Little stump

CHAPTER 12

I was mad at Diana. However, that didn't mean that I didn't want to see her at all, especially when she was just an excuse to see her younger brother. I was pathetic. After all the talk I'd given myself not to like him, I stood on the patio of the Wordsworth mansion. Fixing my clothes and trying to look good for a reason I didn't understand.

After I was done adjusting my outfit, I pushed the front door lightly and walked in. I had set my plan in motion, today I was going to find out what Diana was hiding from me. I might've been being pushy, but I didn't care, all I cared about was finding out what was wrong with Damien.

The teenage girl who'd opened the door for me the other day greeted me immediately I walked in, I nodded my head at her in return and she turned to walk away. Diana's parent also came out to say hi, I returned all their greetings and headed upstairs straight to Diana's room.

I passed Damien's room on the way there, his door was closed. I contemplated knocking, but I didn't have any excuse as to why I wanted to be in his room, and I didn't want to look like a whore, so I restrained myself.

I entered Diana's room. She stood in front of the mirror, rubbing her hands on her stomach as if she was palm-ironing her clothes. She turned around once she heard me come in.

"Maddy??" She sounded uncertain to see me. She probably knew I was mad at her.

"Hola". I said, I didn't stretch my greeting anymore than that, I was mad at her. I wanted her to know that.

"Listen, Maddy. About yesterday, sorry I couldn't tell y...........". I cut off her sentence.

"Ohh, it's okay. Actually, Damien already told me". I knew I was a horrible friend for doing this, it was the oldest trick in the book, yet it was extremely easy to fall for. My conscience bit at me, but I pushed her back. I was doing this for a good reason. I was doing it to help someone.

Diana's eyes widened, then they narrowed as she settled them on me. She scanned me with her eyes, looking me up and down as if assessing my actions. I gave her a smug look, hoping she wouldn't discover my trick.

She eyed me up and down again. "So how do you feel about everything?" She suddenly asked. I looked at her, confused.

"About what?" I asked.

Diana gave me an exasperated look. "About what? Everything! You being his first love, you breaking his heart when you left, how he was diagnosed with antisocial disorder and depression after..........." Diana suddenly stopped when she saw my shocked look, she closed her eyes, sighed and looked back at me.

"He didn't tell you anything, did he?" She asked, pouting and nodding her head. I was too shocked to give an answer, but my expression had already given me away.

"Oh my god, I can't believe I just fell for that" she said, walking towards the bed as she rubbed her palms on her temples.

I was too surprised to understand anything, I was Damien's first love? How long ago was this? The part where I broke his heart after I left? Was that why he kept flirting with me? Because he wanted me to be his girlfriend? I had to confront him about this.

I started walking towards the door to Diana's room, as I grabbed the handle. Diana stopped me, she looked into my eyes with an unreadable expression.

I looked towards her. "Where are you going?" She asked.

I wanted to snatch my arm out of her grip, I should be angry at her, how could she keep something like that from me? However, I was still recovering from the shock, and I didn't have enough strength to argue with anyone at the moment.

"To see Damien." I said, Diana's eyes widened. "I have to set things right" I finished.

"Maddy, what exactly do you think you'll be setting right? What exactly are you going to tell him when you see him?".

The question stopped me in my tracks. She was right, what exactly did I plan on setting right? Was I going to let him down for a crush he had six years ago. I didn't even know if he still liked me like that, I couldn't just go and be like 'hey, so i heard you liked me about six years ago but I'm here to tell you that its never gonna happen because I don't like you like that'. It sounded ridiculous.

I wasn't even sure I was going to his room to let him down. The one thing I knew about Damien was that he had all the tricks to play me like a tune. He knew exactly how to make me give up all my resolve towards him. If he started touching me when I entered his room, I was afraid I wouldn't be letting him down but rather getting down on him. Diana was right.

I had nothing to say to him, however I couldn't just stand still and say nothing about what I'd just found out. If I said nothing, I would combust, and that little flicker of hope I was feeling would never die down.

Something suddenly flicked through my mind, how did Diana feel about all this. I looked at her, her palm was still tightly wrapped around my arm. She was still staring at me with that burning gaze.

"I don't think you have an answer, Maddy" she said. I didn't, that was true. However, I had a question for her.

"Wait, Dia, how do you feel about all this?" She looked shocked, like she didn't expect the question.

"How do I feel about what?"

"Let's say, by some weird, crazy twist of fate, Damien confesses his feelings to me and we start dating, how would you feel?" I asked, would she think I was a pervert? I realised the question had been bugging me for a long time.

Diana gave me a look, there was no proper way to describe it, but it said 'you poor naive little thing'. She dragged me to the bed gently.

"I think you may have misunderstood my words, Maddy. One thing you should know is that Damien dosen't date, ever".

There it was, the rude awakening. The flicker of hope died faster than a lit candle being tossed in the ocean.

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