Frustration didn’t even begin to explain how he felt in this moment with Delilah Hawthorne. If only for one bloody moment she’d listen to him. There were times where he respected her stubbornness. Perhaps he was being hypocritical, but he wasn’t truly appreciating it at this very moment. Maybe the truth was just that Daniel was afraid to navigate this life without her by his side. She would always be one of his closest friends; a girl who understood him when others didn’t. Cut off the same cloth. Bonnie and Clyde. And now there was a wedge between them that Dan wasn’t sure he could remove. Could he even recover this? It was just a bloody mess and he didn’t… know how to go about fixing the situation.
Though, Daniel couldn’t help the roll of his eyes when she explained she hadn’t sent Candice. Dan knew Delilah better than she knew herself. Just like she knew him better than he knew herself. Danny knew that Delilah never had to explicitly tell her sister anything. There were certain times that family took over without being asked; hell, he knew that from experience with Jessica and Jezebel. “You know; I don’t believe that. I think after everything that’s happened, for the first time you’re scared Delilah. And you don’t bloody like admitting that for once in your life, you’re fcking scared. Well, guess what Delilah, we all are.” Dan stated; a vulnerability that he never showed in front of anyone, being on full display when he was with her. “Stop putting these bloody walls up. We both know it’s not going to keep me out.” Dan added; looking her in the eyes with every word as she continued to push the fact that she didn’t care. She called him out on his sh!t, and this was no different. “I did what I thought I needed to Delilah. Was it right? No; but don’t try to pass that off as me not caring,” he groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose.
“I want for you to get the message through to you that I don’t want to talk to you. Ever, preferably. Did I say enough, there?”
“You know what, Delilah, it’s bloody getting really close. Do you ever look in the damn mirror and realize that you push every single person away? Do you?” Dan questioned; annoyance seeping through his voice as he looked at her. Maybe he was being a hypocrite. He, after all, did the exact same thing. He never, however, thought he’d be at the other end and fighting. Fighting for someone pushing him away… but how many times could he keep doing this. Chasing after something that clearly wasn’t ever coming back. “Here’s a heads up,” Dan started, a soft sigh leaving his lips as he walked towards the door of the bathroom. “I got your father’s sentence repealed. It took some time, but he’ll be released in a week. So, don’t say I didn’t try Delilah. I made my mistakes, but I’m trying to fix them,” Dan said; giving her one last look before walking out the door.
Yes; frustrated. Frustrated with Delilah, with his damn cousin who he couldn’t find, with things just falling apart all around him. And; from what would happen next, that wasn’t going to diminish anytime soon. As Dan made his way down the hallway; headed towards the door – he found students surrounding something; a scream hitting his ears. “Did I miss a catfight?” Dan joked; walking up to two students on the edge who moved the moment he arrived. It took him a second to realize what was happening, but his smile soon dropped. Jessica was fighting with Anna; though as he made his way forward to pull them apart – something else happened. Something that made it feel like his world was falling apart. He hadn’t exactly seen what had happened from where he was coming from but there was a horrible feeling in Dan’s gut as he looked at Jessica’s back; a girl standing in front of Jessica as the girl, herself, stilled – before falling. “Jess?” Dan questioned – confusion meeting his voice until he saw the blood. “JESS,” Dan yelled; pushing the student in his way as he ran to his cousin on the floor. He Immediately propped her head on his lap as he looked at her face. “Jess wake up,” Dan frantically muttered; the worry clear in his voice as he brought his head to her heart. Still beating. “SOMEONE BLOODY CALL 911” Dan screamed to the students watching around them as Anna seemed to be useful for ONCE in her damn life and holding pressure against the wound.
As he looked at the girl lying in front of him; looking younger than she had ever before… more serene than he had seen her in years – and he was at a loss. Part of him was dying every second she didn’t open her eyes; though relief filled him when she finally opened them – making a joke as the first thing. A bloody joke in the middle of this. “Jess, keep your eyes open. Keep thinking, keep your mind working – you’re going to be okay. You have to be okay” Dan stated clearly; trying to keep his emotions bogged down so he could make sure she made it out of this alive. He was going to fcking make sure she made it out of this alive. His hand had already gone to his phone; making sure to reroute the closest ambulance towards them – making sure all lights in the path were green so the ambulance would get there within 4 minutes. Dan wasn’t going to take chances. Not with… god all the blood. There was so much blood.
“Hold the pressure tighter, Anna.” Dan screamed, taking his own shirt and throwing it at her so she had something else cotton to hold against it. “Jess breathe. Slow breaths. Think. What’s the square root of 1521?” Dan questioned; however, she wasn’t responding to his questions. “Jess Answer me,” Dan uttered again; though this time, all confidence had left his lips. Rather; what was left was a shell of a man who was truly, for the first time in a long time, petrified. Fear clouded his being as his mind went back to when he was 7 and his 2-year-old sister was kidnapped. Terrified that he was about to lose another family member. No… he couldn’t. Dan wouldn’t survive that.
”Hey”
A tear fell down his face as he looked at her ”Daniel Parker you are…. loved. Don’t ever bloody forget that. You are not broken. You never were. Don’t you dare try to argue with me right now. Stop pushing everyone away because all we want is to be close to you. I love you, Dan. I always will.”
No. She can’t leave him. This wasn’t happening. This wasn’t happening again. It couldn’t. Jessica Pierce was there for him when no one else was. When he had lost everything else in his goddamn life. When his little sister had died… because of him and she was there. She pulled him out of the depts of his loss; and he wasn’t going to let her go. He couldn’t fcking let her go. “Jess stop,” Dan muttered; his voice cracking now – though what made it hurt more was the fact that she wasn’t responsive; meaning something was wrong. No physical response to his words; she just kept talking. And although no one else may have understood she wasn’t comprehending what was going on – he did. “Fck, fck” Dan screamed as she looked over to Andy; moving her hand that was quickly growing cold from his to Andy’s.
“NO,” Dan yelled hysterically looking up at a blonde girl who was swinging the knife towards Kai. “You’ll be okay,” Dan whispered; placing a kiss on Jessica’s head as he made his way towards the girl with the knife from behind. Placing his hand over her neck into a chokehold, until she passed out from lack of oxygen to the brain. Dan kicked the knife out of her hands and looked at Kai with tears streaming down his eyes; not caring that the man had a stab wound of his own; before pushing the man against the lockers roughly. “If she dies, I will kill you myself Malachi Azure,” Dan stated to the man before not wasting another second before pushing him against the lockers and running back to grab ahold of Jessica’s body in his own arms – her words of him being loved echoing in his mind as he tightly held Valerie’s hand who had found her way next to him.
He could hear the ambulances approaching and gave Val a look. “Tell…tell them where we are I can’t… leave… her,” Dan got out as Jess continued saying goodbyes… though he wasn’t going to let her die. He couldn’t let her… he… wouldn’t let it happen. Letting go of Valerie’s hand; Dan’s ear went back to Jessica’s chest – her heart growing weaker. He could fcking hear it. “No…” Dan mumbled; though with another whisper of her voice; she let her eyes close. But this time; Jess wasn’t fighting to open them again. “Fck fck, no,” Dan muttered; putting his ear back to her chest and hearing nothing before moving his fingers to her pulse point; though finding nothing. “No, no this isn’t happening,” Dan immediately started his watch; getting on top of her as he started doing compressions on her chest to make sure her heart was still pumping blood to her organs. “GET THE FCKING DOCTORS,” Dan screamed; continuing the compressions unwilling to let the girl he considered a sister go.
Though as he allowed his eyes to go towards the side; where the EMT were entering the building – he saw something else. His sister’s face looked pale where she stood. “Jez?” Dan screamed before she fell with a scream.
@novella - Delilahh who needs to get her act together okay
@Littlefeets - dude dan’s gonna murder
@Littlefeets - HIS OTHER SISTER WHO’S DYING BRO
@Littlefeets - Other Azure WHO KILLED JESS YOU BISH
@astxrism - the idiot football player is there for some reason but dan’s a lil busy to worry about him
@CerealKiller - wifey need
@CerealKiller - tall ass mcdad is also there for some reason but dan’s a LITTLE busy to worry about him