imvu ❥ dan howell

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It was as if everything had been rewound. The same dirt streets and highways, the sky cloudy and grey. The hours were excruciatingly painful to drive but Audi couldn't keep her mind off of Dan's words.

I cant

What exactly did that mean? How much had he lied to her? What exactly had he lied about?

Ashley sat in the drivers seat, Audi in the passenger with Ava behind her. Her phone screen lit up countless times, the banner from an imvu message showing Dan's pleas to stop them from seeing him. Audi didn't reply to any. It hurt her to watch his messages flash onto her screen, his expressions hurt and helpless.

The hours just seemed to get longer as they got closer to his apartment, Audi roughly remembering the directions around the different apartment complexes and roads that all seemed to look the exact same.

"Audi, which one is it?" Ava's annoyed tone and her fingers tapping on the back of her chair told her she was just ready to get out.

"It's one with two really tall glass doors. It's a tall building, really nice..." she continued looking. Dan's car wasn't in the parking lot, not a good sign. But when the small black Mazda pulled past them, honking to tell them to move from the middle of the road, she knew it was him. "That's Dan. Follow it."

Ashley put a bit of distance between them, slowing as if to find a parking space in the crowded lot. The Mazda turned a left onto a different street, grabbing the close parking spot that was near a set of tall glass doors. "And that's the door, just let me out here and I'll wait for him."
The doors unlocked.
Ashley sighed, "I'm staying here with Ava."
"What? Why?" Audi kept an eye on Dan who still hadn't gotten out of his car.
"Dan and I aren't on good terms right now."
"You pissed him off again?"
"I did it for you, now go and I'll tell you later."
Before she could answer back, Ashley was pushing her shoulders and whisper-shouting that Dan's car door was opening. Audi started to frantically decide on which direction to go in.
"Audi, get out of the damn car."
"He's going to see me!"
"That's why you came, bitch."
Dan's car door closed, the sound echoing throughout the complexs' walls.
"I can't even get into the lobby without a key code."
"Then follow him."
Ava sighed, "get out of the car so Ashley and I can go hit up that Mexican place down the road."
Audi sighed and opened the door, closing it and walking to the sidewalk. Dan was already at the door, punching in a code to open the door. She walked up behind him and stood in a place where he could clearly see her silhouette. But he didn't look back, not noticing who was really behind him.
Once the click and beep of the door sounded, he opened the door, turning to hold it for the person behind him. The moment they made eye contact, his eyes went wide and the door started to swing back inwards as he started to lose his balance, causing Audi to have to grab his bicep to stabilize him.  "Holy shit..." he said, grabbing his head and sighing. "Why are you here? You don't need to be here..."
She said nothing as Dan kept asking questions barely audible under his breath. "You need to go."
"I'm not leaving, I just got here."
He cringed, pulling her into the lobby so the door could close. "Why did you come? You shouldn't have come."
"Because you were being really sketchy and weird- Ashley told me you were sick."
"Ashley?" He asked, sitting in a red lounge chair. "Ashley told you?"
"She told me what you wouldn't."

Audi stood in front of Dan, her arms crossed as she tried to talk to the fidgety boy. Dan's hands couldn't seem to stay still. They pulled at the ends of his hair, he played with his fingers, he chewed his fingernails... It was worrying.

"You need to calm down-"

"And you need to go home and mind your own damn business," he snapped, pointing a long finger at her and abruptly standing. For once, Dan's height was almost intimidating as he looked down on her. The light shining ominously on his face to where the dark circles under his eyes almost looked like a shadow. "I-I just need you to go.." he whispered looking everywhere but at her.