1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Chapter 7
The two woke up in their respective dorms. They had time to get back to the dorms and sleep for a few hours before they had to get up so they weren't noticeably groggily. Kristen stumbled to the bathroom to take a quick, but relaxing shower before going to breakfast. At breakfast Kristen groggily stood in line, rocking a bit, still trying to wake.
David walked into the lodge and spotted Kirsten trying to stay awake. He walked over and gave her a hug, and kissed her forehead.
"Mornin'." He said and smiled at her.
"Good-night." Kristen said jokingly and leaned against his chest. David smiled contently.
On the other side of the room, at the Cliffhanger's table, Daisy and Shelby were sitting and talking amongst themselves.
"I can't believe he doesn't see she's just using him." Daisy said disgusted.
"What are you talking about?" Shelby asked pretending to be confused.
"David. Kristen is just using him so badly, and he doesn't even notice!" Daisy said now getting angry.
"Right… I thought you didn't like him like that…" Shelby said cautiously.
"I don't, but as a friend I care if he'll get hurt or not." Daisy said adjusting her posture.
"Well, you obviously don't know what happened last night." Shelby said taking a sip of her orange juice.
"Huh?" Daisy asked interested.
"I'll just say three words: David, Kirsten, shed." Shelby said and saw Daisy's face drop.
"You're kidding—right?" Daisy said eyes wide.
"Nope." Shelby said and watched as the two walked over. They sat down across from Shelby and Daisy. "Did you have a nice night?" Shelby smiled implying what they had done last night.
"What are you talking about?" David covered.
"You know what I'm talking about Davey." Shelby said still giving a fake smile.
"Whatever. You're just jealous because I'm taken." David smirked at her.
"Right, because you're just so great." Shelby rolled her eyes and started to finish her breakfast.
"David…" Daisy said trailing.
"Yeah Dais?" David said looking up from his food.
"Could I talk to you after breakfast?" she asked unsurely.
"Uuuh, sure." David said and Daisy gave a small smile.
"Thanks. Meet me at the gazebo." She said and got up with her tray and left. David watched her leave. Kristen saw this and getting jealous took David's face in her hands.
"What are we going to do today?" she smiled at him. David smiled back.
"I don't know… since it's not a school day and Peter hasn't sprung any surprise hikes we could just hang out." David suggested.
"Hey guys." Peter said walking up as if David saying his name made him appear.
"Hello Peter." Everyone groaned out.
"Thanks for the welcome. Anyways, I just need to talk to Kristen anyways." Peter said and everyone cheered up.
"Cool, well, I'll see ya Peter." Shelby said as Scott walked up, she pulled him to an isolated table.
"Right Shel." Peter said and Kristen stood up.
"Do you want me to go to your office?" she asked not sure what it was about.
"Well, I would have liked you to but it's not necessary." Peter said and motioned to the door of the lodge. Kristen looked and saw her mom standing in the threshold looking around.
"MOM!" she screamed and ran to her mother, they embraced.
"Aw, how have you been hunny?" her mother cooed.
"Great!" Kristen smiled happily. "Did you get a good job?"
"Actually, I met someone." Katy said and gave her daughter an unsure look.
"Oh… who?" Kristen said unsure of how to respond.
"General Robert Ruxton. You'll meet him in a few hours. He had some army business to take care of first. He also has a son in this school." Katy said getting dreamy-eyed when she said his name.
"Cool, potential husband?" Kristen asked giving her mom a big smile.
"I think so." Her mom smiled back.
"Cool." Kristen said and the two walked out of the lodge to talk more. David slowly walked out to find Daisy. David reached the empty gazebo.
"Knew it." He said and plopped down on the bench in the gazebo.
"Sorry! I had to do some chores in the dorm." Daisy said running up, out of breath. "Is that Kristen's mom that I saw?" she asked sitting next to him.
"Yeah." David said looking at the ground.
"Why, or don't you know?" Daisy asked trying to get him to give more lengthy answers.
"I don't know." David said and kicked at the gazebo floor. "I'm bored."
"So am I." Daisy said realizing she actually was.
"What did you want to ask me?" David asked forgetting their purpose of meeting there.
"Oh, um… I just wanted to talk about you and Kristen…" Daisy said unsure of how to approach the situation.
"Um what's there to talk about?" David asked looking at Daisy with confusion plastered on his face.
"I think she's just using you." Daisy said not looking at him.
"How did you get that?" David asked.
"Well, the way she acts. I mean, she like changed." Daisy said still avoiding David's eyes that were looking at her.
"I guess your right but I like her..." David said trailing.
" No offense but I don't think she likes you… like that anyway." Daisy said and David looked at her.
"I'll live." David said and frowned. Daisy felt bad about giving David her assumptions. She leaned over and gave him a hug. David hugged her back, tightly, keeping back the tears. He didn't think Kristen changed much but he had never thought about it and now it seemed like Daisy was right.
"And this is my boyfriend, David." Kristen said loudly walking into the gazebo. The two friends broke apart from their embrace. David looked at Kristen's mom and gave a fake smile.
"Nice to meet you." David said and stood up, holding out his hand.
"You look familiar." Katy said disregarding David's hand.
"I've never seen you before in my life so I don't know how I'd look familiar." David said confused at the way Katy squinted at him.
"Oh I remember now, you're Robert's son, right?" Katy said smiling as David nodded, then realizing what her daughter told her. "This is your boyfriend?" she said eyes wide.
"Yeah…" Kristen said mouth wide in fake shock.
"Um, this is weird." Daisy said.
"Very." David agreed. "What do we do?" he asked no one in particular.
"I don't know." Katy said.
"Katy." Robert said as he crossed to them with Peter by him.
"Robert!" Katy said and flung her arms around him. Robert embraced her. David looked at the scene and went into a slouch, looking at the ground. Daisy noticed this and took David's hand giving it a squeeze. David averted his gaze to the hand in his.
"Thanks." He mumbled.
"What are friends for?" Daisy said giving him a hopeful smile.
"Son." Robert said walking towards his son. He went to give David a hug but David backed away. "David." Robert said giving his son a look, then motioned with his head to Katy. "Give me a hug." He mumbled so only David and Daisy heard him.
"No. You've never given me a hug before, why now? What do you want to do? Impress your soon to be wife, showing how I made myself messed-up. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, Dad, but you made me messed up. I did nothing." David said and stomped off. Daisy looked at the general in disgust and followed her friend. Kristen glared at the retreating girl and followed them.
David had retreated to a clearing not far from Horizon but secluded enough. He kicked the ground and then punched a tree.
"David!" Daisy said and ran over to him before he could continue his punching practice.
"I hate him!" David said as the tears fell down his cheeks. Daisy held him as he cried. "Why do I have to be blamed for everything he did to me?" David sniffled.
"Because your father's an asshole." Daisy said and tightened her grip to show David she was there for him and would be strong for him.
"Sometimes I think he's right." David said calming down but still hyperventilating from crying.
"He's not, okay! He's not. He's messed up, not you." Daisy said staring him right in the eyes. David nodded meekly.
"Are you sure you think Kristen is using me?" David asked unsurely.
"Yes." Daisy said, deciding not to beat around the bush and say sort of when she knew Kristen was.
"Do you love Ezra?" David asked looking down.
"I… I don't know." Daisy said looking down at the ground too. David looked down then looked at Daisy. After a few seconds, Daisy looked at him. David brought his hand to her face and slightly pulled her to him. He kissed her. After all the months of chasing, then failing, David was kissing her. Daisy enjoyed the kiss but then thought of Ezra, she pulled back.
"David… I can't." Daisy said looking down.
"That's right you can't!" a female voice dripping with anger spoke. Kirsten, having seen the whole thing, stepped out from her hiding place. "I can't believe you think I'm using you David!" Kristen said glaring at both of them.
"Well, you are, aren't you?" David said standing up.
"N-no." Kristen stammered.
"I think you are so Kristen, sorry but I don't think this is working out between us. Hell, we might soon be brother and sister." David said and Kristen stormed away. David laughed. Daisy looked at him, giving him a smile.
"Why'd you kiss me?" Daisy asked, glad he had.
"Because… because I like you… I guess I was using Kristen as a substitute for you." David said and Daisy blushed.
"David, I like you too, I really, really do, and I'll admit I was jealous. But, Ezra, he'd be so crushed." Daisy frowned.
"But…" David trailed unsure of what to say.
"Let me think about it." Daisy said and David frowned.
"Could I at least give you another kiss?" David asked looking at her.
"I guess so." Daisy said. David stood in front of her and placed one hand on her waist and another on her cheek. He slowly leaned in and gave her a kiss. When he pulled back a bit Daisy moved her head forward to keep him in the kiss. David smiled internally. Finally Daisy pulled away.
"I think I better go." She mumbled and walked slowly away. David sighed, kicked the ground, then left a few minutes after Daisy left.
He walked to a picnic table and sat on the top of it with his feet on the seat of the table. He looked around at the other students outside enjoying their day off from school. Some over achievers were doing homework while some played tricks on them. Others were off together in small groups, there was a couple here and there sneaking kisses. It slowly dawned on David that no one was really alone, like him. Everyone had at least a friend to keep them company. Wishing David had some company Ezra came up to him.
"What did you do, man?" Ezra asked and punched David. "Oh, I never thought I'd ever do that." He said shocked, but happy, at what he just did. David had fell backwards onto the table, not expecting the unexpected of Ezra. But, just as soon as David hit the table was he up in Ezra's face.
"Don't touch me. Besides, I did nothing." David growled glaring at Ezra.
"Yes you did! Daisy just broke up with me. Obviously you had something to do with it!" Ezra shouted his accusation at David.
"Maybe I did. Or maybe I didn't. You don't know so you can't go punching me!" David said about to clobber Ezra.
"David, don't." Daisy said grabbing David's attention.
"Sorry…" David said and backed down.
"So I was right." Ezra said looking at the two.
"Right about what?" Daisy asked confused.
"You dumped me for the general's son." Ezra said hurt.
"Ezra, you have to understand… I do like you, I always will but I can't go out with you. It's just too weird. Besides, I like you as my friend more. I'd be more able to talk to you as a friend." Daisy said, "Please understand." She ended and Ezra looked down.
"Alright…" he said and walked off. The two watched him.
"I feel so bad right now." Daisy said sitting down.
"Don't. It's not your fault you don't like him like that. You like who you like and you can't change it, no matter what. Trust me, I've tried using someone to fill that inescapable void. For awhile I had myself fooled." David said sitting next to her.
"You're right." Daisy said and gave David a small smile.
"Yup." David said in a fake big-headiness. Daisy laughed. David looked at her. "So why did you break up with Ezra?" he asked looking at the ground.
"Because… it wasn't working." Daisy said playing with the grass with her shoe.
"Wasn't working? It seemed fine to me." He said looking at her again.
"Well, it wasn't. I just think of him more as a friend then a boyfriend." Daisy said and looked at David.
"What do you think of me as? Friend or boyfriend… material." He added quickly.
Daisy paused, "Boyfriend." She said and got up walking away. David's head snapped up and he watched her leave. He smiled and leaned against the table.
"Sweet." He said and disregarded the fact that he was now alone but in a sense he wasn't. The "lovebirds" didn't bother him anymore right then.
"David?" Peter said walking up.
"Uh, yeah?" David asked snapping out of his daydream.
"We never got to finish that one talk." Peter said cautiously.
"Oh, yeah. Um, want to talk now?" David asked getting up.
"Sure." Peter said and the two walked to his office.
In Peter's office, David took a seat in front of his desk. Peter sat down behind the desk and looked at David.
"What was this about again?" David asked in a slightly not interested tone.
"Well, I sort of want to know more about your father. After all, he's here right now but from what I know you're avoiding him." Peter said watching the teenager shift uncomfortably in his chair.
"What's there to tell? He's a jerk, that's all." David said looking at the ground.
"Why is he a jerk?" Peter inquired.
"Because he cares about no one but himself. He wants everyone around him to conform to his life." David said a bit agitated by Peter's question.
"Have you told him this?" Peter asked not sure if he should have pushed.
"No, he wouldn't have listened. He would have grounded me or something. Not like he allowed me to do anything anyways." David grumbled.
"Why?" Peter asked confused.
"Because he never listens. You try telling him what he can or can't do. He'll either smack you or yell at you until you agree with him. I know from experience. I've only lived with him for all my life." David said and Peter leaned back wondering what to say and do.
"Do you want me to talk to your father about this?" Peter asked and David shook his head.
"I don't want to leave. That's what he'll do. He'll pull me out. I'm not ready. Besides, I can't leave Daisy here…" David trailed looking down.
"I understand. So, what do you want me to do?" Peter asked.
"Nothing, I want you to do nothing. I can handle it." David said and Peter exhaled heavily.
"You sure?" he inquired.
"Yes." David said looking him straight in the eye.
"Okay," Peter said raising his hands up. "I'm out of it. You can go now." Peter said and David nodded.
He left the room and walked to the gazebo. He reached his destination only to find it occupied with his father, Kristen and Kristen's mother.
"Great." David mumbled.
"David, we need to talk." Robert said seeing his son.
"About what, Dad?" David said making it clear he didn't care.
"About my soon-to-be wife, Katy." Robert said as Katy walked off the gazebo and stood next to the general.
"You guys are already engaged? Wow, don't you move fast. Surprised me, Dad." David said sneering.
"Excuse us." Robert said walking a few feet away from Katy and Kristen, pulling David along roughly.
"Ow." David mocked.
"I'll make you mean that ow if you don't start behaving!" Robert said angrily to his son.
"Wouldn't be the first time." David said under his breath. The general glared at David, David returned it.
"What did you say?" Robert growled, glaring an ice-cold glare at David.
"I said it wouldn't be the first time." David said slowly, awaiting the blow he was about to receive.
"I've never hit you." The general lied.
"Oh, of course you haven't. Not you. What was I thinking, you're just the perfect father and I'm the messed up son. No one knows how I got to be messed up. I brought it upon myself. Isn't that right?" David glared and the general smacked him. David's head flew to the side. He was breathing hard and slowly; tentatively he raised a hand to the side of his mouth. Pulling back he saw blood. "So, you've never hit me before?" David spat and walked away. Robert balled his fists up and watched his son walk away. Katy walked up to him and hugged him.
"David? Are you okay?" Daisy asked as he quickly brushed by her.
"Yeah, dandy." David said cynically back.
"You don't have to answer like that." Daisy said stopping David.
"If you just got smacked by your Dad, how would you be feeling? Dandy?" David glared at her.
"He hit you? Are you going to tell Peter?" Daisy said and David looked down.
"No." David said looking at the ground.
"Why not?" Daisy asked a bit peeved at his answer.
"Because it doesn't need to be said. My father won't change if Peter tells him. He'd want Peter to change and see his view point." David said and walked over to a picnic table and sat down.
"Maybe he will." Daisy said encouragingly.
"He won't, I know my father and he won't, okay." David said and started to massage his jaw.
"David, you don't know that for sure. You're assuming. Maybe he'll change." Daisy said sitting down next to him.
"And maybe you'd kiss me again but we all know that won't happen." David said and gave Daisy a small look.
"You want to change the subject." Daisy said avoiding David's trap.
"Can't fool you." He said and looked down. Daisy sighed.
"But, if that's what you want." Daisy said and slowly kissed David. After a moment Daisy pulled back.
"Question." Daisy said as David opened his eyes.
"Yeah?" he asked confused.
"How come you're acting like the old David now but when you were with Kristen you were totally different?" Daisy asked just as confused.
"Did you like the other David?" David asked.
"Maybe, I don't know. It's just, you're not really 'the general's son' but you still got some of that right now." Daisy said and David looked away and nodded.
"Yeah, you're right. Probably it's because he's back now. Old memories sure do come back fast." David said and Daisy nodded, understanding completely.
"But, they're just memories." She said unsure if that was a wise thing to say.
"I guess. They're just so… real right now. I have to act all uncaring because he made me like that. Just get what you can and don't think or care about the outcome. Boy, did that sound wrong." David said looking everywhere but at Daisy.
"A bit, yeah." Daisy said noticing the awkward silence that followed. "You're a good kisser." She said trying to break that silence.
David coughed a laugh, "Thanks, you are too." He returned the comment. Daisy blushed for the first time in her life. David took a long pause before he spoke again, "My dad's getting married again."
"To Kristen's mom? I thought they were only dating." Daisy said confused.
"Guess things change in five minutes." David mumbled.
"Guess so. Has he talked to you about it?" Daisy asked. David thought for a bit.
"Sort of, I mean he was like 'David we need to talk'." David said imitating his father. "Then I go 'About what Dad' and he says something about his "soon-to-be" wife and I said that he moved fast. Then pulled me away from them and got all mad." David explained what happened.
"Do you think that maybe you pushed him into hitting you?" Daisy said gently and cautiously.
David looked at her; "Are you on his side?" he glared.
"No, I'm just saying that maybe you both should see each other's point of view." She said trying to calm him down.
"Whatever." David said and looked away.
"David…" Daisy said sighing.
"I have to go do something." David said and walked away angry.
"Sorry." Daisy said more to herself since David had walked away.
A/N: Okay, it's been too long but I got side tracked because I didn't know how to get to the end and obviously I changed it because now I have something else to resolve (forgot I was suppose to tell you guys about David's past, or the past I made for him). So, it's going to go for maybe two more chapters, or possibly one. Don't know. I have to think of another ending. Since I'm on spring break, great time to do it! ( Back to my looong chapters hehe, 5 pages this one is, well almost a full five…. Well, review, flame, anything is welcomed ( Bye
The two woke up in their respective dorms. They had time to get back to the dorms and sleep for a few hours before they had to get up so they weren't noticeably groggily. Kristen stumbled to the bathroom to take a quick, but relaxing shower before going to breakfast. At breakfast Kristen groggily stood in line, rocking a bit, still trying to wake.
David walked into the lodge and spotted Kirsten trying to stay awake. He walked over and gave her a hug, and kissed her forehead.
"Mornin'." He said and smiled at her.
"Good-night." Kristen said jokingly and leaned against his chest. David smiled contently.
On the other side of the room, at the Cliffhanger's table, Daisy and Shelby were sitting and talking amongst themselves.
"I can't believe he doesn't see she's just using him." Daisy said disgusted.
"What are you talking about?" Shelby asked pretending to be confused.
"David. Kristen is just using him so badly, and he doesn't even notice!" Daisy said now getting angry.
"Right… I thought you didn't like him like that…" Shelby said cautiously.
"I don't, but as a friend I care if he'll get hurt or not." Daisy said adjusting her posture.
"Well, you obviously don't know what happened last night." Shelby said taking a sip of her orange juice.
"Huh?" Daisy asked interested.
"I'll just say three words: David, Kirsten, shed." Shelby said and saw Daisy's face drop.
"You're kidding—right?" Daisy said eyes wide.
"Nope." Shelby said and watched as the two walked over. They sat down across from Shelby and Daisy. "Did you have a nice night?" Shelby smiled implying what they had done last night.
"What are you talking about?" David covered.
"You know what I'm talking about Davey." Shelby said still giving a fake smile.
"Whatever. You're just jealous because I'm taken." David smirked at her.
"Right, because you're just so great." Shelby rolled her eyes and started to finish her breakfast.
"David…" Daisy said trailing.
"Yeah Dais?" David said looking up from his food.
"Could I talk to you after breakfast?" she asked unsurely.
"Uuuh, sure." David said and Daisy gave a small smile.
"Thanks. Meet me at the gazebo." She said and got up with her tray and left. David watched her leave. Kristen saw this and getting jealous took David's face in her hands.
"What are we going to do today?" she smiled at him. David smiled back.
"I don't know… since it's not a school day and Peter hasn't sprung any surprise hikes we could just hang out." David suggested.
"Hey guys." Peter said walking up as if David saying his name made him appear.
"Hello Peter." Everyone groaned out.
"Thanks for the welcome. Anyways, I just need to talk to Kristen anyways." Peter said and everyone cheered up.
"Cool, well, I'll see ya Peter." Shelby said as Scott walked up, she pulled him to an isolated table.
"Right Shel." Peter said and Kristen stood up.
"Do you want me to go to your office?" she asked not sure what it was about.
"Well, I would have liked you to but it's not necessary." Peter said and motioned to the door of the lodge. Kristen looked and saw her mom standing in the threshold looking around.
"MOM!" she screamed and ran to her mother, they embraced.
"Aw, how have you been hunny?" her mother cooed.
"Great!" Kristen smiled happily. "Did you get a good job?"
"Actually, I met someone." Katy said and gave her daughter an unsure look.
"Oh… who?" Kristen said unsure of how to respond.
"General Robert Ruxton. You'll meet him in a few hours. He had some army business to take care of first. He also has a son in this school." Katy said getting dreamy-eyed when she said his name.
"Cool, potential husband?" Kristen asked giving her mom a big smile.
"I think so." Her mom smiled back.
"Cool." Kristen said and the two walked out of the lodge to talk more. David slowly walked out to find Daisy. David reached the empty gazebo.
"Knew it." He said and plopped down on the bench in the gazebo.
"Sorry! I had to do some chores in the dorm." Daisy said running up, out of breath. "Is that Kristen's mom that I saw?" she asked sitting next to him.
"Yeah." David said looking at the ground.
"Why, or don't you know?" Daisy asked trying to get him to give more lengthy answers.
"I don't know." David said and kicked at the gazebo floor. "I'm bored."
"So am I." Daisy said realizing she actually was.
"What did you want to ask me?" David asked forgetting their purpose of meeting there.
"Oh, um… I just wanted to talk about you and Kristen…" Daisy said unsure of how to approach the situation.
"Um what's there to talk about?" David asked looking at Daisy with confusion plastered on his face.
"I think she's just using you." Daisy said not looking at him.
"How did you get that?" David asked.
"Well, the way she acts. I mean, she like changed." Daisy said still avoiding David's eyes that were looking at her.
"I guess your right but I like her..." David said trailing.
" No offense but I don't think she likes you… like that anyway." Daisy said and David looked at her.
"I'll live." David said and frowned. Daisy felt bad about giving David her assumptions. She leaned over and gave him a hug. David hugged her back, tightly, keeping back the tears. He didn't think Kristen changed much but he had never thought about it and now it seemed like Daisy was right.
"And this is my boyfriend, David." Kristen said loudly walking into the gazebo. The two friends broke apart from their embrace. David looked at Kristen's mom and gave a fake smile.
"Nice to meet you." David said and stood up, holding out his hand.
"You look familiar." Katy said disregarding David's hand.
"I've never seen you before in my life so I don't know how I'd look familiar." David said confused at the way Katy squinted at him.
"Oh I remember now, you're Robert's son, right?" Katy said smiling as David nodded, then realizing what her daughter told her. "This is your boyfriend?" she said eyes wide.
"Yeah…" Kristen said mouth wide in fake shock.
"Um, this is weird." Daisy said.
"Very." David agreed. "What do we do?" he asked no one in particular.
"I don't know." Katy said.
"Katy." Robert said as he crossed to them with Peter by him.
"Robert!" Katy said and flung her arms around him. Robert embraced her. David looked at the scene and went into a slouch, looking at the ground. Daisy noticed this and took David's hand giving it a squeeze. David averted his gaze to the hand in his.
"Thanks." He mumbled.
"What are friends for?" Daisy said giving him a hopeful smile.
"Son." Robert said walking towards his son. He went to give David a hug but David backed away. "David." Robert said giving his son a look, then motioned with his head to Katy. "Give me a hug." He mumbled so only David and Daisy heard him.
"No. You've never given me a hug before, why now? What do you want to do? Impress your soon to be wife, showing how I made myself messed-up. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, Dad, but you made me messed up. I did nothing." David said and stomped off. Daisy looked at the general in disgust and followed her friend. Kristen glared at the retreating girl and followed them.
David had retreated to a clearing not far from Horizon but secluded enough. He kicked the ground and then punched a tree.
"David!" Daisy said and ran over to him before he could continue his punching practice.
"I hate him!" David said as the tears fell down his cheeks. Daisy held him as he cried. "Why do I have to be blamed for everything he did to me?" David sniffled.
"Because your father's an asshole." Daisy said and tightened her grip to show David she was there for him and would be strong for him.
"Sometimes I think he's right." David said calming down but still hyperventilating from crying.
"He's not, okay! He's not. He's messed up, not you." Daisy said staring him right in the eyes. David nodded meekly.
"Are you sure you think Kristen is using me?" David asked unsurely.
"Yes." Daisy said, deciding not to beat around the bush and say sort of when she knew Kristen was.
"Do you love Ezra?" David asked looking down.
"I… I don't know." Daisy said looking down at the ground too. David looked down then looked at Daisy. After a few seconds, Daisy looked at him. David brought his hand to her face and slightly pulled her to him. He kissed her. After all the months of chasing, then failing, David was kissing her. Daisy enjoyed the kiss but then thought of Ezra, she pulled back.
"David… I can't." Daisy said looking down.
"That's right you can't!" a female voice dripping with anger spoke. Kirsten, having seen the whole thing, stepped out from her hiding place. "I can't believe you think I'm using you David!" Kristen said glaring at both of them.
"Well, you are, aren't you?" David said standing up.
"N-no." Kristen stammered.
"I think you are so Kristen, sorry but I don't think this is working out between us. Hell, we might soon be brother and sister." David said and Kristen stormed away. David laughed. Daisy looked at him, giving him a smile.
"Why'd you kiss me?" Daisy asked, glad he had.
"Because… because I like you… I guess I was using Kristen as a substitute for you." David said and Daisy blushed.
"David, I like you too, I really, really do, and I'll admit I was jealous. But, Ezra, he'd be so crushed." Daisy frowned.
"But…" David trailed unsure of what to say.
"Let me think about it." Daisy said and David frowned.
"Could I at least give you another kiss?" David asked looking at her.
"I guess so." Daisy said. David stood in front of her and placed one hand on her waist and another on her cheek. He slowly leaned in and gave her a kiss. When he pulled back a bit Daisy moved her head forward to keep him in the kiss. David smiled internally. Finally Daisy pulled away.
"I think I better go." She mumbled and walked slowly away. David sighed, kicked the ground, then left a few minutes after Daisy left.
He walked to a picnic table and sat on the top of it with his feet on the seat of the table. He looked around at the other students outside enjoying their day off from school. Some over achievers were doing homework while some played tricks on them. Others were off together in small groups, there was a couple here and there sneaking kisses. It slowly dawned on David that no one was really alone, like him. Everyone had at least a friend to keep them company. Wishing David had some company Ezra came up to him.
"What did you do, man?" Ezra asked and punched David. "Oh, I never thought I'd ever do that." He said shocked, but happy, at what he just did. David had fell backwards onto the table, not expecting the unexpected of Ezra. But, just as soon as David hit the table was he up in Ezra's face.
"Don't touch me. Besides, I did nothing." David growled glaring at Ezra.
"Yes you did! Daisy just broke up with me. Obviously you had something to do with it!" Ezra shouted his accusation at David.
"Maybe I did. Or maybe I didn't. You don't know so you can't go punching me!" David said about to clobber Ezra.
"David, don't." Daisy said grabbing David's attention.
"Sorry…" David said and backed down.
"So I was right." Ezra said looking at the two.
"Right about what?" Daisy asked confused.
"You dumped me for the general's son." Ezra said hurt.
"Ezra, you have to understand… I do like you, I always will but I can't go out with you. It's just too weird. Besides, I like you as my friend more. I'd be more able to talk to you as a friend." Daisy said, "Please understand." She ended and Ezra looked down.
"Alright…" he said and walked off. The two watched him.
"I feel so bad right now." Daisy said sitting down.
"Don't. It's not your fault you don't like him like that. You like who you like and you can't change it, no matter what. Trust me, I've tried using someone to fill that inescapable void. For awhile I had myself fooled." David said sitting next to her.
"You're right." Daisy said and gave David a small smile.
"Yup." David said in a fake big-headiness. Daisy laughed. David looked at her. "So why did you break up with Ezra?" he asked looking at the ground.
"Because… it wasn't working." Daisy said playing with the grass with her shoe.
"Wasn't working? It seemed fine to me." He said looking at her again.
"Well, it wasn't. I just think of him more as a friend then a boyfriend." Daisy said and looked at David.
"What do you think of me as? Friend or boyfriend… material." He added quickly.
Daisy paused, "Boyfriend." She said and got up walking away. David's head snapped up and he watched her leave. He smiled and leaned against the table.
"Sweet." He said and disregarded the fact that he was now alone but in a sense he wasn't. The "lovebirds" didn't bother him anymore right then.
"David?" Peter said walking up.
"Uh, yeah?" David asked snapping out of his daydream.
"We never got to finish that one talk." Peter said cautiously.
"Oh, yeah. Um, want to talk now?" David asked getting up.
"Sure." Peter said and the two walked to his office.
In Peter's office, David took a seat in front of his desk. Peter sat down behind the desk and looked at David.
"What was this about again?" David asked in a slightly not interested tone.
"Well, I sort of want to know more about your father. After all, he's here right now but from what I know you're avoiding him." Peter said watching the teenager shift uncomfortably in his chair.
"What's there to tell? He's a jerk, that's all." David said looking at the ground.
"Why is he a jerk?" Peter inquired.
"Because he cares about no one but himself. He wants everyone around him to conform to his life." David said a bit agitated by Peter's question.
"Have you told him this?" Peter asked not sure if he should have pushed.
"No, he wouldn't have listened. He would have grounded me or something. Not like he allowed me to do anything anyways." David grumbled.
"Why?" Peter asked confused.
"Because he never listens. You try telling him what he can or can't do. He'll either smack you or yell at you until you agree with him. I know from experience. I've only lived with him for all my life." David said and Peter leaned back wondering what to say and do.
"Do you want me to talk to your father about this?" Peter asked and David shook his head.
"I don't want to leave. That's what he'll do. He'll pull me out. I'm not ready. Besides, I can't leave Daisy here…" David trailed looking down.
"I understand. So, what do you want me to do?" Peter asked.
"Nothing, I want you to do nothing. I can handle it." David said and Peter exhaled heavily.
"You sure?" he inquired.
"Yes." David said looking him straight in the eye.
"Okay," Peter said raising his hands up. "I'm out of it. You can go now." Peter said and David nodded.
He left the room and walked to the gazebo. He reached his destination only to find it occupied with his father, Kristen and Kristen's mother.
"Great." David mumbled.
"David, we need to talk." Robert said seeing his son.
"About what, Dad?" David said making it clear he didn't care.
"About my soon-to-be wife, Katy." Robert said as Katy walked off the gazebo and stood next to the general.
"You guys are already engaged? Wow, don't you move fast. Surprised me, Dad." David said sneering.
"Excuse us." Robert said walking a few feet away from Katy and Kristen, pulling David along roughly.
"Ow." David mocked.
"I'll make you mean that ow if you don't start behaving!" Robert said angrily to his son.
"Wouldn't be the first time." David said under his breath. The general glared at David, David returned it.
"What did you say?" Robert growled, glaring an ice-cold glare at David.
"I said it wouldn't be the first time." David said slowly, awaiting the blow he was about to receive.
"I've never hit you." The general lied.
"Oh, of course you haven't. Not you. What was I thinking, you're just the perfect father and I'm the messed up son. No one knows how I got to be messed up. I brought it upon myself. Isn't that right?" David glared and the general smacked him. David's head flew to the side. He was breathing hard and slowly; tentatively he raised a hand to the side of his mouth. Pulling back he saw blood. "So, you've never hit me before?" David spat and walked away. Robert balled his fists up and watched his son walk away. Katy walked up to him and hugged him.
"David? Are you okay?" Daisy asked as he quickly brushed by her.
"Yeah, dandy." David said cynically back.
"You don't have to answer like that." Daisy said stopping David.
"If you just got smacked by your Dad, how would you be feeling? Dandy?" David glared at her.
"He hit you? Are you going to tell Peter?" Daisy said and David looked down.
"No." David said looking at the ground.
"Why not?" Daisy asked a bit peeved at his answer.
"Because it doesn't need to be said. My father won't change if Peter tells him. He'd want Peter to change and see his view point." David said and walked over to a picnic table and sat down.
"Maybe he will." Daisy said encouragingly.
"He won't, I know my father and he won't, okay." David said and started to massage his jaw.
"David, you don't know that for sure. You're assuming. Maybe he'll change." Daisy said sitting down next to him.
"And maybe you'd kiss me again but we all know that won't happen." David said and gave Daisy a small look.
"You want to change the subject." Daisy said avoiding David's trap.
"Can't fool you." He said and looked down. Daisy sighed.
"But, if that's what you want." Daisy said and slowly kissed David. After a moment Daisy pulled back.
"Question." Daisy said as David opened his eyes.
"Yeah?" he asked confused.
"How come you're acting like the old David now but when you were with Kristen you were totally different?" Daisy asked just as confused.
"Did you like the other David?" David asked.
"Maybe, I don't know. It's just, you're not really 'the general's son' but you still got some of that right now." Daisy said and David looked away and nodded.
"Yeah, you're right. Probably it's because he's back now. Old memories sure do come back fast." David said and Daisy nodded, understanding completely.
"But, they're just memories." She said unsure if that was a wise thing to say.
"I guess. They're just so… real right now. I have to act all uncaring because he made me like that. Just get what you can and don't think or care about the outcome. Boy, did that sound wrong." David said looking everywhere but at Daisy.
"A bit, yeah." Daisy said noticing the awkward silence that followed. "You're a good kisser." She said trying to break that silence.
David coughed a laugh, "Thanks, you are too." He returned the comment. Daisy blushed for the first time in her life. David took a long pause before he spoke again, "My dad's getting married again."
"To Kristen's mom? I thought they were only dating." Daisy said confused.
"Guess things change in five minutes." David mumbled.
"Guess so. Has he talked to you about it?" Daisy asked. David thought for a bit.
"Sort of, I mean he was like 'David we need to talk'." David said imitating his father. "Then I go 'About what Dad' and he says something about his "soon-to-be" wife and I said that he moved fast. Then pulled me away from them and got all mad." David explained what happened.
"Do you think that maybe you pushed him into hitting you?" Daisy said gently and cautiously.
David looked at her; "Are you on his side?" he glared.
"No, I'm just saying that maybe you both should see each other's point of view." She said trying to calm him down.
"Whatever." David said and looked away.
"David…" Daisy said sighing.
"I have to go do something." David said and walked away angry.
"Sorry." Daisy said more to herself since David had walked away.
A/N: Okay, it's been too long but I got side tracked because I didn't know how to get to the end and obviously I changed it because now I have something else to resolve (forgot I was suppose to tell you guys about David's past, or the past I made for him). So, it's going to go for maybe two more chapters, or possibly one. Don't know. I have to think of another ending. Since I'm on spring break, great time to do it! ( Back to my looong chapters hehe, 5 pages this one is, well almost a full five…. Well, review, flame, anything is welcomed ( Bye