Aria & Damon

Chapter 3 - Confrontation

Chapter 3 - Confrontation

I sat there just staring at the note until the bus stopped and Ian tapped me on the shoulder. "Hey, it's your stop." I looked up in time to see Damon walking down the steps. I hopped up, not even saying bye to Ian, and jumped off the bus after him. "Damon wait!" I yelled. He just kept walking down the side walk. Frustrated I yelled, "Damn it Damon! If you're not going to talk to me why did you give me this?" I held up the note. He stopped and turned around, and just stood there staring at me. Finally he said, "I just thought you should know that you were right. It would've been less painful if I had listened to you." What? OK, so by this point I'm really confused. I walk towards him. "What are you talking about Damon? What am I right about? I don't understand." Damon rolled his eyes and started to turn around. I reached out and grabbed his arm. "STOP! You are not walking away from me again. You ARE going to tell me what's going on with you. And you're going to do it NOW!" All this nonsense, evading and walking away, was really starting to piss me off. When he looked back at me he had an angry expression on his face. "Really? Why should I tell you anything? It's not like were friends anymore. You don't even know me now, and I don't know you." There he goes again, cutting me with his words. It's just like a man to do that. But I was determined to get past this. "I haven't changed Damon. I don't think you've changed all that much either. But so what if you have? Its just part of life, people change. Look Damon, I really want to fix this." I wave my hand between us, "You're fighting me about it though, and you're making it really hard. What happened between us, that happened 3 years ago. We have both grown up since then. I think we should be able to get past all of that. I don't see why we can't be friends again. What this is, you ignoring me all this time and me pretending to be ok with it, this is just stupid. We need to work through this. We should have worked through this 3 years ago, but we are both so damn stubborn. I didn't want to be the one to go back to you; I wanted you to come to me. I'm sure you felt the same way then. And that's why we are where we are now." I think I had already said too much. He didn't look like he wanted to be my friend, he didn't look like he wanted to even continue to stand here and talk to me. I was feeling more frustrated than ever. What did I really expect from this? I know I didn't expect him to just get over everything that's happened. Hell, I didn't even expect that I would be telling him all of this so soon. Chances are, I would probably be kicking myself for this later. "Cant we just try Damon? That way if it doesn't work and we still can't be friends, we will know we tried. We wont spend the rest of our lives wondering 'What If' What would have happened if we had tried to fix our friendship? I know you need a friend right now. And I want to be there for you, just like I used to be." He sighed and FINALLY said, "OK..... Let's give it a shot........... nogf liye gdrah carye anfdjore, dfneyway" That last bit was mumbled under his breath and I only heard pieces of it. I could only imagine what he said. Little did I know, what I thought he said was actually pretty close to the truth.

I smiled, now that I got what I wanted, almost, I was determined to try and cheer him up. "Will you come over to my house? Please? If you really want to try and be friends again, we have some talking to do." He sighed, (AGAIN!) "Yeah, sure." Was all he said. And it was in a very gloomy tone of voice. I grabbed his arm and practically pulled him towards my house. I was determined not to let him slip away from me.

Mom wasn't home yet, and she wouldn't be for a while. It was only 12 after all, so we went straight to my room, where I threw my bag in a corner and we both flopped down on my bed. (Ahh just like old times) Now that I had him here, I couldn't think of what to say to him. We were both silent for a few minutes. It was actually Damon who spoke first. "Wow, you haven't changed a thing in here, have you?" I smiled, "Nope, I like it this way." He got up and walked slowly around the room, stopping at my mirror. He stared at it a few minutes and then he reached up and plucked our picture, the one of us hugging when we were four, off the mirror. "You still have this?" He asked, turning around and holding it up. I got up and walked over to him, to get a better look at the picture. "Of course, I must say that it's the best memory I have. The one that I cherish the most." I looked up into his eyes. He smiled, and it was that smile that I haven't seen in over 3 years. It made my insides melt, and made me a little dizzy. He laughed, "Yeah, I remember that day too, right after I tackled you, you looked like you were about to punch me." I laughed too, "I was, but then...." I trailed off, realizing what I was about to say. My face probably turned a little red too, because Damon raised an eyebrow and asked, "And then...... What?" In that tone that guys use when they think they know the answer. I was stumbling for an answer to that one. I really didn't want to sound stupid, so once again I decided to be completely honest. "And then... you smiled." I know I blushed that time, I felt the heat in my face. Damon was giving me a really intense look, which of course only made me more nervous. The next thing I know, he's laughing. And I don't know if he's laughing because of what I said, or because of what I meant. Hell, maybe he was laughing at both. I didn't know if I should be offended or not, so I asked, defensively. "What the hell is so funny?" And of course he just laughs harder. "Be..... Because............. I sssm.......... smiled?" He finally asks, through lots of laughs. Well anyway, it seems I was successful at cheering him up. Though this wasn't the way I wanted to do that. After a few more minutes he stopped laughing. "OK, so, you WERE going to hit me? But you didn't, because I SMILED? What is up with that? If I knew all I had to do was smile to keep from getting punched in the face, I would walk around smiling all the time." I took my picture from him and put it back on the mirror. Then I went back to my bed to sit down. "It doesn't work like that Damon. All I meant was that I was really angry. I mean, come on, you TACKLED ME! But when you smiled at me, and then said my name wrong, you ruined the moment." I thought about that for a second, "Or made it better, anyway, you changed my mood, you made me happy." He came back over and sat down. "I don't know if you know it, but that's all you've ever had to do to cheer me up. Just smile and the sun would come out and burn away the gray." Wow, I felt pretty stupid for saying that to him. But it was absolutely true. He was silent, staring at the floor, so I couldn't see the expression on his face. He stayed like that for a while, and I just sat there too, not saying anything. Freaking out inside, just waiting for him to jump up and leave. But he never did.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, but was probably only a few minutes, Damon raised his head and looked at me. He had tears in his eyes. "Aria, I'm so sorry. I messed up big with you. I don't even understand why you want to be my friend now. I don't deserve you." I can't even describe how his words made me feel. More than anything I wanted to take his pain away, but before I could figure out how to do that, he needed to tell me what was going on with him. I reached out and put my hand on his shoulder, but he flinched away from me. "Don't, Aria. You told me you wouldn't be here for me, so why are you?" Now I was really confused. "What are you talking about Damon? I've always tried to be there when you needed me." He shook his head. "I don't know what's going on Damon. You haven't told me anything. So I'm confused, I'm sorry I don't know what you are talking about. Is something going on between you and Sarah?"

After I got the words out I knew by the expression on his face, that I had hit the situation right on the nail. He took a deep breath and turned away from me again. "Yeah, I told you that you were right. And you were." Wait a minute, there that was again. "What do you mean, I was right?" "You know that day we argued, Aria? The day we stopped being friends, you told me then that she would break my heart. You also said that when she did, you wouldn't be there for me. And I got angry and told you that I didn't need you anyway. This was a lie of course. I've needed you many times over the years. Sometimes something would happen, whether it was good or bad, and I would start to pick up the phone and call you. But then I would remember that I couldn't, because you hate me. I chose her over our friendship and I know that I shouldn't have done that, but by then it just felt like it was too late to try and make it up to you. It didn't look as if you needed me anymore. You have so many good friends now, including Ian. He's a good guy, you deserve someone like him." I couldn't take anymore of his words. "Damon, please stop." I said, quietly. But he heard me and he quickly shut up. "I said a lot of things I didn't mean then too Damon. Because I was angry that you wouldn't listen to me, and I was hurt because you chose her over me. But I knew she would hurt you, because that's just the type of person that she is. I don't hate you either, I never have and I probably never will. As for Ian, he's only my friend, we tried dating once, but it didn't work out. We just don't have that spark. I did try to talk to you over the years, but you would act like you didn't know who I was or just ignore me..." I trailed off; I wasn't sure what I should be saying. I've just been winging it, while trying to be as honest as possible. "I'm sorry for that too. I've been such a dick to you, and I know you didn't deserve it. But in my defense it was Sarah that had me treating you like that. I never wanted to stop being friends. But I loved her Aria." Oh. You can bet I caught that. He said loved, not love. I smiled to myself. "Its OK Damon, that's all in the past now. Are you going to tell me what happened between you and Sarah though? It might help you to talk about it." He shrugged, "I'm not sure I should. And not because I can't tell you, but because, ah it doesn't matter anyway. Everyone will find out soon enough. It's just that, Sarah's pregnant."

OK, What?! Say that again! She's PREGNANT?!?!

This changes everything. I very much felt like screaming.

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The picture to the right ---> Is basically what Sarah looks like.

OK so that's chapter 3. Once again, I hope you like it :) But its totally OK if you don't.

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SNEAK PEAK AT CHAPTER 4.

Uploaded July 24th

As we walked out of the door I realized just how beautiful the afternoon was. Fall in Tennessee was always beautiful. It was the first time that Ive actually seen it in a long time. I was in awe of all the colors. The reds, golds, yellows, greens. The light blue of the sky with the puffy white clouds. Seeing all of this made me realize what I had been missing. Damon had taken the color out of my word with him when he left it. It was really like I had been living in a world of washed out and faded colors. It felt good having Damon standing beside me once again. Its like my eyes were finally open for the first time in years. I felt so content. The happiness slowly building until it reached the point where I felt like I would burst and there would be nothing but a flock of butterflies left where I was standing. Does that sound stupid? Well no matter what it sounds like, that's exactly the way that I felt.

I hope you enjoyed that little piece of Chapter 4. I should have the entire thing up by Monday. But If I don't I promise I'll have it up soon after. I think its gonna be pretty good, and I hope everyone likes it and thinks it was worth the long wait. lol

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