Bottoms Up

Time Well Wasted

-Daniella's POV-

It's been a while since I went to see my mama and papa's grave.. See my parents passed away in an accident not too long ago, 6 years today.. Brantley and Mel were there for me when I, I went off the deep end.. Drinking, popping pills every day. I swore never to do it again, and here I am today. I drove to the graveyard alone, parking right in front of their tombstones. I wiped a tear away and sat in front of my mama's grave. "Hey mama.. It's me, Daniella.." I sniffled and smiled. "I really miss you guys.. Man you'd love to see Brantley and I together. We're in love, crazy for each other." I said and I looked at their picture on the grave. "Hopefully I'll have that love you guys had, for 58 years.." I got up and kissed the picture, and got back into the truck, driving. Didn't know where I was going, but I felt like it was much needed. I let my hair down and drove faster. My jeep was low on gas and I stopped at the gas station. I was filling it up and minding my own when a red Prius pulled up. Ryan got out and I rolled my eyes. "Baby!" He said coming over to me. "Piss off." I said putting the nozzle in the holder. "Don't be like that honey." He said grabbing me by the waist. "Leave me alone!" I said pushing him away and I got into my jeep as he grabbed my arm. "Don't pretended like you don't like me." He said trying to kiss me. I stomped on his foot with the heel of my boots and got into the jeep, driving away quickly. I shook my head and put my shades on. My phone started to sing "Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy" and I saw that it was Brantley.

"Babe where ya at?!" He said sounding nervous. "I just went to see my parents grave. Is everything okay..?" I said a little concerned. "Uh.. Uh.. No, I just wanted to make sure you were okay." He said and I heard a girls voice in the background. "Babe, come back to beeddd." She said and I was beyond pissed now. "Okay babe I gotta go, love you." He said and hung up before I could say anything else. My head started to spin. I was doing 95, driving over to Brantley's. I was feeling the heat on my face now. I finally got to Brantley's, opened the door, nearly taking the door off the hinges. "BRANTLEY." I yelled, looking all over the house for him. I tried to open the bedroom door, but it was locked. "Uh, gimme a sec!" He said and I heard him putting clothes on. I knocked the door in and saw a girl in his bed, naked.

"WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK!?!??!" I screamed lunging at her. She covered herself up and Brantley got a hold of me, taking me into the other room. "Daniella let me explai-" he was saying before I smacked him across the face hard. I felt the tears streaming down my face. "HOW COULD YOU?!??" I screamed louder than before. Before he could say anything, I stormed outside to the jeep, he followed behind, and I started the jeep up, screeching down the gravel road. I was raging. I was doing 110 this time, not giving a single fuck in the world. I was crying and screaming, beyond pissed now. Why would he do this to me? Did "love" really exist? I felt like crashing and just killing myself, but I stopped.

I drove back to Mel's, packing my stuff back up. "Whoa whoa, what are you doing?" She said watching me pack. "Brantley cheated on me with another girl. I found them fucking." I said taking my stuff down to the jeep. I loaded it up and Mel tried to stop me, but she couldn't. "Dani please!" She said trying to take the keys from me. Just as she did this, guess who pulled up. "Dani what are you doing?" Brantley said and I slammed the jeep door and was going to start it up, Brantley got in the passenger side. "Get out you piece of shit." I said gripping the wheel. He shook his head. "No." He said sternly. Mel backed away from the jeep and I took the keys out of the ignition.

"How could you?" I said in a hushed, annoyed tone. I didn't look at him, just stared straight ahead. "Baby I'm so-" "Don't call me baby." I said looking at a car passing by. "Daniella.. I'm so sorry." He started. "Riiiiiight." I said getting out of the jeep. I was walking. And of course he followed. "Daniella where are you going?" He said and grabbed my arm. I felt like punching him in the throat. "Don't use 'I love you' if you don't mean it, God this is high school shit." I said walking, not sure where I was going. "I do love you." He said and I stopped, turning around, laughing sarcastically. "Oh yes you love me soooooo much! While you were sticking your dick into another girl, I was visiting my dead parents. You know what.. I'm, done." I said throwing my hands down at my side and pushing my hair back. "Why didn't you let me kill myself when I had the chance?" I said and he looked at me, and grabbed me. "Don't you EVER, EVER say that again. Do you HEAR me?! EVER!" He said shaking me slightly, looking into my eyes. I shook my head. I was speechless. "Why?" I said pushing him away. "She was coming onto me." He said shaking his head. "I don't know what I was thinking." He said sitting down on some concrete wall. I sat next to him and put my head in my hands.

".. I really don't think this is going to work out." I said biting my lip. He looked over at me, nodding. "I agree.." He said and I got up, and he got up. I felt the tears forming in my eyes. "I-it's for the best.." I said, hugging him. He hugged back, tightly. I didn't want to let go. I looked up at him, wanting one more kiss. He kissed me roughly, but gently enough to make me weak. It had to last at least 10 minutes. "Goodbye Brantley.." I said turning around and I started to cry. "Hey, this isn't goodbye.. It just a.. A see ya later.. Goodbyes are forever, this is just temporary.." He said smiling and I turned around. I smiled and sighed going back into the house. I slid down the door and covered my mouth, crying hysterically.