Dane and Zion

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

~Zion~

       Dane made me promise to not to constantly check how many views the music video had, and as hard as it was, I made sure to keep the promise. After all, it was hard to break any promise I made with Dane. He was just so amazing and talented and good looking and perfect and...

       Wait, what was I doing? Oh, right, my homework. 

       I really didn't want to be doing my homework right now, but it was better then obsessively checking the music video views. It was hard to keep my promise, even if it was one I made with Dane, so I was constantly trying to distract myself to stay off the internet.

       I stared at my notebook, trying to understand what my homework was even about. Was this English or Math I was supposed to be working on? I couldn't tell. They were both basically a foreign language for me.

       Even though English was my first language, the class was still foreign. 

       Should I just give up on my homework and do something else?

       Yes, definitely.

       I got up from my desk and left my bedroom. I walked downstairs, heading to the room where all my music stuff was. Playing some music was definitely a lot more fun than doing my homework. Whenever my homework was getting too boring, I just played some music instead. And since my homework was always boring, I always played music instead.

       No wonder I didn't have the best grades in school.

       I sat down at the piano and just played around with a few notes, trying to decide what song I wanted to play. In the end, I decided on my favourite one that Dane had written. The one where we just worked so well together.

       As I was playing it, my heart started to beat rapidly. I already knew I had feelings for Dane. I had for a while now. Probably ever since he first started working at the theatre with me and was willing to help clean up the huge mess I made.

       But now that Dane and I were partners, I've been falling for him a lot more.

       A lot more.

       And I had no idea how to tell him.

       Sure, I flirted with him all the time, but I made sure to do it in a way that made it seem like a joke. It was just me being me. And I didn't even know if I wanted to tell him. If I did and he didn't feel the same way, it might jeopardize our partnership. Things could get awkward between us, even if tried my best to move on from the pain and heartbreak.

       Okay, saying that I was going to have pain and heartbreak definitely didn't make me feel any better.

       I didn't even play the song all the way through. I ended up giving up, groaning as I banged my forehead on the piano, creating an unholy sound. I just wanted to stay here forever, but apparently I couldn't.

       Mainly because as soon as I hit my head on the piano, I heard my oldest brother say, "Wow, the last time I saw you do this was when Mom and Dad told you that you had to start working at the movie theatre. What's got you down?"

       "I'm in love," I muttered.

       "Yeah, everyone knows that," Ashawn said. "It's not a surprise. More importantly, I'm home for the weekend and this is the welcome I get?"

       I lifted my face from the piano to look at him. "Welcome home for the weekend." I placed my head back on the keys, creating yet another wretched sound that no piano was made to make. "Now leave me to my misery."