For you?
"I will call you..." she says with a smile on her face "just be free today after school..."she says smiling and wink at Dan.
"What?" Dan ask confused.
"Just be free okay, I will call..." Serena said and whine up the window and leave.
Saturday (Dan's loft)
His alarm blasted a loud rock song, startling him out of his much needed slumber of weekend. He hate it that he didn't change the alarm time for the weekend, he need more time to sleep in. The lingering aroma of coffee filled his nose as he took a deep breath in and stretched his arms and hit the side table and knock his cell phone off the table. Hesitantly, he pulled back the comfortable covers and slipped out of the warm bed.
He pulled on a pair of black jeans, a white polo t-shirt and a gray sweater for the Fall weather that is pretty much unpredictable. He can hear his mom is taking to some lady as he dragged his feet to the bathroom, not yet fully awake. After splashing his face with cold water, he dried it off with a towel on the counter.
"What to eat, what to eat," he murmured, walking slowly down the stairs and looking around the dining room before heading straight to the fridge. Finally, he decided on a vanilla yogurt and a piece of waffle.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know we have company," he says with a smile, shockingly enough that Serena is nowhere to be seen. He look around the table and it's weird not to see her with her family and not to mention that she did say she is going to call him days ago but she didn't "where's Serena?" he ask casually before sipping on his cup of coffee.
"Did he just ask about Serena?" Jenny mocking Dan "did my brother just ask about Serena?" she repeat it again with a smile.
"Jenny…" Eric smiles "she's at home…"
"Not like I care… It is just weird that she's not here,"
"Aren't you late for your soccer practice, Daniel?" Dan's mom reminded him that he have soccer practice and with that Dan excuse himself and leave.
Serena's townhouse.
It's Saturday and she can't help herself but to feel out of the loop. She hasn't been sleeping or eating well for the past few days. She wanted to follow her family to the Humphrey's for a Saturday breakfast but she don't even have to courage and strength to walk or even talk to anyone. Not to mention that she did promise Dan that she would call but things happen and she had to delete that plan out of her check list, for now.
"Why can't life be that easy?" she said to herself, strolling through all her photos from her phone.
Central Park.
Dan arrived at the field right as his team mates was about to warm up. Same as always. He'd always figured that the extra sleep was good. No need to come to soccer practice early and chit chat, wait and play around.
"Hey," he met their gaze, and when they realized I was talking to them, and not the much more appealing row of lockers just over their broad shoulders, they grinned. "If you've got something to say, say it." I told them, snippily. This isn't the time for games, Daniel. Let it go. And to think he almost listened to myself, too.
"You're distracted today, dude!" Almost every single team member nodded their head and it's true that he is but not because he is thinking about anything. He just not in the mood this weekend.
"I think I better go..." he sighed, impatiently "I am just tired..." he says taking his duffel bag
"Daniel, wait up." he heard from somewhere behind him. He stopped to look back over his shoulder, but only for a split second before I continued walking. People had long since filed into their classrooms. "You're the phychic girl," he shrugged and that makes her blush.
"You don't remember my name, do you?" she asks playfully.
"Hayden..."
"You're leaving?" she asks impatiently, looking back at her friends on the bench "but the game is not even started," she says pointing at the team.
"Well I'm not well..." he says with a smile.
"I'll see you in school, Monday?" she says pulling a hard through her blonde hair "friends?" for a hand shake.
"Monday..." he says and shakes Hayden's hand "friends" with a smile and leave.
Serena's townhouse
Her stomach has been rumbling since morning, her maid has been knocking on her door for her to eat but she just doesn't want to see anyone at the moment. She doesn't want to see anyone and explain things. She just wants to be alone, she just wants to sleep and make all the pain goes away. After a few hours, her maid gave up on her. Trying to convince her to open the door, not like she locks it but it's a show of respect.
30 minutes later...
The knock on Serena's door definitely wakes her up from her sleep "go away" is all she can shout before crashes back her head to her comfortable pillow. The knocking is still there and she hates it whenever she wants to rest, people just can't stay away from her "what?" she says opening her bedroom door.
"I brought you this," he says with a smile.
"Is there a reason you're here, Dan?" her voice echoed as the hallway is empty and full with marbles and glass.
"Well, I was around the corner and I didn't see you for breakfast, so I thought I would drop by and say hi!" he lied. He keeps on thinking about Serena since morning, friendly thoughts. He hates it himself that he can't stop thinking about her, not like she welcome him to her life.
"Come in..." she says pull her door wider for Dan to enter her bedroom "and thanks, I'm starving..."
"I figured..." he says still awing over Serena's room. It's basically not a room, it's like a studio. She has everything in here, there's television, pool table and a mini gym "with all this space, you should sneak in a mini fridge!" he says and eying on Serena back where she is sitting and eating. She doesn't look so good "you want to talk about it?" he asks politely "or not talk about it?" he says again not wanting to bulge in Serena's space.
After 20 minutes of silence, Serena finally finished eating. She look at Dan who is definitely uncomfortable of not doing anything around the room. He is looking outside the window and Serena analyzes him, he must be sincere to be her friends if he bring her food "I'm sorry I didn't call!" she said to end the silence between them and that makes Dan turn back and look at her with a smile "something happen that night and..." she starts to cry.
"So it's over?"
"How do you know?" Serena responded with a soft scowl.
He takes a few step closer to Serena and take a seat beside "I'm a guy, I know..." he says, putting his hand behind Serena's back and pull her closer to him for a hug. She laid her head on Dan's shoulder and Serena can't stop crying "do you know her?" and with a nod that Dan feels from the movement. It makes sense why Serena didn't call him. It's understandable to feel the way Serena feels.
"How do you know I'm at home?" she ask Dan while still under Dan's arms.
"I overhead our mom's conversation" he says with a smile.
"I'm going to win him back..." she says pushing Dan slowly, it's like a light bulb on Serena's head "I need your help!"
"What are you trying to drag me into?" he ask carefully, don't want to offend Serena in anyway.
"I want to do a party tonight and I'm going to invite him," she says, getting up from her bed and searching for her cellphone "it's a brilliant idea!" she says with a smile.
"It's a stupid idea!" Dan says "you want to win your boyfriend back by throwing him a party?"
"A dinner party with friends..." she says annoyed and shock at the same time at Dan's remake.
"I'm sorry..." he says shaking his head and brushes his hair with his hand "I won't attend your pity party..."
"Why?" she says raising her voice.
"I rather go out and have pizza and movies..." he says bending down to take something out from his duffel bag "or to this new restaurant near Hudson River for a drink," he says taking a step towards Serena "and you should come with me!" he insists.
"And why should, I?"
"You don't want to be in this dark room alone..." he says stepping towards the switch to on all the lights "and never answering your calls..." he says as Serena's phone is beeping since forever "come on... it will be fun?" he says with a wink.
"I want to stay at home..." she insists with a sad smile.
"Okay..." he says "if you rather stay at home..." Dan reply without a second thoughts he walk towards the curtain and close it, he walk towards the switches and turn everything off, he even take Serena's blackberry and off it "let me do you a favour!" he says after he is done doing everything for Serena for her to stay at home so she can cry herself to sleep "I should go..." he says bending and sling his duffel bag before stepping closer to Serena and bend while she's sitting on the edge of her bed "I think you should spend a miserable hours with me rather than to stay here alone... but it's up to you..." he says looking straight into Serena's eyes "I'm here if you need me okay" he says flashing his new blackberry to Serena with a smile "bye..." he says getting up and hand Serena with two Tylenol before he leaves.
"Dan!"
Hi readers, it's sad that no one review my last update. So I don't know if people like this fiction? might just stop here or another to give closure. I have so much idea for this but it just not meant to be.