21.

It was the middle of the night and Tom sat straight in his bed. He couldn't sleep and just looked to Dougie's bed with anger which was bobbling in his veins. He knew Dougie was awake as well but he couldn't speak to him, not when he's being so selfish.

With every second he looked at his brother's bed he felt himself getting more and more angry and frustrated. He needed to get out of these walls, he needed to breathe. So he went downstairs to the kitchen to get a glass of water and he did it without even trying to be quiet.

'Can't sleep either?' Tom heard Vicky ask behind him. It was okay with their mother for her to stay in the spare room.

He turned around with a sigh and shook his head while taking a sip.

Vicky gestured with her head to follow her and she led him to the living room. She sat down in the couch with her legs before her and wrapped her arms around them.

'Is it the plan?' She asked while placing her head on her knees.

The plan. The plan she and Dougie made when he came back from church and he had told them what the priest had said. It didn't take long for Vicky to figure out what he meant. A kiss, a true loves kiss will bring Danny back. And that's when it started to go wrong..

The beginning of the plan Tom had no difficulties with: once they will find Danny, Vicky will stop time around them so they can act freely without the world knowing what's going on. But then they immediately started plotting how to lure Danny into kissing Dougie.

Kissing Dougie? What about Tom? Is his love for Danny not good enough? He loves Danny just as much as Dougie does, maybe even more and they're not even going to consider it?

'Tom?' Vicky asked a little worried.

'Yeah, it's the plan' He answered finally.

'Which part?'

'The kissing part'

Vicky narrowed her eyes and looked rather confused. 'What about that?'

'How.. How do we know for sure that it's Dougie's kiss that's going to bring Danny back?' Tom said soft.

'Well.. We don't but it's the only option we have. Dougie loves Danny and from what I have heard from him Danny loves him as well'

Tom looked at her determined face and realized that there was no say anymore to change her mind. It's Dougie that's going to break the curse and he just has to accept it.

'Is that all you're worried about or is there something else too?' Vicky asked with narrowed eyes.

'No that's all' Dougie said. 'I was just a little worried' He added with a smile.

Vicky smiled as well and caress over his back. 'Get some sleep, it's going to be a hard day tomorrow'

Tom nodded and went back to bed but didn't sleep much and saw the sun rising. He waited until his mother left for her work and then went downstairs to see Vicky already up and bright. Not long after Dougie came down as well.

'Are you ready?' Vicky asked Dougie who took a deep breath before answering.

'Yeah I am' He said firm.

'Let's go then'

Hours later there was still no sign of Danny. They had searched everywhere but he was nowhere to be found.

'Where is he?' Dougie asked frustrated when they left the school onto the schoolyard, which was their last option to search.

'Maybe we've missed him..' Tom said but got two "oh please" faced looking at him. It was like that every time he said something. Like there was no reason for him to go along with them, like he was the third wheel nobody wants and he decided to keep his mouth shut.

'Or maybe he's just been following you this whole time and you're too dumb to notice' They heard Danny's voice say. They looked up to where the sound was coming from and saw him standing on the school building.

'Danny!' Dougie said half relieved but half scared. 'Quick stop time' He whispered to Vicky.

'I'm on it!' She said and started making some weird signs with her hands.

'So what's the plan guys?' Danny asked cheeky.

'Danny, please don't be like this. Don't you remember us? Me? Don't you remember how I comforted you after a fight with God and you hugged for the first time? Or how you could paralyze me by just looking into your eyes? I love you Danny and there used to be a time when you loved me. I just want that back!'

During Dougie's speech Danny's face changed. The angry cheeky look disappeared to make room for confusion and a lost look in his eyes.

'Oh no..' Vicky said suddenly scared.

'What? What's wrong?'

Vicky pointed to the sky and Dougie followed her finger. The left side was entirely covered with black clouds while the right side was covered in white clouds which were getting closer together with the second.

'It's Hell and Heaven, they're going to combine their powers to kill Danny.'

'WHAT? Why?'

'Hell doesn't want him anymore because he hasn't reached his full transformation yet and therefore considered weak and God has always had a grunge on Danny'

Meanwhile the clouds reached each other and blended. During that time a white lightning bolt appeared with a black bolt spinning around it.

Danny was still standing on the roof with that same lost look on his face when the bolt was fired.

'DANNY LOOK OUT!' Dougie yelled as hard as he could.

Danny looked up and jumped just in time away to miss the lightning bolt with only an inch. But by the impact of the strike he was thrown of the building and onto the schoolyard.

Dougie immediately ran to him. 'Danny? Danny are you okay?'

Danny groaned and pulled himself up. He looked at Dougie who was helping him getting back on his feet. 'I know you, don't I?'

'Yeah' Dougie said with tears in his eyes but with the biggest smile on his face. 'Yeah you do, very well'

They both looked each other in the eyes and Dougie couldn't help but feel that Danny was coming back, that the real Danny was in there fighting to escape. His eyes pierced into Dougie's like they used to do, only the color is still different.

And there the urge to kiss him was back again, just like the first time Danny had looked at him like that. And he decided that right here and now was the perfect time to do so. Dougie slowly closed his eyes and pursed his lips and moved slowly towards Danny.

'LOOK OUT!' Vicky suddenly shrieked.

Dougie looked up and suddenly felt a hand on his chest that pushed him away with great force and fell on the ground while hearing the lightning strike and Tom's voice yelling Danny's name.