Chapter 18

Danny shrugged his shoulders so I grabbed his hand and started to walk towards my room.

"Wait, you meant now?" he asked," I thought you meant after we ate. Common, Abby, I'm starving."

"Please?" I asked, pulling my adorable sad face to get him to agree.

Danny's eyes got really big and he said," Oh, man, that's even worse than my face. You are one talented but evil little girl, you know that?"

I grinned and started to walk to my room again, Danny unhappily following. When we got inside my room, I sat Danny down and walked back to the door and looked through the peephole.

"What are you doing?" Danny asked.

"If I know you guys as well as I think I do," I whispered," Then I know that the two nosy's are listening in to see what's going on."

Danny laughed,"I can't wait to see this."

I looked back into the peep hole and saw two heads in my line of vision, one with strikingly blonde hair and the other a much darker brown color.

"Can you hear them?" I heard Tom ask.

"No, I don't hear anything," Harry replied.

I silently giggled and slowly walked over to Danny, putting my finger to my lips to signal him to be quiet. I sat down next to him and smiled.

"Uh oh," Danny whispered," I know that smile, what are you planning?"

"If they want to hear a show, lets give them one," I whispered back.

Danny's face screwed up in confusion and I smiled even bigger.

Follow my lead," I whispered again, then made my voice loud enough for the two boys to hear," Danny, I don't know if I can keep this from them any longer. I mean when I was dating Dougie, it was for fun, but with you, it's so much more."

Danny finally caught on to what I was doing and grinned," Don't worry, baby, it's only for a little bit longer."

We heard a thud outside the door and our smiles grew and we started to giggle quietly.

"I don't know if I can do this again. I mean, I think Tom's already getting suspicious," I started again.

"What makes you say that?"

I sighed," He kept giving me these looks this morning. Maybe we should just tell them, things would be so much easier."

"Honeybee, we can't do that, Fletch'll go mad," Danny added.

'Honeybee?' I mouthed. Danny shrugged his shoulders and I shook my head. I stood up again and looked into the hallway. Tom and Harry were furiously talking back and forth. I signaled Danny to come over and quietly opened the door.

"I can't believe them," Tom was saying," What the hell do they think they're doing, especially with what happened with her and Dougie. God, I knew they were getting too close."

Harry groaned," Tom calm down. Abby and Danny are old enough to make their own decisions."

Tom scoffed and looked at Harry," What makes them think they can get away with this, huh? They're so stupid!"

I cleared my throat to let them know we were there. They both turned towards us and blushed simultaneously.

"Gotcha," Danny said, grinning.

I laughed," You guys should have seen your faces, priceless."

"Ok, that's it," Harry said," That's twice today, and it's not even 10:30 yet! I am so going to get you back. You just watch your back Harrison."

"Oh, I'm shaking in my bunny slippers," I said, sarcastically," Anyway, that should teach you a lesson about eavesdropping."

Tom smiled," Sorry, but you are really good at making people have heart attacks."

"What can I say? It's a gift. Now, leave before I think of something else to do to you in my warped little mind."

Tom grinned at me and walked away with Harry to the elevators, just as Dougie came out of his room, fully dressed. He gave me a questioning look and ran to catch up with the other two. I shook my head and rolled my eyes while turning and closing the door.

"Your friends are weird," I told Danny, sitting next to him on the couch.

"I don't claim them as friends, they're just my band mates," he said, grinning," Besides who's the one who's been friends with Tom since they were twelve, and finally realized they're in love with them?"

I faked being shocked," Danny, you never told me you were in love with Tom, and I don't recall being friends with you while growing up."

Danny shook his head," That was bad."

"Ok, yea it was but give me a break, I'm the one who's been coming up with the genius evil plans all morning. I can't be a comical legend until my brain recuperates from the intense use of brain cells."

Danny laughed and then said,"So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Something you said last night, it kind of confused me," I said, suddenly being serious.

Danny scoffed,"Abby, I was pissed last night, anything I said was probably far from being true."

I didn't say anything for a minute and looked down at my lap, tears forming in my eyes. I was really hoping that it would be true, which was stupid of me. I should of known it was just something they said.

"Hey," Danny said, noticing my tears,"What did I say last night?"

I shook my head, smiling a little,"It was stupid of me to get my hopes up, I just couldn't help it."

"Abby, what did I say?"

I looked at Danny," You told me Tom was in love with me, that he told you he loved me. Stupid, right?"

Danny looked shocked. He stood up really fast and started to pace the floor.

"Danny, what are you doing?"

He looked up and gave me this look, it's hard to describe. It was like he was relieved but at the same time he was scared and confused.

"Abby, it's not stupid to get your hopes up over that," he sighed," because Tom really does love you."