Discover Me {a Why Don't We fanfiction}

Chapter Fourteen

(temporarily unedited x)

The hospital waiting room was cold, and the police had just finished questioning us. They told us they think the accident might have been caused by a car crash, because a car had fallen off of the side of the hill around the time they think Zach and Maria had gotten injured. The driver of the car was reportedly still alive but seriously injured.

"Hey, are you feeling okay?" I turn to see Daniel looking at me nervously.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I say, and he puts his hand on mine. I look up at him at give him a small smile, but one question was really bugging me. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course." He says, his eyes brighter than before.

"Do you know who called the ambulance?" I ask. Nobody else was in the room, so I felt comfortable asking the question aloud.

"I did." Says a voice that I knew too well.

I turned around to see him.

Dmitri.

"Get out." I say, my voice shaking. I was unable to make eye contact with him.

"But Tea let me-"

"Get out. Get out now." I say, and Daniel holds onto my arm softly, making me turn to face him.

"Who is this guy?" He says, his voice hushed.

"Who's this guy?" Dmitri asks, and I whip my head around. I turn my head back to Daniel.

"This is the boy." I say, trying to keep myself calm

"The boy?" Dmitri questions angrily, and I could feel him approaching me slowly, but I ignored him.

"The one that cheated on you?" Daniel tries to keep his voice down, but it wasn't quiet enough.

"How much have you told this kid?" Dmitri asks, and I could feel him almost at my back.

"Go away!" I turn around and yell, and he had the audacity to slap me hard across the face.

I stood there, my hand to my face, unable to say anything. But before I could do or say anything back, Daniel was standing up and facing Dmitri. They were about the same height, and I thought Dmitri would be the more muscular one- but boy, was I wrong.

Only now did I realise that Daniel was built. He was wearing a loose grey t-shirt, so I could see his muscles. Although most of the time, Daniel looked so kind and sweet and innocent all the time, but now he looked angry. Like really angry.

"Get away from her." Daniel said, his voice deeper than I had ever heard it. It sent chills down my spine, and I was pleasantly shocked.

"You can't tell me what to do." Dmitri growled, shoving Daniel backwards with two hands. Daniel looked surprised and offended, and he walked right back up to Dmitri, not touching him.

"You should leave." He says, and I he sounded so convincing.

"Watch me." Dmitri says, lifting a fist.

"NO!" I screamed, standing up, but before I could stop Dmitri, Daniel blocked his punch.

"Don't touch Tea." Daniel says firmly, punching Dmitri in the stomach- not too hard, but hard enough to blow the wind out of him. "And don't touch me." He said, holding Dmitri's arms and pushing him backwards. He walks back towards my seat, and he grabs my hands and takes me through a corridor, and he presses the button on the elevator. We impatiently waited for the doors to open, when Dmitri turned the corner. He looked aggressive, and I looked over at Daniel, who looked at me nervously.

"Stairs, stairs, stairs." Daniel says, tapping me on the shoulder and we both run towards the steps.

Daniel flings the door open and lets me go first, and then he slams the door behind us. The entire staircase was now shadowed in darkness.

"Daniel I'm scared." I say, as I cautiously begin running down the stairs.

"Don't be scared, you're with me." I could feel him smiling as he held my hand, while we ran down the dark stairwell. We could hear the door open from three stories above.

"Don't you dare tell anyone!" Dmitri's ugly voice echoes throughout the now slightly-lightened staircase.

Daniel and I kept running, until we reached the bottom exist, and we burst out of the door. He shuts the door behind him, locking it. We were both out of breath and we looked so strange, standing in the foyer of the hospital emergency room. I walk up to the front desk. fff

"Hello, Miss. We are being harassed by someone, but we are just leaving now. I would appreciate it if you could please contact me if patients Zach Herron and Maria-" I was interrupted by a loud banging on the door of the staircase exit. "They're together. The police think they've been in a car crash. We are their emergency contacts, please update us."

"Sure." The nurse looked at us weirdly.

"Thank you so much."

There was more banging on the exit door, and Daniel looks at me nervously. He takes me by the arm and we run outside of the hospital, jumping into a taxi at the taxi ring.

X

The taxi pulls up outside my house, and Daniel and I pay the driver. We then get out of the car and run to the house. The second we entered the warm foyer, we side.

I was shaking so bad- Maria and Zach were in hospital, Ellie and Jack were helping the police investigate, and Corbyn, Jonah and Ashley were back at the house tidying things up. Daniel and I had just been harassed by my ex-boyfriend, and now we were at the house.

I didn't want to talk to anyone, I just wanted to go to my room, and I wanted Daniel to come with me.

Scout, DJay and Erin were sitting on the couch, but they barely noticed Daniel and I walking in, which was surprising.

I went into my room, Daniel following close behind. I simply sat on my bed, Daniel next to me, and I began to cry. This was all too much.

"Don't worry about it," He whispers, holding me tightly. "This shouldn't be happening to you. You don't deserve this."

I look up at him, and his incredible blue eyes locked with mine. His lips turned from a concerned frown to a small smile. His dimples stood out again, and they made my frown go away. They made my tears disappear.

We let ourselves fall down onto my bed, and I slipped under the covers, Daniel doing the same. I turned to look at him, and he wrapped his arms around me.

"Thanks for everything Daniel." I whispered to him.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep, Daniel holding me in his arms.

The arms that had wrapped around me once before.

The arms that had saved me so many times in two days.

The arms that belonged to the boy I was falling in love with.