23. Saviour again

I froze at those words. He was a werewolf but somehow managed to save my friend? It was not fitting at all. The students were filtering out of the cafeteria for their lectures and I should go back with them but I was more invested in knowing about the truth than going anywhere.




I locked my eyes with her, a determined look on my face, "Tell me everything"




If I truly wanted to go ahead and know about him then it was necessary that I pick up as much information as I could. There was not a doubt in my mind that I would accept him if he came clean about everything but before that, I needed to hear the truth. Kay was part of that.




She was quiet for a while, staring at her fingers before she finally met my eyes. The look on her face was something I had never seen before so it made me even more curious.




"Just so you know that this was before we became best friends... I would never lie to you. This topic just never came up that's why I did not say anything about it"




I snorted, crossing my arms against my chest childishly, "Really? Damon's topic never came up? The guy we are trying to help from bloody two months now?"




Kay pressed her lips together, "Not Damon's topic but my injury. It was years ago so I didn't think it was necessary for you to know about it"




My cheeks tinted pink at that and all I could do was not in response instead of saying anything. What more could I say to that? Kay never really like to talk about her family or past so I never probed. Everyone has few things that they are not comfortable talking about and I knew her past was one of it.




"Years ago...when I was like nine or ten we went on a fishing trip. My dad and I. Everything was going fine until he lost the rod and asked me to get one from the car. I was just a stupid little kid and lost my way and ended up falling in a hole," She took a deep breath, "It was getting pretty dark and I had no one around to rescue me. And there was no use crying and shouting from underneath there because it was that deep. I thought I was going to die but after few hours I noticed a small wolf-"




"Damon?" I interrupted her in between. She rolled her eyes at that but nodded her head.



"Yes, Damon. He somehow sensed me and dragged me out of their single-handedly. Unfortunately, he got injured during that and shifted back to his human form. That's why I made him a promise for saving my life"



As soon as she completed her story it went quiet again. I had no idea that he was so helpful since the beginning. Also, it made sense why Kay honoured the promise.




My eyebrows shot up just as I realised something.



"Then why do you believe that he might have murdered his family?"




She shrugged, "I don't know he's a werewolf, Anya. Half part of him is an animal so can you blame me?"



She had a point. Of course, this changed everything. If half part of him was a well then there was a strong possibility for people who already knew to believe that he is the murderer. The evidence was completely against him but he was innocent.





"This is too much" I exclaimed as she kept on staring at me as if waiting for my reaction. Before I thought that Kay would be freaking out along with me and come up with some kind of solution but she already knew.





Kay huffed, "Trust me I know. That night was something I cannot believe happened. At first, I thought that it was just some stupid dream. Took me a lot of time to come around. Also, Damon was in my school at the time so it was a bit easy I guess"




"Oh" I made a sound.



"Did you guys talk to each other then?"



Kay scoffed, "Please. He was a jerk back then. Too popular to talk with me and I was fine with that."



I rubbed my face, bending my head down to touch the table. It was cold and harsh against my skin but it felt nice. My head was pounding from last night and it fell too heavy. Even after I had breakfast in the morning I was still experiencing slight throbbing in the head. It can be because of all the information I was getting to know.




"Anya" She shook my arm to which I groaned and slapped it away. For once I wanted to just lie down on the cold table I'm not thinking about the article's looming deadline over my head and all other things.





"What?" I made a face, rubbing at my cheek. Kay's breakfast was still in front of her and I felt a twinge of guilt for forcing her to come clean before eating.




She peeked behind her. I followed the vision of her line only to witness Damon walking towards us. He had a slight limp on his left leg but other than that he looked fine. Unlike everyday, he was in a plain cotton tee and tight jeans. Did that mean that he was not at the practice?




"Why is he coming here?" I furiously whispered to Kay.



"How do I know?"



I pushed at her arm, nervously chewing on my lips, "I don't know what to say to him, Kay. I am scared of him"




Kay rolled her eyes, "Why? He's not going to bite you"



After a second she giggled, covering her mouth, "Or he might"



I glared at her. How was she enjoying the situation? There was a high possibility that I was going to die in hands of him and my very own friend was laughing at me.




"It's not funny"



"It is to me"



"Ugh" I kicked at her leg and before she could do anything Damon was standing by our side.




I tilted my head to stare at him, my eyes not moving from his sharp face. Even though he was half animal he had to be the most attractive person I had ever seen. I tried not to think that kind of thoughts but it was impossible.





"Hey" He greeted, his honeysuckle deep voice sending shivers down my spine. My mouth felt dry and hands clammy but I maintained his stare.




"Hi"



Kay seemed to find everything about it amusing judging from the way her lips twitched. The kind of best friend I had to deal with. Impossible.



Damon awkwardly shifted on his feet, staring at me for a while before he cleared his throat, "We should talk about what happened last night"



I had no idea that Damon could be nervous. But then again it is not every day that someone from your class finds out about your true identity. The worst thing for both of us as we were partners for the entire year. Anything bad or awkward between us would affect that and it would fail us.




"You think?" I snorted, raising on my feet already. The last thing I wanted to do was talk about the previous night in front of the entire cafeteria. Kay was already enjoying the show too much.




He let out an audible sigh, "Please let's just talk. I know you are upset and you have every reason to be-"




"Damon let's just go, yeah?" I cut him off when I noticed Asher and Sam entering the cafeteria. There was no way that I could explain to Asher about my argument with Damon so it was better if he did not witness it.




He seemed taken by that but nodded his head. I picked my bag and looked down at Kay who was buttering her toast.




"I'll meet you during lunch"



She bit into her toast noisily and did a thumbs-up sign, "Great. Bye"



I asked Damon to follow me out of the cafeteria. We stopped by the empty classroom on the first floor. As soon as I was sure that no one would disturb us I turned to look at him.




"So...explain?"




He tugged at his locks, "Uhh...I know that you saw me last night. I sensed you in those words but before I could explain you took off"



My cheeks flamed in shame and embarrassment. So much for thinking that I could have escaped him without him finding out.




"You could have easily caught up with me" I airily said, trying to muster a smile but failing. The room went quiet again as he lifted his eyebrow.





"I don't think you would have appreciated me chasing you."




"I wouldn't have" I truthfully answered. I felt relief when I was away but if he had actually chased me to my house I would have lost it.




"Yeah"



"So tell me everything"
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