Falling for You (Stefanielle)

Chapter 5

Danielle sighed as she sat down at the desk in her room. She tossed her phone onto her bed and bent forward slightly to let the weight of her head fall into her hands. Seconds later, she heard her phone vibrating. She immediately jumped but to her disappointment, it was just Barrett asking a question in their roommate group chat.

Roomies

BD: Movie night tonight?

JO: Yes! But not too late. I have an early shift tomorrow morning

DS: Only if there's candy or popcorn

BD: In that case, we shall have both

JO: 7? I'll be home shortly

BD: Perfect

BD: I will see you ladies in the living room at 7!

Danielle and Barrett headed downstairs together when they heard Jaina shut the front door to their house.

"You look happy!" Barrett said while laughing. She truly had no filter when she was around her friends.

Jaina sarcastically smiled at her while set her purse down. "Long day today."

"Alright, somebody pick a movie! It has to be a good one," Barrett exclaimed while sitting down on the couch with a blanket.

"The Proposal?" Jaina replied as she turned the tv on.

"Yes! That's a great idea... Danielle?"

"Hey," Danielle remained in the kitchen while popcorn was popping in the microwave. "You guys know how I feel about romance... It's dead to me."

"But it's funny!" Begged Barrett as she pointed to the tv.

"Okay... Fine," said Danielle with a sigh as she looked at the candy in front of her. "For candy, we have M&Ms, Skittles, or Sour Patch Kids.

"I'll take the Sour Patch Kids," said Barrett.

"M&Ms for me!" Jaina shouted.

The blonde walked into the living room with a large bowl of popcorn and candy for everybody. She plopped herself in between Jaina and Barrett on the couch, and the aroma of buttery popcorn filled the air in the room. Danielle grabbed part of Barrett's blanket and covered her legs to get comfortable.

"This is nice. We should do it more often," Danielle said as she ate some popcorn.

"Said the girl who was just complaining about watching The Proposal," Barrett responded.

"I hate you," Danielle said as she playfully hit Barrett's shoulder.

"This has to be one of the cutest movies ever," said Jaina, whose eyes were glued to the tv.

Danielle felt a buzzing on her lap, which was her phone ringing. She looked down to see her bosses name displayed on the screen of her phone. "Shit. Sorry guys, I need to take this. Watch without me." She stood up and ran outside to answer his call.

"Patrick, hi. Is everything okay?"

"Hi, Danielle. Everything is fine," Patrick paused to take a breath. "I've been giving the Italy trip some more thought, and I realize that the decision to send Grey in your place wasn't entirely logical. I want to you offer you the opportunity to go to Italy after all. I realize that today is Wednesday, and you were supposed to leave on Saturday, so if is too last minute I understand."

Danielle felt a surge of excitement rush through her body. "Wow... I don't know what to say!"

"Is that a yes?"

"I- I don't know. I would hate to go over there and lower your expectations of me even more."