Ever After 《Dan x Reader》|| danisnotonfire

XIII:Call

-you-

I tried phoning Dan over and over. But he never answered me. I felt as if he were ignoring me and I couldn't comprehend that he could be busy or something happened that's more urgent than his new girlfriend.

I was trying to contact him because herbs wife Mary had died yesterday evening. It was really sad to find out from herb himself.

I walked to Herb's earlier this afternoon and I was met with him sitting inside, a few too many coffee cups around the tables, very unlike him or Mary's way of keeping the place presentable. I walked in slowly as I saw him look up, seeing it was me and didn't bother to plaster the fake face he tried to put in when he heard the familiar jingle of the door.

"Herb, what's wrong?" I asked, sitting across from him at the front counter.

He looked up and I was met with a sense of loss and hurt in the worn brown eyes I've began to love. He just shook his head and I definitely knew something was wrong.

"Mary's gone." Was all he said while he let a small tear fall from his eye. As he instantly wiped a small tear from his eye more fell instant y making him cry more than wanted.

While we both sat and talked about all the good things we remembered about her. I heard some stories shot how they were younger and more.

I soon left Herbs. Heading back home to be met with a call from Dan where I tried to phone back.

I was instantly phoned by Phil, who didn't even say hello before telling me to get to the lobby as a cab was waiting for me.

While I rushed down, I wondered why there's be a cab waiting for me, not completely understanding his reasoning behind it all.

I walked out and saw a cab outside I got in and bucked in.

"Where are we going?" I asked the cabbie.

"To the hospital, your boyfriend and friend are there right now. Dan was in an accident." Was all I heard before I started sobbing.

I didn't need two deaths today.

-phil-

All I knew was that Dan saved a families life.

The man I've always known as having no heartfelt feelings for things like this was in the hospital in critical condition.

There was a car accident and the police found him wrapped around the woman and her two children. He got hit with the blast, shards of the debris were stuck in his back and he had a major concussion.

He was currently in surgery. I was patiently waiting outside the door of the hosts waiting for Y/N to show up. She wouldn't know anything and I felt extremely terrible for it.

"Hey," someone said beside me.

I looked over to them confused. Not knowing what they want.

"Wanna tib? You look like you need one."

I never smoked before but before I could think I grabbed one out of the package he was holding towards me. I grabbed the lighter out of their hand as I put the cigarette into my mouth, lighting it.