Alice's POV
I sat through history, awaiting the bell to go - I wish it would hurry up! The clock ticked by slowly, the DVD on Nazi Germany was nattering away in the background, finally the bell rang it's deafening tone. Everyone jumped up quickly as we all raced out of the classroom. I walked down to the bike sheds, Lou and Daphne stared at me in confusion, but I just shot them an innocent grin. They shrugged their shoulders and walked off in the opposite direction. As I walked outside, I saw Danny leaning on the bike shed, he smiled and waved as I walked over. I returned the favour, as we met half way and began to walk towards the gate.
"Hey." Danny said happily as we walked out the gates.
"Hi." I smiled. "How was your English?"
"Oh God Alice, Wicked Wild Witch of the West Watson went completely off her head, had an heart attack when she saw the quality of that work." Danny muttered, I looked at him, he was looking down hiding his face from me.
"I'm sorry Danny." I managed to mutter, God, good help I was!
"Why are you sorry, she gave me an A* that's why she had a heart attack, I usually get D's!" Danny grinned, he pushed me gently on my arm. "But I had you going didn't I?" He smiled cockily.
"No!" I said far to quickly, he just grinned.
"Yeh yeh!" He laughed, I laughed with him, as we finally reached town. Danny was right, it was only ten minutes away.
"You fancy a McDonalds first?" Danny asked, as we approached the town centre from down a small side street.
"Sure." I said as we walked into the fast food chain. Danny began to mess with his wallet, and withdrew a twenty pound note.
"How much you ordering?" I teased as I took my own money out.
He placed a hand on my hand which held the money and placed it in my pocket. "I'm buying yours too." I opened my mouth to protest but he shook his head. "No arguing Miss Collins!"
I sighed, I don't like him buying me stuff, no one ever does, so it's weird. But when Danny got an idea in his head, it was near impossible to get it out again, he's so stubborn!
"What do you want Alice?" he asked, breaking my train of thought.
"Erm… a quarter pounder please." I mumbled, I felt so cheeky.
"Alice, there's no need to feel bad, I want to buy it for you. Tell you what, you can buy it next time! Would that make you feel better about it?" Danny asked me, I nodded in reply. "Medium or Large?"
"Medium." I smiled, I still didn't want to cost him money.
"Okay, same as me then." He winked.
"But Danny, you need a large, medium will only fill up one leg!" I teased.
"A large would overflow with you." He retorted back. We both ended up laughing as the assistant handed us our meal. Danny led the way downstairs to the lower floor. "It's quieter down here." He smiled, pointing towards the hustle and bustle of school kids all upstairs grabbing food.
We began talking about everything, from our favourite TV programs, to talking about vetting, we even ended up on children's classics TV programs, seems we both had a thing for Tots TV!
It was a while later when we finally got out of the restaurant. It was then I realised we hadn't really come to town for a specific reason, we walked round slowly, just talking it felt great just sitting and talking with Danny, sharing the laughs. Danny teasing me, me teasing Danny. It was heaven and it made me feel like all my problems were far away. My dad, Rowan, school, everything was irrelevant when I was with Danny.
"Fancy walking along the canal to the park?" Danny asked, we'd walked all around town.
"Yeh, of course." I smiled, as I pulled my coat on, noticing the dark clouds hanging overhead.
"Aah, yeh sorry about the weather!" He laughed.
"Oh don't worry, Glasgow weather prepares you for anything!" I giggled.
"You know Alice, you've never told me why you moved here, I mean, Scotland's a beautiful country, why move down to this horrible built up place?" Danny asked as we reached the park.
I took a deep breath, I'd never talked to anyone about anything, I'd never had anyone to talk to. Well, I had had my friends in Scotland, but I never told them about anything, not this sort of stuff. But I trusted Danny, I really did.
"Well." I took another deep breath, as we sat under a tree. "My mum died, about a year ago, cancer." I stopped, I could feel emotions welling up inside me, I felt a large hand grab my own and squeeze it.
"I'm sorry." Danny said quietly and softly, he kept hold of my hand as I continued. I didn't let go either, in fact my grip tightened.
"Well, since then dad's not been the same. He's not worked, and we couldn't afford to stay in Glasgow, no work, he'd lost his job, so we moved here." I looked at Danny. "I didn't want to come here, but I had no choice. I just…" I paused.
"Does your dad treat you right?" Danny asked reading my mind.
I looked at him, he immediately understood, no he didn't.
"Alice you have to get out of there… I can't let you get hurt." Danny said to me, his concern seemed genuine.
"I can't…" I muttered, "Danny… I miss my mum."
I don't know why, well I do, but why in front of Danny, I burst into tears, he took me into his arms, and stroked my pony tail gently.
"Hey, ssh." He soothed, "I know."
"How do you know?" I shouted, "No one ever understands!"
"I do." Danny replied, I looked up at him. In that moment I realised Danny had a story too.
"Danny?" I whispered, my voice scratchy.
"I… I live with My aunt and uncle. My mum and dad… they…" He paused, I squeezed his hand and he tightened his grip on mine, he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, as I buried my head into his shoulder. He didn't seem to mind, in fact he pulled me closer.
"My mum and dad died in a car crash. I was about 10. I went through the bad times. The real bad times. Everyone was worried about me, but I had no one to talk to, no one understood, and no one ever has until now." He smiled at me, I smiled smally back. "I miss my parents too… but I'm happy now. Life's just got to go on. And I'm determined to make the most of life, as it's too short not too."
"I'm sorry Danny… I…" He cut me off.
"Alice, there's no need to apologize." He stood up slowly, I stood up too.
"Thanks." I mumbled, it began raining, I looked up. "Typical!"
"To hell with rain!" Danny laughed. "Alice, I mean it, life's too short to not make the most of it, and to… to let opportunities slip by. Alice, I… I erm…"
I stared at him, what did he mean?
"Danny?" I asked, he looked into my eyes, god, his eyes were beautiful, his height made him seem so… so… fit.
"Alice, I… I really like you and… erm… Oh I'm so rubbish with words." Danny sighed, and before I knew it I felt his lips upon my own, I wrapped my arms around his neck, as I felt his hands caress my back. The rain was drenching us, but we didn't care as we stood in the park, all worries floating away as Danny gave me the best moment of my life.
