Scarred For Life

Chapter 5

Danielle's Point of View

I woke up on a warm body, and my arm was all bandaged up. I knew it was body because I could feel a heartbeat, and a chest slowly going up and down. The person was singing, their voice was just... it was amazing.

"Turn off the radio, those late night TV shows, turn off the telephone and just be here with me. I like the summer rain, I like the sound you make, we put the world away we get so disconnected, you are my get away you are my favourite place, we put the world away, yeah we're get so disconnected"

"Disconnected..." I mutter.

"What?"

"Your singing Disconnected"

I sit up and then turn around to face him.

"I'm sorry..." I tell him.

"Hey, what are you sorry for" he rubs my back in comfort.

"For scaring you like that, hell I scared myself"I sighed pulling my hair back. "where are the boys"

"They're downstairs" he answered.

I then began to sob. "What am I gonna do with my life...?"

"Hey l, don't cry..." he shushed pulling me into a hug.

"My parents haven't even tried looking me. Do I really not matter to anyone?" I said in between sobs.

"Of course you matter Danielle" we pulled apart and he wiped away my tears "you matter to me, and the boys and I know we had a weird way of showing it but, don't you ever think that nobody cares about you"

I nod as he spoke "Calum? Thanks" I smile " thanks for taking care of me, thanks for saving my life, and thanks for being there"

"Anytime Danielle" he smiles back pulling me into another hug.
I go down stairs to see the boys sitting around the couch.

"Um guys..." I say walking in slowly.

"Are you okay...?" Michael asks as they all stand up.

"Yeah I'm fine now thanks, and I just wanna say I'm sorry for scaring you guys like that, it really must of been terrifying" they all smiled as I spoke "but um.. cos of what's been happening these past couple years, it's gonna take a lot of time, for you guys to gain my trust so please, don't mess up because I don't want that to happen again..."

"We understand, don't we guys?" Ashton smiles.

"Yeah, of course we do, we'll give you space" Luke speaks up.

We stand there awkwardly for a while until I got up and hug all of them. I don't know how or why I did, but I did.

"Thanks for understanding" I smile. "I'm
gonna go take a shower"

Once I've had my shower which I really needed Michael said he wanted to talk to me. I met him in the games room.

"Hey... " I say gently.

"Hi" he smiles.

"What was it you wanted..?"

"I want to talk to you about your self harm..." he started. He then took off the bracelets he had on his arms and showed me them. He had faded scars on his arms, but they weren't as bad as mine, but there was a lot. My mouth dropped in shock.

"You self harm...?"

He nods putting his bracelets back on. "I used to get depression when I was younger, and cutting seemed to make it better, but it doesn't. One night I had cut too deep I had to get taken to hospital. Cutting may seem like a good idea at first but it's not, there are consequences. The side affects are horrible. I know you had a lot if reasons to cut, and we couldn't of made it any better, but it's an addiction that you need to conquer. I did with the help of the boys, and I'm sure we can help you too." he smiled as he finished.

"Thank you Michael. And I'm sorry about..."

"It's okay. I hope you can get better"

"I hope so too" I get up and hug him "thanks again Michael"

We go down stairs and everyone else is sitting around the living room. I sit in one of the chairs for one person.

"So what's happening today?" I ask Them crossing my legs in a basket. They all shrug and then Ashton claps his hands in thought of an idea.

"How about truth or dare?"

Luke and Michael give a chorus of 'ohhh's'

"You up for it Danielle?" Luke clarifies.

I look at all the boys one by one and they all give me big grins.

"Okay.. let's do it" I smile.

"Right your first up Danielle!" Michael shouts.

"What? How? That's not fair!"

"Ah ! Truth or Dare, Danielle?" Luke shrugs while Michael, Ashton and Calum giggle.

I sigh and glare at Luke "dare then.." Seems safer than truth, plus what's the worst they can come up with...?

Ashton pulls Luke and Michael in a huddle leaving Calum hanging.

"Oh cheers guys (!)" he says sarcastically.

They pull out of the huddle and look at me and Calum. I think I know what they have planned, and I'm not okay with it.

"Danielle, we dare you to spend 7 minutes in heaven with Calum"

I look at Calum and then back to the boys.

I shrug and get up from my seat "come on, let's get this over and done with"

He gets up from his seat and he goes to one of the closets. He opens the door and reveals what looks like all the coats are kept. It's fairly big actually, and there's a dryer and washing machine in the corner. He walks in first and I follow behind. I turn back around and give the boys a death glare, before they shut the door.

"Have fun!" One of them say.

"Not too much fun!" Ashton says because he giggles after. And then it goes silent.

I turn around and go to sit on top of the dryer. "soo..."

Calum gives me a small smile and leans against the w all crossing his arms over his chest. He looks like he's thinking about something.

"What you thinking about?" I ask him. He completely ignores me and doesn't move a muscle. The way his arms are his they are flexing, and oh my god. Just perfect."Calum!"

"Yeah..." he replies softly.

"What's up?" I ask again.

"Nothing...."

"What you thinking about...?"

He pauses for a moment and looks at me. I shrug waiting for him to answer "You"

Hello! Sorry this was a boring and short chapter...

So who thinks that Calum and Danielle are gonna get together...?

Do you ship them? ..... Danum or Canielle. those are both crap.. haha.

Anyway come back in two days for the next update. Byiiieeeee !!!

Rovane ❤️