Dangerous (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 28

Daniel POV

I looked around me and saw blurry shapes near me in the pool. I could hear the music louder in the water, but much less clear, it was just a throbbing noise. Somehow, I could feel myself calming down as my shoes touched the bottom of the pool. I kicked myself back up. As soon as I broke the surface of the water, the music was much clearer and I heard people cheering at me, seeming to think I'd voluntarily jumped in.

Max's worried face was right at the edge of the pool, and he grabbed my arm and heaved me out, as well as his drunken self could. I stumbled back over to the pool chair with his help, and sat down, brushing my wet hair out of my face. He tore my jacket off of me and grabbed my wet phone from out of the pocket. My heart sunk.

"Okay... okay. This is fine. I'll just go and find some rice, and we can probably fix this. Just wait right here Daniel, don't move and I'll be right back." Max left me sitting by the pool. I don't feel like I'm on acid... hopefully it just won't work for me. I leaned back in the chair, dripping, listening to the loud music that was much clearer now that I wasn't underwater.

'When you walk my way, I feel a rush come over me, a sharp panic, panic,'

It was getting cold, and I tried wringing out some of the water from my clothes. It didn't help my body temperature.

'I never was too good at, following rules,'

Maybe instead of Max trying to dry out my phone I could just tell him Ethans number. I knew I'd memorized it. It was... Damn it I know this... 408... Is it 408-6? No not 6... What was it? You can't remember because you're drunk. I closed my eyes.

'All day, all night, I got the light's in my eyes, and I'm falling for you'

"Daniel?" A girl's voice came out of nowhere. My eyes snapped open. I looked at her in shock.

"What are you doing here Sarah?" I asked with surprise. She looked offended.

"Well I could ask you the same question. I've never seen you at a party." I shrugged, not wanting to start a conversation with her, and went back to closing my eyes.

"I mean, I was trying to invite you to this party at school, but you wouldn't listen to me." I did nothing this time, just trying to ignore her.

"Daniel, please just talk to me, I want to make things clear-"

"Things are as clear as they need to be Sarah." I said, not opening my eyes. There was silence for a while, and I thought she'd left, until she spoke again.

"Daniel, I swear I didn't know that they'd do what they did-" I angrily interrupted her, my eyes instinctively opening quickly to glare at her.

"Sarah, I just want to ask you something. If I had died, and you knew everything you know now, would you tell anyone the truth? Or would keep your mouth shut so that your precious boyfriend could continue to torment people?" Her face fell and she waited before responding.

"Daniel, I can tell everyone the truth, if that's what you want-"

"Save it, Sarah."

"Daniel, I feel absolutely horrible about what happened-"

"Excuse me, could I talk to Daniel please?" It was Angie's friend, Carmen. I was confused, but grateful at the same time.

"Oh, I was just-"

"I really need to talk to him now, if that's okay." Sarah stood up, looked between Carmen and I with a puzzled expression, before giving me one last glance and walking away. Carmen took her place and sat down on the ground next to my chair.