Two-sided

Chapter 40: held back and road rage

I had my head between my knees. Danny wasn't talking. I felt awful. "SAY SOMETHING!" I yelled to him.

He didn't even flinch. "Damn it Danny, it's not like I wanted to portray you like that! Look in sorry that you were a bad guy in my dream damn it!" I yelled, tears burned my cheeks.

"Well Nally I'm sorry that I'm a bit shocked." he said calmly. I hated that he was so calm. I was as frantic as a fool. "I understand you had no control over your dream, plus you were a bit drunk last night." wiped a tear.

"Why was I drinking?" I asked "You wanted to come to a club opening last night, Vanessa was over at a friends house and Terry was exhausted from a tennis tournament." he explained.

"Oh..." is all I could say. "I think I need to go home." I said standing up. Danny quickly followed behind.

"Are you sure?" He asked. "Ya I'm sure." I pulled my hoodie over my hands. "I can drive you. Just go get your stuff and meet me in the garage." I nodded.

I went upstairs and grabbed my old clothes and purse. As I was about to leave my room Danny stopped me. "Were having a problem..." I raised a brow. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"None if the cars seen to want you to leave." my body went cold. "Danny, I ain't messing around. I wanna go home." i stated. "You are home." he began to come closer and I backed up.

I dropped my bag. "Danny stop you're scaring me." I said. I fell over my bed. "Oh come on baby. Just stay a little while." he was over me and came closer to my lips. I tried to lift my arms or legs and try to get away but he was weighing me down.

"Danny!" I said loudly. "DANNY!" I yelled. Vanessa and Terry ran in and gasped. Vanessa grabbed a clock and Terry ran to my closet and pulled out a bikini.

She stripped down and pulled on the bikini. "Danny!" Terry called. Danny didn't look at her. "Danny please..." I said with tears. "Danny! Terry has a bikini!" Vanessa yelled.

Danny turned and Vanessa waved the clock in his face. He fainted and fell to the ground. I pulled myself over off of my bed to the other side.

"What the fuck!" I yelled. "Nally we know you're freaked out." Terry said putting on her pants. "What the fuck!" I yelled louder "just listen please." Vanessa followed.

"What the fuck was that?!" I yelled "Danny... he has these bursts of loss memory and identity confusion." Terry said "Okay what does that mean?" I asked.

"He had a girlfriend that lived here about 2 years ago that he dated for 5 years. He was gonna propose to her but when she was on her way back from work..." Vanessa began to tear up.

"There was a drunk driver that smashed into her, she didn't make it and died in the ambulance. Ever since Danny has been messed up about it and at least once a week Danny mistakes me or Vanessa for her." Terry explains while wiping away a tear.

"He either tries to propose or does what he did to you just now. Mandy liked it when he did that so it became instinct for him." Vanessa continued.

"On some days Terry and I wear bikinis all day just to get his mind away from the other and snap him out of it. " Vanessa finished.

We all walked over around the bed to him. He was sitting up shaking his head. "What happe--" he looked up at Terry and Vanessa "Did it happen again?" He asked. They nodded.

"Fuck!" He yelled throwing his hand to his forehead. "Which one? Vanessa or Terry?" He asked disappointed. "Actually it was Nally..." Terry mumbled.

His head shot up to me. "What?" He sighed. "I'm so freaking sorry!" He yelled and tried to apologize. I held up a hand. "Its fine. They explained... Look Ally usually leaves for meetings or something around 10:30 we gotta go before she locks me out." I threw my bag over my shoulder.

I gave Vanessa and Terry a hug and gave them my phone number so we could hang later.

Danny and I walked to the garage without talking to each other. We got in his Ferrari. Is wrong to feel bad when this guy was a total jerk to my friend in high school, yet now he has like 26 different cars or trucks in his 4 story house?

Halfway there Danny spoke up. "You have to understand she was the love of my life." I looked at him. "She was beautiful. I'm not talking about beautiful like her face. She was beautiful physically but her mind, her laugh, her touch... everything else about her was beautiful."

"Danny you don't have to..." I placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm surprised Vanessa and Terry haven't left and found another place to live..."

"Danny they haven't left because they love you." I said. He scoffed. "No it's because if they leave I break down and they don't want me to find them." I raised a brow. "huh?" I asked.

Terry and Vanessa were invited to a party from one of their friends and they were gone all night and I went crazy, cried, broke shit and then drove to the club they were at and embarrassed them by dragging them out..."

We came to a red light. "Danny I'm telling you they love you. They wouldn't be living there with you of they didn't love you." I said.

"Please... and you stayed there being 'understanding' cause you love me?" He scoffed. I grabbed his face and got close to him. "Yes Danny, we all care about you. I'm still gonna be coming to you as my friend because I care about you."

We were there frozen for a moment. He looked at my lips and I to his. We began to lean into one another when... "MOVE YOU ASSHOLE! YOURE KEEPING UP THE WHOLE FUCKING LINE!" Danny stuck his head out of the window.

"EXCUSE ME BUT IVE BEEN WORKING TOO DAMN LONG TO BE YELLED AT BY SOME GUY DRIVING IN HIS MOMS 2006 NISSIAN! SO COME BACK TO ME IN 12 YEARS WHEN YOU CAN AFFORD A FERRARI ASSHOLE!" He sped off angry.

"Harsh Danny..." I mumbled. "That damn asshole had no right to be yelling, the light just turned green..."

"Danny it's okay, just calm down... please... Turn up by this street..." I said and laid back in my chair hoping he would calm down.