3weeks went by since you saw Darren with that girl, and to say, it wasby far not the last one you saw her with him these days. Darren actedweirdly, hanging out in bars every night, just to pick up girls,going home with them, have sex and leave without a goodbye, without akiss. Even if he was one of your best friend now, you couldn't tellwhy he did that. He was always the one who was scolding everyone tobe more respectful towards women, and now he's doing that? You couldnot understand. On your side, it also made you very sad. You likedhim, now that's for sure. But if his comportement taught youanything, it's that the feelings are not mutual. You were in thekitchen making some coffee for everyone. You had that thing of wakingup very early these days, sometimes even before your clock rings. Youwere in your pyjamas, when you heard someone coming to you. It was agirl, she was blonde, pretty, and totally unknown. She grabbed herstuff pretty quickly as you said "Hey! You wanna have some-"she slammed the door before you could finish your question"breakfast...? Okay, nice" you say out loud.
You heard a chuckle and Darren came into the living room, rubbing his eyes. His morning face was always precious, his curly hair was tousled, he looked cute as hell. You sigh mentally as you saw him putting a shirt on in front of you. "Good morning" he says to you, kissing your cheek. "Hi" you smile. "You want some coffee?" you ask. "Yeah, thanks" he says as he sat on one of the stool in front of the counter. You turn to take two cups for you both in the cupboard. You filled the cup with coffee as Darren says "Uhm, I'm sorry about...the girl tho. I don't think she understood our deal" he chuckles nervously. "That's okay. I'm used to it now" you say without looking up. "What does that mean?" he asks confused. "Nothing, just that she's not the first girl who's not really happy to leave in the morning" you explains. 'What the fuck are you doing y/n shut the fuck up!' you heard a little voice in your head saying. "But that's okay. I'm not here to judge" you add, smiling at him. Surprisingly, he looked kind of disappointed. Like he was waiting for you to judge him, to react to what he was doing. 'That must be in your head' you thought, chasing those thoughts quickly. You sat on a stool and start to eat breakfast with Darren, everyone still asleep, when you phone rang. You look at it and saw "Mom". You turn your phone not to see the picture anymore, letting the ring go. "You're not going to answer?" Darren asks. "No" you comment. "Why not?" he asks with a frown. "I'm just not going to" you fake smile. The ring finally stopped, and you went to the shower, Darren following you with his eyes, concerned about what happened.
You spend the day in classes like always, except that you and Dylan caught Darren do something in music class. "What's that?" Dylan asks as he saw Darren writing on a paper under his lessons. "Nothing" he answers as he put it under. "Come on, you can tell us!" you please. "No" Darren answers, looking at the teacher like he listened to his class. "Is that a song?" Dylan asks. "Oh my god, is that for the musical?" you ask, excited. "Come on, man, show us!" Dylan begged. "No guys, you will see it tonight, like everyone". You whine and say "Tonight...I think I can wait". The rest of the day went great, and you did your best not to think about the phone call you had this morning. You almost forgot about it. About all the pain, all the reasons that pushed you to come in Ann Arbor in the first place. You finally started to have the life you always dreamt of, you're not going to ruin it because of the past.
That night, Darren called a family reunion. After explaining to everyone that he wrote a song that could be the opening number for the Harry Potter musical, he took his guitar and started to play it. It was so funny, so entertainning and catchy. It was perfect. Brian and the Langs were super happy about the song, like everyone. The auditions for the roles will be in a few days now, and then the rehearsals could start. The writers talked to the teachers who agreed to let you all play the musical at the university. This was going to be a great adventure. After the family reunion, some of the Starkid went to a bar, where of course, Darren went too. The rest of you just chilled at home, watching The Little Mermaid, and singing like crazy. Disney movies never get old, especially for a bunch of nerds like you. You put your head on your fist, as you saw your phone light up. You look at it and smile as you read the text. "Hello beauty! Wanna go out? ;) Xoxo -R"
