ROSE BUSHES - DANIEL SEAVEY

two.

「chapter two.」

DANIEL PULLED back, "Rose, welcome back from tour." Daniel said choked up. The blonde girl squeezed Daniels hand.

Daniel cleared his throat, "Rose, this is my girlfriend Rebecca,"

"Becca this is Rose,"

Rebecca smiled slightly at the brown haired girl. Rose looked at Daniel and Rebecca, "Well I should get going," She started backing up.

"It was nice seeing you Dani, and nice to meet you Rebecca."

Rose turned around and headed back inside. She said her goodbyes pretty fast and left Logan's apartment quickly.

WHEN SHE returned home, Rose decided to take a shower to clear her mind. She thought about how it'd been 2 years since she talked to Daniel, like really talked to him.

Rose let the water hit her face, so many thoughts were running through the girls head. Rose didn't understand why her heart was beating out of her chest when she saw Daniel with his girlfriend. The two weren't together anymore, yet something about him being with another girl made her heart hurt.

The brown haired girl decided to unpack all of her things even if it was midnight. Bag by bag, Rose unpacked her belongings back into her apartment.

She sighed as she put the last thing away, it was now 3 in morning and she wasn't tired what so ever. She grabbed her ukulele and walked onto her balcony. Rose breathed in the crisp LA air and peaked over towards Logan's, Daniel and his girlfriend weren't out there anymore.

Rose sat down and started strumming a random tune. The streets of LA were always buzzing with life, but a part of Rose always loved it. To her it was calming, and all she needed right now was to have that feeling return to her.

DANIEL WAS shocked after Rose left. So many different things went through his head. He didn't realize that she was back in LA, and from the look on her face, she didn't know he was seeing someone.

Daniel saw how the girls pretty brown eyes saddened, part of that made him feel for her and the other part made him upset. He was angry and confused how she can go 2 years without a word and come back seeming shocked at him in a relationship. His life went on, and wasn't going to stop after Rose.

Rebecca squeezed Daniels hand making him pop back into the real world. Daniel and the boys were staying at Logan's that night and Rebecca had to get home. Daniel decided he'd drive her home, leaving the boys without him for a bit.

ROSE HEARD a familiar voice from across the balcony, not one she normally heard.

"Hey."

Rose looked up and saw a certain blonde boy.

"Hey Corbyn," Rose smiled and continued to strum her ukulele.

"Christina says hello, she says she coming down soon."

"She can stay with me," Rose looked up and smiled.

There was a long pause before someone said anything to the other.

"Are you doing okay?" Corbyn started off with. "You know Daniel, you were gone and he needed someone or something to help him get past everything."

Rose cut him off, "I get it Corbyn, I didn't expect him to wait." She never really thought about what she'd return to, she was happy for Daniel. Never in a million years would she ever want him to not be happy, even if it meant she wasn't.

Corbyn half smiled, "We all love you Rose, don't ever think we won't be here for you."

"Besides, you're like family."

Rose attempted to smile but put her head back down to strum her ukulele. Corbyn said goodnight and Rose said it back to him.

Corbyn returned inside, Rose sighed and continued to strum. She hummed along with the tune, a tear fell from the corner of her eye but she quickly wiped it away.

It's going to be a tough week, getting settled back into the grove of things. But Rose was strong, she knew how to pull herself out of a slump, the only question is when.