Though Daniel was listening to her while she talked, his mind was a million miles away. God why the hell was it getting so hard to be this close to Valerie wood? Ever since that pesky Elevator ride Daniel had claimed to forget, he couldn’t get her off of his damn mind. Though, in retrospect, the way Daniel’s mind worked - he couldn’t really get anything off of his mind. He was always calculating, thinking, figuring out his next move. But Val… she was different. No, Daniel, stop it, he thought to himself, bringing himself out of his daze as she uttered “Handsy can wait”. God… the fresh air would have been great at that moment.
As he made a movement to leave, the only thing that stopped him in his tracks was the word “don’t” escaping Valerie Wood’s lips. There was something else there, something below the surface that Daniel was having trouble reading. He couldn’t figure out what she was thinking. Usually, for Daniel, it wasn’t hard to make a guess. But honestly, he didn’t know. He raised his eyebrow as she continued with the words “You shouldn’t go alone” bringing a soft smile to his lips. What the hell was he doing? It was like this day had just been filled with surprises. Things that Daniel couldn’t even imagine saying were coming out of his lips. So, in a joking manner, he looked at her as he leaned in again. “Are you offering to come with then? I don’t know if you could keep up, Val.” He added in a lighthearted tone, trying to push down any earlier thoughts of her lips upon his own and the way she felt against his body. No… they couldn’t go there again. Daniel was far too unlovable to let this girl fall down the rabbit hole with him. Perhaps distance was best for the rest of the trip. “But one of us should probably stay for Mikel,” he added, slight hesitancy in his voice clouded by his earlier confidence.
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