Rehab. (EgoBang) (discontinued)

Chapter 2: Smile In My Heart

Arin's POV:

I laid awake on my bed in my room at the rehab center while my roommate slept soundly in his bed that was on the other side of the room. I stared at the ceiling, smiling. I tried to look at the clock but it was too dark. I sat up to get as closer look. 12:22 am. I shrugged and laid back down on my stomach. I took in a breath of the nice cool air, a smile still printed onto my face. I reached to the headboard of the bed and felt around until I felt what I was looking for brush against the palm of my hand. It was a picture frame that was slightly bigger than my hand. I grabbed it slowly and carefully and pulled it close to my face until I could make out the photo that was inside. It was a picture of Dan and me from a few weeks ago. It was of us sitting on the couch, one of his arms around my shoulders holding me close. I had my head resting on his shoulder, us both looking at the camera and smiling like little kids. I set the picture frame beside me on the bed and felt around on the headboard some more until my hand came across a second and third photo frame.

I grabbed both of them and sat up. I looked at the second one first. It was from our vacation we took a few years ago to Japan. We were standing beneath some cherry blossom trees and we both were holding up peace signs with the sun setting gently behind us. I had my tongue sticking out of the side of my mouth and Dan had a big smile on his face as the falling cherry blossom petals fell in our hair. That had been one of the most beautiful moments I'd ever had with Dan. The third photo was by far my favorite. Dan and I were sitting in his old bedroom on the bed, one of his arms around me again, only this time it was holding me from pulling away. Dan was trying to give me a kiss on my left cheek and I was playfully trying to push him away with one hand, my face a burning hot red and only my right eye was open, trying to look at the camera. I let out a quiet laugh at the picture. I remembered that day.

I had wanted to take some pictures with Dan but he had other things in mind. He refused to stay on topic so that was the only picture we had gotten out of it. Not very many people understand how playful Danny really is. He's also very persuasive. He always gets what he wants, when he wants it. If he wants to make out, then by damn we're going to eat each others face off. To prove it, the reason we only got one picture out of our picture taking was because after we took that one picture, Dan had stood up and walked over to the side of the bed. I stood up and looked at him and he got this little devilish grin on his face. He looked at me like a lion getting ready to pounce. He let out a seductive, sexy growl at me. "You wouldn't," I said, raising an eyebrow. Oh, he did all right. He launched himself over the side of the bed, pinning me to the floor. It hadn't hurt but I was shocked he actually did it. He held down my arms and legs so I couldn't move as he started attacking my neck with kisses, sucks and bites. I remember trying to get away as he pulled my shirt over my head, but he had my firmly planted on the ground beneath him. I remember moaning as his tongue swept over my tender flesh, his teeth gently nipping at my skin leaving trails of small marks along my chest, his warm lips moving downward on my body until-

A soft sound from across the room pulled me out of my thoughts that had caused me to start blushing. I heard shuffling followed by a whisper. "Hey, Arin. You up?" I looked over towards my roommate, Joseph's bed."Yeah, I'm up, Joey. You ok," I whispered back at him. I couldn't see him but I knew he was looking at me. I was just glad that he could not see my face, for I was sure it was as red as an apple with four-degree burns and a sunburn all put into a blender. I was also glad that he couldn't see what had been going through my head. "Yeah I'm good. Just woke with a splitting headache, that's all. You looking at those pictures of you and your boyfriend again?" He asked me, yawning at the end of his barley audible sentence.

"How'd you know?"

"I didn't. Just a guess. Well, I'm gonna try and go back to sleep now. I'm still exhausted from all the running I did yesterday. You should try and get some rest too. It's not healthy to stay up too late. Night."

I heard his bed creak slightly, indicating that he was laying back down. "Night," I mumbled back. I looked closely at all the pictures. No one will ever know how much I love Dan. He's the Venom to my Snake. The Straw to my Berry. The Not So Grump to my Grump. There's just something different about him. He's sorta like the smile in my heart, even when he's not around. I smiled and put the photos back where they belong. I laid back down, pulling the covers over me and laying my head down on the pillow. If I thought hard enough, it felt almost as if Danny was right here, holding me. With a smile still on my face, I fell into a deep sleep, dreaming of Dan.