All About You____ :] Updated again April 11 FINISHED =)

anika wrote:[quote:7f85="kai(:"]Such a small world. She leaned on Harold lol

haha. I know! I actually planned i to be Danny at first but then I changed my mind. [/quote]

Really? Well, that would be... sweet. Haha. I miss Danny, will Danny show in the next chapters? Haha.
Harry knows Harold right? I mean before the incident in the movie house?
Evangeline = Alice Cullen lol. Love it
Harold didn't ask for the paper back?
Ooh, I think things will get pretty exciting in the next chaps

haha! anika (a.k.a. baboy) im reading now!!! well im done... haha..

yey! harry (JUDD) moments! hahaha. can't wait for the next chapters!!!

> i like this emoticon.. don't you? haha.<

so excited for the "under major construction" harry fan fic!

MEG wrote:haha! anika (a.k.a. baboy) im reading now!!! well im done... haha..

yey! harry (JUDD) moments! hahaha. can't wait for the next chapters!!!

> i like this emoticon.. don't you? haha.<

so excited for the "under major construction" harry fan fic!

hahaha. Thanks baboy!!! I like that emoticon too!! LOL.
The Harry fic's under major construction indeed. I think I'll use your notebook by tomorrow! I've planned out a really really nice scene! And I've come up with a plot for my Tom fic!

kai(: wrote:

anika wrote:[quote:7f85="kai(:"]Such a small world. She leaned on Harold lol

haha. I know! I actually planned i to be Danny at first but then I changed my mind.

Really? Well, that would be... sweet. Haha. I miss Danny, will Danny show in the next chapters? Haha.
Harry knows Harold right? I mean before the incident in the movie house?
Evangeline = Alice Cullen lol. Love it
Harold didn't ask for the paper back?
Ooh, I think things will get pretty exciting in the next chaps [/quote]

Yup! Danny will be present!
Yup. Harry's heard about Harold. Danny backbites him. haha.
I think he asked for it back, I guess I forgot to put in that little detail. haha.
Oh yes! I'm typing down a fave notebook of mine! So things'll really get exciting now.

Yup! Danny will be present! Very Happy
Yup. Harry's heard about Harold. Danny backbites him. haha.
I think he asked for it back, I guess I forgot to put in that little detail. haha.
Oh yes! I'm typing down a fave notebook of mine! So things'll really get exciting now. Razz

Yay
Oh, haha. Buti nalang I asked you lol
Yeaaa, I'm so excited

kai(: wrote:

Yup! Danny will be present! Very Happy
Yup. Harry's heard about Harold. Danny backbites him. haha.
I think he asked for it back, I guess I forgot to put in that little detail. haha.
Oh yes! I'm typing down a fave notebook of mine! So things'll really get exciting now. Razz

Yay
Oh, haha. Buti nalang I asked you lol
Yeaaa, I'm so excited

hahaha. Yeah.
I'll update in a few minutes. I'm typing like mad now! haha.

anika wrote:[quote:c5bd="kai(:"]

Yup! Danny will be present! Very Happy
Yup. Harry's heard about Harold. Danny backbites him. haha.
I think he asked for it back, I guess I forgot to put in that little detail. haha.
Oh yes! I'm typing down a fave notebook of mine! So things'll really get exciting now. Razz

Yay
Oh, haha. Buti nalang I asked you lol
Yeaaa, I'm so excited

hahaha. Yeah.
I'll update in a few minutes. I'm typing like mad now! haha. [/quote]

Yay!!!!
I'll wait for it

CHAPTER 24 (COMPETITION)


I was waiting for Danny as I sat down on a chair at a Japanese restaurant. I looked outside the glass windows, checking to see whether he would pop out sooner or later.

Oh well. I could wait.

I was at yet another Judd restaurant. I knew they owned a lot of restaurants, but I didn’t know that they actually owned something Asian. They did have a wide variety. That was pretty cool.

I wondered where Danny was. Oh well. He wouldn’t come late for our date. I’m sure of that.

I didn’t know that Danny was at the kitchen at the back, cooking our lunch.




“Okay. A little bit of this… And it’s done”, he smiled as he put in the last bit of spices into the bowls of ramen. He wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand.

Harry was behind him, grinning. “Good job dude. It smells good.”

“Well, it’s for Anthea. So it should be.”

“Oh yeah. Well, it’s making me hungry too.”

Danny chuckled. “That’s great. But don’t eat it just yet.”

“Okay dude. I think we’d better serve this up now. Ah. You’re taking the dessert too I suppose?”

“Yup. It does look yummy, though I haven’t tasted it. It seems pretty unique though. It’s the only non-Japanese dish. Only one way to find out.”

The two loaded dishes such chicken teriyaki, sushi, tempura, ramen and the dessert on two trays. Danny placed the drinks and chopsticks on his own tray, carefully balancing everything. The two pushed the door open and proceeded to serve lunch.



I was still gazing out the windows, looking for Danny. So far, I only saw passersby. The only interesting thing that came about was a cute Korean girl who was licking her ice cream.

Hm…. He was a tad bit late. But I could wait. I’m sure something just came up and that had him preoccupied.

All of a sudden, a voice behind me said:

“Here’s your order.”

I froze a bit, confused by this turn of events.

First of all, I certainly haven’t ordered anything, not even drinks. And second: did I hear right?

Was that really Danny’s voice?

I turned around and gasped as I saw who was carrying a tray full of Japanese dishes with Harry behind him.

I wasn’t wrong about the second bit. It was Danny.

“Aw… Danny!” I grinned.

Whoa. He really surprised me!

Harry grinned. “By the way, Danny cooked EVERYTHING. He got here extra early to prepare all of these for you.”

My eyes widened and I gasped once more, louder that the one I let escape from my mouth a while ago.

He did that? For me? He really took the time and effort to prepare all of this for me?

I felt touched. He didn’t need to go through so much just to remind me how much he loved me. I could already feel that just by looking at him, by looking at the way he smiled at me.

Usually, guys get less romantic once they got the girl. After all, they didn’t need much effort to grab the girl’s attention.

But Danny was totally different. He never settled for the ordinary. He’d really show me how much he loved me.

And for that, I loved him even more.

As soon as he and Harry placed the dishes on the table, I hugged Danny tightly. A warm smile was on my face.

“Danny! Thank you! I can’t believe you did all of these!” I exclaimed happily.

He laughed. “Really? You like it?”

I looked at him, smiling widely still. “I love all of it.”

Then I inched a bit closer to him. “And more importantly, I love you.”

He smiled. “I love you too.”

After that, he kissed me gently. His lips slowly brushed against mine. I hugged him even tighter.

I grinned as I let go of him. “You wanna eat now?”

He nodded. “Sure.”

I began eating my ramen with the chopsticks. I carefully got the noodles and placed them in my mouth.

My gosh. It was so good.
“Danny. These are so great!’ I exclaimed. And I definitely wasn’t lying.

He grinned. “I’m glad you like it.”

“It’s yummy, really.”

After that, I proceeded to tasting the other Japanese dishes. The tempura was especially good. So was the sushi. Danny could cook really well. I’m impressed.

After a while, the only thing left was the dessert.

I examined it carefully. It was definitely something new to me. It had crushed ice, milk, some jelly stuff, corn, ice cream and another dessert I recognized as leche flan.

“Danny, what’s this?” I asked Danny, pointing to the unfamiliar dessert. Was it Mexican?

“Ah. Glad you asked. It’s something that Harry suggested. It’s a Philippine dish I guess. It’s called halo-halo. He claims it’s yummy”, he explained.

I nodded. Weird name. but I was eager to try something new anyway.

I grabbed the dessert that was placed in a glass with a narrow neck. I began mixing the stuff with my spoon.

I dug my spoon into it, got a considerably huge amount of it, and placed it into my mouth.

My teeth crushed the ice and my tongue began to savor the flavor.

Wow! It was good. This’d be a perfect dessert for a hot day. Weird name disregarded, it was very delicious.

“I love this! It’s great!” I grinned at Danny as I began eating more of the stuff.

“I know. Who knew this’d actually be good?” Danny agreed.

We continued eating the dish. Gosh it was good.

Halo-halo is now definitely one of my favorite desserts.

After eating, Danny and I chatted on what’s been up. He’s still busy with Tom. I wondered what he’s been up to. I once spotted him buying a book that had compilations of piano pieces. Maybe it was for Tom. Unbeknownst to me, he had other reasons.

All of a sudden, the front doors of the joint opened and a familiar-looking guy entered. Both Danny and I knew him.

He got two different greetings though.

I smiled at him, surprised yet happy to see him here.

Danny had an entirely different expression on his face. His once warm and friendly face now became stone-cold and rigid. He looked plainly displeased upon seeing him. I could see his fists sort of curl up, as if getting ready for a fight.

I hoped that it wouldn’t end up in one though.

“Hey Harold!” I waved at him.

He smiled at me. “Hey Anthea.”

Danny looked at him with a cold stare that could freeze anyone in their tracks. Harold returned his expression with an equally piercing and menacing glare.

I could feel electricity between these two, and they might get a jolt from each other if I don’t stop them.

“Um… So Harold, what’re you doing here?” I asked, finally breaking their killer-stare contest.

Harold began to smile once again. “Oh. I just wanted to check out this place you know. I love Japanese cuisine.”

“Good. Then I hope you choke on your dish”, Danny muttered under his breath, low enough for me not to hear.
Harold ordered for his food and chatted while he waited. Well, it was more like chatting with me. Danny would talk to me, ignoring Harold, as if he were a mere speck of dust. I couldn’t say that Harold’s behavior was any better. The two were determined not to take note of each other’s presence.

I felt like winter had come early.

Harold’s order came. He ordered tempura and rice. He got his chopsticks and began holding them in a funny way.

He seemed to be struggling with his chopsticks.

I chuckled. “Harold, you don’t know how to use chopsticks?”

He smiled sheepishly as he continued with his chopsticks. “No… Um… I don’t. Can you… um… teach me? If it’s not a bother.”

Danny looked outraged. He threw a menacing glare at Harold but Harold only smirked at him.

I stood up and tried helping Harold with his chopsticks. I held his hand and showed him the proper way of using them.

“Ah. Thanks a lot!” Harold grinned at me, still kind of struggling with his chopsticks but certainly doing better than before.

“Sure thing”, I smiled back.

“Hm… You’re looking really pretty today”, he smiled at me sweetly.

“Oh. Thanks.”

Danny rolled his eyes, though I couldn’t see it.

Suddenly, I needed to go to the rest room.

“Ah. Excuse me for a bit. I need to go to the rest room”, I smiled at Harold. He nodded.
“Danny, I gotta go. I’ll be back in a bit”, I told Danny as I pecked him on the cheek. He nodded as well.

All of a sudden, Danny held my hand before I could go. I looked at him, curious as to what he was about to do.

“What is it Danny?” I asked him.

He grinned. “Nothing. Just this.”

To my surprise, he pulled me and kissed me softly. I wasn’t expecting this, but it was a sweet thing for him to do.

Harold looked a bit angry. He was turning a bit red now and glaring at Danny. He looked like he could explode any minute now.

When Danny let go of me, a smile was plastered on my face. I giggled a bit.

“Um… Thanks Danny. I feel a bit dizzy now. I’ll be back”, I said and walked away, though I had to struggle to keep walking straight.

After I left, Danny had a satisfied smile on his face. Now it was his time to smirk at Harold. He had just reminded him that he had Anthea and he wasn’t just about to let Harold steal her away from him.

Harold, completely furious, began eating his food with his chopsticks quickly.

Danny’s eyes widened and his smile disappeared.

“You liar! You knew how to use chopsticks all along!” Danny hissed.

Harold snickered. “Of course. I only pretended not to know so that I could get closer to her.”

Danny was enraged, and before he could stop himself, he had already risen up from his seat and had pulled Harold by the collar, hoisting him up as well.

“You stay away from her, you hear me?” Danny said in a threatening tone.
This guy was off his rocker. He already knew that Anthea had a boyfriend, yet he stubbornly persisted. Was it so hard to understand that he can’t have her?

But despite all of this and frequent warnings from Kyle, he would not give up. He’d get what he wanted. He always got what he wanted, and he usually got what he wanted so easily.

However, he faced a huge obstacle now: Daniel Alan David Jones.

Despite being roughly hoisted in the air, Harold smirked. “Scared, aren’t you?”

Danny looked taken aback. He was right. He was scared. But he managed to hide this by throwing an even more piercing glare at Harold. “Jeez. Why don’t you bloody back off? You know you can’t get her.”

“Huh. Says who?”

“Me. Because I won’t let you.”

“She’s got free will. And she can break up with you anytime.”

Danny’s grip on him loosened a bit as he let the words sink in.

He was right. Anthea had the choice. She could dump him anytime. Just like the way his ex-girlfriend had.

But she loved him. He knew that. And besides, would he just give up? Especially to this git?

The answer came to Danny’s mind at once: HELL NO.

“You’re right. She does have a choice, and I won’t force her. But… If that ever happens, the reason won’t be you. And I’ll do my best to remind her just how much I love her. I swear, I won’t let go of her”, Danny said calmly and let go of Harold.

Harold, who had been so confident a while ago, was now frowning. Danny wasn’t about to let go of Anthea. And why should he? She was just so wonderful.

And the way Anthea looked like after she kissed Danny. She looked absolutely smitten with him. So why on Earth would she break up with him?

Still, he wouldn’t give up. He’d find a way. He wanted Anthea so badly, he just wouldn’t let her go.

Two stubborn guys who wouldn’t let go of a girl. One was determined to keep her and the other was bent on stealing her away. Who would win?

Harold and Danny continued glaring at each other before finally returning to their seats.

And now the war begins.




I returned to our table, unaware of what had just sparked between the two.

“Hey guys”, I grinned at them.

“Hey”, Harold smiled.

“Hi”, Danny grinned.

Hm… It looks like they didn’t fight. They seem a bit calm now. That was good, they didn’t end up in a fight after all.

I was so wrong.

After chatting a bit, Harold had to leave. I congratulated him for finally learning how to use the chopsticks. He learned so fast, it was a wonder.

“Bye. I had fun”, Harold said and pinched my cheek.

I laughed. “Bye.”

Harold winked at me, and useless I was mistaken, he smirked at Danny.

I guess things weren’t so hunky dory with them yet.

Danny and I walked outside as well. We said good bye to Harry and thanked him.

We walked towards the glass door. It was very clean, like there was no glass at all.

I waved good bye to Harry and all of a sudden, I heard someone crash into the glass door.

I turned around and saw that it was Danny. He began to wince and rub his nose.

“Danny!” I gasped and checked to see whether he was okay or not.

He chuckled. “Sorry. I forgot there was a glass door.”

“Aw Danny…”

I began looking at his nose. It was a bit red but he looked okay. I began to see that a small cut had formed at the bridge.

“Danny! Oh my gosh! You’re bleeding!” I gasped and hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief from my pocket. I began dabbing it on his nose.

Oh dear… He didn’t deserve this.

Finally, the bleeding stopped and I sighed in relief.

“There. It’s okay now”, I said.

“Thanks”, Danny smiled at me.

I smiled back and looked into his enchanting blue eyes. His eyes always did charm me. I had the reassurance of how much he loved me whenever I looked into them.

All of a sudden, Danny hugged me.

He was so protective of me nowadays, and he seemed like he was afraid to let go of me.

“Anthea, you know that I love you right?” he whispered as he hugged me.

Danny… You don’t need to be worried.

I nodded. “I do. I always do Danny. Don’t worry.”

Even though our relationship wasn’t on the rocks, he still felt threatened that it might end.

“Sorry for being worried… I’m just… I just…” he began to say but couldn’t seem to finish his words.

“Danny. It’s okay. You don’t need to apologize. You don’t have to worry, you know. And you know why?” I said and let go of him.

I looked at him and grinned, laughing a bit. “Because I love you silly.”

He began to smile as well. “Thanks. I love you too, though you’re clumsy.”

I smiled and kissed him softly.

“Well, let’s go now?” Danny smiled as he placed his hand on my waist.

I nodded. “Yup.”

I loved him and he loved me. I wouldn’t dream of leaving him.

Daniel Alan David Jones. I wouldn’t let you go for the world.

kai(: wrote:

anika wrote:[quote:c5bd="kai(:"]

Yup! Danny will be present! Very Happy
Yup. Harry's heard about Harold. Danny backbites him. haha.
I think he asked for it back, I guess I forgot to put in that little detail. haha.
Oh yes! I'm typing down a fave notebook of mine! So things'll really get exciting now. Razz

Yay
Oh, haha. Buti nalang I asked you lol
Yeaaa, I'm so excited

hahaha. Yeah.
I'll update in a few minutes. I'm typing like mad now! haha.

Yay!!!!
I'll wait for it [/quote]


Yess! I'm done! haha. Ouch. My neck cracked.

^ lol, how's your neck?

Awwwww. Danny's so sweet!!! Danny Jones in this is deffo my dream guy ever. Too bad he's fictional. Just like Edward Cullen. I even think he's sweeter that Edward, yes he's deffo sweeter than Edward(sorry Edward fanatics)
OMG they know Philippines!!!!
I can imagine them saying Halo-halo with their own english accent. Hahahaha.

“Good. Then I hope you choke on your dish”,

Hahah, Danny dude take it easy, man lol
Whoa, Danny O_o
Hahahaha, when Danny bumped - that was so Danny lol
Daniel Alan David Jones. I wouldn’t let you go for the world. -- Aww<3

kai(: wrote:^ lol, how's your neck?

Awwwww. Danny's so sweet!!! Danny Jones in this is deffo my dream guy ever. Too bad he's fictional. Just like Edward Cullen. I even think he's sweeter that Edward, yes he's deffo sweeter than Edward(sorry Edward fanatics)
OMG they know Philippines!!!!
I can imagine them saying Halo-halo with their own english accent. Hahahaha.

“Good. Then I hope you choke on your dish”,

Hahah, Danny dude take it easy, man lol
Whoa, Danny O_o
Hahahaha, when Danny bumped - that was so Danny lol
Daniel Alan David Jones. I wouldn’t let you go for the world. -- Aww<3

hahaha. Thanks a lot for reading!
Really? Wooow. haha. It's because I go wild in my imagination. Plus I have a lot of fantasies. But I do wish I had a guy like the Danny here in my fic.
haha. I wanted to put in Philippines coz I'm Filipino and it's kinda fun really. So I made this scene up.
He's angry. Aw... haha.
I know! Didn't that happen to Harry once? haha.

Oh. My neck's fine now. I don't think I severed my spinal cord or anything.

CHAPTER 25 (ANOTHER WAR)


Some girls get it and some just don’t. Some stop and the others refuse to back away. Why’s it so hard for some girls to get this through their skull: you can’t just have him.

This was what I thought as I was watching the movie ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding.’ Julia Roberts was desperately trying to woo her former flame into coming back to her, and during his wedding day too!

I felt sorry for Julia Roberts’ character (she is quite funny and adorable) but the fact remains that he’s not hers. He’s already about to get married to Cameron Diaz for Pete’s sake.

The film was pretty cool. It was funny, and I laughed at the ending. It was sweet.

I turned off the television, a smile on my face. That was a really good movie.

All of a sudden, my phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket and began answering the call.

“Hello?” I asked.

“Hey Anthea”, Danny’s voice answered.

“Ah. Danny. What’s up?”

“Listen, can you come to the park? Say at one this afternoon?”

“Sure Danny. I’ll be there.”

“Great! See you then. Bye. Love you.”

“Okay Danny. Bye. Love you too.”




I was sitting on a bench, waiting for Danny. I came in early so I could relax here at the park.

All of a sudden, somebody placed their hands over my eyes, obstructing my view.

“Heya!” I heard Pamela giggle.

I laughed. “Okay. Let go of me Pamela.”

She let go and I whirled around. She was wearing a cute gray cardigan over her white shirt and plaid skirt. Her red hair was loose today.

“Hey. What’re you doing here?” I asked her, thinking this was mere coincidence.

She shrugged. “I don’t know exactly why. Harry called me. he said he wanted to go out on a date. So I came.”

Ah. Maybe the dating place was a coincidence.

After waiting and chatting a bit, Jessica arrived as well. Her heels were clicking on the pavement as she approached.

“Hey guys. You’re here too?” she asked breathlessly.

“Yup. Dougie asked you to come here too?” I asked her.

“Yeah. He told me he wanted to meet up”, she replied.

Wow. Was this yet another coincidence?

After a few minutes had flown by, Nicole and Jenny came by as well. Both were carrying cups of latte from Starbucks.

Okay. I was getting a feeling now that all of this wasn’t mere coincidence.

We were all chatting again and wondering why we were meeting at the exact same spot.

A few more minutes rolled by and Aloura and Alice came.

Whoa! Were they coming too?

Alice looked like she came fresh from a photo shoot as she was wearing a purple ruffled dress, green tote and black heels. She had light make-up on her face as well.

“Anthea, do you know her?” Jessica nudged me.

I nodded. “Yup. She’s Alice. Jacob’s girlfriend.”

“Whoa. Your brother’s lucky. She’s gorgeous.”

I smiled. Alice was much more than a pretty face. “I know. She’s absolutely wonderful.”
We all said hello to Aloura as she saw us. She seemed to be surprised as well to see us.

“If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the guys planned all of this”, Aloura smirked.

We all nodded. Yup. This was no coincidence.

“Ah. By the way. Meet my model, Alice Clairbourne”, Aloura introduced Alice to us.

“Hey guys”, Alice waved to us.

We all waved back.

“Anthea, how are you and your brother?” Alice asked me, a sweet smile on her face.

“Good. He’s been loose on me now”, I grinned back.

“Ah. That’s good to hear.”

Pretty soon, Evangeline arrived as well.

“I suppose the guys called you”, she grinned.

We all nodded. Harry had called Evangeline to come.

So here we were, waiting for our guys. I wondered if Nicole had a pair though. Aaron was in Paris.

All of a sudden, a sleek black limousine parked its way across the park. It was obvious as to who owned this: Thomas Michael Fletcher.

I smiled, knowing that they had planned all of this.

The doors swung open, and the first one who came out was Dougie. He was holding a bouquet of assorted, bright-colored flowers. After that, Harry emerged, carrying a different set of flowers. Pretty soon, James, Danny, Thomas, Jacob, and (much to everyone’s surprise) Aaron.

Nicole gasped as she saw Aaron carrying a bouquet of flowers and grinning widely at her. All this time, she thought he was in Paris. This was such a nice turn of events for her that she ran towards him and locked him into a tight embrace.

“Aaron! Oh my gosh! I can’t believe you came!” she squealed in delight.

Aaron chuckled and pecked her on the cheek, which caused her to go red. “Of course. I had free time, so I came to visit you guys. I really wanted to see you.”

Nicole could only grin, too happy to express how she felt in words.

Dougie gave his bouquet to Jessica. Jessica looked touched and kissed him softly. Aw… They’ve been going strong until now.

Harry gave his to Pamela and Pamela gave him a soft and quick kiss on the lips, but hugged him tightly. Jenny and James laughed and hugged each other tightly.

Jacob seemed toy shy to display his affections for Alice and decided to peck her on the cheek. Alice didn’t mind though. She only giggled and said that it was nice of my brother to surprise her. I winked at Jacob and he grinned back.

Thomas gave a gentle peck on Evangeline’s cheek. Evangeline looked delighted as she received the flowers. Apparently, Thomas had just picked her favourite kind.

I hugged Danny and gave him a small kiss as he reached me.

“Thank you”, I smiled at him.

He grinned. “Sure thing.”

Finally, Tom arrived carrying two boxes of cake. He was grinning and making a beeline for Aloura.

All of a sudden, Aloura gasped and clapped her hands to her mouth. “Oh my gosh! I forgot!”

Tom let out a chuckle. “What? You forgot your own birthday?”

We turned to look at her. We didn’t know it was her birthday.

“Really Aloura?” Pamela asked.

Aloura was laughing so hard now. “Er… yeah. I forgot that it was. I’ve been so caught up with my work. Aw… Thanks guys.”

After hearing this, we all burst into a loud chorus of Happy Birthday. Aloura was so overwhelmed with the surprise that she looked like she could cry. She looked like she was on the verge of tears.

After blowing her cake, we all sat down on a red-striped mat laid across the grassy area of the park. The guys each prepared a different dish. Namely, lasagne, salad, spaghetti, nachos, Skittles (Dougie was too lazy to cook). We were all chatting and basically having a good time.

We all kind of went sad when James said that he was going to leave soon. His time here was too short.

I saw Jenny’s face fall as she heard this. I don’t even know if she’s let James know how she really felt about him.

I was smiling at her and giving her the you’d-better-tell-him-soon look. She only shrugged, unsure whether she could pluck up the courage to tell James.

But she’d better do it soon, because time was running out.

Nicole and Aaron looked like they were having a really great time. To Nicole’s delight, Aaron bought her a gift that she had been raving about: a PSP. It even had the game Tekken on it.

“Oh my gosh!” was all Nicole could say and she gave a swift kiss to Aaron on the cheek.

Aaron turned red and chuckled.

Pamela and Harry were looking very sweet as well. Pamela gave Harry a teddy bear that she sewed herself. It was only now that I noticed that her fingers were covered in bandages. I was wondering why she kept on hiding her hands behind her back, as if carrying something illegal.

“Pamela… You got injured sewing this, didn’t you?” Harry asked quietly as he held her gift.

Pamela nodded but had a smile on her face. “Er… Yeah. Well, it was hard. But I didn’t mind. I mean, it doesn’t look abnormal does it?”

I examined the teddy bear. Aside from the huge head that was totally incongruous to its body, it looked fine.

Harry smiled at her. “No it’s not. It’s perfect.”

After that, he gave a soft kiss to Pamela. Pamela giggled and thanked him.

Tom had another sweet treat for Aloura. She gave her a small box wrapped in colourful shiny wrapper. As she opened it, it revealed an Iphone.

Cool!! I was amazed by Tom.
She gasped and thanked Tom over and over again. As a sign of her immense gratitude, she gave Tom two pecks on the cheek, leaving lipstick marks. I laughed as I saw Tom go red. Thomas and Evangeline were laughing.

Jessica and Dougie were chatting and throwing peanuts at each other. After their little peanut was, I saw Jessica place her head on Dougie’s shoulder and he began stroking her hair.

Jacob and Alice were also busy talking. This time, it was about their work. Alice kept on reminding Jacob not to stress himself out too much. Jacob chuckled, saying that he’d be okay.

“Oh my gosh!! It’s you!!” a piercing, girlish scream suddenly erupted, nearly pulverizing my ear drums.

Danny hugged me, also surprised by the noise.

“Hey, you okay?” he asked me.

“I’m fine Danny”, I replied.

Jeez! What was up with that? Who was that?

Without anyone expecting it, a girl suddenly threw herself at Jacob, pinning him to the mat. Everyone else moved out of the way so as to avoid the collision.

Danny ushered me out of the way, wrapping his arms around me.

Alice gasped as he saw her boyfriend being pinned to the ground.

I gasped as I saw who had done the crime.

It was Laura.

She was giggling now, her hair swaying in different directions.

“I can’t believe I got to see you again! It’s ever such a surprise!” she squealed.

Jacob looked confused, disgusted even. He had no memory whatsoever of this girl. “What are you talking about?”

“Oh. We met at a party. I bumped into you. I’m Laura. Just in case you forgot. I knew we had a connection from the—“

But she never got to finish her sentence because Alice violently pulled her away from Jacob. She landed hard on her butt.
Wow. Alice was strong!

She had a furious expression on her face as she helped Jacob get up.

“What was that for?!” Laura demanded, finally standing up. I could see a few blades of grass stuck on her shorts.

Alice stood erect as she went in front of Laura, lips pursed and a menacing expression on her face.

“You’d better stay away from my boyfriend. Do you hear me?” she threatened Laura.

I was surprised that Laura showed no fear at all of Alice. Alice towered over her.

Laura gave out a harsh laugh. “You? His girlfriend? Oh please. Jacob dear, what have you done to punish yourself?”

This time, I could feel my blood boiling. She had no right to say that! And Alice was a very wonderful girl.

Alice seemed unperturbed. In fact, she was smiling now. “Okay. Let me ask you, is that dress from Dolce and Gabbana?”

Laura seemed surprised but nevertheless answered. “Er… yeah…”

Alice smiled and scooped a plate of spaghetti.

Oh no. Was she really about to do it?

“It’s about to be trash now”, she said and hurled the spaghetti at her dress.

Laura screamed as the tomato sauce began spreading on her dress, totally ruining it.

“How… How dare you?!?” she demanded, outraged. She was starting to wipe away the tomato sauce but she only managed to make it look worse.

Alice smiled and spoke with a falsely sweet tone. “That’s what you get for going after guys who are obviously out of your reach.”

Laura stormed off, stamping her foot. She snapped her fingers and her bodyguard came to her, wiping the mess on her dress.

She haughtily got into a limousine parked out of the place and slammed the door with so much force.
We all laughed as her limousine drove away. Until now, I couldn’t believe Alice could do it.

Jacob was laughing hard too as he placed his arm over her shoulder. “Wow. I never knew you could do that.”

She was still huffing a bit. “Well, I couldn’t let her get away with it! Honestly, who does she think she is? She’s so thick-headed! I cannot believe she’d be so stupidly bold!”

“Aw… Come on. It’s okay now. I would never replace you with someone like her.”

Alice began to calm down a bit, her breathing returned to normal. After relaxing, her face showed no sign of stress and she looked picture-perfect once more.

“Really Jacob?” she smiled.

He chuckled and held her chin, moving her face closer to his. “Of course Alice. I love you.”

After that, he kissed her.

Aw… That was so sweet! My brother’s made a major breakthrough!

I winked at Jacob as he broke off his kiss with Alice. He grinned back at me.

We all went back to chatting, especially about Alice’s stunt. We were all impressed that she had the guts to do it.

She was right. You do have to stand up for yourself.

After a wonderful time of exchanging talks, we all decided to head home. We parted ways. I winked at Jacob and Alice as they decided to spend more time together at a coffee shop.

Brucie was, surprisingly, in Danny’s bag. Apparently, he snuck out. I was surprised when I found him in the bag instead of Danny’s notes on Chemistry.

Danny and I decided to walk around the park a bit. I cradled Brucie in my arms, scratching his ears.

Danny and I had a great time chatting. All of a sudden, his smile disappeared and his hands clenched as he saw a short blond-haired girl approached us.

I put Brucie down, since he was beginning to snarl. I decided to hold onto his leash, in case he might go wild.

Danny looked angry, as if hate had taken possession of his body.

The girl spotted us and I saw a sneer from her face, though I wasn’t sure that she was sneering at us.

I had an unpleasant feeling that she was though.

She was pretty, I had to admit. But she radiated this kind of snobby and shallow aura.

She was snickering as she approached us, much to my surprise.

Danny was not moving at all, too angry to speak.

The girl sneered at me and turned to Danny. “So Danny, you replaced me with this piece of trash?”

My eyes widened.

What did she say? Did she just call me trash?

I was about to protest when Danny replied “Shut up. She’s not like you.”

The girl looked angry, though she tossed her hair back in a cocky manner.

Danny sighed and turned to me with a pained expression on his face. “Anthea, this is my lying skank of an ex-girlfriend, Cassie.”

Finally! After like 8 hours of reading from the first chapter 'til here, I'm done.
"lying skank of an ex-girlfriend" FTW!

lia wrote:Finally! After like 8 hours of reading from the first chapter 'til here, I'm done.
"lying skank of an ex-girlfriend" FTW!

wooooah. You read it all? hahaha. Thanks a lot!!!
haha. Yup. She's a lying skank. Thanks again for reading!

anika wrote:
hahaha. Thanks a lot for reading!
Really? Wooow. haha. It's because I go wild in my imagination. Plus I have a lot of fantasies. But I do wish I had a guy like the Danny here in my fic.
haha. I wanted to put in Philippines coz I'm Filipino and it's kinda fun really. So I made this scene up.
He's angry. Aw... haha.
I know! Didn't that happen to Harry once? haha.

Oh. My neck's fine now. I don't think I severed my spinal cord or anything.

Suree
That would be heaven lol
Harry? Uh, gosh I can't actually remember. Sorry I just have bad memory

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Haha, aww My Best friend's Wedding. I love that movie! It's so funny! Specially George, haha.
I thought Evangeline just saw what the guys plan was and decided to go to the park as well. Haha.
OMG Aaron!!!!
Hahahaha, Aloura forgot her own birthday lol
LMAO at Dougie for bringin only Skittles
ZOMG Laura is back!!!
Whoo-aaa, the ex girlfriend's back!!!

heyo anika! i decided to just read the chapters in this page since i can still remember the story pretty well and also since i've missed A LOT already. My back's aching already so I probably wouldn't stay long.. haha!

Anyway, i absolutely love this part!! I remember reading it in class and I was smiling and I was hoping the teacher wouldn't see me 'cause i wasn't listening..

Lol on dougie. He brought skittles instead!

kai(: wrote:

anika wrote:
hahaha. Thanks a lot for reading!
Really? Wooow. haha. It's because I go wild in my imagination. Plus I have a lot of fantasies. But I do wish I had a guy like the Danny here in my fic.
haha. I wanted to put in Philippines coz I'm Filipino and it's kinda fun really. So I made this scene up.
He's angry. Aw... haha.
I know! Didn't that happen to Harry once? haha.

Oh. My neck's fine now. I don't think I severed my spinal cord or anything.

Suree
That would be heaven lol
Harry? Uh, gosh I can't actually remember. Sorry I just have bad memory


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Haha, aww My Best friend's Wedding. I love that movie! It's so funny! Specially George, haha.
I thought Evangeline just saw what the guys plan was and decided to go to the park as well. Haha.
OMG Aaron!!!!
Hahahaha, Aloura forgot her own birthday lol
LMAO at Dougie for bringin only Skittles
ZOMG Laura is back!!!
Whoo-aaa, the ex girlfriend's back!!!

haha. I dunno. For once, she didn't have a vision.
True, true. Busy, that's why. haha.
Yup. Laura's back. But she's gone with the wind now.
Ooh! I loved My Best Friend's Wedding too!! Yup! George was the best!! I loved him too! He was so so cuuuttee!!!!
"Together, forever..." haha.
Yup. The skank's back. haha.
I think I'll post later coz the next chapter's pretty short.
Oooh. I have a lot of time for posting now since it's our summer vacation now!

nikka! wrote:heyo anika! i decided to just read the chapters in this page since i can still remember the story pretty well and also since i've missed A LOT already. My back's aching already so I probably wouldn't stay long.. haha!

Anyway, i absolutely love this part!! I remember reading it in class and I was smiling and I was hoping the teacher wouldn't see me 'cause i wasn't listening..

Lol on dougie. He brought skittles instead!

hahahaha. Don't worry. You've already read it already. That's why.
Seriously, I am loving the name you gave me. Wee! It'll be perfect!
I am down to the last two pages of your notebook. I'll be moving on to Megan's notebook now. haha.
Yup! It's kinda like Dougie you know? So Skittles is the easiest way. LOL.
Really? Aw... The Aaron part? haha.
Yes. It would be deadly if Sir Pedroso caught you.
By the way, I saw CG's site. They had a temporary shutdown because of Sir? haha. You know about it? I'm curious.

anika wrote:
haha. I dunno. For once, she didn't have a vision.
True, true. Busy, that's why. haha.
Yup. Laura's back. But she's gone with the wind now.
Ooh! I loved My Best Friend's Wedding too!! Yup! George was the best!! I loved him too! He was so so cuuuttee!!!!
"Together, forever..." haha.
Yup. The skank's back. haha.
I think I'll post later coz the next chapter's pretty short.
Oooh. I have a lot of time for posting now since it's our summer vacation now!

Haha, "The moment I wake up..."
Really? Yay!

^ before I put on my make up. I say a little prayer for you.
AW!!! I'll watch that film again!!! WEE!! I'll see George again!!

haha. Okay. I'm updating now. I'm done typing.

CHAPTER 26 (THE TRUTH)



“Oh? Well, I was prettier anyway”, Cassie continued to sneer, throwing awful glances at me.

I held a firmer grip on Brucie’s leash. That might stop me from letting my temper shoot through the roof.

I was now face to face with Danny’s ex-girlfriend.

She could be perfectly summarized as the epitome of nastiness.

She was just plain awful.

Worst of all, she was making me feel worse as she tried degrading me.

“Whatever skank”, Danny snapped back.

“Oh. Who cares anyway? At least I got what I want. Sorry it didn’t work out between us Danny. You just weren’t good enough”, she replied.

I was stunned. How could she say that about Danny? That was mean, and Danny was nothing of the sort.

Danny’s face tightened, looking stung by her words. “I’m glad it didn’t though. Because I’d still be stuck with you.”

“Come on Danny. Wake up. I couldn’t help it if Marco was hotter. Sure I cheated. But accept the fact honey. He was better than you.”

“Well you’re wrong!” I blurted out angrily before I could summon the self-control to stop myself.

She chuckled, making me look like I said something stupid. “Oh honey. You are pretty, I’ll give you that. But you certainly need to wake up. Boys are things you should enjoy. Once you get bored of one, get another. Why stick with the same boring kind?”

Oh my gosh. She doesn’t get it. Her skull was so thick that I don’t think that even a katana would slice through it.

“Ugh. You stupid cow”, I replied blatantly, giving her a piece of my mind.

That definitely wiped the smirk off her face. “What did you say?”

“Oh great. Stupid AND deaf. I said you were a stupid cow”, I repeated.

Danny gave a worried glance at me, sending me a signal to stay out of this.

“Anthea”, he began to plead but I shook my head.

She was going overboard. I wasn’t about to let her humiliate Danny anymore.

This might end up ugly, but I didn’t care.

“I pity you, really. You’re so shallow and outrageously superficial. If that’s how you view boys, then I think they could say the same thing about you. If I’m trash, then you’re equivalent to nothing”, I said.

She turned red with rage and slapped me hard on the face.

I felt my face sting as her palm landed on it with so much force. I’ve never been slapped before.

“Get off her!” Danny bellowed and pushed Cassie away.

Cassie still looked furious. “You listen to me because it’s happened before. Guys get bored of you. And no matter how much they love you, if they see someone new, they’ll leave you. In your case, I’d say you’d bore your guy to tears. No one wants someone as naïve as you are.”

Her words stung me. I was silent for a while.

Somehow, she was right. This does happen. Guys do leave girls.

But Danny was different right? He wouldn’t leave me…

Right?

“Get away, will you?” Danny demanded, yanking Cassie away.

“Whatever loser!” Cassie snapped and walked in furious strides. Brucie barked at her. She jumped and continued storming away.

Brucie went back, looking very triumphant.

I was still silent though. Her words had burned an unpleasant image in my mind.

Danny approached me and hugged me tightly. “I’m so sorry. She’s horrible. Don’t believe her.”

He kissed my forehead. I stayed silent before sighing.

“D-Danny… Do I seem boring?” I choked out, tears slowly forming in my eyes.

I couldn’t help it. Maybe I was a boring old girlfriend and Danny couldn’t wait to chuck me out.

“Of course you’re not. You’re wonderful and I wouldn’t get tired of you. Oh no… Are you crying? Jeez Cassie’s a skanky lying cheating stupid cow”, he replied.

I was. Tears were pouring down my cheeks.

I was just so angry and what Cassie said did seem possible.

Danny took out a handkerchief from his pocket and gently wiped away my tears.

“Stop crying. Come one. What she said means nothing”, Danny tried to calm me down.

“I… I dunno… what she said was awful but true. It just hit me. You could get bored of me… I’m being selfish, a-aren’t I? You should be free to choose who you want… But Danny… I… I… I still want to be with you…”

Was I being selfish? If he doesn’t want to be with me anymore, I should let him.

But… I wanted to be with him. So much. I loved him so much.

He kissed my cheek and stroked my hair. “This is why I love you. You’re not selfish. Cassie is so different from you. You’re willing to let me choose who I want to date?”

I nodded slowly. “O-of course. I don’t want to tie you down. But Danny…. I love you. I want to be with you. That’s why I’m scared if you leave me… But whatever makes you happy is fine with me. But Danny… Please stay with me…”

He smiled. “Trust me. I don’t feel bored with you. When Cassie broke up with me, I felt so depressed. Then you came along and made everything better. I want to be with you because you make me happy. And I would never replace you.”

I looked up at him. “Really Danny?”

He inched his face closer to mine as he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. “Of course. It’s you I love.”

After that, his lips gently brushed against mine.
I was very relieved. I believed him. Cassie my have a point, but it fortunately didn’t apply to both of us.

Well, I’ll just have to make our relationship something that Danny wouldn’t get bored of.

I finally smiled after Danny kissed me. Cassie’s words had finally evaporated from my mind.

I didn’t feel so scared anymore.

I bent down and scratched Brucie’s ears. He licked my palm happily. I chuckled.

As Danny, Brucie and I walked back home, I felt happy.

Now I knew that I wasn’t boring at all. I didn’t need to change who I was.

Best of all, Danny accepted me for who I am. And that just gave me the best feeling in the world.

anika wrote:

nikka! wrote:heyo anika! i decided to just read the chapters in this page since i can still remember the story pretty well and also since i've missed A LOT already. My back's aching already so I probably wouldn't stay long.. haha!

Anyway, i absolutely love this part!! I remember reading it in class and I was smiling and I was hoping the teacher wouldn't see me 'cause i wasn't listening..

Lol on dougie. He brought skittles instead!

hahahaha. Don't worry. You've already read it already. That's why.
Seriously, I am loving the name you gave me. Wee! It'll be perfect!
I am down to the last two pages of your notebook. I'll be moving on to Megan's notebook now. haha.
Yup! It's kinda like Dougie you know? So Skittles is the easiest way. LOL.
Really? Aw... The Aaron part? haha.
Yes. It would be deadly if Sir Pedroso caught you.
By the way, I saw CG's site. They had a temporary shutdown because of Sir? haha. You know about it? I'm curious.

thanks! i think i made up/mixed that name a long time ago when i was thinking about names that i like.. hahaha!
ooh.. i'm excited to read your fic again.. the harry fic's nice.
yeah. that happened when they were just starting out, right? or is what you're talking about a different thing?

^ hahaha. Oh? Coolio!!
Really? That happened? I saw it on their site. LOL.
I'm working on the Harry fic and I am having a hard time. LOL. I just wanna make it really really nice.
I'm on Megan's notebook now!

anika wrote:^ before I put on my make up. I say a little prayer for you.
AW!!! I'll watch that film again!!! WEE!! I'll see George again!!

haha. Okay. I'm updating now. I'm done typing.

Me too!! I'm jealous lol

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Aww, this is so sad
Cassie's so mean, and it makes me want to chop her head off >
Yeah, Cassie's a skanky lying cheating stupid cow, I hate her.
And.. and I super love Danny! He's so sweet!

kai(: wrote:

anika wrote:^ before I put on my make up. I say a little prayer for you.
AW!!! I'll watch that film again!!! WEE!! I'll see George again!!

haha. Okay. I'm updating now. I'm done typing.

Me too!! I'm jealous lol

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Aww, this is so sad
Cassie's so mean, and it makes me want to chop her head off >
Yeah, Cassie's a skanky lying cheating stupid cow, I hate her.
And.. and I super love Danny! He's so sweet!

Aw... Thanks for reading. Yup. This chapter's pretty sad but they'll go back to being playful in the next few chapters. haha. Harold strikes again for the next few chapters. haha. I think I'll update tomorrow. If I can work fast and if I don't get exhausted. LOL.
But I'm excited for the next few chapters. Harold's going to really bug Danny.