Danny hasn't said anything yet about what I had told him, that Roman and I have reconciled. I waited, feeling anxious of what he thought.

"Please say something." I say.

"So you two are talking now?" He asks, wanting clarification.

"Mhm." I nod.

" I still dont get it." He shakes his head. "You two didnt get along before, what changed?"

"A misunderstanding was cleared." He frowns at this. " My initial thought of his return was wrong, just like I was about everything else. I recognise my faults and -"

"You told me that the reason for all this, happened in your childhood" I nod. " Then you had no control then, so don't go blaming yourself. It's not your fault okay?" He says, placing his hand on my face, looking into my eyes.

My eyes drop to my lap." Mhm."

" Hazel, you know I don't like it when you blame yourself with something, in which you didn't have control over." I look up at him again, taking his hand in mine.

"You sound like Roman right now." He looks away then.

" I know that you two didnt really get along and I think it was my doing." His head snaps to me. " The way I acted towards him, I made it look like he was the bad guy. But he really isnt, he has a very good heart and he is a big part of my life, he's my best friend." I trail off.

He doesn't say anything, but stares at me.

" I know that you dont really get along or might not exactly understand him, but he is who he is. And in a honestly, I can't cut him off my life, I cant write him off. "

Within I get quite nervous when he doesn't say anything, instead, he stares at me. I watch him take everything in, letting it sink in.

" I get what you are trying to say and I'll try not strangle him every chance I get."

"Thank you." I say, leaning in to peck his lips. "But know that he doesn't make it easy." He says against my lips

" I know, I know. You trying is more then enough for me." I say, giving him a grateful look.

"Okay, now can we change the subject and talk about something else."

"What do you want to talk about?" I ask curiously.

A smirk slowly creeps up onto his face. "Well how about me and you finally being alone and - ," he leans in close to my ear. "Kiss you senseless and have my way you."

" Danny." I say, hiding my face in his chest. "Don't say things like that."

He chuckles, kissing the top of my head." Baby, you know I can't help myself."

Leaning back, my breath hitches when he captures my lips in his and gives me a heartmelting kiss. I can't help myself from letting out a moan when I feel him want to deepen the kiss.

I break the kiss before he can do it. " Danny, not here." I breathe out, avoiding eye contact.

"Like I said baby, I can't help myself with you." He breathes out, letting me know how affected he also is about the kiss.

"Hey guys." Not now, while I'm still recovering.

The bell suddenly rings and I sigh out of relief.

" Hazel!" My head snaps up to see Roman standing leaned by the pole, waiting for me.

I wave to him, telling him that I'm coming before turning to Hailey. "Hi Hailey." I respond, rising to my feet, along with Danny.

" I uh just came over to check if you're okay." I give her a questioning look. " I heard that you were in the hospital and that's why you missed school."

I open my mouth to answer but get distracted by Danny pulling me to him, where he buries his head in the crook of my neck, totally surprising me by his actions.

What has happened to him all of a sudden, he's become so intimate in public. "Uh yeah, I- I'm okay now." I stutter when I feel him pepper kisses on my neck.

" Danny." I whisper call him, leaning back a little to get his attention.

He knows how uncomfortable I am with too much PDA, especially in school.

When I turn to Hailey, I notice some sort of emotion pass on her face before she quickly masks it. " I thought you weren't coming back, with how long you stayed away. Maybe you should have." I think I hear but can't be too sure.

"Funny thing is, I thought I wouldn't have come back in the first place." I say shrugging.

I swear that her eyes widen abit when I say this. "Oh."

"We should get to class." Danny reminds me.

"Yeah." Hailey nods before turning around and walking away.

"Hey Hailey!" I don't know why I call her but something tells me that she wanted to say something.

"Yeah?" She says, glancing over her shoulder.

"Was there something else you wanted to say?" She opens and closes her mouth, glancing between Danny and I before she shakes her head no.

"No I um, wanted to make sure you were okay." I watch her leave for a minute. I saw something in her eyes when she said those words, she displayed true concern and something else.

We make our way over to where Roman stands and I bite my lip, when we reach Roman, nervously waiting for one of them to say something.

" Carter." Roman nods at Danny with a blank expressiom on his face.

" O'Connor." Danny nods back before turning to me. "I'll see you later baby, meet me by the swimming pool okay?" I nod, allowing him to have his way and peck my lips before leaving.

Turning to Roman, my cheeks warm up in embarassment, when my eyes quickly notice him having turned away, when Danny kissed me.

My cheeks warm up in embarassament.

"Lets go." He says, starting to walk off.

I follow suit, entangling our arms together. "Thank you for that." I tell him, in regards of being a little civil with Danny.

"The things you make me do Hazel Grace, they kill me." He groans, scrunching up his nose in a funny way, making me laugh as we head to class.

The first day back at school serves as a good and normal one, nothing troubling and convincing me that coming back was the right choice. Later in the day and after school, a smile takes over my face when I see Roman standing by my locker, his back to me.

My steps come to a pause when I take notice of Beverley standing infront of him, both busy in conversation. Seeing them together, reminds me of what happened earlier, Roman regarding her as his friend and only his friend.

I had figured after thinking too much about it, that she had every intention to make me think that she and Roman are an item. But why -

Wait, could it be that she likes Roman?

I don't get the chance to answer my own question when Roman suddenly calls me, after taking notice of me standing just a few feet from where they are. Heading towards them, Beverley leaves and I don't get surprised by that.

She really doesn't like me and there is nothing I can do about that.

"What's up with you?" My head snaps to him.

"What?"

"You look distracted. What are you thinking about?" He asks curiously.

Colton shows up before I can say anything, mentioning that they have to get going. I turn away from them and to my locker, getting busy with taking out books.

" Sweet, I should go. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Mhm."

" Hazel say goodbye to me." He whines like a little kid, making me smile and to laught at him.

I peek from behind the locker door at him. "Bye Roman." I say in a sing song tone.

A big smile takes over his face, making me to roll my eyes in amusement, before turning back to what I was just doing.

" I dont have a problem with you, neither does Beverley." Wait, he's still here?

I thought he had left with Roman already, guess he stayed behind.

"Well you haven't really made it easy for me to believe that, especially Beverley. But thank you for letting me know." I say, shutting the door closed.

"Your actions towards Rome -"

" I'm owning up to my mistakes, I was wrong and I know that. You don't need to remind me of that all the time." I say, turning around and walking off.

I don't know why people have to keep reminding me of my past actions, I'm still feeling guilty as it is.

"Hey hey....wait -," I sigh turning around to face him.

" I didn't mean-," he sighs. "Look, we care about Roman as much as you do and that's why we felt the need to defend him, especially Beverley. He's played a big part in her life and -"

"And that's why she lied about being his girlfriend?"

His brows pull together.

"No, she didn't -"

"She didn't have to say it directly but her actions spoke louder. Look, I don't have any right to interfere or prod about that, it's none of my business. "

He nods.

" I know that you and Bev have your differences but she's not a bad person. She doesn't take lightly to new people and she'll soon get used to you. It might seem like she hates you but -"

"Does she even know that you are here talking about her?"

"She knows that I will always be there for her and defend her if need be." I arch my brow at that.

" So I'm the one that you need to protect her from, is that it?"

"You are a big part of Rome's life and he's made no secret of what he can do when it comes to you. You know this very well, deep down you know this."

"Colton, what are you really trying to say here?"

" Hazel, you don't have to act oblivious to the fact that you have people in your corner, ready to defend you. I can also play that part for Beverley, because believe it or not, some like Beverley didn't have it so easy like you do and still continue to."

Why does everyone make me out to be some sort of princess or have the assumption that I had it easy, no that's not true. I have gone through heavy stuff in my life too.

"Like I said, we don't have a problem with you, but I won't take it lightly if anything makes Beverly feel bad."

" I hear a threat Colton, there's no mistake with my hearing. "

"No, it's just a friendly warning, since we are friends now." He says, before walking away.

********

A surprise gasp slips from my lips when I'm suddenly grabbed by arm and dragged back to class, I don't have time to react about the door closing when lips slam against mine. A moan takes over when his hands tilt my head up to deepen the kiss, bitting on my lip and tasting my lips.

I hadn't seen Danny this morning, so to get such a greeting, fills me with surprise. He further more surprises me where his hands become a little too exploring and damning, when my skirt is pushed up my thigh , almost to the point of exposing my knickers.

" Danny." I breathe out. " Wait, hey, I-" I gasp when he buries his face in the crook of my neck and peppers kisses along my skin, seconds later sucking on my skin.

" Danny-" I moan out, feeling my skin heat up and my eyes automatically close.

My eyes snap open when I feel his fingers trail up to dangerous territory and that's when I place my hands on his chest, pushing him back. " Danny wait, stop -," I try saying, breathing out harsh breaths throughout my nose.

"Baby -"

"No, s-stop!!" I push on his chest a little harder now, causing him to stop.

I quickly try fix my school uniform, not meeting his eyes as I try to take necessary breaths and calm my racing heart. We remain in silence, neither of us saying or looking at each other. I think it's more me doing this, being nervous to look his way and get his reaction.

When I finally glance up at him, I see him turn his back to me, facing the window and running his fingers through his hair. The longer I watch him, thoughts run through my mind, questioning ones.

I don't know what is going on with him, I don't know what had made him to be so daring all of a sudden, especially here at school.

I try find something to say to him but can't, I'm still taken by surprise.

" I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry." He speaks up.

He turns around to face me and this is when I get a good look at him. He looks flustered, his hair a little dishelved and eyes a little unfocused.

" Danny, what just happened was -"

"Baby I went a little overboard and I didn't think - ," I step back without thinking twice just when he steps towards me, he takes notice of this little action, making him frown.

" I should go. I'll see you later." I quickly pick up my bag and head out of the class before he can say anything.

All too soon I bump into Roman.

" Hazel Grace, I've been looking for you but you were -," he stops short when his eyes rake all over me, ending up on my neck.

I swear his eyes harden and his jaw clenches.

" Roman, Is there something you wanted?" I ask, shifting on my heel.

I tense up when an arm is casually slung on my shoulder, only relaxing after a minute, after realising that it's Avery.

"Woah, you might wanna hide that."

"What?" I frown.

She takes out her small make-up mirror and holds it infront of me. My eyes widen when I see what she is talking about. Danny literally left a hickey on my neck.

Immediately I untie my hair and push it so it covers it. My face heats up in realization of Roman having noticed.

"Lets go." My head snaps to him.

"Where are we going?"

"You're having lunch with us."

I don't think that's a good idea, not after the so called ' friendly' warning I received from Colton.

"Uh why?"

"What do you mean why, Hazel it's break, ofcourse I want to spend break with you." He says it like it's the most obvious thing.

Which is, honestly, but nothing is really that simple when his friends don't exactly like me.

" I know, but don't you think it's a bit too soon, you know with me being new and your friends need to get used to me a little bit, so I think we should -"

" Hazel you're rambling." He says, calling me out.

"No, I -"

"Yeah you're pretty much rambling, Roman take her away and feed the poor girl." Avery says, winking at me before walking off with an amused smile.

"Yeah and I'm hungry. Come on now." He says, dragging me my arm.

" Roman, wait no, I don't want to." He stops short. "I mean I'm not yet comfortable to be around your friends." I say quietly, trying to avoid his eyes when I feel him staring at me.

" Hazel Grace -"

"Maybe they aren't comfortable too, " I add. " So can we leave it?"

"What do you mean leave it?....No Hazel Grace, I need to understand where this is coming from all of a sudden, lets talk about it."

"Maybe sometimes we don't have to talk about anything, what if I don't feel like talking this time?" I quickly rush off, not even glancing behind me to check for his reaction.

I'm sorry Roman, I hate being mean to you. But I can't deal with your friends right now.

*******

I thought the anonymous calls had stopped already, but tonight they had continued. It's always the same thing, me answering the call only to hear breathing on the other end of the line. It's worrying that's for sure, I can't even trace the call to see where it's coming from.

I don't know who this is and what they are trying to achieve by doing this. I just wish they could either state their business and tell me what they want or just stop calling, all at once.

It's starting to stress me out and I don't like this.

" I cant believe this." I mumble, rolling my eyes.

"Can't believe what?" I jump from where I'm seated, glancing over my shoulder to only see Sam.

"Someone's jumpy." He comments while I rise to my feet and turn to face him.

"You snuck up on me, ofcourse I'm going to get a little spooked." I say through a nervous laugh, placing my phone in my pocket.

"Are you okay?" He asks, while he takes a good look at me.

"Yeah!" He raises his brow at my tone.

I think I said that rather too quickly.

"Are you lying to me?"

I sigh. "No, it's just - it's nothing serious, just some annoying anonymous calls that's all." I mumble.

" What calls and why are you only telling me this now huh?" He says with concerned eyes.

"Because of this very reason." I gesture to him.

" What?"

" Sam, it's not a constant thing that I need to worry about. "

" Hazel." His tone and eyes are protesting.

" If at anytime I feel like it's something to be concerned about, I'll let you know."

He opens his mouth to try protest." Sam." He sighs.

"Okay, I'll back off." He says, holding up his hands in surrender.

Noticing his hands empty, I ask. "Didn't you get them?"

Sam had gone out to town, to get some sneakers that he had spotted once and he'd obsessed over them since then.

"Yeah I did."

"Well, why arent I seeing them now?" I ask with a questioning frown.

" I had Evan take them for me." He shrugs.

"Do you trust him that much?" I tease.

He gives me a 'really ' look, making me to let out a chuckle.

" I also brought you something."

"Oh?"

"Mmm, I know that you've been craving it the whole day and couldn't shut up about it, so I thought why not get it for you." He says, digging out a whole box of chocolate.

"Aww, thank you. You are the best." I say receiving it.

I go on to kiss his cheek in thankfulness.

"Yeah yeah, I know, I'm the best." He says, wiggling his brows and making me laugh.

"Okay, now come on. I don't want you sitting out here alone late at night." He says, placing his arm around my shoulders and taking me away from there.

" Danny!" I call out to Danny, who I catch sight of, busy in conversation with Amber.

Why are they both out here in the middle of the night?.....And they look tense, if their body language is anything to go by.

"Hey Baby." He says, coming over to me while Amber looks away.

"What's going on here?" I ask, glancing between them.

"It's nothing , we were just talking."

"That looked a little intense for just talking." Sam comments beside me.

"Yeah, I actually agree with Sam. Is something wrong?" I ask.

"Yes everything is fine, we just had a little disagreement on something, nothing major." He pulls me closer.

" Danny- "

" It's a good thing you're here, can we talk in private?" He murmurs, burying his face in the crook of my neck.

My eyes widen a little bit when he starts peppering kisses along my skin, his hands moving a bit lower on my back.

What is happening with him today?

" Danny can we talk tomorrow?....I'm a little tired." I say, leaning back.

"Come on baby, I really-"

"Hey she said no!!" Danny is immediately shoved away from me, making me to stagger back in surprise.

My surprised eyes take notice of Sam standing infront of me, blocking Danny's view.

"What the hell is your problem?!" Danny snaps, glaring at Sam.

"She said no, you should respect that!!"

" I was talking to my girlfriend, so mind your own business."

"Yeah well she is my family, so she is my business." Sam steps forward.

Oh no, please dont fight.

"So is this your way of treating my sister, making her feel uncomfortable and disregarding her word?!" I've never seen Sam lose his cool like this, I can't even compare this to the time we were in hospital.

"What the f*ck do you know about our relationship, you know nothing you wor-!"

" Danny!" I call out, stopping him from saying anymore.

I step around Sam, standing next to him .

" Dont say anymore okay, just dont." I warn him.

"You're just going to let him -"

"Danny lets just - ," my eyes snap to Amber, who quickly steps forward and touches his arm.

When she notices me staring, she quickly removes her hand.

"Hey, what's going on here!!" A new voice cuts through the tension that had risen.

We all look away from each other, no answer coming from any of us.

The security guard stands infront of us and crosses his arms, taking a good look at all of us. I'm pretty sure that he can feel the tension.

"It's nothing, we were just talking." Amber finally speaks up.

"It's late and everyone should be in their dorms, now get going." He says, gesturing for us to get a move on.

I turn to Sam but he's already gone, and I'm left feeling bad.

I walk away too without another glance their way.

I cant help but think about Sam as I make my way to my room and how bad I feel, that he got upset because of me.

And he even called me his sister.

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So Sam got annoyed with Danny. Mhm? Another side to his cool and calm self.

The anonymous calls, what do you think about that?

So I think I've been dragging things abit. And our darling Hazel needs to know some things.😉😉😉

Just saying.....

Anyway please tell me how you feel about the book so far and your thoughts. You know I love hearing from you.❤❤❤❤❤

Oh and I have changed the genre option from Random to general fiction, I dont know but I felt that this was the right genre. But if you disagree, tell me and in your opinion, where should I place this story under which genre?

I dont think I really read through, because I was eager to finish. Lazy Lazy, I know.

But I am glad it's finished and I hope you like it.