How You Get The Girl

Chapter Eight • You Are In Love•

Danielle
*One week later*

"Danielle!" Jaina ran and engulfed me in a hug.
"Hello to you too J." I said with a laugh.
"God I've missed you on set. How are you feeling?"

"Great. I took your advice." I said with a huge smile.
"You did? Oh my God tell me everything!"
"I don't think you want to hear the details."

"I don't think she wants to either bambina. Here's your coffee." Stefania said as she walked up.
"Okay no sexy details. But are you two dating now?"
"Yes. But we're not telling anyone yet." I told her.
"I'm so happy for you two! We have to have a double date."

"Danielle! Stefania! We need you on set!" Krista yelled from the studio door.
"We'll talk to you later."

We walked over to Krista, and followed her on set.
"Did you two read the scripts I sent you?" She asked.
"Yes. We've been going over our lines the past few days. I'm sorry that I had to take some time off." I told her.
"Danielle, don't you worry about that. You can take off as much time as you need. Your health is a priority."

"Thank you Krista. I really appreciate that."

Stefania

Six hours later, we were finished with filming majority of our scenes.
We had just finished a fight scene, and it bothered me to scream at her like that.
"You okay Bambina?" I asked as we walked to her trailer.
"Yeah. I just hate the arguing scenes. I know it's not real, but I don't like the thought of arguing with you."
"Me neither. It makes my heart hurt." I said as we walked into her trailer.

"Honestly, I don't think we've ever had an argument. I mean, we've known each other for almost two years." She said as she sat down on her couch.
I thought about it, "I don't think we have. We've always been on the same page about things."

Jaina and Barrett came running in.
"Whoa guys, what's wrong?" Danielle asked.
"He's here." Jaina said breathlessly.
"Who's here?"
"Jackson. We wanted to make sure you were in here and with someone in case he found you." Barrett turned and locked the door.

Danielle's face turned pale, and her eyes were wide open with shock.
"It's okay Bambina. There's three of us here with you. He can't hurt you." I quickly sat next to her and put my arms around her.

"Where is she! Where's the bitch!" We heard him yelling outside.
She grabbed my hand and squeezed tightly, her breath quickening.
"Shhh. Just stay quiet. He doesn't know where we are." I whispered as I squeezed her tighter.

"Whoah man, you need to go." They heard Jay tell him.
"I'm not going anywhere till I find Danielle. She's mine."
"You really need to go before I kick your ass." Oak basically growled.

They didn't hear anything for a few minuets, then they heard a knock at the door.
"Don't answer it!" Danielle whispered.
"It's Oak. Open the door." I quickly got up and opened the door.

"Are you ladies okay in here?" Oak asked as he and Jay walked in.
"Thank you for making him leave. He's never gonna stop trying to find me." Danielle said with tears in her eyes.
"He's not allowed on the property anymore. We'll make sure that he doesn't come back." Jay said.

"God this is a fucking nightmare. I won't be able to sleep for weeks." Danielle put her head in her hands.

"Why don't we come over tonight and stay the night? It'll be a girls night." Barrett offered.
"If they're staying I'm staying too." Jay added.
"Let's make it a party then. We'll all come over and hang out!" Oak said with a smile.

I looked down at Danielle, "What do you think bambina? We have enough room at our house for everyone to stay."
"Please. I think it would help if everyone came over." She said, wiping a tear from her eyes.

Danielle

A few hours later, everyone was at our house.
Our house. It felt really weird when Stefania said it. I mean, I know I've been living here for a month or so, but was it really our house?
We did everything together. We ate, slept, watched TV, were we really that couple? I mean we had just technically started dating.

I felt arms wrap around my waist from behind, and I leaned into Stefania's hug.
"What's on your mind bella?" She whispered in my ear.
"Nothing. Is the pizza almost here? I'm starving." I busied myself with making everyone's drinks. I was always the designated bartender, since I had bartended for a couple of years in college.

"Are you sure? You're acting different."
"Well, aside from the fact that my abusive ex boyfriend beat my ass not that long ago, and he showed up at my job today? Yep I'm fine." I said with a little bit of an attitude.
She gently kissed my cheek, and walked into the living room with our friends.

I sighed, and carried the drinks into the living room.
"Karaoke time!" Barrett said excitedly.
"Nope. Not me. I'm good." I sat down on the couch.

"Oh come on Danielle. You have a wonderful voice." Stefania said, smiling at me.
"I really don't feel like singing tonight guys." I sighed out.
"Okay, then what do you wanna do?" Jaina asked as she plopped down on the couch next to me.
"Can we watch a movie? I'm sorry to be a party pooper. Maybe we can have a party later this week."

We decided on 50 First Dates. Oak tried to protest, but it was five against one. Even though I think he was secretly looking forward to watching it.

I cuddled up against Stefania, and she threw the blanket over us.

An hour and forty minuets later, the movie was finished and we all said our good nights.

Stefania and I went to our bedroom, and I got under the covers.
"Are you sure nothing else is bothering you?" She asked as she settled into bed next to me.

I stayed silent, and stared at the ceiling.
"Bambina, what's wrong? What did I do?" She asked.
"Stefania you didn't do anything." I rolled to face her.
"Then please talk to me Danielle. I want to help you in any way that I can." She took my hand in her own.
"Earlier. You said our house. I-Is this our house? Cause we just started dating and I know I moved in over a month ago and-" I stopped talking when I heard Stefania trying to hold back a laugh.

"Why are you laughing? I'm serious Stefania!" I groaned.
"Oh bella, I'm not laughing at you. Just at the situation. Of course this is your house too. You've been living here with me. We share a room. We do practically everything together. This is our house." She wrapped her free arm around my waist and pulled me closer to her.

"Okay. Okay. I'm sorry for freaking out. I've just never had anybody that treats me like you do. I mean, Jackson did for a while. And then he got comfortable, and it started with yelling. Then breaking my things. Then..." I trailed off.
"You don't have to talk about it Bambina. I understand. And I want you to know, I would never hurt you. I care about you." She nuzzled herself into my neck.

"I don't remember a whole lot from that night. I remember him pulling up next to me, and hitting me on my head, and then waking up to you screaming. That was one of the most scariest moments I've ever experienced. And yes partially because of what he did, but because I heard the terror in your voice. You were scared. And that broke my heart."

"Of course I was scared. You were lying there, bruised and bleeding. I was terrified. In that moment, I realized..." She took a deep breath.
"I realized that I love you Danielle."

I stayed silent, drawing patterns on the small amount of skin that was showing on her side.

"Danielle? Was that too much? I'm sorry I shouldn't have-"
"I love you too, Stefania." My voice broke, and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
"Oh, don't cry bella." She held me tight, and rubbed my back.

"Nobody's ever told me that before." I felt tears rolling down on my face.

"Well, I'm gonna tell you every day how much I love you. I'm never gonna let you forget it." She kissed the top of my head.

I rolled on top of her, pressing my lips against hers.
Her hands wandered to my hips, holding them tight.