The Strawberry Blonde~~Lydia Martin

2.3.2

Danny and I lay on his bed as Danny cries into my shoulder while I try and comfort him. "I know, I know" I nod as I pat his back comfortingly. "I don't understand what happened" He sniffles. "Trust me, neither do I. But I warned him about this. I'll take care of all of this for you" I promise him.

"If you mean, going to his house to go kick his ass, please don't" Danny finally looks up at me. "The guy dumped you over text! You know who else did that? Jackass. As in Jackass Whittwhore. He deserves to get his ass kicked" I scoff as Danny shakes his head at me.

"We worked so well together. It was so sudden" He frowns, sitting up. "Think about it this way. Now we're both single. We'll be single together" I bring up as Danny sends me a look. There's a honk outside the house. "Stiles is here" Danny sighs.

"Nope. No way. I'm not leaving you here by yourself. I'll go tell them I'm not coming" I get up but Danny stops me. "No, no. Don't let me ruin your fun. Go have a good time" I ignore him as I walk outside where Scott and Stiles were waiting. Stiles rolls down the passenger window with a smile.

"Hey, Alex. Ready to go?" He asks. "Uh, change of plans, boys. Mikey dumped Danny over text. Danny's a wreck about it. I think I better stay with him" I explain. "Mikey dumped Danny over text? That's awful" Stiles says in disbelief and I nod. "Those two were good together" Scott adds. "Trust me, I know" I shake my head.

"You could always invite him with us" Stiles suggests. "You'd be okay with that?" I ask and the two shrug. "I'll be back" I head back inside and back to Danny's room where he was laying in his bed, staring at the ceiling. "A new change of plans. Get dressed, you're coming with us" I tell him. "I don't feel like it" He sighs.

"Danny, come on. I'm not gonna leave you alone here by yourself to wallow. You're coming, end of story" I tell him. "Why do you want me to come?" He asks, getting up nonetheless. "Because you're hurting. And when you're hurting, I'm hurting. If I were to go without you, I wouldn't have any fun." I explain.

"And?" He says and I roll my eyes. "Does there have to be an and?" I ask. "With you? Yes" He nods. "Well, I was thinking..." "Oh, here it comes" He sighs. "I was gonna have to fifth wheel but now that you're coming, I might get some alone time with Lydia" I explain. "And leave me with Stilinski?" He scoffs. "He's not a bad guy if you get to know him" I defend Stiles.

"You're using my pain for your benefit?" "No, of course not. And you don't have to be with him the whole time." I explain. "All right, all right. I'll be your wingman" I fist pump. "If...you go with me to the gay club" He says. "Deal. I'll be the best wing-woman in the world, like usual" I quickly agree. "Let's get this over with" He sighs.

After a silent car ride to the ice rink, Stiles unlocks the door and flicks on the lights. Allison smiles excitedly as we all head in, Lydia obviously not looking very happy to be here. We all start putting ice skates on, Danny and I sitting beside each other. "How are you doing?" I asks worriedly. "I'm fine right now. This is helping take my mind off things." he sighs.

"It'll only get better" I assure him. "By hanging out with Stilinski?" We both glance back to see Stiles and Lydia talking to each other. "I promise, he isn't as bad as you think" I tell him. "Whatever you say, Alex" He sighs. "Not for that long. Just a little bit. And then I'm all yours" I say. "You do know how to ice skate, right?" Danny asks.

"Of course. I didn't play years of hockey for nothing. And even if I didn't know how, hot girls love it when you embarrass yourself in front of them" "Oh, it that so?" He scoffs. "Totally. You wouldn't know, of course. You're into guys. But, I'm sure gay guys would like it to" I shrug. "What are you gonna do then? Pretend you're horrible at skating and keep falling on your ass. As 'cute' as that is, it sounds painful" Danny points out.