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Diana awoke the next morning feeling horrible. She barely got any sleep and her face hurt from crying through most of the night. Faye had rejected her even though she seemed to be hiding feelings too. Maybe if they could just talk it out by themselves, Diana could get Faye to confess those feelings. But what if she really didn't have any and had said those three special words in the heat of the moment?
She didn't know what to do. Her heart hurt which meant one thing, she was in love with her and was hurting. Diana slowly got out of bed and got ready for school. If it were up to her, she'd be staying at home and not having to wear make-up to hide the dark circles under her eyes but she couldn't.
After getting ready, she headed off to school dreading it terribly. Diana knew that Faye would avoid her and she would just have to do the same. If they didn't interact at all for the rest of the week that meant it was over and she'd have to move on. Diana got out of her car and started walking through the parking lot to campus. She spots Melissa ahead of her and hurries over to catch up.
"Hey, you're here early."
"Yeah, I promised Faye that I'd do something for her before school started."
"What?"
"Uh it's something between her and me. It's kind of a secret."
"Oh. That's okay."
"Yeah. So why are you here early?"
"I'm always early."
Melissa nodded obviously distracted by something. Diana looks at her then follows her gaze. Faye was holding a girl's hand and leading her through the hall.
"I'll catch you later, I have to go." Melissa says as she goes straight to Faye. Diana stays where she's at and watches. They talk for a few seconds. Then Faye and the girl go inside the bathroom. Diana instantly knew what they were going inside for. They were going to go have sex. Anger fueled her. Was Faye that heartless? Diana couldn't contain herself. She marched right up to the bathroom door where Melissa was at.
"You can't go in there right now."
"She moves on quick, doesn't she?"
Melissa looked at her with a confused look on her face. Diana doesn't bother explaining it to her. It wasn't worth it. She goes inside not caring if she was interrupting Faye and her new friend with benefits. She quietly walks in and sees the familiar brunette's head sticking out over the stall.
Diana looks down to see where the other girl was at and she sees her legs kneeled before Faye obviously giving her oral. At that moment, the anger disappeared and the sadness came in. Diana couldn't bear to look any longer. Faye was arching her head back when she noticed Diana. She stared at her with darkness in her eyes. There was no emotion. Not even a shock from getting walked in on. She just held onto the stall and let the girl please.
Diana finally turns around and leaves trying to contain her tears.
"Diana, are you okay?" Melissa asks as she comes out. Diana ignores her and keeps going.
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Diana had ended up going back to her car. She took a little drive to help calm herself down before going back to school. She didn't want to go back but she had assignments due and couldn't skip it. She knew facing Faye again would be even harder this time. Her phone started ringing and she checked the caller ID. It was Melissa and she knew was only calling to find out what happened earlier but Diana wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone.
Why did she even love Faye? That girl was nothing but mean and heartless. Maybe it was because she made her feel like she was beautiful and attractive. Because whenever they just hung out, Faye could open up to her more easily and they'd have great conversations. Diana loved how Faye was fearless but at the same time hated it because it drew her to want to try new spells without looking into the consequences.
Diana was in love with a girl who didn't love her back. What could she do? But move on?
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"I don't know what happened in there but she seemed really upset, Faye." Melissa says as they're walking to class.
"I don't know what you mean." Faye didn't want to get into it.
"She was crying. What did you do or say to her? Because Diana can usually handle any of your snarky comments so you must've done something horrible."
"If you must know…I hooked up with her."
"With her? Diana?"
"Yeah. We'd been hooking for almost two weeks now but that's over. She got attached."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"She wanted to keep it a secret."
"So she developed feelings for you and you pushed her away because of that?"
"You know I don't do relationships."
"But I can see right through you, you feel bad."
Faye rolls her eyes.
"I don't have time for this. I have to get to class."
"You care about her. That's why you feel bad. I can tell by the look on your face."
"No, I don't. I don't care for anyone like that."
"Yes, you do. You really should go apologize and tell her how you feel, Faye. She obviously wants you so you shouldn't be afraid of being rejected."
"I'm not scared of being rejected…I'm…scared of getting hurt. What if it doesn't work out?"
"Nothing's ever guaranteed to work out. You just have to take the risk, Faye. Or else you'll spend the rest of your life wondering what if?"
"You're right. I should just put away my fear and tell her."
Faye starts walking away.
"Where are you going? What about class?" Melissa asks.
"Screw class. I didn't want to go anyway."
She takes out her phone and calls Diana to find out where she was at. The line kept ringing and ringing until it went to voice mail. Faye tries again but this time it went straight to voicemail which meant Diana either rejected her call or turned her phone off. She knew that Diana was upset but hoped that there was still time to fix this.
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Diana had gone home for the rest of the day. She wasn't able to go back. Just when she thought that she was okay, something reminded her of Faye and she started crying all over again. It didn't help that Faye had tried calling but she just ignored the calls until finally turning off her phone.
She needed space. There was no way their friendship could recover so easily. It would take time. Diana didn't know how long it would take but she would get over Faye Chamberlain and never fall for her tricks again. The doorbell downstairs rang. She was home alone and knew that wasn't her dad because he would've just used the keys since he didn't know she was here. She gets out of bed and heads down. She peeks through a window and sees none other than Faye.
Diana hesitated from opening the door because she knew she looked bad from crying. But then she saw Faye pacing around trying not to ring the doorbell again.
"She's not at school. So she has to be here but maybe she's not. And maybe she's at the abandoned house?" Faye says to herself.
Diana opens the door.
"What are you doing here?"
"I um came to look for you. You weren't at school."
"You were worried about me?"
"Um no I just—"
"Then what are you doing here, Faye?"
"Can we go inside and talk?"
Diana moves out of the way so she could come in. Faye walks inside. Diana leads the way to her bedroom in case her dad ended up coming home. She noticed how nervous Faye was and wondered why. They walk into her room and Diana sits on her bed.
"Have a seat." She points to the desk chair but Faye shakes her head.
"I'd rather stand for this."
"What's going on? Did something happen with the rest of the circle?"
"No. Um it's something else."
"What?"
Faye starts pacing around in front of Diana. She really was nervous and Diana knew it. "What's on your mind, Faye?"
Faye stops and looks at her.
"You. You're on my mind."
Diana was a bit surprised to hear that. She didn't know what to say. She could tell Faye wasn't joking around. She was being serious. "I know I hurt you and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed you away like that. Like you didn't mean anything because you do."
She grabs Diana's hand.
"You mean something to me. I know I'm always being a sarcastic bitch but it's mainly because I was scared to let anyone in. And when I said those three words that weren't supposed to come out, I freaked out. Because you weren't supposed to know that I love you. And I freaked out even more when you said you felt the same because I wasn't sure if I was ready to be with someone especially you, Diana. You're the opposite of me. I didn't want to get into a relationship and possibly hurt you because I may not have been ready. I was trying to protect you but I only ended up hurting you either way. That girl you saw me with didn't mean anything. I was trying to push these feelings away but they didn't disappear."
She kneels down still holding onto Diana's hand.
"So I'm here now to beg for your forgiveness and to let you know that you were right, I do love you."
Diana was in awe. She didn't know what to say or do. Faye was apologizing for everything and professing her love for her. It was all Diana wanted but she wasn't going to forgive her easily. She had to show Faye that she wasn't going to stand being pushed away and pulled back in again.
"Faye, hearing you say all this makes me happy but…"
"But what?"
"I won't stay if you do this again. I won't let someone push me away then reel me back in whenever they want. I deserve better than that."
"I know you do. And I don't want to make you go through that again. I want to be with you. I want to date Diana Meade."
Diana couldn't help but smile.
"And I want to date Faye Chamberlain."
"So do you forgive me?"
"I do. Just don't ever do that again, okay?"
"I promise."
They smile at each other. Diana hugs her and kisses her forehead.
"So wait, you love me?"
She smiled teasingly at Faye who smirked back.
"Yes, I love you."
"I love you too."
She kissed Faye and hugged her again.
