The Bright Side Of The Life - Stefanielle Love Story

Chapter 8

POV Danielle
"Can we talk real quick?" Stephanie asks me as she clears my plate from the breakfast table.
"Yes, sure" we go out on the balcony and sit down at the bench.

"Ok, so, this is none of my business. But I understand why dad did what he did yesterday."
"Wh- What do you mean, Stephanie?"
"He doesn't want you to play a bisexual character on TV. "
"Yeah, I am aware of that" Why does she have to bring that up now?
"Well, I watched you two yesterday."
"And?"
"I mean, do you like her, Dani?"
"My god, why does everybody ask me that? Barrett literally asked me the same a little while ago too. Why? I just- I just do not get it."
"Calm down, it is not bad. You can talk to me. Wheater you do or you don't have any feelings for her, it doesn't matter, alright?"
"Man, slow it down. But why would you assume that? I am not mad or so but I just want to understand. I really don't know how I feel, Stephanie."
"I can't tell you how you feel either. But I can see how calm and safe you feel with her around. And I do not know if this means anything but it could. It could mean something. Maybe she means much to you as a friend but maybe you want her to be more than that."
"I only dated guys so far."
"I know. But that doesn't mean anything. Just, figure it out. I will support you no matter what, Dani. I want you to be happy and I haven't seen you as happy as you were yesterday when you two were playing with the kids in a long time."

A tear is rolling down my cheek.

"There is no need to cry, D. Do you maybe want to talk about her? Tell me something about her. Just try to express your feelings through words."
"Alright." I take a short break to take a deep breath. "She is just-. I am sorry, this is kinda hard for me."
"Don't worry. You don't have to talk about it. Maybe I am just not the person you want to tell those things. And that's okay. Maybe you can try to talk to Barrett or so. See if that's going to work out for you. "
"Yeah, I'll figure it out. Thank you. This conversation helped me a lot already. But I have no idea"

POV Stefania
"Is everything alright?" I ask Danielle and her sister as I get out on the balcony and see that Danielle's eyes are filled with tears. I put my hand on her left shoulder.
"All good. I was just about to go upstairs to get our stuff together."
"Oh, no, I just did that."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I just wanted to check up on you real quick. I'll take Jeff on a walk now and then we could drive home."
"Sure, yeah. Should I come with you now?"
"No, no, Bella. Stay with your family a little longer. I will be back in about 30 minutes."

I take Jeff on her leash and we leave the house.

After Danielle calmed down yesterday, we went back downstairs. The kids weren't there anymore at the time because they went to bed. Danielle, her family, and I settled down in the living room because it was much more comfortable for all of us. Danielle and I shared the armchair because there wouldn't have been enough place for everybody otherwise. She sat on my lap.
I held onto her all the time and she was surprisingly relaxed. Danielle wasn't that involved in the conversations everybody held but she was at least there.

I went up to our room before her because I was already so tired but I couldn't fall asleep. My mind couldn't turn off for some reason. I had to think about Danielle all the time and I was so sad that she wasn't with me at that instant. I kind of got used to falling asleep in her arms because I was always able to feel safe with her. So something was missing yesterday.
I eventually fell asleep, knowing that Danielle could come into the room any second and lay next to me.

I get a notification about 15 minutes after I started the walk. My face immediately lights up as I see the name that just popped up.