A/N: THE NEWEST SNEAK PEAK. I LITERALLY DIED OF DANDY CUTENESS AND ADORABLENESS AND LOVE. UGH I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW. But until then, here's another chapter to hopefully tide you over lol I haven't read this chapter over that much because I'm still high off dandy feels from that video, but when I return to my normal state, I'll read it over and fix any mistakes haha
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Mindy couldn't sleep that night, constantly tossing and turning. When she couldn't find a comfortable position to sleep in, she huffed in frustration, settling on lying on her back. She stared at the ceiling.
She was angry. Indignant even. How dare he think he knew exactly what I was thinking? Like who said I think it wouldn't work out? He didn't even let me explain.
She replayed the conversation in her head, and it only made her angrier. I'm going to give him a piece of my mind. She threw off her comforter and headed to her closet to change into a pair of leggings and a hoodie. She left her apartment, nostrils flared, ready to yell at him.
Danny came home to a dark apartment and groaned in sadness and frustration. He went straight for his liquor cabinet and poured himself a shot of tequila. The alcohol burned his throat, but it was better than the emotional pain right now. He walked over to the couch and sat down, head resting on the back of the couch, eyes squeezed shut.
He was so sure they were ready for the next step. Sure it was a little fast since they had only been dating for two months, but he was happy with the way things were going; the pregnancy had brought them closer together, and their relationship had grown stronger. He definitely didn't expect this.
So, when she asked him if he was sure this is what he wanted, it tore him apart. How could she say that? How could she doubt me? Of course this is what I want. The uncertainty he heard lingering in her voice sent him over the edge. It was enough of a "no" for him.
20 minutes later, she was pounding on Danny's door. "Danny! Danny, open up right now!"
Danny looked at the clock.1 AM. He wasn't sure if he was ready to talk to her yet, especially at this time of night. Wait. He paused. Is she angry? Why does she sound so angry?
He opened the door to find an infuriated Mindy, sporting furrowed eyebrows and a straight lip. "How dare you, jerk?" She forcefully jabbed her index finger into Danny's chest at the word "jerk" and marched past him, not caring whether he wanted her there or not.
"What?!"
"You heard me! How dare you? You run off without hearing my explanation, and you just assume that I think living together wouldn't work out just because I asked if you were sure?" She crossed her arms in indignation, searing her fueled eyes into Danny's, challenging him to fight with her.
Danny was getting increasingly furious after every word that left her mouth. He angrily ran his hands in his hair. "Excuse me? What was I supposed to do, Mindy?! I thought you made it perfectly clear you didn't want to move in together when you started listing all the things that could possibly go wrong," he spitted out through gritted teeth.
"Hmm, I don't know, Danny. Wait for an explanation, maybe?! Not run away like a coward, perhaps?!" She knew calling him a coward was below the belt, but she was furious at his inability to talk to her.
Danny scoffed at the word. "Fine! You want to explain? Let's hear it," he challenged.
"Fine." She uncrossed her arms and raised them to straighten her hair, before dropping them at her side. "I was going to say that yeah, I'm unsure about it. We've only been dating for two months, and I didn't want to ruin what we have. I was just scared that moving in together will make us fight more than we already do, which isn't a lot." She took a step closer to him, invading his personal space.
"Are you kidding me?" Danny bellowed. "It still sounds like you're still saying no, Mindy."
"Just let me finish, okay?"
"Alright, okay. I'm sorry, please continue." He gestured for her to continue.
"Thank you. Danny, all of that doesn't mean I don't want us to move in together. I do want to move in together. I am willing to give it a shot, but I need to know that you're sure about this, Danny. I know you. When you get mad or scared, you just close up, and you don't talk to me, and then you run away. You never tell me what you're feeling until after the fact."
Her voice softened, but still thick with sadness. "Just look at tonight, Danny. You got angry, closed up, and didn't let me explain. The night I told you I was pregnant, you ran away." The atmosphere in the room shifted as sadness and vulnerability replaced anger as she gazed at him with sadness and pain in her eyes.
"I don't want us to move in together and see you get mad or misinterpret something and run away or avoid me because we couldn't communicate."
He dropped his head low and sighed. She was right, and he knew it. He certainly wasn't planning on running and he didn't want to, but he knew himself; he would panic and retreat if things got too difficult. He has always had a tendency to close up to avoid difficult things.
"What if one night you don't come back, Danny? I can't and don't want to be waiting for the other shoe to drop when you realize that this isn't what you really want or that you regret moving too fast. I can't bear knowing there's a possibility that one day I'll be in our home, waiting for you to come back when you really won't. I just can't do that, Danny. I can't..." Her voice cracked as she whispered those words. She briefly looked away from him as she wiped away the tears falling down the sides of her cheeks. He couldn't bear seeing the pain in her eyes and being the cause of it.
"What I want? Mindy," his voice softened as he sweetly whispered her name. "For the longest time, all I have ever wanted was to be with you. And now that I am, I can't imagine my life without you, I thought my life was as good as it was going to get, and I was okay with that. But now, I could never go back to that. Leaving you is the one thing I would never do to you or to me. Mindy...I-I'm sorry. You're right. You're absolutely right."
He closed the gap between them, taking her hands and lacing his fingers with hers. "I do close up, and I know I can't communicate sometimes, but I'm never going to abandon you. Yeah, I admit there will be times when I will close up, but that's because I'm still struggling with how to deal with my feelings. I know that doesn't excuse anything, but it's true.
"Do you know how long and how much I have struggled with my feelings towards you? It took me months to even accept the fact that no matter how hard I tried, you have become my friend, crawling your way into every aspect of my life.
"And when you dated guy after guy, I found myself getting increasingly jealous and wanting you to be with me instead of those jerks. I was so scared because I couldn't understand it. But when I realized I love you, that was it. Sometimes, I still get scared that one day you'll realize that I'm not who you want anymore, but that's stupid because everyday you show me differently.
He took her face in his hands, thumbing the tears flowing down her face. "I love you, Min, I love you so much. I have never been more sure about anything than about us and us moving in together. Nothing is ever going to change that, not even you singing One Direction, leaving your clothes everywhere, taking up the entire sink counter with your ten different moisturizers, or burning down our kitchen when you try to bake cookies." Danny gave her his signature smirk.
A small giggle escaped Mindy's throat." Danny...You said One Direction."
He chuckled. "That's all you got from this? I give you this crazy romantic speech, and that's it?"
She pursed her lips in playful disgruntlement. "No...and I love you too."
Danny grinned from ear to ear. "You love me?"
"Yeah, okay, don't let your head get crazy big."
He laughed."Okay, I'll try not to. Let's move in together, Min."
Mindy flashed her widest smile. She whispered, "Let's move in together." He bent down to kiss her, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist, closing the space between them, as he led them to his bedroom.