loosing game | daniel seavey

chapter eight

Daniel's once light blue eyes were now dark. He ran his hand through his hair and looked away from me. His hands balled into fist as he paced the room before sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Why are you so mad?" I asked calmly. I stood in front of him, a good five feet distance between the two of us. The room was quiet as I waited for him to answer. The only noise heard was the faint sound of music from the party.

"Why were you talking to him?" Daniel said and looked up at me. His eyes were red from whatever he was drinking.

"Crawford? I spilt a drink on him and we just started talking. It was nothing." I answered honestly. I sighed, rubbing my temples. A strong migraine began to form and I really wanted to just go home.

"I don't want you talking to him." Daniel scoffed and stood up. My head snapped towards him. His back was facing me as he looked out the window.

"And who are you to tell me who I can and can't talk to?" I threw at him, crossing my arms.

"Did you not see the way he was looking at you? He was basically drooling all over you." Daniel turned and motioned towards my outfit. I had changed from my photoshoot clothes, but it still wasn't much. It was just a pair of black jeans with a mesh top with rose detailing on it, the black bralette barley visible underneath due to the mesh being so dark. I didn't notice Crawford looking at me in any certain way, if he even was.

"Okay and? You were just outside with some girl and I'm not mad over that?" Secretly, I was. But even at that, I wouldn't pull him away and tell him he wasn't allowed to talk to her. "And you know what, me talking to Crawford isn't half as bad as you telling your friends you were with her last night instead of me!"

Daniel turned completely around. His eyes went soft, his face dropping with them. His body sunk. Caught.

"H-how do you know that?" Daniel stuttered and walked closer to me. Now he was trying to be nice?

"Jack called me and asked if I'd be here tonight. Then I asked him if he heard from you, because you were supposed to call me, remember? And he said you told him you were with Alexis and went off somewhere after you left Jack's. So what? Are you embarrassed to tell people you were with me? Because if that's the case, I don't think we should be friends, Daniel."

I went to turn away, finishing off all I had to say, but a hand wrapped around my wrist. I stopped and looked back. Daniel's eyes were now back to the soft blue. He shook his head and stepped closer.

"I-I told him I was with her because I didn't want him to tell your brother." Daniel's voice was honest and sincere. He dropped my wrist, making me miss the small contact immediately. Nevertheless, I was still fuming.

"Daniel, I don't think Aedan really cares who I hang out with. I'm my own person, I make my own decisions." He was quiet after that, staring at the ground. A sharp pain shot through my head, the migraine growing stronger from the arguing. "I'm going home. Call me tomorrow if you actually wanna talk whatever this is out."

I went to turn away again. My hand was on the doorknob when I was turnt around. My back was pressed against the door as Daniel crashed his lips onto mine. It took me a moment to realize what was really going on, but when I did I feel into him so easily.

His lips moved with mine with ease like this is something we'd been doing this forever. His hands rested on my hips, pulling me closer to him. His hands traveled underneath my shirt. The warmth of his hands sent goosebumps up my skin. I pulled away instantly, reality hitting me.

"I-I have to go." I mumbled to him and opened the door before he could stop me again. He called my name, but I couldn't allow myself to stop.

When I got to the living room, Haley and Luke sat on the couch. Tate and Jonah were still there but the other guys were gone.

"There you are, where's my drink?" Haley slurred as I walked over to the couch.

"Are you ready to go?" I looked over at Luke. He nodded and stood up, holding Haley up with him. We said our goodbyes to the Jonah and Tate before walking over to the door.

"Malia! It's so good to see you again!" The taunting voice said as we were almost out the door. I turned to see her smirking at me. Her little friend snickered next to her. "Have you see Daniel around? I need to talk to him about something."

There was something about the teasing in her voice with the mix of my migraine that sent me through the roof. I breathed deeply and shook my head.

"What is your problem? I've talked you once and yet you feel the need to throw Daniel in my face like he's some achievement. Well guess what? I don't want him. Him and I barley friends. He's all yours." The words spilt out of me before my mind could process them. I didn't really mean them and I wish my mind would've allowed me to process what I had said. From the corner of my eyes I saw him. His face dropped and his grew sad. He had heard me. I could feel my lips quivering as I went to say something else, but he turnt away and walked out the back door.

"Malia, lets just go." Luke said and pulled me away. The feeling of Alexis' eyes burnt through me as we walked out the door and down towards Luke's car. My heart shattered at the thought of what just happened. Daniel's sad eyes repeatedly flashed through my mind.

"Like every time I think life is going good, something always gets in the way.." The sad boy had told me only the night before. And to think, maybe I just made things worse.