Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 14
{Will you still love me.. when youâve met my demons?}
Damon hurried into the restroom and started throwing up in the faucet. His face turned red and he was having bu-mps. Damon t©uçhed his face and started throwing up again.
Stefan was coming out from one of the restrooms, he heard someone throwing up in the next restroom. He ran into the restroom to find Damon throwing up uncontrollably.
âDamon?!â Stefan rushed to him âWhatâs wrong with you?â
Damon opened his mouth to talk but ended up throwing up again.
âShould I call a nurse?â Stefan asked and Damon shook his head in negation.
âYouâre losing strengthâ Stefan half yelled âIâll go get a nurseâ
Damon held him back âI donât nee-d a nurseâ
âThen whatâs wrong with you? Are you pregnant?â
Damon chuckled. How was he going to explain to them that he got sick because he spent 30 minutes with a nerd.
âAm fineâ Damon simply said then turned on the faucet and washed his mouth
âSure youâre good?â
âI couldnât be more betterâ Damon faked a smile
âYour face is all blue like youâre going toâŠ.â before Stefan could complete his statement, Damon started throwing up again. Stefan raised his hands up in the air âI said itâ
After school that day, Deanna and Hilda finished their works on time and signed out in the janitorâs office. Then they walked to the school gate to wait for Stefan. They waited for a long time but Stefan wasnât showing up. Deanna was getting impatient cause she had to go to work at the presidentâs house.
âYou look really impatient. Is there somewhere you have to be?â Hilda asked
âItâs my second p@rt time job. I ought to be there at 3:30 and itâs alre-ady after 3â
âThen you should get going. Iâll tell Stefan you had something important to doâ
Deanna frowned, she wasnât going to leave Stefan and Hilda together.
âWeâll both wait for himâ
3:45pm
âWhatâs keeping Stefan?â Deanna asked herself and took a peek into the school. Hilda had alre-ady left and she wasnât allowed to go into the school to check on Stefan.
Deanna tried calling him on the phone but he wasnât answering. She shoved her phone into her bag and hurried to the presidentâs house.
Running, and jumping as she went. Deanna got close to the presidentâs house and checked the time. It was alre-ady after 4. She quic-kly put on her wig and took off her glas-ses.
âYouâre lateâ the janitor scolded when Deanna got to her office
âIâm sorry. I didnât finish my work in Sparkles on timeâ Deanna lied
âDonât tell me youâre lazyâ the janitor snarled âNow change your clothes and get to work. Damon has been back from school almost an hour agoâ
Deanna bowed and walked to the changing room. She took off her clothes and wore her uniform as a maid. âI guess Iâm Bonnie nowâ she breathed out and headed to the presidentâs mansion.
KNOCK!KNOCK!
Deanna took in a de-ep breath and waited for Damon to answer the door but he wasnât. She knocked severally but there was still no reply. She clasped the door handle and pressed it down. The door opened but Deanna was scared to walk in.
What would Damon say if she ba-red into his room?
She quic-kly shut the door and started knocking again then waited for a reply. When there wasnât a reply, she tried the door handle again and pushed the door inward. She was shocked to see Damon sitting on a rocking chair, covering a blanket with a bag of ice on his head and a thermometer in his mouth. He was rocking the chair and shivering at the same time.
âDamon?!â Deanna called and ran to him âYouâre sickâ
Damon nodded. His entire b©dy was covered with red, tiny rash.
âHave you seen a doctor?â
Damon shook his head
âWhy?â
He pouted hisl-ips like he was going to cry.
âIâm so sorry. Iâll make you a cu-p of h0t teaâ Deanna said and darted for the door. She returned almost immediately with a cu-p of h0t tea.
âHereâ she said, proffering the cu-p of tea to Damon
Damon sneezed ha-rd as he took the cu-p of tea with shaky hands.
âSorryâ Deanna cooed as he drank the tea âHave you taken drugs?â she asked, taking the cu-p from him when he was done
âYesâ Damon muttered
âYouâre sure you donât nee-d a doctor?â
See a doctor for spending 30 minutes with a nerd? Damon thought
Thatâs hilarious
âI want a foot mas-sageâ he demanded âThereâs a bottle of oil in the first drawerâ
Deanna nodded obe-diently and walked to the che-st of drawers. She searched the first drawer and found a bottle of mas-sage oil. She collected it and walked back to Damon. He was no longer shivering but he still held the blanket. Deanna sat on a low stool facing Damon then placed his foot on her th!gh. She applied little amount of the oil on her palm and started mas-saging his foot.
Damon watched her every move and was carried away by the t©uçh of her hand and the way she ru-bbe-d the oil into his skin. He felt relaxed and fell back to the chair with her eyes shut. Letting the s-en-sation rush down his spine.
Deanna smiled as he unconsciously re-moved the blanket. âI see youâre now warmâ
âThe virus finally leftâ Damon said with a smile
âwhat virus?â
âIâll call it a nerd syndromeâ
âWhatâs a nerd syndrome?â
âDonât be a dumbo Bonnie!â Damon yelled with a cackle âThe word doesnât really exist. I just forged itâ
âOh!â Deanna laughed at her clumsiness âSo what was really wrong with you?â she asked and dropped his foot on a foot stool then took the second foot
âI went out with a nerdâ Damon blurted out and Deanna froze
âWhatâs wrong?â Damon asked, noticing her sudden change in countenance âyou seem so affected by what I saidâ
Deanna f0rç£d a smile and continued mas-saging his foot.
âNothingâ
âDonât tell me youâre a nerdâ
Deanna laughed hysterically âI donât go about wearing bug glas-ses and carrying big books. Do I?â
âyou donâtâ
âI hate nerdsâ Deanna chuckled with her heart racing
âSo I went out with this beautiful nerd girl that I donât even admire. It wasnât really a d@tÂŁ, just a 30 minutes lunch to get to know her betterâ
âso you got to know her betterâ
âI didnât, instead I got a fluâ Damon laughed
âIs she that bad?â
âNo. Iâm just allergic to nerdsâ
âyouâre allergic to nerds?â Deanna asked in surprise
âI am.. since I was three and my nanny was a nerd. I used to think those glas-ses would turn to squirrels and I hated squirrels so I would always run from herâ
âSo you canât stay with a nerd?â
Damon sneezed ânot for a secondâ
âIâm sorryâ
âitâs not your faultâ Damon said with a smile
It is, Deanna thought
âI even pleaded with her to take off those scary squirrels she wears on her eyes but she wouldnâtâ Damon said and Deanna chuckled âI just wish I could stay away from her.. those glas-ses scares the $h!t out of meâ
âsure you canâ
I canât, sheâs the most important ingredient to destroy the world. Damon said to himself.
Deanna finished mas-saging the second foot and placed it on the footstool.
âDone!â she cl@pped excitedly and replaced the mas-sage oil in the drawer
âThanksâ Damon said
âuh!â
âFor the door mas-sage.. it made me feel betterâ
Deanna smiled and returned to the stool she was sitting in earlier. She couldnât st©p smiling at the fact that Damon said thank you to her. If only he knew she was the nerdy Deanna he was allergic to.
âSo tell me why you went out with a nerd knowing fully well that youâre allergic to nerdsâ
âSheâs an instrumentâ
âinstrument?â
Damon nodded
âHow?â
Damon smiled sardonically âif I tell you.. Iâm gonna have to kill youâ
âThen Iâd rather not knowâ Deanna chuckled and there was an awkward silence between them.
âThereâs something about your eyesâ Damon said breaking the silence
âWhat?â
âIâve seen then beforeâ
Deannaâs heart skipped a beat and she faked a smile to hide her surprise. âyou probably saw them in meâ
âNoâ Damon shook his head âElsewhereâ
Deanna felt her heart almost ripping out her che-st as she swallowed ha-rd . âwhere?â
Damon laughed âin my imaginationsâ
Deanna laughed too âI guess the virus got into your headâ
âI donât want to remember itâ Damon said and re-moved the ice bag from his head and the thermometer in his mouth.
âI guess my temperature is back to normalâ he said studying the thermometer âall thanks to youâ
Deanna smiled âIâm glad I could helpâ
âdo you go to school?â Damon asked dropping the thermometer on the table
âI donâtâ
âwhy?â
Deanna shook her head and kept mute.
âyou dropped out?â
âNo. Iâve never been to school my whole lifeâ
âyouâre kidding meâ
âIâm notâ
âWhy donât you go to school?â
âIâve got no one to finance thatâ
âOh!â Damon mouthed âwhat do you do in the morning when youâre not working here?â
âI work as a cleaner inâŠ. â Deanna cut herself in, placing her palms over her mouth
âyouâre a cleaner?â
She pressed her eyes closed. How did she almost bur-st her bubble?
âFor the people I love with. I have to clean the house every morning in return for their shelter and foodâ Deanna lied
âDonât you want to go to school?â
âI do but⊠â Deanna trailed off with a heavy sigh âBut I canâtâ
âIâll take care of the financeâ
âyou donât have to.. I prefer workingâ
âThen I can be your tutorâ
âyou donât look intelligentâ Deanna spat out
Damon frowned âI amâ
âyou donât look serious with your studiesâ
âWell as a matter of fact, I am seriousâ
âWhatâs your lowest score in the clas-s?â
â68â Damon replied immediately âI didnât re-ad for the examsâ
âStill above averageâ
âThat makes me intelligent right?â
Deanna shrugged âmaybeâ
âThen Iâll be your tutorâ Damon said âbut youâll give me something in returnâ
âWhatâs the bargain?â
âyouâll go to the schoolâs gala night with meâ
âwhatâs a gala night?â
âA night p@rty in school where everyone comes with their d@tÂŁs. you got no d@tÂŁ, you get kicked out. and I donât have a d@tÂŁâ
âBut Iâm not a student of Sparklesâ
âThat doesnât matter. Everyone is invitedâ
Deanna thought for a while.
How was she going to be his d@tÂŁ at the Gala night?
What if she gets sp©tted out as the nerdy cleaner and Damon pas-ses out right there, knowing sheâs a nerd.
âListen itâs not like youâre going to be my girlfriend or something. Itâs just for a d@tÂŁ so I donât go aloneâ
âI un-derstandâ
âAnd am not taking no for an answerâ
Deanna smiled âAlright.. Itâs not going to kill meâ
âItâs in two days timeâ
âI know.. Friday nightâ
âThen your lessons starts tomorrow at 3:30. Donât be lateâ
They talked of other less important things until it was night and Deanna was closed from work. She carried out few chores in Damonâs room and when she was done, she shouldered her bag, re-ady to leave.
âYouâre done?â Damon asked and reached for his jacket
âYesâ
âIâll see you offâ
âThe driver is going to drive me homeâ
Damon shook his head, cl!çk!ng his ton-gue âWeâre going to trekâ
âTrek?â
âMy house is down thereâ Deanna said when they got close to her house. She hadnât been able to convince Damon to let her go alone so she let him accompany her. They got to the same sp©t she always asks the driver to st©p and she st©pped.
âIâll continue from here, you have to go back nowâ
Damon shook his head with his hands in his pocket. âIâll follow you to your front porchâ
âYou canât do thatâ Deanna yelled âI live with my boss remember?â
âI didnât forget thatâ Damon replied nonchalantly
âThen go back soâŠ.â Deanna was still talking when Damon walked past her and headed for her house. Deanna remained where she stood, thinking of a way to st©p Damon from following. An idea struck her and she smiled broadly. She was going to run away without Damon seeing her nor knowing where she ran off to.
â⊠If you want, you can walk behind me, am going to know where you live and thereâs nothing you can do aboutâŠ.â he looked behind him and trailed off when he realized Deanna was no longer walking behind him.
âBonnie?!â he called looking around
âBonnie?! Bonnie?!â he searched around but there was no sign of her. â$h!t! She got awayâ
Deanna was p@n-ting heavily and smiling at the same time as she ran to the house. Her idea had worked. She ran away without Damon seeing her.
She got close to the house and took off her wig. She shoved the wig into her bag and brushed her hair with her f!ngers.
Deanna st©pped running and started walking as she put on her glas-ses.
She got to the house and knocked on the front door and Vickie opened the door almost immediately.
âGood evening Aunt Vickieâ Deanna greeted
Vickie smiled broadly and stepped aside for Deanna to come in.
âHow was work today?â
âFineâ Deanna replied and asked âHow is Moira?â
âsheâs improvingâ Vickie replied gleefully
âAside her skin turning normal, what else?â Deanna wanted to know
âshe sneezed twice todayâ
âReally?â
âItâs a miracle Deanna, am so happyâ
âIâll go check on herâ Deanna said and start to Moiraâs room.
She smiled on seeing Moira slee-ping peacefully. Though she was still and wasnât moving, she looked like every normal child.
Deanna walked out quietly and slammed the door shut. She pushed her hair back as she plodded to her room.
Once in her room, Deanna slammed the door behind her and sprawled on the be-d. She shut her tired eyelids and let out her breath in relief.
Her phone started ringing and she groped for the phone on the be-d. She t©uçhed it and brou-ght the screen to her face.
It was Stefan calling.
Deanna pressed the receive bu-tton and placed the phone on her ear.
đ±Hi Stefan!
đČ Deanna?! Howâre you doing?
đ±Am fine.. just tired
đČ Get some rest. Howâs Moira?
đ±Sheâs better.. All thanks to you
đČ All thanks to God not me
đ±Câmon Stefan, it was all you
đČ I didnât call you to receive praises. I called to ask you for a favour
đ±What favour?
đČ The school is holding a p@rty on Friday night and I donât have a d@tÂŁ. Itâs a Gala Night
đ±And?
đČ I want you to be my d@tÂŁ for the p@rty
đ±Awwn.. I couldnât say no
đČ Is that a yes?
đ±Yes
đČ Thank you. I was thinking you would say no, thatâs why I havenât called until now
đ±How can I refuse?
đČ Thanks again.. Iâll see you in school tomorrow
đ±Goodnight
đČ Sleep ti-ght
Deanna ended the call, smiling sheepishly. She squee-zed the phone in her palms in excitement.
She was going on a d@tÂŁ with Stefan and she was so excited about it. It has always being her dream to go on a d@tÂŁ with Stefan.
Something struck her excitement. She had heard about The Gala Night before and it certainly wasnât from Stefan. Then realization hit her and her jaws dropped.
Damon had asked her first. How had she not remembered?
Deanna dialled Stefanâs number to tell him she would be busy on Friday night but after few rings, she hung up. She couldnât cancel her d@tÂŁ with a guy she always admired.
She thought of calling Damon but he thinks sheâs Bonnie not Deanna.
A thought c@mÂŁ into her head. Call Hilda.
She dismissed the idea. Hilda would suggest she go with Stefan and Deanna wasnât going to let Hilda go on a d@tÂŁ with Stefan.
Then Damon. What was she going to do? đ
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