Most girls would kill to be in my position, I know that which is the reason why I refuse to give in to him.
For the past 4 months, Daniel Seavey had asked me out, every single day. Yes, I do have feelings for him, but the thing is, I'm scared. Scared of how his fans would react to finding out that his heart had been taken. Sometimes I think about Corbyn and Christina and how she's accepted by the majority of the fandom and it gives me up.
Then I think about Aspen. She's not even dating any of the guys and gets so much hate! The fans know that I have a close friendship with the guys and do actually like me. I'm scared of jeopardizing their liking for me by getting into a relationship with someone who they adore.
Not only that, but so much could go wrong! Daniel is my best friend and getting with him could ruin our friendship, make things awkward or we could have a horrible breakup. So many possibilities that could end in disaster. I'm simply too scared to take any chances.
Daniel on the other hand, he seems completely fine with all the possible endings. He doesn't seem the slightest bit worried of what could go wrong. He's determined to make me his girlfriend knowing full well that I reciprocate his feelings. He doesn't understand my fears!
"No Daniel," I finalised my answer, my voice stern and guard up.
He ran his hand through his perfectly styled hair, frustrated. I refused to budge and give into him. Convincing myself that this is the right thing to do, I still couldn't help but feel guilty. Almost like I had lead him on — in some cases, I had.
Daniel sighed and left the room, hurt written all over his features. My heart dropped to my stomach as I heard him run upstairs. Jonah entered the room as Daniel left. He raised an eyebrow.
"Still not giving in?"
Our current situation was no secret around the house, by this point, I'm sure Kong even knew what was happening between us. I nodded my head and sat down, burying my face in my hands.
"It's hurting me just as much as it's hurting him, but this is the right thing to do. I just can't help but feel like I lead him on," I sighed.
Jonah nodded, "You kinda did."
I removed my face from my hands and shot him a glare that said, 'not helping.' He muttered an apology and I laid my head against the counter top.
"You could always just give it a shot. It's clear that you both want it to happen, if it doesn't work out then it doesn't work out but you might be surprised. You'll never know unless you try, Y/n. You just gonna get past that fear of losing him because if you don't do something soon, your fear might just come true."
Jonah planted a kiss on my forehead before leaving to find Corbyn. Jack then entered the room, stopping as he took in my defeated expression.
"Daniel?"
I nodded.
"For the love of god, Y/n!" He whined, throwing his hands up in the air dramatically, "Just say yes!"
"It's not that easy Jack."
He rolled his eyes, a scoff escaping his lips as he sat down in front of me. He removed my hands from my face and forced me to look him in the eyes.
"You're the only one making it hard. It's easy, you're just overthinking everything and making it harder than it needs to be. You like him, he likes you. You both want to be together. The fans want you to be together. We want you to be together. Just be together and stop being difficult!"
"I'm scared, Jack!"
Jack's arms fell to his side and he c****d his head to the left. Confusion spread across his features.
"I'm scared of what the fans will say, I'm scared of ruining our friendship! I'm scared of hurting him!" I erupted.
Finally, I had gotten that off my chest. Jack took my hands in his own, I looked up at him as he sighed.
"The fans love you together. They want this to happen. As for ruining your friendship, that can happen at any time whether you're in a relationship or not and hurting him? Can't you see you're already doing that? You've told him you like him and got his hopes up, Y/n. But, you're hurting him by turning him down. You've built hope for him just to crash that wall of hope every time to say no."
God, I hate Jack's right.
I huffed, "I really don't wanna say 'you're right' because I know I'll never hear the end of it."
Jack smirked making me laugh.
"Im always right, now get up then stairs and when you come back down, you better have boyfriend named Daniel Seavey!"
I felt a rush of encouragement and positivity. I jumped from the stool and rushed upstairs, almost knocking Zach over on the way past. He screamed but I didn't care, I pushed the door open with force, making it swing open. Daniel looked up from his phone, startled by the sudden burst in.
"I really don't wanna talk to you—"
"Yes!" I cut him off.
He blinked.
"What?"
"Yes I'll be your girlfriend, yes I want to be with you. Yes, I'm hopelessly in love with you."
Daniel stood up from the bed, he pulled me into his embrace and we shared our first kiss as a couple and as a whole. It lasted a few seconds before Daniel pulled away, keeping me in his arms as he spoke.
"That was so cringy."
We both laughed and I planted one more kiss on his lips.
"Yeah, but cringy is cute... sometimes."