Tiny Glowing Screens|Daniel.Seavey

Honest- the nbhd.

Daniel hasn't said a word to us in an entire week. Johnny won't actually tell me what happened he just keeps saying that Lin has made up and fixed it.

But it felt off, Daniel and Johnny have been best friends practically since birth. So I can't imagine what shit he's done to make Daniel stop talking to us. "Can I borrow your math notes?"

"Yeah." I pushed them over. Watching Daniel walk empty handed through the lunch hall.

He's quit music too. He did that before we argued, apparently he seemed pretty upset about it but he was worried or something.

It was pretty much the only thing really making school okay for him.

I have asked Lin about it but he won't tell me either. I didn't really stick with him at the party because he was with a bunch of guys and they were saying shit that I just really didn't miss hearing.

Johnny said he was kidding about the whole being in love thing and you could tell he was serious too because he said it to Lin.

"He'll come around. Eventually." I shook my head. "I don't think he will, Johnny. Why did you stick up for him? Why did you make it seem so minor?"

"I was-" he stopped, it seemed to sink in that he might've been wrong. "We need to go talk to him. I know he said shit and it upset you but I just- I hate this. I don't know why I did it."

"What did he do? Johnny. If I have to ask again I'm gonna start yelling." His jaw clenched as he groans under his breath. "I really don't think you want to know. I'll let Daniel tell you. He didn't tell you the other night because he wanted you to age a good night."

"I didn't. Fucked ruined it." He rolls his eyes. "I don't think it was all one sided, Imogene. I know he's a dick but he does care about you. He was upset— not an excuse, just a fact."

Pushing the locker room door open. We watched him sit there on the wall of the shower, staring out of the window. "Daniel."

"Fuck off. Both of you. Pissed me off." I made my way over. Climbing up and sitting on the windowsill. "I'm sorry I treated you like shit." I said. "And I'm sorry I didn't listen. It was rude and unfair. You didn't need it, not with all the other shit you have to deal with. I wasn't a good friend and I acted like a self obsessed little fuck."

"I just wanted you to be safe. Johnny you know he doesn't have any remorse for it. It hurts most that you both just left me for a guy that enjoys hurting people. I don't get it."

"Daniel she didn't leave you. She was looking for you the entire night. I was a dick about it and I made you upset. You deserve better and I wish I could take it back, I'm sorry."

"Part of me was jealous and so I'm sorry for talking to you the way I did- but that's not it. I really wasn't-" he was about to cry. He hates crying which made this worse.

Johnny said Daniel's never cried a day in his life. I feel a little sick about it. "I wasn't trying to stop you from making friends. You just deserve so much better. Ginny you're such a sweet girl and you're so kind and you know your worth. He's only trying to be nice to you because he wants you to sleep with him."

"I'm sorry didn't listen. Please understand that I wasn't trying to make you feel unheard, I wasn't trying to hurt you. I was just trying to help you, I thought maybe you were just upset about something else and it was a dick move. I thought maybe if you became friends you'd feel better."

"I don't want to be friends with him Imogene. Not ever. Not even my dad likes him. He's only there cause my dad owes his family a little money and Lin was working off his debt. He's a bully. He used to take any chance he could to make fun of me, the gap in my teeth, my lisp, the way I would stutter, anything really. He'd always tell me what he'd do if he was me. It always ended with me dead. It was really, scary."

I hated seeing him sad, Johnny didn't even look at him. I'm not sure he could, judging by the way he was acting. "I'm sorry."

Daniel let out a slow sigh, biting his cheek before looking up at me. "A couple years ago, we got really drunk, ended up dragging these girls out from this party we were at. He started talking in really specific detail on what he was going to do and she got really uncomfortable so I tried to get her away from him but he started getting really aggressive about me 'stealing another girl'."

His eyes were red and he looked pale, more pale than he should. "The girl ran off and he followed her into this abandoned house. I forgot for just two minutes that it was emptied because of an oil leak in the kitchen. I didn't even get across the street before it was in flames and he was just stood there looking at me like he had no care for it. He got out with three month probation and a fine. The girl died. He made jokes about how if she'd just said yes then she'd be fine."

"I forgot it was that bad." Johnnys voice sounded just as quiet as Daniel's, it was like they were both ready to cry but they wouldn't.

"He doesn't know when to stop. I am really sorry for the things I said and the way I went around it. I just know you wouldn't want to hear it at that time. But it's not just that, it's the fact that I know he's said shit about you too. The guys he was with last night, luckily all knew you and they were weirded out. But it took two minutes for him to flip and if you'd been alone with him and blacked out, you would've- he wouldn't have been nice."

"I'm sorry I was a bitch about it. I should've just left it until you were ready." He squeezes my hands. "Please know that I wouldn't ever try to stop you from having friends unless I knew they were going to hurt you."