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Sorry for the long Author's Note, now on with the story. This chapter is a bit short and is a bit cliché. Read and Review :)
Damian was supposed to meet Lindsay in front of the school gates. He was late.
He grabbed his stuff and ran.
He abandoned what he was doing, which was a secret.
He finally approached the school gates.
Lindsay smiled upon seeing Damian and she waved.
Damian smiled back at her. He was glad Lindsay wasn't mad since he was ten minutes late.
Lindsay doesn't know what possesses her to act like a different person in front of Damian.
She knew she was possibly in love with him but when she's with Damian, her usual 'Lindsay-ness' mellows out.
"Hello. Sorry I am late." Damian said, wiping his forehead with his hand.
"It's fine. I just arrived here as well." Lindsay said. She lied, she arrived there ten minutes earlier than what their original meeting time is.
Damian smiled again.
"God, his eyes are so beautiful." Lindsay thought, staring at Damian's eyes.
Little did she know that Damian was thinking the same thing about her eyes.
"Let's get moving." Lindsay said then walked towards the bus stop.
Damian caught up to her. "Where exactly are we going?" he asked.
"You'll see." Lindsay said then stepped inside the bus.
She found a spot at the back of the bus and Damian sat next to her.
Damian scanned the school bus. He didn't know any of the kids there.
He looked at Lindsay. She was really excited about where they're going.
Damian looked out the window. He can't figure out where they're going. He hasn't gone through that road yet.
He saw topiaries and hedge gates. He noticed they were passing through huge houses with nice gardens and even some fountains.
The bus finally pulled up in front of a humongous white Victorian style mansion.
Lindsay stood up.
Damian looked at her with a confused and questioning look in his eyes.
"We're here. Let's go." Lindsay said yanking Damian by the arm.
They stepped off the bus. Damian was in awe.
"Come on." Lindsay said, walking towards the tall intricately detailed metal gate.
She pushed the doorbell.
She then leaned forward to face the little screen in the gate post.
It was like one of those intercom things on apartment buildings.
A woman appeared on the screen.
"Ella, it's Lindsay. Open up." Lindsay said.
With that, the gates opened automatically.
Damian gasped. "Whoa." He thought.
"Follow me." Lindsay said.
They walked to the front door, passing through a fountain and a koi pond along the way.
A woman opened the door for them, smiling.
"Hey Ella." Lindsay greeted the lady.
The woman smiled and then raised her eyebrows upon seeing Damian.
"So we have company." Ella said.
"Yes. Ella, this is Damian. Damian, this is Ella." Lindsay said.
"Hello." Damian said politely. He then turned to Lindsay.
"Whose house is this?" he whispered.
"You mean you haven't figured it out yet? It's mine, silly." Lindsay replied, smiling.
Lindsay went inside the house and gestured for Damian to come in.
Lindsay really wanted to keep her family's wealthy background a secret, but Damian is always the only exception to her rules.
Besides, if she and Damian were ever going to be an item, he should know things about her.
Damian was overwhelmed. He stared at the huge chandelier and the 'living room' that has the size of a ballroom dance floor.
"Ella, can you fix us a snack? We'll be in my favorite room." Lindsay said.
Emma nodded and headed towards the kitchen.
Damian gulped when he heard 'favorite room'.
Lindsay walked and went up the stairs.
"Where exactly are we going?" That was the second time Damian asked that question.
He followed Lindsay while trying not to break anything since everything there looks so expensive.
"You'll see. I know you'll like where we're going too." Lindsay replied.
Damian gulped again.
Nevertheless, he followed Lindsay.
They arrived on the second floor.
There were a lot of rooms.
Lindsay went to the room on the far end of the hall.
She opened the door and stepped inside.
Damian reluctantly followed her.
He then understood what Lindsay met when she said that he'll like the room too.
The room was a full blown recording studio. It was decked out with different types of guitars, drums and every music equipment needed.
Lindsay smiled when she saw Damian's pleasantly surprised face.
Damian smiled at her. "What are we going to do here?"
"We'll practice our duet of course. But first, I want you to hear me sing. Tell me if I'm excellent or just simply outstanding." Lindsay replied.
Lindsay went inside the recording booth and put a pair of headphones on.
Damian sat in a plastic chair.
Lindsay closed her eyes and started singing.
You, by the light
Is the greatest find
In a world full of wrong
You're the thing that's right
Lindsay looked straight Damian.
Damian managed a smile.
Finally made it through the lonely
To the other side
You set it again, my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love
And I'm terrified
For the first time and the last time
In my only life
Lindsay felt all the words she sang. They hold true in her situation. Damian may be and will be the person she's waiting for.
Lindsay finished the song and exited the booth.
"So what did you think?" Lindsay asked Damian enthusiastically.
"Ummm. ….You were fantastic." Damian said. He was feeling overwhelmed.
"Good, then." Lindsay said then sat next to Damian. "Because you're gonna have to get used to it." She thought.
"Now let's pick our song for the duet competition. I'm thinking something classic, with a good beat and catchy tune, something from Broadway. What do you think?" Lindsay asked.
Damian just nodded. He has no idea what she's talking about.
Lindsay stood up to choose a CD out of the massive rack containing about a hundred of CDs.
"By the way, my cousin Kathy Beth is coming." Lindsay said while fumbling for a CD.
"Okay." Damian just said.
"Oh, and we need some ginger tea to strengthen our voice's stamina. Wait a minute." Lindsay said then walked out of the room to ask Ella for some tea along with their snacks.
Damian sighed.
This is not the kind of date he pictured. He imagined their date would be at a restaurant, eating and talking happily. Not practicing songs and expecting guests.
Damian sat there, twiddling his thumbs.
-Cameron's Room-
Cameron didn't notice that he fell asleep.
He sat up; feeling tears had dried on his face.
It was still afternoon. He just napped for about thirty minutes.
He always treats problems in the same way. He shuts down and switches all his painful emotions off then putting on a happy facade in front of his friends.
It was the thing he had done when Marissa left town and he's doing it again now.
He copes that way.
He wiped his cheeks and rubbed his eyes then picked up his guitar.
Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Cameron was interrupted mid-song.
He heard a knock on his door.
"Cam, dear? Can I come in?" a voice called out.
It was his mom.
Cameron stiffened up, he did not respond.
His mom entered the room anyway.
"Can I talk to you?" his mom asked.
Cameron looked away.
He knows what she's going to tell him. That she's leaving them, that their family is being split apart, that he would have to make a choice between his mom and dad.
How can you tell your child something like that?
Cameron felt his eyes begin to water again, but he pushed them away. "Switch off. Switch off." He thought repeatedly like a broken robot.
"I'm about to head out mom." He lied then hastily put on his jacket.
He quickly got out of the room and out of the house.
He grabbed his bike and pedaled, not caring where he's going to go.
-Meanwhile, in Marissa's House-
Marissa threw her gym bag onto her bed then walked towards her full sized mirror.
She checked herself out.
She raised her arm and pinched her skin.
"Not good, this part became thicker." Marissa thought to herself.
She the raised her shirt and checked her stomach, pinching the skin. She stood sideways and checked her figure.
"I need to maintain this. And my arms I've gotten a bit chunkier. I need to stay slim to be able to stay in the Cheerios till graduation." Marissa told herself.
She grabbed a small plastic bottle on her drawer and got one pill out of it.
She swallowed it.
It was a diet pill.
She swallowed it as if it was hurting her.
She had a look of guilt and pain on her face.
"It has to be done" she thought before feeling a wave of hunger.
She fought it and went downstairs.
She saw some apples on the table but she ignored them.
She opted to eat one grape and a glass of water.
She wiped her sweaty forehead.
Her mom was never there for her. She recently got too absorbed with her job to not even casually chat with Marissa.
Emily doesn't even know about her condition.
Only one person knows.
Cameron.
But she can't just casually call Cameron and ask him to meet up to tell him her problems.
Things have changed now, that was in the past.
She needed to get out of their tiny house.
She changed into jeans and a shirt and rode her bike with one place in mind.
-Lima Public Gardens-
Marissa pedaled through the back alley of Stoogee Building.
She remembered that it is the route that she and Cameron take whenever they would go to the gardens.
"Stop thinking about him." She told herself.
She parked her bike on the bike rack.
No other bike was there except for one.
Marissa sighed then entered the greenhouse.
She was not expecting what she saw.
It was Cameron.
With another girl.
A/N: SO I'm done! I know I did not fulfill the 'guest star and makeover' but I promise I'll do that next chapter. I know it is really short but I have been really busy, I promise to update regularly from this point onwards! Tell me what you think of this chapter please!
Next: Damian's secret and Cameron's mystery girl.
Also some storylines from the other characters.
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