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A Secret to Hold Close Chapter Seventeen Danny slammed the door behind him as he entered the McFly house. Tom, who was in the TV room watching a movie with the other two members of McFly, winced and Doug and Harry shared a look as the sound of Danny�s drunken footsteps reached them. Ever since Mylie had broken the news to Danny that she had supposedly been cheating on him, he seemed to be drinking his troubles away. He would come in really late, or not even until the next morning, drunk as a skunk. He also seems to make out with just about any girl that wanted him, and with being one of the lead singers of McFly there was no shortage of those. Except he was never truly happy. The only time he ever seemed close to the bright, cheerful person he used to be was when he made music. And it seemed the McFly boys weren�t the only people who noticed. There had been many articles about Danny�s drastic mood change and lots of speculation as to the reason for it, even going as far as to say he was getting kicked out of McFly (a rumor the boys� publicist squashed instantly.) But no one except Tom knew the truth behind the whole Mylie breakup thing. The same night that Mylie told Danny she was cheating on him, Danny had been brought back to the house by a pair of cops who found him walking down the street carrying a half empty bottle of whiskey and considering the state they found him in he had probably had much more to drink before that. They had recognized the singer and had generously brought him back to the house without charging him with anything. Tom had gotten him into the house and with the help of a little bit of water and some food, he got Danny sober enough to get the whole story out. Tom was certain that Mylie would never do such a thing to Danny, but what he really couldn�t figure out was why she had told him that in the first place. He had gotten Danny up to bed and seeing as it was late Tom waited till the next day to call Sarah and find out the real story. The next day, Tom called the blond Larson sister and she was more then willing to tell him the truth about Mylie being terminally ill with cancer and how she didn�t want to be a burden to Danny. But then she made him promise not to tell anybody, not even Dougie or Harry. He had of course promised, but he didn�t like keeping this secret from Danny, especially how hard he was taking the break up. Danny came stumbling into the room and Tom could smell the booze on him from across the room. The dark-haired singer tripped on a rug and crashed onto the couch. �Hey guys� what�s up?� He slurred. Harry rolled his eyes, �We�re watching a movie Danny, what does it look like?� Danny tried to focus on the TV but gave up and turned to Tom. He paused for a moment, like he was trying to string his words together in his head, before asking, �Have you talked to Sarah lately?� Tom looked at Danny with pity. It was only when he was extremely drunk that he would ask about either of the Larson sisters. �Yeah, I talked to her today.� �Did she mention Mylie at all?� Danny asked. Tom frowned, as a matter of fact Sarah had told him what she had heard Mylie and her doctor say but he couldn�t tell any of this to Danny. �No she didn�t bring her up. Sorry mate.� �Whatever,� Danny scoffed, �Not that I care!� All three of the other McFly guys rolled their eyes but didn�t say a word. They knew that Danny�s moods were highly unstable when he was drunk. Poor Dougie had learned that fact the hard way one night and he got a black eye for his comment. Tom shook his head as he remembered the fist fight that happened, it was one of the worst fights that had ever happened between the boys, and he took another look at Danny who was nearly passed out on the couch. The blond singer stood up with a sigh and grabbed one of Danny�s arms to help him stand up. Harry stood up quickly once he realized what Tom was doing and grabbed Danny�s other arm. Dougie just looked on, ever since that night Doug was very cautious of a drunken Danny. Together the two guys got the limp singer to his feet and started to walk him towards the stairs. �Where�re you guys takin� me?� Danny asked Tom sleepily. �Come on Ratty. It�s time for you to sleep this off, ok?� Danny just nodded and tried to put some effort into walking. With the help of his two friends he was able to get up the stairs and they dumped him into his bed. �G�night guys�� Danny mumbled. Tom and Harry headed back downstairs. Dougie looked away from the TV when he heard footsteps. �No trouble?� �Nah� Harry said with a shake of his head, �But there�s got to be something that we can do to get him out of this mood!� Dougie just shrugged helplessly and stood up. �I�m heading to bed�we have to do some recording tomorrow. I have to say, though, the only good thing to come out of this whole thing is the music Danny is making now. It�s angry and sad� but some of his best stuff.� Harry nodded his agreement and stood up to follow Dougie up the stairs. Both of the guys said their �good nights� to Tom before disappearing up the stairs. Tom placed his head in his hands helplessly as he watched Doug and Harry go. He knew he should tell the guys the truth about Mylie� but he had promised. He just had to hope that Sarah could get her sister to change her mind or that Mylie would come to her senses before Danny lost it completely� Back |