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Chapter 37: Dazed

DAMIEN POV

"Damien. Damien!" Someone shook my shoulders.

"What? What the fuck do you want?" I groaned.

"It's 8 am. You fell asleep at the cage." I recognized Rocco's voice.

I quickly sat upright but groaned because my head was pounding.

"What did you do last night?" Rocco asked.

"Is Violet here?" I ignored his question.

"Yeah. She's in your office."

I stood up and stumbled a little. I walked into my office and sat on the couch.

"He's finally awake." I heard Violet's voice.

"I couldn't find her." I rubbed my temples.

"WHERE WERE YOU?" She yelled.

"God! Stop yelling!" I groaned.

"You didn't come home last night. And you didn't answer your phone." Violet complained. "Rocco, get him water."

"What am I? The servant around here." Rocco mumbled before leaving the room.

"I tried looking for her. I drove to all the Wolves' spots, but my bike was running out of gas. I came back here around 3 am and must have dozed off." I explained. 

"Damien. You need to sleep. You're not up for this." I heard Rocco again. He handed me a water bottle.

"No. We need to find her."

"We aren't doing anything together until you get sleep," Violet said. "Go back to the apartment and come back here when you're well-rested."

I stood up from the sofa. "You're funny if you think I'm resting right now. I'm going to help." I stumbled towards the desk.

"Rocco," Violet spoke.

My best friend came over to me and held me up.

"I can't believe he just went out like that. With no plan. In the middle of the night." Violet said.

"I know. But we can't scold him right now. He's hurting. The one person he needs is gone." Rocco said. "Damien. Let's go home."

I pushed him away. "No. I'm not going home."

"Damien." Rocco tried to grab my shoulders.

"I said no!" I slammed my fist against the desk. I looked at it and noticed bruises, probably from punching the wall yesterday.

"Damien. You haven't slept. Please." Violet pleaded.

I looked between my sister and best friend. "Fine. But you keep looking. I'll be back in an hour. "

Rocco put his arm around my shoulders and walked us out of the office. We took the back door and walked over to his car.

"Come on big guy." Rocco sat me in the passenger seat and tried to buckle me up, but I smacked his hand away and did it myself. He walked around and sat in the driver's seat.

I looked out the window as Rocco drove back to my place, but I ended up dozing off.

"We're here," He said and I opened my eyes. We were parked in the parking garage of my apartment.

Rocco supported me as we walked to the elevator. We stepped off and walked towards my apartment.

"Keys?" He put his hand out.

I rummaged through my pockets and found the keys, placing them in his palm. He unlocked the door and we stepped inside.

Rocco took me to my room and took me into the bathroom. "Wash your face and brush your teeth." He turned on the faucet. I splashed some water on my face and brushed my teeth.

He led me out of the room and onto my bed. "Hold on." He stopped me from laying down.

Rocco rummaged through the nightstand drawer and pulled out Advil. "Take this." He gave me two tablets and a bottle of water on the nightstand.

I laid down on the bed. "I'll be back in a couple of hours. Ok?" Rocco said, walking away.

"Wait." I reached my hand out.

"What?"

"Do you think we'll find her?" I asked and Rocco came closer.

"I hope we do. I really hope we do."

"She's probably so scared right now. In so much pain. And I'm here sleeping in my bed." I sat up.

"Damien." Rocco sat on the edge of the bed. "You can't keep blaming yourself."

"Why not, Rocco? It is my fault. I could have been there 5 minutes before and none of this would have happened. And to top all this, someone in the gang is working with them." I grabbed his arm. "You didn't tell anyone, right. We can't trust anyone."

Rocco shook his head. "Only you, me, Violet, and Scar know."

I relaxed back and looked straight ahead. "I love her, Rocco."

"What?" Rocco raised his eyebrows.

"I love Naya. She's so beautiful. And smart. She has the kindest heart. And she makes me feel like the luckiest guy in the world. I know she technically isn't even my girlfriend, but I want her to be. I want her to be mine. I need to tell her I love her."

Rocco smiled. "I know you do. And I think she feels the same way."

"You think?"

"I know she does. I can see it in the way she looks at you. Now go to sleep. We'll work on finding her." Rocco stood up and walked out.

I dozed off, thinking of her.

Belle.

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I heard my phone ringing. I opened my eyes and moved my hands all over my bed, trying to find it.

Finally, I grabbed it and clicked accept, without even seeing the caller ID.

Scar's voice came from the other side. "Damien. I found her. I found Naya. I'm taking her to the hospital."

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YAY! They found her! But I wonder what state she's in?

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