Something Better || Daniel Seavey

Chapter 5: Mutual feelings?

Daniel's POV:

I grab Laurie's hand and I can feel her smile. I look at her and see her with a wide grin on her face. I smile back. I kind of have this feeling that she doesn't know how much she means to me.

We cross the road and walk through the park hand in hand. We walk for a few minutes and then sit down on a bench that faces a small lake in the middle of the park. This is our favorite place to meet up, to sit, to talk or just to appreciate each other's company.

Once we sit down, I put my arm around her shoulder hesitating and she scoots closer to me and lays her head on my shoulder. "Hey Dani just relax. I can feel you're tensed up." Laurie states giggling.

I relax and pull her closer to me even though she is already close enough. We stay like this for at least ten minutes just listening to the kids playing and the birds chirp.

"Dimples?" I ask. "Yeah?" Laurie responds. "I don't want to lose you, ever. You mean everything to me. I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for you." She sits back and faces me.

"Daniel, you mean everything to me too. You've been there when no one else was. I sometimes feel that you don't know how much you mean to me." I open my arms and hug her.

"Please promise me that nothing will break our friendship apart, nothing, please." I tell her still hugging her. She breaks apart and stares deeply in my eyes.

"I'll only promise if you do." We both smile. "I promise." I hug her again and stayed like this for a good amount of time but I didn't complain. I never want to let her go from my arms.

Unfortunately, we are forced to go back to Laurie's house because her mom called and insisted for us to come back.

We walk back talking about what comes through our minds until we arrive to the front of her house.

"Well Dani-boy, I guess this is goodbye for now." She smiles. She has that wonderful smile that lights up my day.

I really want to go to American Idol but I don't want to leave her alone and I'll miss her so much. I was about to lean in for a kiss but instead I hug her.

I really want to confess my feelings for her but I'm really scared to ruin our friendship even though we promised to always be best friends no matter what.

And also, it isn't the right moment. I want it to be perfect even if she doesn't feel the same.

Laurie's POV:

I see Daniel leaning in and think he is going in for a kiss but at the last moment he goes for a hug.

Maybe it's just my mind playing games with me, Daniel will never think of me like that. We are best friends.

I hug him tighly. I reach for the front door of my house and wave at him I enter and see my mom.

"Hey sweetie." She greets me. "Hey mom. Where did you go this afternoon? You said you had a day off today from work. You weren't home." I say taking off my jacket.

"Well Daniel came before you arrived from school and asked us if he could talk to you in private. So to not bother either of you we left with you siblings to the mall to go grocery shopping." She explains.

"Oh okay. Well I don't know if he already told you but he is leaving for a few days maybe months to participate to American Idol." I tell her. "Oh really?" She says surprised.

"Oh god what an amazing opportunity. He will do great, he sings really well. Tell him I wish him good luck." She smiles at me excited. "Sure." I smile back.

I make my way to my room. I stop climbing the stairs and yell. "Oh and tomorrow I'm not going to school I have to go and drop him in the airport."

I hear my mom answer back. "Okay darling. He already asked for permission." I nod to myself and spend the rest of the night locked in my room reading and my mom brings  me dinner trying to not interrupt me.

I think about my feelings towards Daniel. I sigh. I am going to miss him so much.