As Daniella's back story unfolds, her future begins to crumble. Friends will be lost and hearts will be broken. Will things ever be the same? Will she finally find out where she belongs?
"Thank you for meeting with me again, Brayden." My tone was honest, nervous. This will be the first time I've ever told anyone outside my family. I don't know if I'm ready. I'm not ready, but he deserves to know why I want Dani to suffer. . .like I have all these years.
He nodded and took a seat beside me on the park bench. "It sounded urgent, and I didn't have anything else planned." His thumbs began twisting around each other nervously. He avoided eye contact with me for a little while, but eventually glanced at me and shot a small smile.
"Is everything okay? You know, with you and. . .what's her name? I mean. . .we didn't do anything. I want you guys to work out." The night after we left the bar, we sat and talked at my place for hours. We both decided it would be best if we didn't sleep with each other, and honestly I'm okay with our decision.
A little part of me changed that night. I don't want to be mean it just. . .happens. Years of bottled up emotions just spill out in small bursts. Everytime I see Dani something inside me snaps. She has a perfect life, perfect boyfriend, perfect career. . .she has no idea what I've been through. Maybe I should've told her. . . .
"I'm okay! I'm just glad we're friends now. No more secrets between us." He still seemed different, but I feel like it was just because I was about to tell him something I've hidden for a long long time.
"Okay." I took a deep breath in and started telling him everything. "When Dani and I were friends in high school, I broke up her relationship with me and her current boyfriend." I stopped and gulped hard. Why is this so hard to trust someone? "So, my side of the story, he told me they had just broken up. Go figure. Me believing a guy without asking my best friend what had happened. That was my fault. Anyway, we slept together. And. . .and I didn't know they were still together." I kept staring down Brayden who was taking in every word coming out of my mouth.
He rubbed the back of his head in disbelief. "So, technically, it wasn't your fault and it wasn't hers? You guys let a guy ruin years of friendship?" He rose an eyebrow up at me.
"No. It's not like that. If I was a good friend like I claimed to be, I would've went to her about it first. . .asked if it was okay. I should have made sure her feelings were okay. It was my fault. All my fault I ruined our friendship. It's my fault for everything." I don't usually like admitting when I'm in the wrong, but it's finally time I own up to everything.
He sighed then grabbed my hand. "Okay. I'm just trying to understand. But, is that it? Is that all that caused you guys to be mortal enemies?" I sighed and shook my head. I feel like he is really trying to understand everything. He's being sympathetic toward the whole thing, and that's something I hardly ever got.
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"So, after we stopped being friends. . ." I felt tears swelling up in my eyes. "I'm sorry. This is so difficult for me to spit out." Small waterfalls of built up secrets began over flowing on my cheeks.
