Temptation 2: Forgiving You ✔️

11

As I drove up to Damons apartments, I slowly parked, and my head turned looking around the area. Everything seemed the same, except the feeling. The memories of when the two of us were talking as Christian slept played in my head, and then the one where Christian and I first had sex also popped into my mind. I sighed and made my way out of the car, closing the door behind me as I slowly approached the stairs. I made my way up, as I remembered his door number, Apartment 201. My heart began to pound as if were out of my chest, and my hands began to shake. Out of everyone in my friend group, I guess getting things right with damon was something that scared me. Only because he was more understanding, and he had always seemed to know what was best. 

I slowly, and softly knocked on his apartment door. I stood there thinking about what I'd say to him, and the more my thoughts dwelled, the more regret I felt coming here. I turned on my heel, and began to walk off. Before I could make it to the bottom of the stairs, I stopped as I heard the door creak open, and the familiar voice call my name. 

"Leah?" Damon said. I turned around, and it seemed as if he hadn't shaved since god knows how long. His little stubs on his chin, and around his mouth were visible, and his hair looked as if it wasn't washed in years. I looked at him, before running my tongue over my lips, and pressing them together for a moment. I didn't know what to say..

Hell, I stood frozen as if I had seen a ghost. "Hey." I managed to say through my fear. He rubbed the back of his neck before dropping his hand. His lips parted, and I could only imagine the thoughts going through his head. My eyes softened as I looked at him, and I immediately wrapped my arms around his neck, tightly hugging him. Without question, his arms slowly wrapped themselves around my waist, and he buried his chin onto my head, and I did mine into his chest. 

That familiar feeling, the one that I lost in that small amount of time, had found its way back to me, and I wanted to cling to it for as long as I could. A small tear fell from my face as his grip only got tighter. We stood there for which felt like a century in counting, and slowly his grip relaxed, and he pulled away. 

"Why are you here?" He asked. I thought my reasoning were quite obvious. "To make amends." I simply replied. I managed to look at him. Those eyes. Those damn eyes. The moment I stared into them, it only made me think back to when we first met. At the party. His arrogance, and confidence, as well as his ability to simply act the way most guys act only made me remember how lucky I was to meet him. He was my best friend, and I knew that I couldn't allow myself to sit here and hurt myself from ending our friendship. 

He looked at me, before turning his head, looking behind him, before he quietly moved out of the way, allowing me to come in. I glanced at him, before stepping inside of the small apartment, which had changed a lot since I last seen it. Everything was packed up. The furniture had been wrapped, and boxes piled the living room. I looked at him quietly, waiting for an answer. 

"I'm uh, moving to New York for a while." He told me. My heart felt like it was falling from out of my chest, and I couldn't help but stare at him, emotion in my eyes. "Why?" I asked. It was the only thing that I could say in this moment. He sighed, and looked back at me. "I got this, opportunity at NYU. I didn't tell anyone but, I was just.." His words slowly faded. "Waited for the right time." As he spoke, my eyes only got more watery. A floodgate waiting to release itself. I looked down for a moment, blinking as the tears rolled down my cheek. 

In the process of me trying to fix everything, it only made things clear as day that not everything would go back to being how they used to be. I mean how could they? I still have to fix things with my brother, and then my--parents. The only thing scaring me, is wondering what surprises are waiting for me behind those closed doors. 

AUTHORS NOTE: 

Wow, it's been a while since i've written one of these ahaha. I just wanted to stop by and say, thank you everyone for sticking around to read this. I know we're in a tough period of time, with The COVID, and on top of that a lot of other things that's going on in the world. But, the good news is, I feel more comfortable with continuing this, so expect a lot more chapters! I'm trying to adjust back to my writing schedule, and I am happy to answer any questions you have about the book, or the previous one! I hope you guys are enjoying it, i've got a lot more surprises for this book, and I can't wait to share it with you guys! Xoxo, Layah!