After he left, I laid on my bed and started reading a book until I received a text from Clover.

Clover: Hey Dani. How are you feeling?

After reading the text, I dialed her number and she picked almost immediately.

"Hey Daniella!" came her reply through the phone.

"Hi Clo. I'm better now thanks. My mom decided that we weren't going to church today because the doctor said I needed some rest, so I've been home all morning" I replied.

"Oh, that's great. So.....I know you need rest and all, but I'm really curious, what happened between you two after I left the room yesterday" she asked, making me giggle cause I was totally expecting that. She was such a sucker for gossip.

"What? I don't like feeling left out" she defended on hearing my laugh and I could imagine her pouting.

"Alright, alright. Something definitely happened" I started, getting ready to recount all that happened in the best way I could to her. "After you left, he explained everything to me again and I listened. I understood him this time and so I forgave him"

"Yay! I knew you would!" She exclaimed, her excitement obvious in her tone "My favourite ship is back on the sea!" I rolled my eyes at the last part.

"After that, he....." I paused for dramatic effect but mostly to calm my raging heart down. When I was sure my heart wouldn't fly out of my chest I continued "He told me that he likes me. Asin he like likes me" I finished, bracing myself for the scream I was sure would escape Clover's mouth.

Ah, there it was, a sharp piercing scream like that of a banshee. Damn.

"Okay, I may need to visit the ear doctor after this Clover" I said when she was done, my hand nursing my poor ear.

"I'm sorry, I'm just so excited!" She apologised.

"Yeah, you made that clear enough" I replied.

"So what did you say after that? Did you tell him you liked him too?"

"No, I didn't say that. As a matter of fact, I didn't utter a word. I was in complete shock and I'm sure I looked terrible with my mouth hanging open" I said, making her giggle "What?"

"Nothing. It's just that I'm imagining your shocked face and it's super funny" she replied, still giggling.

"Now's not the time to laugh Clo, what do I do?" I whined.

"Okay, sorry, sorry" she replied when her laughter had died down "Uh, what did he say after that?"

"He told me that I didn't have to say anything and that he just wanted me to know how he felt" I recounted, the image of his disappointed face flashing through my mind.

"Awww, that's so cute" she cooed  making me roll my eyes yet again.

"Clover" I whined "What do I do? He's probably going to start hating me now"

"Hating you? Why would he do that?" She asked and then continued "I have little to no experience when it comes to things like this but I've read a lot of books enough to know that right now, he's just sad but doesn't hate you. All you have to do is let him know how you feel"

"You make it sound so easy" I huffed "Like I'm solving a math problem and all I have to do is remember the formula. This is different. This has no formula and I have no idea how to do this"

"Okay, okay, how about tommorow at school, when you see him, tell him you have something you want to talk to him about. After you say that, he'd understand and make things easy for you" she explained like she was an expert on things like this. No experience my ass.

"For someone who has no experience with these things, you sure sound very confident" I confronted her, wishing she was here so I could see her reaction. "Are you and Thomas dating already?"

"No!" She responded quickly, a little to quick if I may add. She was lying.

"You know I know you're lying, right Clo?" I questioned, a teasing smile on my face as I imagined her reddened cheeks.

"Okay fine! We are dating" she gave up and now it was my turn to scream.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" I questioned, slightly hurt that she didn't bother to relay such a huge information to me but mostly excited.

"I'm sorry, I was going to tell you but then everything with André started and it just skipped my mind" At the mention of his name, my excitement dimmed.

"Okay, so when did it happen? Where did it happen and most importantly how did it happen?" I rushed out, sitting up on my bed and crossing my legs in excitement.

"Okay so it all began on Thursday morning" she started and proceeded to tell me everything. I asked questions when I felt she wasn't being very detailed and she replied me happily.

I was really happy for her. Thomas had stopped those stupid ass cheerleading bullies from taunting Clover and now he asked her to be his girlfriend! He was like her prince charming! Sue me for having a thing for fairytales.

I wondered if Blake was my prince charming, I mean he did save my life, twice if I may add. Remember my first day? Yeah that fall down the stairs could have hurt me pretty badly. Besides that, he was always kind to me and helped me out with most of my problems.

Also, let's not forget about the strange way in which my body reacts whenever he was very close to me. The butterflies, the increased heart rate and somersaults that I was sure was very unhealthy and oh did I mention the butterflies? I think it's safe to say that he was and that thought brought a huge smile to my face.

"Dani? I'm still on the line remember? Come back to me" Clover's voice called dramatically, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm here" I apologized, my cheeks turning pink, grateful that she couldn't see me.

We spoke some more about she and Thomas and then after some time, she had to go, said she had to go do some cleaning cause her mom was expecting a visitor. I wished her goodluck and she hung up after thanking me.

Now I was left alone to my thoughts. I decided to go watch some TV before I was consumed by them. I walked out my room, down the stairs and into the living room where my mum was sat watching the rerun of friends.

"Hey mum" I greeted, falling into the couch right next to her.

"Hi honey. How are you feeling now?" She asked, placing an arm around my shoulder and pulling me close to her.

"Much better now, thanks" I replied, my head on her shoulders.

"Alright" she replied and started to stroke my hair as we both watched TV. After some time she spoke again "Uh, honey?"

"Yes mum?"

"Are you sure that it was just a coincidental food poisoning?" She asked, making me pull back and look at her.

She looked like she had been thinking, her eyes had bags underneath them and she looked worn out. I knew what she was insinuating but there's no way I could confirm her suspicions. It would break her having to hear that we still weren't able to settle down and she'd have us packing in two seconds.

"Yes mum. It was just coincidental" I lied bravely. "Nothing to worry about we haven't been exposed, remember what dad said?"

"I remember what your dad said but -" she started but I cut her off.

"But nothing mum, please don't stress yourself by worrying about this too much. It could take a toll on your health, please" I pleaded, I really didn't want her to be stressed any further than she already was.

"Alright fine, if you say so" she gave in, a smile lighting up her face. Seeing that smile on her face made me happy and I mirrored it. She went back to watching TV while I thought about what I had just done.

It was for her own good and there was nothing to worry about since Blake had taken care of him. There's no way he'd be able to escape from Blake's gang and rat out our location to the other Vipers, so we were safe.....for now at least, until the people who sent André realized that something was wrong.

Until then, we'd just have to lay low and I was sure that when the time came, Blake would sort it out. Yes, I was aware of how dependent I was becoming on Blake, I didn't even tell my dad about it, but I didn't care at the moment, it was way better than having to move to another part of the world again, leaving everyone behind. Leaving Blake behind.

Besides what better way to fight a gang than with another gang.

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