Damien walked into the brew and went up to order. He didn't really want to drink anything he was just stalling. He went against ordering his usual latte since he was nervous enough already and opted for green tea instead hoping it would calm his nerves a little.

He was lost in thought till he heard the barista call out his name. He muttered almost inaudible thanks, took his drink and searched with his eyes for Lily. She was sitting in the far-left corner, it was sort of secluded and the brew was almost empty at this early hour of the day except for people getting their morning dose of caffeine before work.

He went up to the table pulled out the chair opposite to her. Lily put down her phone and gave him a sad sympathetic smile and said "hey"

Damien took a deep breath in attempt to calm his nerves and answered back "look I know this is important and stuff but can we please not make this awkward"

She looked almost relieved "yeah sure but I need to say something first…I'm"

Damien quickly interrupted "no! no apologies, look this isn't you fault I'm not mad at you at all the whole thing was just getting to me and I reacted badly, but I promise your words didn't hurt me or offend me in anyway"

She sighed, looked up at him and in an extremely soft voice said "I know. I understand but I'm worried about you I want to help you process this, so just know that you can talk to me about what's really going on and what you're thinking of"

He was about to answer when his phone started ringing it was his mom Aria, he knew it was the call he's been dreading. He didn't answer and said to Lily "your mom works fast".

She grabbed his hand cautiously and said "it's going to be ok, I'm sure of it but you guys need to talk"

"I guess you're right I'm just not looking forward to it; I don't want to hurt her"

"you won't. you're actually incapable of it, the only thing that's going to hurt her is if you shut her out; she is probably worried about you"

At this exact moment his phone vibrated indicated that he received a text, two texts.

*texting*

Aria: meet me at home now

Aria: I know you're not at school so don't pretend.

Damien: ok, I'll be there in 10.

*end of texting*

"I guess I better go"

Lily gave him a smile that was supposed to come off as supportive but instead was somewhere between worried and constipated "come on, I'll walk you there"

"no, it's fine, you're already late for school. I need to gather my thoughts before I talk to her anyway"

"ok, can we meet after school? I can get pizza and ice-cream and come over or you can come over if you need to leave the house"

"yeah sure just call me after and we'll see"

They said their goodbyes and left afterwards. Damien was so nervous walking home that he wished a truck would hit him and put him in a comma or something, so he can forget about this whole day, but it never happened, and he finally reached his house.

He opened the door and saw Aria on the couch in their living room, she looked like she hasn't slept in days or like she was crying he knew it's probably the latter because she looked fine this morning before he left to meet Lily.

He sat down and looked at the floor. The carpet pattern suddenly seemed very interesting.

He heard Aria ask, "What do you know?"

For some reason the question irritated him more that it should, Aria hid the truth from him after he asked time and time again so he spoke with so much anger and hurt in his voice "Why does it matter, I know enough to gather that my father was Satan's spawn there are some gaps in the story but I won't tell you what I know because it's not the point. I need to hear the whole story from you everything with no lies this time"

He looked at her face and saw the hurt and pain in it so he softened his voice as much as he could "look I know you meant well and wanted to protect me but I need to know, you should understand that after all you've been through with your friends, lies and secrets never helped anyone. The truth always comes out and it's going to hurt anyway"

His last statement got to Aria, she wanted to protect him. He was her son, her Babyboy but she knew that too young or not he was mature enough to want answers and understand them; She also knew that if she doesn't give him answers it might break her family apart. She wished Ezra was with her, but he left for New York this morning and the conversation with Damien couldn't wait till he got back.

She took a deep breath and started "You mother was a refugee. She gave birth to you in a camp in Greece a day after she arrived there, she didn't get proper medical care there wasn't even a midwife to help and she was all alone with no family, so she died 48 hours after you were born. All we know is what she told her neighbor in the tent next to her when she begged her to take care of you. The moment she arrived the neighbor helped her build a tent and gave her some food your mother then told her the story; there was a raid in her village four soldiers came to her house, stole everything of value they could find, killed her brother, afterwards two of them held her down while the other two raped her, she didn't know what was their affiliation there were many armies fighting there they might have been terrorists, western soldiers or any of the other militias that fought there. She didn't know which one your father was or where he came from, she didn't know his name."

Aria paused and looked at her son he looked broken and beat down he looked at her and asked while crying "why did she keep me and how did she reach Greece"

"She told the woman who helped her that you were her son regardless of who the father is and that she wanted to give you the best life possible which is why she left, she got to Greece on a plastic boat, but no one knows how she got the money for it"

"How did you find me?" her son sounded drained as he asked

"we were in Europe for our movie and we wanted to adopt a child, there was this agency that helped orphaned refugees, so we reached out to them and they matched us with you"

Aria took a deep breath and said "look I know that this is a lot to take in, you can talk all the time you need to process this, you can even talk to a professional if you want but please know one thing regardless of anything you are our son, I don't care how you were conceived or where your from you're my Babyboy and me and your father will always love you and your brother more than anything in the world"

Damien than looked up with tears streaming down his face and said "I don't what I feel like yet, all I know is that I'm not sure if it would have been better if it was the classic teenage pregnancy where the parents can't handle it and give the baby up for adoption, at least if it was I could've been angry at them but now I don't know my mother gave up her life for me even though she never planned on having me and if she had lived having me that way with this history it would have ruined her life"

Aria could hear the guilt and pain in his voice she knew she couldn't lie to him or sugarcoat the answer anymore, but she needed him to know that it wasn't his fault at all "maybe you're right but she understood that and loved you anyway. She knew you were a pure soul and innocent of this crime if she had lived and her life was ruined it would be because of the soldiers not you, you would've been more like the light at the end of the tunnel, her son that she loves, protects, the person that brings her joy"

Aria looked at him and saw the gears turning in his head, so she continued "you never are and never will be a bad thing. You bring to all those around you including me unimaginable amounts of happiness, joy and comfort and I know it would've been the same for her regardless of the pain and suffering she had to endure for you to be here. No one should have to go through that, but you are worth it, and she knew that. She chose you regardless of the circumstances I know it doesn't make it any easier, but you have always been loved from even before you were born"

Damien started sobbing and Aria quickly rushed over to his side and hugged him. The stayed like that for a while and the he said, "I want to be a good person, I want to be worth it."

Aria answered quickly "you already are, you always have been"

Damien looked to her with his bloodshot eyes and asked "can I go for a walk I need some time to process this"

She didn't want him outside in this state but she knew he needed it so she said "sure just wash your face first, don't go anywhere far and please don't do anything reckless I know this is extremely hard but you're strong stronger than all of this even if you don't really feel like it right now"

He gave her a broken smile and said "I won't do anything reckless don't worry about me"

She smiled back supportively and said "it's what I do what mothers always do"

A/N

I'm sorry if this chapter is too dark, sensitive or triggering for anyone. I chose this particular story line because it's something that happens all the time in many areas of the world and i wanted to bring some awareness to it within my capacity.

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