RAIN : Daniel Seavey

N I N E

February 8th, 2017
Thursday
(11 days until Daniel leaves)

"Why is 'Sean' pronounced as 'Shawn' instead of 'Seen' but 'Dean' is pronounced as 'Deen' instead of 'Dawn'?" Daniel asks, hanging off the side of my bed, upside down.

"I don't know. Dude are you high?" I ask back, sitting up from laying on my floor.

"I'm fantastic" he responds, smiling at me.

"I think all that blood is going to your head"

"Rain! I'm bored!" Daniel whines, waving his hands and almost hitting me in the face.

"Well," I grab his hands in mine "what do you want to want to do" I smile big at him

"Oh! I know! Let's go bowling," Daniel perks up

"Bowling? You're joking, right?" I laugh at him

"No, I'm serious. This is the perfect thing to do on a Thursday night" he raises his arms again, releasing my hands. I suddenly miss the warmth of his hands. What the hell, Rain?

"But I suck at bowling" I laugh at myself, thinking of the last time I went bowling. The ball didn't even make it halfway before it was in the gutter. Let alone those shoes, so uncomfortable.

"Suck it up, let's go" Daniel grabs my arm, basically dragging me off the floor and out my room.

"Mom! Daniel is forcing me to go bowling" I yell into the kitchen, trying to get my mom to help me.

"Well, that's good hun. Bowling is good exercise and uh, you need to get out more" she smiles sincerely.

"MOM!" I give her a what-the-heck look

"She is right Rain, you are looking a bit-" Daniel starts but I cut him off.

"I dare you to finish that sentence Seavey," I glare at him "I happen to think that my health AND body are in perfect shape" I stick my tongue out at both of them.

"Eating mac n' cheese cups and drinking coke every day, isn't exactly healthy" Daniel calls me out.

"Whatever. Both of you are bum-nuggets" I say, turning and walking to the door while grabbing my keys and heading towards the car. I turn back to see Daniel not behind me. "Are we going or not?" I ask, yelling out to him.

"Yeah, sorry I was just talking to your mom" He quickly rushes into the car.

***

"Shoe size?" asks the young boy behind the bar.

"6 1/2 for the girl and 9 for me" Daniel says in a deeper voice than normal

"Here you go," the cute boy hands us our shoes "Are you guys here on like a date or something?" he asks, leaning against the frame.

"No"

"Yes"

I give Daniel a weird look. "No, we are not dating but it was nice meeting you..."

"Charlie"

"See you later Charlie" I grab Daniel, releasing him from the death stare he had going on.

"What the hell was that about?" I raise my arms, clearly annoyed. That boy was really cute and he probably just ruined my chances

"Nothing" Daniel says nonchalantly, slipping on his shoes.

"Nothing is when nothing happens. You lowered your voice and said we were dating. I want explanation Seavey" I place my hands on my hips

"Jeez Rain, I said it was nothing," Daniel says, rolling his eyes "I'll be right back, I'm going to go get a ball." He stands up, walking away fast.