Remember Me | D.S

-eighteen-

Wednesday July 9th.

I wake up on the sofa with the covers wrapped around me. I didn't remember putting any covers on. The light is shining through the window and right into my eyes. I get up from the sofa and walk over towards the door and leave the room. I'm wearing some pajamas since I don't want to wear the dress today. Need to keep it safe for memories.

"Morning" Anna says as I walk out to the little kitchen in the venue. I smile at her and sit down. My voice is really tired to it hurts talking.
"Aren't you talking?" She asks me. I shake my head and she laughs.
"I'll talk for you.." She says and I look at her confused.
"Daniel. Please love me! I love you. Oh Daniel why can't you just love me!" She says teasingly and I throw a plastic cup at her. She laughs and I turn my face to see Daniel.

"It's really not what it looks like." I say with my raspy tired voice. He smiles at me and chuckle.
"Don't worry about it, I get it's just a joke" He says and sits down next to me. I grab a bagel from the table and put some cream cheese on it. Daniel does the same and we take a bite out of them at the same time. Anna is grinning at us and I shake my head giggling.

"Daniel, what do you mean when you squeeze my hand 3 times?" I ask him out of no where. He looks at me kinda embarrassed and swallows his food. He opens his mouth to say something.
"I can hear someone calling me... can't you. Ok I'll go.." He says and starts to get up from his chair.
"DANIEL JAMES SEAVEY YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM ME!" I yell but instantly regret it since my throat is hurting. I start coughing and Anna walks up to me.

She hands me a water bottle and sit down next to me.
"Can you breathe?" She asks me and I shake my head. Lightly she pats me on my back and my coughing stops. I take a sip of water and smile at her.
"Why were you yelling?" She asks me and I put the water down.

"Daniel ran away from me when I asked him what he meant." I say and look at her. She looks confused.
"Meant with what?" She asks me and smiles.
"He's been squeezing my hand like 3 times for the past days and I want to know what it means." I say and she smirks at me. I wrinkle my forehead in confusion.
"That means 'I love you'" She says and I chuckle.
"No it doesn't!" I say and shake my head.
"Yeah it does. Keri always did that with us kids when we were sleeping so she wouldn't wake us up." Anna says and takes a sip from a glass of juice. 

"How on earth does it mean I love you?" I ask her. She giggles and look at me.
"3 squeezes, 3 words. I love you." She says and I swallow.
"So you mean he's been going around saying 'I love you' to me without me knowing?" I ask her and her smile grows bigger. She nods and my face turns red.
"And you love him too.." she says and takes another sip. I look down at my hands and then up at her again, who's smirking at me.
"And you aren't even denying it." She says and I sigh at her.
"Oh shut up." I say and walk out of the kitchen.

Daniel is sitting outside on the bench looking at the view. I sit down next to him and look out over the view too. I can see him looking at me in the corner of my eye but I ignore it.
"It's so beautiful." I say and look at him. He's subtly looking at me.
"Indeed it is." He says and looks into my eyes. I smile at him and he smiles back. I place my hand over his and squeeze it 3 times. He looks at me in shock and I smile at him.
"I love you too!" I say and his smile grows bigger.
"You're my best friend, I'll always love you." I add. His smile decrease for a few seconds before growing bigger again.

"I love you too bestie!" He says and pulls me into a hug. I hug him back. We just sit there in comfortable silence before Anna comes outside.
"Guys we're leaving to go back to the house. Tyler and Aria are going away on their honey moon." She says and we walk inside again. I get up and walk inside, so does Daniel. Aria and Tyler are standing at the door with their suitcases, putting on their jackets. I walk up to them and hug Aria.

"I'm going to miss you again." I say and she chuckles.
"I'm going to miss you more, again!" she says and I look up at her smiling. I hug Tyler goodbye and they get in the car and drives away. Going to Bora Bora... let's say I'm just a little jealous.
Keri, Jeff, Daniel, Anna and I get into the other car and start to drive back to the house. Daniel is driving and I'm sitting in the passenger seat.

When we arrive at the house there's another car there. We all get confused until the car door opens and reveals the girl Daniel where dancing with yesterday.
"Angi!" Daniel says as he sees her. He runs up to her and hugs her, twirling her around.
"I didn't think you could come! Aren't you shooting for Forever21 today?" He asks her. Of course she's a model, look at her. Presley... don't get jealous. Just a friend.. I think.

"Well it got canceled so I could come visit you anyways! You're finally in Portland so I thought it was the best opportunity!" She says. I smile as they hug and laugh together. I love seeing him so happy. Anna and I walk inside and I run upstairs to change, since I'm still in my PJ's.
I put on a quick and nice outfit. The weather is really nice and I thought of going to the beach today. I grab my backpack with my swimming clothes in and money. I'll rent a surfboard at the beach and just be out in the ocean all day.

I run downstairs and grab my skateboard since we live pretty close to the beach.
"I'm going to the beach." I say and start to walk out of the door. Daniel comes out to the hallway before I get out of the house.
"Presley-" He says but I close the door and put on my headphones, starting to skate down to the beach. I'm crossing a street when a car comes in full speed.
Everything turns black.

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~M