Game On | Vinnie Hacker

Daniella woke up on a random bed the next morning. Her mouth was throbbing. She threw her arm back but froze when she hit another person. She blinked rapidly before turning around. She let out a breath of relief when she realized it wasn't a head of hair she touched, but rather a cat. Specifically Hera. She rubbed her furry head softly.

"Good morning, pretty girl." She managed to say painfully. She immediately regretted it and touched her jaw. Hera meowed. Daniella slowly sat up. She turned her head, also very slowly whenever she heard someone enter the room. Vinnie.

Daniella lowered her eyes down his form before back up it. The only thing he was wearing was a towel wrapped around his hips. Of course Vinnie had this godly body. Daniella still didn't think it was fair. Why was she still staring at him. Daniella looked down at Hera who was staring at her. "Don't judge me." She said quietly.

"Hey! Good morning." Vinnie said, finally realizing the girl was awake. Daniella turned back to him. Her gaze shifted down and back up his physique again, against her will but she didn't say anything. Hera meowed again. "I slept in the living room by the way." He said to her.

Daniella nodded softly. She didn't know if she was staring directly at his abs or if he was so far away that they were just in her line of vision. She reached up and touched her jaw softly again. She did not wanna see how swollen her face was. "Ow." She finally said to him.

"Hungry? Your doctor said you could have like jello or pudding. Unless you want a smoothie? Milkshake?" He listed off suggestions.

Daniella looked away from him. "How about some clothes." She said.

Vinnie looked down at his towel. "Right." he said. Daniella stood up from the bed and walked away. "Dani wait. You really should rest." he said.

She didn't say anything. Vinnie groaned before quickly putting on his boxers and sweatpants and following after her. Daniella turned around and looked at him while walking down the steps. "I'm fine. Leave me alone." She said. She was turning her whole body around to look at him. She let go of the railing to motion for him to walk away.

Mistakenly, she went to take a step down, but missed it completely. Daniella let out a short scream, and Vinnie grabbed her arms. Instead of falling, she was just leaning back dramatically now.

Clearing her throat and fixing her footing, she pulled her hand away from his. She brushed off her pants and turned herself back around. "Are you okay?" He asked her, he was directly behind her now.

"Still fine." She murmured. She picked up her pace and went to the kitchen. "Stop following me!" She snapped at him. This was the second time in 3 days she was yelling at him, not counting the Anesthesia she was under the day before. She hand flew to her jaw in pain. "Ow!"

Vinnie sighed and pinched his nose bridge. As if he was the one trying to pull himself together. "Dani, i know you hate me. But you're obviously in pain so let me take care of you. I'll order you a smoothie from McDonald's or an ice cream. Whatever you want." He said. Daniella hated how genuine and sincere he sounded. It was like he was actively trying to make her seem bitchy.

"Fine. But only because I'm in pain. And never say you're taking care of me again." She said, sitting down in a chair.

Vinnie smiled before he sat next to her and pulled out his phone. "What do you want?"

Daniella was silent for a couple seconds. Vinnie was about to speak again, but she finally beat him to it. "Strawberry banana." She spoke. Vinnie nodded. She put her forehead against the countertop.

Silently, the two of them sat on the couch drinking their smoothies. It was beginning to get to Vinnie. Completely silent. How could she remain in complete silence for this long. Just as he began to open his mouth to break the quiet, her phone rang.

She answered it as fast as possible, like the silence was bothering her as well. Her hand left her swollen jaw,"Hey Chase."

Vinnie looked over, as subtly as possible to see Chase Hudson's face on her screen. "How does your month feel? I'm with Charli by the way." He said, Chase shifted his phone slightly to show Charli in the passenger seat.

"It feels like I just had my wisdom teeth removed." She said. "Do you seen how swollen my jaw is?"

"It's not that swollen." Vinnie had mumbled.

Chase heard him anyways, and apparently so did Charli because she perked up. "Are you with Vinnie right now?" She asked.

"We're having the time of our lives over here." Dani said sarcastically."Izz dumped me on him yesterday when i was under anesthesia i guess. Which is so foul." Dani pointed the phone over to Vinnie who looked over and waved at the two.

Dani stayed on the phone for about ten minutes before they hung up. It took Vinnie two minutes to realize that they were about to fall back into that horrible silence. So he spoke up. "Is your jaw okay?"

Dani responded without looking up from her phone. "Don't you have thirst traps to make?" she said casually.

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Daniella stretched her body before looking over at Vinnie. He wasn't even glancing in her direction anymore. She felt bad. She hated him, that was true. But she didn't want to be mean. It was beginning to get exhausting.

She stared at him for a whole two minutes trying to think of a conversation. She could confront him about what he did. She didn't want to do that.

Vinnie glanced at her out the corner of his eye but she was too deep in thought to notice. Even without trying she looked at him like he was the worst person on the planet. And even with that look on her face, Vinnie still thought she was beautiful. He hated every second of it. But somehow, he could not bring himself to hate the girl. He couldn't even pretend that he hated her.

Her eyes narrowed at him, still trying to find something to say. She tilted her head, as if she was studying his features or trying to read his mind. She then looked down at the McDonald's cup in his hand. Duh. "Thank you." She said, he turned his head to look over at her. She rolled her eyes before continuing,"For taking care of me."

"I deserve a bit more than thanks. I had to wrestle you and then sit on you just to put gauze in your mouth yesterday." he said. His tone was teasing her. She knew that.

"And here I thought you were strong. I mean didn't you win that boxing match?" She said with a smirk before her lips closed around her straw.

Vinnie might've noticed immediately, but his mind was preoccupied and focused on her lips. It wasn't until she pulled back from her smoothie that he realized what she said. "How did you know? I thought you hate me."

Daniella was silent for a few beats, as if she was thinking about what to say. She then shrugged her shoulders,"Isabella called and bragged about you." That thought made Vinnie smile. If Isabella bragged about someone. It meant she was beyond proud of them. "Don't let it go to your head, Vinnie. She brags about me all the time."