TW: TALK ABOUT CHAPTER 2
"Sam asked me on a date and I said yes."
It took me a few seconds to process his words. I don't know why but I felt angry. I should've been happy for my sister and my friend, but I and Darryl got so close. We've only known each other for a few days but there was something about him. Maybe because he saved my life.
"That's great." I gritted my teeth.
"Well, I just thought I needed to tell you. You're my best friend and you're her brother so I wanted to know if you're fine with it. If not I'll totally call it off."
Him calling me his best friend shocked me. I guess we were close enough to be best friends, but we've only known each other for two days.
"No no. It's good! You can go out, it's fine." I lied
He was the reason I started believing in fate. We met the day I was supposed to die. We were partners in class. We stopped each other from killing ourselves.
We were like soulmates. Platonic soulmates of course. Fate brought us together, just how fate brings soulmates together.
He smiled softly at me. His smile made me shiver. "Thanks. We're going out on Friday."
I nodded. He checked his phone and sighed. "I think I'm heading to bed a little early today."
I nodded. "Good night," I whispered. I decided to stay up for a little longer. It was only 8:29. I grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. I laid down next to Darryl while scrolling down on my phone.
This reminded me of when I slept next to Geo and Vince. They were separate times but they both were chaotic. With Darryl, there was a sense of peace. We both just laid down silently, Darryl occasionally rolling around.
The time flew as I scrolled through social media. It was already 11 when I noticed the time. I decided to go to sleep. I charged my phone and got up to off the lights. I sighed and rolled into bed next to Darryl.
I spent time thinking about today. Time thinking about Darryl and Sam. Do you think they'll start dating? I got upset by the thought.
I don't know why though. I should've been mad at Darryl since Sam is my sister, but I was mad at Sam. I should be happy for her. Maybe I should tell Darryl that Sam called off the date and she could get stood up.
I grabbed my hair. That's way too mean. But it'll take Darryl away from Sam and leave him with me. I sighed and closed my eyes. I'm being too possessive.
My train of thought was interrupted when I felt an arm around my chest. I felt Darryl's head rest on my back. My heart skipped a beat. I turned to see Darryl with his arms around me burying his face back.
"Darryl..?"
His head peeked up at me. There were tears in his eyes. He removed the arms he had around me and sat up. I sat up next to him. I put my arm on his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" I asked him quietly, trying to calm him down.
He rested his head on my shoulder which made my heart flutter. "I had a nightmare." I heard him whisper "My parents found me. Hurt you and Sam."
I put my head on his. "It was just a dream." I moved my arm to pull him closer. He wiped his tears.
"I'm sorry." He muttered.
"Let's go back to bed."
He nodded. I laid back down, feeling cold without his arm around me. That feeling went away when his arm came back.
"Sorry." He said. "I'm still a bit scared."
I smiled and pulled the blanket up while still lying down. I put my arm around his. Technically we were spooning. I tried my best to sleep but it was hard. Thinking about Darryl and his nightmare. Thinking about Darryl and Sam going out.
I knew I had to sleep soon because we had school the next day. I decided to just close my eyes and keep thinking until my brain tires out.
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I woke up at 6:15 to my alarm ringing in my ears. I try to turn it off but I couldn't get up. I was still in Darryl's arms. I tried gently taking his arms off of me, but he woke up.
"Good morning," I said sleepily to him.
"Morning." He took the covers off of him and took clothes from the bag of clothes we had bought for him.
He exited the room to go to the bathroom. I went ahead and got changed into my bedroom. When I was done, I met him in the kitchen. He was looking around in the pantry. He reached for a chocolate bar.
"Nope," I said
He turned around. He gave me a guilty look. I walked next to him, looking in the pantry with him. I grabbed cereal and got poured some into a bowl. I got milk in the fridge and poured it with the cereal.
"Here." I gave my cereal to Darryl.
"Thanks." He started eating. I poured myself a bowl. Sam came downstairs. I saw her and Darryl wave at each other, which made me remember they were going to go out on Friday.
We finished our food and put our bowls in the sink to be washed. We left home and walked to school with Sam. We saw Vincent and Geo talking at the entrance of the school. We walked over to them.
We all headed inside together and went to advisory. Class didn't start, but we just wanted to sit and talk in class. I sat next to a window, Darryl next to me, Geo behind, and Vince next to Geo. Sam sat at the other side of the classroom but sat on Darryl's desk to talk to us.
Sam and Darryl talked to each other a lot. I wish Sam had never met Darryl. They're not even dating and she's so clingy to him. I just wanted to push her off of Darryl's desk.
Geo saw that I was upset and tapped me on the back. I turned to look at him. I raised an eyebrow. "You okay?"
I nodded. "Sam asked Darry on a date."
"Is that why you're upset? Are you jealous?"
"What?! No." It was though.
The teacher walked in and told the students class was starting Sam got off of Darryl's desk and went back to her seat.
Class went on. We took attendance and went on break after. Then was second period. I was informed that I had lunch detention for not doing homework. The teacher told me that she knew I didn't do homework for all of my classes, so I had lunch detention the entire week.
The classes were a nightmare. Computer science was the only class I had with Darryl. I spent the others missing him. I started to really hate my sister. I don't know why I get so possessive of Darryl. My heart fluttered when I thought of him. I felt anger when I thought of him with Sam.
Time passed as I daydreamed of Darryl. Soon, it was computer science. I met up with Darryl outside of the classroom. We walked into the computer lab together. We shared a seat like we did on Friday and started writing more ideas of our game down.
I couldn't focus. When I was near him, I couldn't stop thinking about last night. I stared at Darryl's face and all I could think of was him crying, telling me about his nightmare. I wanted to meet Darryl's parents. Maybe talk sense into them.
We wrote all of our notes. When we were finished it was time for lunch. Darryl went to lunch. I went with him to buy a tray of food, then I had to go to detention.
Darryl tried to bring me to the table we sat in on Friday, but I told him I had to go to detention. He decided to come with me even though he didn't have to. I didn't argue with him, as long as we spent more time together.
We sat in the detention classroom, sitting next to each other. We sat in silence since we weren't allowed to talk. He was all I could think of. I thought of his olive-green eyes, how warm his cuddles were, how soft his hair was.
That's when I realized. I was in love with Darryl.
I knew what he was like. He wasn't safe and he wasn't very good at protecting himself. I knew I had to protect him. I looked over at Darryl who was chewing the straw of his milk bottle. He was thinking of something too. He noticed I was looking at him and he looked over at me and smiled.
I smiled back. We heard an echoing bell ring. Lunch was over. We walked out of detention and went our separate ways to our classes.
Class flew by and soon school was over. I met up with Vincent and Darryl. We walked in the halls when a teacher approached us.
"Oh! Darryl, the principal wants you in her office."
He nodded. Vincent decided to go home, but I waited for Darryl. I didn't want Darryl to get lost on his way to my house. We walked over to the office reception.
We took a seat. Then a lady walked in. She looked angry and mean. She had olive green eyes and long golden-brown hair. She looked like an older, woman version of Darryl. An angrier version of him too. I noticed Darryl's eyes widen. He looked scared.
"Darryl!" The woman screamed.
It was Darryl's mom.
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Thank you for reading part 9 :)
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I wanted to end the chapter off where Zak realizes his love, but if I did the next chapter would be too short (like 500 words which 1/3 of this one) :(