Emerald Gem》18+《

Rude Boy

Chapter 4: 

Thea's P.O.V:

I don't know how long I just stood there gaping at Damon, but I snapped out of my trance when I felt a tab on my shoulder and a voice whispering in my ears.

"Don't be a so obvious freshman, that's a major turnoff."

Startled, I whipped around to look at Daniel, who wore the largest smirk I've ever seen on a person and I instantly looked at the ground, my face going beetroot red.

"Let's go in shall we?" He said, pushing the door open with one hand while he held a big, fat file on his other.

Nodding with my eyes still on my sneakers, I entered the room and immediately felt swallowed up by the presence of two huge men who were equally good looking and had a strong personality.

"So, Thea Stone, I'd like you to meet Damon Heartnet, your live sample who's agreed to help you in your project. We chose him from the engineering division upstairs since he's one of the fittest and healthiest of our students." Daniel introduced us.

Daniel wasn't kidding. Damon might not be built like a tank but I could see some lethal muscles under that black leather jacket he wore.

Damon however, only took his eyes off his phone after Daniel was done with the introductions and had left after giving me all the instructions about where to find the syringes for blood collection and where to put the test tubes for culture. When he spotted me however, he gave me a glare.

"This might be the only time you didn't bump into me." His rich, husky voice washed over me and I sighed dreamily at him.

His frown deepened. "If you're done daydreaming about me, can we get to work? I've only got a half hour break and I can't afford to miss classes."

Now it was my turn to frown. "Why are you being so rube? Damon isn't rude."

"Pardon?" He raised his eyebrows at me. How much do you even know about me to assume that?"

"I wasn't talking about you." I told him as I fished out a syringe from the top drawer of my desk and prepared a test tube by sanitising and labelling it with his name. "I was talking about Damon Salvatore."

Damon gave me a sour look. "Are you comparing me to your ex?" He asked as he took off his jacket, revealing an intricate tattoo on his bicep that was covered partially by the sleeve of his t-shirt.

"No." I told him, fixing the needle on top of the syringe before I took Damon's hand and tied the rubber band securely just above his elbow, all the while fighting the urge to pull up the sleeves and sneak a peek at the tattoo. "I wish he was my boyfriend, but Damon Salvatore is a vampire and his girlfriend's name is Elena."

Damon burst out laughing just as I was dabbing on the ether. "Di-did you just compare me to a fictional character?" He said in between fits of laughter.

And just like that, I felt my mood darken.

"OW! Bloody Hell woman, be gentle!"

He wasn't laughing now, was he? I thought as I glared at him while I collected his blood and none too gently.

"Okay, I'm sorry!" He said, but instead of getting made or making any more rude comments, he was actually smiling. "I won't make fun of your vampire boyfriend again, I promise."

I smiled back at him. "Okay."

I took about 10cc of blood from him, which was what I'll need for now to begin my experiment anew. The contract for entering Emerald Gem had stated that we require to start all our experiments fresh so they get to know that it's truly our work and no one else. I'm so happy I got Damon as my partner. I feel that the more I know about him, the more I'm starting to like him. At first, however, it had been his blue eyes and dark hair that had me falling for him; they were so much like Damon Salvatore's that I couldn't resist. But then I'd stalked him from Kitty's window and then I'd passed by the field a million times pretending to simply be looking around, and I've found that Damon wasn't all that bad. He was kind to people he knew. Maybe he was being rude to me because he didn't know me?Well, then this new experimental paring has several benefits other than just blood collection.

"All done!" I told him when I had taken the needle out of his arm and after cleaning the wound, placed a round little band-aid on top it.

"And that too without killing me." Damon joked. "Well, I'm off to class, see you later Little Vamp."

With that, Damon picked up his backpack, which was on the ground next to his chair, and strode out of the cabin. I pouted, watching the wide shoulders retreating as he moved out of the lad. He'd ditched the black leather jacket when I'd drawn his blood, so he now had on a black t-shirt and black jeanssecured by a brown leather belt and it threw his form into sharp focus.

Oh well, at least I got to have a real conversation with Damon for the first time. I couldn't wait till I got to know more about him.

And in all of these, I failed to realize that for the first time, I wasn't attracted to a person just because he had something in common with Damon Salvatore, but it was because I felt attracted to Damon Heartnet as a real person, someone I was truly beginning to like for who he was.

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