, wait up!" Danny shouted. "Mum wants to know if your staying for tea?" he asked. What Danny didn't tell Alice was that his mum had encouraged him to come after her.
"Danny, I should really go home!" Alice said.
He grabbed her hand and ran his thumb over her split knuckles. She felt tingles running up her arm. "This isn't about our little near miss kiss is it?" he whispered and grinned.
Alice looked at him, he'd been right before he was soooooooooooo cute!
"NO!" she said too quickly. "Can you not do that to me Danny!" Alice asked struggling to think.
"Why?" he grinned cockily. "Do I make you nervous?" he whispered into her ear.
"No I'm fine!" she said breathlessly. Why was he torturing her in this way? She wondered.
"C'mon it's just tea!" Danny said.
"I can't!" she said her voice held a hint of panic.
He grinned at her, before she realised his intent he swooped down and pressed his lips to hers. Their lips fit together - like they were made specifically for each other. She felt her arms rest on his shoulders under their own volition.
Danny pulled away. They both smiled then giggled a little. "There nothing to be nervous about anymore!" he said. He grabbed her hand and pulled her towars the house, before she knew it she was sat next to Danny at his dining table.
They chatted amicably.
"So Alice what do your parents do?" Amanda asked.
"My father doesn't have to work, he was left a large inheritance when his uncle died." he also inherited a life insurance policy when her mother died. She found the paperwork. No wonder her dad didn't have to work her mother had been insured for £250000.
"My mother passes away 18 months ago!" Alice said sadly, her head dropped and she studied her plate for a moment.
"Aw Alice, Have you been ok I'm here if you need to talk!" Danny said. He grabbed her hand and squeezed. Alice looked at his hand upon hers. She then squeezed it back.
"Thanks." she said.
Amanda saw this and smiled. Aw they were so cute. young love! She thought wistfully, it was so innocent that touch of hands, she thought. Her little boy was growing to be a fine man!
"I'm sorry to bring up a sore subject!" Amanda said.
"Don't worry about it!" Alice said. She and Danny still held hands.
"My dad is away on business at the minute, he spends more time away then he does at home!" Danny said with a touch of bitterness.
Amanda looked at her son with sympathy. "When I get married I'll never spend this time away from wife and kids!" Danny said determinedly.
"So have you decided what career you'd like to focus on?" Amanda asked them both.
"Vet!" they both said in unison. They looked at each other and grinned.
"No way!" Danny said.
"What's wrong with that?" Alice asked.
"All that blood and gore, most girls can't take it!" he said.
"Danny I'm not most girls - me I'm one of a kind!" she said.
"You sure are!" he murmured.
Everyone chatted happily over dinner. Danny and Alice told each other why they wanted to be vets. It was soon apparent that they were both passionate about animals.
"Hey Danny why don't we do the dishes while your mum puts her feet up!" Alice suggested.
"Yeah go on mum, this won't take long!" he said.
Amanda grinned at Alice. "I knew there was a reason I liked you! Danny never willingly does dishes. Can you come over every night?" She asked.
Alice blushed. She walked into the kitchen.
"She's a lovely girl Danny!" Amanda murmured. She was too, so polite, well spoken. Her parents should be proud! Amanda thought.
Alice and Danny stood at the sink. Alice was washing and Danny was drying.
"We make a good team eh Danny?" Alice asked.
"We sure do!" Danny replied.
"To bad your not as fast as me!" she said. "Hurry up slow coach lagging behind."
"Hey!" he said and whipped her bum with his towel.
"Ahhhhh!" she squealed with laughter. "I'm gonna get you!" she yelled.
She grabbed a handful of bubbles from the sink and piled them on his head. He replied by picking up a handful and blowing them into her face.
They were both laughing. "I give up!" she yelled "You win!" she was nearly doubled over with laughing.
"Ah ha! Victorious at last!" he crowed and did a victory dance across the room. Alice just laughed harder.
"C'mere!" she shouted. She stood in front of him and took a picture of him with her phone. He placed his arms around her waist.
When the picture was taken they both laughed. "We look like drowned rats!" Alice said.
"Hey speak for yourself!" he said in mock horror.
"Look at you covered in bubbles!" she told him.
Danny's mother had seen the bubble fight. This girl was so good for Danny, she hoped that she and Danny stayed together. She'd met that Sarah and to be honest she hadn't thought much of her. All fluff and no substance. But this girl she had potential. She walked away and left them to it.
"I'm gonna miss you at school tomorrow!" Danny said.
"You'll have Sarah!" she said with a tone of voice.
"OOOO is that jealousy I hear?" he asked playfully.
"I don't care!" she said nonchalantly.
"Well you won't be bothered that I broke up with her!" Danny told her.
"What? Why?" she asked.
"I had feelings for someone else to be honest I don't know why I went out with her in the first place we have nothing in common. This other person though she's something special!" he said and nudged her shoulders. "Plus Sarah was being a bitch to her and I wasn't having that, Sarah can't hold a candle to you er her!" he said. "Does this other person like me too?" he hinted.
Alice grinned widely. "I think she does, A LOT!" she said.
"Good I'd hate to think this thing was one sided!" he said and laughed.
Alice checked her phone. "Sorry Danny, I've got to get home." Alice said.
"I'll walk you home!" he said.
"You don't have to." Alice told him.
"Yes I do!" he insisted. "It's getting dark and your not familiar with this area!" he said. "So humour me, I'd hate it if anything happened to you!" he said.
They walked along the darkened streets.
"Here's my phone number, I meant what I said earlier, if you need to talk at anytime day or night I'm here for you ok!" he said. "My facebook is Danny Trevanion, NOT Daniel!" he said.
She told him her number and he saved it to his phone.
"I meant what I said, at the sink I mean, the moment we met I felt this…" he struggled to find a appropriate word. He wasn't good at expressing himself. "I dunno, a connexion or something! Your not fake! When I look at you, talk to you, I see you. Not Alice trying to be someone else. My feelings didn't become clear till you beat me at football. I've never been put so neatly in my place before! You were NO you are amazing. You looked so self confident, so stunning! You took my breath away if I'm being honest. I tried all my best moves to try and take that ball and you countered each one. I was trying to impress you but you were the one who impressed the hell out of me. I fell for you in that instant!" he said. "I want to spend more time with you, can we?" he asked.
Alice was overcome with emotions swirling around her. No one had ever been that nice to her before!
"Can we take things slowly Danny? Just get to know each other first!" she said.
"Yeah definitely!" he said. They reached her house. "You'd better be getting inside!" he said. He gently cupped her face and kissed her once, tenderly. "I'll see you after school tomorrow! Meet me at the gates when I'm finished."
She walked towards her front door. "By the way I was showing off for you too!" Alice said as she turned to him.
He grinned at her and blew her a kiss. "Later!" he shouted.
Oh god she was falling fast, she had to find a way to slow this down. He was just too perfect! She thought. She walked into her house. Her dad lay on the floor. She was relieved that he was asleep. She looked at the bench in the kitchen and noticed the piles of dishes. She remembered an hour ago doing the dishes in Danny's, she smiled. She decided to leave them. She walked to her room and pulled on her shorts and t-shirt for bed. Well she had the next 3 days off school, what to do? She wondered. She lay on her bed and grabbed her phone. She looked at the picture of her and Danny covered in suds. They looked so happy. She set it as her wallpaper. She placed her phone back on her bedside cabinet. She was just musing when a angry man walked into her bedroom.
"Where have you been?" Alice's father asked menacingly.
"Round my friends!" Alice said sitting up on her mattress. Her feet dangled over the edge of the bed.
"Next time you come straight home from school got that!" he said.
"Ok dad!" she said. She had no intention of honouring this he wouldn't even remember in the morning.
"I saw you with that boy!" he said. "He's only using you!" he father said. "What he'd want with you is beyond me your worthless!" he told her.
Alice jumped onto her feet. "No he's not!" she yelled. Her father pushed her and she fell back onto her bed.
"Your good for nothing!" he spat and stomped out of her room.
Alice's eyes filled with tears - her wonderful night with Danny was ruined. NO she wasn't letting anything ruin it. Especially not that bastard! She made a decision. She packed a bag with all her essentials and placed it in her wardrobe. She set her alarm for 4:30. She was outta here! She lay on her bed planning - her mind mulling over her options. She closed her eyes.
A/N ooo whats alice up 2 i wonder? please keep readin + reviewin. i'm likin this story (not her dad though he's an prick) thanks 4 all ya lovely reviews they're great :)
