I woke up in Damien's bed. Drayke was sitting on the edge of it with a box of crackers and a can of spray cheese.
"My head's pounding. What the hell happened?"
He looked almost scared to answer. I put my hand on his, and tried to get the information I was looking for.
"I don't know. I mean, everything was fine, and you just fell face forward into the coffee table."
He was picking at the holes in his jeans.
"Haha! Aww, it's okay that happens sometimes."
He turned his whole body to face me. His right hand cupped my chin.
"That's not normal. That shouldn't happen. I think you go too hard. It's not having fun when you're bashing your face into things."
I felt a little ashamed, but at the same time, I had literally known this guy for like an hour and who the fuck was he to be judging my life!? I built up the courage to yell and fight my way out of it, but then I noticed his eyes. Damien's eyes were empty, limitless. But Drayke, I could see so much in them. It's like his entire life was written right there on his face. He seemed so worried about me, but he barely knew me?
"Alright, Drayke. You get to control my usage, k?"
Suddenly the sorrow in his eyes dissolved a bit. Lightness shown through. He lightly smacked my cheek a couple times in a playful way, and got off the bed. I just stayed there. My head was killing me. I must have hit that table really hard. I zoned off into the ceiling. I just kept thinking about Damien. I kept thinking about the last few hours of my life. And then the thoughts about home kicked in. The thoughts about Jason, my ex. I couldn't help but cry. Tears started rolling down my face uncontrollably. The weirdest thing is that I didn't even feel that sad. It was like my body was numb to what was really going on inside of me.
Damien was standing in the bedroom door. He never really said more than a few words at a time. At least not so far.
"Oh, I don't- I don't know it just started coming out!"
He sat down on the bed with me, and put his head next to mine. He put his hand on my face, and rubbed my tears away with his thumb. Oddly enough, the tears stopped. It was like he had magical powers. He turned onto his back, and pulled my head onto his chest. I know that sex should have been the most awkward thing with a stranger, but cuddling with a stranger is much more odd. The intimacy that it takes to cuddle with someone, is not there when it's a stranger. I've got passion for this kid, and lust, but intimacy was weird. I think he felt it, too. He fiddled a lot while we sat there. I pulled my head off of him, and sat up. He looked at me, and then got up with me.
"So, do you ever say more than two words?"
He got this big shit-eating grin on his face. Little bastard, he was being sarcastic. I shoved him a little, and laughed.
"That's not what I meant!"
He laughed this time, and got a pillow straight to his face. When I pulled it away, he looked very vengeful. I ran. I jumped off the bed, and ran into the living room. Drayke was there on the couch, so I jumped behind him and cuddled into a ball.
He laughed a big belly laugh.
"Don't worry, he won't see your body sticking out from behind me."
I heard Damien's footsteps come stomping down the hallway. Drayke started spreading his arms out trying to cover me up. I think that just made it worse!
"You'll never get her as long as I'm alive!"
"Then we will have to battle to the death!"
I started giggling WAY too hard, so I jumped out and surrendered.
"No! Stop fighting over me! There's enough to go around!"
I smirked my own little smirk, and the boys looked at each other. Drayke bit his lip and looked at me.
"Did you hear that, Dame? She said there's enough for both of us!"
He grabbed my chin again, and kissed me softly on the lips.
"You mean it? Cuz I think I'm in love with you."
Now I've got to admit, I about shit myself right then. I was really confused and blown away. I looked at Damien and tried to search for some answers in his face. He looked perfectly calm. A smile started to show through on his lips, and he busted out laughing.
"You're fuckin trippin, dude!"
He walked forwards and wrapped his right arm around my waist. He lifted me up, and carried me back into the bedroom. We sat on the bed, and watched TV for about an hour. We joked, laughed, and I still didn't get more than a few words at a time. All of a sudden, in the middle of Family Guy..
"I think it's time you talk to your family."
I felt a little bad about that. Is he trying to push me out already? I had no idea how to handle this situation. I just looked at him.
"If you were in my family, I would be flippin the fuck out until you got home."
"My family doesn't care about me, Damien. I can promise you that much."
"I think they care a lot more than you think they do. They probably just don't like the things you do. But you, yourself, they're probably absolutely in love with you."
I sighed, and realized he was going to keep pushing the issue.