mute | daniel seavey

two

the school bell rang for the end of the day and i made my way out of class and to my locker.

when i finally got there, i saw a group of guys surrounding something or someone. i didn't know who they were by name but i was certain they were only a year older than me. i made me way across to them and saw daniel in the middle of them.
"Leave him alone!" i yelled from behind them.
"Oh the freak has a girlfriend does he?" one of them chuckled.
"No but don't you have anything better to be doing with your time?"
They rolled their eyes and walked away towards the back of the school. I noticed that Daniel had a tear in his eye. i practically ran into him and hugged him tightly and he started sobbing into my shoulder.
"You're safe now, don't worry" i whispered.
We stood like that for five minutes in silence, besides Daniel's soft crying.

My phone began to ring and I totally forgot about Corbyn.
"Sorry, it's just my brother" I said softly.
"Hey, I'm going to Christina's so I won't be driving home today"
"It's okay, are you still at school?"
"Yeah I'm just away to leave, why?"
"Can I borrow your car?"
"Why? You usually want to walk home"
This was true and I had no idea what to say. I was planning on taking Daniel either to his house or back to mine but I didn't want to tell Corbyn considering how overprotective he can be.
"Ummm, I hurt my leg in gym. I'd rather drive than walk"
"Ok then, meet me at the front of the school" he ended the call.

"I can take you home if you want" he looked a little nervous.

"Or you could come back to mine, i'm not busy" he nodded his head and we walked towards the front of the school. I could see Corbyn with his girlfriend Christina standing beside the road and luckily they didn't see us yet.

"Oh, ummm, just wait here. Corbyn can be slightly overprotective sometimes." Daniel looked me in the eyes, pleading me to stay with him. I noticed how beautiful his eyes were but I quickly snapped out of it.

"I'll only be a minute, I promise. And there isn't anyone else here, school finished 10 minutes ago remember?" He giggled a little and I walked away quickly.

The whole ride home, we talked about whatever came to our minds. Well, I did. Daniel either nodded or shook his head and sometimes giggled.

We pulled up in my drive and both got out and walked towards the front door. As I lifted my hand towards the door handle, Daniel slowly grabbed my other hand tightly. His hands were sweating a little and I could tell he was nervous.
"Don't worry, my Dad's really chill"

Daniel's POV

We were standing outside Katie's house and I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I felt an urge to hold Katie's hand and as much as I was scared to, I did it.

We slowly walked inside and I could hear her Dad through in the kitchen.
"Hi Dad!" She yelled through.
"Hi sweetie!" I could hear his footsteps getting closer and I didn't even mean to grip Katies hand tighter.
"Dad, this is Daniel. We're just friends though" He laughed a little.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Daniel" I gave him a little smile while shaking his hand.

Katie's POV

I walked Corbyn up to my bedroom and I saw my dog, Trixie, waiting for me and she ran straight to Corbyn and started to trying to jump up on him.

"Sorry about her, she gets excitedly very easily" I laughed while trying to calm her down.

We sat down on my bed and I opened my computer and logged into my Netflix.

"You can choose whatever you want, I'll go find some snacks"

I ran downstairs and into the kitchen to find anything I could get my hands on.

"Hey, where Corbyn?" My dad said as I frantically searched around the kitchen.

"He went over to Christina's, he let me take his car home with Daniel"

"He's a little quite" I glared at my dad as he said that.

"Dad he's mute-"

"Oh sorry, I thought he was just nervous to meet me"

"Well he was nervous but still-"

He handed me an unopened box of Oreos and I went quickly back upstairs.

I sat back down beside Corbyn and I saw that he chose Stranger Things so we began to watch it while stuffing our faces with the Oreos and by the third episode, I feel asleep.

By the time I woke up, Corbyn wasn't here however I saw a small note on the end of my bed.

"My mum wanted me home, sorry. We should do this again some time (: "

I turned the piece of paper and saw his phone number so I quickly put it into my phone considering this was the only way I could properly communicate with him.

Katie - "Hey, it's Katie!"

Daniel- "Hi, sorry I had to go so quickly"

Katie- "It's fine, you can come round whenever you want. My dad isn't bothered"

Daniel- "What about Corbyn?"

Katie- "Don't worry about him, I'll talk to him"

Daniel-"Thanks"

Katie-"Can I ask you a question?"

Daniel-"Sure"

Katie-"When was the last time you spoke?"

Daniel-"I'm not sure to be honest. Almost two years ago?"

Katie-"Damn, do you want to speak?"

Daniel-"Obviously, but I'm scared"

Katie-"I understand"

Daniel-"I love you"

Katie-"Do you really?"

Daniel-"Yes, you'll see. Just wait (; "