Operation Boyfriend

Chapter 7

My first thought was—I didn't have one. I was too shocked, I couldn't even think. Honestly, I didn't know what to think. It was too surprising. Danielle and Caleb Brewer? The Caleb Brewer? Am I hallucinating? Now I know why I've heard his voice before. It was a nice voice, smooth and clear. What that voice said though, finally made sense. I grimaced, feeling completely disgusted by their actions. She was taken. He was supposedly taken. Yet this happened. They happened.

Here I was, overreacting over nothing. Although I find this situation almost on par as if she was in trouble. To think I even worried that much about her to raid Caleb Brewer's property and break into private locations. She had me worried, her boyfriend worried and even Ashlyn worried but she wasn't in trouble. No, far from it actually. She made trouble.

"I am not just a fuck buddy for you, Caleb." Danielle snapped as she playfully slapped his perfectly molded chest. I'll give it to her though; he's a hard one to resist.

"Really?" he questioned back, raising an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure all we ever do, when we're alone, is have sex so I don't know about you but I think that's what people call fuck buddies."

Danielle was quiet for a moment before she sat up wrapping the sheet around her in the process. Thank God, I didn't see anything. She looked Caleb right in the eye, looking completely serious. There was this passion about her that I didn't see her have when she was with Kyler. It was actually saddening.

"Do you actually just think of me as that?" she asked sincerely, taking her hand and placing it over his.

It was another shock to see Caleb Brewer, the Caleb Brewer look so defenceless. I mean I haven't actually gotten a good look of him before but now, he almost looked like a different person. He gently, squeezed her hand before letting go and responding, "Look, Danielle, we're in too deep. This can't be any more than what it is. We need to put a stop to this. I have a girlfriend and you have a boy—

"Caleb!" Danielle pleaded desperately. She was about to cry as her eyes glazed over and her cheeks morphed into a bright red. "You know you won't stay with your girlfriend anyways and I don't love Kyler. I love—

"Danielle!" Caleb now pleaded desperately this time. He looked genuinely troubled as he shifted away from her. As she stared right in his eyes, he couldn't meet her gaze. "This is wrong, Danielle. Kyler is my friend and we can't have him know."

It once again fell into silence. It was starting to make me feel uncomfortable, watching this intimate moment. Why was I always a third wheel of some sort? I wanted to leave but I also wanted to know the outcome of this. As the couple sat and stared at each other like it was almost a competition. Danielle brought her gaze away first, turning her attention to her fidgeting hands. Caleb tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear as she started sniffling, tears flowing down her face and onto her lap. Once seeing her tears, Caleb pulled her into a tight hug, holding her so closely like he would lose her in any second.

After Caleb wiped away her tears, Danielle gazed into his eyes then placed her forehead on his. She confessed truthfully, "I love you."

It was upsetting to say that even though I felt bad for Kyler, it seemed that the feelings ran deeper between Caleb and Danielle. It made me angry that I had to admit that. Almost furious but I felt more feelings of melancholy. How could she do this? How could he do this? How could they do this? Kyler didn't do anything wrong! He honestly liked Danielle. This would completely crush him and humiliate him. No one would care if the Caleb Brewer did the crime. The whole school looked up to him but no one realized how low of a scum he really was. And Danielle, I actually liked her. I felt bad for trying to break up her and Kyler but here she was, wanting to break up with him! This was ridiculous.