There was pounding on Damon's door. He still felt tired "What." he said out loud softly while he sat up. A ray of sunshine hit him square in the face. He winced as he opened his eyes. The pounding resumed "I'll be right there!" Damon yelled. He reached to grab his pants but realized he was grabbing them with his cast arm. He sighed. He put his pants on while struggling. WIth his shirt off he answered the door. It was Orion and Anna. "Oh my god what happened to you!?" Anna yelled. She touched the right side of his chest and Damon let out a yell. "Christ, Anna stop that hurts." he said while turning around and walking to the living room. He plopped down on the couch and Anna sat next to him. Orion sat on the floor on the opposite side of the wall.
"Here we go with the questions." Damon thought. Anna crossed her arms "Well." She said. "Well what?" Damon replied. "What the hell happened to you?!" said Anna. Damon looked at Orion. "Don't look at me bro." he said with his hands in the air. Damon sighed and looked at Anna "I got in a motorcycle accident". Anna started crying "I told you I hate that damn thing. Look at you you're all broken". "Yeah, well I've been through worse." Damon said. "Look," Damon said while grabbing Anna's hands "I'm okay see? It's all alright. There's no need to cry. There's no need to cry".
He put his arm around Anna's head and brought it to his chest. "Why did you say you were sick last night?" Anna asked. "I didn't I said I felt like garbage." Damon replied. Anna punched his arm "You know what I mean!" she yelled. Damon winced as she hit his broken arm. She then covered her mouth with both her hands "I'm so sorry!" she said. Damon put his hand up "It's fine." he said. Anna pulled her phone out and dialed Linda's number. "What are you doing!?" Damon said. "Your mom needs to know about this." Anna replied. Linda answered the phone "Hello"? Anna handed the phone to Damon. "Hey mom!" he said. "Damon? Why are you calling from Anna's phone?" she said. "I wanted to tell you I got into a motorcycle accident the other night. I'm okay now so there's no reason to worry." said Damon. Linda in a scared voice said "Oh my god! I told you I hate those things. You're lucky to be alive"! Damon sat in silence. "I'll stop by later tonight, okay?" Linda said. "Sounds good mom." replied Damon. "Love you." said Linda. "Love you too mom." replied Damon. Linda hung up the phone.
Damon stood up and walked to his kitchen. He opened the cupboard and grabbed a granola bar. Glancing down at his schedule he saw 11:20AM-12:30PM Public Speaking. Damon glanced at the clock 10:58AM. "Guys, I'm grateful you came over. It means a lot. But I have to get ready for class now." Damon said. Anna stood up and walked over to him. She gave him a hug "Okay, but we get lunch today okay?" she said sternly while pointing at Damon's nose. "Sounds good." he said with a smile. Orion and Anna both grabbed their backpacks and walked out the door.
Damon shut the door behind them. He walked to his room to grab clean clothes for after his shower. His window was open. He heard Anna and Orion outside. "What's gotten into him?" Anna said. "Don't worry I'm sure this is just a huge transition." Orion replied as they walked down the street. Damon looked at the ground. He felt bad for lying to his friends. "If I tell them the truth, they'll think I'm crazy." he thought. Damon walked into the bathroom and shut the door. He turned the shower on and stared into the mirror. Steam filled the room as he looked into his eyes.
"The monitors huh." He thought to himself. He got undressed and got into the shower. Once he was finished, he slid the shower curtain back and stepped out. He dried himself off and then wrapped himself in a towel. He unlocked the bathroom door and opened it. He yelled in surprise as Milena was right on the other side of the door in street clothes. "How the hell did you get in here?!" Damon yelled. "Dude, you've seen me in action. You saw what I took on and you think sneaking into your apartment is a problem for me?" she said. Damon shook his head and moved her out of the way as he walked to his room. "Stay right there." he said as he held his finger. "I'm going to put on some clean clothes." he said. "Aw, but then you won't be coffee boy anymore." Milena said jokingly.
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The Monitors
ActionDamon Archer has a traumatizing past that to this day intervenes with his daily life. His entire life he's had therapists, psychologists, even his own mother tell him he was ill and needed medication. His entire world is flipped upside down when he...
