I watched Damon stumble to the middle of the road and lay down. I knew exactly what he was planning and laughed to myself. A car arrived and stopped a few feet away from him. Oh dear, I thought to myself. A young girl rushed out of the car over to Damon.
"Sir are you okay?" She asked. Poor girl didn't know what she was getting into. I could hear Damons false groans as he looked up at her.
"What happened?" the girl asked.
"I'm…lost…" Damon replied. Pathetic more like it.
"And you're laying in the middle of the road?" Worry was evident on the girls face.
"Not that kind of lost, metaphorically, existentially."
"Do you need help?"
Damon pulled out his flask of what was most likely bourbon. "Yes I do, can you help me? He replied taking a drink.
Worry changed to fear and the girl took a step back "You're drunk."
"No... Well yes, a little, maybe," he replied and the girl quickly headed towards her car, "wait please don't leave I really need your help." The girl continued to walk and he sped over to her. "Don't move." He compelled.
"I don't want any trouble" She said obviously shaking with fear.
"Neither do I, but that's all I got... is trouble." He stepped back put his flask towards her than took a drink.
"Why can't I move" she asked. Damon finished his drink and put his hands on her shoulders as she attempted to move away.
"What's your name" He asked.
"Jessica." She replied, tears running down her cheeks.
"Jessica, I have a secret. I have a big one. But I've never said it aloud." This intrigued me and I listened closer to Damon's rant. "I mean what the point! It's not going to change anything. It's not going to make me good. Make me adopt a puppy." Damon popped the p with his drunk stutter and I stifled a laugh, still unsure of where this was going. "I can't be what other people want me to be. What SHE wants me to be." He said quietly "This is who I am Jessica" He whispered holding onto her arms.
"Are you going to hurt me" She asked and I knew she was terrified.
"I'm not sure, because you are my existential crisis," Damon ran his hands along her face, "Do I kill you, Do I not kill you?"
"Please don't." She cried.
"But I have to Jessica, because I'm not human, and I miss it, I miss it more than anything in the world!" Damon said as Jessica cried harder. "That is my secret. But there is only so much hurt a man can take." He whispered, practically crying.
"Please don't!" She begged.
Damon bit his lip with tears in his eyes, "Okay" he whispered patting her on the chest. "You're free to go"
The girl quickly ran to her car and Damon turned speeding to her. He slammed her into the car biting into her neck as she screamed. Her body dropped to the ground and more tears welled up in his eyes. He quickly sped off into the night.
