Chapter 2!! Yay!
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The next day at school was like any other but Sam knew Danny was still upset. Whether he was upset with her or just the fact she wasn't staying was a mystery to her. Either way when Tucker was around he acted completely normal but when it was just the two of them he barely said a word. The most she got out of him the first 2 periods was an 'I'll see you at lunch', and she hated it. She hated that she had waited so long to say anything that she had hurt him, but at the same time she was confused. On the walk home from school yesterday he seemed okay but what happened later? He was talking to her fine but what if he over thought about the entire thing?
During 3rd period Danny and Sam had chemistry together. They sat next to each other, but Danny didn't look at her once. They'd normally write notes back and forth, but no. All they ended up doing was writing down instructions for the experiment they were doing tomorrow. She tried to get him to talk to her by asking what the teacher had said but he just brushed it off and shrugged. She felt insanely stupid for being that desperate for him to talk to her. Sam had no idea what to do. To avoid Danny she filled out a pass to go to the bathroom, had the teacher sign it, and walked out. On her way to the bathroom she ran into Tucker and they stopped to talk for a minute.
"Hey, Sam. Where you headed?" Tucker asked
"Bathroom, but only cause I can't be in my bio class anymore" Sam said
"Anything wrong?"
"I'll tell you later okay?"
"Alright but don't forget cause I wanna know"
"I won't, see you later" Sam said while walking past him. That's when she realized she had to tell him too. It never really hit her to tell him too for some reason. Instead of going all the way to the bathroom she just leaned herself to the wall next to it. She didn't feel like going in there and just sitting on the floor. After about 5 minutes she walked back to chem. And found Danny still staring down at the table, which really didn't surprise her cause he was ignoring her all morning.
Now Sam was walking to her 4th period class and her books had gotten knocked out of her hands on accident. Sam even thought about it more and reminded herself that she had to tell Tucker she was leaving. He was going to a college out of state too but she felt she should be telling him too, since he was her friend too and she owed him that, but she knew he wouldn't take it as bad as Danny did and that made her feel the tiniest bit better.
Sam started picking up her books and all of the stray papers that fell from her folders when someone walked over and bent down and helped her. She looked up and saw it was Danny. He was helping her but wouldn't look at her. Now Sam was confused. Why did he even bother helping her if he wouldn't speak or even glance at her? When they were all done picking everything up Sam thanked him and he nodded and walked off, but before he could get far enough away Sam she called out his name and he turned around and looked at her as if he didn't care what she had to say. She put her books down on the floor next to a classroom and went up to him.
"Hey! What the hell was that?!" Sam yelled while Danny avoided eye contact with her.
"What?" he replied with no emotion while he adjusted his backpack.
"You just helped me out and ignore me while doing it? Why did you bother at all!? And not to mention you've been ignoring me all day when it's just the two of us! What the hell is wrong with you?" Sam continued to yell at him. "You seemed fine yesterday! I don't get it! What happened after I got home?"
"Sam it's in your head, I'm fine. Don't worry about me"
"No don't tell me not to worry! Cause all of the sudden you're being an asshole to me! What is going on with you?" She said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Danny could tell she was going to break down soon, but he kept going with his same look, same attitude.
"So you don't care?" She asked, giving him a straight face, while holding back a tear. "Fine, if all of the sudden you want to be like this then go right ahead…since you don't care at this moment…I won't either" Sam started walking away and while she was turned around Danny stared at her. He didn't want to explain anything to anyone. He knew how he was acting towards Sam was driving her crazy and he just out of nowhere did it, but Danny couldn't take the fact she was leaving.
Before lunch Sam had run into Tucker. She told him the entire thing. How she was leaving Amity Park. How she told Danny last night and how he acted okay after a little bit. How out of no where Danny was ignoring her when Tucker wasn't around. He took it fine. His reaction was no where near Danny's. He was completely understanding, which somehow made her feel better to have a person who understood, but in a away it upset her more. She wanted Danny to act the way Tucker did. She knew he wouldn't.
For lunch Sam decided to go off campus. She didn't want to be near Danny at all right now. Tucker on the other hand stayed to find out what was up with Danny. Once the two of them were out of the lunch line they sat down at a table towards the back next to a window and Tucker started talking.
"So man, what's up with you?" Tucker started as he picked up his sandwich.
"What are you talking about?"
"I talked to Sam and…" he said when Danny interrupted him.
"Oh that? She's totally overreacting about it"
"Come on that's bull and you know it…why are you being like this to Sam? She told you she was leaving! It's not like you found out from someone else"
"I know…I know she told me…I just think she could have told me sooner" Danny said while picking up his milk carton and taking a sip from it.
"And that's why you were okay last night and being retarded this morning? Cause if that's it then you're like bipolar or hormonal or something. Are you PMSing?" Tucker replied with a sarcastic tone. Danny wasn't making any sense to him.
"You know what? This is screwed up! You guys need to get over this! When I wanna talk to her I will…but for now I can't deal with it! So, just back off!"
"And if you wait until you're ready, she'll be gone. She's leaving in 2 weeks! So at the very least pretend like you care."
"When did I say that I don't care?" Danny said while clinching his fists together.
"If you cared then you would stop acting like a baby and tell her you're upset instead of ignoring her! That's not getting you anywhere!"
"Tucker, shut the hell up! You don't know what you're talking about! Okay!?"
"Okay well why are you being an asshole? What happened?"
Danny paused for a few seconds and started to calm down. He didn't want to say what happened because then he'd know how dumb they would think it is.
"When I got home…my parents started talking about how they are going to pay for college for me. They never ended up paying for Jazz because she received a scholarship to Yale. Then they asked what kind of plan Sam set of for APU. I said I didn't know because I didn't feel like talking about it yet. Then I was looking through all of our old school stuff and found a bunch of notes between me and Sam saying how we were going to rent an apartment across campus together and get a dog cause we never were allowed to have one. Then later I went to sleep and I dreamt about what it was going to be like with her gone. She would be at Columbia with every opportunity she could possibly have, and I was here drinking a lot more and failing everything. I mean we planned studying together and her tutoring me because we knew I was going to need help on a lot of things like essays. I know it sounds retarded and overdramatic but if she leaves I'm going to go crazy."
This entire story just proved everything he had thought. Danny loved Sam. He basically confessed, though it may not be apparent to Danny himself. Whether he knew or didn't, Tucker didn't know what to say. He was confused as to why he would ignore her after this. Now they forgot about their lunch completely. They got too busy arguing with each other at one point.
"So why are you ignoring her?" Tucker asked.
"I don't really know...I just felt like I shouldn't talk to her."
"Do I you wanna know what I think?"
"I guess" Danny replied while staring at the table he was sitting on.
"You're shutting her out. You said talking to her hurts… so maybe you're trying to avoid getting hurt. But you acting like an asshole is hurting her and she doesn't deserve that. You of all people should know that."
Danny continued to stare at the table. Everything Tucker was saying was crystal clear and he knew he was right but even thinking about her hurts. He couldn't even attempt to look at her when they were in class together or walking past each other in the halls. He wasn't this upset with Tucker after he told him he was going out of state. So he wondered why her leaving affected him so much.
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End of chapter 2! Finally! Sorry I've been busy with the end of the school year and stuff!
Chapter 3 is coming up soon!!
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