Okay…this is gonna be a HUGE chapter for Natalie…well…it was huge for me at least…
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the 39 clues, "Tear Drops on My Guitar" or Taylor Swift…
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Chapter 7: Good byes and…The end?
Excerpt from Dan's blog:
Okay…I started a blog…don't judge me!!! I just needed some "creative output" for my problems, as Amy would put it.
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggh! These past few days have been the worst! Natalie has been avoiding me (for some reason…I'm not really sure), it's awkward being with Emily because I'm not sure if I like her or Natalie, I can't talk to Amy because since Ian is leaving soon they've been secluding themselves, I can't tell any of this to Will (du'h! he obviously likes Emily…weird), and Nellie is so absorbed in her own secret world. Arg!!!
Anyway, I've been spending my afternoons looking for either Amy or Natalie, mostly the latter. I can't believe she's avoiding me! I also can't believe she can hide from me in my own house! If I were Natalie Kabra where would I hide from Dan (me)? Aha! Gotta go…I think I've just found Natalie!
I headed for Nellie's room, which was open…because…well…she doesn't care much. I walked over to the drawers near her bed. I didn't want to do this but I had to…
"ugh…I'm sorry Nellie…", I cringed a bit as I opened her underwear drawer. Reluctantly, I put my hand in and rifled through a colorful sea of underwear.
"Well, at least they're clean", I said to myself
"Dan! What are you doing!" cried a voice behind me
"Ah! Nellie, no! It's not what you think! Let me explain!"
"Well? Explain…" said Nellie
"I need to get th-" I was cut short by a cold, pointy prickly sensation I felt press against my hand
"well?"
"Ineedthesparesetofkeyestogetintonatalie'sroom!!! Bye!" I said in a rush…I had to go…FAST
(After much running all the way to Natalie's room)….
The door was locked, as expected. I put the key in the lock and turned it, I heard a click, and the door was open. The room was dark, with the curtains drawn but the bed was made and there were no traces of Natalie.
"Natalie? Um…I don't mean to be rude…but…I need to talk to you" I called out to the eerily silent room, there was no reply. I walked over to the walk-in closet and knocked. It was weird, knocking on the door of a walk-in closet.
"Go away, Daniel" said Natalie from inside the closet, I knew she must be really mad at me for something because she never used my full name ever since we had become friends, still, I wasn't sure what I did exactly.
"Natalie…if you would just tell me why you're avoiding me, maybe I could fix it. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding" I pleaded (A/N: at this point this is what's going through Natalie's head: "I wish it was just a misunderstanding…)
"If you don't already know, Dan, then it would be useless explaining to you" (A/N: she means that it would be useless because he doesn't get that she likes him)
"Natalie…please…" I was really desperate now, "well, I can wait here all day, in fact, you're the one who has to come out, you're leaving…tomorrow" I admit, that last part actually stung. I could hear her changing seating positions in the closet
"Fine, stay there, hope you don't mind Taylor Swift" she said as "Tear Drops on My Guitar" played from her cellphone in the closet.
There was a long moment of silence as Taylor Swift sang her "you-broke-my-heart-I'm-in-love-with-my-friend-who-likes-someone-else" song. Then it ended
"I'm still here Nat…please come out…" I said, there was no reply, "are you asleep?" I couldn't even hear her moving around. I opened the closet door (which I could've totally done a while ago but which I didn't do because I wanted her to come out on her own free will, why would anyone put a lock inside a closet anyway?), she wasn't there anymore.
Darn it! How did she escape! I searched all over the closet and then realized something. Du'h! The connecting door to the bathroom! I smacked myself on the forehead. We put a door connecting the closet and the bathroom for privacy when we had the house built.
I ran to the bathroom and noticed the curtains were parted. Natalie Kabra would have made sure to close the window to avoid being conspicuous, but in her hurry and because she wanted to keep quiet, she forgot to shut the curtains first. What did she think I was, stupid? So what that the window was very small…she had a thin waist, like I wouldn't have noticed. Psh.
I ran out to the garden. She was there, under the tree where Emily and I usually talked. The one beside the man-made pond. She was crying.
"Natalie?" I said in a hushed voice, "what's wrong?"
"You are just soooo clueless aren't you! Why do you have to be so dense?!" she shouted while crying, it stung, but it only wanted me to help her more. In all her years of hating me, she had never lashed out on me like that, it caught me off guard.
"Natalie, I'm so sorry, for whatever I did to you, I'm sorry" I said in a pleading voice
"See? And then you have to be so nice and kind and…and…perfect…" she said and then she broke out in sobs, her entire frame trembling. Did she just call me "perfect"? What was going on?
"What do you mean, Natalie?"
"I mean…" she sniffled, "I mean…I LOVE you, Daniel Cahill, but I can't have you because Emily does and I have to marry Will and Will actually likes Emily better than me and it hurts but not as much as knowing you will never love ME because you love HER. Dan…I love YOU…" she said and she didn't cry anymore after that, she sniffled a bit, but she became all quiet and trembled a lot. I came over to hug her. I loved her too but I was never going to tell her that. Sure she was miserable now because she thinks I don't love her, but if I DO tell her, she would be both miserable and confused.
The next day, Natalie and Ian where leaving. She wouldn't look at me, speak to me, or even acknowledge my presence.
"Bye Emily" Will gave Emily a hug
"Bye Will" she hugged him back
"Bye Ian" said Amy and they shared a parting kiss
"I'm gonna miss you guys" said Nellie, "this has been a great summer"
"Bye…Dan…and Amy, Nellie…Emily…" said Natalie reluctantly, hastily adding the others
"Bye Nat" we didn't hug and we especially didn't kiss, but at least we got to say proper good byes.
Haha! You thought it was the end didn't you?! But why would I end my story like that?! That would've been so cruel and unfair! It is NOT the end!!!
Reviews please!! Oh…and a heads up and to get you guys excited…please don't be shocked with the setting of chapter 8…the next chapter…don't be disappointed though if the chapter starts out pretty mellow especially after THIS chapter…
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