I - New End: Danielle ✔️

Part 15 - No point in staying

Ben/ I wait in the kitchen as Jackie goes to open the door. "Auwch, he got you good." Charlotte looks at me in pity as she walks into the kitchen. "Let me have a look at that."

"She didn't need to call you, I'm fine!" I'm referring to my sister as I bark at Doctor Charlotte Peeterson.

"Let me check you out anyway. My brother beat the shit out of you so I feel obligated. Besides Jackie didn't call me, I called her. A girls night is very much needed. I came to pick her up."

"Believe me, Nick didn't beat the shit out of me. This..." I point to my face. "...was nothing. I let him hit me. I always choose my fights!" I look away from her curious eyes, I've already said to much.

"So why then?" She asks, taking a closer look at my lip.

Because Nick is like a brother to me. Because I deserved him punching me. Because I can't get her out of my head. Pick a reason...

"Love!" I blurt out, taking myself and her in surprise. I wasn't ready to say that out loud but I guess it's the truth. What a loser I am!

I'm in love with my brothers fiancée.

"Well, love can be cruel." She smiles as she attends to the cut in my lip.

"How is she doing?" I sigh. "I didn't mean to hurt her. I can be myself with her. Not many people understand me. She's the only woman I know that doesn't actually want something from me. She's pure. I like being near her. But I came way to close." She didn't stop me. Why? Why didn't she tell me to...? I keep rambling in my head. "Do you think she will be able to forgive me?"

"I would just give her some space, if I were you."

"I'm going back to New York. I leave tomorrow. That should be enough space, right?"

"I guess. You're not staying until New Years then?"

"I ruined everything. Danielle hates me, Nick hates me, Cole will definitely disown me. If not kill me. I'm supposed to be the smart one. I lost control." Resting my head in my hands I continue. "If I can't be with her, there's no point in me staying."

Dannii/ Laying in my sisters old bed we rewatch episodes of the Vampire Diaries. While Damon drives Elena mad, I swoon. "I'm definitely team Damon! Look at those baby blues, and the way he looks at her. I wouldn't mind him nibbling on my neck."

"You always were a sucker for the 'underdog'" Jackie nudges me. Is she trying to say something?

"Spit it out, Jackie. I already feel like shit. Might as well push down the blade a little deeper." I force a fake smile and sit up straight.

"You know I don't mingle in love affairs. As I don't want anyone mingling in mine!" She hints about George, and the mysterious baby-daddy, which nobody knows anything about.

"But! You know I love you and I love both my brothers equally. Just because I shared a womb with one, doesn't mean I like the other less. I'm not going to choose sides."

Jackie lays down on the bed, looking up at the ceiling. "I know you always had a thing for Ben, even though you were dating Cole. Ben was always more ... exiting to you."

"I hate it that he feels like crap now." She refers to Ben. "He's leaving. Tomorrow. Going back to New York. I wish I had more time with him, but he doesn't want to stay any longer."

"Good! ... And I've never had a thing for him. Cole is plenty exiting!" I cross my arms and lean back into the pillow, trying to be convincing.

"Liar!" Charlotte sniffs. "Well, there's no point in him staying anyway." She ads casually. "If his love is denied..."

"What?" Jackie and I say simultaneously.

Charlotte keeps on looking at the tv screen.
"I'm more of a Stefan kind of girl! Tormented to be the good brother while restraining a selfish monster inside." Trying to act like we are still on the vampire diaries subject, and she didn't start a fire with her remark.

"Charlotte!" I practically yell.

"What?" She sheepishly looks at me and Jackie.
"He told me. He's in love with you."

"Oh God!" I lay down next to Jackie and cover my face with my arms. "This is not happening."

"Ben never really loved a girl before. Not even Jenny. Are you sure?" Jackie asks.

"It were his exact words." She looks at me and Jackie. "I asked why he let Nick, hit him. He said: 'Love!' And then he added: 'If I can't be with her, there's no point in me staying'." She tries to do his voice, then she looks back at the screen. "He can be himself with you... you're the only one who understands him ... bla, bla ,bla..." She waves it off but the hint off jealousy emerging in her voice is inevitable.

I peak at Jackie, moving my arms away from my face. "Don't look at me, he never tells me anything, clearly!" She looks shocked. "I always thought he didn't like you. And now he loves you apparently!"

"Let's just watch the show. I don't want to talk about this anymore." The three of us sit back against the headboard in silence, trying to ignore the heavy tension in the room.

"Damon, definitely Damon!" Jackie says after a while. As Elena wants to leave the house, yet Damon won't let her leave for her own safety.

We all cry out in laughter.

Wow, so Ben dropped a little L-word bomb❤️!

Team Damon? Or Team Stefan? I'm honestly curious? I think you all know which team I root for 🥰.

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