FLORIDA, danny duncan

⤷ TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR, talk of the town!

BRIELLE,

Danny and I sat at the dining table together, his eyes were fixed on his MacBook while I ate a plate of left-overs from yesterday. At the moment, it was just me and him together. We planned on not doing much today.

"I upload videos at least once a week. We've been here almost two weeks now," Danny said, "I uploaded a video last week. This one is gonna be for this week. It'll be up by tomorrow."

"You always have Alex working overtime." I laughed.

"He's just happy to help," Danny laughed with me. "We're not constantly filming anyways... even though it probably seems like it. It's nice to have alone time, you know?"

"'Cause you always have someone around you. It's hard to catch you alone."

"You catch me alone, then we're alone together."

"That's because if me and you are alone, they don't wanna come around and 'bother' us apparently," I rolled my eyes, "said by the guys, by the way."

"What else do they say when I'm not around?"

"Nothing..." I replied back, suspiciously, "nothing serious."

"So what? We're keeping secrets now?"

"Secrets? No. Sometimes my business isn't your business."

Danny side-eyed me, as I stood up from my chair. I took my plate with me to the sink to wash them. Danny followed me and stood right behind me. He bent down from behind me to level even with my ear.

"Nah, I know everything," he mumbled in my ear, "everything, even things you think I don't know."

I looked back at him, giving him a sassy look, "then you should know that you can back up a little bit."

Danny let out a small laugh and continued to get even closer to me. I used my hip to push him a little away from me, as I reached down to put the dishes in the dishwasher. He finally walked away from me, going into the fridge to get a water bottle.

As one of our phones began to ring, I realized it was mine. I quickly dried my hands off and walked back to the dining table. Jasmine's facetime call was displayed on my screen. I swiped to answer her call, seeing her smile as it connected.

"Hey!" She sang, "are you busy? What are you doing right now?"

"Nothing, I'm at the house. I'm just chilling with him," I said while lifting the phone over my shoulder to show Danny in the kitchen. "What are you doing?"

"At home, getting ready to make some lunch. I called you because I needed that recipe, but I forgot it and I don't remember if I have a pic of it or not," she said, "but before we talk about that, how was yesterday?"

"It was good! It was fun, wish you were here to celebrate with us."

"I saw! The pictures you posted were so cute!"

I playfully batted my eyes, acting flattered as if she flirted with me, "thank you."

"Then when I kept clicking, I saw the man that's keeping you hostage over there." Her lips turned into a frown of disgust, causing me to laugh.