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Let me be the one
Telling you it's alright
Sharing the smiles and tears you cry
Let me be the one
Loving you when you're weak
For all of the strength you need
You can come to me
Danny was good about leaving me alone. He saw me in the halls, and we would open up his mouth as if to say something, but he never spoke a word. But, his words still echoed in my head.
"If you can't talk to anyone then you are going to feel more alone. You need to be able to talk to someone, you need to trust someone"
It seems so simple when you put it like that, but it's not simple. It everything but simple.
I heard a roar of thunder; I looked out my science class window to see rain pouring down. The skies were gray, the wind blowing. Me without a ride home. My dad told me I can't take the bus, and he won't pick me up from school. This is the other part of my punishment. But, you get used to it.
The bell rang and I went to my locker. I opened the door and put the books I didn't need back, grabbed my purse and shut the metal door. I sighed and walked out of the front doors of the school. The rain was pouring harder, the wind was blowing stronger, and the skies were darker. I stood under the on-ing for a minute before walking into the rain. The raindrops pounded hard against my body.
I walked along the road that would eventually lead me to my house. Don't get me wrong, I have walked home from school countless times before. But when it is pouring, you are bruised and have to walk about 2 miles, it is hard. The tears started falling from my eyes, mixing with the rain. My clothes were stuck up against my body, my hair was drenched. I was shivering, and I felt numb.
I heard a car engine behind me, and before I knew it a car was pulled up beside the road where I was walking. The driver leaned over to the passenger door and opened,
"Get in" he said. I looked at him for a minute, before I kept walking. The car pulled up a little bit before stopping again, I turned to face the car,
"No" I said.
"Come on…" he said, his voice quieter.
"Danny, no" I said again, and I kept walking. I heard the door close, but seconds later another door was opened. Footsteps splashed through the puddles until Danny was standing in front of me. He placed his hands on my arms and looked down at me, the rain falling down on him, making his curly hair stick against his face.
"Its freezing cold, you're soaking wet. You're going to get sick." he said to me.
"I don't care…I only have about a mile and a half to go…" I said
"Let me give you a ride" he said, his voice going down to a whisper. I looked up at him, my body was shaking, "please…" he added, pulling me close to his body, as an attempt to warm me up. But by then his clothes were soaking wet.
"Fine…" I said, he let go of me, and led me to his car. I climbed into the passenger seat. The warm air feeling like fire against me cold skin. I sighed deeply as Danny climbed in the car.
"Why are you walking home anyways?" he asked as he started to drive down the road. I looked at him
"I missed the bus…" I lied. He turned his head slightly to look at me, "and my dad couldn't make it to pick me up…"
"Really?" he questioned, I nodded as he turned his attention back to the road. After five minutes of driving I looked at where the car was,
"Where are we going?" I asked him, we past my house a few miles ago.
"My house" he said, as he pulled into a driveway. The house it belonged to was small. It was made of brick, and had a garden full of flowers in front of it. Danny climbed out of the car and ran over to the passenger door; he opened it, letting me out. He shut the door, and we ran up to the covered porch. The door had a small 'welcome' sign on it, Danny opened the door and led me inside.
"Mum, I'm home!" Danny yelled through the hallway. A lady came walking through the hall. She had curly brown hair, and blue eyes. She smiled at Danny,
"Hello sweetie" she said, kissing his head, "you're all wet! What happened?"
"Its nothing," he said, "This is Caitlyn…"
She looked at me and smiled, "why hello Caitlyn!" she said, patting my shoulder.
"Hi" I whispered.
"Go change Danny, and give Caitlyn some dry clothes!" Mrs. Jones said
"Alright" he said, "Come on" he said motioning me to follow him. He started climbing up a flight of stairs, me right behind him. He led me into a room. Clothes covered the floor. He walked over to a dresser. He opened a drawer that revealed a bunch of T-Shirts. He grabbed two out of the drawer, and opened another drawer full of boxers, "Do you mind…my pants would be too big for you…" he asked,
"It's fine" I said, he smiled and pulled out two pairs of boxers.
"Here you go" he said, handing me a shirt and pair of boxers, "The bathroom is down the hall, 3rd door on the left"
"Thanks" I said, leaving his room and walking down the hall. I walked into the bathroom and closed the door. I looked in the mirror. I looked awful. My hair was drenched and stuck up against my face. My eye makeup was smeared down my face, and my skin was red from the cold. I pulled off my clothes and changed into the ones Danny gave me. I used a washcloth by the sink to wash off my makeup and dry my hair a little bit. I bundled up my wet clothes and walked out the bathroom door.
"Hey, I'm down here" Danny said. I saw him standing at the bottom of the stairs. I walked down stairs, "give me your wet clothes and my mum will wash them"
I handed him my clothes and he walked down a hall, I followed him into the laundry room. He our wet clothes on top of the washing machine. He turned and looked at me,
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" he asked, I looked up at him.
"It's okay, I can just go home…I don't want to bother you guys" I said
"No, really, its okay" he said.
"What are you trying to do Danny?" I asked, he looked at me,
"What do you mean?" he asked
"Do you think that if your nice to me, then I will trust you and open up to you?" I asked
"That wasn't my plan…" he said
"Then what was?" I asked.
"I just want you to know that I am not the guy everyone thinks I am. I want you to know that its okay for you to open up to people, and that people will listen, and people will help, and people will care." he whispered.
"Okay" I said
"You'll stay?" he asked
"Yeah…"
He smiled at me, and walked out of the laundry room, I followed him into the kitchen where his mum was cooking dinner. The delicious smell filled my nose.
"Mum, Caitlyn's going to stay for dinner, okay?" Danny said, Mrs. Jones looked up from the pot on the stove and smiled,
"Of course" She said, "About 15 minutes"
"Alright"' Danny said, he looked out of the window, the rain was lighting up, and the sun was setting, "Want to go outside?" he asked, looking at me.
"Okay" I said, he walked over the front door and opened it. We walked out on the porch, the air was warming up. We sat on the porch swing.
"So…" I said, looking out at his wet yard, I felt Danny's eyes on me.
"Caitlyn?" He said, I turned and looked at him, "Listen, like I said, I know I hardly know you, and you hardly know me. But, I want to help you with whatever is going on. I want you to trust me, and I want you to open up to me"
I looked at him. His eyes were looking deep into mine, I felt my cheeks heat up.
"Danny…" I started
"Don't say anything. Just think about it. If eventually you want to open up to me, then great. But if not, then I cant force you to. All I can do is be here." he said, I nodded. I opened my mouth to speak but was interrupted by Mrs. Jones opening the door,
"Dinners ready" she said, we nodded and walked inside.
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