7.

Dougie's gaze was fixed on the clock above the classroom door. He watched the seconds tick away and slowly turn into minutes. Time couldn't go fast enough for him. He was dying to see Danny again. Somehow when he's around Dougie feels like his heart is healing. His hurtful past becomes a fading memory but when he leaves the pain comes right back again.

A poke between his ribs made Dougie come back to reality. Confused he looked next to him. It was Harry who poked him, sitting next to him in French class. Harry gestured with his head towards the teacher.

'What's the answer Dougie?' Miss Kendy asked

'Eerrm…' Dougie said while trying to remember something that was said during class but he hadn't paid attention at all, not even a second. Harry noticed Dougie was struggling and whispered the answer. But Dougie couldn't understand him.

'I'm sorry Miss, I was..'

'Not paying attention' Miss Kendy finished the sentence for him. 'You have to step it up Dougie, your grades are dropping'

'It won't happen again' Dougie promised her but he knew deep down that he would not be able to keep that promise.

And before Miss Kendy could lecture him some more he was saved by the bell, although that's what he thought until she called him just before he walked out of the door.

'I'll wait outside' Harry said and walked away, closing the door behind him.

'The board told me about your past Dougie, I just..'

'Why did they do that?' Dougie asked interrupting her. He told them that in confidentiality and now they're telling all the teachers? He wanted to forget about it not constantly be reminded by it!

'They feel that we can understand and grade you better now'

Dougie fought against his anger that was bubbling in his veins. They had no right to just go telling everybody without his permission!

'I'm sorry if I crossed a line' She said comforting as she saw the rage in his eyes.

'Anything else you want to say to me?'

'No that's it' She said worried. Dougie nodded and left the room, slamming the door behind him, leaving Miss Kendy perplexed.

'So what did she want?' Harry asked but Dougie just walked past him. 'What happened?' He asked trying to keep up with Dougie's speed.

'They have to keep their noses out of my business' Dougie said with his teeth pressed together.

'You have to calm down, let's go to the canteen. Eat something and we can talk about it if you want'

Dougie suddenly stopped. He had forgotten it was lunch! He immediately felt a lot calmer just by the thought of seeing Danny again.

'How does that sound?' Harry asked

'Great!' Dougie said smiling which confused Harry with his sudden turn around.

When they had taken their plate of food they sat down at their usual table.

'So you want to talk about it?' Harry asked

'No not really' Dougie said absent, his eyes were scanning the room in search for Danny. But he couldn't find him anywhere. His usual table stayed empty.

Harry sighed. 'You're different lately'

'What do you mean different?'

'You're skipping class, you're not paying attention to no one, you're disappearing,..It's like you're a completely different person.'

'Hey, I'm still me' Dougie said reassuring him. 'I just have a lot going on lately'

'It has something to do with that weird guy hasn't it?'

'He's not weird!' Dougie said raising his voice a little.

'I don't know how else to describe him, I don't know anything about him'

'His name is Danny' Dougie said. 'And he happens to be really kind and brave. He's just being modest'

'What do you mean brave?'Harry asked frowning.

'What?'

'You said he's brave, what do you mean by that?'

'I've never said that' Dougie said quickly. How could he blabber his mouth like that? He has to be more careful in the future with what he says to people. Danny was his secret and he wants it to keep it that way.

And just then he saw Danny walking towards his table with a plate of food in his hands.

'Yeah you did' Harry said keeping his head strong. He knew what he heard and now he wants an explanation.

'You have to get your ears checked mate' Dougie said laughing. 'Anyway have to go'

'Of course you have to..' He could hear Harry say behind him with disappointment in his voice. He'll just tell him something later on when he had some time to think of a good explanation. But now all that was important was Danny. He made his way through the students but just then something happened that he had not foreseen.

Danny and Tom bumped into each other while Danny arrived at his table. He managed to keep everything on his plate, just his bottle of water had fallen on the floor.

Tom quickly picked it up. 'I'm sorry, that was m..' He stopped when he stood back up and looked at Danny. They both looked at each other in silence longer than they normally should.

'Umm.. My bottle?' Danny was the first one to snap out of it and return to reality.

'Oh right.. Here' Tom said giving back the bottle to Danny. 'I'm Tom'

'Danny'

'I'll see you around then' Tom smiled and walked away but looked back several times.

What Dougie just had witnessed made his stomach turn around. The look in both their eyes and especially Tom's was not a normal one. It was like they shared immediate understanding with each other. And with that thought he remembered what Danny had said about human and angel being connected.

He sat abruptly down at Danny's table hoping that he was wrong. 'You're Tom's angel aren't you?'

Danny was taken by surprise with Dougie's sudden appearance but then sighed. 'Yeah, I am'