It All Started With A Cappuccino

Part 12

Mia's POV

I sat in his room observing the surroundings around me; it was exactly like Phil's room but just lacked colour. I laid on his bed to stop my head spinning so much has happened and I don't think I could cope with any more drama tonight. I inhaled deeply and was greeted with the smell of Dan before curling up and taking a nap.

The crash of thunder woke me and I looked outside and saw the downpour outside and the lightening that illuminated the sky at intervals. Then another crash caused me to swivel around and glance towards the door. It wasn't thunder. I sprinted to the door and to the sound of the crashing.

In the living room Dan was rocking back and forth in the corner, smashed ornaments lay on the floor. I carefully walked over to him trying to avoid the debris on the floor.

"Dan?" I softly asked bending down to his level "are you okay?"

He looked up at me, his eyes filled with terror.

"The storm" his voice wavered "brings back bad memories"

I remembered the story of Phil and how he died.

"Awww Dan come here"

I attempted to pull him into a hug but he pushed me away causing me to fall onto the floor. He stood up and began to pace, jumping at the sound of the thunder. I slowly stood up and remained in the same place cautious of his moves.

"Dan, come on it's okay" I soothed.

He stopped walking and stared at me.

"No it's not" he mumbled.

He took large strides towards me and I backed up until I was against the wall.

"Come on let's go to bed, get some sleep" I whispered pulling at the hem of his shirt.

"you think I can just sleep through this?" He growled, his hands on either side of me against the wall "you don't know me"

"Dan please lets-" I whimpered.

"Shut up" He screamed and punched the wall beside me causing me to jump.

I couldn't move, his eyes were no longer filled with terror but rage. This Dan, terrified me.

"Dan please" I whimpered hoping to calm him down but the rage in his eyes didn't lessen causing my stomach to flip in fear.

How the hell was I going to fix this? His quick angry breaths fanned my face as I was pinned to the wall and I could almost feel his body vibrating with anger as angry hot tears fell from his eyes. Without thinking I lunged forward, my arms wrapping around his torso and moving him back slightly with the force of my body hitting him. I clung tight to him not sure whether to regret my actions or not. Did I just make this worse? Would he hurt me? Himself? My thoughts were cut off by arms shakily wrapping around my shoulders tightly before the two of us fell to the floor, Dan sobbing onto my shoulder as we clung to each other.

"Dan, it's ok, you're ok" I whispered in his ear as I repositioned myself so I could hold him closer and played with his hair which seemed to calm him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" He murmured quickly and breathlessly as I continued to comfort him.

Dan's POV

I broke into a fit of sobs. I scared her yet here she was comforting me.

"I'm sorry" I repeated over and over again nuzzling into her neck.

"It's ok Dan, it's ok" she whispered stroking my hair "I get that storms scare you and you have every right to be frightened by them"

"Yea but I scared you Mia, I never want you to see me like that again, I scared myself" I mumbled.

She dropped her hands and brought them to my chest, pulling me away from her neck so we're locking eyes.

"Don't worry Dan, it's okay" she whispered bringing her face close to mine so our noses were touching.

I inhaled deeply and instantly felt at ease.

"Come on let's go to bed" she said softly.

I nodded and stood up and we headed towards the door hand in hand. We got to my bedroom door and I paused.

"Are you okay with..." I trailed.

"Dan,I'm not leaving you alone during this storm" she said and opened the door.

I got changed into my pyjamas, some black joggers, and climbed into bed.

"you can borrow one of my shirts if you want" I said.

She nodded and turned to my wardrobe and settled for my eclipse shirt. She climbed into the other side of bed facing away from me. I rolled closer to her and whispered "night love" before snaking my arms around her waist and falling to sleep.

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