"What? No! No no no no no."

"Okay then, let's go."

"Where?"

"To have a slow dance. Weren't you listening to me?"

Was he serious? I couldn't believe he just said that.

"You know what? I think YOU are the one who wasn't listening to me. I'm not dancing with you Damon."

"Why not? Do you have to be such a... I don't even have a word for your behaviour. It's just a dance. Why won't you do that for me?"

"And why do you want to dance with me?"

"You really wanna know what?"

"Kind of. Coz' you know you can ask any other girl and she'll dance with you. Why me? I don't want to dance with you."

"I think you just said yourself the reason why I want to dance with you. The reason is that you don't want to dance with me. And that's a great challenge for me and I love challenges. Besides, you won't answer my question and you won't even do what I wanted you to in return. So, what should I get in return for finding your ring and safely returning it to you?"

"Why would I answer that question? And why would I dance with you?"

"You know what? Forget it. Take your ring and I'm outta here. Sometimes it's just impossible to talk to you. You're so difficult."

He handed me the ring and he left me there alone. I felt bad about, but I had my reasons for not dancing with him. Ugh who am I kidding? I kinda feel bad for arguing with him that way and for arguing with him in general. I don't know how it happens, I don't like to argue with people, but when I'm with him, I just can't help myself I just have to argue till the end.

I went back to the cafeteria where the party was and there I found Meggy. When she saw me she immediately ran towards me.

"Are you okay? Did he say anything bad to you?"

"No, nothing. He wanted to give me my ring back."

"He could've just given it to you when we were by your side. Did he have to take you somewhere private for that?"

"He asked something in return." I said looking away.

"What did he ask you?"

"He asked me to dance with him."

"And that's it? Honestly, I didn't think that Damon would do that. You know he's popular not for being sweet, but for being a player and for him to ask that kind of a favor is something sweet. Don't you think?" She said looking me into the eyes to find agreement.

"I don't know. I don't know. I'm just gonna go and sit down for a while, if you don't mind. It's just that I feel bad without even knowing why."

"I think you know why." She whispered under her breath.

"What did you say?"

"Oh you heard what I just said. Okay, call me if you need me," and she went to the dancefloor to dance.

I sat on one of the chairs thinking about my thoughts. That sounds so philosophical and yet so true. I looked at Damon who was sitting with his friends and drinking and it felt like he was having fun. Gradually my feeling of guilt was disappearing as I saw him having a good time. But then my consciousness hit me hard on the head when he looked at me. When he looked at me before I noticed a smirk or something sarcastic, I don't know. But now he looked at me, we made an eye contact for two seconds straight and then he turned away his gaze, which was filled with something like sadness?

No no no. It's not possible. I couldn't hurt him could I? Oh I know why he is hurt. It's because he didn't get what he wanted for once and THAT is a problem for him.

But actually even though I tried to suppress what I really felt, I was said as well. A song came on. It was called "I'll be" by Edwin McCain. I love that song very much because I feel like it's really honest in terms of feelings and thoughts. So, it just made me feel like I just have to be honest with myself and that it's not a bad thing.

I started walking towards Damon and now I was in front of him and his friends.

"Dance with me." I said without even thinking, which was a really bad idea. All of his friends started "OOOOOOHHHHHHH"ing so loudly it made me redder than a tomato. I could've just told it by asking him to talk ALONE. Bailey sometimes or maybe even often you're a stupid human being.

"And what if I say no?" He said with his usual smirk. Oh yeah the old Damon was back now.

"Never mind. I'll just go." I knew that it was a bad decision to listen to my STUPID STUPID consciousn-

"Okay okay. I'm sorry," he said getting up from his seat and leading me to the dance floor.

He put his hands on my waist and I put mine around his neck.

"Was it that hard?"

"What?"

"Dancing with me. You dislike me that much?"

He was so serious. I haven't ever seen him like that. And I don't even know whether I liked that or not.

"It's not that. There's something else that I don't want to tell you right now."

"So you like me, huh?" He said winking at me and I blushed. Jesus Christ! Why can't people control blushing? It's so embarrassing.

"Not a chance demon," and that's when he smiled, but it wasn't a smirk or a sarcastic laugh. It was just a genuine smile. I never knew I would witness that. Well, life is full of surprises.

"Why do you call me a demon?"

"Why do you call me an angel?"

"Coz' you look like one. You're beautiful, innocent and kind. The only thing is that you're rude and that doesn't correspond to being an angel, but oh well, you can change. I think there's a chance you will change."

I smiled and hit him lightly.

"Now it's your turn by the way."

"Uhm, I don't know actually. I haven't ever thought about that. I just said it instinctively when you called me an angel. Besides, I was so angry at the moment that I called you that."

"See?"

"What?"

"You can be sweet sometimes. Then why are you always arguing with me?"

"I'm not."

"You are."

"I'm not."

"See?"

I started laughing because he was right and I just proved it.

"You're beautiful when you laugh," he said looking at me without looking away.

I didn't know what to answer. Oh my God. Why am I blushing again? You idiot! Stop it. Please stop this festival of being red. I have to participate in a competition of being the Miss Tomato of the year. What is this?

"Thank you," was all I could think of.

"Laugh more."

Oh God. Damon stop being sweet. This was the reason for which I didn't want to dance with him. All the memories, all the stupid feelings that I have are going to come back and it was really really hard for me to push them back. Stop it. I don't want to do this anymore. I know that for him it's just a game, but for me it's certainly not.

"Why was the ring so important for you?"

"I guess I'll leave that question for you to wonder as the song is over and that's it. Bye demon!"

"Oh God, you're impossible."

"Well, I'm like this. There's nothing I can do about it," I said lifting my shoulders up.

I started searching for Meggy and Matt, but I couldn't find them. I decided to go and find my purse so I can call one of them. When I took out my phone I saw message from Matt.

Matthew Montgomery you're dead for sure. I WANTED to be interrupted. Lucas? A ride? No freaking way. That's not gonna happen.

Okay I will call my mom. Yeah. mom's a hero and she'll save me. And that's when I got a text from her.

Work? At this hour? Are you kidding me?

Ugh whatever! I'll walk home. Fortunately, my home isn't far from the university. Yeah baby. I went out and saw that it was raining outside. And saying that it was raining was an understatement. It felt like it was the end of the world and it was actually scary. But that's not an obstacle for me. I will overcome this. Nothing can stop me and moreover if I run I'll be home even faster.

My steps were getting faster and that's when I noticed a car standing beside me.

"Get in angel."

"No thank you. I'll walk."

"In the rain? Are you out of your mind?"

"Nope I'm good. Thank you. I love walking."

"There you go arguing again."

Now we were "moving" together. I was walking and his car was going forward beside me.

"Look I'm fine. See? I'm completely fi-" and THIS is why I hate those stupid high heels. I absolutely hate them.

I heard him close the door of the car and run towards me.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah totall-" I tried to get up and I fell down, again. Well, could this get any worse? I got humiliated in front of him two times. Today I'm a total loser.

I didn't give up. I tried standing up once again when he came even closer.

"What are you doing?"

"This," he said taking me in his arms bridal style and my heart stopped.

"If you're not gonna listen to me, I'll MAKE you listen to me," he whispered looking me straight into the eyes. And then he winked once again and I caught myself thinking that I didn't want whatever today happen to be "just a dance."

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Here's a romantic chapter for you guys☺️ The inspiration for this chapter was the fact that it was raining in my country and I felt inspired by it 🌧 Sooooo I really hope you like this chapter❤️Honestly, I really liked it coz' for me it was so sweet❤️

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Published 18.08.2018

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