Her mum woke us up the next morning, my head was resting on Dani’s chest and I could hear her heartbeat. The marks on her neck were more visible today and I smiled at my artwork.
-“Good morning princess” She kissed the top of my head
-“Good morning beautiful”
We got up and took turns in the bathroom, we then run downstairs to open the gifts. I got Dave and her dad a sweater and for her mum a gift pack of body butter and shower gel. Dave got me a hoodie and her dad and mum an amazing leather bike jacket.
-“To keep you safe in the future” her mum said and smiled.
-“Thank you so much” I hugged both of them.
It was now Danielle’s turn to open my gift.
-“Here” I told her passing her a box, she opened it and squealed in excitement.
-“Dr. Martens? Cam, I love them” She said and kissed me and squeezed the air out of me hugging me. She then handed me a huge bag and I opened it. It had a new helmet for my bike and a box of Jordans.
-“Your old helmet got messed up from the accident and I wanted you to be safe” I opened the box and it had the Jordan one’s x Dior.
-“Holly Shit, Dani” My jaw dropped to the floor and she chuckled. “You shouldn’t have” She hugged me.
-“There’s a reason I’m calling you princess. Get used to it” I cupped her cheek and kissed her.
-“They are so pretty thank you so much, I love them. And the helmet is so awesome.” I hugged her tightly.
-“You are squeezing the air out of me baby” I pulled away and chuckled.
-“So I assume you ride as well?” Her brother asked
-“Yes, I do, that’s how I got this” I said pointing at the splint. “I got in an accident about half a month ago”
-“Oh, Dani had an accident once, it was awful”
-“Yeah, she told me” I pecked her lips and she smiled. He eyed Dani and smirked.
-“So I guess your bike isn’t the only thing you ride” He started laughing and so did I, Dani turned red from embarrassment.
-“Dave” she whined. Her mum brought us hot chocolate and we chatted for a while. Dani and I decided that we would go clubbing tonight since it’s our last day. We would leave tomorrow so that we have enough time to prepare for school.
Dave left and we went to our room and lay on the bed.
-“Dani, thank you for everything, you shouldn’t have spent so much though” She smiled and pecked my lips. I got up and opened my suitcase pulling out a bag.
-“What’s that?”
-“Your second gift, I couldn’t give it to you in front of your parents” She looked at me amused and opened it.
-“You are so stupid” She laughed. It was a mug with ‘world’s best teacher’ written on it.
-“It’s true” “Anyway, how am I going to get into the club? I’m not 21”
-“No need to worry about that”
The time passed by fast, we packed most of our stuff away and we got ready to go to the club, she insisted on taking the car.
-“Aren’t you going to drink?”
-“No, I don’t drink”
-“You don’t?”
-“Nope, not anymore”
-“Oh ok…”
We got to the club at 12.2 and the line was huge, she held my hand and led me at the front. The man asked if we had a reservation she said no and he asked for her name.
-“Danielle Miller”
-“There’s a table in the VIP section for you” She smiled and a guy led us to our table.
-“What was that?”
-“Almost everyone knows my parents in this town”
She ordered a drink for me and water for her.
-“It’s weird that you don’t drink”
-“Yeah... I know, I stopped a while ago”
-“Why?”
-“It made things worse, everything I was feeling became more intense with alcohol”
-“I’m sorry baby” I kissed her “For me it’s the opposite, it helps me numb the pain”
-“So, why were you drinking that day?”
-“It was the date of my mum’s death” She bit her bottom lip and then pecked mine.
A few minutes have passed and she left to use the bathroom, a random guy approached me and tried to start a conversation.
-“So, you and your girlfriend are really hot”
-“Thanks” I tried to end the conversation but instead he came closer to me, I could smell the alcohol in his breath, he started dancing and put his hands on my hips to dance with me but I pulled away.
-“Don’t be like that, let’s dance” He smirked and grabbed my hand, it reminded me of Jack and I tried to break free from his grip.
-“I don’t dance, leave me alone”
-“Playing hard to get? It’s okay baby I like it” Thankfully Danielle came.
-“What’s going on? Leave her alone” She hissed and he dropped my hand.
-“Calm down lesbo, she needs a man to take care of her”
-“Then what are YOU doing here?”
He pushed her a little and grabbed me by the waist closer to him, I tried pulling away but he wouldn’t let me.
-“Last warning, leave her alone”
-“Or what?” He smirked. Danielle lifted her fist and punched him, his grip got loose and I ran behind her. He tried swinging at her but she ducked and punched him again. At this point he was furious, he managed to land a punch on her beautiful face but she punched him back. He fell on the floor and she called security. They escorted him out and made sure we were ok.
-“Baby, are you ok?” she asked worried.
-“Thanks to you, I am” I kissed her.
-“I’m sorry this happened today”
-“It’s not your fault, men are the worst”
-“They are” she agreed and I took her hand in mine.
-“I can’t believe you knocked him out”
-“He would leave you if I didn’t.”
-“I know baby” I said kissing her “I’ll go bring you some ice”
I got the ice and a man dressed in a suit approached us, he looked around Danielle’s age.
-“John, long time no see” She greeted him.
-“Dude, I haven’t seen you for 2 years, and now you are here punching people in my club” He joked and Dani nudged his arm.
-“I guess some things never change”
-“I missed you Dani, how are you doing?”
-“Well, way better than the last time you saw me. What about you?”
-“I’m doing great, I’m engaged”
-“I’m so happy for you” she hugged him
-“So why did you knock that guy out?”
-“He was harassing my girlfriend” He raised his eyebrows and I smiled at him
-“Cam, nice to meet you” He shook my hand and looked at Dani.
-“So you are dating again”
They kept talking for a while until he had to go.
-“I’m glad old Dani is back, but please don’t go into troublemaker mode”
-“Shut it John, I’m an adult now” She laughed.
-“Who was that?” I asked as he left
-“He was my best friend through high school”
-“And why does he know about the dating thing?”
-“He was one of the people that received a photo, as most people in this town”
-“Oh”
-“Yeah, everyone saw me going in a downward spiral, fighting with depression and they all knew why”
-“Baby, that’s awful”
-“Yeah, but it’s in the past, it doesn’t matter”
-“So, from what I understood, you used to be a troublemaker?”
-“Maybe” she smiled “During high school, I was constantly getting into fights” I smirked.
-“And you wanted to suspend me for a little prank”
-“I only fought people, I never pranked teachers, it’s not the same” I rolled my eyes and she chuckled.
-“Your cheekbone is red”
-“I know baby, it’s going to bruise”
-“I’m sorry Dani”
-“It’s not your fault, I chose to fight him”
After a while, we went home.