Stand a chance

Damien was chatting on his phone when a staff gently entered his room, he raised his head to view her.

He cocked an eyebrow which meant she should state why she was here "young master, ma'am wants to see you in her bedroom" the woman said with a courtesy

"Why?" He asked "I have no clue young master" the woman replied again with a courtesy. Damien grumbled a little bit before saying

"You may leave" she left his room hastily. Damien stood up from the bed and slid into a white top before leaving his room but not without grumbling about his parents' disturbance.

"Son!" His father exclaimed the moment he saw him, he hugged Damien before patting his back and looking up at him

"I am proud of you son," Mr Parker said "thanks dad" Damien smiled at him, advancing into their room, he found his mom sitting on the bed, she had a broad smile on her face

"You sent for me mom," Damien said while sitting on the vacant chair opposite his mom. "Damien" she called out, her husband came and sat beside her

"Mom, what on earth is it? What do you want this time around?" Damien asked, "why do you look like you are in a hurry to leave?" She asked instead of replying

"I am in a hurry mom, I have a hangout with my friends," he told her "hangout? Are you not aware of the family dinner we are having we the Alexanders, or Debbi did not tell you?" Mrs Parker asked

Damien's eyes widened in shock, 'family diner and it is with the Alexanders!' He thought and quickly composed himself remembering that his mom was not aware of their feud

"Mmmmm, I think Debbi's phone is switched off, you know I tried calling her but it was not connecting, maybe if we had spoken she would have told me about the family dinner" Damien lied through his teeth

"But you said you had a hangout with your friends, that means she is not aware of the hangout and she would not join, are you sure everything is alright with you and Debbi? I am beginning to feel that something is amiss here" Mrs Parker added looking at Damien suspiciously

'Oh fuck!' He had forgotten that his mother was a very sensitive woman and any little hint she would use to connect the dots, the last thing he wants was for both families to call a family meeting on their behalf due to the fact they were not on good terms

He was sure for the hell that his parents would ask him to reconcile with Debbi but that means hurting Aimee, and he can not do that.

Since the year he entered college he was sincerely looking for a way to dump Debbi but he could not come up with any good reason why he would quarrel with her because she was perfect. The main reason he still kept her as his friend was because of her intelligence and nothing more. He came up with the conclusion that he would be close to her so that she would think that he had feelings for her, use her and then dump her when they were about to graduate. It was all his plan and he succeeded to achieve it but she looks unaffected, maybe she was trying to act tough, he smiled awkwardly

"Why are you smiling, do you think I am joking here Damien" Mrs Parker fired causing Damien to jolt back to reality "mom, I was planning on going over to her house and taking her to the hangout" he replied and he was grateful that his lie made sense to his mom

He should not have allowed Debbi to meet his parents, nor allowed their families to become family friends that was one mistake he made while being her friend, he hissed.

"I get it but that hangout has to be cancelled, their family is coming over so it is best you get ready and…" she paused not knowing how to start this conversation with her son

"And what mom?" He asked, his mom had just cost him a lot, and now he has to start apologizing to Aimee, she was the one who set up the hangout and everyone he had invited, oh Debbi! This was all her fault!

"Do you think Damien and Debbi stand a chance?" She asked causing Damien to spring up to his feet

Did he hear his mom well?! him and Debbi?! Never! Like HELL NO!

He gazed at her with a shocking feeling, "calm down son it is just a question" his father said soothing him.

Meanwhile at Debbi's house

"You know that you can stay home if you want" Franklin suggested while he saw his sister getting ready for the family dinner

"What do you mean by that?" Debbi asked "what he trying to say is that we know that things are awkward between you and Damien, that is why we suggest that you stay home" Trevor added

"Do not worry about me, I would be fine besides a single family dinner would not hurt, and I want to teach Damien he does not affect me" she stated causing her brothers to sigh in defeat

"I hope you would not revert this" Franklin told her casually "I would not" Debbi added with a grin.

'Damien is in for an act, he thinks he can keep this up, he should wait and see what she is made up of' Debbi said inwardly giving herself a chuckle while a smirk was on her face.

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