Did That Just Happen? (Damian Lillard Love Story)

Chapter 9

  "I'm so tired" I whined. Me and Dame are at the airport, sitting at our gate waiting to board the plane. Did I mention its 5 in the morning? "We past a Starbucks on the way here." I looked at him wide eyed. "We past a Starbucks and you didn't tell me?!?!?" I said, hitting him repeatedly. "I thought you saw it. Damn, are you always this violent in the morning?" he said, rubbing his arm and pouting a little. Aww.. he's so cute. 

      I gave a small hug, as much as a hug I can give sitting in chairs. "I'm sorry."  It felt like someone was staring at us. I looked around and saw people taking pictures of us. "You know people are taking pictures of us right?" "Yea I know. I'm used to it now. Is it bothering you?" he asked. "I'm too tired to care." I said, laying my head on his shouder. He laughed a little and put his arm around me. We sat like that for a while, until he said "Come on. Let's go get you some coffee." He grabbed my hand and pulled me up.

    We walked to Starbucks. I ordered a caramel frappachino. I took a sip, and was taken to caramel heaven. "Is it good?" I handed it to him. "Try it." He took a sip. "I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but this is good "  I took my drink from him.  Just then, a woman and her son (I'm guessing he is 6) walked up to us. "Hello. My son is a huge fan of yours. Can you give him an autograph?" "Sure" Dame said. As he was signing, the boy asked "Is she your girlfriend?" "No. She's just a friend." "She's really pretty." the boy whispered.  "I know" Dame whispered back. "Thank you" they said, walking away.

  

    "Wow. You made that boy really happy."  "One of the best perks of being famous. I love making my fans happy." I smiled at him.  He really is a nice person. Real boyfriend material. Stop thinking like that. It will probably never happen. "We should probably get back to our gate." he said, interupping my thoughts. We walked back to our gate and waited to board the plane.

We finally got on the plane.  I laid my head on Dame's shoulder. I can catch up on my sleep. My phone rings. "Ugh..why me?" It was my brother Carter. "What do you want Carter?" "Well hello to you too sis." I rolled my eyes. I'm really not in the mood for this. "Hi Carter. Why are you calling me so early in the morning?" "Early? Its 8 o'clock. It's not that early." I face-palmed. My brother is so stupid sometimes. "Sure its 8...IN DC. Here on the west coast its 5."  "My bad. I always forget about the time difference. Anyway, I was calling to see if you're coming out for grandma's birthday this next weekend" "I forgot about that. Are we going to Jamaica or are we just going to be in DC?" "As far as I know, its in DC. But you know our family, very indecisive." Now I have to plan for this trip. When did my life become so busy?

"Alright, I'll let you get some sleep. Bye Vans." "Bye Carter. I'll talk to you later." I yawned. Man, I'm tired. I ended up falling asleep.

  "Nessa, wake up." Dame said, lightly shaking me. "Are we there yet?"  "Yea. We just landed." We got off the plane. I looked at the time and it was 7.  "Its too early" I whined. "Come on you big baby." We got our bags from baggage claim. I started to get really nervous. What if his family didn't like me? Dame sensed how nervous I was and grabbed my hand. "Don't be nervous. They will love you." "Thanks."  I don't know why I'm nervous. It's not like we're dating. "So are we taking a cab to your house?" "No. My mom is picking us up." Just when I thought I had time to collect my thoughts. I saw a short woman, well she wasn't short just shorter than me, and a little girl who looked like she was 6 or 7. "Damian!" The little girl ran up to Dame and he picked her up. "Hey Jazzy. You missed me, cause I missed you" he said, kissing her cheek.  That was the cutest thing I ever saw. "Hey ma" he said hugging his mom. "My baby is back. So good to see you." She hugged him tight (that good hug you can only get from your mom). His sister was staring at me the whole time.  They let go of each other and his mom looked at me and smiled. "Who is this?" "Ma, this is Vanessa. Vanessa, this is my mother and my little sister Jasmine."  "Nice to meet you." I didn't expect her to pull me into a hug. "It's so nice to meet you.  It's great to finally meet the girl my son has been talking about." Here we go with this again. What does he say about me? I will find out.  Oh yes. I will find out. "You are just as beautiful as he says. Maybe even more." "So shouldn't we be getting to the car? Actually I have to go to the bathroom first" he said trying avoid the conversation. While he went to the bathroom, Jazzy came and sat next to me. "You're really pretty. Are you Damian's girlfriend?" "No. We are just friends." "Really? By the way he talks about you, you would think you guys were together" his mom says. Here's my chance. "What does he say about me?" "Alright lets go." Dame said coming out of the bathroom. Damn it. I was so close. I glared at him. "What?" he asked. "Nothing."