yeah, i know how short this chapter is, but i jut couldnt think, sorry about that.
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Promises Chapter 4
A few days later, Danny was sitting alone on the sofa drinking a beer he'd found in the fridge. So far, there'd been no sign of Hendon anywhere, but that didn't mean he wasn't coming. He and Stacie had managed to patch things up, but it seemed the closer he got to Stacie, the more distant Ash became. He'd been looking for an opportunity to ask about it, but so far none had arisen. However, now that Ash and walked into the room, laptop under arm, Danny saw his chance.
"Hey Ash" he said.
"Hey" Ash replied, without looking at Danny
"Why have you been treating me so differently?" Danny saw no point in beating about the bush.
"I don't know what you mean," Ash said, typing something in his laptop
"Will you stop that for two seconds and just look at me?" Danny snapped
"Fine." Ash finally looked up at Danny, and he was surprised at the emotions he saw there. Annoyance. Suspicion. Anger.
"What have I done?"
"You left, Dan. Without even a proper goodbye."
"That's not the real reason." Danny said knowingly, "Mickey and Stacie forgave me for that."
"Stacie forgave you because she's Stacie and you're Danny. She could never stay angry at you for long. And Mickey… he doesn't know the full story, though I'm tempted to tell him."
"What full story?" Danny asked
"For a start, he doesn't know that you kissed her in the hospital room."
"He does," Danny interrupted, "Stacie told him."
"Well he doesn't know that Stacie doesn't love him" Ash blurted out
"What?" Danny said incredulously, "Of course she loves him."
"But she's not in love with him" Ash amended, "And you and I both know that makes all the difference."
"Why would she marry him if she wasn't in love with him?"
"Because although it's taken her a while, Stacie's ready to settle down. She wants a big house with a few kids, and she thinks she needs Mickey to have that,"
"If she doesn't love him, why're you letting her go through with it?"
"Because it was okay. It wasn't perfect, but it would have worked. Mickey loves her. At least one of them deserved to be happy,"
"Then how is any of this my fault?"
"Because she's still in love with you,"
"Stacie never loved me," Danny said bitterly
"Of course she loved you. But she knew what conflict it would cause in the group."
"But I left because I thought she loved Mickey,"
"Did she tell you that?"
"No… she denied it, but I thought that she was lying…" Danny realised what a waste the last few years had been. He could have been with the group, doing what he did best, and with the woman he loved, instead of living in a one bedroom flat, selling rubbish washing machines.
"Do you love her?" Ash asked him bluntly
"Yes" Danny answered honestly
"Then you have to do what's right, and let her marry Mickey,"
"Why should I?"
"Because she won't leave him. She would never hurt him like that. There's no point in making her hurt even more."
"Okay," Danny nodded, knowing he had to do the right thing, "As soon as this Hendon things over with, I'm gone,"
"That's probably for the best" Ash agreed, "You just going to go back to your washing machines?"
"No" Danny decided, "I think I've kinda got back into the conman life. I'll do it somewhere else though. I wonder if Scottish Ray would still want me…" he thought aloud. Ash smiled warmly at him for the first time since he'd returned,
"That's our Danny"
yeah i know, ash is meab. but it's 10 years on. things have changed lol
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