Chapter 8: Damon

I think that pretending to act like nothing happened would be the best option right now, I have to drop my bag or can I say hide it so that she won't know what I am planning right now, should I open the door?, I don't know, I am having double mind right now, I don't even know what I'm going to tell her, no I just met her few hours ago, I have the feelings that things are going to change from the way it was some hours ago.

If I decide to keep quiet right now, she is definitely going to continue knocking till I respond. I open the door covering the entrance with my body so that she can't see what's inside, " I am sorry for not responding earlier things were quite a bit stuffy in here, I just decided to organise some things before we leave " , she just kept smiling like I was acting clumsy towards her.

" Wow, what is the smile for, did I do something funny ", I asked her also giving her a smile back, I don't know if she is noticing the crack in my voice but I can really sense the fear in the tune of my voice, I am trying all my best to hide my emotions right now, I don't know what she is thinking right now but I have the feeling that she is just pretending, I know that she definitely saw my eyes turn green when I was with her, I can tell that she doesn't want to talk about it.

I think the best option right now is for me to take the walk with her maybe along the way I can try my best to convince her that the effect came from the contact in my eye, I have the feeling that if I want to get past this, I will have to continue living in a lie, " shall we?", she asked still smiling at me, " yeah I think I am done right now, let's go ", I heard held her hand, she gave me a look but still wearing a smile on her face, " you know your smile is pretty amazing that I am already getting lost in it ".

I tried to use a sweet talk to boost her mood right now and it seems to work, I have never been such a talkative before but I have the feeling that if I don't talk a lot with her, I won't be able to convince her, my heart continues to pound inside my chest, I was really afraid that anything might happen along the way but since she has seen something I have never shown to anyone I will have to take the risk so that I can find the way to convince her about what I know she saw.

My father is a mafia Lord, I know that he has many enemies around the town but I don't think most of them know who I am but that can't make me to be assured of my safety, the hidden truth right now is, I don't even trust Cleopatra because I still believe she might be working for my brother maybe she was even sent here to bring me outside the school but I have some other plans in mind. I can take a walk with her anywhere she wants around the school but I am never leaving the main entrance of the school.

" Please don't be offended just give me a second, I will be right back ", I went back to my room and hid my bag under my bed so that even if we don't come back early John and Chris wouldn't suspect anything from me, I came back to her on the staircase as we left the hostel.

We have been going around the school for almost 30 minutes now, though I am having a great time with her, I am still not comfortable about the fact that she saw my eyes change colour. she hasn't requested to leave the school yet but I am still waiting comfortably for her to ask, " so tell me about the colours your eyes keep changing to, I have noticed your eyes turn green and light blue now it's Brown, can you tell me about the colours ", she ask me still smiling.

I do not know what to tell her now, if I decide to keep quiet, then she might definitely know that I am hiding something but if I lied to her, then I will continue living in a lie throughout my life, the more I conversate with her, the more comfortable I get, the conversation has been going smooth since we left the hostel but that hasn't made me to change my mind about leaving from here. I will make my final decision after the walk with her.

I just kept both of my hands inside my trouser pocket and I took a deep breath and as exhaled before giving her the answers to our questions, " when I was given birth, to I had an eye problems, so the doctor later recommended for me to use contacts after living with the eye issues for 11 years but it seems like I was given this special contacts for some reasons I never knew and I kind of like them ", if things ever continue going well between me and Chloe, then I'll probably regret every single lie I have just told her.

She really won't be happy with me for telling her lies but for now, I think this lies would be good enough to keep me safe for a while. " I am truly sorry about that Damon, but I kind of love the current look of your eye, it looks amazing to me ", she said giving me that her contagious smile, " so tell me, can you tell the colour of your eyes right now or do you happen to know whenever there is a change of colour ", she asked me, yeah, I do know the colour right now, probably green but that doesn't mean that I should give her a positive answer "no, tell me, which colour ", I ask her pretending not to know.

" I want you to guess, can you try ", she asked me still smiling, " Emmmm, Red ", I asked her but she waved her head saying no, " wait, come to think of it I haven't seen red before, why is that ", she asked me, the lies kept increasing, lies leading to more lies.

Since I started it I think I have to continue with it " See Cleo, the truth right now is that I don't like talking about my eyes, can we just change the topic to something else, you know, you can tell me more about your father ", I requested from her, she has been telling me about her parents for quite sometime but I think her father's story interest me a lot, " No Damon, I don't think I can do that right now, maybe sometime later, please try to understand ".

I have the feeling that she is trying to avoid telling me about her father's story, " don't worry I understand, you can keep the secret to yourself it's ok by me ", I said smiling at her. I want her to get very comfortable with me but that doesn't involve telling me her deep secrets. we started seeing most of the students returning from the party, seems like they are done enjoying themselves but I think that I enjoyed more than them hanging out with Cleo it's quite amazing, my plans to run away from here has already subsided I think that I'm going to stay quite a long time with her here, I can't stop thinking about her smile it has already gotten inside my head, she seems like a very cheerful person to be with even when you are down, talking with her can enlighten you.

I am not happy with the lies I have told her tonight but I think that lie will definitely keep both of us safe. from a distance I can see John and Chris, they look happy and seem to be drunk, I can tell because of the way the are shouting and singing in the middle of the night, not just them, even the other students around are doing the same, we are a bit distance away from them but we can clearly hear their shouts, Cleo seems to be enjoying the view because she of the way she is laughing at the sight, I feel like laughing alongside her too.

" It was quite fun being around with you, you really made my day, thanks about that ", she complimented me, apart from being so happy and comfortable around my father, I have never accepted an external person close to my Life but Cleo just fought her way through, I can now open my mouth in public and tell the whole world that Cleo is my friend. we didn't talk much with each other, we Just introduced ourselves, she's something like 5'8ft in height, she looks small to me and I love it that way.