Rose of Constance

Chapter Thirteen - The Talk

Dan stood at the bottom of the steps, with his hands in his pockets looking up at me. I looked back at Blair.

"Go." she encouraged me "Go on, go." she nudged me slightly and I made my way down the steps towards him and we started to walk away.

"so, what was all that about?" he asked as we made our way, away from the show

"Oh, I dished up a nice slice of pie called, no one hurts my best friend." I answered smugly, I thought what I did was quite ingenious

"That means you did something Diabolical then." he summarised, for a moment everything seemed normal

"I didn't do anything and you can't prove it. Besides I tried staying out of it I honestly did but I'm protective of those I care about. Hurt me fine fuck with them, I rip your head off." he chuckled

"So that is what the kiss was about? You knew Serena was going to do something so you tried to save me." and then the normal moment was gone

"It worked didn't it? She backed off and left you alone." I tried to shrug it off as if it was nothing.

"Is that all it was about or was there something more?" he was becoming more vauge . I stopped

"If you want to ask me something don't be a wuss. Ask me."

"Do you like me more than a friend." I froze, I wish I kept my mouth shut "Well?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." I shrugged walking off

"Rose! Wait" He pulled me back and I winced holding my bruised wrist "What? What did you do." he grabbed my hand and took of the bracelets covering Blairs bruise."

"How did you do this."

"Blair has a death grip when she's mad with others." I answered being dismissive, Blair didn't mean to she honestly doesn't know her whole strength sometimes and I did tell her off.

"Blair did this."

"It wasn't her fault, she apologised. It's just this whole thing with Serena and your sister she dragged me along a little to hard."

"This is not right." he held my hand examining the bruise in the dim lighting

"I never said it was. It was an accident, she apologised and she didn't mean it. Just drop it."

"Will you at least answer my question?"

"What does it matter!  you just came out a of a relationship, you need space not me blathering about how when I kissed you I felt fireworks and butterflies. Or how about when I kissed you I've never felt more safe. That this past week not talking to you has been hell because it feels like without you I'm not grounded." I breathed heavily as tears rolled down my cheeks.

He just stood there. I shook my head and went to carry on walking. Dan grabbed my hand and pulled me back smashing his lips into mine. I melted and everything I felt before when we kissed came flooding back all at once.But then a sense of reality. I pushed away.

"I can't." I say shaking my head

"Why not? Rose, I have kissed you twice and both times everything feels like it stopped. i have never felt like that with anyone else but you."

"Because, I'm not the perfect girl. I can't be put on this pedestal because I will fail every single time. I'm a bitch, a vicious conniving bitch when crossed. I will go to a very dark place one minute and the next it will be as if nothing ever happened. Despite trying not to get involved I will lie and scheme to fuck someone over. I will use anything and everything at my disposal to bring someone down if the cross me. Why would you want someone like that?"

"Rose, i just came from jail after your brother left me there for crossing him. I thought I could be sneaky and get to know him and write a story so that I could get a letter of recommendation for Yale, yet when it came too it I couldn't even entertain the idea because the thought of hurting you brother or even hurting you."

"See you have a conscience. I don't" I shake my head and walk away before he can say anything else

Spotted: Lonely Boy and Phoenix having late night confessions, rumour is though D let R walk away.