Forever & Always?

Chapter Twenty-One

Winter was nearing its end.

D: Marie.

Daniel had texted me for the first time in a long while. I found my heart's way out of Daniel's life and I was finally okay about it all. He had no place in my heart, no place in my life. Why was he texting me? Why now? I had no feelings toward him. Nothing would happen. I decided to text him back.

M: what?

D: we can't be together anymore. I get that. So now can we try to be frends?

I rolled my eyes at his misspelling of the word "friends."

M: idk

D: please

I thought for a moment. He was right. I did not have a longing for him, so it would not be a problem if we remained friends.

M: ig so

D: omg thank you so much

M: yeah

That was that. We were friends again. I was happy. Absolutely joyful.

The next day came along and I decided to go home with Daniel to catch up and hang out.

"No, check this out!" I said loudly through my laughs. We were sitting on his couch in his basement. I scrolled through my photos. I accidentally hit the play button to a video. The video was of my cousin and I goofing off. It was highly embarrassing.

"AHHH," I said over the voices in the video. I put the phone to my stomach.

"What?" He asked curiously.

"Nothing! It was nothing," I assured him. He tried grabbing my phone. I turned onto my stomach. He stuck his hand in between the couch and my stomach. I slid to the ground and dove forward, trying to delete the video. He jumped up and grabbed the phone.

"Daniel, no!" I squawked. He turned around. I jumped on his back. He held the phone out in front of both of us and pressed the play button.

"LA LA LA LA," I yelled, covering his eyes. I fell off his back and ran in front of him. I tried grabbing the phone. I pulled his arm toward me and turned my body. I ignored his arm and tried to delete the video. He put his other arm on the other side of me. I slid down, trying to escape him. He followed me. I was exhausted. I held my phone. His arms were around me. We sat there, breathing heavily. He moved his head to the side of my face. I winced and shook my head away from him, gently. He leaned toward me. I turned my head the opposite way. He kept his head on my shoulder, facing the back of my head. After a moment I turned my head back slowly, facing him. He looked at me. I gently touched his face. I pressed my forehead to his. We closed our eyes. I missed him. I missed him so much. We sat there a while. Eventually he stood up and grabbed his Xbox controller. I watched him play video games. He looked to me often and I just waved and proceeded to look at the TV screen.

I left 30 minutes later. There was only one name on my mind. Daniel. However, this time, it bothered me because he was the only name that should not have been crossing my mind. After all, I was completely over him.

***

It been two and a half days since Daniel and I hung out. A few more days went by. It had now been 5 and a half days since Daniel and I hung out. I had been playing hard to get with him. Which did not make much sense considering the fact I did not like him anyways.