Forbidden Kiss (Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato)

9. Confession

"Marcus!" Danielle punched Marcus' arm.

"Stop punching me," Marcus mumbled with his eyes closed.

"Stop snoring," Danielle pulled a blanket over her head. "I can't sleep,"

"Go sleep in the living room then," Marcus said before throwing his leg over Danielle's body.

"Cody is sleeping in the living room," Danielle said while pushing Marcus' leg off herself. "Mind joining him on the other couch and becoming the snoring duo?"

Instead of a response, Danielle heard quiet snoring. It was about two in the morning when everyone decided to call it a night. Since Danielle had few more drinks, she decided to stay here with everyone else, even though she's been thinking about her bed ever since she got here. The thought of a quiet room and a good night's sleep was very tempting, but Danielle knew that it wouldn't be the best idea to leave, so she got out of the bed and put a blanket over her shoulders.

Danielle was making herself a cup of tea when she heard footsteps in the hallway. She looked over her shoulder to find Stefania standing in the doorway with her arms crossed and eyes slightly narrowed down.

"Why are you not sleeping?" Stefania asked.

"It seems like there's a broken tractor in the room, and Marcus keeps on throwing his giant feet and arms on my body," Danielle turned around to face Stefania. She felt her cheeks blushing almost instantly as Stefania was wearing only shorts and a crop top.

"Is he?" Stefania smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Sometimes," Danielle looked down for a few seconds. "Why are you not sleeping?"

"I just came to get some water," Stefania walked to the kitchen counter and got herself a clean glass. "I didn't expect to see you here at almost four in the morning,"

"Sorry," Danielle nervously laughed.

"No need to be sorry," Stefania poured some cold water into the glass. "What I'm trying to say is that you should be sleeping by now,"

"I can't sleep when there's noise in the room," Danielle took the teabag out of her cup. "Or when someone is constantly trying to punch me," Danielle closed her eyes as she suddenly remembered being punched in the face for having a few minutes of rest on the couch.

"You can sleep with me if you want," Stefania said before taking a sip.

"With you?" Danielle looked back at Stefania.

"You need to get some rest," Stefania put the glass of water on the kitchen counter. "I'm not going to touch you or do something that you don't want if that's what's stopping you from sleeping in the same bed as me,"

"Why do you think that something is stopping me?" Danielle couldn't help herself but stare at Stefania's legs for a few seconds before looking back into her eyes.

"Maybe because of your mixed signals?" Stefania smiled as she realized how hard it was for Danielle not to look at her legs.

"I want to be touched by you," Danielle said. "All I can think about is how much I want you to touch me, but at the same time, I'm scared to get hurt or eventually hurt you,"

"You really think I would hurt you?" Stefania took a few steps forward and stopped in front of Danielle.

"I don't know," Danielle whispered as Stefania gently rubbed her cheek.

"I assume your previous relationship didn't end well?" Stefania took a deep breath as she saw fear in Danielle's eyes.

"No," Danielle blinked fast a couple of times to suppress tears. "He was physically and emotionally abusive,"