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The next day

Damien's POV

I couldn't get any sleep last night. I kept imagining what it would have been if scarlet didn't distract us. Me and Jamie probably wouldn't be able to hang out and I'd fuck up all my progress.

I finally mustered every last bit of courage I had and went downstairs.

I found my dad trying to calm Acidah down, but it wasn't really working.

"Hey where's mom ?" he looked at me for a split second and went back to Acidah.

"She signed up for late night tutoring sessions, She'll be back tonight though" he answered without looking at me.

I poured some cereal into a bowl and sat in the kitchen. I played with my spoon as I got lost in thought.

What if I'm overreacting, what if i ruin our friendship because I thought the wrong thing, they'll all think I'm weird or a pervërț. Maybe I should let it go.

"But I don't want to!" I heard Acidah cry from the other side of the room.

I went over to see what was wrong, what I saw was Acidah having a temper tantrum. He kept crying and my dad kept trying to talk to him. Eventually he just took him to another room.

I sat on the couch where they had just left. I played with my hands in my lap for a bit.

" Jamie, I would like it if you stopped touching me all the time please" No, it sounds weird.

"Hey could you maybe stop being so touchy, it makes me uncomfortable" Now it makes me sound weird.

" Stop touching me you creep!" Now I'm making him sound bad!.

Knock, Knock.

I stopped whatever practice session I was having to go open the door.

I opened the door to reveal a paranoid looking Amanda.

" Hey Am, is Nelly here too?" I smiled.

She didn't reply she just barged in and locked the door behind me. She had her hands on her braids as she paced around the room.

I sat down and watched her, she finally took some deep breaths to calm down and turn to me.

" This might sound weird, but I think I'm being stalked" she said breathing heavily.

I got up from where I sat and held her hands to calm her down.

" I think you need to sit down" I moved her to the couch and she started shaking her head slowly while looking at me.

"you don't understand, Nellison has been hanging out with one of my classmates a lot, he's obsessed with me, I'm sure he's the one stalking me" she said, her lips quivering.

" Maybe you should tell your mom, I don't think that i can-" I said still holding onto her hands, trying to break eye contact.

She stood up and let go of me. She looked like she was about to burst.

"How can I ?!, she's too busy trying to get me to like her new boyfriend that she probably doesn't care about anything else !" she was panting heavily and her eyes looked heavy and glossy.

I pulled her in and hugged her tight.

" it just... It's like she doesn't care anymore. She just cares about everyone loving Him. That she forgets to love me. I get it !, it's been a while since she felt this special, but I want to feel special too".

I patted her back and brought her eyes to meet mine again.

" I bet if you just told her she would listen".

I told her to sit and promised some snacks. I got to the kitchen and saw my still full bowl of cereal. I threw it out, it's not like I was hungry anyway.

When I got back to the living room and carefully flung some chocolate at Amanda, who was curled up and shaking as she looked at the screen in front of her.

She mumbled a thank you loud enough for me to hear, after staying with her for a while making sure she was okay I went upstairs to find Acidah and my dad.

I got to Acidah's room and saw my dad talking to him. His eyes landed on me and he came over with an unreadable expression on his face.

"I yelled at him so he's not talking, maybe you can get to him ?".

I nodded and he left while I went to sit next to Acidah.

" Hey, cutie"

He hugged my hips and started crying.

"wanna tell me what's wrong" I said and put him on my lap.

"Dad says that he wants me to get a shot at school tomorrow, but I don't want it"

"But the shot will make you feel better"

"But I don't feel sick!" he pouted with teary eyes.

"One of my friends said they're not getting it, why can't I be like her" he hugged me tighter.

"How about this, if you do this ill tell dad to give you whatever you want" he looked up at me for reassurance.

"Like chocolate" I nodded.

"And inviting my friends for sleepovers" I nodded.

" And staying up late" I looked at him and he smiled.

"don't push it".

Later that evening

Acidah was asleep and Amanda finally decided to go home, but mom still wasn't here.

I made my way to the kitchen to see my dad worried, he was making a call.

No answer.

Another call.

No answer.

He did this for a while and finally gave up. He looked at me and smiled, it wasn't a happy one.

" you should get ready for bed" I didn't want him to feel more stress than he already was, so i didn't argue.

I spent the rest of my hours thinking of all the things that were going wrong. Mom still hadn't come home, Amanda was being stalked, I still hadn't started my project yet, Jamie was making me uncomfortable and Acidah has been well... Annoying!.

I had to tell Jamie to stop, it'd just have to be so polite he'd still want to be friends with me.

I fell asleep thinking of all the polite ways to tell Jamie to stop.

Mom still didn't come home.

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To be continued...

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