Alice was foaming! Absolutely irate! There wasn't an adjective strong enough to describe the feelings that were coursing through her whole body. She was angry at Shauna for manipulating her into playing football. Just so she could go and flirt with Danny. And she was angry at Danny for loving her so little that he actually flirted back! I mean come on they only broke up 5 minutes ago! She walked quicker carrying her football. Shauna skipped along happily beside her pretending to be in love.
Alice turned back. "Can you hurry up please?" Alice asked sharply.
"Hey don't have a go at me because you played crap today!" Shauna replied.
Alice ignored her and walked on.
"Danny's so nice isn't he." she said dreamily.
Alice eye's shot daggers but Shauna ignored them.
"And he's so cute too!" she said.
Alice pushed her front door open forcefully and threw he ball at the bottom of the stairs. She stomped over to the fridge and grabbed 2 juices. They then went upstairs and Shauna lay on the bed.
"Oh Alice, I think I'm in love!" she said breathlessly.
"That's it! NO! You are NOT in love. Not with Danny! Dammit" Alice demanded.
"I am Alice and I think he loves me too." she carried on.
Alice who had been in the process of taking her shoes off flung it across the room. "NO! Danny doesn't love you. He loves ME!" she yelled.
"But you don't want his love Alice. You don't love him back. Why shouldn't he give me his love. Why shouldn't I love him back?" she asked calmly.
"YES I do love him! Is that what you wanted to hear I do love him OK!" she shouted breathing heavily.
"But you can't forgive him!" Shauna added.
"I'd forgive him anything. God today was so hard seeing him move on like that! See him act like that with you when it should have been me! I'd give the moon and stars to have him back but now he has you I've got no chance!" she sat on her chair shoulders slumped emotionally exhausted.
All was silent in the room. Alice put her head in her hands and resisted the urge to bawl her eyes out.
Suddenly Shauna was giggling on the bed. She started stamping her feet on the bed in excitement.
Alice looked up. "I'm so glad you're happy."
"God it worked!" Shauna said gleefully. "You said you'd forgive him. I didn't know if it'd work but I actually pulled it off!" she said laughing.
"Shauna what the hell are you talking about?" Alice asked fists clenched.
Shauna looked at Alice. "There never was any me and Danny. I used him to make you admit that you love him. God Alice I wouldn't go out with your ex, especially if you still had feelings for him. I love you too much!" she said.
"You did what?" Alice asked incredulous.
"I think it worked out rather well don't you?" Shauna asked.
"Shauna I swear I'm gonna swing for you. I'm supposed to be your best friend!" Alice started shouting again.
"Alice, this is why I did it. The passionate Alice is back. Instead of the quiet heartbroken little wraith who came to Glasgow. Plus you love Danny yeah?" she asked.
Alice nodded.
"I just made you realise it. God Danny is lovely and he's perfect for you. Like he was made for you. Read his letter yeah?" she asked.
"I left it at yours." Alice replied.
"I stashed it in your bag." Shauna said quickly. "You don't have Steven's phone number do you?" Shauna asked.
"I really shouldn't give you this because of the way you've treated me. BUT since you had my best interests at heart I'll let you have it. I dunno if this is the right number. He mentioned he had a new phone. Let me give you one warning though. Try that again and I'll kick your ass!" Shauna grinned and took the number.
"You can stay in here Shauns. I'll go downstairs." Alice said.
"How about we both go downstairs and have opposite ends of the back garden?" Shauna suggested.
Alice smiled. "Ok."
Shauna text Danny. Come round in 5 minutes. And bring Steven! She smiled sneakily.
(X)
Alice was sat in her garden on a chair. Shauna was sat at the bottom with her back against a tree. She was smiling. Alice tore open Danny's letter.
Alice,
I don't know what to say. There is loads of things rushing round my head. Like I never meant to hurt you. How I love you and only you forever. How my heart is yours and no-one else's. You OWN it. I'm sat listening to Avril Lavignes song Why over and over again and there's tears in my eyes coz I really believe that we're over and that song is just expressing exactly what I want to say.
Do you expect me to believe I'm gonna let us fall apart?
All of my feeling you already know and if I thought it would make a difference I'd tell you till the end of time but I know that it won't because you don't love me anymore.
The writing was smudged in that part like it had been wet.
So this letter isn't going to cry or beg you to come back to me. You'll already have made up your mind and when you've made up your mind there's no budging you. I'm not going to guilt you into having a relationship with me or for you to feel sorry for me either. I just want to ask a few things of you. Take care of yourself please. And if you ever have problems or need a shoulder I'll be here as your friend. I just want you to be happy and if that means you finding a new boyfriend than so be it. If you do find a new boyfriend make sure he appreciates you and makes sure he knows how special you are! The last thing I want you to know is that you are FOREVER loved. No matter where you go or who your with remember a piece of my heart stays with you and remains with you forever.
My love will never fade.
Danny
X X
PS I've enclosed the lyrics to that song.
She opened the A4 paper and read the lyrics.
Why... Do you always do this to me
Why... Couldn't you just see it through me
How come
You act like this
Like you just don't care at all
Do you expect me to believe
I was the only one to fall
I can feel I can feel you near me
Even though you're far... a-way
I can feel I can feel you baby
Why...
It's not supposed to feel this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day...
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
Are you and me still together
Tell me
You think we could last forever
Tell me
Why
Hey... Listen to what we're not saying
Let's play... A different game than what we're playing
Try... To look at me and really see my heart
Do you expect me to be-lieve
I'm gonna let us fall apart
I can feel I can feel you near me
Even when you're far away
I can feel I can feel you baby
Why...
It's not supposed to feel this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day...
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
Are you and me still together
Tell me
You think we could last forever
Tell me
Why
So go on and think about
Whatever you need to think about
Go on and dream about
Whatever you need to dream about
And come back to me when you know just how you feel
You feel
I can feel I can feel you near me
Even though you're far away
I can feel I can feel you baby
Why...
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day...
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you
More and more each day
It's not supposed to hurt this way
I need you I need you I need you
Tell me
Are you and me still together
Tell me
You think we could last forever
Tell me
Why
"What do you think?" a voice asked.
Alice looked up and saw Danny leaning against a wall. He looked nervous. He was fidgeting which he never did!
"Danny" she asked.
"Bout my letter?" he asked. "Its all true by the way. I had started to write it wanting to persuade you that I loved you and to beg you to listen to i realised that if you truly want us to be apart thenlet her be happy! Coz I didn't kiss Sarah Alice I swear! SHE kissed me I pushed her away!" he said.
"God Danny it's.." she went quiet. Danny took the silence badly.
"I'm sorry that you don't like it…." he started.
"Heartbreaking." she finished.
Danny looked at the floor.
"I knew that I loved you that much and I knew that you loved me but the depth of emotion that was poured into that letter. That you love me enough to let me go! God that was one of the saddest things I have ever read!" Alice told him. She then looked for Shauna and realised that she was gone.
"Where's Shauna?" she asked.
"She's sat talking on the front step with Steven. He's a nice lad, he won't do her no harm, he's the one at risk probably. Trust me." he said and smiled a small smile.
"Look Danny about what happened with Sarah." Alice said.
Danny sat on the grass and started pulling strands out. "I understand you can't forgive me." he said and pulled a few strands out rather roughly.
She sat on the grass opposite him. His focus was riveted on the grass. He couldn't bare to look at her. "Look at me please Danny. I need you to hear this."
He looked up and his emerald green eyes were cloudy and didn't have their usual devilish sparkle. "Look I hated what you said to me about Josh and about the fact that you kissed Sarah but Shauna made me realise that losing you just wasn't worth it. Shauna's my best friend and knows me best, and my stubborn nature. She knows that the best way to tell me something is to pound it into my skull. And she decided to have a little fun with me too." she told him softly.
"Alice you needed to tell me you still had a problem with the Josh comment. I need you to confide in me not paper over the cracks!" he replied.
"I didn't want to upset you Danny. You thought we were ok. What was I supposed to say. O we've been back together a week but guess what I still hate you for what you said. It was so hard I'd look at you and feel so much love then a twinge of how could he say that to me?" she quieted then grabbed his hand. "The point is I never stopped loving you!"
"Alice if I upset you then we can split up. I'd rather have you happy then hating me more!" he said bitterly and pulled his hand away and crossed his arms.
"DANNY!" she exclaimed. "Everything I went through is sorted in my head. There is something I need to tell you though." she took a deep breath "I kissed someone while I was in Scotland."
"O" he said softly. "Do you like him?" Danny asked and looked at the grass again.
"Actually I said your name when he kissed me!" she said and smiled him her endearing grin.
Danny looked up and grinned a small smile. "Really?" he asked.
"And now his head inflates!" she muttered. She placed her hand on his cheek. "We've had problems but I know that I love you!" she looked into his eyes. "We're too important for anyone or anything to get in way of us again!" she leaned forward and pressed her lips to his softly.
She pulled away and smiled smally. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her. She pushed him so he was lying on the grass and she was leaning over him. She moved so she was straddling his waist.
"Go Alice!" a voice shouted.
She burst out laughing against his lips. She felt Danny smile too. They turned faces still close. They saw Shauna and Steven with bemused expressions.
"We were going to suggest a double date tonight but if you two wanna be alone!" Shauna said suggestively.
Alice looked at Danny. "Being alone sounds pretty good." she murmured.
He frowned then grinned thinking she was messing with him. He saw her wicked grin and then wondered if she was joking. He released a big exhale.
"If you two start again we're leaving!" Shauna said when she saw the heated looks between the two.
"No, a double date sounds great!" Danny said. "And so does a cold shower." he whispered to Alice who laughed.
Alice gave Danny one more lingering kiss and then climbed off him. "How bout you and Steven meet us here in an hour yeah?" she asked.
"Sure." both lads replied.
Shauna and Alice walked into the house. Shauna said something and both girls giggled.
Danny rolled over and rested his head on the grass for a moment. He then got up and walked out of the garden. "She'll be the death of me Steven. I swear to god she'll kill me one day!" Danny said laughing.
Alice and Shauna walked inside. Shauna grabbed the iron. "You and Danny seem to be getting on well." she said smugly.
"Ok Ok I'll give you were right I was wrong!" Alice laughed.
"I just wanted to see you happy Alice. I never wanted to hurt you! This Danny. He's abit dense and doesn't understand girls in the slightest but Alice - he loves you! Your so lucky to have found him." Shauna said.
"Yeah I know!" Alice said. "And nothing is coming between us again!" she said determinedly.
"Ya Bluetooth on?" Shauna asked.
"Yeah." Alice replied.
Shauna pulled out her phone and sent a picture over to Alice. When Alice saw it she laughed. It showed Danny and Alice on the grass. Alice leaned over kissing him.
"Thought I'd take one just for you as a reminder. Shauna said and "Now I can delete it. Like I wanna look at that! Yuck!" Shauna said loudly.
A/N took me a while but i finally goit them back together. this was a quite a nice chappie. nearly at the end of this story abit of niceness, and daniceness bt after that :( :( :( review my lil friends thanx :)