Are You Afraid of Musicals?

Chapter 7: I love you, I'm sorry

0... ❌ T/W (School shooting)

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Gina's pov:

Practically the whole class follows Dani with their eyes as she heads for the door, and the moment she disappears through it, I can already feel EJ's questioning look landing on me.

Before I can say anything Ms. Spiers continues with the lesson, and I just look back at EJ for a moment, silently letting him know that we'll talk later.

I find myself being relieved when I see him nod, offering me a smile as his gaze goes back to his book, because if I'm being honest, I don't even know what to tell him.

Probably he's been noticing the tension... or better saying, the lack of it, between Gabby and Dani during this past two weeks, and if EJ of all people is noticing, it's because the way Gabby's been avoiding Dani is quite obvious.

Don't get me wrong, I love him, but he can be quite oblivious for this kind of things. The first time he noticed that Dani might had a thing for Gabby it was really easy to take that idea out of his head, but back then we barely knew Gabby, we barely knew how loyal and protective she could be, and now it's impossible to deny that she's been avoiding Dani.

And if I'm being honest, I get it.

After our talk I knew that she understood what I was trying to say, that she understood what she needed to do, but as much as she knows what it needs to be done, that doesn't make it any easier and I perfectly understand that she needed time to think and figure things out, so I didn't press.

I saw Gabby sitting between Freya and Ruby and I said nothing, I saw Gabby declining hang out invitations and I helped her with her excuses, I saw Gabby subtly trying to keep her distance with Dani and I didn't get involved... but as I could see it, Dani started seeing it too, so when she practically bolted out of the classroom right behind Gabby a minute ago, I was not surprised.

Dani's been doing better since the park, she's slowly back to being her normal annoying self, and I think that that's one of the reasons Gabby's not talking to her.

She probably doesn't want to be the reason Dani starts spiraling again, and she's even been trying to help her from the slight distance.

Earlier this week she stopped Kourt when she was on her way to update Dani about her TikTok acc. It was good news, people had practically stopped talking about Alex Baker and they were focusing on how beautifully Dani sings, she was getting loads of new followers and Kourt's manager had received a few calls from some brands asking about Dani, but Gabby told her that it was better to wait and tell her when things were a little more calmed.

She didn't want Dani getting overwhelmed with that much information, or being afraid because so many people were paying her attention while she was supposed to be a secret, and I couldn't help but smile.

She was still protecting her practically out of instinct, things were not ok between them and she was still there for her, and that only confirmed me what I already knew: it doesn't matter if they break up, it doesn't matter how much time they spend apart, because no matter what, they are going to find each other again.

So during this weeks I gave Gabby time to put her ideas together, to find a way to say what she needed to say in the best way possible, and I know that she's been trying to do exactly that, but each day that passed that she didn't say anything was just making things more difficult, and it was making Dani notice.

And I thought that that would be a bad thing, I was preparing myself to be there for the both of them, to try to not let any of them break because if I'm being honest, I really don't know how badly Dani can react if she thinks that Gabby's leaving her, but now that Dani went after Gabby... I find myself thinking that maybe it's a good thing.