No Turning Back

You Will Never Be

"Are you even listening to me," I heard Melanie ask as she snapped her fingers in front of my face. I blinked out of my thoughts as I focused back in to look down at her concerned face. Her soft brown eyes were staring up at me while her plump lips were pressed into a slight frown. "Are you alright," she asked. I blinked once more as I tried to remember what she had been babbling on about. I wanted to say it was something about Damien but I wasn't sure. Maybe it was about Stanford or her mother or her clothes. Dammit, was I really that zoned out that I couldn't even hear the last of what she was saying?

"I'm fine," I told her. She tilted her head at me, her eyes telling me that she knew something was wrong. I wish I could tell her about what's been running through my mind about Jayden and Diego and whatever the hell had happened with them and Mia. I was so confused and lost now that I was getting the hint that maybe a tiny part of it had to do with me. Jayden had been trying to brush off the conversation he'd had with his ex-boyfriend just the week before but I hadn't forgotten what he'd said. I also hadn't forgotten all those warnings from Mia about staying away from Jayden. Before, I thought maybe she was worried since I was her boyfriend at the time so I had shrugged it off. But when Diego told me the same thing, I couldn't help but to feel a bit skeptical of everything. Sure, I trusted that Jayden wasn't going to hurt me but I still wanted to know why everyone was telling me to keep my distance from him.

"Danny, you know I can see right through that little façade of yours. Tell me what's wrong," she said as she leaned her hand in her hands. We were in our third period class but our teacher had given us a free period since she forgot our worksheets at her house. "Did something happen with your secret lover?" I blushed slightly at the sound of that again.

"It's nothing," I murmured. Melanie raised her eyebrows.

"Ah, so you do have a secret lover? Who is it? You can trust me. I won't tell anyone."

"Mel, you know that I love you and I trust you but I just...I can't tell you."

"Why not," she asked quickly.

"Are you sleeping with some other guy's girlfriend or something?"

"No... It's complicated, that's all. I promise I'll tell you when things get less complicated, okay?" Melanie pursed her lips as she stared at me. I could see her mind contemplating the deal behind her chocolate eyes. It was obvious that she didn't want to take the offer but she also saw that I wasn't going to tell her so she might as well take what she could get. Slowly, she nodded her head.

"Fine. If you can't tell me who the person is then could you at least tell me what's going on? You look really beat up over it."

"Honestly, Mel, I don't know what's going on. All I know is that I keep getting hints to stay away from...my secret lover or whatever you want to call it...and I keep getting this feeling as if there's a solid reason of why I keep getting these hints. I feel as if there's something bad attached to them."

"Well, have you talked to your secret lover about this?"

"I tried but they just brush it off or change the subject. It's not something that they'll talk about willingly."

"I have an idea but I don't think you're going to like it." I raised an eyebrow.

"Honestly, Mel, whatever plan you've got is what I'll have to take because I'm coming up with nothing on my significant other's part."

"Okay. Well, I was thinking that you could maybe talk to one of the people who've been giving you those hints or warnings or whatever you want to call them. Maybe then you could get the full story."