Say you still love me.

Chapter 29

I woke up to a knock on the door and a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach like something was wrong but it was quickly erased when I felt him shift beside me, tightening his grip a bit as well. I smiled remembering what happened last night.

"Louis." I somehow maneuvered myself in a way, being able to turn around an face him. Why was it so hard to do? Because he has like a death grip around me. "Lou." He groaned and wrapped his leg around mine causing me to laugh. "Someone's at the door." He made a noise in annoyance but cracked open his eyes. Another knock came and I put a hand on his cheek before patting it slightly. "I'm going to answer it." I went to get up but was quickly pulled back down.

"No, just leave them there." His voice was gravely and deep which somehow made him all the more attractive. I laughed and grabbed his side causing him to flinch, letting me up. "Fuck you." I quickly stood up and started towards the door.

"You wish." I heard him laugh almost immediately after the words left my mouth.

"Kelly Open up! Please!" Landon's pleading voice came from the door. Worry filling my mind I ran to it, quickly opening it.

"Landon what's wrong?" His eyes were watering and his lip was busted, blood running down his chin. What the fuck is this?

"Danny h-he... he won't wake up. When I tried h-he," I cut him off and pulled him into the room.

"Louis get him cleaned up." He quickly came over and looked at Landon in shock.

"What the hell happened?" His eyes softened as he led him to the bathroom.

"I'm gonna go see Dan." Landon shouted in disapproval but I just ran out the door into their room. Lets just say I was not expecting what I saw.

Danny was standing by bathroom door in his boxers I flinched as his hand busted through the wood of the door and he let out a scream.

"Danny." he froze and turned to me, his eyes glazed over and bags under them. His hair was sticking up in places they usually wouldn't, and his breathing was heavy and uneven.

"The fuck are you?" He started walking towards me until he was mere inches from my face, his frame towering over me.

"Dan calm down. Just come back, come back to us." He let out a bitter laugh and quickly pushed me up against the wall, me groaning in pain. His hands trapping mine above my head and his grip on my wrists were starting to hurt.

"So they sent a whore to get it out of me this time?" His words felt like a knife stabbing me in the chest. "Tell me are you with him?" His voice was as cold and hard as a rock. Almost... Army like. "Your with him aren't you?" I stayed quiet only wincing as his grip tightened. "Answer me!" He spat. "Your with the Sargent aren't you!?" his voice raised and caused a tear to fall from my eye.

"Dan Y-Your hurting me." All of a sudden the color came back to his eyes. He let out a heavy breath and released me, slowly backing away. He ran a hand through his hair and shook his head viciously.

"No. No. I can't..." He backed up until he hit the wall. I rubbed my wrists and he looked up at me. "I-I'm sorry." he slid down to the ground and covered his face in his hands. Moving slowly towards him he looked more and more vulnerable. Which was new. Very new and very terrifying.

"Dan, talk to me." His crumpled frame shook as I could hear him trying to pull himself together. "Dan don't try t-"

"No! You don't understand!" I flinched at his broken words. I say broken because that's when I realized he was. "I-I can't hurt people k-kelly." He took in a long jagged breath and let it out before looking up to me. His eyes were puffy and almost blood shot. "Especially not you." A single tear fell from his eye and slid down his cheek.

"Dan." I stepped closer to him and he averted his eyes to the floor. "You didn't mean to. Look I'm fine." he shook his head and I crouched down to his level. "Look at me Danny." His eyes found mine and I could see how much he was holding in. How broken he was and is. He's trying so hard to hold himself together for us, for all of us, and he probably has been his whole life.

"I-I just- I can't keep it together." His eyes were so pitiful I felt my red start to water. "Why can't I hold together anymore Kelly?" When his voice broke at the end I knew he was gone. The guy I thought had no problems, hell I didn't even see why he was here because he was always so... strong. He was everyone's rock, he helped guide us out of the dark when we needed it most. He helped me way more than he should've had to, and I never realized he was as broken as the rest of us. That's why when he collapsed into my arms, I knew it was my turn to be there for him. So I pulled him as close as I could and let him cry. "Why?" He sobbed as I held my hand to the back of his head and closed my eyes trying not to cry myself because he needed an answer.

"Your so strong and you were here for all of us. You helped me so much I can not explain how grateful I am to you. But Dan you have to understand that you don't have to be okay all the time." I felt him shake his head.

"I-I just don't understand.... How I became so weak." I sighed and noticed Louis and Landon in the doorway watching us. I met Louis's eyes and looked back to Dan.

"People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long."

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(A/N)

I'm so sorry I haven't been updating recently and I know this is pretty short but I honestly haven't been doing too well. I think i told you guys before that I've been having some problems and things aren't really getting better.

I'm not sick or anything it's just... a lot of family problems and stuff. I had a whole big thing planned for this story but I just can't right now.

I'm trying to figure somethings out and I just don't feel like I've written anything good these past few weeks. Everything just feels like it's falling apart now days and I need some time to figure out how to fix it.

I'm still going to try and write but it may be a while... I'm sorry.

I love you guys.

-Hailey