Lacey doesn't know how she ended up in Danny's living room. It's six in the morning and she has a cup of tea in her hands, Danny does really good tea she thought. "So your mom isn't home?" Lacey asks.
"I just called her; she says she had to get up early for work" Danny replies putting his cell phone on the couch.
Lacey thought that was very early to be getting up to head to the office, but she wasn't going to mention that to him.
"Did she notice you were gone the whole night?" she asks. "I actually told her to not wait up for me last night …" Danny replies.
She nods her head "My mother probably hasn't even noticed I've been gone…." Looking down at the floor, the floor that once had a dead women's body lying there. "I should go" Lacey continues.
"You can stay here as long as you want to, you can talk to me about anything" Danny assures her.
She licks her lips and takes a deep breath "You know, what happened at the party … wasn't right-"
"C'mon don't start with that" he interrupts and begs her.
"Listen to me …. It was imprudent, there's so much going on in our lives, so many things have been happening since you came back, we need to take things slow, I need to start taking control of my actions …" Lacey shakes her head.
"Lacey, what we have … with everything going on, I know it's tough, but what we have is what is Real, is what makes us feel alive and you know it" Danny pleads.
"I'm not saying I regret what happened, it just can't keep happening and you need to understand that, so I'm asking you to please don't come around me with other intentions, our friendship was lost, we've lost Jo and I just need time for myself and stop thinking about pleasing others or what they think about me, I just need time for me, as selfish as that sounds" Lacey says speaking the truth.
He nods his head as he feels rejection once more "What do you need me to do?"
"Time. I just need time" Lacey tries to reassure herself. She smiles at him, genuinely.
He can't contain himself, he looks at her dimple and smiles back. Lacey starts heading towards the door she had more than twice ran out of,
"Thanks for the ride home!" he says.
"No prob!" she nods and responds softly looking back "See ya..".
"Bye" he replies in a very low voice. Why did he feel this meant forever?