True to Me//George Daniel

Chapter 31

The next day, as I make my way through the third beer I've had this morning, I start to think about how much I don't know. I wish I could face Kenny because I just want answers, I want an explanation. But with everyone lying to me at the moment, I would find it hard to even believe the explanation I'm fed.

My phone rings for the hundredth time. My head is banging from the constant ring of it but I need to know people are sorry and that ringing allows me to feel their sorrow.

I look to the caller ID and see Danielle's name on my screen.

I'm so shocked about yesterday, although I'm glad I know now, I'm glad Kenny has been exposed, I would've preferred to be told in private, not in front of everyone like a mug.

"What?" I surprise myself by picking up the phone and Danielle let's out a sigh of relief.

"George I am so sorry about yesterday." Her voice sounds deep, as if she's been crying for ages.

"I'm sure you are. Is that it?" I snap, she's lucky I'm even answering, being nice to her would kill me. Fuck being fake.

"No. There's a lot more to explain, I want you to know the truth and I want to tell you the whole story. Come round."

"You must be mental, you think I'm going to come round your house and listen to your lies. Fuck off, you're as fake as the rest of them, I don't want to hear fuck all from you." My voice raises.

"George until you find out the full truth you're just going to sit at home wallowing in your upset and you're going to get isolated and drunk every day. Let me explain so you can patch yourself up and show everyone you don't need them." Her mini speech gets me thinking, even if I know she's only saying to to convince me over there.

"I will be over there in ten minutes and I will stay for ten minutes. You can explain what's going on and then after that I don't want you to contact me again." I hang up before she answers and go into my room to throw on something to wear.

I've never been so appreciative to not have Maddy and Matty living with me than today, imagine me having to stay in Ross' apartment which has the most depressing atmosphere because it's full of the memories of him and Alicja.

It isn't long before I arrive at Danielle's house and I slam my car door to signify I'm outside, I don't knock, she opens it and I walk in without saying a word.

"Right so-"

"Before we start, what you did yesterday was so fucking evil. I hate Kenny right now, I deteste her right now but that was so fucking deep and such a private thing to expose. I hope you fucking despise yourself for what you did to me and your friend." I breathe after I let it out and straight away tears comes to her eyes but she nods as she sits down on her sofa opposite the one I'm sat on and holds her hands together.

"Do you want a drink or anything-"

"Cut to the fucking chase, I'm not here to talk over a glass of wine." I snap and she looks down at her hands, nodding again.

"I want to start with how I found out. Before Kenny left you, she came to the pub, with all our old UNI friends and Daniel and I. While the others were up dancing she started to explain that she wasn't feeling the same about you. She said that while you two were on your break, she had met someone in America who she cared about a lot and thought she might love. Obviously she was really upset by this, she was scared to leave you because she knew it would hurt you and that was the last thing she wanted to do. She said that she had cheated and when she said that I was confused, there was no way she could have had time to fly out and cheat on you, she was with you everyday. So obviously Daniel and I asked how she had cheated and she said that according to her morals and her way of thinking, loving someone, thinking about someone sexually and talking to them about how you feel about them when you have a partner is cheating. Obviously I don't agree with that but it's her morals and if that's what she believes and what she stands for then she cheated. She said she didn't want to tell you what her idea was of cheating because she knew you would protest. Daniel brought up the idea of the letter and I disagreed, I know it must of been hard and I knew it was too much but Kenny admitted she was too pussy to come and confront you and so decided she would write a letter. After that, Kenny and i didn't speak for a while, you guys went off to your holiday and so I guessed either she had lowed Blackbear off or she was just waiting. When she got back from holiday she called me and she explained that she couldn't leave you, you had been another level of kind to her and she couldn't hurt you that way. But I convinced her it was the best thing to do, and would work out for you better in the long term. She was at her Nannys at this time and was heartbroken so I helped her write the letter and send it off. She told me she needed to be with the person she loved and so obviously I said to fly to America. Which is what she did. After she was in America and after you had found out she called me and told me she'd found something out but she couldn't tell you because you blocked her number, she said that she didn't want to tell you anyway because it would only cause you more pain, so she told me to swear to her to carry on with the idea that she had cheated and that's why she avoided you. Anyways, she told me she was pregnant and she didn't know what to do, she didn't want to have it without you, especially when she's so young but she didn't want to have it with you, because a partnership without love is not a healthy family to grow up in for a child. She said that Blackbear said if she didn't abort it he would leave her. And with no one else by her side the only thing she felt she could do was abort the baby. For weeks after she lost it, she didn't get in touch with anyone the only way I knew she was okay was because I had gotten Blackbear to message me about it. After a while, she got back on her feet and then she called me again saying her and Blackbear had ended a few months later, so obviously she was in tears because she had sacrafised you and your baby for him and he had cheated on her with someone but she wouldn't tell me who. She said she was coming back to England to go to Maddy and Mattys engagement party. That was when I introduced her to Ty my older brother and I told Ty nothing, about the cheating or anything, I told her it was her choice. Her and Ty hit it off right away and when she went back to America they carried on speaking, he went there a couple of times to see her and soon enough they became an item. Then I bumped into you. And I told Kenny I thought you were attractive, she was so appreciative for me finding her Ty that she decided she would do everything to set us up. Obviously then you guys saw each other in Hawaii and everything, you know this part. Anyways when you came back to England and so did Kenny she was planning to tell you about the pregnancy, she said you didn't deserve the lying she was doing, but we were just about to go on a date, and I didn't want her stupid secret to ruin that so I convinced her that it was a bad idea. Anyways that was the night I was a bitch about Kenny and you were not impressed and this was when me and her started drifting. Soon enough Charlie reached out to me and started telling me all these lies about Kenny, that she was psycho, that she attacked her for being friends with Blackbear but I never knew Charlie was the one he cheated on her with. Obviously there was a stage where I was depressed because of Dan and Kenny had told me that the person who did it was not worth half of me, she wouldn't tell me who it was and then when Charlie came along Charlie told me it was Kenny. I told Charlie about Kennys pregnancy out of confidence. Everything started building up, I got jealous because Ty was on her side and then last night happened. I am so sorry George." Danielle leans her head down into her hands as I try to process the information she's just told me.

Everything does seem a bit clearer now. There's still things I need to know, that only Kenny can explain but it's more of a blue sky now, some clouds are out of the way.

Danielle's phone ringing interrupts my thoughts and she puts it on loud speaker when the name Ty shows up.

"Tyler I'm so glad you've called! I'm here with George. Are you okay?" Danielle's voice is full of happy emotion.

"I hope you're fucking happy. You've finally got what you've wanted." You can hear his tears of anger through the phone and I frown at Danielle as her face drops.

"Tyler? What's happened?" Her voice is frantic. Is she dumb. Even I know what's happened and he hasn't even explained yet.

"We're done. Me and Kenny are done. After those horrible things I said to her, she called me this morning and told me that I'm better off without her and that she can't be involved in a relationship where his family doesn't like her. I said some fucking awful things to her and you fucked it even worse. I hope you're fucking pleased with yourself." Ty always seems so calm that it's weird to hear him so angry.

I can't help but feel sorry for the kid, this must be hard for him too. Thinking he's in some amazing relationship when she's not even fully finished in her old one.

"Ty I'm so sorry. Of course I'm not happy, of course I never wanted this to-"

"Do you even understand how much I care about her? Do you get it? I love her for fucks sake. I love her and now she's left me because you couldn't keep your mouth shut. And telling her not to tell George about the pregnancy all those months ago only made it worse for her. You've ruined my relationship and you've ruined my respect for you. Don't contact me."

Ty hangs up the phone and Danielle bursts out crying, loud sobbing erupting from her. I would usually comfort her but I don't see how she deserves that from me.

"When you speak to Kenny again, tell her I'm sorry. Tell her I would do anything to get that friendship back and that loyalty and that trust. And please tell her to forgive Ty, I know she thinks she's doing what's best but she's just going to end up miserable once again. I'm sorry George, for everything." She stands up and begins to walk out of the room.

"What makes you think I'll ever speak to her again?"

"I know you will George. Whether you forgive her or not, you will speak to her again." She starts to walk again.

"She'll never forgive you." I don't say it to hurt her, I say it because it's a fact.

"I know that." Danielle says, as she opens the front door and then walks up her stairs, leaving me to leave her house and wonder if I'll ever see her again.