Unexpected Love [Completed]

Chapter 16: Drama is a dick

Ok, so Eli was definitely out of the picture because I'm pretty sure he was playing me. And I was probably going to say no anyways. He low-key scared me. His sexual nature just didn't sit good with me. I wanted someone who I could trust, and he just wasn't that guy.

But then something happened.

I saw Damon Wei on line for food. I ran up and stole fries from his tray. He rolled his eyes at me. I smiled and said, "I'm following you for your fries."

He said, "What?!"

"I'm following you for your fries."

"OH, I thought you said you were falling for me."

My laugh was so dry it was verbal sandpaper. He, being the dumbass he is, didn't notice. How can such hot guys be so fucking sexy? His abs were delicious and his arm muscles were so firm. But he wasn't too buff. He was lean and his hair was so soft. I called him my puppy.

And yes, he's one of the popular guys. We became friends in the beginning of the year when we started sitting at the same lunch table because our friends were friends. Our English teacher put us at the same table and we bonded. He realized I was really good at English and next thing I know I have the number of one of the most popular guys at school. Another guy to bring up my reputation.

I mean now I'm just there. People don't necessarily dislike me, but they don't necessarily like me.

Anyways, Damon just randomly started holding my hand or squishing my arm fat (I don't know why). he said my arms were so jiggly. Look, I don't believe in exercise so I'm bound to be chubby. But I don't really care. Whenever he squished my arm, I'd tickle his sides. And that's when I discovered his abs. Six pack.

I knew that he was very touchy-feely with most girls he was close with. What surprised me was the fact that I was one of them, especially since we barely knew each other.

Slowly, we became closer but we didn't really share deep things because we were never really alone. But we clicked rather quickly and for a guy like him knowing the once reputation of me, it surprised me. When our English teacher wanted to switch me from my table, about a week after we'd been assigned our seats, Damon grabbed my hand and we managed to convince the teacher not to move me. Though me and Damon were individually strong in the class, we worked better together. And my teacher realized that and didn't argue. I think he thought something else was going on, but he didn't say anything.

One day Damon just decided to sit on top of me at lunch because he didn't have a chair, and I just rolled my eyes, and pushed him back so I could still eat. He wasn't that heavy to be honest. And he did it rather often after that. But he was like that with all his close girl friends. (Notice the space)

It was kind of disappointing because I wanted more from him. Why, I don't know. I never told anyone. But one day something triggered me and I realized that maybe this went deeper than I thought.

I was stressing about life and my parents when he walked into class. He grabbed my hand, interlocking our fingers and asked what was wrong. I laid my head on his desk since our desks were pushed together, and he put his hand on my head stroking my hair. We didn't move until our teacher told us we had work to do. Then he said, "Why are your hands so cold?"

He then proceeded to taking both my hands in his and just warming them up. Eventually we had to pull away but it felt nice. James had never been that type of guy though he could've been if he'd just tried.

So the day of the "falling for you" thing, he'd come over to my table (because sometimes me and my friend sat separately from him and his). I took his phone from him and was scrolling through his pictures. He stood behind me and put his arms around me and held the phone, showing me things.

I laughed at all the dumb pictures, and put my head on his chest. It felt so nice. So nice.

And on that day, I didn't see Avi at all.

I hated myself for being weak. For liking two guys at once. I know my heart belonged to Avi forever, but I still wanted a temporary relationship with Damon. Is that so wrong?

Even Ms. Ardon figured it out.

Because I broke down one day in trig class, and I was hiding with my friend in the back. Damon came up and asked me if I was ok. And Nandini kept laughing because she knew I liked Damon now too. It was funny that he was comforting me when he was the problem. I'm laughing hysterically. Ha ha ha.

Then the next day, I was telling Nandini about the favors Damon now owed me. I'd made a deal that for homework he owes me favors scaled from 1-10 based on extremity. He only picked on so far which was a hug everyday. He'd given me a hug that morning when he'd seen me.

She said to me, "You're screwing yourself over. You're going to break your own heart."

"I know! But I can't help it."

"If you and 12 will just say something to each other. You already like each other. I saw you two kept glancing at each other in gym. All you need is to suck it up and have a real conversation."

"Ugh!"

"Anyways, so Oman thinks we're together."

"What?!" I stepped backwards and almost tripped. I'd fallen into Damon. I turned and said, "sorry."

he said, "Jeez. Are you trying to kill me?"

"You're mean. I'm not that heavy."

"How much?"

"117."

"Oh. But if you fell I would've fallen."

"Boo you."

He hugged me as an apology, which definitely made me feel better. Then he pulled away and left his hand on my waist before Ms. Ardon told me to go back to my seat.

I went back to complaining to Nate about the two boys. He kept telling me to cut Damon out of my life because I belong with Avi, and he's probably right but I don't want to!

And after that, Damon kept wandering around the class looking for his wallet, which I found in his bag. I cashed in another favor: his hoodie whenever I asked.

He asked me if these favors were to make the guy I liked jealous, and I didn't give him a straight answer. He didn't need to know.

As the bell rang, Ms Ardon asked if I liked both Damon and the senior and I said yea.

She said, "It makes sense. It's okay to like two guys."

I thanked her for being the only one to accept it and walked out.