Rolling in the deep: Part 7 - Finale

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ALEX’S POINT OF VIEW

I wanted to satisfy Dan, he was all I cared about, I held him in my arms, sharing my warmth with him, making him feel protected while he fell asleep, once he did I closed my eyes and fell asleep with him. I woke to the sound of birds singing in the morning as the sun poured through my window. I rolled over to put my hand on Danny, only to find he wasn’t there. In his place there was a small piece of paper, he had torn the top of it, I read the note he had left me

“Alex, I’m so sorry to leave you like this, but I have to, I know what I have to do now, I have to leave my past behind. Im sorry, but, well that’s what you are now, my past. I love you so much and leaving you might kill me but it’s a risk I have to take. I’ll never forget the day we first spoke, and I’ll never forget you, goodbye Alex.”
Love Danny xxx

I stared at the piece of paper before turning it over to read what was on the back “Call in or call me anytime”. The handwriting wasn’t Dan’s, someone had given this to him. Without hesitation I got out of bed and got dressed wasting no time before setting of to find Dan. I didn’t know where to look, it was half ten in the morning and I had no idea what time he left my house at. I started running to Olivia’s house again the same way I had done less than twenty four hours ago before I was reunited with Dan. I knocked at the door, as I stood desperately awaiting a response I felt sick with fear, my heart felt like it could burst out of my chest at any moment. The door opened but I was not greeted with the site of my lover, an upset and crying Olivia was all I seen. She stood clutching a photo of her and Dan, he looked about eleven in the photo.

My eyes shifted from the young Dan in the photo to Olivia “Olivia?” I stared her in the eye, awaiting an explanation. “I’m sorry Alex, I didn’t know it would end lie this.” Olivia sobbed between words and barely managed to string a sentence together. “What do you mean end? How can this be over?” “He’s gone, Jack just picked him up” Olivia turned away from me and clutched the photo tighter to her chest before putting it down and putting her head in her hands. “Jack?” I felt a strange feeling, one I had never felt before, a mix of fear and resentment, whoever Jack was I hated him for taking Dan away from me. “Jack, he asked Dan to leave the country with him, he’s going tonight, half nine I think.” I turned and sprinted again, leaving Olivia shattered in the doorway calling after me.

I sprinted back towards my house. Racing through to the garage to get the keys to any of my parent’s cars, I picked the first set of keys I could and ran upstairs picking up some things I would need before I ran to the car, I shaking so hard I struggled to get the key in the ignition, I reversed out of the drive way before speeding back towards Olivia’s house. I pressed my foot on the accelerator without thinking. Within seconds I was back at Olivia’s house, her front door and she was sitting on the stairs still clutching the photo. I reached across the passenger seat signalling for Olivia to get in, without giving it a second thought she got up, closed the door and walked to the car. Before she even had the chance to close her car door we were moving again, trying to catch Dan.

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DANNY’S POINT OF VIEW

I sat resting my head on my hand with my elbow leaning against the car door. Jack drove pretty quickly. The flight was leaving earlier than planned, we would still make it on time but he wanted to arrive at the airport early. He was talking but I wasn’t listening. I couldn’t stop thinking about how peaceful he looked this morning, he’d be up by now, no longer peaceful and happy, he would be angry and confused, thanks to me. I turned to look at Jack, for a man in his mid thirties he wasn’t bad. His short brown hair blew slightly in the wind coming through his open window, his brown eyes were focussed on the road and his face was lined with happiness. I turned away from him again, no matter what I had decided I was going to hurt someone. The image of Alex’s face stayed in my mind. I wanted to be back with him, to hold him and talk to him, but it was too late now, I spent the rest of the journey wondering if I had made the right decision before Jack shook me by the arm, telling me to wake up. We were here, a large, grey building stood before me, the sound of planes boomed overhead. I watched as wives hugged their husbands goodbye, kids waving goodbye to their parents, friends heading off on holidays and families taking a break. Alex shared their excitement, me on the other hand, well, I wasn’t so happy. I threw my bags over my shoulder and started walking towards the airport.

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ALEX’S POINT OF VIEW

We sped through traffic and across highways without thinking, we were headed to the closest airport I could think of hoping that was the one Dan was in. We were headed for a set of traffic lights turning red, but I was determined we were going to make it o time, I pressed my foot on the accelerator as hard as I could, just squeezing through the oncoming traffic and running a red light, Olivia screamed regularly through the journey, still clinging to her photo. I felt bad for bringing her into this but I needed her help. We arrived at a huge grey building with hundreds of people standing outside, it wasn’t going to be easy to find him but I wouldn’t stop until I did. Olivia and I split up, she ran off to the left of the entrance, looking for Dan and Jack, she said she remembered what he looked like roughly from when he had picked up Dan this morning.

 I ran off to the right, showing Dan’s photo to anyone I could, women, men, kids and older people all simply shook their heads at the photo, I entered a small café where waiting passengers sat drinking coffee and grabbing a bite to eat before they got on their planes. I approached a man sitting alone, he wore suit trousers and a half open shirt exposing his hairy chest, he had brown hair and brown eyes. “Excuse me sir, have you seen my friend, he’s older now but he hasn’t changed much?” I held the photo in front of him, he stared at it for a few seconds before looking up at me and shaking his head. “No, I’m sorry”. “Don’t worry” I exited the café and postponed my search, there was something I needed to do before I found Dan.

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DANNY’S POINT OF VIEW

I sat down at our table, Jack had suggested we stop and grab something to eat before we got on the plane, when I sat down I noticed he was laughing slightly, “What’s so funny?” He kept laughing before looking up at me with his big brown eyes and saying “You looked cute when you were younger” He kept laughing to himself leaving me confused. “What?” He looked up at me with a serious look on his face, he realised he had said something he shouldn’t have. “How do you know what I looked like as a child?” I kept my eyes locked on his, demanding an answer. “Some guy, came here with a photo of you, tall blonde, pretty hot if I may say so.” “Alex”, Without giving a single thought to Jack I ran out of the small café grabbing my bags as I left.

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ALEX’S POINT OF VIEW

I raced away from the front desk, resuming my failing search. I made my way through airport security, showing them my newly bought tickets and the passport I lifted from my room earlier, I was scared it would come down to this. In the final section of the airport, people sat gazing out the window watching planes landing and taking off, this is the only place left Danny could be. I took a quick look around before spotting him walking quickly towards me, I ran towards him apologizing to people as I bumped into them, Dan looked up, realizing I was there and stopped walking, he stood still, watching me with his blue eyes as I ran towards him. “Stop this Dan, don’t go with him, please, Dan, I’m begging you.” Danny looked at me, confused and afraid, people had stopped their trivial acts and turned their attention to us. “Alex, I’m sorry, but, I have to go, I cant stay here” I watched him, not knowing what to say, the feeling of defeat slowly coming over me. “I need to start again, leave all this in the past where it belongs”.

Dan seemed set on this, I knew I couldn’t change his mind. “Yeah, I know, I totally agree with you, leave all this behind, start again…. With me, listen Danny, life hasn’t been easy on you, but if you just spend the rest of it with you I promise I will try to make it perfect everyday, Dan you mean to much to me for me to let myself become your past, I’m your future Dan, and you’re mine”. At this point people jaws hit the floor, they stared in disbelief at what was happening before being shaken by the loudspeaker overhead, “This is the final call for all passengers boarding the flight to France”. Danny looked up, before bringing his head back down to look at me, I could tell my words hadn’t been enough. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the tickets I had bought, I read them out loud to Danny, “New York, I know you Danny, this is where you want to be, my parents, they’re always there doing business, they own a penthouse in the city.

That night, when you’re parents kicked you out, mine brought you in, they love you Danny, almost as much as I do. I called them this morning telling them I was coming over, are you going to make me go alone?” Then I waited, stood with my mouth open, feeling like judgement day had arrived, little did I know, this really was judgement day, I wondered whether my life was about to become heaven or hell.

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DANNY’S POINT OF VIEW

I sat back in my seat watching trees and buildings fly past me, objects became shapeless blocks of colour as the plane moved faster, I felt my stomach drop as the plane left the ground. The engine of the plane roared but quickly subsided. I watched out the window as the world became smaller, the little things went first, but soon whole buildings looked like ants, the plane climbed higher and higher, leaving my life behind, starting a new one with the man sitting next to me. I turned away from the window when we were above the clouds, I heard kids around me ask their parents if this was heaven, jokingly I turned to Alex and grabbing his muscled arm I childishly asked “Is this heaven Alex?” He sat with his eyes closed, head facing forward and quietly said. “Yes”.

Thanks to everyone who read the stories, it means a lot and I’ve been really grateful to everyone who reviewed and rated, for me it’s been a really good way to just take my mind off things and I’m really glad some people have been able to relate to the story in some way or another. I really hadn’t expected the story to come this far or for people to be so interested. If you enjoyed this then you might like my new series “it all started when I first saw you” which is written in a similar way. I have a few more stories lined up so you haven’t heard the last of me yet but I guess for now its up to you to decide what happens to Alex and Danny next… but after seven chapters, a total of 22,177 words, 117 paragraphs….
my work is done for now :)