Damon“Hey baby, wake up.” Tabby’s tongue is in my ear, and I slowly open my eyes, looking around- did she sleep over? “What are you doing here still?” I ask, my voice scratchy and annoyed.“Well, I couldn’t walk home so late,” she pouts, rolling over and looking into my eyes, but this annoys me further. She knows damn well I don’t do sleepovers.“As you pointed out last night, Tabby, you live on the grounds. I am pretty sure you would have made it home just fine,” I groan, sitting up, and she stares at me.“Does this break our deal?” she asks me with a whimper. I scoff, turning to face her, “No. This doesn’t break our deal, but you know the rules.” I remind her.“Your parents are never going to believe we are a couple if we don’t act like one, Damon. They need to believe that I am your girlfriend. If this doesn’t look real, my father will surely take me back to New Jersey.” She sighs, sitting up on her elbow.She has a point. I am not worried about fooling my parents or hers. The

DamonMy heart is racing when I hear the knock on the door. Jackson had a fever that was high enough to cause seizures, and I think they would have started soon if Jessica and I hadn’t gotten him into the cool water. As soon as he opened his eyes, I could tell something was wrong. It was almost like he was hallucinating.Jessica’s face is puffy from crying as she stands, but I shake my head, “Stay here. I’ll get it.” She nods, and I walk out of the bathroom. We could have taken Jackson to the ER, but she told me she didn’t have health insurance. I was already pretty sure they didn’t, so I called Tabby on instinct instead. Whenever someone is sick, I always call her.I open the door, and she grins at me, wearing only a trench coat with her lab coat over it. Her doctor’s bag is in hand, and honestly, I have never been so happy to see her in my life, “Hey, he’s in here,” I tell her, but my mouth gapes as she opens her trench coat, revealing she is wearing only lingerie underneath. My ey

DamonMy heart is racing when I reach my car. Mikey knows that I am not the touchy-feely type. He just saw me hug a girl that he really likes. He called DIBS on her, and I can’t be with her. He will never forgive me if I keep doing things like this. I don’t understand why I can’t get Jessica out of my head, but it’s a BIG problem. I tried to convince myself I came here for him, but I know that is truthfully a lie. I just hope I can smooth this over with him.“Took you long enough,” Tabby sighs, leaning up against her red convertible sports car. “Tabby, it took as long as it took. Get over it,” I say through gritted teeth. I watch as she stands straighter. I know she has to be confused about these sudden mood swings lately, but as far as she knows, Jessica is one of my employees; she can never know who she really is. “Well, I told my father we could video chat in forty-five minutes. Are you ready?” she asks me as she plays with the strings on her trench coat, teasing me. My eyes wa

DamonThe video chat with Tabby’s father was fucking awful. The man is from Russia, and not only was his heavy accent hard to understand, but he threatened me at least five times that if I hurt his daughter, he would cut out my heart, roast it over a fire and eat it in front of my entire family. But Tabby just laughed the entire video call, ensuring I nodded at the correct times but met her father’s approval. He has decided to let Tabby stay for now, but he wants us to come for a visit to New Jersey in the near future.It has been over a week since I have seen Jessica, and even though I know I shouldn’t, I am driving to her apartment now. Mikey really freaked out about the photo, but I told him we needed to play it cool. He hasn’t spoken to her since, which also makes me a little paranoid.Not only am I going to check on her because she has gotten sick, but I am also going to see if I can feel out any weird- you-murdered-my-parents-vibes.I have been sending Tabby every day since sh

Damon“Are we good?” The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them, and I cringe internally; I just fucked up so badly. Jessica’s body stiffened as soon as the words left my mouth, but I didn’t know what else to say- I couldn’t let her know just how much I wanted her. I had to play it cool, but there was a moment when I almost threw it all away.But only a moment…. Or…. I’ll just keep telling myself that lie. “Yeah, we are good,” Jessica says, but her eyes are cold, and her tone is deadly. I know that we are definitely not good, and I should have never said it like that. She basically shoves me out of her house, closing the door, and I clench my fist at my ideocracy. Damnit, Damon! Worst of all, it is only Jessica that I truly care if my words hurt her. I walk on eggshells around her, but this time I screwed up, but maybe that’s for the better. Only five more seconds alone in that bathroom, and I would have done something I couldn’t take back. The words may have hurt her, bu