Masked Feelings

Chapter 55: Drama Queen

"Athena, Wake up"  I moved a little bit at the voice of Dean trying to wake me up. You bet that after hearing Damian's voice, I was not sleepy at all. I looked around and when I realized that we were in front of Rose's house, a smile crept on my face. At least we could get out some positive stuffs from this drive. I quickly got out, without waitinh for the guys. I didn't feel like waiting for them. The house of Rose's parents seems so welcoming and homey. It was small and we could feel the warmth radiating from it.

"Dean, Can you bring my stuffs in?" I asked and turned to look at him. He offered me a smile and nodded. I quickly ran towards the door and knocked. I waited patiently. I was going to see Rose's parents after so long. They have always been a parental figure for me. I knew that Damian was behind me. I could feel his presence. When the door opened, I saw the chubby blond woman. Rose's mom, Josline stood there, her glasses are over her nose and her peeking at me, made me realize how much I've missed her.

"Oh my God" Josline sobbed as soon as she realized that I was standing in front of her. She was always so emotional. I chuckled and wrapped my arms around her.

"I've missed you so much" I breathed as I tightened my arms around him.

"Oh sweetheart! I missed you too! Rose is waiting for you" She said and then moved slightly to look at the hot guy who was standing behind me. "And you must be Damian, Athena's boyfriend" Josline said. I wanted to flush my head down the toilet. Rose must have told that to her mother.

"Yes. Nice to meet you" I was surprised when I heard Damian answer. What the actual hell?

"He's not my boyfriend, Josline" I said while trying to sound funny so that Damian wouldn't find my behavior strange. He would know that I heard him in the car and I didn't want that. "He's the brother of my sister's husband" I said.

"And I'm the brother in law" Dean exclaimed happily from behind me. "Unfortunately, my wife decided that her job was more important than me and she ditched us" Dean continued in the same cheery voice. I could feel that he actually meant those words. I'll have to talk to my sister. It is true that Alena give too much importance to her work.

"Come on, walk in" Josline said and motioned us to walk in. I walked inside and without losing time, I walked to Rose's room. I opened the door and found her lying on her bed with her earphones on. I walked to her and pulled the earphones off.

"You look like those heartbroken teenagers" I pointed out. When she realized that it was me, she quickly stood up and jumped in my arms.

"I missed you" She breathed.

"We haven't seen each other for only a few days" I stated.

"The longest days in my life" she sighed dramatically and let her body fall on her bed while her hands were on her heart.

"Drama Queen" I mumbled. She rose her head and smirked. She seemed to be much better than the last time I saw her. She seemed to be her usual self.

"Where is Damian?" Rose asked.

"He's most probably tasting one of Josline cookies with Dean" I told her.

"How is it going with him?" Rose asked. I didn't know what to say so I simply shrugged.

"Sex. Only sex. Nothing more, Rose" I cleared. I was trying to persuade myself about that. I had to. By the look on her face, I knew that she figured out that something was wrong. "What about you and Jace?" I asked. She shrugged as well and stood up. She walked to her couch and picked up her handbag.

"Let's go out a little bit so that we can actually talk" Rose proposed. I quickly agreed and we made out way to the kitchen where we could hear the voices of Dean and Josline. When we walked in, Damian's eyes met mine. He was sitting by the counter with his phone in his hands. I offered him a small smile then turned to look at Rose who was greeting Dean. Then she walked to Damian. Damian didn't even look her way when she greeted him. His eyes were glued on me. The frown on his face was annoying me.

"Isn't that my town princess?" I heard someone exclaim from behind me. There was only one person who calls me town princess and that was Patrick, Rose's dad. I turned around and ran in his arms. "How are you, sweetheart?" he asked as he pulled away and looked at me. His hair was turning gray and he seemed even older.

"I'm so much better after meeting you" I admitted.

"Athena and I are going out for an hour or two" Rose announced.

"Where are you going?" Patrick asked as he walked to his wife.

"For a walk or we're going to drink milkshakes" Rose said as she walked to me.

"You're not going out" Damian said from his seat. I knew that he was talking to me, so I decided to ignore him and Rose and I walked to the door. "Athena!" Damian called. Then I heard his chair move. I stopped walking and groaned. I turned around to look at him approaching me.

"What do you want?" I asked, glaring at him.

"You're not going out" he said again, making sure I heard each one of the words that he said.

"And who's going to stop me?" I dared to ask, approaching my face closer to his, defying him. The next thing I knew, I was being carried back to the kitchen. That fucked has thrown me over his shoulder and now I was having a perfect view of his fucking ass.

Things were so going down.