"Babe why aren't you answering? Are you ready to have some fun? I know your family's outta town so we have plenty of time, don't you think? I bought beer, champagne and whiskey. Now that I think about it I only bought drinks. What are we gonna eat? Hmm that's an interesting thing to think about. You know I-"

"Can't you just shut up for a second Alison??" Damon said irritated by something.

Honestly, I don't know what he was irritated by. Was it her nonstop talking? Or was it that she came at this moment?

Oh and yes, by the way it was the dumbest person of our university. Ladies and gentlemen Alison Baker. It's interesting how he prefers to spend his time with her. It's none of my business, my business is that we were done with this date and although my heart just broke a little, I didn't have the right to be angry.

"I should go now," I said going forward so now Alison could see me too.

"No wait -"

"Oh my God who's this? Baaabe were you just having a date behind my back? Babyyy you told ME to come this late so you could have fun with her before me? It's not fair!" she said fake crying.

"It's nothing, you don't have to be worried Alison."

Ouch! Once again. Come to think of it I started to love the pain.

I approached the door. I needed her to come in so I could go out of this house and never come back.

"Angel, listen, wait!"

"Angel? You even gave her a nickname? Why don't I have one?"

"Alison go in and shut up, I'll be back," he said running after me.

Surprisingly, she did what he told her to. I was walking fast because if not I would've probably shed a couple of tears there. And believe me, I've cried too much for him. I can't do it anymore.

"Angel, wait. Let me explain!"

I turned to look at him.

"Damon, you don't have to explain me anything. We're not dating or anything, are we? This was the only date we'll ever have and that's it. You don't have to explain yourself."

He started walking towards me to make the distance between us less. On the opposite, I started going backwards.

"Don't do that. We just have to keep our distance from now on. Let's stop, okay?"

I couldn't understand his expression and I think that I didn't even need to.

A car came and stopped right in front of me.

"Get in fiery. I think you wanna escape this moment. Oh hey there bro! Heard Alison's with you today. Have a great night," he said winking at Damon.

"We're in the middle of a conversation dude and don't call her fiery," Damon shouted irritated.

"No, wait, I'm coming," I said looking at Damon.

Maybe if it were another day I wouldn't get into the car, but today I didn't care anymore. I got in the car, Damon and I looked at each other for a moment and I was gone.

"Were you in the middle of an argument fiery?"

"Can you not ask any questions Julian?" I said closing my eyes and leaning towards the window.

"No problem, fiery," he said and surprisingly shut up.

"By the way what were you doing near his house? Were you spying on us or something?"

"So you told me not to ask any questions so that YOU can ask them?"

"Okay whatever don't answer then. I'll just think that you're weird, spying on us."

"You know it very well that I have better things to do than to spy on your hot nerdy date," he said smirking.

"It wasn't hot by the way," I said in a matter of fact tone.

"So it was nerdy. I knew that. You're such a goody two shoes. I'll work on you don't worry."

"Ew no, I don't want you to turn me into something like you or Damon," I said making a disgusted face.

"Something? Really? I'm a person by the way. Also, you wish. You can never become as sexy as us. You have to be born with that."

"Yeah yeah, whatever helps you sleep at night."

These were the last words because both of us were quiet after that. I started thinking about everything that bothered me.

I was so lost in thought that I forgot about something very important. I haven't told him Meggy's address, but he was driving.

"Where are you taking me Julian? You don't even know the address!"

"You told me not to ask questions anymore. So, I was taking you home."

"Home? You mean yours?"

"Why not? Weren't you just at Damon's? Don't act like going to a guy's home is an embarrassing place for you."

"Excuse me? I was actually just leaving his house okay? And don't think you can confuse me with Alison or some other girl who like to have fun with a guy at night."

"Calm down fiery," he said stopping the car.

"Why did you stop the car?" I asked afraid of what he was gonna do.

"Just answer one question. Are you jealous of Damon?"

"What? No, of course no. There's nothing between us and whatever it was was only for something else."

"You mean the project?"

"He told you that?" I said surprised thinking he would've kept that a secret.

"Of course he did. We tell each other everything."

I know that girls tell each other everything too, but I just thought he would've kept his mouth shut about the precious moments we had with each other.

"So do you really wanna go to my house or are you gonna tell me where to go?"

"Oh right," I took out my phone and showed him the address that Meggy has sent me earlier today, as Damon took me there.

"So, I'm taking you to Meg's house? Cool cool!" he said chewing the gum he always has in his mouth and smiling like a freak.

"Hey! Snap out of it. Don't you dare having any weird ideas about my best friend. Believe me, I'll kill you with my bare hands."

"You know when I first met you I liked your fiery character, but sometimes it's just too much for me."

"Oh really? Tho you told me you liked to play with fire, don't try this time because the burns won't heal honey!" I said winking.

"No I take it back. I like you. Okay, let's go."

He drove for 15 minutes and we were there.

"Thank you Julian, you helped me today," I said opening the door of the car.

"No problem fiery," he said and drove away.

I started walking slowly towards the door. If someone asked me how I felt I would just say that I'm feeling empty. I mean I knew that there could be nothing between me and him, but ...I just...there are moments when you know it's not possible, but the little hope inside doesn't let you live. That was the same for me this time. I know this date didn't mean anything to him. I just hope he does his part of the project. That's the only thing I ask for at the moment.

I'm just happy that the date was only one, because if there were multiple of them, all of my feelings might've come back and that would be a huge problem. I'm fine with a little crush though. I'll get rid of it.

I slowly opened the door with the keys fearing Meggy's parents. Fortunately, I succeeded in doing all that without making any noise. Everyone was already sleeping.

I entered Meggy's room where I had to spend the night. Meggy had one spare bed in her room. As she was the only child her parents bought it when she was little so that her friends could come and have sleepovers from time to time.

I accidentally hit my foot and a little scream escaped my mouth. I remembered how I made fun of Damon when he hit his foot. This was karma, for sure. I didn't notice how I closed my eyes. I was hoping that Meggy didn't hear anything. I would feel really bad if I woke her up.

I didn't see her move even for a bit, so I sighed in relief. I didn't wake her. Or so I thought.

"How...was...the...date?" she mumbled.

"It was okay, I'll tell you about it tomorrow."

"It...has to be great...if you came this late..." she mumbled and turned to the other side taking her blanket with her.

Only if you knew.

My phone buzzes and I take it out of my pocket to see that I had 3 missed calls from mom and 10 text messages. I'm surprised I'm even alive by now.

I texted that my phone was being charged that's why I didn't notice that she contacted me. She was angry, very angry, but at least now she wasn't worried about me anymore. In other cases I would've felt bad about lying to her, but this wasn't the case. She would've been happy to know that I was on a date with Damon.

The thing is that this wasn't even gonna last. This was just one date and I certainly don't want her to tell everybody about that. Even before this date the other time Meggy told her that I was gonna go out with Damon she told almost all her friends about it. And starting from that day every friend of hers was calling to ask me about the date. That was really horrible, considering the fact that at the time we haven't even gone out to that date.

I put my pj on and made myself comfortable on the bed. It was strange that I didn't hear anything from Matt. I thought I would just talk to him tomorrow. I couldn't sleep for about an hour, but then I easily fell asleep.

In the morning Meggy's parents were already gone to work and I was relieved. Yesterday, Meggy told them that I was feeling bad that's why I fell asleep earlier than usual to cover my absence up. So, today they would ask hundreds of questions and I wouldn't be able to answer them properly. It's so bad that I'm not that good at lying.

Meggy and I started walking towards the university. I told her everything about yesterday and she was listening to me so attentively. She was listening to me with such an expression as if she was watching the most interesting and intriguing movie ever.

"So you're sad that Alison was there when you were about to leave?" she asked concluding at the end of my story.

"I was, but I'm not anymore. It doesn't matter, it's not like we're gonna date or something. All of this was for Matt," I said smiling sadly.

"Bailey you're really bad at analyzing stuff. Think about this situation once again. He didn't call her when he was with you. He must've forgotten about their meeting. I'm sure about that."

"You're always taking his side, aren't you," I face palmed myself.

"Though I want you two to have kids together, this thought was very objective. He ran after you wanting to explain the situation. I don't know whatever that is, but he certainly feels something towards you," she said hitting me with her elbow a couple of times.

"Oh come on. That guy's a player. Look! He's kissing Veronica in front of the whole university. He doesn't have morals. You remember her right? She's Jenna's sister and that's why they broke up. But it didn't stop him from kissing her in front of the whole university, again. Do you believe me now?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Meggy was sadder than I was after witnessing that scene. I knew this was gonna happen, so I was just quietly waiting, while Meggy trusted him. She thought he was as pure as she was.

Yeah I'm lying to myself telling that I knew this was going to happen, but I still wished it didn't. The make out session got even more passionate. Even people from the side were cheering for them to kiss and they were kinda getting motivated from that.

Okay Damon. Let's see if you have even a little bit of feelings towards me.

"Meggy wait for me here please. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"What are you doing?" she asked not understanding what I was gonna do.

I saw Lucas standing there.

"You'll see," I said winking at her and smirking.

I approached Lucas. He was smoking in front of the university with a couple of guys surrounding him.

"Hello Lucas. Boys."

The guys started whistling. I turned to look at Damon. He was still making out with Veronica. So, even the whistles didn't stop them from the "serious" stuff.

"Oh hey babe. What are you doing here?"

"I told you not to call me that. I came to ask you something."

"Go ahead babe."

I turned my back towards him and was ready to go back.

"Okay okay tell me what is it Bailey."

"Do you wanna go on a date with me?"

The guys whistled again. This time the whistles stopped the make out session. She still wanted to continue the session as she was kissing every spot on his face, while he was looking at me. Meanwhile Lucas was staring at me with a shocked expression.

"You're not gonna answer me?"

"Sure sure I'll go. What made you change your mind? I thought you didn't want it? I mean I always knew you wanted me, but still what-"

"No more questions. Let's just go on a date today, okay?"

"I knew it I knew it I knew it! You couldn't get over me babe...I mean Bailey...When do you wanna go?" he said looking at me.

But I was looking at Damon. He was still being kissed by Veronica, but his eyes were still on me.

"Right now. Let me just tell my friend and you can come in a minute."

I winked at him, did a hair flip and was ready to go back to Meggy. But then Damon cut my way and stood in front of me.

"What were you talking to him about?"

"I don't think it's any of your business. We don't have to explain each other anything," I said trying to change my way, but he cut my way again.

"Answer me angel. I'm already mad."

"Oh really? I didn't notice that you were mad when you were eating Veronica's face. And you don't have a reason to be mad whatsoever."

"Oh so you're jealous?"

"Not even a bit."

"You are!"

"I'M NOT"

"Baby are ready to go on a date? Come on, let's go. Oh hey Bennett."

"What? A date?" he said with a really furious face.

He grabbed my arm.

"See? I'm not jealous," I said taking my arm out of his grip.

I took Lucas' hand in mine and left, gesturing I'll explain it to you later to Meggy.

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Published on 31.07.19