Once Upon A Love Song

Drunk In Love

Alex's POV:

17th September, 2018

I watched in shock as Daniella stormed out of the lunchroom.

"Do we go after her?" Belle asked after a few moments of silence, we were all too shocked to say anything.

"No she needs some space, leave her be." Chelsea said staring at the spot her sister just fled from. It was quiet for a few more minutes before everyone went back to their own conversations.

"What a drama queen." Lauren muttered under her breath. I rolled my eyes and slid her off my lap and into the seat next to us. I can't deal with her right now.

I knew Daniella was upset, the song she sang in music class earlier said it all. Dani is usually able to hide her emotions from us but this time was different, I knew those tears were real. The words from the song were reflecting how she feels about me, she did sing it to me since she held eye contact with me the whole time, but this was different. I didn't think my relationship with Lauren would hurt her this much and make her react this way. Man I really stuffed it up big time.

"Well?" I said walking up to Ethan. We both have a free period before spanish class so we usually hang out in the gym.

"Chelsea called her about an hour ago, Dani took the car and went to their uncle's house." He told me.

"Daniel?"

"Yep." I let out a sigh of relief and leaned my body against the wall. I've been worried sick for the past two hours, we've all been trying to get in contact with Dani but she kept ignoring our calls and messages. I just needed to know that she's somewhere safe.

"That's good, I was so scared she would hurt herself." I told him.

"We all were, where's Lauren?" He asked.

"I made her go to class, she was beginning to annoy me with her stupid comments about Dani."

"Oh, well I'm driving Chels and Belle home after school then I'm going home to help Mia with a project she needs to do for school."

"I'll catch up with you later yeah?" He nodded and gave me a man hug then walked away.

I can't help myself, I couldn't stop thinking about Daniella, she's constantly on my mind at the moment. It really bothered her seeing me with Lauren but she told me it was okay to date her, right? I cleared my head of all thoughts of Dani and made my way to my next class. Maybe I'll stop by her house to check up on her later. Yeah I'll probably do that.

I checked the time then made my way up the footpath to her house. I wiped my sweaty palms on my jeans and rang the bell. When no one answered after a few minutes I turned the knob and walked inside.

"Hello?" I called out, closing the door behind me. Its pretty quiet in here, that's weird its never this quiet. I walked through the foyer to the family room to find Hannah and Damian sitting on the couch talking quietly.

"Is Daniella here?" I asked walking up to them.

"Yeah she's in her room." Han said quietly without looking at me. Damian pried his eyes away from the white stick Hannah was clutching in her hands and looked up at me. His eyes held an emotion I couldn't quite figure out, it was hard to tell if he was upset or happy or possibly a mixture of both.

"She's pissed drunk dude, she called dad earlier to pick her up, he had to leave work early to get her from uncle Danny's pub where she got drunk off her ass at." He said. I nodded and went up the stairs to her room. Who the hell lets a 17 year old girl drink or even allows them to get into a pub?

"Dani?" I said knocking softly on the door.

"Go away dad." She slurred slightly.

"It's Alex, can I come in?" I said softly.

"Its open." She mumbled loud enough for me to hear. I opened the door to find her on her bed outstretched like a starfish, she was still wearing the outfit she had on earlier which means she just got home.

"What do you want?" She sat up and watched me as I walked to her bed and sat down. I could tell she slightly sobered up, maybe coming here wasn't such a good idea.

"I wanted to make sure you were ok."

"Oh now you care about my feelings?" She said sarcastically sitting up and leaving against the head board.

"I've always cared about your feelings, if I didn't care I wouldn't be here right now and you know that."

"If you really cared you wouldn't have done something so stupid." She mumbled.

"Why'd you leave like that?" I asked her. I already knew the answer I just really want to hear her say it.

"Something I saw." She said quietly looking straight at me.

"Was it Lauren and I?" She didn't even have to answer the question, her face fell and her expression said it all.

"I don't understand Daniella, you said you were happy for us, for me. Why would you say that if it wasn't true."

"Because I was hurt! I didn't think you would actually pick her over me."

"I didn't even know you felt that way about me! Not once did you even attempt to hint it or say something. How the hell am I supposed to know?"

"Stop yelling please my head is pounding like a bitch right now. Look we can talk tomorrow when I'm more sober and aware of the shit I'm saying, I just want to sleep." She said while rubbing her temples. I nodded and stood up.

I watched as she laid back down and got comfortable, her long brown hair flowing all over the pillows under her head.

"I just need a little space from you and everyone else, I need to take some time to clear my mind and just be happy." She said quietly.

"I'll give you all the time and space you need, let me know when its okay to come back." I said looking down at the beautiful girl staring up at me.

"I love you Alexander, I always will no matter what." She whispered. I desperately wanted to wrap my arms around her small body and just hold her but it felt like my feet were cemented to the floor and I couldn't move. I'm not sure what hurt more, hearing her say those words or knowing I caused the pain I could see in her eyes. Her eyes fluttered up to me one last time before she closed them and drifted off to sleep. The only sound in the room was my breathing and her soft snores. I let out the breath I was holding and walked up to Dani and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

I'd be lying if I said this whole ordeal didn't hurt me. I feel like I just lost my best friend, my other half. As I was walking down the footpath to my house I couldn't help but think, did I just lose the love of my life?

A/N: Pic of Ethan and Emily's sister Mia on the top