OUR BOND

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Third Person POV

"Noel come on!" Sandro shouted from downstairs. Everyone else was out in the car already she was the one taking forever to get ready.

"I'm coming relax" Following her words, a minute later she came down wearing a black sweater written 'baddie' along with black cargo pants and Nike sneakers. Her long wavy hair was in a ponytail with two pins on either sides, of course she finished the look with her signature sunglasses.

"I don't know why you take so long when you're gonna show up looking like that" Sandro jokingly mocked.

"In a mood to kill so be careful" she said passing him. Sandro only took it as a joke and laughed at her cuteness.

If only he knew how serious she was. Ever since she found out the identity of the shooter she's been seeing red.

Getting in the car she sat next to Luca and off they went to the hospital being driven by Stefan.

Upon arrival Noel went in first to see Vittoria since they weren't allowed to crowd her.

Seeing her Aunt breathing through so many pipes only elevated her anger.

She sat closer and took her hand and let whatever it is that she wanted to say pour out.

"Aunt, you've only been here one day but it already feels like a lifetime" she moved her eyes to her face.

"Do you know what I realized?" Noel chuckled.

"I realized I have serious abandonment issues" she said in a joking manner.

"Yeah, weird thing to realise I know but I can't help it" her voice faded and she went quiet taking in the depth of what she was feeling.

"Please don't abandon me" she said almost in a whisper, somewhat sounding desperate.

Then suddenly she sighed.

"It's not good to listen in on others private conversations Damien" Being caught, Damien came out of the bathroom almost sheepishly.

"I went in there before you spoke and when you did I didn't want to come out and disturb you" he said in his defense.

"So you heard everything?" Noel asked looking at him.

Damien nodded, right after that he beckoned her to him.

Letting go of her Aunt's hand she went over to Damien who immediately hugged her upon getting closer.

All lot was said in their silence. Noel's words resurfaced in Damien's mind for like the hundredth time since he heard them.

He wanted to ask a lot and wanted to reassure her that no matter what happened they'll always be there for her.

He'll always be there for her.

For some reason Damien had this belief that not everything was as it was with Noel. He took in her sweet reactions whenever someone showed or did an act of love.

It was like she didn't believe it could happen to her so when it did she held on so tightly to it.

It made him wonder what the hell she had gone through to make her like this.

A nurse came in right at that moment and Damien instinctively hid Noel in his arms.

"Oh excuse me sir I'm here to check her vitals" Actually she didn't need to because she did it a while back.

She knew that Damien was in the ward and wanting him to notice her she came up with this stupid plan.

What she didn't expect was to find a little girl in the arms of the man she fancied so much.