When you were mine

Chapter 23

Wake up little girl, wake up, just remember who I am in the morning. -Ryan Star-losing your memory
Damon's POV
I could feel my eye twitching at the sight of Pierce.
"Where were you?" Paisley asked.
"I was away for a football game. Are you okay?" Paisley looked over at me.
"Could I just have some privacy with him?" What?
"Why?" I asked.
"Please?" She begged and I sighed. She was entitled to her own thoughts and feelings. I nodded and walked out of the room and stood in the hall. I couldn't believe that pierce was here. I paced in the hallway and then my dad approached me with Nora and a cup of coffee.
"You alright?" He asked me and I took the coffee.
"Peachy." I replied sarcastically.
"What's wrong?" Dad asked gently, i sipped from the hot cup.
"She's acting weird. Different." Like some other person.
"She's been through a traumatic event. She's going to be acting a little strangely for a while." I nodded my head.
"You're right, I'm probably overreacting." I sculled my coffee and put the cup in the bin. Dad handed me Nora and I wandered off to Jake's room.

"Woah, she's gotten huge!" Jake exclaimed.
"I know that you knew about Paisley. That you were in contact with her when she was gone." It was better to have this talk sooner rather than later.
"She asked me not to tell you." Jake didn't bother to deny it.
"Why?" I demanded.
"She wanted you to move on. To find someone else and move past her." Jake explained and I shook my head.
"So she was the friend that you were talking to?" I asked and Jake nodded.
"She was okay, she wanted us to move on. She didn't think she was going to come back, ever." I sighed and I was tired. Tired of fighting and arguing with my friends.
"I've already been mad at you about this. Granted I thought you were dead but I'm not mad at you anymore." I admitted.
"Really?" Jake seemed surprised and I nodded my head.
"Really. But is there any reason as to why Pierce is here?" I asked and Jake's brows furrowed.
"Her ex? Not that I can think of, why?" Jake asked.
"He's with her, they're talking and god knows what they're talking about." I ran a hand through my hair.
"They're probably talking about Robert. I heard that the cops got him. That's a relief right?" I nodded my head.
"Yeah, dad says he's going away for the rest of his life. Left to rot in jail." I sucked air into my lungs and tried to relax. But something wasn't right. Something was wrong.
"I'll look after Nora. You can go visit her. See what they're talking about because I know that this is bothering you." I smiled and handed Nora over.
"Thank you." Then I ran towards her room. My heart raced and my gut churned like something horrible was about to happen. Something awful and something that would change everything. So I pushed myself to run faster. The hallways seemed eternally larger, more twisting and larger. Finally after what felt like an eternity I made it to Paisley's hallway. I slowed down and then calmly walked into her room. I stumbled and stopped when I saw Pierce's hand in Paisley's.
"What's going on?" I demanded.
"We're just holding hands." She said it like it was perfectly normal.
"What?" The word was barely above a whisper.
"We're just holding hands." She repeated and my eye twitched.
"Why?" I could hear the roar of my blood in my ears and feel my heart splintering for whatever tidal wave was about to hit me next.
"Because." Like that was an answer.
"Why?" I repeated and I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't breathe.
"Why do you care so much?" She asked.
"Why do I care so much?" I was bewildered by the question.
"Yes. Why do you care so much? You're just my doctor!" She exclaimed and I stumbled back as if she had hit me.
"A doctor? I'm not a doctor!" Her eyes widened.
"But you were the one who checked up on me!" She seemed scared now, but whatever she was feeling paled in comparison to what I was currently feeling.
"I'm just a teenager!" I didn't want to think about the why to this behaviour.
"But you were checking up on me. Making sure that I was alright and asking doctor-y questions!" She exclaimed.
"Doctor-y questions?" I raised a brow.
"Yes! Like how are you, are you in any pain, asking for medication and stuff!" She exclaimed.
"That's a normal thing to ask when someone you care about is in the hospital!" I exclaimed.
"No! It isn't!" She countered.
"Yes it it!" What had gotten into her? Why was she acting like this? Why was she asking me these questions?
"Wait, did you say you cared about me?" Paisley's brows furrowed.
"I'd like you to leave. Now." Pierce instructed and I glared at him.
"What did you do to her?" I demanded.
"I didn't do anything!" My mind wandered back to Nora, left alone with Jake. I shouldn't have left her alone with Jake. What if something happened to her? Was Robert securely kept in captivity? How badly had he hurt Paisley and Jake?
"Bullshit!" I snapped.
"What makes you so sure that I something?" Pierce demanded.
"Because you're here and now she's acting differently!" I exclaimed.
"Don't act like you know her!" Pierce shouted at me.
"Why? Because you do?" My anger was growing and growing with each passing moment. Getting larger and larger, waiting to obliterate and to blow up.
"Yes! I've known Paisley her entire life!" Pierce snapped.
"She changed! She became a better person! A person she liked!" I shouted.
"Please, she was miserable!" Pierce shouted back.
"What are you two talking about?" Paisley demanded.
"Why are you acting like you know nothing?" I couldn't take being in the dark much longer.
"Because I don't!" She shouted.
"What does that mean?" I asked a bit gentler.
"I don't know! I don't know what you're talking about." Paisley began crying now and my heart broke. I stepped towards her and she flinched.
"Princess?" I asked.
"Don't call me that!" Now it was my turn to flinch.
"You should go." Pierce told me. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down, it was okay. She had been through a traumatic event. This was normal, just breathe. So I took a deep breath and walked out of the room. I leaned against a wall and tried to make sense of what was going on. Everything's okay. This is normal. She's just going through some traumatic events.
I repeated those words over and over in my head like a mantra. But they didn't make a difference.
But those words were a lie.
Because everything wasn't okay.
Everything wasn't normal.
Everything wasn't fine.
Not one bit.
Not at all.
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Hey guys this is the second last chapter of this book. I know I know, this doesn't seem like a way to end a series well that's cause there's gonna be a third book. I'll try and get the next/last chapter out to you guys ASAP and I know this book is shorter than the last one but a lot of stuff has been going on, anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll try and update soon. Thanks for reading!
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