Rejected one

Debbi smiled at Aimee after that statement causing Aimee to shrug, she was going to question Damien about his friend later when they had time alone.

Damien was back with Lucas, "Debbi, you have not ordered your meal yet?" Damien asked, concern written all over his face, the twins were eating but Debbi was not

"Damien, I want to tell you something important," Debbi said "okay go on" Damien pulled out a chair for himself while Lucas sat beside him "I want to tell you this privately" she added

Damien was confused for a moment, he glanced at Aimee who pretended to not see him gazing at her "aright, let us go" Damien stood and left with Debbi

When they were out of earshot Debbi began "Damien", he cocked an eyebrow expecting her to continue

"How could you do this to me? To us??" Debbi asked, 'alright what is going on with Debbi?' Damien asked inwardly

"I do not understand Debbi, what do you mean?" Damien asked "Damien, how could you ask Aimee to be your girlfriend?" She found herself asking

"Are you not cool with it? Besides Aimee is a nice girl, she is loving and beautiful" he praised her and that made Debbi smile bitterly, Damien was a novice

"Damien, I know Aimee is a cool, smart, and beautiful girl but what about us?" Debbi asked and the realization finally dawned on Damien "you have feelings for me?" Damien asked causing Debbi to look away

"Ah, father! I should have known!" Damien started looking at Debbi "look at me Debbi" he ordered and Debbi obeyed

"Debbi, you are a beautiful lady, an intelligent girl and any guy would want to be with you but I see you as nothing but my sister that I do not have, that is all, sorry Debbi but I do not view you that way," Damien said causing Debbi to blink severally

"You mean to say that you felt nothing for me for all these years we had been friends?" Debbi's voice cracked as she spoke "no" came Damien's short answer

"Damien… why? Seriously?" Debbi asked unable to hold back the tears, a tear slipped down her left eye down her face.

"Wait for a second! You abruptly left the house after announcing Aimee as my girlfriend not because your mom called you but because you could not stand it and you did not come to school because you were tired but because you were angry at me, you switched off your phone because you knew I would call you, you were deliberately ignoring me" said Damien, the scales which were covering his eyes fell of and he connected the dots perfectly.

"Debbi" he called out and she looked at him "you are nothing but a sister to me" Damien stated "stop it! just stop it! It hurt like hell Damien, you do not know what I feel because you have never been in my shoes, I love you Damien and nothing can ever stop us from being together" Debbi confessed

Shock filled Damien's eyes, this girl was serious, he taught she was joking but she was not "listen, Debbi, I do not like you that way, you are supposed to be my best friend for life and not my lover" Damien calmly told her

"You are rejecting me right?" Debbi asked "if that what you call it, yes, it is rejection, I rejected you, sorry dear but I love Aimee so much that I would do anything to make her mine, and even if that includes losing our friendship" Damien stated

"You want to end our friendship just because of that girl, how long have you known her Damien?" Debbi asked "yes, I would end our friendship if it calls for it" Damien's face was calm like as if he was not talking about his best friend here

"It hurt being the rejected one, Damien listens, I am sorry for wasting your time with my feelings, I am not as valuable to you as Aimee, she is the love of your life and I am nowhere near that, I am sorry for starting this discussion, I should have listened to my brothers. I wish you success in your relationship with Aimee and I hope you would not regret your decision later, it is hard not tearing up right now, knowing that your feelings were not reciprocated, anyways I wish nothing but the best for you and Aimee. Good luck to you guys and as of now we remain nothing but regular friends, no grudges right?" Debbi asked

"Not at all" Damien replied, "you have to act like nothing happened between us, like we never had this conversation, I do not want to come in between you and Aimee so it is best we pretend that nothing happened, are we clear?" She asked again

"Sure" Damien replied "alright then, do have a nice time" she was about to leave the cafeteria when Damien held her hand "are you not going to join in our celebration?" He asked

'Are you kidding her? Celebration her foot!' She screamed inwardly "remember you said to act like as if nothing happened, you not joining us is raising suspicion" he added

"Just tell me I went to see the school nurse" Debbi replied, trying to walk away "what about our friendship?" Damien asked

"I said earlier that we are regular friends, nothing much" she replied, "you want to throw away thirteen years of our lives?" Damien asked 'are you not the one who said you would end our friendship just because of Aimee, I have no place in your heart anymore, of what use is the friendship now?' She wanted to say out loud but refrained

"I am not throwing it away Damien, you will always remain my friend" she choked when she said the last part "I have to leave" Debbi did not wait for any more questions before leaving the cafeteria

"What is up? What took you guys so long? And where is Debbi?" Lucas asked "dude calm down, one question at a time," Damien said pulling out a chair for himself

"First question, nothing, second; we were discussing just like best friends do, third; she went to see the school nurse, she is down, I hope I have answered all your questions," Damien asked

"What were you guys discussing?" Aimee asked and that was the topic Damien did not want to begin.