I'm back (sort of) so enjoy another installment!

Twentieth Installment: Season 2 Episode 16: Stormageddon

Maddie gets trapped with Daniel at his house and they exchange relationship advice

Maddie's POV

"Ready?" Daniel asked me. We were wearing black velcro suits, about to use the T3's velcro wall to pass the time from the storm.

This is definitely something I'd never predict I would be doing, let alone wearing, but weirdly enough, I was excited.

"Uh, ready," I told him.

"One...two..three!" he counted. I took a deep breath, jumped on the trampoline and landed on the velcro wall.

I heard him say "My turn!" before he landed beside me.

I giggled and said, "This is, fun!"

"I told you!"

"Why didn't we do anything like this when we were dating?"

He looked down as if he was afraid to answer. "Well, you were a bit more, uptight back then."

My mouth gaped. "I was not!"

He then gave me one of those really? looks. "You wouldn't even ride the teacups at the carnival!"

"Those cups spin very fast! It messed up my hair!" I defended, remembering how miserable I was that day.

"But you're different. Now that you're dating Diego, you've changed," he assured.

To say I was confused by his admission was an understatement. Me, date Diego? Yeah right! "Proxy and I aren't dating."

"Don't you guys always hang out?" he questioned.

"Yeah," I responded, giving in.

"And you get along really well?"

Now that I think about, we do get along pretty well, recently anyway. "I guess."

"And you care about him and he cares about you?"

That I wasn't ready to admit just yet, even though it was true. "He cares about me, so?"

"So, that's a relationship!" he exclaimed as if it's obvious.

"That's not what I've learned from the hundreds of romantic comedies I've seen."

He rolled his eyes. "And what do those teach you?"

"A relationship is when you're always fighting, then you can make up by getting them to do whatever you want!"

He looked at me curiously, as if he finally realized it. "So that's why you were always picking fights with me."

Now it was my turn to look at him stupidly. "Yeah, duh. Isn't that why ur in a fight with Emma?"

He looked down again; the topic clearly made him upset.

I thought I'd be more ecstatic they broke up, after everything that happened last year, but I'm not. Weird. Pretty sure Proxy is also to blame for this. "No, we're in a fight because she got her powers back and didn't tell me."

"So, you're mad at her for being a witch?" I asked.

"Mmm...not exactly."

"But if you two were still together, you'd want her to stop using her powers," I concluded.

"Maybe." The wheels in my head started turning, and I finally realized Daniel's problem. And it's HIM. How could he possibly think Emma could just not use her powers? Really glad I don't have to deal with him anymore; if he told me that, I'd break up with him, again!

"Then you don't accept Emma for who she is." I told him, "And as a fellow witch, I'm offended for her!" I exclaimed, but my expression changed when I saw how Daniel was looking at me, and when I realized what it is I just said. "Wait, did I just defend Emma? What's happening to me?!"

"It's the Diego effect; you should embrace it," he said with a smile. I didn't really have a reply to that, so I let the topic go.

It was at this time I realized how long we've been stuck to this wall. I tugged on it to remove myself, but it didn't work. "Hey, um, how do we get down?"

The realization hit him as I said it. "I don't know. Tommy? Dad?"

I can only hope they come and get us down fast; this "heart-to-heart" I had with Daniel was starting to creep me out.

Luckily they did, and we were down and out of those clothes in minutes.

'So," he began, while putting the velcro suits on the couch, "Are you going to meet up with your 'boyfriend' Diego and tell him you're officially a couple?"

I crossed my arms, refusing to give him the satisfaction that he may be right, even if he was. "Maybe. Are you gonna go meet up with your 'witch' Emma and tell her you accept her...'witchiness?'"

He put his hands on his hips (awkwardly if I might add), contemplating for a second before answering, "Maybe."

I scoffed, done talking about his Emma problems. "Look, it's more complicated for me. Adding a fourth Panther will make Sophie and Katie jealous, and then Diego-"

"Whoa whoa whoa, Diego is a Shark, not a Panther!" he clarified, interrupting me.

"Whatever. The point is, Katie's jealous of all the time I spend with Diego. And it was kind of fun watching them bicker at first but, now, it's just exhausting."

"Yeah, some friends can be exhausting." I could feel his eyes on me as he said that.

I gasped. "Hey! You're talking about me!" I crossed my arms, both upset and offended.

"Or Katie." That got my attention, and I turned to face him. "Isn't her birthday coming up? You could throw her a surprise party."

My eyes lit up at the suggestion. It may not be for me, but I do love parties. "Ooh, a surprise party! What a great idea I just thought of!"

I could see it now: the beach, party food, swimsuits, music. I was already stoked and it hasn't even been planned yet. "Hey, I gotta run; planning a party is hard work." And on that note, I left to go home.

On the way out, I checked my phone and saw that I received 5 text messages from Sophie, 10 messages from Katie, 13 from my mom, and surprisingly, 17 from Diego. He seemed really worried about me, which made me blush involuntarily.

So maybe I do have small, tiny, feelings for Diego, but that doesn't mean we should start dating. Besides, Katie and Sophie would flip if it happened. I had to focus on planning Katie's party.

I may not always say it, but my friendship with Katie and Sophie are really important to me, and if it came down to it, I would do anything to protect it.

Again, added some extra dialogue at the end. Btw, I'm planning on releasing a Miego fic to finish off the year *fingers crossed*

As usual, these installments are infrequent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lostbutnotyetfound13: Same, Emma didn't seem to fully consider his feelings. Yeah, it worked out in the end, but still. Thank you!