FLORIDA, danny duncan

⤷ SIX

CHAPTER SIX, night out!

BRIELLE,

"Why the fuck do you have so many fucking clothes?" Danny asked while he watched me pack clothes into a luggage. "You do not need this much."

"Give me that!" I snapped at him, taking away the dress that was in his hands. "As if you don't have a lot of clothes."

"I wear the same shit every time," Danny laughed, "unlike you, you have so many different stuff."

"And? What about it?" I rolled my eyes, "maybe I can finish packing tomorrow, I don't wanna end up keep you here all nigh—"

"Nah, it's all good. You can finish tonight, we got all night. It isn't even past nine yet," Danny said. "How about this? You finish packing and when you're done, I'll bring you back to my place... spend the night. That way in the morning, we all can head to the airport together."

I thought for a moment, "huh... you're right... that is smart," I slowly nodded. "Well then, I can finish packing."

I put whatever clothes I had laid out on my bed, into my luggage. I walked back into my closet, grabbing more of the clothes that I needed.

"Don't pack too much of your clothes," Danny called out behind me, "I'm gonna give you more merch when we go back to my place."

I smiled at him, walking out of my closet, "okay."

After I packed clothes, I packed all of my personal hygiene products, any of my makeup I needed, and other products that were important. I then packed some jewelry with me. Everything was just so last minute, I was all over the place making sure I had everything I needed to travel.

"Brielle!" I heard Danny call my name.

I turned around, seeing him sitting down on the edge of my bed. He had his phone facing towards me while recording. I smiled and waved at his phone, earning a soft laugh from him. Once I turned around again he stopped recording.

"Do you wanna get ice cream after we leave the house?" Danny asked me as I walked back towards the bed.

"Yes, we can." I nodded.

"Wanna drive or walk around Hollywood afterwards?" Danny asked again. "It's calmer at night... kinda." He chuckled.

I turned my head to look at him, who had a slight smile on his face. "Then we'll be out late."

Danny shrugged, staring back up at me. "So? It'll just be us, the last night in LA before flying to Florida. Let's have a night out together."

"What? Like a date?" I joked with him.

"Sure. You wanna fuck afterwards too?" Danny went along with the joke, causing the both of us to laugh together.

"Whatever." I playfully rolled my eyes.

Danny pushed the joke aside, "nah, but seriously. We haven't been able to spend time together, just you and I. Might as well take advantage of the time now. We'll be in a group the whole time we're in Florida."

A smile creeped on my face, liking the fact that he just wanted to be around me. It was cute how Danny said it. I reached over to him, placing my hand lightly below his jawline, caressing it. Danny's cheeks began to slowly turn a soft red. Making him shy was always funny to me.

"Yeah, of course." I said, before removing my hand away from his face.

In Danny and I's friendship, we always have those quick private moments where we throw flirtatious behavior towards each other. Then, we just push it aside, leaving the tension between us as it is.

—

Danny and I were in the ice cream shop, ordering our ice creams together. We found an ice cream shop as we were walking around Hollywood Boulevard. Danny stood behind me as I stood in front of the glass window. I picked out my flavor, then he did afterwards.

Once we stood at the register, I took out my card, only for Danny to push my hand away. He quickly gave his card, before I could. I frowned at him, earning a side grin from him.

"Before you guys leave, do you mind if I get a picture?" The worker suddenly, randomly asked. "Sorry man, I was excited when you walked in."

"Yeah, of course." Danny nodded. The worker quickly ran around the counter, taking his phone out.

"Here give it to me," I said, "I'll take the picture for you two." I smiled.

The boy nodded, handing me his phone. They put an arm around each other, both doing the thumbs up. I took multiple pictures, before handing his phone back.

"Brielle, you mind if I take a picture with you too?" The boy asked in a nervous way.

"Yes, for sure!" I nodded.

I handed the phone to Danny, as I switched spots with him. The boy put his arm around my shoulder, doing the same pose he did with Danny. I held my ice cream cup in my free hand, while my other arm held around the boys back. Danny then gave the boy his phone back, who looked happier than ever.

"Thanks Danny, thanks Brielle!" He waved. "Have a good night!"

"Have a good night!" I smiled and waved back to him.

"Alright, thanks man," Danny said putting his card away, "have a good night." He said to the worker.

We both began to walk out of the ice cream shop, Danny quickly pushed the door open from behind for me, holding it as we both walked out. We began to walk down the side walk down together, I stared down at the stars on the floor that was marked with celebrity names.

"Third fan tonight that noticed you, huh?" I said, referring to the worker.

"Noticed us," he laughed, "I guarantee rumors are gonna start up again. Danny Duncan and Brielle Young out together last night— shut the fuck up." Danny mumbled, making me laugh.

Danny and I finished up our ice creams as we continued to walk. We threw away our cups and trash. Danny walked with his hands in his pockets, I grabbed onto his arm, holding onto it as we walked. Both of my arms were wrapped around his left arm.

We looked at some of the shops that were open, the busy streets also kept us entertained. I stayed really close to Danny the whole time, some people were weirdos around late at night. We saw a group of teenagers that were skating around, letting Danny ride and do tricks on their board, who were also fans of Danny.

It's like this man just never has alone time.

—

By the time we got back to Danny's house, it was nearly four in the morning. Danny and I sat on his couch together, with the house dim. We both were tired, and we knew we had to wake up early tomorrow. The only light source that was on, was the one from the hallway behind us and the tv.

I was finally feeling myself get comfortable enough to almost fall asleep. I could tell Danny was as well, as his body relaxed and his breathing got slower and slower every time.

We didn't talk for the remaining of time. Our eyes were just focused on the tv.

Danny was slouched back onto the couch, his legs extending to the other side of the couch. I was almost snuggled up to his side, resting my head on his shoulder. Danny had his head resting on mine as well. At the same time, we both ended up slowly drifting into sleep while listening to the faint TV noise.