Me: Hello faithful readers! I have to apologize for the long waits between chapters, but that shouldn't be an issue anymore because I finally got my own computer!

Danny Muse: Oh, so now you get to torture me about twice a week. Thanks.

Me: Oh shut up Danny! Yes that right guys, updates should be flowing in at a minumum of once a week, but I am going to try and update twice if I can. I'm going into my Junior year of high school, so we will see how long I can keep it up :)

Danny Muse: Hopefully not long...

Me: Shut it. Oh and I thought I would mention that this is NOT a DannyxLancer fic. Just thought I outta throw that out there. Okay and here we go.

Chapter 16

I shake my head and look down at the cement, blades of grass hopelessly attempt to reach for the skies. I can't help myself, I start chuckling and it grows into full out laughter. I honestly cannot believe the man tried that old trick. Try to relate to the teen, very clever Lancer, but it ain't gonna cut it. I'm not an idiot. I continue to laugh as tears fall down my face. I don't bother to wipe them, what's the point really? I won't be able to feel them in a few moments. I allow my finger to longingly brush the trigger of the gun for a moment.

"May I ask what's so funny Danny?" Lancer asks surprised, and perhaps a bit offended. I look up at him, and I give him one of my infamous half smiles.

"You honestly think I'm going to buy that bullshit? I may just be some stupid teenager, but I can tell when someone is lying to me. So stop. Just stop. Just...Just go Lancer. You tried, you failed, now just... just go. You don't have to tell anyone you saw anything, just... let me go."

I dare to look him in the eye, my heart on my sleeve. Lancer's eyes soften when he hears the words, matched with the tears running down my cheeks. He struggles for a moment to sit down safely, then scoots backwards to lean against the wall next to me. What does he think he's doing? I just told him to leave? This guy is a freaking English teacher, shouldn't he know how to speak it.

"What are you doing Lancer?" I sigh, and he smiles halfheartedly at me, and puts a gentle hand on my knee. I flinch for a moment, my hand tightening warning on the trigger, but he doesn't make a move to take away the gun. I shoot him a daring look. What the heck is he doing? Putting his hand on my knee isn't going to make everything better. I'm not going to magically become happy again and ballroom dance with Skulker or some shit like that. So... why isn't he leaving?

"You honestly think I'm going to buy that bullshit?" Lancer asks with a smirk. My hand loosens my grip on the gun in shock, since when does Lancer swear?

"Uh- What?" I ask, wanting to make sure I had heard him right. Lancer lets out a small chuckle, and I can't help but smirk.

"I know you really don't want me to leave." Lancer says with absolute certainty, and I scowl.

"Sure I do." I snap back with just as much certainty, and I flick his hand off of my knee. Lancer sighs and it looks as if he is resisting the urge to roll his eyes. I knew it. Too good to be true. I knew it.

"Why?"

Wait what?

"Why what?" I demand, masking my confusion.

"Why do you want me to leave?" He asks with a straight face. I give him an incredulous look and gesture sarcastically to the gun pointed at my head.

"Oh I don't know, I guess I really need to take a piss." I resist the urge to flip him off, and resume looking at the same spot of cement on the ground. An ant just found a cracker. Good for him.

Lancer sighs again, and I wonder how many times he can do it before he becomes an empty sack of skin. He pinches the bridge of his nose, and I resist the urge to smile. It's fun being the cause of a teacher's distress.

"Do you have to be so sarcastic?"

"Yes."

"I thought so."

I can't help it. The man made me chuckle again, screw him. Lancer looks like he wants to say something, but then he stops and thinks for a moment before continuing.

"Danny can I tell you a little story?" Lancer asks and I raise an eyebrow at him. Story time, at a time like this? Oh he is SUCH an English teacher.

"Depends," I smirk as I wipe a stray tear off my cheek, "will there be dinosaurs in it?"

This time it is Lancer's turn to laugh and he shakes his head at me.

"I'm afraid not." Lancer confesses, and I sigh dramatically I try really hard to wipe the smile off my face,I really do, but I can't...

I'm not sure why but... maybe it wouldn't hurt to listen to his dumb story. I mean, as long as he doesn't try to take the gun... then maybe it wouldn't hurt? But what if he's just trying to distract me? What if he calls 911? What if he already did? Oh God that's what he's doing! He's trying to stall me! He's trying to stall me! My eyes widen and I scoot away from him. I quickly stand up and run to the other side of the alleyway. Lancer's head snaps up in surprise and I glare him down. I can't believe he would do something like this! And I- I almost trusted him! New tears spring into my already teary eyes, and I quickly wipe them away with my spare hand.

"Danny?" Lancer asks in what is obviously false concern.

"Don't you DARE 'Danny' me!" I yell at him and he is taken aback.

"Danny if this is about the dinosaur thing..."

"FORGET THE DAMN DINOSAURS! GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO THIS TO ME..." I choke back a sob.

"Do what Danny...?"

"You- you are distracting my aren't you? You called 911 didn't you? You're just waiting for them to get here." I accuse him. I turn around quickly in a foolish attempt to hide the fact that I am crying.

"Where did you get that idea from Danny?" Lancer asks, and I ball my hands into fists.

"DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME LANCER, I KNOW YOU DID! NOW JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME FUCKING DIE!" I scream and I tighten my grip on the gun. This is it. I'm done. I take a deep breath and-

"NO!"

Lancer runs straight at me, and knocks the gun from my grip. The ecto-gun fires at the ally wall, and successfully chars it. I stare at him and shock, and to my surprise he does the same. That was the last shot in the damn thing! What the hell!

"WHAT THE FUCK LANCER! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!? I CA- I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! THAT WAS THE LAST DAMN SHOT. YOU KNOW WHAT!? FUCK YOU! JUST FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!" I scream at him, and I punch him in the chest. Lancer takes the hit and wraps his arms around me and pulls me close. I sob openly into his chest, and he just hugs me with look of shock on his face, as if he can't believe what just happened was real.

Oh it was real.

It is a long while before I calm down, and somehow, we ended up sitting on the ground again. I quickly realizing that I am sobbing into my freaking teacher's chest, and I turn the opposite way, pulling my chin up to my knees. Gosh I'm such a be honest, I don't know how much time has passed, all I know that I'm so scared. Lancer is no doubt going to report this, and when he does my family is going to flip. They already think I tried to kill myself... how will the react when I actually DID try to kill myself. Oh god. Oh god.

"Danny just try and breathe alright?" Is my hyperventilating really that noticeable. I shoot him a quick glare before turning away.

"Why? Why should I? What's the point? Nobody listens to me anyways. My life is worthless." Oh wow I sound whiny. Why am I telling him all of this? This guy is my least favorite teacher, and he just forced me to stay on a planet not worth my staying on. Why am I confessing this stuff to him?

"Please just try okay? You want to talk about it?"

"Hell no." I state bluntly, and I turn to see Lancer nodding in understanding.

"Can I tell you that story? I think it will make you feel better."

"You can do whatever the hell you want, it doesn't matter what I say, you're still going to do it." I cross my arms and glare at him.

"No I won't. If you don't want to hear the story, fine. I won't tell you the story." Lancer crosses his arms, mocking my position and I roll my eyes. We sit there for what must be at least 10 minutes, looking like immature 6 year olds who couldn't have a cookie, before I finally caved.

"Fine Lancer, you win. Tell me the damn story." I sigh and rub my face. Lancer smiles.

"Well, like I said before, about 25 years ago I was in a similar situation to you..."

I don't think there are going to be any dinosaurs in this story.