Blind to You

chap 13

*3rd POV*

Danny,in fact,did not tell her. Bless him,he tried. The man just could seem to get the words out when he thought it was the right time. Of course,after the week she avoided him.

Ellie was upset. Not with Dan,but herself. She apologized profusely the next day for forcing herself on him,even if was just a kiss. He said she didn't have anything to worry about but she did anyway. She fought with herself for the week following,avoiding the Grump space in that time period and not really responding to any one. That week had passed by agonizingly slow for the pair but once she showed up in the office the following week,it was like nothing changed. That had now been a month ago and Dan still couldn't find the words to say to her.

*Ellie POV*

I sighed running a hand over my face. I still thought about kissing Danny almost daily. Holly said I should just tell him,but I couldn't bring myself to. I needed a distraction.

As if my phone knew,my notification tune went off. It was a new grumps video. I glared at it but watched the episode anyway. By the end,I wished I hadn't.

"So,Dan."

"Yeah?"

"Tell me about your lady friend."

"Oh God. First off,she's not my lady friend,yet. And secondly, I have nothing else to say about it."

I closed the app and dropped my phone,feeling kind of numb. Dan had been seeing someone? Why didn't he say anything about it? He had been his same, flirtatious self towards me. I didn't understand. All I knew was Dan had feelings for this girl(whoever she was) and I felt my heart shatter in my chest. I didn't even feel the tears at first,but I started quietly sobbing and dropped my face into my hands.

Why didn't I tell him sooner? Maybe he already knew and just didn't have feelings like that for me. Maybe me kissing him pushed him away. I just didn't know.

Once my crying had died down a bit,I went to lock my front door after taking the spare key from it's hiding spot. Most of the grumps knew where it was and I didn't really want to be bothered. I headed back to my room,curling into a ball under my blankets before I passed out.

I felt like death when I woke up. It took me a few moments to remember why and I felt pathetic when a few tears came out again. My phone vibrated so I grabbed it only to drop it again once I saw the horde of unread messages from every one and a handful of missed calls. I didn't want to talk.

Slowly,I got up to grab my tablet to work an animation. I didn't take too long since it was about ten seconds and not very detailed. It was a girl with a rain cloud,then a boy walked in with the sun. The rain cloud when away and the sun formed into a heart but the the boy leaves and so does the sun and rain cloud comes back. Once I was happy with the out come of it,I uploaded it to YouTube. I was the first from me since my parents died.

I sighed afterwards. I needed something in my life to disttact me. I sat starting out of the window for a good hour before I sighed again and just went back to sleep.