Save my soul [Imagine Dragons Fanfic]

Second chances

Hey what do you guys think of the new cover? I asked a good friend of mine to do it because I suck at these things. And thanks for reading, I really appreciate it.

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Wayne:

We keep staring at Ben until he turns around the corner. I glance at Platz and he just shrugs his shoulders. Ben never acted like that. I don't know what's going on with him right now but I hope that he will be the old Ben again. I don't want to lose one of my best friends just because of such things. We always thought that we would go to college together and later on form a band. I know that's a typical teenager dream but we thought that we could make it. I still think like that, but it wouldn't be as great without Ben!

I turn around and Platz and I both crouch down in front of Dan. His eyes are slowly making contact with mine and I can read three things in it. Pain, angst and confusion. "Are you alright?" Platz asks. Dan shrugs his shoulders. Then he sits upright and leans against the wall while wiping some of the blood of his nose. His hands are slightly shaking. "Why did you stop them?" he carefully asks. "We couldn't watch them beating you up." Platz answers and I continue: "To be honest we've been thinking about you for the past few days." Dan raises his eyebrows in confusion and I try it on another way. "Since when have thy been bullying you?" "This week." He responds. "Right. We told Ben about your attack and since then you were getting bullied and Ben hasn't been the same." As I say attack I can see his cheeks flush and he looks down again.

"I want to apologize. We saw that you were getting bullied but we didn't do a thing." I look at Platz and he nods. "So we just want to let you know that we both are sorry for not helping you." Dan slowly raises his head again and looks me in the eyes. I can tell by his look that he is trying to find out if I really mean it. And I do. "You shouldn't apologize, I mean I mugged you...and I-Im sorry for that and..." he replies but I shush him down. "We started it with attacking you." Platz continues: "Yeah. We all did some stupid stuff but maybe we can try again. I mean if you don't want to we don't have to be friends. Or we just talk at school and don't do anything on weekends or in the afternoon. Just that you aren't always alone. Everyone needs someone to talk to. Maybe we can forget about what happened and just...you know...start over?" Dan remains silent after that as if he is really thinking about trusting us. "Yeah. I-I guess we can try that." I smile and pat him on the shoulder. But as soon as I touch him he recoils and I take my hand back immediatly. "Sorry," he breathes. "Bruises from the hits." I nod and watch him stand up. Platz and I do the same. "Thanks again." he says. "No problem. Are you sure that you want to go home alone?" As I finish I think that I can see a scared look on his face. But I'm not sure because it changes too fast to really estimate it and by then he already has his normal expressions back. He nods: "Yeah I'm sure, thanks."

We say goodbye and sperate our ways again. While we are walking home neither Platz nor I say a word. We just walk and think about what happened. I still don't get any ideas of Dan, he seemed pretty normal today. He was talking and acted like a real person. But I'm not quite sure if he really wants to be friends. I mean he said yes but the look on his face....I still can't judge him. Maybe he is not sure if he can trust us, which is pretty understandable. Normally Ben is one of us and he has been bullying Dan, he probably is thinking that we just act like we want to be friends. I sigh. Why has this whole thing be so complicated?

"We need to talk to Ben!" I break the silence. "I'm pretty sure that he won't talk to us.." Platz responds as I open the door of my house. Today my mom has to work so it's just Platz and me. "I know. I guess we just write him?! He will read it for sure." "Yeah" Platz lays down on my bed as he picks out his phone. "Okay what do we write?" "Hey Ben, we just wanted to tell you that we don't think that bullying is the right way to solve problems." I think for a few moments. "Normally you would have agreed in that so we don't know what changed. We try to be friends with Dan and we wanted to let you know about that. Hopefully we can talk and be friends again. If you need us we're always here, you know that. We just wanted to tell you that." Platz keeps writing for a few moments. "Okay. I sent it." He says while putting his phone down. "Hopefully he reads it and doesn't you know..." "Doesn't think wrong, just like he easily does?" I finish and he nods.

"Well that was pretty interesting today, wasn't it?" he sighes. I lay down next to him and we both stare at the wall. "I don't think that interesting is the right word.." I answer and he chuckles. "No it's probably not. I'm curious how the thing will turn out in the end. If Dan changes and becomes our friend and if Ben comes back to us. Or if everything remains like that, Dan just being alone and Ben turning his back on us." I close my eyes. "I hope that we can be friends like before again. But what I've been thinking of is if we have to choose between Dan and Ben...who would you choose?" I look at Platz. He just whispres. "I don't know." "Yeah me too." We remain there, silently laying on my bed as my eyes begin to close. Platzs presence is enough to keep me from diving to deep in my thoughts and I soon fall asleep.