Why can't we just be friends? Ch. 1

Why can't we just be friends? Ch. 1

There was a groan, a crashing noise, and a growl of frustration all within seconds of each other. Skillfully, Dany rolled back in her chair to her bed and picked up her phone. She flipped it open, leaned as far back as possible in her chair, and counted the rings until she got the desired reaction.

“What.” said an irritated voice on the other end of the phone. A faint clicking sound could be heard in the background.

“It happened....again....again...again...” Dany said letting her words trail off in annoyance, “I can't believe it, really! Three! Three in just two weeks. What is wrong with me?” she huffed and sat back up in her chair, swiftly clicking until her screen had a few boxes pop up all saying something along the lines of busy, away, or not here. She got out of her chair and moved to her bed where she crash landed and moaned.

“Well, aren't you the lucky one? I'm lucky if I could just get one to like me...at all.” the faint clicking grew louder and began to get on Dany's nerves.

“Maddy, you know this isn't a good thing. I don't even understand why they do what they do. You and be both know I'm average, unappealing, just a Plain Jane kind of girl.” Dany flicked some of her mousy brown hair out of her dirt brown eyes and examined all the split ends. She should get her hair cut...soon.

Dany could hear the roll of Maddy's eyes in the tone of her voice, “Oh shut up, You are not a Plain Jane and you know it. Stop saying that already. There must be something they like..” she trailed off and tried to stifle a giggle. She was terrible and trying to hide the fact that she was multitasking and barely half listening to Dany.

“Well! Maddy!” she said in a whiny teenager fashion she has perfected in the past 4 years of being one.

“What do you want from me?”

“ Just stop whatever you're doing and give me some sort of advice. How can I be unattractive to these..Internet weirdos?” she grumbled again and twisted in place, throwing her blankets off the edge of the bed and a few stuffed animals as well.

There was a sharp frustrated sigh, “Dany just stop talking to them. Stop doing what ever it is you do. You witch.” she added for the sake of being funny.

Too bad Dany was in a bad mood. “You're a lot of help.”

“Dany, I have to go. Bye.” and she hung up. Dany quickly scooted back to her computer and typed out a message to Maddy.

LilMissSunshine: Maddy!! C'mon! You have to help me...I don't want to only be loved by Internet weirdos! T^T
Maddyaddy: Oh stop it, Dany. Go ask your dad for advice. I have to get to sleep, you should too. School 2morrow. TTYL.

And with that she signed off and left Dany all by her lonesome.

How dare she.

With a sigh Dany decides that maybe ten o'clock is a bit too late and concludes that she would fall asleep precisely in the middle of her history class tomorrow. Man, she was predictable yet completely random. Yup, that was Dany otherwise known as a contradicting mess.

Dany picked up her phone and checked for any messages only to find none. She undressed, got into her Pj's, finally, and wriggled into bed. She opened her little black phone, which she bought it with the money she earned over the summer--man she worked her butt off. Literally. Dany giggled at her thoughts and placed it to her ear, hoping Maddy would pick up. She did of course.

“What do you want now?” She hissed into the phone. She was trying to be quiet but Maddy was never the quiet type.

“Just good night, see you tomorrow.” Dany giggled and hung up the phone before there were any more questions. But it rang again. Well that was un-Maddy-like and that phone number did not belong to Maddy or any of her family as a matter of fact. Cautiously, as if it were a bomb, she placed it to her ear. “Uhm. Hello?” she asked almost afraid. She just about wished it were a prank call or a wrong number and feared for the worst.

“Hi, Danielle?” the voice was comforting, she'd heard it before and almost recognized it. For some reason the unexpected phone call and the rather attractive voice behind it made her cheeks blush. He didn't let her finished, “Uhm, it's Adam from your English class. I know it's really late and I hope you don't mind that I got your phone number without you knowing...” he trailed off but still didn't leave an open spot for her to interject, “Anyhow, I was wondering if you could tutor me for what happened this passed week. I was trying to do it myself, but I wasn't able to figure it out...” he finally stopped talking and waited for her to speak back.

“Uhm, Oh. Adam...” she was trying to place the face with the voice, which she never would have expected to come from a boy in her same grade, and said, “Well, yea I can tutor you but...right now? It's kind of late...” Dany began to chew on her already short fingernails and couldn't help but think this was either a dream or it really was a prank call to set her up for something.

She could hear him shaking his head, then the gears grinding telling him that she wouldn't be able to see him doing that, “Oh, oh right. No not this minute I just wanted to ask you...though now that I look at it I could have just waited 'till tomorrow.” He chuckled nervously and that made Dany want to follow.

“I don't mind, I wasn't asleep yet any way. But, yea. We can set up the details tomorrow, no prob.” she found herself smiling as she spoke to him. She mentally slapped herself and scolded her mind for being that way. No. Bad Dany.

“Right, Anyhow, good night...” with that they both hung up mutually.

Dany was left in a fog, unsure of what to think at the moment. Why would he call her? He could have just hired a tutor, someone who specialized in English. Isn't he in the Elite class? She was sure of it. His clothes and his house! Oh man, his huge house. She laid there for a good forty-five minutes before she finally drifted off to sleep.