Woah. What the hell was going on here?!
"That is, unless you're already going with Damien," he nodded towards where Damien was now sitting, watching me and Xavier closely.
"Caroline?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Man would she be pissed when she heard about this.
"She's gone."
Back up the bus. She'd gone? He had to be kidding. Looking over his shoulder, I tried to find that perfect face I had come to hate, but he was right. She was nowhere to be seen.
"I dumped her. She's gone. Left Ravendale for good," he told me, seeing my confused expression.
I felt a small smile begin to creep onto my face but stopped myself. So she'd gone. That didn't mean I trusted Xavier though, now he was minus his girlfriend.
"Why?" I asked, trying to keep the astonished tone out of my voice. Things had been going well for them, hadn't they? Or-
"You were right."
"Huh?" the word fell out of my mouth before I could stop it. I was right about nearly nothing.
"About Caroline. She had been cheating on me, but I was too blind too see it."
And now he tells me. As if it wasn't obvious enough.
"I'm sorry," he apologised, looking straight into my eyes. What had I been about to say? His deep brown eyes had me lost.
A thought struggled through the memories in my mind.
"You should be," I said, anger rising in my voice, his eyes losing all effect on me now. "Do you know what you've put me through?"
Oops. As if this wasn't bad enough, the tone in my voice had risen, and now everyone had turned our way. Great.
"Lets take this outside, shall we?" Xavier asked, cutting into my moment of embarrassment.
Damien watched us go, narrowing his eyes so I quickly shot a reassuring smile at him.
Once we were alone, the smile on his face faltered, and he turned away.
"I know Bella. And I can never make it up to you. Ever. When we first met, there was something about you that drew me to you, but I didn't know if you felt the same. Besides, I had a girlfriend, so I tried to push my feeling aside, knowing that you would never like me like that. On that day when I heard you telling the others that Caroline was cheating on me, something snapped. I don't know if I was at all angry at you, but I just let out what I was feeling. Things hadn't been going great with Caroline, and I just needed something to take it out on. Afterwards when I looked back at what I'd done, I knew it wasn't you I should've yelled at. I hated myself for what I did. I wanted so bad to make it right, but I knew if I tried to say something I might end up losing you. And I didn't want that."
His back was still towards me, and I felt tears threatening to show themselves. Why hadn't he just talked to me? I would've understood. Wouldn't I?
I hadn't even realised I was crying until Xavier turned around and took my face in his hands.
"Don't cry Bella," he whispered, brushing away my tears. Then he did something I totally wasn't expecting. He kissed me.
It was all I had been dreaming about since the day I had met him. So of course, I kissed him back. We both drew away, but not before I felt that same spark I had all those weeks ago.
"It was real," I whispered under my breath.
"What was?" he asked in confusion.
"Oh nothing," I said quickly, noticing that he had heard. He smiled, and before I could forget what to say, I blurted out what was on my mind.
"Xavier, I think I know what I have to do."
It was the right thing. I couldn't not take him.
"You have to take Damien to the prom," he said, not meeting my eyes.
"How did you know?" I asked, my voice jumping a few octaves.
"Its the sort of person you are," he told me, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm only doing it because I feel like, well I feel like I owe him something. He's been there for me when I needed him an-"
"Whereas I haven't. And I'm sorry," he interrupted, apologising again.
"If it weren't for that, I would've said yes to your question," I smiled.
"You would have?" he looked up.
"Of course."
"Even after everything I've done?" he asked, looking me straight in the eyes.
"Yes. Tell you what, you can take me out for an apology dinner after the prom. If you want to," I grinned.
"Like a date?" he smiled.
"Don't see why not," I shrugged my shoulders.
"Deal," he grinned, taking my hand.
Squeezing onto the bench beside Damien, I could feel the others gazes on me.
"Damien," I started.
"Yes?"
"Well, I've decided that you're going to be my date to the prom," I grinned mischievously.
"Really?" he asked, giving me a 'are-you-sure?' look. "What about Xavier?"
"Oh, umm...," I trailed off, looking at my new boyfriend across the table.
"You're all good now, aren't you?" he grinned.
Opening my mouth to ask him how he knew, he cut me off, saying, "I know these things. Besides, you would have slapped him and walked off, if things weren't right between the two of you."
Then he winked at me.
"This is the Damien I want as my best friend. Never change," I told him, before giving him a hug.
"Aye, aye captain," he grinned.
He was back.
"That is, unless you're already going with Damien," he nodded towards where Damien was now sitting, watching me and Xavier closely.
"Caroline?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Man would she be pissed when she heard about this.
"She's gone."
Back up the bus. She'd gone? He had to be kidding. Looking over his shoulder, I tried to find that perfect face I had come to hate, but he was right. She was nowhere to be seen.
"I dumped her. She's gone. Left Ravendale for good," he told me, seeing my confused expression.
I felt a small smile begin to creep onto my face but stopped myself. So she'd gone. That didn't mean I trusted Xavier though, now he was minus his girlfriend.
"Why?" I asked, trying to keep the astonished tone out of my voice. Things had been going well for them, hadn't they? Or-
"You were right."
"Huh?" the word fell out of my mouth before I could stop it. I was right about nearly nothing.
"About Caroline. She had been cheating on me, but I was too blind too see it."
And now he tells me. As if it wasn't obvious enough.
"I'm sorry," he apologised, looking straight into my eyes. What had I been about to say? His deep brown eyes had me lost.
A thought struggled through the memories in my mind.
"You should be," I said, anger rising in my voice, his eyes losing all effect on me now. "Do you know what you've put me through?"
Oops. As if this wasn't bad enough, the tone in my voice had risen, and now everyone had turned our way. Great.
"Lets take this outside, shall we?" Xavier asked, cutting into my moment of embarrassment.
Damien watched us go, narrowing his eyes so I quickly shot a reassuring smile at him.
Once we were alone, the smile on his face faltered, and he turned away.
"I know Bella. And I can never make it up to you. Ever. When we first met, there was something about you that drew me to you, but I didn't know if you felt the same. Besides, I had a girlfriend, so I tried to push my feeling aside, knowing that you would never like me like that. On that day when I heard you telling the others that Caroline was cheating on me, something snapped. I don't know if I was at all angry at you, but I just let out what I was feeling. Things hadn't been going great with Caroline, and I just needed something to take it out on. Afterwards when I looked back at what I'd done, I knew it wasn't you I should've yelled at. I hated myself for what I did. I wanted so bad to make it right, but I knew if I tried to say something I might end up losing you. And I didn't want that."
His back was still towards me, and I felt tears threatening to show themselves. Why hadn't he just talked to me? I would've understood. Wouldn't I?
I hadn't even realised I was crying until Xavier turned around and took my face in his hands.
"Don't cry Bella," he whispered, brushing away my tears. Then he did something I totally wasn't expecting. He kissed me.
It was all I had been dreaming about since the day I had met him. So of course, I kissed him back. We both drew away, but not before I felt that same spark I had all those weeks ago.
"It was real," I whispered under my breath.
"What was?" he asked in confusion.
"Oh nothing," I said quickly, noticing that he had heard. He smiled, and before I could forget what to say, I blurted out what was on my mind.
"Xavier, I think I know what I have to do."
It was the right thing. I couldn't not take him.
"You have to take Damien to the prom," he said, not meeting my eyes.
"How did you know?" I asked, my voice jumping a few octaves.
"Its the sort of person you are," he told me, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm only doing it because I feel like, well I feel like I owe him something. He's been there for me when I needed him an-"
"Whereas I haven't. And I'm sorry," he interrupted, apologising again.
"If it weren't for that, I would've said yes to your question," I smiled.
"You would have?" he looked up.
"Of course."
"Even after everything I've done?" he asked, looking me straight in the eyes.
"Yes. Tell you what, you can take me out for an apology dinner after the prom. If you want to," I grinned.
"Like a date?" he smiled.
"Don't see why not," I shrugged my shoulders.
"Deal," he grinned, taking my hand.
Squeezing onto the bench beside Damien, I could feel the others gazes on me.
"Damien," I started.
"Yes?"
"Well, I've decided that you're going to be my date to the prom," I grinned mischievously.
"Really?" he asked, giving me a 'are-you-sure?' look. "What about Xavier?"
"Oh, umm...," I trailed off, looking at my new boyfriend across the table.
"You're all good now, aren't you?" he grinned.
Opening my mouth to ask him how he knew, he cut me off, saying, "I know these things. Besides, you would have slapped him and walked off, if things weren't right between the two of you."
Then he winked at me.
"This is the Damien I want as my best friend. Never change," I told him, before giving him a hug.
"Aye, aye captain," he grinned.
He was back.
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