Defeated (D.J.S)

...Seduction?

3rd person POV:

There are some things that take time. Learning how to play an instrument. Gaining trust in someone. Explaining to your best friends that you were blackmailed by your manager and had to date a girl that no one liked just to save their band, regardless if that meant losing your best friends and losing your first love.

Yeah. These things take time. So no one complained when Daniel sat in front of them all, and took an hour and a half to explain what had really been going on the past four months.

There were tears shed, of course. Not just by Daniel, but by his friends too. And Corbyn being the softie that he was, took all the blame for the way Daniel had been treated. All of them apologized profoundly, but Corbyn never seemed to stop apologizing. It was like it was the only thing on his agenda at the moment. Saying sorry, every 2 minutes.

It wasn't until Daniel finally made him stop apologizing, that he began to cry, and Daniel went over to hug him.

And then Zach hugged them both. And Jack joined. And Jonah joined. And it was only a few seconds until Isabella, Gabbie, Lottie, and Isabel joined. which led to one of the famous Why Don't We group hugs. And it was beautiful.

You don't see that everyday. The trust and dilemmas that go into being best friends in a band. Seeing raw emotions from people who never seemed to shed a tear.

But the vibe in the room was too emotional for all of them. Although no one said it, it was implied that someone needed to help change the aura. And so after everything was said and done, Lottie just had to ask the burning question in the room.

"Soooo... are you guys like, finally together?" She gestured between Isabel and Daniel, who were sitting side by side.

"No." Isabel said a little too frantically, while Daniel just smiled.

"You've got to be shitting me." Corbyn mumbled and rubbed a hand over his face, the look on his face showed the most annoyed expression ever. "Seriously?!" He half yelled.

"Lower your voice, Besson. Lav is sleeping." Gabbie says quietly.

"Sorry, I need to be a better uncle." He says sarcastically, wiping a fake tear.

"Shut up. You're a great uncle. Just... a loud one..." Gabbie retaliated. Corbyn nodded like he had to agree with that. Jack just raised his hand and pointed a finger at Isabel.

"So you're telling me, that you just happened to get Daniel to come down from hibernation and confess everything on his own will? And there was no... seduction involved?" Jack asked, crossing his arms, and everyone looked at Isabel as if to say, 'he's got a point'.

Isabel looked at them like she wanted to slap them all silly.

"No! Of course there wasn't- just, no. There was definitely nothing like that involved." She huffed, involuntarily moving slightly away from Daniel as heat rose to her cheeks.

"Really?" Daniel questioned, smirking. "Because I recall-"

"THERE WAS NO SEDUCTION OF ANY KIND INVOLVED, AT ANY TIME." Isabel whisper-screamed (remebering that Lavender was sleeping) as she leaned over and slapped a hand over Daniel's mouth.

But then Isabel felt something wet touch her hand and she immediately pulled her hand away. She stared at her hand for a second, before looking at Daniel and screaming, "EW. WHAT THE HELL DANIEL?!"

The room filled with laughter as Isabel shot a dirty look toward Daniel, and Gabbie made a 'quiet down' motion with her hands.

"You're 20 Daniel!"

"And that is relevant, how?"

Isabel just shook her head in disgust as she started rubbing her hand on his shirt, trying to get his saliva off; but since Daniel was wearing a tank top, she was basically rubbing her hand on his chest.

When she realized what she was doing, her eyes met Daniel's and a cocky smile formed on his face. Isabel pulled her hand away and turned slightly so he wouldn't see the blush that had risen to her face. But Daniel had already seen it.

"Oh, and Isabel, I just wanted to say that I 100% believe you. About the whole non-seduction thing..." Gabbie started, but then shook her head and mouthed the word 'not'. Isabel just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"You guys are such bullies." She whined.

"Yeah yeah. So does anyone have a game plan?" Isabella said as she leaned against Zach's chest.

"I think so..." Isabel said carefully.

"Well would you like to share the plan with all of us?" Jonah laughed. It was nice to hear him laugh. No one had heard him really laugh since Kelly's death. So they all smiled as they looked expectantly at Isabel.

"Well someone needs a pen and paper. 'Cause I'm not gonna repeat this twice."

A/N:

Soooo... this is kinda a filler chapter, since writers block hit me like a ton of bricks :)

I'm debating whether I should write a few more chapters, and then maybe do a sequel? Or write like, about 5-15 more chapters, and finish this book off.

What do y'all think? Majority vote wins!

Love you guys!

~Ari