Wow, this chapter took a really long time to write, so I'm sorry about that. I'm also going to start wrapping this story up, it was only supposed to be around 12 chapters and its getting too long. It should be about 3 or 4 more chapters before the end.

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Chapter eleven: Operation Lockdown

'So, I guess this is goodnight then' I said as I stopped in front of my bedroom door.

'Yeah, guess so' Danny agreed. 'It was a weird night, but I had a good time'

'Me too'

'So…'

'So…'

'Good night'

'See you tomorrow'

'Yep'

And with those words I closed the door and collapsed on my bed. "What is wrong with us these days? This tension is driving me crazy; I just want to go back to how it used to be between us, before all my feelings got in the way".

After changing into my pj's and jumping into bed I tried to get to sleep, but my thoughts were keeping me from doing so. All the events of the day were replaying themselves in my head and I couldn't get them to stop. Analyzing everything was my thing but this was getting ridiculous. Every moment of my day was spent thinking about Danny and it was starting to affect me and the way I was behaving around him. One of these days I was going to say something and he would find out and then, I couldn't even imagine what would happen if I did.

Danny's pov

I watched Frankie close her door and let out a loud sigh. "Why couldn't I just kiss her? She was right there, right in front of me and I didn't. Maybe she'd even kissed me back."

"No, stop thinking like that" I thought to myself. "She doesn't like me like that"

When I reached my own bedroom I threw myself on the bed without taking my clothes of and it was not long before waves of tiredness came over me and led me to sleep. It wasn't a peaceful sleep though; it was filled with dreams about me and Frankie, each one painting a different scenario of what would happen if I told her the truth about my feelings for her.

When I woke up the next morning I still had those dreams fresh in mind and they wouldn't let go. I stayed inside my room until I heard Frankie leave the apartment and I hated myself for avoiding her like this, but I couldn't see any other way out of this. Being around her too much only made things even worse to cope with and eventually I knew that I was going to let something slip. And that wasn't something I looked forward to; I knew that it would change everything when I did.

Frankie's pov

When I woke up the next morning I was still as confused as the night before. I quickly made myself some breakfast and then left the apartment, before even seeing Danny. I knew I shouldn't take all this out on him, but I just couldn't be around him while feeling like this.

I walked into town instead of taking the bus and ended up at the café where I was supposed to meet Jessica for an early lunch. When I stepped through the door I immediately found Jessica, sitting alone by a table near the window, and walked over to her. After giving her a quick hug and 'hello' I ordered a cup of coffee and came back to the table.

'So, what have you and Doug been up to lately' I asked as I took a seat in front of Jessica.

'Not much, just hanging out and getting to know each other'

'Sounds nice, sometimes I miss being involved with someone like that. You know, to always have someone to lean on'

'Yeah it's great, but you've got that too, haven't you? With Danny I mean'

'Kind of I suppose, but it's not the same thing'

'Well, maybe it could be…' Jess said as she chewed her lip and glanced at me guiltily.

'What are you talking about?' I asked while eyeing my friend closely. "Oh shit" I thought 'how much do you know?'

'Ehm, nothing…?'

'Yeah right Jess, spill it.'

'Fine, so I may know something'

'How?'

She started to mumble. 'Ehm…Tom…ehm'

'I knew it; he is so going to get it. The blabbing fool.'

'No, don't be mad at him, we figured it out ourselves, it wasn't his fault.'

'We?'

'Oops…'

'Yep, oops. How many of you know?'

'Ehm, everyone'

'Oh my god, you all know, how long have you known?'

'For a couple of weeks, I think.'

'Oh crap, this is so bad'

'No hun, don't worry, its not that bad'

'Don't, it really is that bad. How am I supposed to keep this to myself when everyone knows about it?'

'Well, maybe you could try to tell him how you feel, you never know how he is going to react.'

'It's not as easy as that. If I tell him and he doesn't feel the same way our friendship will never be the same. It could cause me to lose my best friend and I can't even imagine not having him around'

'But…'

'Not buts Jessica, I won't tell him, I just won't.'

'How much does this have to do with your fear of getting hurt?'

'What are you talking about? That has nothing to do with my decision'

'Yes it has. I may not have known you for long Frankie but I can still read you like a book and I can see that you are scared of what might happen if he by any chance feels the same way as you do'

'I…I don't know why I'm behaving like this. I have never been afraid of feeling before, but on the other hand I've never cared this much before. And I just, I cant loose that'

'I'm so sorry that you feel like this, I wish there was something I could do to make you feel better'

'Its ok, I'll get through it, I always do'

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Back to Danny

After breakfast I made my way over to Tom's apartment for some song-writing. I felt the warm rays of the early summer-sun on my face and smiled to myself as I walked along the street. I couldn't believe it was almost summer again, it felt like only yesterday that I met Frankie and all of this began.

Over at Tom's we took out our guitars and started playing and talking and all of a sudden Tom started playing a familiar song.

'Dude, what song is that? I recognize it, but I can't place it?'

'You and me by Lifehouse, I thought it fit pretty well with everything going on these days' Tom said.

'Are you insinuating something here Tom?' I asked cynically knowing perfectly well what he was not saying.

'Nope, nothing, you're probably reading to much into it'

'Yeah probably' I answered but I think we both knew what was not being said here.

What day is it?

And in what month

This clock never seemed so alive

I can't keep up and I can't back down

I've been losing so much time

Cause it's you and me and all of the people

With nothing to do, nothing to lose

And it's you and me and all of the people and

I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you

All of the things that I want to say

Just aren't coming out right

I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning

I don't know where to go from here

Cause it's you and me and all of the people

With nothing to do, nothing to prove

And it's you and me and all of the people and

I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off you

Something about you now

I can't quite figure out

Everything she does is beautiful

Everything she does is right

Cause it's you and me and all of the people

With nothing to do, nothing to lose

And it's you and me and all of the people and

I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you

You and me and all of the people

With nothing to do, nothing to prove and

It's you and me and all of the people and

I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you

What day is it?

And in what month

This clock never seemed so alive

"Point taken" I though to myself as Tom finished the song.

Tom's pov

Tom, Doug and Harry were sitting in Danny's living-room waiting for him to finish getting dressed.

'This whole thing is starting to get slightly annoying' I started in a quiet voice. 'All those two do is mope around and avoid each other, its so frustrating'

'I know, but we've already tried to get them together, Jess even told Frankie that we all knew'

'She did what?' I uttered with, what I assume, a look of panic on my face. 'Frankie is going to kill me'

'Sure, but anyway' Harry continued. 'We need to fix this, fast'

'Oh, plan forming guys. Just watch this' I said excitedly.

'Hey Frankie!' I yelled at Frankie who was passing by on her way to her bedroom.

'What?'

'I think Danny had something to show you'

'Really, where is he?'

'I think he's in his bedroom'

'Ok' she added and then kept on walking to Danny's door. She hesitantly knocked before entering and closing the door behind her.

'Come on guys, hurry up' I smiled as I ran over to the door. 'Its time'

'For what?' Dougie and Harry asked at the same time while looking at me.

'Operation lockdown' I explained and fished a key out of my back-pocket. 'I'm sick of those two not telling each other, and this is the only plan I've got left'

'Ok…I still don't understand completely'

'Don't worry, it will all become clear soon enough' I smiled easily.

And with those words I locked the door from the outside, leaving Frankie and Danny on the other side.

Danny's pov

'I have no idea what he's up to' I said referring to Tom's behavior. 'Did you hear that?'

'What?' Frankie asked confused.

'It sounded like' I began while walking over to the door and turning the handle. 'What the?'

'What is it?'

'It's locked'

'Seriously?'

'Yeah. Tom! What are you doing?' I yelled through the door.

'Me and the boys are sick of you two moping around, and we're not opening this door until you two fix this'

'What?!'

'Sorry dude, I had to do it'

'But, hey Tom…' I sighed and leaned my head against the doorpost. 'Tom? Come back here'

When I didn't get an answer I turned back to Frankie who was now sat on the bed.

'I guess we're stuck'

'I guess so'

'Do you have any idea of why we're locked in here?' Frankie asked me as I took a seat next to her.

'Ehm, no…' I lied.

'Me neither'

We spent a couple of minutes in silence, just sitting next to each other before I finally spoke.

'Ok'

'Ok what?'

'Ok, I might know why we're locked in here'

'Oh, I might know too'

'Really?' we both said at the same time.

'You first' she said and after taking a deep breath I started.

Frankie's pov

'I have…well I just' his voice shook a bit as he said that. 'Recently I've been having these weird feelings about this person'

'Oh really, about who?' I asked him carefully.

'Ehrm, about…' he started very hesitantly which only made me more nervous. I wasn't really sure that I wanted to hear this.

'You' he said finally.

I stared at his face, surrounded by the wild curls, and fought the urge to run my fingers through them when what he said finally hit me.

'Huh?'

'I've been having these weird feelings for you' he said in one breath.

'But I have been, and I thought, but this, huh?' I was majorly confused by now.

'Huh?' he responded to my rambling.

'I've been having these weird feelings for you too' I finally managed to get out.

'Huh?' once again.

'Fine, I like you, more than as a friend. There, now I said it' I said and buried my face in my hands. I felt him shift next to me and for a second I thought that he was going to walk away.

'I like you too, more than as a friend' he said quietly.

'Wow, this is not how I expected this to go' I thought to myself and then covered my mouth with my hand when I realized that I'd said it out loud.

He chuckled lightly beside me before answering. 'Believe me, this is not what I expected either'

We sat there for a while, taking everything in, before he opened his mouth to speak once more.

'I like you'

'I like you too'

'I want to kiss you'

'I wanted to kiss you first' I said with a small pout which made him smile.

Frankie and Danny looked at each other and it soon turned into a staring-contest, the loser being the one who caved. They both moved closer at the same time and ended up bashing their heads together and falling of the bed.

'Ouch' we both cried out as we fell.

Danny started to laugh and I couldn't do anything else but to join him, this situation was getting weirder by the second, but in a hilarious way of course.

'Dude, you realize we just had a fight about which one of us is more awesome' I said looking into his eyes.

'Yeah, and I'm pretty sure I won' Danny said with a cocky tone.

'Yeah right' I said leaning closer stopping with my lips only inches from his.

Suddenly he carefully cupped my chin and the small distance that was between us a second ago quickly disappeared. As our lips met I was filled with the most amazing feeling. This tingling all the way through my body, and I don't really know how to explain it, except that it felt so right.

We pulled apart but our faces still remained mere inches apart.

'You still feel that way' I whispered into his ear.

'Ehrm…no' He said and pulled me closer. 'We're both awesomest'

'Awesomest? Well, ok then' I said and placed a gentle kiss on his lips. 'It can be our word; Awesomest'

'I like it' he nodded

'I like you'

'I like you to'