AUTHOR'S NOTE: Heyy loves! Sorry it's been so long, I just needed to take a break from Fanfiction to figure out what I really want to write about. I've had the idea for this story for a while now, and I always come back to it when thinking of what to write next. I know I've done two really fluffy Glee fanfics, but I'm totally over writing fluffy things. My Harry Potter fanfic was a good blend of funny, fluffy, and sassy, and it's easily my most successful fanfic. But my favorite fanfic to write was my Carrie fanfic, because it was so dark. I also loved working with songs for ideas like I did with All My Love: Yours Truly, and I've always been inspired by Tove Lo. So be warned, this story is going to be dark. But it will also have a happy ending. So, I hope you all enjoy, and may you all blessed be ;)
Jack is dead. Damien knew this deep down, but it wasn't registering in his mind. He had thought that when this day came, he would totally lose it. But he couldn't seem to do anything but sit there on his bed. By the looks on his friends' faces, this wasn't how they expected him to react either. "Maybe he needs some air" Shaunee and Erin said in unison. "Don't be retarded, he has a fucking affinity for air" Aphrodite snapped. "Please Aphrodite, don't be like this right now, Damien needs us to be nice and calm" Stevie Rae said. "Stevie Rae's right, the last thing that needs to happen right now is for us to fight" Zoey said, addressing Aphrodite. She then turned to Damien. "Honey, is there anything we can do to help? Do you need anything?" Zoey asked. "My cat" was all Damien could manage to say. "I'll go look for her" Stevie Rae offered. Stevie Rae left, and Zoey sat down on the bed next to Damien while Aphrodite and the twins stood there awkwardly.
Time went by. How much time? Damien had no way of knowing. Because Damien was a straight A student and Zoey was a high priestess in training, she was able to convince Damien's teachers to excuse Damien from classes for a time. During that time, Damien's friends tried to help him in any way they could, but nothing seemed to work. The twins brought fashion magazines and told Damien they'd buy him anything he wanted in them, but Damien was too depressed, even for fashion. Stevie Rae cooked food from her Mama's recipes, but Damien couldn't eat. All Damien could do was sleep, pet his cat, and be tortured by his thoughts.
Aphrodite walked into Damien's room one day uninvited. "Ok gay nerd, you're officially done being depressed" Aphrodite announced. Damien groaned and rolled over in bed. Aphrodite ignored him and plopped down next to him. "Look, I kinda know what you're going through. You have a lover, you turn into friends, then move on to strangers, and it's like they don't exist anymore" Aphrodite said. "Aphrodite. My. Boyfriend. DIED. He literally doesn't exist anymore" Damien said. "News flash gay nerd, things die. Fledglings die around here like all the fucking time. Eventually you have to move on" Aphrodite said. "I'm trying" Damien said. "No you're not, you're wallowing" Aphrodite said. "I need time. Time heals all wounds" Damien said. "That's bullshit, and you know it. Time heals nothing, it just makes things worse" Aphrodite said.
Damien sat up. "What exactly is your point Aphrodite?! Literally, what is the point of anything you're saying and doing right now?! Did you seriously come here just to make me feel worse when MY FUCKING BOYFRIEND DIED?!" Damien yelled. Aphrodite smiled. "Why are you smiling?" Damien asked in irritation. "You said a curse word. I thought the queen was above such foul language" Aphrodite said with a smirk. "You are intolerable" Damien said, flopping back down on the bed. "As for my point, I got you to talk more than you have since Jack died, and I got you to feel something other than depression" Aphrodite said proudly. "Well good for you, you completed your community service by angering a person in mourning" Damien said sarcastically. "But I can also help you forget everything and be happy again" Aphrodite said. "I'm gay Aphrodite" Damien said. "EW. HELL NO, did you seriously think I was hitting on you?! PLEASE!" Aphrodite scoffed. "Not helping" Damien said.
"Anyways, like I was trying to say, I know of a way that you can be happy again" Aphrodite said. "That's not possible. How can you even say that I'll be alright ever again, let alone happy?!" Damien asked in exasperation. "Look, just open your mind and come to my room tonight" Aphrodite said. "Why?" Damien asked. "Ever heard of the saying out of sight, out of mind? Well, Jack is out of sight, and you're going out of your mind" Aphrodite said. "What in Nyx's name does that have to do with me coming to your room tonight?" Damien asked. "Quit interrupting. I can help you become sane again by having you go out of mind in a good way" Aphrodite said. "YOU'RE out of your mind" Damien said. "You're right, I am" Aphrodite said, getting up from the bed. "And tonight, you can be too" Aphrodite added, walking out the door.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: What is Aphrodite up to? Find out in the next chapter! Don't forget to leave a review to let me know what you think of the story so far!