I'd Like to Trade my Sunglasses for a Tiara Please? *ON HOLD*

Chapter 5: Tears

It's been a 10 days since since we first landed in France.  I've been a couple with Michel for a week and its been 6 days since I've had a real conversation with Danny.  I've just been kind of distant with all my friends.  I told Emily about it and she says I should talk to Danny or Jake, but I'm scared if I say something Jessica will come after me, worse yet Danny texted me that he's developed real feelings for Jessica, I can't be the reason they break up after he decides he loves her.  This is so confusing.

Knock knock knock 

I open the door to see Michel leaning on the door frame.

"I got you flowers," he said smiling at me.

"Thanks, but whats the occasion?" I asked while smelling the flowers.

"My mom always said, if you make a girl upset, get her something nice," He said almost looking ashamed.

"I'm not mad at you, I've just got this. . . . .ordeal going on and the only way I have decided that I could make it work was to distance myself from my friends and I guess its just made me upset."  When I noticed his confused look I put the flowers in some water and began my story.  I started about how me and Danny became really close, then about the phone call from Jessica, I finished with the part about when I did try to tell Danny what was going on he flat out told me he has fallen in love with Jessica.  When I finished my story he looked as if he had a loss of words.

"So now you understand why I'm being so distant," I said it almost in a questioning way.  By now we were on the couch facing each other.

"It seems to me that you need to talk to Jacob if you won't talk to Daniel.  He is I guess you could say 'next in line.'  He's like your other brother, he could probably help you in a way that I couldn't,"  I slid beside him and laid my head on his chest.  He put both muscular arms around me and for the first time in a week, I felt safe.  I felt at home.  In that position I fell asleep, it was the best sleep I had this week.

When I woke up I wasn't on my couch, and Michel was nowhere to be found.  I was in a huge bed.  It was really soft too.  When my eyes finally focused I realized I was in Daniel's suite.  I fell back on the bed, when I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket.

Daniel wanted to talk, I told him that you might would rather talk to Jacob.  I'll talk to you when you get back to your room

~Michel

I couldn't help but smile when I read the text.  He really did care.  I just sat there and stared at the phone for a couple of moments when I heard someone knocking.  I looked up and saw Jake leaning on the door frame.

"Can I come in Beth?"  I smiled.

"Yeah," I patted a space on the bed beside me.  He sat down and just looked at me, I could see the sadness in his eyes.

"So whats been up with you lately?" he asked in a 'what the hell' kind of tone.

"Jake its hard to explain, and I'm not sure what to do.  Danny could hate me if he knows how I feel.  Jake I'm scared," then and there I couldn't hold it back anymore.  I let the tears fall.  Jake lifted me onto his lap and just rocked me.  He said calming things in my ear, and after a few minutes I calmed down my sobs to where I could talk.

"Now would you like to tell me whats going on?"  He asked and I just nodded.  I unraveled my story again.  I told him about my date with Michel and how Jessica was glaring at me when I kissed Danny.  I told about the phone call, then about how it would make me a terrible friend if I broke them up after he realized he loves her.

When I finished my story Jake just looked at me, he opened his mouth to say something when someone slammed the door open.

"I can't believe this!!" the next thing I knew Danny was standing at the door and he was furious.

"Why can't you just be happy for me?" He asked this in my direction.  I was too confused and scared to speak,  I had never seen him this mad.  I leaned back closer to Jake.

"What are you talking about?" Jake demanded obviously pissed that Danny was screaming at me after what I just told him.

"SHE," he said pointing a finger at me, "slapped Jessica in the face, then punched her in the arm," he said getting madder by the second.

"No I didn't I haven't even seen Jessica today," I shot back at him.

"Your lying, I saw the mark and the bruise,"  

"And when did I supposedly do this?"  I jumped from the bed, really ticked that he believed her over me.

"She says about an hour and a half ago,"  now Jake was looking at me like he was mad.  Surely he didn't believe what Danny was saying.  But then again I was asleep in here at the time and as far as I know Jake wasn't in here.  I couldn't handle it anymore, I ran into the bathroom and locked the door.  I slid on the floor and just cried.  How could my best friends not believe me.  And after all I just told Jake about all that has happened to me.  When I finally pulled myself together I called Emily, at least she couldn't hate me right now.

Phone call

Em: Hello?

Me: Hey Em, it's me.

Em: Whats wrong?

Me: How could you tell?

Em: Because I'm awesome like that, now whats wrong.

Me: Danny is mad at me because he thinks I slapped and punched Jessica.  Then Jake started believing him even after I had just told him the story of this week.  Ugh I hate them, why did they believe her over me.  I thought they were my friends, and then they just completely ignore me when one of their girlfriends lies against me.  I want to go back home to Tennessee, I wish I had never met them.

Em:  Come on El, its not that bad.  They were jerks, all guys are. We all hate them sometimes, but we have to love them.  It will just take time, come on they can't stay mad forever.

Me: I don't know, I just locked myself in their bathroom.

Em: Only you

Me: Well I need to go, I have to figure out a way to get out of here, without running into the idiots.

Em: Good luck with that.

ends phone call

When I hung up the phone, I could hear the door knob moving.  I scooted back towards the opposite wall.  Then It finally opened and Jake and Danny walked in towering over me.  I just looked at them, I was trapped.

"Did you really mean that, about how you didn't do those things to Jessica? Danny asked.

"Or about wishing you were back home and had never met us?"  I stood and just nodded.  They came towards me, and backed further against the wall.

"Please just tell us the truth,"  Danny said this as if he was tired of arguing with me.

"I AM TELLING THE TRUTH!" I shouted at him, the tears are coming again.  Goodness how could one person produce this many tears.  The next thing I knew I had two sets of arms around me.

"Don't cry anymore Ellie," Danny tried to soothe me.  I wrapped my arms completely around him.  I noticed Jake was leaving the room.

"Jake?"

"Yea Beth?"

"Thanks, for listening," I smiled

"Anytime"  He smiled back and then left.  Danny looked down at me.

"I'm sorry I ever doubted you, its just I saw the marks and I knew you didn't like her.  I just thought you got mad.  I should've listened to you before I drew conclusions."  He hugged me and I hugged him back.  Then I just went limp, I had officially cried myself out.  I had slowed down to silent sobs.  Danny picked me up bridal style and lifted me onto the bed.  He kicked off his shoes and laid beside me.  I fell asleep that night just like that in Danny's arms. 

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