----Disclaimer: I no own Evo, I only own Damia AKA Venus. Notes:
^^Thoughts^^, Telepathic speaking, (Aussie/Greek/French Translation). ----
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Chapter Eight: And The Winner Is
Habits are hard to break, even when one tries hard enough. Damia knew this; it took all her strength to stop her habit of loving John. Even with all her anger toward him she knew if he took her into his arms she would be unable to pull away. That's why when she first awoke she went straight to the beach to practice for the days events. She was thankful that today was the surfing competition, if it wasn't she didn't know how she would have been able to stay sane if she wasn't kept preoccupied. It was still early, and the sun was beginning to show its full rays of light. As she rode the morning waves, all her thoughts left her mind, relieving her stress. The only thing that passed her mind's eye was each wave that started and when it would end. She was completely unaware of the person watching her. The figure stood on the beach, watching the girl in the water. When the girl walked out of the ocean, wet from the salty sea, carrying her board he continued to stand motionlessly. Damia just stared at him wishing that the person she had tried to escape from had found her. She decided to ignore him as if he wasn't here, wasn't standing in front of her on the gorgeous beach.
"G'day." John said trying to b polite.
"Aspramos." (Greetings). She replied; she walked over to where she had left her towel. It wasn't there; a frown crossed her face when she saw that John held it.
He walked towards her and handed her the towel. She took it reluctantly and began to dry herself off. He just stood there watching her every movement. "How are the waves?"
"Wonderful." She forced a smile. ^^Why is he here? ^^. She thought; half of her was happy to see him, the other half wanted to kill him. She turned and headed back toward the hotel, but he stopped her. His hand rested on her shoulder. It was all she could do to keep her cool. She turned to face him, but her eyes did not meet his own. "What do you want?" she asked him softly without any emotion.
"To talk." He told her. He wanted more than just to talk with her; he wanted her to know how sorry he was about what had happened. He wanted her to know that he had no idea what was going on when she walked into his room. He wanted her to believe him.
"We have nothing to say to one another John." And with that she turned swiftly and walked quickly away. Unfortunately she didn't walk fast enough, he caught her from behind. His body was close against her own; she could feel the heat come off him. His arms wrapped around her waist, in case she decided to leave abruptly. "John please." She begged him.
"Why won't you hear me out love?" He asked her. He could smell the salt water on her, her skin was still damp from the morning swim. He was surprised that she didn't struggle to remove herself from his grasp.
She sighed knowing she would not win; she caved and replied "I will."
She couldn't see it, but if she were able to she would see a smile cross his face. But the smile faded away as he began his statement "I swear to god I didn't know what was going on. I can't even remember what even happened or how we ended up that way." The words stung both of them, but for John it hurt more to have them stay unsaid than to say them. "You have to believe me love. I wouldn't hurt you."
Damia didn't know what to say or how to react. She wanted so much to believe him, her entire being wanted those words to be true. But, as much as she wanted it to be, her mind would not let it. Tears fell from her golden eyes "I cannot." And she ran as fast as she possible could to escape him. When she stopped to gasp for air, she listened. Nothing; no footsteps, she had escaped. She then began to walk back to the hotel, leaving John behind her.
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Rogue stepped onto the cold tile floor of the hotel bathroom. She quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her dripping wet body. Drying herself off, she put her bathing suit on and the boarder shorts she had bought with Damia. When she was ready to go, she took a hotel key and traveled to the dinning room. When she entered she saw the others, and took a seat by Remy, Kitty, Kurt, and Jamie.
"Mornin." She smiled.
"Bonjour mon chere." Remy gave his renowned smile.
"Have you seen Damia this morning?" Jamie asked the striped haired mutant.
Rogue shook her head in reply.
"I wonder where she is?" Jamie said to himself, but the others heard him.
"Don't worry sugah, she's most likely practicin fer-" Rogue didn't finish her sentence, because she saw something out the window of the dinning room that caught her immediate attention. Damia walking swiftly toward them, and her face had trails of tears on it. Rogue excused herself, and walked out the door to see her friend. "Damia?"
The girl just gave a small smile. Rogue could tell she was upset, and she didn't have to know about what.
"Ya hungry?" Rogue decided it was best not to bring up recent events. Damia just nodded, and the two entered the dinning room. Damia got some food, and sat down with Rogue and the others. No one said a word about the incident with John; instead they talked about the competition later that day.
"So like you think you'll win?" Kitty questioned Damia.
Damia was feeling a little better and decided not to let what John had said ruin her day. "No question in my mind." She said proudly answering Kitty's question.
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Everyone was at the beach, including the boys Rogue and Damia had met earlier. Rogue and Damia were getting ready for their turn. So far the guys had gone, Alex had beaten John's time by five seconds. John was furious, but he was taking it well. Tina was in the water, so far she was doing well, and Damia watched the girl's every more so she knew how to out do her. When Tina finished she heard the time, Damia kept it in her mind, so she knew how long she had to stay on her board. Tina walked over to the group; she sat on her towel that was next to John, and Remy. It was Rogue's turn up to surf; she heard her name being called.
"Bonne chance mon cher." (Good luck my dear) Remy smiled at Rogue.
Rogue was nervous but didn't show it, "Ah'll be fine."
"Go and like get them!" Kitty yelled.
Rogue got into the water, ad waited for the wave. When it came she rode it for as long as she could manage. Surprisingly it was longer than anyone expected. When she finished she heard her time, and couldn't help the squeal she let out. She was so proud of herself, Damia ran over to her friend and gave her a big hug, but it was quick as to not kick in her powers. Remy walked over to Rogue, with his dashing smile. She gave one of her own back, and the two walked back to the spot they were sitting at.
"Good luck sugar!" Rogue yelled as Damia walked away.
Damia smiled and waved back to them. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder; she turned to see who it was. "Knock them dead love" John smiled at her.
Damia looked at her feet, she was speechless. "Will you be watching?" she just had to know, even with what happened she still wanted him to be there, like her lucky charm.
He brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."
She heard her name being called, and she gave him a smile and entered the water. When she swam out far enough, she waited for the wave to come. She didn't hear the cheers she received from the team, and the guys she had met earlier. Damia's ears perked up as she listened to the water, when she heard the wave she started her surf. She rode the wave like a pro; she did turns, and other surfing tricks. When she finally finished the ride on the wave, she walked back to the shore. She heard her time, a minute longer than Tina's. A huge smile crossed her face; she couldn't help but jump up and down as she ran over to her friends.
"That was so like totally awesome!" Kitty smiled happily.
"Ah have no dougt that ya won, sugar!" Rogue told her friend.
"Twas wonderful." Rahne smiled.
John hurried over to Damia as well. "Wow, love." He smiled.
"Thank you." She replied, he gaze never left John's, nor did his leave hers. They sat down, and she sat next to him. When the announcer came on to report the winners. Damia felt John's hand grab her own. She squeezed it as they said the winners, it was a co ed competition. Everyone stared at the platform, and waited for them to reveal the winners.
"In third place, Mr. Alex Summers." The crowd roared for him, as he went to the platform. Scott clapped energetically for his younger brother as well as the rest of his team.
"In second place, Ms. Tina Brown." The crowd roared louder for the girl, giving cat calls, and hollers. The X team clapped just for the sake of being polite. Tina walked up to the platform next to Alex. She gave a smile as she accepted the award, but her insides were full of rage, she wasn't a good loser, even though she had gotten second place. Her eyes narrowed as she waited for the announcer to call first, and she dared it to be Damia.
John's grasp on Damia's hand tightened as the man began to tell the first place winner. "And the winner of this years annual spring break surf competition is," Damia held her breath. "Damia Eneas!" The crowd cheered, and in her happiness she lost herself giving John a hug and a huge kiss, surprising both of them. When she accepted the prize all she could do was smile. She saw her friends and smiled, they looked happy for her. And they were, very much so, after all what are friends for. But, on the platform she felt the heat of an unwelcome stare, and she didn't need to look to see who it was. She knew it was Tina, and she couldn't help but smile harder. ^^Eat your heart out bitch. ^^ Damia thought as the crowd cheered for her.
-------Please review. Thanks to the following reviewers:
Ning Ning: Don't worry the bitch gets what's coming to her. ^_~ Three languages! WOW! Yeah, but I guess as you know it's had to remember sometimes. But she did get her point across.
Lulu: It will work out, trust me. It's painful for me too. *cries*
Ashleigh: Hun, I would let you kick Tina's ass but ya know how Damia is, she gotta do all that stuff on her own. That whole vengeance thing, which I don't completely understand. Thanks for the complements, sugar! Hahahaha! Peace!
Eilatan: Here's the update ya wanted! ^_~ And don't work letting out your feelings on Tina is a good thing.
Anyway thanks again for your reviews! ~Alana-----
Chapter Eight: And The Winner Is
Habits are hard to break, even when one tries hard enough. Damia knew this; it took all her strength to stop her habit of loving John. Even with all her anger toward him she knew if he took her into his arms she would be unable to pull away. That's why when she first awoke she went straight to the beach to practice for the days events. She was thankful that today was the surfing competition, if it wasn't she didn't know how she would have been able to stay sane if she wasn't kept preoccupied. It was still early, and the sun was beginning to show its full rays of light. As she rode the morning waves, all her thoughts left her mind, relieving her stress. The only thing that passed her mind's eye was each wave that started and when it would end. She was completely unaware of the person watching her. The figure stood on the beach, watching the girl in the water. When the girl walked out of the ocean, wet from the salty sea, carrying her board he continued to stand motionlessly. Damia just stared at him wishing that the person she had tried to escape from had found her. She decided to ignore him as if he wasn't here, wasn't standing in front of her on the gorgeous beach.
"G'day." John said trying to b polite.
"Aspramos." (Greetings). She replied; she walked over to where she had left her towel. It wasn't there; a frown crossed her face when she saw that John held it.
He walked towards her and handed her the towel. She took it reluctantly and began to dry herself off. He just stood there watching her every movement. "How are the waves?"
"Wonderful." She forced a smile. ^^Why is he here? ^^. She thought; half of her was happy to see him, the other half wanted to kill him. She turned and headed back toward the hotel, but he stopped her. His hand rested on her shoulder. It was all she could do to keep her cool. She turned to face him, but her eyes did not meet his own. "What do you want?" she asked him softly without any emotion.
"To talk." He told her. He wanted more than just to talk with her; he wanted her to know how sorry he was about what had happened. He wanted her to know that he had no idea what was going on when she walked into his room. He wanted her to believe him.
"We have nothing to say to one another John." And with that she turned swiftly and walked quickly away. Unfortunately she didn't walk fast enough, he caught her from behind. His body was close against her own; she could feel the heat come off him. His arms wrapped around her waist, in case she decided to leave abruptly. "John please." She begged him.
"Why won't you hear me out love?" He asked her. He could smell the salt water on her, her skin was still damp from the morning swim. He was surprised that she didn't struggle to remove herself from his grasp.
She sighed knowing she would not win; she caved and replied "I will."
She couldn't see it, but if she were able to she would see a smile cross his face. But the smile faded away as he began his statement "I swear to god I didn't know what was going on. I can't even remember what even happened or how we ended up that way." The words stung both of them, but for John it hurt more to have them stay unsaid than to say them. "You have to believe me love. I wouldn't hurt you."
Damia didn't know what to say or how to react. She wanted so much to believe him, her entire being wanted those words to be true. But, as much as she wanted it to be, her mind would not let it. Tears fell from her golden eyes "I cannot." And she ran as fast as she possible could to escape him. When she stopped to gasp for air, she listened. Nothing; no footsteps, she had escaped. She then began to walk back to the hotel, leaving John behind her.
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Rogue stepped onto the cold tile floor of the hotel bathroom. She quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her dripping wet body. Drying herself off, she put her bathing suit on and the boarder shorts she had bought with Damia. When she was ready to go, she took a hotel key and traveled to the dinning room. When she entered she saw the others, and took a seat by Remy, Kitty, Kurt, and Jamie.
"Mornin." She smiled.
"Bonjour mon chere." Remy gave his renowned smile.
"Have you seen Damia this morning?" Jamie asked the striped haired mutant.
Rogue shook her head in reply.
"I wonder where she is?" Jamie said to himself, but the others heard him.
"Don't worry sugah, she's most likely practicin fer-" Rogue didn't finish her sentence, because she saw something out the window of the dinning room that caught her immediate attention. Damia walking swiftly toward them, and her face had trails of tears on it. Rogue excused herself, and walked out the door to see her friend. "Damia?"
The girl just gave a small smile. Rogue could tell she was upset, and she didn't have to know about what.
"Ya hungry?" Rogue decided it was best not to bring up recent events. Damia just nodded, and the two entered the dinning room. Damia got some food, and sat down with Rogue and the others. No one said a word about the incident with John; instead they talked about the competition later that day.
"So like you think you'll win?" Kitty questioned Damia.
Damia was feeling a little better and decided not to let what John had said ruin her day. "No question in my mind." She said proudly answering Kitty's question.
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Everyone was at the beach, including the boys Rogue and Damia had met earlier. Rogue and Damia were getting ready for their turn. So far the guys had gone, Alex had beaten John's time by five seconds. John was furious, but he was taking it well. Tina was in the water, so far she was doing well, and Damia watched the girl's every more so she knew how to out do her. When Tina finished she heard the time, Damia kept it in her mind, so she knew how long she had to stay on her board. Tina walked over to the group; she sat on her towel that was next to John, and Remy. It was Rogue's turn up to surf; she heard her name being called.
"Bonne chance mon cher." (Good luck my dear) Remy smiled at Rogue.
Rogue was nervous but didn't show it, "Ah'll be fine."
"Go and like get them!" Kitty yelled.
Rogue got into the water, ad waited for the wave. When it came she rode it for as long as she could manage. Surprisingly it was longer than anyone expected. When she finished she heard her time, and couldn't help the squeal she let out. She was so proud of herself, Damia ran over to her friend and gave her a big hug, but it was quick as to not kick in her powers. Remy walked over to Rogue, with his dashing smile. She gave one of her own back, and the two walked back to the spot they were sitting at.
"Good luck sugar!" Rogue yelled as Damia walked away.
Damia smiled and waved back to them. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder; she turned to see who it was. "Knock them dead love" John smiled at her.
Damia looked at her feet, she was speechless. "Will you be watching?" she just had to know, even with what happened she still wanted him to be there, like her lucky charm.
He brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."
She heard her name being called, and she gave him a smile and entered the water. When she swam out far enough, she waited for the wave to come. She didn't hear the cheers she received from the team, and the guys she had met earlier. Damia's ears perked up as she listened to the water, when she heard the wave she started her surf. She rode the wave like a pro; she did turns, and other surfing tricks. When she finally finished the ride on the wave, she walked back to the shore. She heard her time, a minute longer than Tina's. A huge smile crossed her face; she couldn't help but jump up and down as she ran over to her friends.
"That was so like totally awesome!" Kitty smiled happily.
"Ah have no dougt that ya won, sugar!" Rogue told her friend.
"Twas wonderful." Rahne smiled.
John hurried over to Damia as well. "Wow, love." He smiled.
"Thank you." She replied, he gaze never left John's, nor did his leave hers. They sat down, and she sat next to him. When the announcer came on to report the winners. Damia felt John's hand grab her own. She squeezed it as they said the winners, it was a co ed competition. Everyone stared at the platform, and waited for them to reveal the winners.
"In third place, Mr. Alex Summers." The crowd roared for him, as he went to the platform. Scott clapped energetically for his younger brother as well as the rest of his team.
"In second place, Ms. Tina Brown." The crowd roared louder for the girl, giving cat calls, and hollers. The X team clapped just for the sake of being polite. Tina walked up to the platform next to Alex. She gave a smile as she accepted the award, but her insides were full of rage, she wasn't a good loser, even though she had gotten second place. Her eyes narrowed as she waited for the announcer to call first, and she dared it to be Damia.
John's grasp on Damia's hand tightened as the man began to tell the first place winner. "And the winner of this years annual spring break surf competition is," Damia held her breath. "Damia Eneas!" The crowd cheered, and in her happiness she lost herself giving John a hug and a huge kiss, surprising both of them. When she accepted the prize all she could do was smile. She saw her friends and smiled, they looked happy for her. And they were, very much so, after all what are friends for. But, on the platform she felt the heat of an unwelcome stare, and she didn't need to look to see who it was. She knew it was Tina, and she couldn't help but smile harder. ^^Eat your heart out bitch. ^^ Damia thought as the crowd cheered for her.
-------Please review. Thanks to the following reviewers:
Ning Ning: Don't worry the bitch gets what's coming to her. ^_~ Three languages! WOW! Yeah, but I guess as you know it's had to remember sometimes. But she did get her point across.
Lulu: It will work out, trust me. It's painful for me too. *cries*
Ashleigh: Hun, I would let you kick Tina's ass but ya know how Damia is, she gotta do all that stuff on her own. That whole vengeance thing, which I don't completely understand. Thanks for the complements, sugar! Hahahaha! Peace!
Eilatan: Here's the update ya wanted! ^_~ And don't work letting out your feelings on Tina is a good thing.
Anyway thanks again for your reviews! ~Alana-----