Chapter number 7. Going crazy

Dani scuffled her ways through the door with two shopping bags in one hand and her hand bag and keys in the other. After finding her dress, Stacie had insisted that they found shoes as well, "you can't walk away and not have your dress with you to match the shoes too" she had insisted, but at least that ment one more thing for this unwanted wedding was out of the way.

Sighing she kicked her shoes off beside the door, put her hand bag on a hook and chucked her keys in it before making her way through to the kitchen where she carelessly chucked her two shopping bags down on the bench.

"Rough day huh?" Noah's voice came from where he was sitting on the lounge chair.

"Yeah just a bit" Dani answered running her fingers through her hair at the top of her head before taking a seat next to him. "you ok?" she asked when she realized how stressed he was looking.

"Um yeah" he started... "Kinda... ok no" he finally admitted, in some ways he looked guilty of something, but at the same time he looked scared.

"Spill" Dani ordered.

"I've been doing some thinking about what you said about going to the police..." he began before trailing off slightly.

"And?" Dani encouraged him, waiting for what he was about to say.

"And... even though I don't want to I think it would be a good idea to go as soon as possible" he spat out in one go before he backed out of the idea, "but on one condition, wait no two".

"Which is?"

"I don't want to face anyone in Summer bay just yet, I don't think I could handle it right now".

"I can understand that" Dani told him giving him a supportive smile, "and the other condition?"

"Well" he said taking in a deep breath, "I haven't been completely honest with you Dani".

"What do you mean?" Dani asked feeling confused.

"You know how I said I'm fine?"

"Yeah".

"Well I'm not" he told her, telling the truth about his ordeal for the first time, "but you probably already figured that" he added chuckling slightly from the nerves. "That's where my other condition comes in, I don't know whether I'll be able to face the cops by myself, so I was wondering if you'd be there two?"

"Of course" she promised, "of course I will".

"Thank you".

"For what?"

"For everything, Dani you've been so good to me, I don't know what I would of done if-"

"And you don't need to even think about what you would of done" Dani cut him off, "your safe now and that's the important thing, ok?"

"Yeah I guess your right" Noah agreed, "but you've still been great though, thank you".

"Your welcome" Dani smiled.

"So how about I give Peter a call, he works in the city now so you wouldn't have to go back to the bay where everyone else is" Dani suggested.

"Yeah sounds good" Noah answered, "but first how did your shopping trip go?"

"Pretty good actually, I've got a dress and shoes so that's the majority of it out of the way" Dani explained.

"Well give us a look at the dress then" he encouraged her.

"Oh alright" Dani gave in getting up and walking over to the bench where the shopping bags were. She pulled out the wedding dress, it had been the last one left in her size so it had to be lucky.

"Looks beautiful" Noah grinned as she held it up against her and turned it round on the hanger to show him the back, she'd definitely look gorgeous in it, she always did in a white dress. But then again Dani Sutherland looked gorgeous in anything, well at least he'd always thought so. "He's definitely a very lucky guy whether he knows it or not".

"Thank you" she smiled before draping the dress across the back of one of the bench stools, "Anyway I better give Peter a call".

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Later that night Dani closed her book and placed it on the coffee table before hopping up and turning the light out, she'd lost track of time after getting off the phone to Staford, he'd wanted to catch up with her since he hadn't seen her since the night before, but she'd made an excuse saying that she'd been too tired from shopping with his sister, which he had believed, he knew how tiring Stacie could be sometimes.

She made her way down the hallway past Noah's room and towards the door of her own room, but then she stopped when she heard Noah speak. She knew he wasn't talking to her, but there wasn't anyone else to talk to in here, well she didn't think there was.

"Noah?" she asked opening the door to find the lamp on and him asleep. 'That's weird' Dani thought to herself, 'I'm sure I heard him talk'.

Thinking nothing of it she stepped into the room reaching out to turn the lamp off, why he'd left it on she didn't know, it wasn't like him to leave things on around the place. "Good night Noah" she whispered before walking back to the door.

"Tell me what you did to them!" Noah gasped, turning over onto his other side.

"You ok?" Dani asked shocked, turning back around to find him once again peacefully asleep, accept this time he was lying on the other side of the bed, well at least she thought he was in a different position to what he had been before she turned around, but then again he probably wasn't.

"God you've really gone crazy now girl" she muttered to herself, Staford had always warned her that one day she's turn herself crazy from staying up to early hours of the morning reading, looks like he had been right. Shaking her head she left the room, closing the door behind her and going straight to bed.

Author note: I'll do my best to write more when I've got two or more reviews.