Small Town Girl

Chapter 7

~Tanner's POV~

I really want to chase after Danielle but she is one that you need to let calm down by herself. I slowly back up and pull out of the parking lot. I see Mark stand up and start walking towards the door and I clench the steering wheel. Then he stops and walks away back to his dorm and I loosen my grip. Even though Danielle and I just got into a fight I still love her. I shouldn't have gotten a angry at her for protecting Mark, he is her friend and I guess I was feeling jealous. She can protect herself, I have felt her punches they aren't soft and leave one heck of a bruise.

I decide not to go back to Arapahoe because I didn't want to get bombarded with questions as to why I was crying. While driving along I pick up the locket I got Danielle for her birthday. I was going to put the ring in it and propose this morning but I wanted it to be more special so I was going to wait till I dropped her off then I saw Mark and that didn't happen. Now I might never see Danielle and she might not want me any more.

I turn up the volume and listen to the radio but none of the songs on any of the stations were helping me so I just turned it right back off. I just sat in silence with my thoughts and started crying even harder at times.

I finally made it back to Peru and I pulled into the parking lot before heading up to my room. I opened the door and I fell on to my bed and started crying harder than I have ever cried. I jump when I hear the door open and I run into the bathroom closing the door hiding my face. I look into the mirror and see that my eyes are puffy and red from all the crying. I splashed cold water on my face before walking back out to face Jackson.

"Tanner are you ok, when I walked in you sprinted towards the bathroom, and your eyes are all red." Jackson ask full of concern.

"No," I sigh, "Danielle and I got into fight and she threw her locket at me and I'm sure she doesn't want to see me anymore."

"Dude, what did you do to make her that mad. Didn't you propose?"

"No, I was going to when I picked her up but I decided to wait till I dropped her off. But then I saw that guy Mark I told you about and I got really jealous and mad that he was there and we started fighting because I became protective. And I admit I shouldn't have got mad and tried over protecting her." I said sitting on the bed with my head in hands. "Now I probably lost her forever."

"Hey, it's ok. Just give her time to cool down and see how she feels then."

"Ok, I guess I'll try waiting, but this is going to kill me. I just want to call her and see if she is okay." I say sighing and laying down.

"I don't think that is a good idea. You guys might get into a bigger right and I know how much you love Danielle. Every day you look at the picture on your wall of her and you just have that look in your eyes. You also in your free time scetch her, you have over a dozens of photos of her." Jackson says laying down on his bed also.

After another hour or so of laying on our beds, I can hear Jackson's breathing slow has he falls asleep. I get up and splash my face off with more cold water and get into pajamas then I finally cry myself asleep.