Chapter 6

To say that everyone was surprised was an understatement. But I didn't give them time to say anything as I ran out of the kitchen.

When I finally left my room I was called downstairs to help Damon set up the garden making sure to decorate the exterior of the house ready for the party.

Lily jumped for joy when I told her what happened to me and Damon since yesterday. Mum and dad were just glad I wasn't crying anymore and Natalie was just happy altogether. Was I so oblivious that I didn't know that our families knew about my obsession with my best friend?

" Damon can you answer the door, someone's here to see you," Christian says from the back door on the patio.

" don't do anything until I come back " he commands me as he steps off from the wall as we set up lights.

I roll my eyes. There's no need for him to be so protective. I'm literally laying plates on the tables.

" Skylar! " I barely finished when Adrian came storming through the doors. An annoyed Damon trailing behind him.

" wondered when you'd be coming back" I smile at him as pulls me in for a quick hug.

" you met her already," another voice says coming from behind Damon. Another guy stood in front of me.

Smaller than Damon but only slightly. " that's what happens when you arrive late " Adrian replies back standing back as Damon takes his position beside me.

" sky this is Charlie; these two idiots are my friends from the army" Damon introduces them to me. Damon doesn't normally call me by my name so this was new for me.

" idiots, that saved your life " Adrian glared at Damon. My interest was suddenly peaked, wanting to know much more.

" what do you mean," I ask turning to Damon. He takes his bottom lip between his teeth. "they covered for me when I was in the conflict, I did the same for them hundreds of times"

"Are you guys going back?" I ask them. Adrian smiled down at me. "yes, not for a few months though. I'm going to enjoy my break from all the fighting" Charles nods his head. I guess both of them are going back.

"enough chit chat boys, we've got a few hours until people start arriving," Natalie says walking out to the back. Even though she was saying this she had her arms open and when she reached us she let the boys hug her.

"yes, mom" they chanted, causing Natalie to let out a light laugh.

The boys started to chat with Natalie and Damon stole this chance to drag me away from the boys. "next time, can you wear a bra I don't like the thought of the guys seeing you like this" he says quietly eying my shirt.

Shit, I completely forgot. It's not too bad my boobs are quite perky so its noticeable.

"on it sergeant "I joked before walking away from him and letting myself slip back into the house. I heard the hollers from Chris and Adrian as I disappeared inside.

I spent the next few hours helping out mom cook. I was in charge of baking since I learnt how to from my part time job during school.

Halfway through baking I felt two hands fall onto my waist. "smells good" Damon mumbled eying my cake mix. This was my special Nutella cake. I had been making this for years.

Damon nuzzled his face in my neck as I continued to prepare the cake for it to go in the oven. A few close friends had arrived and they were either helping out or just laying around chatting.

Christian had made a dent in his bank account and flew many of our friends here to France.

"stop that, you're not getting any. You will have to wait till later" he tightened his hold on me and groaned out. He walked away which only made me laugh. I swear he just had food. My mom has a weakness when it comes to Damon.

Must run in the family. It feels surreal to be back with Damon. Me and him have a special bond that lets us just fall back in place again. There was only one other time that we fell out.

Damon had arranged for us to go see a movie. I had been thinking about seeing this movie since I heard about it. As I was getting ready for a relaxing night with Damon. He had called me and said we had to cancel.

I found out later that he was actually taking out this girl. Turns out they got together after that. I was jealous and I know I shouldn't have been. But it hurt because he was putting her before me. Then he had the audacity to get mad at me when I went out clubbing that night instead.

I wasn't going to pamper myself and dress up nice for nothing.

I was too busy thinking about the memory when I suddenly heard screams coming from the door. From my position I could see through to the hallway. Some girl had run up to Damon.

Her hands wrapped around his shoulders and he laughed as he held her up. I knew I was stirring this mix too hard. Mom had to take it away from me. "calm down sweetie, they're just friends" my mom tries to reason with me.

"yes mum, but so are we" I mumble my eyes dropping down to the floor.

Mum stays quiet for a while and I know she realised I was right.

"look people are coming now, why don't you take a long bath and get ready okay," dad says placing his hands on my shoulders. For the first time I looked at my phone and realised it was 7. People were due to come at 8.

I wiped my hands and took off my apron. "fine, I won't be long" I said before moving out of the kitchen. As I was reaching the stairs Damon's voice rang out.

"Skylar, come here I want to show you something" he calls out to me. His arms wrapped around the shoulder of one of the girls. I winced when he said my name. it shouldn't affect me like that but he never uses my full name.

"later" I called out to him as I continued to make my way up the stairs and into my room. Once I was behind the door I locked it and practically ripped off my clothes before moving into the bathroom.

Friends my ass. There is no way that Damon has been living in France and hasn't got a girlfriend or even just some girl. I knew what he was like in high school. I also know he has a high sex drive. His girlfriend made that perfectly clear to me.

I grab a towel as I get out of the bath. It was very relaxing with the bath bomb I put in. Mum bought me some earlier, what a fucking angel.

Looking through my bags I was trying to decide what to wear since I wanted to dress nice and sexy but I also wanted to be considerate. I mean practically my whole family is here, I can't dress like a slut can I.

I decided on my new mini skirt. I had bought this is the states a few months ago but never actually wore it. I paired it with an off the shoulder long sleeve top. I literally have 10 of these they are my favourite tops to wear recently.

I applied some makeup as well and then curls my hair into short loose waves. After taking a few pictures and posting them on Instagram I started to make my way downstairs.

"sky, can you help me" I stopped short when I heard my sister from her own room. Walking inside I saw her sitting at the table half her makeup done.

"I'm running late could you straighten my hair for me," she asks sweetly as she continues with her makeup. I didn't think there was any problem with that. Honestly, I wasn't in a rush to go downstairs.

"sure," I say grabbing the straighteners and a brush. I took my time doing her hair I know she likes it pin straight so I made sure I did that.

We didn't talk much, mainly because she was concentrating on her own makeup and I knew she would need absolute silence when she started on her eyes. "do you think Damon has a girlfriend" she suddenly asks me.

I wasn't surprised that she asked me this, obviously I wasn't the only one that saw the intimate moment.

"probably," I say quickly, hating the idea of him being with that girl. I'm not going to lie, she was a tiny thing and very skinny.

Way skinnier than me. Lucky bitch.

"I hope he doesn't, he deserves someone special," she says. She was staring at me through the mirror. "you two, you guys just belong together" she adds. I stopped brushing for a few seconds.

If only he saw me like that. I did get my hopes up when he reminded me that he was my first kiss. But after that, he was back to being the protective friend I always had.

"if he felt the same way it would have already happened lily" which is true. No matter how many time I try to think otherwise.

She bowed her head. My sister always thought we'd end up together, she was happy with Adam and she wanted the same for me.

"c'mon, you finish up and I will meet you downstairs." I say placing the straighteners back on the table. She gave me a weak smile as I left her room.

As I made my way downstairs there was light music playing. There were people scattered around the house. Some on chairs and then others were standing up in groups just chatting.

"there you are, Skylar," Charles said taking my hand as I reached the bottom. Charles had changed into jeans with a fancy shirt. Only now did I notice how good looking this man actually is.

"looking for me?" I ask him. He nods his head eagerly. "of course, c'mon let's go meet some peeps" I laugh but let him take me over to some people.

He makes his way over to a bunch of people who look about our age. They all dressed smart but the girls dolled it up a bit. "guys, this is Skylar" he says catching their attention.

When they turned to me I knew they were judging me but I just smiled at them. "nice to meet you all" I said politely giving them a little wave.

"try not to intimidate my little girl," Christian says coming through the group. I was surprised when everyone broke into laughter.

"yours? mind your language Christian" my dad shouts from the hallway. He was standing with Natalie and my mother.

After that the group started to introduce themselves. Turns out they are part of Christians crew on his show. I felt intimidated but relaxed at the same time.

We were celebrating a new season of his show which explains why a lot of these people are friends of Christian. It was nice for Damon to offer his house for this celebration.

Christians show is actually shot in France, Paris to be exact so this explains a lot.

"let's eat, C'mon," one of the girls says pulling me along to the kitchen. The whole island was filled with food. Way too much but I guess for the amount of hungry people here it was enough.

we grabbed plates and filled them up with food. Turns out she was a makeup artist on the show.

I grabbed my sister before we started talking. She would love to hear more about makeup so I thought it would be the right thing to do.

I excused myself to find some more people. I spotted the girl from earlier. No surprise where she was sitting. She had made herself comfortable next to Damon and Adrian. Chatting away.

Adrian soon spotted me and got up, making his way over to me. "don't you look beautiful" he said spinning me around. "blue is definitely your colour" I commented back looking at his dark black jeans a navy t-shirt.

"I know, the ladies keep telling me" I smile. This by radiates confidence but its very refreshing.

"daddy" we hear a small angelic voice say from below. I look down and see the tiniest little girl holding onto Adrian's leg. I raise my head.

"you're a daddy," I ask honestly surprised. "careful sky, Damon might hear" he winks at me. I playfully slap him on the shoulder.

He bends down and grabs the little girl from the waist and places her on his hip. "ruby, this is auntie Skylar say hello" the little girl glanced at me before breaking into a smile.

"hi," she says cutely placing her hand on my cheek. I grin at her, enjoying her cuteness.

Her mother joined us soon after. She was a curvy brunette woman and she had a pair of jeans on with a light pink top on. She even looked like a mom.

"your daughter is just precious," I say to her as she slides up to her husband. Even though Adrian is playful the look he gives his family is just something that melts my heart.

She smiles "believe me I know" she takes the hand of ruby kissing her fingers causing the little girl to laugh.

"it's about time I met you Skylar. Damon and Christian always talk about you don't they Adrian" I was a little surprised but none the less I just smiled.

"they sure do" he winks at me.

Most of the night I ended up talking to molly and playing with ruby. I wasn't surprised that she enjoyed my company. I love children especially at that cute toddler age.

"I'll be back, I'm just going to get a drink," I tell them as I rise up to my feet. I passed by the living room and realised that Damon was no longer there. As I walked into the kitchen there was only a few people in there.

One man in particular.

Damon stood leaning against the counter, a beer in his hand. I walked over to the fridge and grabbed one for myself. I was in desperate need for a drink.

Closing the fridge, I was instantly met with the burning eyes of Damon. He had placed his beer down. I could see the remains on his lips.

"enjoying yourself" I comment moving over to stand opposite him. I needed some kind of support to keep me standing. Damon just looked to handsome I couldn't deal. He wore a white buttoned shirt and a black blazer over the top. His legs were covered in black jeans.

Damon was about to say something when the door to the kitchen swing open and the girl from earlier walked inside. Her heels echoing against the kitchen floor. I closed my eyes wanting to calm my beating heart.

"there you are Damon, what are you doing in here," she says walking over to us. She barely acknowledges me as she pushes her way to him.

I watch Damon's eyes narrow as he sees me start to step away. I shake my head. "ill catch you later Damon "I say before walking out the kitchen. Making sure to sway my hips confidently.

I tried to push Damon out of my mind and enjoy this fun night. Christian did a little speech and we all cheered to him.

The party soon took a weird turn when people started to join in with the karaoke. We even had a group song as we all sang sweet Caroline. You could say it was a fun night.

I could feel that I was getting slightly buzzed as I kept drinking beers or the other drinks that mum kept giving me. God knows what she was feeding me.

I had a small headache coming along so I decided to slip out and find a quiet dark room to just sit in. I found one upstairs and relished in the bed that was in there. Instead of sitting on the bed I sat on the chair that was situated behind a tiny desk.

Is this Damon's office, god knows. What does Damon even do now since he's left the army. How was he even able to fund the build of this house.

Thoughts had been running through my mind. Again, thinking about Damon as per usual.

My head snapped to the side when I heard the door opening. I panicked I probably have no right to be in here.

I saw the dark shadow of Damon. He had his phone in one hand as he stood in doorway blocking the light from outside.

I froze when I felt him behind me. I was about to turn around to really look at him but he quickly slipped his hand around my neck, moving it up to my chin. The motion was sensual and made my breaths heavier.

"Damon, what are you doing" I whisper when his hold on my neck tightens. He traces his thumb against my lips parting them, I wanted nothing more to suck on those thick fingers of his but I knew that would weird.

I don't think Damon should know about that side of me just yet.

"stop talking," he says as he continues to move his hands against my face. I quickly seal my lips shut. This was all too much for my fragile state.

He played with my neck and my lips, does he realise how turned on I am now.

"I shouldn't have kissed you then. I know that you liked it you wanted more didn't you" he whispers his mouth dangerously close to my ear. I gasped, he knew all along and didn't say anything.

Why has he tortured me?

"you were drunk, it didn't mean anything to you. That's why I kept quiet" I admitted. There's no point in lying anymore. He has me all figured out now.

He tightens his grip on my neck. "that's where you're wrong baby girl. I was sober enough to remember the sexy black dress you wore. The softness of your lips and they way your hands felt on my skin" he passed his thumb over my lips.

I was furious. "are you fucking with me, why would you do that to me. And to make it even better you left me for 5 fucking years thinking that I was some girl you kissed whilst you were drunk" I stood up from the chair. I needed to face him head on.

I could feel the alcohol fuelling my confidence to stand up to Damon.

I was immediately pushed against the desk, his hand pushing me down over the desk.

"Is this some sick joke Damon, are you drunk now" I shouted at him. I knew no one would hear the music was too loud downstairs.

"do you think I can afford to be drunk tonight, when I have to make sure nobody touches you, touches what's mine" his voice was rough, he was angry with me it was obvious.

"if I were drunk right now, baby girl you wouldn't be wearing any fucking clothes" he snapped his hand sliding down over the curve of my ass. So, he would take advantage of me, isn't that great.

"stop it, you don't get to touch me like this" I try and wiggle out of his hold. But his hands on me were too damn strong I couldn't move an inch.

I didn't think this could get any worst until I heard him chuckle behind me. "so, who gets to touch you then, James? did he get to touch you"

No of course not.

"no," I said just above a whisper.

"that's what I thought," he said into my ear before completely stepping away from me. I hated how I missed him as soon as he left me. I wanted his hands on me again but was I going to admit that. Hell no.

"you were never just some random girl sky, I kissed you because I wanted to. I shouldn't have done but I don't regret it either" he says speaking to me in a gentle tone.

I watched him have an internal battle with himself as he stared at me. I realised my skirt had ridden up so roughly pulled it down back over my ass.

"I'm sorry baby" he declares walking over to me. I let him wrap his arms around me, feeling his hands on my waist and his face against my neck. I understood why he was angry.

"I don't want to fight tonight Damon" I said breathing deeply.

I wanted to enjoy tonight without thinking about our past even though it angers me to even think about.

Damon simply kissed my head and helped me as we made our way back downstairs. To make the most of tonight, the best that we could.