Joey's P.O.V.

I woke up to the sound of my phone blowing up with texts. Who other than Daniel was texting me. I threw my phone to the wall and collapsed back down on my bed crying. How could he do that to me? How could he just possibly be using me? Whatever. I need to get ready for school. Good thing today is Monday so at our after-school session Colleen and Josh will be there. I am really not in the mood to talk to Daniel right now, or should I say Mister Preda.

I walk into school and Daniel is right there in the front office. He looks up and I realize this must be hitting him harder than I thought. He is hair is a mess, his eyes are all swollen and red, and he looks like he didn't sleep at all. When he sees me he pushes past everyone in the office and tries to get to me. But I am to quick. I turn the corner and go to my first class despite him yelling for me. I sit down and sigh. This is going to be a long day.

I am now in Daniel's class. And believe me, I am glad now more than ever that I sit in the back. We are all individually reading a book. I can feel Daniel's eyes on me, staring, wanting me to acknowledge him. But I don't. I keep my eyes glued to the book not once looking up to meet his gaze. This is driving me just as crazy as him. I just need to be strong and not go crawling back to him. Maybe we should take a longer break than just a few days. Maybe explore with other people and see if it is the same as being with eachother.

I feel a piece of paper land in my lap. I open it and it reads 'Do you want to see a movie with me tonight? xoxo Ricky.' Should I? Honestly I could let Daniel feel how I felt when he lied about being on a date with someone. Of course, I wouldn't want him to come right out and say hey yeah i'm on a date with Joey. I just feel like he didn't care enough to even state that he was on a date. I write down Sure. Text me the details. On the paper and throw it back to Ricky. Daniel will now get a taste of his own medicine.

(Skip to the end of the day)

The clock is ticking. It is almost time to go to the after-school sessions. I hope this doesn't end awfully. I get a text from Ricky saying he will pick me up at 8. I have to say, I am excited. But I don't have the same butterflies as I got with Daniel before our first date. The bell rings and I walk to his classroom. I don't sprint like I normally do. Honestly, I am not excited for this.

I walk in and Josh and Colleen are already seated to the right and left of Daniel. I sit in front of him. When I sit down he looks like he is about to burst into tears. Why? Whatever he deserves it. The whole session he seems very distracted. Like something other than just the fact that I broke up with him is bothering him. Like something else happened. At the end of the session Josh and Colleen bolt out the door as I am just putting my stuff in my bag. Great now he is probably going to talk to me.

"So, you and Ricky huh," he says. His voice cracking slightly at the mention of Ricky's name. After his says the sentence, he holds up the note.
"Why is that any of your business, Mister Preda?" I say Mister Preda instead of Daniel because I know he hates it when I don't call him by his first name. He feels like we are much closer than just using last names. But at this moment, I don't care.
"This is my business because we haven't even talked about what happened between us," he says. His eyes are becoming glossy.
"Why is this phasing you so much? You don't seem to care that much about me," I say. My throat too begins to burn like I am about to cry.
"Why do you think I don't care about you Joey? Before you I had no one in my life. After I came out to my parents they kicked me out of their house. I haven't seen them since. I have been heavily depressed because after my parents shut me out the whole world did. I was sitting alone contemplating killing myself when I got a call to come be a long term sub for this class. Then I met you and I realized that I am not alone. Joey you are my compass. You showed me that I am not alone. You lit my world as it was becoming dark. You showed me that there is much more to life than your sexuality. I am so so so sorry that I didn't acknowledge that I was on a date with you. I should have bragged to Ricky about how incredibly sexy, smart, kind, and perfect my date was. But I didn't. And now Ricky gets to find out all that stuff about you. And that hurts because you mean alot to me," he says. He started full on crying in the middle which made me cry as well. Seeing him hurt equally affects me and I can't stand it.
"I just don't want to get hurt, Daniel. You have to understand that. I accept your apology but you have to promise to be more sensitive next time. You also have to promise to let me stay at your house tonight because I missed you so fucking much last night," I said.
"I missed you too. Of course you can spend the night with me. And I promise to be more sensitive next time," Daniel said smiling for the first time today.

Once he finished his sentence he pulled me into a hug kissing my cheek. Then he planted a soft kiss where my collarbone and neck meet.
He then looked me in the eyes for a second before grabbing my face with both of his hands and kissing me softly yet full of lust. Once we pulled away we just held eachother in a hug. I texted Ricky and told him I couldn't come. We then drove to Daniel's house. I can't help get the feeling, however, that this won't be the last of this arguement.

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Author's Note:
Sorry this is up kinda late. I usually post at 4pm est. Will this be the last of this arguement or will it come back up in future chapter? I guess we will have to wait and see. I hope you guys are still enjoying this story. If you are please share it with another Janiel lover. See you guys tomorrow xoxo <3