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Chapter 14: Letting It Out

The next thing Danny knew, he was standing near a lake. He looked around; there was Alex, and Tay. There were also a couple of his old friends from Atlanta. All of them were in jackets or hoodies. Like they were preparing for a deal. Danny cut his eyes towards Tay and he was talking to someone, who had a gang backing him up. Their discussion suddenly turned heated and the Tay slapped the other guy. The other guy just stood there for a moment and a sawn off shotgun suddenly appeared in his hand. He unloaded right in Tay's face. Danny and the rest of the gang scrambled. He glanced back and saw Alex dropping; he had just taken a bullet. Danny ducked in some weeds, hoping to avoid the gunman's eyes. The shooter saw Danny and pointed the weapon in his direction….

Danny awoke and slowly creaked his eyes open. His head and stomach was giving him annoying pains. He shifted his eyes around and could barely recognize where he was in the dark room. There was a light showing in another room and he slowly lifted his body up. His head and stomach objected, but he did it anyway. A shadow appeared from the other room and it looked like a female.

His hopes went up. It might be Meagan and he would have another chance to talk to her. The figure seemed to notice Danny's movement and reached for a lamp. A small section of the room lit up and Danny's hopes dropped. It was just Maria.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine."

Danny then recognized that he was on a couch in Tony and Meagan's living room. He noticed a cot on the floor. That must have been where Maria would be sleeping. He took a look at his watch and saw that it was 2:00 am.

"Tony and his friends thought that you had been shot."

Danny swirled his head towards her, and a slight pain hit his head again. That probably did give them a good scare. And that dream he just had sort of connected to what happened in the club. For the first time, a dream had given him a good scare. He thought that he had actually taken a bullet that would end his life.

"They looked back and saw you slumped on the floor," continued Maria cutting into his thoughts.

"They ran over to you and quickly got you outside. Tony said that you had drank too much. I told you about that."

"Like you would care," mumbled Danny.

"What?"

Danny sighed and continued.

"Look. We ain't going out anymore, so you don't have to worry about me."

"Just because we aren't going out doesn't me that we can't be friends."

"Oh, so now you want to be friends."

"Don't start with me. I saw the way you were trying to get with Meagan. Apparently, you didn't care about my relationship."

"Hold up! Hold up! I'm probably not going to bother with her anymore. And besides, I saw you going out with someone the next day after we broke up."

"When!"

"You were in a restaurant with someone."

Maria threw a smirk on her face.

"Gosh, Danny. That was my cousin. He had just gotten back from Europe. He doesn't get to see his family much."

Danny stared with disbelief. Another bad feeling hit him. Man. This summer was full of guiltiness.

"Well let me ask you one thing," said Danny.

"Go ahead," said Maria, crossing her arms.

"First off, I know that one picture wouldn't break us up. I think you're hiding something."

They stared at each other. He believed he had caught her. And she was supposed to be smarter.

"Well..," he said while waving his arms around.

Maria looked away with a new expression and answered.

"All the stuff that had happened to you. I hear what the girls have been saying. They want you. They think you're real tough. Both you and Jack are popular. Now that Jack has graduated, he'll be leaving. And you're the next target. All the girls would have been making a move for you-"

"And you though they would seduce me or something?"

She gave a slight nod. Danny decided that it was his time to speak.

"I guess you haven't known about my previous relationships. And I guess they don't either."

"What do you mean?"

"In Atlanta, there was a rule that all the ladies knew about me. If I was in a relationship with someone, then I wouldn't blow her off for anyone."

They had another staring contest. Danny wanted to ask her if she wanted to get back together with him, but he wanted to take it slow. After their moment of silence, the female wanted to break it.

"I guess we were both misunderstood."

"I guess so. Hey. Don't start crying again," he demanded when she started to sniff. "They're other people in this house you know," he pointed out.

Maria stopped almost instantly and wiped her nose.

"I know this is a lot," continued Danny. "I've been through a lot, and this is your first time dealing with something this big. But remember, we should be going home by tonight."

Maria smiled a little, which made him feel better.

"Well, let's get to sleep so we'll have energy."

"Hold up. You can take the couch."

She smiled as they traded place. Danny couldn't speak for his ex, but he felt that they would be getting back together real soon.