Hit me baby one more time (Danny Edge Fanfiction)

Chapter 43

MACIES POV

"I knew you still liked him!" Teala claps her hands together. Her excited expression fills my phone screen as we FaceTime. "Does he know?"

"No. I don't know if I want to tell him though. I still want to be friends, but I don't know if I want anything more then that right now." Or for a long time.

"Aw, c'mon Macie! You guys were literally couple goals!" She pouts her pink glossy lip.

"I don't want to heighten his expectations only to let him down again though. I care about him too much to hurt him again."

"I understand." She sighs. "But..."

"Hold on, I'm getting a call." Danny's contact name appears on my screen.

"From who?"

"Danny, be right back." I stutter quickly.

"OOO-" I accept his call as Teala cheers obnoxiously.

"Hey!" I hold the phone up to my ear. Butterflies flutter in my stomach, reminding me of how I felt when I first met Danny. Little did I know how far things were going to go.

"Hey! I'm finished filming." His soft, tired voice sounds through the speaker.

"What'd you film?"

"Just a video. So do you know what's playing tomorrow?" He pushes off my question. I choose to let him off the hook and continue the conversation. We end up talking for hours, just like we used to before we dated. My phone vibrates against my face and I lift it for a second to look at the text from Teala.

From: Teala💅
Brb my ass

I laugh silently and put Danny on speaker phone so I can reply.

To: Teala💅
Sorry T, I'll text u later tho😁

From: Teala💅
Ok. As long as ur ear banging with Danny, I can wait

I roll my eyes and listen to Danny again.

"So are you and Drew a thing now?" His tone is calm, despite the subject.

"Fuck no. I mean, he asked me out but I declined." I pick at my nails. Wait... Shit. I probably should've told Danny that. "Please don't be mad, I-"

"I'm not mad don't worry." He assures me. I don't know why Danny is being so chill about this. I'd've thought that he'd be pissed as hell.

"Really? Like, not even a little?"

"No. Macie you're eighteen years old. Even if you said yes, I can't be mad just because you're old enough to make your own decisions." I'm happy that Danny's taking this so well. I yawn and check the time to see that it's almost 1:00 in the morning.

"I'm gonna go to bed now, but I'm looking forward to tomorrow." I take the call off speaker and bring the phone up to my ear again.

"Ya, me too. Thanks for not hating me." He laughs. I can just picture his fetching smile and adorable dimple.

"Why would I hate you?" I giggle. If only he knew how much I still loved him.

"'Cause you wouldn't even talk to me."

"Danny, I could never hate you."

"I know... I mean, thanks. Wait..." He stutters causing me to laugh again.

"See you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye." I end the call and set my phone on my nightstand to charge. Amy told me that in order to recover I have to push myself to do things that I normally used to enjoy doing. Being with Danny was one of those things.