Reckless and Relentless- An Asking Alexandria Fanfic

Chapter 16

  "Charlotte!!! I missed you so much, and I've been so worried, I just had to come see you!" she said, throwing her arms around me. "I can't believe you're here!" I exclaimed with happiness. "How did you know where I was?"

  Danny sauntered over then, and wrapped his arm around my waist. "I stole your phone and asked her to come out. She was supposed to meet us at the hotel, but I had her meet us here when we changed plans." I laughed and kissed him on the cheek.

  "Thank you babe!" I told him. "Stormi I'm so happy to see you!" "Whoa, what's this babe shit? Stormi needs to know!" she said, squinting her eyes at Danny. I licked her cheek and said, "He's my boyfriend now, you faggot!"

  She wiped my saliva off her face, and said, "Boyfriend? Nope. Not allowed. Guys are gross." I laughed at her. "Only cuz you're gay!" "Wait, she's gay?" Danny asked. "Yeah, she's my ex. How could you not SMELL the gay on her?!" Stormi and I both laughed as the bartender handed me my drink.

  "Long Island, huh? Nice choice love." Danny remarked. "Give Stormi some!!!" Stormi pleaded, reaching for my drink. "Bitch I ain't even had a drink!" I laughed at her, then took a sip. "Holy mother of strong, good fucking drink and good fucking bartender."

  I took another sip and felt the night begin to fade away.

***The next morning***

  Oh God, what even happened last night... This is a godawful hangover, fuck light, fuck being awake.

  Suddenly, I was pounced on by Stormi. "Good morning starshine!!!" she squealed. "No...." I growled, pushing her off. "And don't wake up Danny."  "Danny's not here."

  My eyes flew open and I shot up in bed. "The fuck you mean he's not here?!" Ben walked in before she could answer. "Calm down, he's coming back. He left to get a few things. And you better at least pretend to be asleep when he does."

  "It's so just, I can't even!" Stormi giggled. "Huh???" My brain was not functioning properly. "He wanted to surprise you when you woke up." Ben said. "So I should be asleep?" I asked. When he nodded I said, "Then nighty-fucking-night!," threw the covers over my head, and passed back out.

***Half an hour later***

  "Charlotte... Charlotte, babe... Wake up, love." I woke up to Danny planting a kiss on my forehead and I smiled. "Good morning, beautiful." he said. I yawned and rolled over so my head was in his lap. "Good morning."

  He handed me a bottle of water and said, "Here, to fight your hangover." I took the bottle from him and drank about half of it. "Once you're fully awake, you should come on out." Danny said with a mischievous smile.

  I sat up and said, "Oh come on, you know you gotta wake the princess with a kiss!" I joked. He pulled me closer, gently put his hand on the side of my face, and kissed me. I smiled and said, "Okay, now I'm awake."

  He stood and held out his hand to me so I would join him. "Why do I need to leave, it's all dark and comfy." I whined. "I have a surprise for you, babe!" he laughed and pulled me out to the living room.

  There was a vase of black roses sitting on the coffee table, as well as a five small giftbags and a box that were all decorated in red and black. "Happy birthday Charlotte!!!" Stormi tackled me with a hug. "Oh my God, my birthday. I completely forgot!" I hid my face in her shoulder.

  Ben laughed. "We figured as much. Stormi told us, so we wanted to do something for you. I'm gonna go tell Sam, James, and Cam you're awake." He left to go across the hall and get them. "To be fair," Stormi said, "Danny got everything, we just told him what we each wanted to get you."

  "Well since she knows you best, we wouldn't have had a clue if she hadn't told us what you like." Danny laughed, as he stood behind me and wrapped his arms around me waist. "Well I gotta ask right now, who is responsible for the roses?" Black roses had been my favorite for years, and no one had ever gotten them for me.

  "That would be me." Cam said as he walked in. I ran over and gave him a huge hug. "Thank you so much!!!" I exclaimed. He laughed and he, Sam, and James all told me happy birthday. "Do you wanna open presents now, or wait till we get back from breakfast?" asked Danny.

  "I wanna shower before anything, but what did you guys plan for breakfast?" I asked. "You'll see!" Stormi said with a wink. "Well I vote breakfast first, if that's cool with everyone else." I said. "It's your birthday, of course it's cool, genius." James told me.

***After shower***

  "Hey Storm, what should I wear?"

I never knew what to wear on my birthday, I just always felt like I would wear the wrong thing. "I would say wear whatever, for now." "For now?" "Yeah, you'll understand later." she said. "Tell Charlotte!" I begged.

  She sighed. "I can't actually tell you, but if you don't put Danny's gift to use today I'll hurt you." "...fucker got me lingerie, didn't he?" I asked. She laughed so hard she fell to the ground, so I pretended to kick her. "Tell meeeee!"

  Stormi got up and walked into the living room where the guys were waiting. "Hey Danny, I think we need to give her your present now before she loses her mind." "Yeah, what did you get her?" Ben asked him. "Can't say." Danny walked into our bedroom and handed me the box from the table. "Happy birthday beautiful." he said with a big smile, kissed me on the cheek, and left me to get dressed, shutting the door behind him.

  I set the box on the bed and carefully pulled off the ribbon, then opened the box. I pulled back the few layers of tissue paper to reveal the most beautiful dress I had ever seen.

  It was a floor-length, slim-fit, black dress with a corset design that had red laces. Covering the dress was a beautiful red flowery lace design. I sighed with happiness and put the dress on. I quickly put on my makeup, and opened the door to the bedroom.

  As soon as they noticed me, all conversation stopped. "Well?" I asked. Did I look bad? James wwas the first to speak. "Danny, if you ever let her go, I'm going to whoop your ass." We all laughed, except for Danny, who stood and put his arms around me.

  "Charlotte, you look amazing." he whispered. I felt myself blushing and I put my head on his shoulder. "Can we go get breakfast now, before my stomach eats itself?" I asked. Stormi said, "Nope! You two have to take a picture together first!" She pulled her phone out to take a picture, but Ben snatched it from her.

  "Absolutely not, I'm gonna be the first one to put their picture out into the world!" he argued. "Screw you, I'm her best friend!" Stormi yelled, reaching for her phone. "And I'm his!" Ben yelled back, keeping her phone away from her.

  I stepped over, grabbed Stormi's phone, and handed it back to her. "Neither of you is taking a picture!" I told them. "I am!" I grabbed my phone and turned on the camera. "Oh come on babe, I take enough pictures." Danny protested.

  "My birthday, dammit. I want a picture." "Just do it, man!" Sam laughed at Danny. Danny shook his head, then leaned it against mine and smiled. I took the picture, then blew it up so we could see better.

  "Lemme see!" Stormi said as she pounced on me. "Oh how fuckin CUUUUUTE!!!" she squealed. I posted the picture on Twitter, captioning it, "Birthday with him and friends! @thedannyworsnop"

"Now can we pleeeeeease go get food!" I begged.