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

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McFly(nick) wrote:wow.. active ...

LOL. Of course.

oh yeah! oh yeah!
the danny moments are back!!

this is soooo cool!!!
seriously, if we don't have visitors right now..
i would've screamed my heart out.
hahaha.
the past chaps are like new moon, when edward's not around.
haha.

aHHH.
LOVELOVELOVE the whole thing. *sigh*

rawr! why doesn't anthea notice ANYTHING?!?!? lucky, oblivious girl! rawr. =)) XD

CHAPTER 31 (THE WOODS)

“Dougie! Dougie! Wait! I have to pass first!” Tom yelled.

“Whatever Tom! I’m still gonna slide down! Heads up!” Dougie yelled and slid down the snowy slope with his snowboard.

Tom was still in the way. He was so slow in walking through the thick snow. Dougie missed him, but only by a few inches. We all thought he was going to collide with Tom.

Even though Tom didn’t get hit, Dougie still slapped his head when he landed. Tom fell down and eyed Dougie menacingly.

Dougie was already sitting down, laughing so hard. Tom ran towards him and jumped on him. They were already wrestling, and Dougie was still laughing hard.

I laughed as I saw them wrestle each other. I saw my breath coming out in icy puffs. It seemed like Tom was already winning.

Finally, Tom managed to pin down Dougie. Tom had a smug smile on his face.

“Hah. Victory is mine”, he declared with a haughty tone to his voice.

Dougie stuck out his tongue. “You only won because you’re so big and fat”. He laughed.

Whatever Dougie. Tom’s not fat, or maybe you’re just too scrawny compared to him.

Well, not of them were fat. They all looked fit to me.

Tom rolled his eyes and grinned. “Whatever. I still won”.

Suddenly, a snowball hit Dougie. He whirled around to see who it was and saw Jessica giggling as she hid behind a tree.

Dougie walked towards her, a snowball in his hand. Jessica screamed when she saw him and ran. Dougie still managed to hit her with a snowball though. Jessica hit Dougie with one too.

After their snowball fight, the two sat side by side under a pinecone tree, eating peanuts together and laughing. They looked so sweet. I smiled when I observed them. I turned back to Tom. He was taking a picture of a squirrel on a tree stump.

It’s great that Tom decided to take a picture of the squirrel. It was cute. His camera was really impressive. It was the latest model in professional photography. His riches amaze me.

Tom was silent, careful not to scare the squirrel. It looked so fragile. I think it would run away just by the sound of a twig breaking.

“Fiiiirrreeee!!!!!” Harry suddenly yelled as he and Danny emerged out of nowhere and ran towards the squirrel’s direction.

“Get out Tom!!!!!” Danny yelled.

The squirrel was suddenly alarmed and scurried away hurriedly. Danny and Harry laughed when the squirrel ran away. Tom pouted.

“Aw! That could’ve been a good picture!” he complained.

“Oh. Sorry. We just couldn’t resist”, Danny grinned.

“Yeah. Besides, if you want to take a picture of a real squirrel, Danny’s here”. Harry teased. Danny punched Harry gently on the shoulder.

“Hey Anthea”, Harry grinned and waved at me.

“Hi”, Danny smiled at me, also waving his hand.

“Hey guys!” I greeted them and waved back to them.

I can’t believe it’s already Christmas vacation. Everything seems so fast. It’s like I can’t keep up anymore. For Christmas vacation, we all decided to head to a nearby national park called Winter Wonderland. It was a really nice and peaceful place. I loved it here.

“Antheaa!” Pamela called as she climbed up a snowy slope.

“Hey Pamela!” I called back.

Nicole appeared as well, following her. “Hey Anthea”.

I waved to her. I loved the Irish twins. I had fun with them when we all went shopping together last week. They were really very pretty too.

Pamela ran to me as she went down the slope and hugged me tightly. I felt like she was already cutting off my air supply.

“I… Can’t… Breathe… Pamela”, I choked out.

She let go and took a deep breath. “Oh. Sorry Anthea! I just missed you, that’s all”.

I smiled. Pamela was so sweet. Nicole squatted on the ground and the squirrel that scurried away went near her, climbing on her shoulder.

“Hey Nicole. I didn’t know you were good with animals”, I said, surprised. I didn’t know animals loved Nicole.

She shrugged and smiled. “I dunno. They just come to me”.

“Hey guys! Danny, it’s been so long since I’ve heard you guys sing original songs of yours. Won’t you play for us?” Pamela requested, making puppy dog eyes.

“Oh sure. But we don’t have guitars though”, Danny said.

Pamela’s shoulders suddenly drooped.

“Wait! I brought guitars!” Dougie said and we all turned around. He was holding two guitars.

“Whoa. You really brought those?” Danny asked.

“Wow Dougie”, Jessica grinned.

“Yeah. You know how Pamela loves listening to our songs”, Dougie grinned.

Tom appeared too, holding a guitar. Just where did they get those? The cabin’s quite a long walk from here.

“Hey, where’d you guys get those? Did you really walk back to the cabin?” I asked.

“Nah. We placed them in the bushes over there. Dougie nearly sat on one”, Tom replied.

Dougie laughed. “Well, I wasn’t looking”.

Tom, Danny and Dougie sat on a log. Nicole and Pamela were with me. Harry sat beside me.

“Well, I’m the drums so I can’t join them”, he grinned. He was so handsome. The snowy white place made him look even more gorgeous.

“You play the violin though”, Pamela said.

“A bit. I’m not that good though”, Harry replied, chuckling.

Wow. I can imagine him playing the violin in a nice outfit. I was giggling inside. I knew he’d look good.

The three began to strum their guitars. All of us were listening intently. Tom started to sing:
“Everything was going just the way I planned, the broccoli was done
She doesn’t know that I’m a virgin in the kitchen
Coz it’s normally my mom.
But then she called me and that’s when,
She said to me
She wasn’t coming ‘round for tea”.

My skin was breaking into goose bumps. Wow they were good, and Tom’s voice was just dreamy. Then Danny started to sing:
“I should’ve known much better,
But it’s so hard I can’t forget her.
And she keeps playing me around.
But I’m trying so hard to impress her.
She puts me under so much pressure.
And I just wanted her to let me know.
She cares”.

The song ended, leaving me awestruck. They simply amazed me.

Pamela clapped her hands loudly, grinning widely. “That was very good! What’s the title of the song?”

“Broccoli”, Dougie grinned.

Nicole laughed. “Really? It’s a great song though”.
“Wooah. Since when have you been nice?” Dougie asked. I smiled a bit. Was Nicole really that evil before?

“Since I matured”, Nicole snapped back.

I laughed. Dougie really did hate the old Nicole. She seems fine now though.

I suddenly sneezed loudly. It was really cold, and my nose started to turn red.

“I’m okay. Just really cold”, I replied and sniffed.

Harry went “aw..” and he suddenly hugged. I felt better now because of his body heat.

Plus the fact that my body was really heating up now. I can’t believe Harry was doing this. My cheeks felt like they were scorched. I didn’t want this sensation to end though.

“There, you feel much better?” Harry checked as he let go of me.

“Definitely”, I replied.

More than better.

“Hey Anthea, I’m going to the falls later. You wanna come with me? The others are pretty busy and I don’t want to be alone”, Harry asked.

I nearly said yes, for Pete’s sake it was the chance to be alone with Harry. But then I remembered that I had plans with Danny. We were supposed to build a snowman together today.

“Go on Anthea. You can go with Harry”, Danny suddenly said.

I looked at him, a confused expression on my face. “What? Didn’t we have plans today?”

“It’s okay. I’ll go with Dougie”, Danny shrugged and smiled a bit.

Aw… Danny was doing everything to make me closer to Harry. He was such a sweetheart.

I didn’t know though that this was causing him so much pain deep inside. But he just grinned and hid it. He just saw my expression brighten so much when Harry asked me that he couldn’t help but just let me. All he cared about was my happiness.

“So it’s settled then? You’re coming with me?” Harry asked again, smiling.

“Sure Harry. I’d love to”, I replied, grinning.

Yes! I’m going to be with Harry. I’m excited by how things’ll turn out later.

CHAPTER 32 (CRUSHED AT THE FALLS)

Harry and I walked towards the falls in the park. It was chilly, so I kept on sneezing. Luckily, Harry had some tissue with him so he gave me some.

We finally reached the falls. It was a majestic sight. The water roared as it crashed down. It looked so beautiful. Harry was already taking a picture of the falls. I watched him as he clicked the button on his camera.

“Hey, you want to take a picture with me?” Harry suggested.

Of course! Would I even think twice about it?

“Sure Harry”, I replied.

We both walked closer to the falls. Then we faced the camera that Harry was holding. He placed his free arm around my shoulder. My whole body began to tingle again.

“Okay. 1, 2, 3. Cheese!” Harry said.

“Cheese”, I said.

The camera made a shutter sound and we both checked if our picture was okay. I looked at the picture as it flashed on the screen.

I beamed when I saw the picture. I didn’t look at the falls first though. I looked at Harry and me. It was a really sweet picture.

I daydreamed… Again. This time, I daydreamed that Harry proposed to me here at the park. We were walking.

He’d suddenly say “Anthea, I have something really important to tell you”.

I’d stop in my tracks. “What is it Harry?”

Then he’d bend down on one knee, take a small box from his pocket and open the box.

I would gasp because the box contained a beautiful diamond ring.

“Will you marry me?” Harry would ask.

I’d scream and hug him, saying “YES!” all over again. It would be the moment of my life.





“Anthea? You still with me?” Harry suddenly asked.

I snapped back into reality. Pfft. Why couldn’t I just live my daydreams for once?

“Oh. Harry. Sorry. I guess I spaced out for a bit”, I said, smiling shyly.

That was embarrassing. And to think that Harry was the one who caught me daydreaming. I have got to stop this. Seriously.

I looked at Harry once more. Gosh he was gorgeous. Then again, I loved my daydreams.

Harry pinched my cheeks gently and laughed. He was always treating me like a kid.

“Aw… It’s okay. You look so cute anyway. Honestly, you’re really like the little sister that I never had”, he chuckled.

That line really pierced through my heart like a stake. This was the second time that he said that to me. Only this time, the words finally started to sink in.

Before, it never really bothered me. But now, I felt like a rock hit my head. I realized it now.

My mind kept on telling me before that Harry only saw me as a little sister. I denied at though, brushing away the thought.

This time though, I don’t think I can deny that fact anymore.

“Harry, you really see me as a little sister?” I asked.

Why couldn’t I just shut up? I really think I’ll get a painful answer for this question.

“Yeah Anthea. I really feel that way. You’ll always be my little sister. Nothing can change that. No more, no less”, Harry smiled innocently.

I felt like crying now. ‘No more, no less’, that really hurt.

I controlled myself from crying and just smiled at Harry. I shouldn’t cry. This was such a trivial thing. I shouldn’t let my feelings take over.

But I honestly wanted to cry and scream. If this was so trivial, why do I want to bawl?

“Thanks Harry. I’m… Er… Glad you feel that way”, I replied, trying to hide my disappointment.

“Aw… Sure thing”, he said and began to take pictures of the surroundings.

I looked at him, trying my best to feel cheerful. I couldn’t feel happy now though.

Maybe I should go for a walk by myself. Harry would be fine here, and I’m pretty sure I won’t get lost here. There were directions.

“Harry, do you mind if I take a walk by myself? It’s been a while since I’ve roamed around here”, I told him.

He began to think about it. “You sure? You might get lost”.

“I’m sure Harry. You don’t need to worry about me”.

He hesitated again, but eventually gave in. “Okay. Don’t get lost okay? Come back after an hour.”

I nodded and bade him goodbye.




I started roaming around the forest here. I heard a twig crack as I dragged my boots.

I saw a huge mound of brown rock far away to my right. That was a really huge rock. It even looked kind of furry. That’s a really weird rock.

I sighed, still depressed about what Harry said. I guess I am being a little sensitive, but I couldn’t help but feel sad.

A pine cone suddenly hit my head. I yelped. I eyed the pine cone angrily as it hit the snowy ground. Everything was going so wrong today! I picked up the pine cone and hurled it hard at the furry rock, trying to vent my anger.

Suddenly, I heard something snarl loudly behind me. I jerked my head and gulped as I saw what it was.

The furry rock began to move. A head appeared, along with razor-sharp teeth and an angry face. That was no rock. It was a sleeping bear!

CHAPTER 33 (TRAPPED)

Oh no. Heck no! A bear! Why the heck did I have to hit it???

The bear slowly crouched towards me, snarling as it got inches closer. I gulped when it bared its teeth. Man, those looked deadly. It’s like it could snap a tree into two!

Fear flooded me. What should I do? I panicked. I forgot what you should do when you came face to face with a bear. Jeez. I couldn’t think straight once I panicked. What was it again?? I racked my brain for the answer but it wouldn’t come.

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Okay. Maybe I should just calm down. It might ignore me if I wasn’t doing anything to provoke it.

The bear snarled at me again. This time, it was louder. I gulped. It was so not going away.

“Psst! Anthea!” a voice suddenly whispered from the trees behind me.

I jerked my head to where the voice came from. I saw that it was Danny behind a tree. He looked panicked.

“D-Danny? Y-you’re here?” I stuttered. My voice was trembling so much now.

“Yup! Pretend that you’re dead!” he hissed.

Oh yeah! That was the answer that I was searching for.

I immediately dropped to the ground and lay perfectly still. I didn’t dare move a muscle. I only took a breath when I really needed to, or when I felt like suffocating. I closed my eyes and prayed that this would work.

The bear was already standing so close to me. I could feel its icy breath on my neck. It bent down its head and began to sniff me. I didn’t move at all. It finally lost interest in me and began to walk away after sniffing me for a while.

I opened one eye and saw that the bear had already disappeared into the trees. I gave out a huge sigh and sat up. I brushed the snow from my thick jacket.

That was a close one. I would’ve been dead meat if Danny hadn’t strolled by. It was such a scary experience. I shuddered when I thought about the traumatizing encounter.

Danny rushed to me. “Hey, you okay? I nearly had a freak when I saw you hurl that pinecone at the bear”.

I nodded and tears suddenly welled up in my eyes. I sniffed. The tears began to slowly pour down my cheeks. I was just so scared. I was really scared to death.

Danny began to get all worried. He took a handkerchief from his pocket and started to wipe the tears gradually streaming down my cheeks.

“I’m s-s-s-sorry. I was just… So scared”, I sniffed. I sighed and finally managed to calm down.

Danny smiled at me, his blue eyes sparkling. I felt much better that he was here. His presence was so comforting.

“Are you fine now?” he checked.

I nodded, starting to smile too. “Much better. Thanks to you”.

My stomach suddenly grumbled. I was already feeling very hungry. I grinned sheepishly at Danny.

“I brought a couple of sandwiches”, he said and began to search his bag for food. He took out four sandwiches neatly wrapped in foil.

“Is bacon and egg okay with you?” he asked, offering me two sandwiches.

“Really? Thanks! Thanks so much Danny!” I exclaimed graciously as I took the sandwiches.

I unwrapped one and began to dig in. It was really yummy. My hunger suddenly evaporated. Danny bit into his sandwich as well. I managed to finish my share in a few minutes. I was finally satisfied. I really owed Danny one.

“Wait. I think I’ve got some drinks here”, Danny said as he began to rummage through his bag again.

I nearly jumped when he took out the drinks.

“Oh my gosh! You have Minute Maid?? Orange-flavoured too!” I exclaimed, getting all hyper.

“Yeah. I just love it. Especially with the pulp”, he chuckled and handed me one bottle of it.

I was always so obsessed with Minute Maid. I never found a drink more addicting than it.

“Thanks!” I grinned. I began to drink the bottle quickly. I managed to down it after a few minutes. When I was done, I burped loudly. I blushed. That was so gross and unlady-like.

To my surprise, Danny burped louder. I laughed. I guess I’m not alone.

“Better out than in”, Danny said.

“I’m totally with you”, I agreed.

“Why don’t we roam around? I hear there’s a fancy cabin here”.

“Sure. Why not? I don’t have anything else to do”.

We stood up and began roaming around. I glanced at Danny from time to time. He looked very handsome, even when he was wrapped in a jacket and wearing a bonnet. I could feel my heart flutter. I don’t think I’ve felt this way with Harry. I do go gaga over him. But with Danny, things seemed more comfortable and warm.

We trudged through the snow for quite a while. Danny was leading the way. We finally saw a cabin after our long trek.

The cabin seemed unoccupied. It was a quaint thing. Its wood looked like it was more than a decade old. Nevertheless, it was very cute because it had an intricate carving on the door and it looked sturdy.

We walked towards it. Danny knocked on the door.

“Anybody home?”

No one answered. Danny shrugged.

“No one’s here”, he said.

I grabbed the doorknob and twisted it. I didn’t expect it to open.

The door opened, creaking a bit. It revealed a cozy setting. There were a few sofas and a small coffee table with a vase on it. Paintings hung on the wall and there was a fireplace. I saw a huge teddy bear sitting in a corner. There was a small piano in the right side and there was a guitar beside it. There was a huge portrait above the fireplace showing a couple with a baby in the middle. I observed the portrait. The man had blonde hair and blue eyes. The woman had curly brown hair and hazel eyes. They both looked sweet together, not to mention good-looking.

The child in the middle was a combination of the two. She had wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. The offspring was beautiful, and she bore characteristics of her parents that mixed well together. Talk about a perfect couple.

Danny and I entered the cabin. We decided to look around a bit here.

“Danny, what is this place?” I asked as my eyes scanned the room.

“I heard that this once belonged to a couple. They loved the place so much, they decided to have a cabin built here for their private use”, Danny explained.

“Oh. I see”, I replied.

It was so nice here. I guess we could stick around here for a while.

Danny went inside one room. I decided to go inside a pink room. I saw a sign hanging on the wall that said “For our beloved daughter”. Aw… That was so sweet. The room was filled with huge dolls that were so adorable. The bed was neatly fixed, and a music box was on top of a table. I sat down on the bed, feeling very comfortable. I didn’t want to go out of this room just yet.

I should’ve gone out though.




Dougie and Pamela passed by the cabin, playfully poking each other and laughing.

“Hey, there’s a cabin here”, Dougie said as he saw the cabin.

“I didn’t know that. Let’s go inside”, Pamela suggested. Dougie agreed.

The two went inside and were amazed when they saw the place. They suddenly saw Danny’s bag on the floor.

“Oh. This place is occupied”, Pamela said.

“They forgot to lock the place. Why don’t we lock it for them?” Dougie suggested.

Pamela nodded and searched the room for the key. She found it hanging on a nail just behind the door.

“I’ve got the key. Let’s lock the place up because they might get robbed”, Pamela said.

“Yeah. Come on”, Dougie said and went outside.

Pamela placed the key in the keyhole, twisted it, and locked the door. She was smiling proudly at her deed.

“Let’s just leave the key under the mat. I’ll make a note for the owners”, Dougie suggested.

“No. Let’s just inform a ranger here to tell the owners that we locked the place up for them”, Pamela said.

Dougie nodded, placed the key under the mat and the two walked away.

While Danny and I were in the rooms of the cabin, we were completely unaware that we were already locked up in the place. And we couldn’t get out in the morning.





“Okay. I’m done here”, I said when I was finally satisfied. I went out of the room and went back to the living room. I walked towards the doorknob and twisted it.

It wouldn’t budge. I froze. What was going on?

I twisted the doorknob again, but it was useless. I began to rattle the door but it still wouldn’t budge.

“Oh man… Danny! I think we’re locked up here!” I said.

Danny appeared out of the other room and looked confused.

“That can’t happen”, he said and tried to open the door.

The same thing happened. It wouldn’t open. It’s like the doorknob had a mind of its own.

“Wait. I think there’s a key hanging around here”, he said and searched the room. He saw a nail on the back of the door and his eyes widened.

“What the? I could swear that I saw the key there!” he exclaimed loudly.

“Oh no. Danny, we’re locked up here”, I said.

I took out my cell phone from my pocket and checked it. “There’s no signal”.

As if on cue, heaps of snow suddenly started to fall down. The wind began to blow loudly outside. I looked out of the window.

Great. We really couldn’t get out now. There was a fierce snow storm outside.

I sighed. “Oh well. We can’t go out now. We’ll just have to wait until morning”.

Danny sighed and agreed. There was nothing we could do.

Oh well. At least I’m stuck with Danny. I couldn’t have asked for better company.

“Oh man!” Pamela exclaimed as she entered the cabin. Tom, Harry and Nicole looked at her.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Nicole asked her twin.

“We became good citizens for nothing”, Dougie said as he entered the cabin as well.

“What did you guys do?” Tom asked.

“Well, we found this unlocked cabin. So we decided to lock it for the owners because they might get robbed”, Pamela started to explain.

“Then we placed the key under the mat. After that, we went to a ranger to tell him that we locked the place up for the owners”, Dougie added.

“But… It turns out that no one was occupying the place at the moment”, Pamela said.

“Oh. That’s odd”, Jessica said.

“Yeah. That’s weird. Then why’d you think they forgot to lock up the place?” Harry asked.

“Well, we saw a blue bag on the floor”, Pamela answered, a puzzled tone to her voice.

“Blue bag? Do you know what brand it was?” Tom asked interestedly.

“It was a Jansport bag with a soccer ball keychain on it”, Pamela replied.

Tom and Harry exchanged surprised glances. Dougie wondered at their expressions, then his eyes widened and he slapped his forehead.

“Oh man! I’m such an idiot!” he exclaimed.

“Why Dougie?” Pamela asked.

“That was Danny’s bag! We locked him up there!”

“Whaat?”

“I think Anthea’s with him too. She’s not here”.

“Oh dear. I can’t believe we did this to them! I’m going out to get them!”

Tom stopped Pamela. “Wait. You can’t go out. There’s a snowstorm!”

“But Danny! And Anthea!” she protested.

“It’s too dangerous. Don’t worry. I think they can manage there in the cabin. They’re not in danger or anything. besides, you know Danny. He can take care of Anthea”, Tom said calmly.

Pamela wouldn’t agree, but she had to. There was nothing that she could do.

“Fine. But I’m going there first thing in the morning”, she mumbled as she sat down on a chair, crossing her arms.

“Dougie, why didn’t you recognize Danny’s bag?” Harry asked.

“Er… I… I forgot okay?” he smiled sheepishly.

“Oh well. We’ll just come for them in the morning”, Nicole suggested.

As much as everyone hated to stay in the cabin, they had no choice. They had to wait for morning to come before they could rescue us.




Danny and I decided that there was nothing left to do but just stay here. We couldn’t just go and wander outside with the storm.

We were lucky we were in this particular cabin though. We managed to find a room filled with canned mushroom soup and some bread. There was a stock room here after all. There were also canned corn and meat inside.

We ate some of it. We’d just replace what we’d eaten. Besides, we needed food desperately.

We sat down on the sofa. Danny suddenly challenged me to a thumb war. I fought valiantly, but I still lost. His thumb was so big!

“Wait. I have a letter for you from someone”, he said and grabbed his bag, rummaging through it.

He pulled out a long bond paper. He handed it to me. My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when I saw what was written on the piece of paper.

I saw the genetic code chart. What was this? I also saw DNA patterns on the middle of the paper, with blanks on top of each pattern. On the lower left of the column was a set of proteins with a corresponding letter of the alphabet. It’s kind of like the protein methionine corresponds to the letter ‘A’, protein valine corresponds to letter ‘B’, and so on.

“What the heck is this Danny?” I asked as I surveyed the paper.

“Easy. You decode the message by solving the genetic code of the DNA pattern. You’ve got the genetic code of the DNA pattern. You’ve got the genetic code chart, so it’ll be pretty easy”, Danny grinned.

Oh yeah. We had an activity like this during Biology class one time.

“Here, let me help you solve the first letter. The pattern’s CTG. Just change T to U. So it’s CUG. Now, look at the chart. It’s under C… Here. Now go for U… There. Then G. So it’s the protein leucine. Now, look at the protein chart. Leucine’s letter ‘I’”. Danny explained and scribbled the letter ‘I’ on the blank. “Simple, but kind of a long process”.

“I see”, I nodded and started solving. Okay. Yeah it was pretty long and I got confused sometimes.

I was shocked though when I finished the first sentence. I managed to decode the message: “I love you”.

Oh my gosh! Who wrote this??

“Danny, is this letter really for me?” I asked, unsure. Surely this couldn’t be mine.

“Yup. Oh you’ve decoded the first sentence. Well, it’s simple. It’s a love letter for you. Only that you still have to decode it by finding the genetic code”, Danny grinned.

Wooah. The one who made this was a really smart person. And dedicated too. This was a hard thing to compile. I blushed. This was a really intelligent way of expressing one’s feeling.

I liked it. So I got to work, with Danny helping me. In the end, I got so sleepy that I decided to stop. There was still a lot more though, but I managed to decode this:

“I love you. I’m sorry I couldn’t say things directly. I wanted a better way of expressing my feelings. I know you can do this though. I’m crazy for you”.

I was really surprised and very touched. Well, I had to sleep. The message was very clear now anyway.

I said goodnight to Danny and thanked him for helping me decode the love letter.

I went to the pink room again. I lay down on the bed. I would fix it when I wake up. I yawned and drifted into sleep.




I couldn’t sleep peacefully. The room seemed scary with all the dolls. Plus the snow outside was crashing to the ground loudly and the wind howled. I kept on waking up. I opened my eyes, and saw a spider crawling up the ceiling.

That settled things. I was going out right now! No way was I going to spend the night with an eight-legged freak.

I slowly got out of my bed and opened the door. I removed my jacket.

I heard a guitar strumming and Danny humming. I quietly went outside and watched him sing with his perfectly gorgeous voice:

“Everyday feels like a Monday
There is, no escaping from the heartache
Now I’ve, gotta put it back together
Coz it’s, always better late than never
Wishing, I could be in California.
I wanna tell you when I call you,
I wish I’d fallen in love,
I could’ve fallen in love.
Out of our minds, out of time.
Wishing I could be with you.
To share the view.
Ooh, we could’ve fallen in love,
Wooah. Oh. Wooah. Oh.”


He stopped singing and just strummed his guitar. Aw… That was so sweet.

“Hey Danny. Nice song”, I said as I crept out of the room.

He nearly jumped from the sofa he was sitting on. “Anthea! You nearly scared me to death!”

I chuckled. “Sorry ‘bout that. I didn’t know you’d get scared”.

I sat beside him, he grinned at me.

“You couldn’t sleep?” he gently asked me.

“Yeah. I don’t know why though… Oh. There was a spider on the ceiling”, I replied.

Danny laughed. “A spider scared you?”

“Yeah. I hate eight-legged freaks”.

He laughed again. I sneezed.

“Aw. You’re cold. Here’s a blanket”, he said and gave me a blanket. I thanked him.

I was starting to feel sleepy, and my head kept on bobbing.

“Here. Why don’t you rest your head on my shoulder?” Danny offered.

“Oh. Danny, you don’t mind?” I asked.

“Not at all. Go on”.

“Aw… You’re so sweet. Thanks”.

I placed my head on his shoulder. He sang the song he was singing gently. I finally felt relaxed and so warm.

I guess I’m falling for Danny now. My heart pounded fast. I was only infatuated with Harry, but I sincerely liked Danny.

“Danny, thanks a lot. Goodnight”, I told him and kissed him gently on the cheek. I yawned and dozed off after that.

Danny smiled to himself. He shivered, so he also grabbed the blanket. He was humming a tune.

He finally felt sleepy and yawned. He looked at me and stroked my hair gently.

“Goodnight. Nothing bad will happen to you as long as I’m here”, he whispered as he kissed my forehead.

After that, he dozed off. We slept peacefully, my head on his shoulder and a blanket wrapped around us. Even if we were just on the sofa, things were still comfortable.

CHAPTER 34 (ICE SKATING AND A MOVIE)

I woke up early. Sunlight was streaming through the window, making me squint as I opened my eyes.

I was still resting on Danny’s shoulder. I slowly shifted my head away from his shoulder.

I yawned and looked at him again. He was pretty handsome, even when he was sleeping. I could feel my heart beating again when I looked at him.

He suddenly stirred and opened his eyes. He blinked once or twice. Then he yawned and grinned, flashing his perfect white teeth.

“Hey. Good morning”, he greeted me as he smiled.

I felt like melting now.

“Hi Danny. Did you sleep well?” I asked him.

“Yup. Even if I was only sleeping on the sofa”, he replied.

Suddenly, something dropped on the blankets. I turned to look at it, and I screamed when I saw it.

“Oh my gosh! It’s a spider!! Danny!!” I screamed and stood up on the sofa, throwing away the blanket.

Danny stood up too and stared at the blanket. He squinted at it.

“There’s no spider here”, he told me.

Oh man. Where was the little freak?

Danny was suddenly gaping at me, like I looked like a freak.

“Anthea, don’t freak okay? It’ll all be over soon”, he said calmly as he approached me.

I looked at Danny with a confused expression on my face. What was he saying?

“Danny? What do you mean?” I asked him.

“You really want to know?” he asked.

“Yeah. I won’t really freak”.

“Er… Look at your shirt”.

I looked at my shirt, my eyes the size of golf balls.

“Oh my gosh!! The spider’s on my shirt!! Um… Danny… Er… Please get it off??” I pleaded him, dancing around like an idiot.

Danny rushed to me and brushed the spider from my shirt. The spider fell to the floor and scurried away quickly.

I screamed again and hugged Danny tightly. I was trembling now. Spiders scared me so much.

“Is it gone? Is it gone? Is it gone?” I asked him over and over again.

Danny laughed. “It’s gone now”.

I looked at the place and at my shirt. It was gone now.

I gave out a huge sigh. I could finally relax now. My heart wasn’t speeding like a wild horse anymore.

Danny was still grinning. “Do spiders really scare you?”

I smiled sheepishly. “Er… Yeah. They scare the hell out of me”.

I realized that I was still hugging Danny. I really looked into his eyes. My heart began to beat, again. He looked into my eyes too, turning red. I smiled.

“Danny, I’m glad I’m stuck with you”, I told him.

“Oh? Why?” he asked.

“Because you make things so much better. Just when everything is going wrong and things are just a little strange. I know it sounds awkward, but that’s how I really feel”, I told him, smiling. Yup. It did sound cheesy, but that’s really how I felt.

He blushed and smiled. “Aw… Thanks a lot”.

I smiled at him again, released him and sat down on the sofa. He sat down as well beside me.

I looked out the window. It was a really sunny day today.

Suddenly, Danny held my hand. I turned to look at him and saw a serious expression on his face, like he was dying to tell me something. He placed his hand on my cheek. My cheeks were burning. I wondered why he was acting this way.

“What’s wrong Danny?” I gently asked him.

“Um… Forget solving the genetic code letter Anthea. I know who sent you that”, he replied.

I flinched. “Really? Who was it?”

Deep inside though, I think I knew who sent it… No. it can’t be him. He’s probably the last person who would send that to me. Then again, there are so many possibilities in the world.

Maybe… It was really Danny. Even though I wouldn’t accept that possibility, a part of me was hoping it was him.

Pfft. Or maybe I’m just out of my mind. Still… A girl can dream right?

“I want to tell you now. That’s why I’m not letting you solve it anymore. Anthea, the truth is…” he said but the door flew open and interrupted him. He pulled his arm away quickly.

Darn it! My heart was already speeding and my world was spinning, and this happens?

Pamela’s face peeped from the door, grinning at us.

Oh. It was Pamela. My irritation immediately disintegrated. I couldn’t get angry at Pamela.

Pamela ran to Danny and hugged him tightly.

“Danny! I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! I locked you up here yesterday! I didn’t know. But I really am sorry!” she apologized over and over again.

Danny only grinned. “Hey it’s okay. We managed to survive the night anyway”.

Oh. So that’s what happened!

I smiled. “It’s okay Pamela. Things were fine last night”.

“Er… She wasn’t the only one who locked you guys up, you know”, a voice said.

I turned and saw Dougie smiling embarrassingly.

Danny rolled his eyes at him and grinned. “Nah. It’s okay Dougie. We didn’t have a problem last night”.

“Wooah. You two were the only ones here last night?” Pamela asked.

We both nodded.

“Yup. No one else was here. Just the two of us”, Danny replied.

Pamela gasped and smiled slyly. “Oh my gosh! Danny! Did something happen between you guys?”

Danny blushed furiously and smiled a bit. “Pamela! Nothing happened okay? Hey, don’t give me that look. I swear, nothing happened”.

She only rolled her eyes and smiled widely. “Oh really? Hm… Danny! You should have seized your opportunity last night! I thought you-“ she said but Dougie suddenly nudged her. They were whispering, so I couldn’t hear what Dougie was telling her.

“Pamela! She still doesn’t know. Let Danny tell her someday”, Dougie whispered to her.

“Oh. Sorry”, Pamela whispered to him.

I only smiled at them. It was perfectly fine. Even when it was practically obvious that they were keeping a secret from me.

“Anthea, you’re safe!” Tom’s voice exclaimed all of a sudden.

He was standing behind the door now. Harry and Jessica arrived too.

Tom proceeded to hug me. Harry also hugged me. He was especially worried about me. Nicole appeared as well.

It’s funny, but I don’t feel that crazy for Harry anymore. Sure I was kind of hurt inside, but not really crushed. There was still a crush, but nothing more than that. In fact, he seemed like a caring older brother to me now.

My eyes looked at the portrait of the couple in the room again. I wondered who they were. Maybe Tom knew. He did have connections after all.

“Tom, do you know who owns this cabin?” I asked him.

“Oh. Let’s see. I think it was Evaline Blanks and Skyler Blitter”, Tom replied.

No way. Oscar-winning Blanks and Grammy-winner Blitter owned this cabin? No wonder the portrait seemed a bit familiar. And their daughter, super-famous actress Adrienne Blitter, once lived here?

“Tom, you’re not pulling my leg?” I slowly asked him.

Tom shrugged and smiled. “Yeah. I’m pretty positive. You can’t recognize them in that picture though because that was taken before they became really famous. They married young”.

This day was just crazy. I actually slept in the cabin of an ultra-famous family.

“Anthea, you okay?” Tom asked.

“Er… Sure Tom. Oh my gosh. They won’t mind, will they?” I asked anxiously.

Tom shook his head. “Nope. I’m pretty sure Uncle Blitter and my cousin Adrienne would be relieved even. At least you guys had a place to stay. They’d be worried sick”.

“What? They’re your relatives??”

“Er… Yeah. They’re my father’s family side. Uncle Blitter was my father’s cousin”.

Wooah. I so envy Tom now. Rich and related to celebrities? I think that’s enough to turn anyone green with envy.

“Hm… Since we’re done here, why don’t we go to Dougie’s place?” Harry suggested.

Everyone immediately agreed. Pamela looked very excited once she heard the idea.

“Harry, you’re a genius. Well, what’re we waiting for? Let’s go? You don’t mind Dougie?” Tom said.

Dougie shrugged. “Nope. Not at all”.

“Excellent”.

We walked all the way to Tom’s car in the parking lot, placing all our baggage inside it. Harry was driving the car.

I sat next to Danny. I wonder why they were all excited. Dougie must have a grand place.

“Danny, what’s up with Dougie’s place?” I asked him.

“You’ll see. It’s one of the best places ever”, he replied.

I nodded, imagining what Dougie’s place looked like as Harry started to rev the engine and drive away.




“Danny! Danny! Please don’t let me go!” I panicked, as I tried to balance on my ice skates.

“Whoa. Slowly. Wait! I don’t know how to skate!” Danny replied, also trying his best to balance on his skates as he held my hand.

Great. We both didn’t know how to skate on ice.

Anyway, it would be fun I guess.

I still can’t believe that Dougie’s place… No. Kingdom, was this big.

He actually had a rest house just a few minutes away from the park. It was huge. The house was made out of the finest mahogany and was well-furnished with thirty rooms. I could feel my mouth slowly dropping as I entered paradise. There was a bowling alley, a jacuzzi, an arcade center, home theatre and this ice skating rink outside the house! Everything was simply amazing.

Dougie’s father actually owned a famous wine company that had branches all over the world. His mom was a famous architect who was always in demand by other countries.

Man they were rich.



So here I was with Danny, trying our best to skate. However, we weren’t so good.

I suddenly slipped but didn’t fall. Danny was still holding on to me.

Correction: we sucked at this.

“Danny, you sure you don’t know how to skate?” I asked him.

“Sorry. I’m not exactly graceful you know”, he replied, chuckling.

I grinned and rolled my eyes.

Oh well. At least I wasn’t alone.

“Danny, you can let go. I think I can manage now”, I told him.

He let go of me gently. I skated a few inches but then I began to wobble again. I was going to fall.

“Danny! I think I’m gonna fall!” I told him.

“Oh! Wait!” he said and skated towards me.

It didn’t take him long before he lost his balance though. He was about to crash into me.

“Danny! Be careful!” I said.

The opposite happened though, and Danny crashed into me.

I toppled to the ice rink. I was expecting a sharp pain on my back, but Danny placed his arms around me to break my fall.

I was lying on the rink, my eyes on Danny. He was hugging me, so I wouldn’t have to experience a painful fall.

Aw… The things that he did for me.

I saw Danny wince a bit. He looked like he was in pain but he shrugged it off. He smiled at me.

“You okay?” he asked.

“Danny! I’m fine but what about you?” I asked.

“I’m okay. My arm hurts but it’ll be fine”.

“Danny, you shouldn’t have done that. Aw… Thanks so much Danny. I really appreciate it”.

“Nah. No problem”.

I looked into his eyes intently. I could feel a warm sensation spread throughout my body. Danny looked at me too, and began to blush.

“Um… I’d better get off you now”, he suggested and started to stand up.

“Yeah”, I replied and stood up as well.

Thank God no one was here to see us. They were all exploring the different places in Dougie’s house.

Danny and I slowly skated until we were out of the rink. Thankfully, no more accidents happened.

We removed our skates, put on our shoes, and went outside the rink. Snow was still falling gently to the ground.

“What do you suppose we should do now?” I asked him.

“Well. We could watch a movie”, he suggested.

“Ooh! That would be great! Let’s watch in Dougie’s home theatre?”

“Of course!”

And so, we proceeded to the rest house again. I was definitely in the mood for a movie.

“Hm… There’s a lot of DVDs, but I can’t choose”, I said as I looked at the huge DVD rack in the home theatre.

It was a nice and cozy place, with about twenty-five plushy theatre seats. The movie screen was very wide as well.

Danny was searching through the racks as well. He suddenly grinned when he saw one DVD.

“You found a good one Danny?” I asked him as soon as I saw his bright expression.

He took out the DVD from the rack. “Well, I think you might like this”.

He showed me the DVD and I gasped when I saw the title of the movie.

It was “A Walk to Remember”.

I immediately agreed. “Nice choice Danny! I haven’t watched the movie yet. But I did read the book! I even cried. Nicholas Sparks became one of my favourite authors after I read ‘A Walk to Remember’”.

“You haven’t watched a movie yet? You have got to watch this then”.

“I know”.

“Well, let’s play it then”.

Danny placed the DVD player that was hooked to the projector. The movie began to start. I quickly went to the seat in front and sat there, eager for the movie. Danny sat beside me.






I was crying so much now as the movie unfolded. We were already in the part where Jamie told Brandon that she had leukemia.

I kept on wiping my tears with the back of my hand. Gosh this movie was so sad. Danny chuckled and handed me his handkerchief.

“Th-Thanks Danny”, I sniffed as I took his handkerchief and wiped my tears.

Finally, we were already in the wedding scene. Jamie, though weakened by her disease, was walking down the aisle in her beautiful wedding gown, slowly getting nearer to her ever-loyal boyfriend Brandon. It was such a touching scene.

It was all too much and I began to bawl. This was such a great scene. It’s sad but at the same time kind of happy. I was bawling so loudly now. Danny looked surprised and smiled at me.

“You okay?” he asked me.

“No I’m not. Everything’s freakin’ sad”, I replied, crying. Without even thinking, I hugged Danny and cried over his shoulder. I just needed a hug to calm me down a bit.

“Aw… Jamie… Brandon… Jamie… Brandon… WHY???” I cried over his shoulder.

Gosh I was so emotional over films.

I didn’t know that by now, Danny’s heart was beating fast and he was blushing.

He smiled and stroked my hair. “It’s okay. Cry all you want on my shoulder”.

It took me a few more minutes before I could calm down. I thanked Danny when I did; he was very patient with me. I went back to watching the movie, without the loud bawls now.

It was already in the end. Jamie already died and Brandon grew up to be a responsible guy, far from the guy he used to be before. Who knew that he was once a reckless dude before? Then he, he says the familiar line as the movie slowly ends:

“Jamie’s love is like the wind. I can’t see it, but I can feel it”.

Then, the movie ends and the credits start to roll.

I cried again. Danny’s handkerchief was already soggy from my tears. I think my eyes must be super red by now; probably even blood-shot.

Danny went to the DVD player and got the DVD. He returned it to the rack. He went back to me and had a shocked expression on his face.

“What is it?” I asked him when he flashed that expression.

“Your eyes… They’re so red”, he replied.

“Oh my gosh! Really?”

“Yeah. Blood-shot”.

“Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. I can’t go out looking like this”.

“Um… Don’t worry. I think I’ve got something here”.

He began to rummage his pockets and pulled out a pair of sunglasses.

Okay. I couldn’t complain. This would have to do.

“Sunglasses during winter? Well, odd but I’ll definitely agree. Thanks Danny!” I told him as I put on the sunglasses.

“Well, you won’t be alone. I’ll wear these too”, he said and put on his sunglasses.

I laughed. “Really Danny? You don’t mind looking like an idiot? I mean, I can do this all by myself”.

“Nope. Besides, I won’t let you be a goof by yourself. I might as well join in”.

I chuckled. That was so sweet. He wouldn’t let me be alone.

“I didn’t know you’d cry so much”, he said.

“Me too! I never expected it to happen. Yeah, I knew I’d cry but I never thought it would be that awful”, I replied.

“It’s okay. I often see that”.

I suddenly held up my smallest finger.

“Danny, promise me you won’t tell anyone that I cried so much because of ‘A Walk to Remember’. Please? I don’t think I can bear the humiliation”, I told him.

“Um… Sure. But seriously, it’s not that embarrassing”, he replied.

“Well, I just want this to be a secret between us. Okay? Pinky swear?”

He agreed and the promise was made.

“Yup. I promise you”, he grinned.

I smiled. “Thanks a lot Danny”.

We decided to go outside the theatre now. We were both wearing sunglasses. So yeah, we did look like idiots.

We went to the enormous living room and everyone else was there. Harry and Tom were sitting on the huge sofa. Tom was reading a book and Harry was drawing on his sketch pad.

Dougie was also sitting on the sofa, playing with his pet hamster that Jessica kept on squeezing. I swear, I’m scared for the hamster. Jessica might squeeze the life out of it. Nicole and Pamela were playing a game of chess as they sat on the carpet.

Tom looked up and burst into laughter when he saw us.

Danny and I only grinned widely.

“Guys? Seriously, sunglasses during winter?” Tom asked, his voice shaking with laughter.

The rest looked up as well and also began to laugh.

“Okaay. We do look like goofballs but we have a good reason”, Danny told them.

“Which we can’t tell. Don’t mind us”, I grinned at them.

Dougie laughed again. “Whatever”, he suddenly looked like he had an idea. He carefully cradled the hamster in his hands and went near to Nicole. Nicole wasn’t facing him, since she was concentrating on the game. Pamela saw him and signalled him to go for it. Dougie was about to put the hamster in Nicole’s shirt when Nicole suddenly spoke up.

“Dougie, don’t you even try”, she said and turned to him. A smile was pasted on her face.

“Aw… How did you know?” Dougie pouted.

“Your perfume’s… Er… Pretty strong you know. I can smell you from a mile away”.

Dougie sniffed his shirt.

“Oh yeah. I did put too much”, he grinned.

Everyone chuckled. Nicole was right. Even I could smell Dougie; and I was a few meters away from him.

After roaming around for a few more hours, we decided to go home. Tom had to go anyway; his family had this huge party back at their mansion.

We drove around for some time before we reached our houses. Nicole and Pamela were dropped off first. I waved goodbye to Jessica. She was still squeezing Dougie’s hamster before she left. I pitied the poor thing. Finally, we reached my house. I thanked all of them. Danny took off his sunglasses and winked at me. I smiled. I gave him back his sunglasses. My eyes were fine now anyway.

I greeted my parents and my baby brother Kristoph ince I arrived at home. They were in the kitchen, eating home-made cookies.

“Oh yeah. There’s this small card for you. A boy delivered it here”, my mom told me, pulling out a small card from her pocket and handing it to me,

It was an ‘I’m sorry’ card. There was this puppy who had big, crying eyes on the front. I opened it and saw the message written:

“I’m sorry. Can we talk? Meet me tomorrow at the Ice Cream Monster at 10 am”
-Sincerely, Kyle


I smiled. That was nice. At least he was apologizing. I would definitely meet up with him tomorrow.

“Thanks Mom”, I told my mom and pecked her on the cheek.

I picked up my cell phone and sent a message to Kyle saying that I would come over tomorrow.

I went to my room and dropped my bag to the floor. I opened my bag and took out the genetic code letter. I got my ball pen as well.

I immediately got to work. I sat on my bed, my backing resting on a pillow. I began to decode the message further.

In the end, I managed to decode the message. But I was already sleepy, so I stopped. However, I did manage to decode this:

“I love you. I’m sorry I couldn’t say things directly. I wanted a better way of expressing my feelings. I know you can do this though. I’m crazy for you. Seriously, sometimes I can’t sleep at night. Haha. Anyway, I just want to let you know that you mean a lot to me. Thanks for making me smile. I’ll always be there for you”.

After that, it was the first two letters of the name of the sender. But I was too sleepy to remember.

I called it a night and went to sleep.

whoah!
so may updates, I'll start reading it. I'm kinda grounded, so I can't use the computer when my dad's around! =))

I read this last night but I was too sleepy to comment. Sorry.

Haha. The whole time I was reading those chapters, the default song in my head was the song of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat (sp?), the "lucky I'm in love with my best friend~" Haha.

Awww. I loved it (well, that's a suprise, huh?). Lucky people in your fic. Especially Tom. Filthy rich! AND especially Anthea. *sigh*

Kerstien wrote:whoah!
so may updates, I'll start reading it. I'm kinda grounded, so I can't use the computer when my dad's around! =))

Oh? haha. That's okay. Good luck with your dad though. I hope he un-grounds you.

maia <3 wrote:I read this last night but I was too sleepy to comment. Sorry.

Haha. The whole time I was reading those chapters, the default song in my head was the song of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat (sp?), the "lucky I'm in love with my best friend~" Haha.

Awww. I loved it (well, that's a suprise, huh?). Lucky people in your fic. Especially Tom. Filthy rich! AND especially Anthea. *sigh*

haha. Really? I guess the song does kinda fit.
It's no prob. It's always better late than never.
Thanks for the comment! haha. I wanted Tom to be incredibly blessed in this fic because he's so cute. haha.

WEEEE!!! This is the first time i'm going to post a comment here..

I loved it too (they loved it, so do I )

Napa-*jaw drop* ako dun sa Ice Cream Monster.. kagabi lang pumunta kami ng Ice Monster

nicoleaika wrote:WEEEE!!! This is the first time i'm going to post a comment here..

I loved it too (they loved it, so do I )

Napa-*jaw drop* ako dun sa Ice Cream Monster.. kagabi lang pumunta kami ng Ice Monster

LOL. Really? What a coincidence! haha.
Thanks for the comment!

why are you so sleepy anthea? why? lol kidding.
i love it, i'm inlove with this fic. i can't sleep. hahahhaa.
i don't think its a good idea meeting kyle tomorrow[uh-oh]
and wow dougie's the richest! 30 rooms? come on!
can't wait!!! please update soon or i will die.. kidding

KAI wrote:why are you so sleepy anthea? why? lol kidding.
i love it, i'm inlove with this fic. i can't sleep. hahahhaa.
i don't think its a good idea meeting kyle tomorrow[uh-oh]
and wow dougie's the richest! 30 rooms? come on!
can't wait!!! please update soon or i will die.. kidding

haha. Thanks for another great comment!
You're right. It won't be a good idea for Anthea to meet up with Kyle.
I'll either update tomorrow or on monday. I'm typing the chapters down.
Yup. Dougie's rich. Yup. I wanted things exaggerated, so I made him have 30 rooms.

anika wrote:

KAI wrote:why are you so sleepy anthea? why? lol kidding.
i love it, i'm inlove with this fic. i can't sleep. hahahhaa.
i don't think its a good idea meeting kyle tomorrow[uh-oh]
and wow dougie's the richest! 30 rooms? come on!
can't wait!!! please update soon or i will die.. kidding

haha. Thanks for another great comment!
You're right. It won't be a good idea for Anthea to meet up with Kyle.
I'll either update tomorrow or on monday. I'm typing the chapters down.
Yup. Dougie's rich. Yup. I wanted things exaggerated, so I made him have 30 rooms.

suree, no problemo
uh-oh sounds like trouble! maybe danny'll be there
tomorrow!!

S'okay, i like it exaggerated

CHAPTER 35 (SMUDGE)

I was sitting inside the Ice Cream Monster. I looked at the wall clock, it was exactly 9:55 am. Oh well. Kyle wasn’t here yet, but I would wait for him. I really think that we should patch things up.

Suddenly, Blankside’s new song ‘Everytime’ began to play in the restaurant. I smiled. This was such a great morning.

Kyle finally arrived. I waved my hand. He smiled when he saw me. He was holding a square-like thing in his hand. The object was wrapped in pink gift wrapper.

Hm… I wonder what that’s for.

He sat down beside me, smiling widely.

“Hey”, he greeted me.

“Hey Kyle. How are things?” I asked him.

“Fine. I just asked you to come here because I wanted to apologize for the way I acted last time. It was very rude of me”.

“Aw Kyle. It’s okay. I’m not mad.”

“I thought about what you said. Yeah. I shouldn’t have tried to use you. I was just depressed that my girlfriend broke up with me. There were misunderstandings between us. I wanted to use you to make her jealous. Sorry about that”.

“It’s alright Kyle. I really appreciate it that you apologized. Thank you”.

“Well, I found a way to make it up to you. Here”.

He handed me the wrapped parcel. My face brightened when he did that.

I always loved receiving gifts.

I slowly opened the wrapper. I stared at the gift and nearly screamed.

There it was, wrapped in plastic. It was Blankside’s latest album. I was absolutely dying to get a copy of their latest album!

Kyle, you just fulfilled my wish list.

“Oh my gosh Kyle!! Thank you!!” I squealed and hugged him.

was so happy now. Kyle smiled when I let go of him.

“By the way, their new single ‘Everytime’ just topped the charts”, he told me.

“Oh my gosh! That’s great!” I replied enthusiastically.

After that, we kept on talking about Blankside. They were getting a bit popular now.

I was happy. At least they were now given the credit. They deserved it so much.

Our order finally came: two glasses of lemonade and two banana splits.

We began eating our banana splits, chatting while doing so. It was great that things worked out for the two of us. At least we were back to being friends now.

I grabbed my small pouch from the seat and took out the genetic code letter and a ball pen.

Maybe I should work on it now. After all, there were only a few letters left before it could show who the sender was.

Let’s see… D… A… Blank… Blank… Blank… Okay… Hey… Wait a second! That’s weird. I didn’t realize that the first two letters of the sender’s name was D and A. After all, I was too sleepy last night. So I probably missed that bit.

Oh my gosh. Something just hit me. Was it possible that Danny was the one who sent me this? I scanned the paper one last time. Yup. Definitely D, A and three blanks.

My heart began to sprint again, and there was this faint hope in me that Danny really was the one who sent this to me.

I simply couldn’t believe it. I don’t think I’m Danny’s type though. Sure we’re great as friends, but as a couple? I have no idea.

“Hey, what’s that you’ve got? I see a genetic code chart”, Kyle said as he sipped on his lemonade.

“Yeah. It’s a letter”, I replied.

Kyle looked at it and smiled. “Hey… It’s a love letter. Wooah. This guy went through a lot of effort to make something like this. I’m impressed.”

I blushed and smiled back. “Yeah. The first two letters of the guy’s name are D and A. After that, there are three blanks. I’m gonna finish it now”.

“Oh come on Anthea. Isn’t it obvious?”

“Really? Er… Sorry. I don’t have a clue.”

“Anthea, it’s plain to see that it’s from Danny”.

“What? Quit joking me Kyle. Very funny”.

“I’m not kidding, okay? I don’t believe you.”

I don’t believe him. Danny liking me? Please. I’m the last girl he’d fall for. I’m so clumsy, I’m wimpy, and I cry so much. As if he’d like me.

“Seriously, there’s just something in his eyes when he looks at you. And he seems so protective about you”, Kyle said.

I fell silent. There was truth in what he said. Danny definitely showed these signs. And he was always so sweet to me.

But still, was it even possible?

“Come on, it’s easy. D… A… N… N… Y. it fits”, Kyle said, pointing to the letter.

“Oh come on. You don’t even have a basis. You didn’t even solve it”, I complained.

All of a sudden, a girl bumped into Kyle as she went over to one table. Kyle accidentally slapped his glass of lemonade and the liquid spilled all over the genetic code letter, making all the DNA patterns blurry. I couldn’t read it anymore.

Oh. My. Gosh. How was I supposed to know who sent this?? Darn it!!

I nearly cried. I worked so hard for this. Heck, I even slept late just for this.

Kyle was staring at the letter, his eyes wide. “Anthea, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to do it”.

I just sighed and smiled weakly. There was nothing that I could do. Maybe I’ll try blow-drying it for one whole night.

“It’s okay Kyle. I understand”, I said as I picked up the piece of paper. It wasn’t that wet, but the liquid made it impossible to read. The only clear part was DA_ _ _. I decided to leave it on the table to dry for some time.

“But Anthea, I’m serious, it’s really Danny”, Kyle insisted.

“Kyle, that’s not possible. Danny and I are only friends okay?” I replied

Well, I was telling the truth right? We were only friends. We weren’t dating or anything… It’s just that… I do like him now.

“Well, I don’t think he feels that way. He really likes you, you know”, Kyle argued.

I thought about it. Maybe it was possible. I was hoping that it really was. I smiled a bit, kind of happy by the thought.

“You seem to be over your crush on Harry”, Kyle suddenly remarked, grinning.

I gasped and glared at him. “How did you know?”

“It’s obvious. You look like melting whenever you look at him. It’s very easy to see. Anyway, I think that even though you have a crush on Harry, the one that you really, really like is Danny”.

Bingo. He absolutely nailed it. Well, it probably doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. But that doesn’t mean that I have to agree with him at once.

“N-no. You’re wrong!” I stuttered, blushing furiously.

“See? You’re blushing Anthea. Come on, tell me the truth. You like Danny right?” he asked me, a serious tone layering his voice.

I pondered over it. I thought of Danny, and I suddenly felt an amazing sensation rush through my veins. My heart also started to pound so hard.

All of a sudden, I heard David Archuleta’s voice singing from the speakers of the restaurant:

“Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you.
You’ve got me hypnotised, so mesmerized,
And I’ve just got to know”.

I was shocked. Whoa! It couldn’t have come at a better time. I looked at Kyle, smiling. He looked back, smiling as well. Then we both laughed. It was just so funny!

“Hm… I think that was a sign”, Kyle laughed.

I chuckled. “Okay. Okay. You’re right Kyle. I am falling for Danny”, I finally admitted.

He smiled, very happy. “That’s much better. At least you’ve figured out your feelings”.

Darn it. I can’t believe he managed to convince me to spill everything to him. Oh well. I was happy though. At least I wasn’t that confused anymore. Our little talk made me even more assured of how I felt for Danny.

After chatting a bit more for some time, Kyle and I headed home. We got a taxi, and split the payment between us.

I waved goodbye to Kyle once I got home. I feel so much better now.

At least now I know that I really like Danny.

anika wrote:

maia <3 wrote:I read this last night but I was too sleepy to comment. Sorry.

Haha. The whole time I was reading those chapters, the default song in my head was the song of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat (sp?), the "lucky I'm in love with my best friend~" Haha.

Awww. I loved it (well, that's a suprise, huh?). Lucky people in your fic. Especially Tom. Filthy rich! AND especially Anthea. *sigh*

haha. Really? I guess the song does kinda fit.
It's no prob. It's always better late than never.
Thanks for the comment! haha. I wanted Tom to be incredibly blessed in this fic because he's so cute. haha.

yeah. haha.
true true. XD
sure thing! and incredibly blessed he is. even in real life. haha. tom does seem the rich type.

Ahhhh! yeah! update!
ooooh. Kyle's had a change of heart.
do you know how when you read something, it plays like a movie in your head? well for some reason, the kyle in the movie is played by kyle patrick from tc5. haha. (and anthea's face is either mine, or constantly changing. haha)

good job.

yay! an update!!
actually i saw this kanina kaso we need to go na kaya i wasn't able to finish it and make a comment.

yes!!!
she finally realized that she was falling for danny!!!

ohmygosh im so excited for the next chapters!
i don't want this to end, seriously.
malapit na ba ending?
(please say no please say no)

KAI wrote:
i don't want this to end, seriously.
malapit na ba ending?
(please say no please say no)

*sniff sniff* i know how you feel, man. *pats your back*

maia <3 wrote:

KAI wrote:
i don't want this to end, seriously.
malapit na ba ending?
(please say no please say no)

*sniff sniff* i know how you feel, man. *pats your back*

*sniff* thanks *sniff*
look at what you did anika!
you made us cry!!

you should post more chapters to make us stop lol kidding