AUTHOR'S NOTE: Heyy Loves! I'm sorry that the chapters are so short, I don't exactly have a long story amount of ideas for this one, pretty much just working with the Tove Lo songs I've chosen and a couple ideas I already had. Anyways, hope you enjoy this next chapter!

In the next week, Damien felt much happier being high every single chance he got. As a matter of fact, Damien was hardly ever sober. Aphrodite taught him how to act sober around others, and when Damien had perfected it, he was ready to go back to his classes.

"Damien?" Zoey said in surprise as Damien walked into their first class. Everyone stopped what they were doing and started staring and whispering. Everyone knew about Jack's death, because although students died at the House Of Night all the time, the teachers still made sure to have a memorial for each one. Damien didn't mind people staring and whispering, he HAD come back unannounced, after being holed up in his room for Nyx knows how long. "Damien, you may take your usual seat next to Zoey" Erik said gently. (Or as he preferred his students to call him in the classroom, Mr. Night, which was so weird since Zoey was dating him) Damien took his seat and ignored the stares and whispers.

"So Damien, how are you holding up sweetie?" Stevie Rae asked at lunch. "He's obviously fine, otherwise he wouldn't be here bumpkin" Aphrodite said with a flip of her hair. "Why does she have to sit with us?" the twins asked in unison. "Because she's my friend" Damien said, putting his arm around Aphrodite, who playfully pushed him away. Damien's friends stared at them in surprise and confusion. "So what's for lunch anyways? I'm starving" Damien said. "You're always starving. Maybe that's why you're so fat" Aphrodite said. Damien laughed, he knew Aphrodite was being sarcastic; he was easily the thinnest one in the group. Damien's friends glanced at each other.

After lunch, Aphrodite and Damien went back to Aphrodite's room to smoke again before their next class. "So how's the high life treating your grades?" Aphrodite asked. "Still a straight A student" Damien said. "Good, then you can do my homework for me" Aphrodite said. Damien laughed.

"Hey, seriously though, thanks for sticking up for me at lunch today. No one's ever done anything like that for me before except when I'm intimidating them into it" Aphrodite said. "Hey, no sweat Aphrodite, you really are my friend" Damien said. Aphrodite smiled.

"Ok, enough mushy stuff before I fucking vomit" Aphrodite said, playfully punching Damien's arm. Damien laughed. "Yo, so I just got a fresh supply of weed this morning, do we dare to smoke more than we ever have before in one sitting?" Aphrodite asked slyly. "Hell motherfuckin' yeah" Damien said. "A'ight, let's do this shit then" Aphrodite said, pulling out her bong.

"You know what I really love about being high? The fact that tripping on weed is like an adventure into another fucking dimension or some shit" Damien said. Aphrodite laughed. "I know what you mean, it just sounds funny hearing you say it because it's so unlike you, and it's such a high person cliché thing to say" Aphrodite said. "Well hey, maybe it's for the better, my changing how I act I mean. After all, I'd rather happily fly my high rocket through the weed universe than just lie in my bed doing nothing" Damien said. "Hell yeah, fucking right" Aphrodite agreed.

"Yo, so you know how they have that new, lame human studies class that I'm being forced to take?" Aphrodite said. "Yeah? What about it?" Damien asked. "So we're learning about the different music they listen to, and I assumed that it was gonna be shit like everything else in that class, but I actually heard some good music in there. It's weird, humans listen to music for fun, not just for lame ass rituals where the lyrics are in another fucking language" Aphrodite said. "Really?" Damien asked in surprise. "Yeah, and I think it actually might be fun to listen to some while we're high. What do you say?" Aphrodite asked. "Sure, let's try it" Damien said. Aphrodite pulled out her phone and looked up the song Empire State Of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. "Hey, this is actually great!" Damien said. "I told you" Aphrodite said.

Aphrodite and Damien listened to music, and it actually sort of made Damien feel even more high. "Aphrodite? Is it normal for things to be changing colors?" Damien asked. Aphrodite laughed her ass off. "Damn, you must really be fucking tripping, I haven't been that high since I first started smoking" Aphrodite said. Damien thought it was really cool, the different colors and sounds were amazing. "Now I know why it's called being high, I feel like I'm floating higher than the whole House Of Night itself, like I'm in the clouds, and I feel like I can do anything" Damien said. "Well I for one certainly like Damien, Queen Of The Clouds better than just boring old gay nerd Damien who thinks he's a fucking queen" Aphrodite said. "Thank you?" Damien said laughing.

It was getting close to morning, and Damien was putting on his pajamas in his room. There was a knock on the door. "Since when do you knock Aphrodite?" Damien said. Zoey walked into the room. "Oh, Zoey, hey" Damien said. "Hey Damien, can I talk to you for a minute?" Zoey asked. "Sure" Damien said, buttoning up his shirt. "I don't really know how to ask what I need to ask, so please bear with me while I try to explain myself" Zoey said. "Ok?" Damien said.

"The twins, Stevie Rae, and I have all noticed that you got over everything in almost one day. What I mean is, you were extremely depressed for a long time, and then suddenly you were super happy, there was no gradual recovery. We're all very happy that you're happy now of course, but we're just a little bit confused as to what made you do a complete 180. We don't mean to be suspicious of your happiness or anything, like I said, we're all very happy that you're happy, it's just…odd" Zoey said. "Well, Aphrodite's helped me out a lot" Damien said.

"And that's another thing. We all try to get along with Aphrodite of course, but she's…not the nicest person. None of us really talk to her much apart from trying to be friendly, and that included you, until recently. Again, this is not something that we mean to be suspicious about, it's really great that Aphrodite finally connected with one of us, but that's another thing that just sort of happened in one day, and it was around the time you started being happy again. Which is all good, but also still all very odd, and we're just sort of wondering what's going on" Zoey said.

"Why does something have to be going on in order for me to be happy and be friends with Aphrodite? These things are good like you said, so why does it matter how or when they happen?" Damien asked. "I suppose it doesn't. But you're also acting very different, not like your old self" Zoey said. "People change. I was in love before, and now Jack's dead, so I'm not. That's bound to make a person change, right?" Damien asked. "Yeah, but…" Zoey said. "Look Zoey, things are better now, why question it? Do you have any real concerns?" Damien asked. "I suppose not. You're right; I guess we're just being nosy and silly. Still, if you do need help, we're here for you too" Zoey said. "I know Zoey, thank you. And tell the others I said thanks for their concern too, but I'm honestly great" Damien said. "Alright then, I guess I'll see you tomorrow night. Have a good day's sleep" Zoey said. "You too" Damien said.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: How long do you think that Damien can lie to his friends? Sorry this chapter sucked, the next will be much better; and steamy too, the Grindr hookup is happening next chapter. Please review!