Cause and Effect

Part 18

Daniel

I was majorly pissed off. Mainly about everything. Dimitri, Myself for not knowing what happened to Lilly, Elizabeth being tampered with. Yes I know that she's fine now and I shouldn't dwell on it BUT I REALLY WANNA BEAT THE GUY THAT TOUCHED HER! And those DAMN GUARDS THAT KEEP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M GONNA KILL SOMEONE. Probably them if they keep it up. I could tell Ally was getting annoyed by them to.

But, I kept focus on the situation at hand. "Love Actually". It's a love movie with lots of British everywhere. And it's honestly the best because it has so many different perspectives on each person's love lives. Call me a sap or whatever but I don't care.

"What the hell do you want! Stop staring at me before I punch every tooth out of you mouth and give them to the homeless!" I heard Ally scream before I turned to glare at her, with my finger up to my lips in a shushing motion. She was glaring at a security guard that is looking the other way, slightly embarrassed. Some guard he is.

I turned back and paid attention to the movie. And long story short, I ended up nearly bawling my eyes out by how cute and perfect the ending was. All nice and happy. But of course that happiness was interrupted by another ball of happiness. Lilly.

She let out a over exaggerated sigh, and pouted. Bringing all eyes to come to her. "I have to go home. It's almost 7." she rolled her eyes. And of course there's another catch. A time limit. We all sighed and pouted much like she did. Well,q except Ally. She has that look she gives you when they're "lost".

Lilly looked over at the guards and, at least I think she tried to, glare at them. Before standing up while crossing her arms. She looked over at me and frowned a bit. Was there something on my face?

"Daniel can you come walk with me to the car?" I rose my brow at her and nodded hesitantly, before I stood up. Following her out the door as she said bye to everybody else.

When we got out the door, along with the few (by few I mean at least 6) guards that were with us. We were a bit far from the lobby, at least 5th floor. And of course Lilly drags me to the stairwell. Even though she's in a situation where "crazy mad man that broke out of prison and is out to get you". Ya this girl is weird.

"Okay speak. What's wrong with you? You've been distant to everyone. And when I saw you, besides when we were watching the movie, you were all angry and upset...er. Now I want you to tell me, and I wanna know now." she batted her lashes quickly, before rubbing her eyes to get something out.

I raised my brow at her. How could she tell all this when no one else could? I mean... Maybe Ally did but I wouldn't know.

I sighed and rubbed my temple. "Ok, ok... So... Remember when we all went to the bar?" she nodded, "Well, I met this guy... His name is Dimitri... And, well, I hate him. Kinda. I mean... Uh..." I scratched the side of my face awkwardly, while she lifted her brow trying not to smile. Probably because I 1. Barely ever tell her about my problems and "personal" life. And or 2. I'm talking about a guy.

"And uh...ya. I saw him again... Earlier today actually, and... I didn't exactly remember him and when I did I got mad because I remember him saying how hot everyone else was when we danced," I rolled my eyes, while taking a deep breath, "and thennnn... and then he grabbed my arm when I was walking away-earlier, I mean- and then I told him to let me go or I'll punch him and he said 'do it' so I went for it and then he caught my wrist and pinned me up against the wall and whispered into my ear like a creeper!" I tried catching my breath because I said it all as fast as possible.

She laughed a bit, before lifting her brow, "What'd he say?" she hid some laughs behind her hand... Or tried to at least.

"He whispered 'Wanna try that again, Sweetheart?'. Like, I'm pretty sure he wanted to get hurt. So anyways, I pulled away from him eventually and told him not to touch me again and walked away. That's probably why I was super pissed. And it didn't help when you had at least 6 security guards in the room." I narrowed my eyes in an annoyed glare.

"Yeah, I hate them, too. Or, well... Dislike them" she smiled a bit. This girl doesn't hate anyone, does she? "Ok so why were you skipping meals? And distancing yourself from the others?"

I sighed even more. "I uh... I was upset that I never paid attention enough. Elli had been... Tampered with that night and I blamed myself for not watching the others. I mean, I know they can take care of themselves, but still, I feel like as the guy of the group I should be there for them. Ya know? And then I didn't know... About what happened to you. I felt really guilty, like I'm not there for you." I looked down feeling slightly ashamed of myself.

She nodded a bit before chuckling. "Ya I get what you're saying. But you're right. They can take care if themselves. They're big girls, and if they need you, they'll call. Maybe not Ally as much, because she's... Ally... But you know. And don't feel guilty about not knowing. I didn't really want people to know. It just sort of slipped out when I met Brent, Eli, and the others. And they said not to mention it to you because you'd freak out like you did... Or try to go down to the prison and beat the guy." I laughed a bit at the thought of me dragging a guy from his cell and beating him. I looked around and realized we were at the lobby. Dayum.

I looked down at Lilly's smaller form and smiled when I saw her looking at me happily. And I did what felt right, and hugged her. "Thanks. For talking to me. For letting me let it out," I laughed and rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. I am turning into a soft mofo now aren't I? "I'll see you tomorrow, ok?" I pointed at her. "And we should talk about personal stuff more often ya? Its fun."

She smiled, "Of course. Well, see ya'... Sweetheart." she giggled and winked before running out the door.

I sighed and rubbed the back of my head smiling. And this time when I went up to the room... I went up smiling.

A/N: aawwww that was cute! At least I think. Anywhore I realized there's nit enough Daniel and Lilly time so... TADAAAA! And now y'all (hopefully) have a better understanding of what happened in Daniels mind. Hope y'all liked it!-Rubano (you can't call me that btw)