Chapter 17: Juicy

When I first met Damien, he told me that he had a special song. I think it was the second time we talked. But how did he write all that about me in just one day? Did he get inspired? I don't know. The show ended and I returned to my hotel room. Damien was there and I needed to know if that song was about me.

"Damien, can I ask you something?" I said and he turned around and asked, "what's wrong?"

"That song you sang is, was it about me?" I asked and his expression softened and he stared at the ground. "How did you figure it out?" He said. "It's obvious. The lyrics were similar to when we met" I said. He walked to his drawer and started searching for his clothes.

He placed his clothes on his bed. "Ever since you walked in this room, I felt nothing but feelings for you. And I know it is so much more, I really like you Adryan" he said lightly and looked me in the eyes from a far distance. I did not expect him to say that he's liked me ever since he first saw me and he might love me. Nobody has ever told me something like that. But why don't I feel something for him? I can't fight it, I like Jacks. And I don't want to hurt his feelings once again. "Aren't you going to say something?" His lips turned into a frown.

"It's too much to process. I can't give you a straight answer and I already told you the other day that I liked Jacks" He shook his head and grabbed my hands. He ran circles with his thumbs on my fists.

"Adryan, please" his light blue eyes shined with emotion and he was tearing up a little but he was holding it in.

"Damien I...." he interrupted me by placing his lips on mine softly.

"I'm sorry I know you didn't want to, but I did" he released my hands, grabbed his clothes and entered the bathroom. The first time I ever see him this emotional and honest. I was surprised that a serious guy like him would act like this and fall for a guy like me.

A day passed, Damien and I returned to talking but after what happened last night he hasn't acted the same as before. I know it hurts him every time he sees me with Jacks but I can't do anything about that. I like him and I admit it. In fact, I'm on my way to see him right now. I arrive at his room and I knock on the door. Suddenly I flinch by the sound of Clarissa yelling,

"WHO IS IT?"

"It's Adryan" I said calmly.

"OOOH COME IN" she yelled once again. I let myself in and I saw Clarissa laying upside down on her bed. She waved at me,

"hi Adryan!" I said hi awkwardly and she laughed.

"Where's Jacks?" I asked.

"Ohh he's in...." She couldn't finish her sentence because Jacks talked out of nowhere,

"Clarissa, who are you talking to?" He walked out of the bathroom shirtless with a towel hanging around his neck. "Ohh" he stopped walking as he saw me and I stood there frozen and red. He smiled and looked down shyly. Clarissa started rolling on her bed laughing,

"hahaha, this is the cutest yet awkward interaction I've seen in my life!" She continues laughing. Jacks laughs a little and says,

"I'm going to finish getting changed" he returned to the bathroom. And I kinda wanted to see him shirtless more often. It's not my fault he has a nice body, not my fault. Clarissa aggressively got up from her bed and searched through her really big bag. She hummed the song she sang last night and suddenly gasped.

"What's wrong?" I asked and

She raised her index finger in the air, "I remembered something. Jacks!" She yells his name and walks out of the bathroom just in time.

"Stop yelling Clarissa," he said.

"I have more theories of what's happening here," she said and Jacks and I rolled our eyes. "Don't get mad, this will be really satisfying" She pulled two napkins out of her bag. "Look" she showed them to us.

"Why are you showing us napkins?" I asked confused. Why the hell was she showing us napkins, and what are so special about them?

"In the catering room, the judges stopped there and ate some snacks. But Thomas ate some really good looking meat and when he bit it he said,

"oooh juicy" she mocks him hilariously and continues explaining, "he cleaned his face with this napkin and look what it has" she gave Jacks the napkin and he held it with a confused face.

"Clarissa, what the hell?" He said disgustedly.

"What's wrong?" I asked and he passed me the napkin. It had a small stain of probably blood.

"Maybe the meat was uncooked," I said and she puts her hands in her face and groans,

"stop making this so hard, you need to notice. Why did he enjoy it so much?"

"He likes blood? I don't know" I said and she pointed at me,

"exactly, he likes blood. What does that make him?"

"A vampire, Clarissa seriously?" Jacks said looking annoyed.

"It could be," she said and he laughed,

"it's funny how you think a normal person could be a vampire"

"I'll figure it out and I don't want it to be too late. You need to help me please" She was really getting into this whole judges fiasco. Someone started knocking at the door.

"I'll get it," Jacks said and walked to the door and opened it. I saw Damien. What was he doing here? He doesn't like Jacks. He exited the room to talk to him. I wonder what's it about.