She is finally out of hospital and after many fights and name calling, her sister agreed she can go to her house and I am the lucky one to fetch her and take her home.
I quickly jump into a pair of pants as I run down to the kitchen.
Maggie is waiting for me with the two lattes she got and the bunch of yellow roses, I wanted to go red but I thought that she would think funny of that.
Maggie ~”You better get going. I told you to stop snoozing that alarm.”
Damon ~”It was just five minutes.”
Maggie ~”It was five minutes after the first fifteen. You think you can’t count?”
Damon ~”Yes Maggie I love you too.”
I give her a kiss on the forehead and I am out the door. I am so going to be late, I hope she does not notice but knowing the old Skye she probably will.
Just a little after nine, I am at the hospital, racing up to her room up in fourteen C. She is already waiting.
Damon ~”Hey Skye.”
Skye ~”Hey Damon.”
Damon ~”You are looking gorgeous today.”
Skye ~”I thought I would hide all these cuts on my legs and arms.”
Damon ~”You will see that they will be gone in a few days’ time.”
Skye ~”Then I can go back to work.”
Damon ~”Do you think that is a wise idea with that crazy sister of yours?”
She bursts out laughing, oh I have not heard that laugh since we were at the cabin. It is like music to my ears, it soothes my aching heart just a bit more than yesterday.
Damon ~”Come let’s get you out of here.”
Skye ~”Yes, I am so over this place.”
Damon ~”Before we go, can I ask you a question?”
Skye ~”Sure, go for it.”
Damon ~”Can you remember what your home looks like?”
Skye ~”Well if I have not done any interior decorating, I have a pretty good idea.”
I don’t know how she is going to react and how I am going to react to her reaction. This could possibly go extremely bad, I just hope it doesn’t.
A little bit later on we are stopping in front of her house. I can see a bit of confusion on her face but I wait for it to settle in.
Then we step through the gate and the confusion sets even more in on her face.
Damon ~”Is everything okay Skye?”
Skye ~”It seems I did some landscaping.”
Damon ~”Are you sure you want to go further?”
Skye ~”Yes let’s carry on, what is the worst that I could have done to my house?”
I don’t think I should answer, she did tell me once how she ripped the entire lounge and kitchen apart and not to forget the bathroom. She never showed me the pictures but I sure as hell know this ain’t going to go down well.
Skye ~”I am going to close my eyes, we can make it like a big reveal just like on those home makeover stories.”
Damon ~”Okay, come let me hold your hand.”
I open the front door and let her inside. Oh my fuck! She is going to see that and I don’t have time to move it.
Skye ~”Are you ready?”
Damon ~”Okay, one… two… three…, you can open your eyes.”
Skye ~”Oh my god! What the fuck happened here! What happened to my house! Who ripped everything apart in here! This is a damn nightmare, I hate it! I refuse to live in here! Take me to my sister.”
Tears start crawling up in the corner of her eyes, she is gutted. She had a good reason why she did it at the time but who am I to remind her. All I can do is be here while she works on through it.
Then she sees it.
The evening gown that is spread over the chair, the gown which I am guessing she was going to wear to dinner, the dinner we never got to go cause I was too busy chasing after Tajsa again. Look I do not blame Tajsa, I just wish that I never went there that day.
I catch her just as she is about to crumble to the floor. She pulls tight onto my shirt as her body shudders and shakes as she is crying. She mumbles but I cannot hear a word, all that consumes my thoughts is knowing that she is hurting.
After what seems forever she finally stops.
Skye ~”Damon, I think somewhere someone’s heart is breaking.”
Damon ~”Why do you say that Skye?”
Skye ~”Because that is the dress I wore to my home coming, I would never just wear it. There had to be someone special in my life.”
I swallow deep hard swallows, trying my damndest to keep the tears away. I don’t know what to say to her, all I know that I cannot let her know that it is me.
Damon ~”Oh Skye. I am so sorry baby.”
Skye ~”I don’t want to be here. Please take me to a hotel, I am not sleeping here.”
I know what I am about to do is not what the doctor recommended but I will not let her sleep in a damn hotel.
Damon ~”Come let’s pack some of your stuff.”
Skye ~”Where are we going?”
Damon ~”You coming to stay with me.”
Skye ~”But Amber is going to have a super fit.”
Damon ~”Amber’s ass, you are not going to a hotel.”
Skye ~”But I hardly know you?”
Damon ~”Your sister trusts me, I know you can too.”
Skye ~”Ok, I will just pretend I am living in a hotel where you are the owner.”
Damon ~”See, there you go. And I have Bella that can keep you company and Maggie will also be there during the day. That is until you feel you want to go back to work.”
Skye ~”Thank you Damon.”
Oh Amber is so going to kill me. I better tell her before she finds out. While Skye goes through her cupboard, I quickly phone Amber.
Damon ~”Hey there is a change of plans. We kind of ran into a problem here.”
Amber ~”What the hell now?”
Damon ~”She does not want to stay here.”
Amber ~”Just hang on, I am on my way. I knew it was a bad idea.”
Damon ~”Don’t worry to come through. See we kind of agreed that she will come stay at my place.”
I hold the phone an arm’s length away that is how loud she is screaming.
Amber ~”ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!”
Skye ~”Oh shut up and stop being a bitch.”
Amber ~”THE DOCTOR TOLD YOU SHE HAS TO BE SOME PLACE FAMILIAR AND SAFE.”
Damon ~”My damn place is safe. And Maggie can look after her while we are at work.”
Skye ~”See it is not such a bad idea.”
Amber ~”I DID NOT ASK FOR YOUR OPINION.”
Skye ~”I am staying with Damon. End of story. Now stop shouting and go drink a damn chill pill.”
Amber ~”IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THEN YOU BOTH ARE DEAD.”
Skye takes the phone out of my hand and drops the call in Amber’s ear.
Skye ~”Fuck she can be such a big drama queen, she must just sleep with that boss of hers that she has the hots for.”
Damon ~”She has the hots for Brody Hamilton?”
Skye ~”Yes, how do you know him?”
Damon ~”He is my brother.”
Skye ~”Holy shit you got to be kidding me? Maybe you can introduce them?”
Damon ~”Already did, he reckons she is a bitch.”
Skye ~”She kind of gives everybody that impression.”
Damon ~”Are you done packing?”
Skye ~”Fuck yes, let’s blow this joint.”
Okay, I am so not use to hear her holy shitting and blowing joints. After all she is still twenty in her mind, oh I can just see how much fun this is going to be.
Skye ~”What are you smiling at?”
Damon ~”I don’t know when last I have heard someone say that.”
Skye ~”Ah well, guess that is what you get when you back to being twenty again.”
We load her suitcases in the car and head on over to my place, but before we do, we quickly stop at a convenient store to get her toiletries and all the stuff that women need.
I can see she is curious about a lot of things and I expect a list of twenty questions. I just need to be careful what I tell her and also not tell her a lot.
Skye ~”So are you Damon Hamilton, my sister never mentioned that Brody has a brother.”
Damon ~”No I am Damon Chase.”
Skye ~”My fuckedy fuck, you are that hot ass Damon. Damn I am in the car with the hottest guy in town. I so need to post that on Facebook.”
Damon ~”You are still on Facebook?”
Skye ~”Only when I am bored, but can you imagine how many likes I will get for that.”
Damon ~”Yup, I can only imagine.”
Skye ~”Can I take pictures of you walking around bare chest and post it on Instagram?”
Damon ~”Do you really have to?”
Skye ~”Hell yes, I am going to be so damn popular.”
Damon ~”I never took you for an Instagram girl either?”
Skye ~”I check it out for all the hotties with those mean ass tattoos.”
Damon ~”You got to be kidding me?”
Skye ~”No, do you also have tattoos?”
Damon ~”Yes I have a few.”
Skye ~”Oh I must see them.”
Damon ~”Your sister will turn my neck.”
Skye ~”Ag she won’t know.”
Damon ~”We will see if I allow you to post those pictures.”
Skye ~”Oh that is going to be super awesome.”
Damon ~”How old did you say you were again?”
She punches me on the arm, just like she always used to when I teased her. It feels good to have her back again albeit that she is almost still a very late blooming teenager.
Damon ~”Ok we are here, Maggie is a super nice lady like you would say. If you need anything and I am not here then you ask her.”
We get out the car and she stops dead in her tracks, wait for it…
Skye ~”Holy shit do you live here?”
Damon ~”Well I would not stop in front of someone else’s place.”
Skye ~”You such a wise ass.”
Damon ~”Come, I will get the garden guy to help offload your suitcases.”
Before I can walk off, she grabs me around my waist and pulls me closer. I can smell the scent of her sweet shampoo as I rest my chin on her head. I can feel her heartbeat thumping against my chest as she pulls me even closer. This is not a hug that lovers give but it is a hug of a scared girl. A girl that does not where she is and what lies ahead of her. I wrap my arms ever so tight around her and whisper below my breath.
Damon ~”I love you.”
Skye ~”Ok I am ready to go in.”
Damon ~”Come, you are going to love Bella.”
Skye ~”Do I have a dog?”
Fuck what do I say now?
Damon ~”Yes Max is with Amber.”
Skye ~”Can we keep him here?”
Damon ~”Yes of course, I will go fetch him after work.”
Skye ~”Do you have to work?”
Damon ~”Unfortunately I have to sweety, I have that big ass company to run.”
Skye ~”Oh ya, I forgot about that.”
Damon ~”But I won’t always go in.”
Skye ~”Thank you Damon.”
As we walk into the kitchen Maggie is waiting for us. I have told her to pretend that she does not know her and if she asks questions to just play dumb. Not that it is difficult for her, because some days she really acts like she is completely dumb.
Maggie ~”Hello Miss Skye. It is nice to meet you.”
Skye ~”Oh please just call me Skye, I really am not a Miss.”
Damon ~”From the things that I heard her say on the way here, believe me Maggie she is not a Miss.”
Maggie ~”Are you already a bad influence on the girl?”
Damon ~”It’s more like a bad influence on me.”
Skye ~”He is just being dramatic, all I want is a naked photo of him.”
Maggie ~”Oh my dear.”
Damon ~”She means of my chest Maggie, she wants to put it on some website.”
Maggie ~”Ah crazy girl just like you, you would make a good couple.”
I kick Maggie behind the kitchen counter. She does not care, she has a big ass smile on her face. She reckons, which in a sick way almost feels right, that maybe this is a good way for me and Skye to start over.
I leave them in the kitchen while I go check if everything in her room is right. I told Maggie to make up the room right opposite me, no not because I am a sicko, I just want to be close in case anything happens.
I leave them alone and head on over to the office, I need to grab some files that I need to go over and my laptop. Before I leave again, I quickly meet the boys downstairs for a lunch time beer.
Damon ~”Hey guys.”
Mason ~”Hey Damon.”
Brody ~”Hey Bro.”
Mason ~”How is Skye doing?”
Damon ~”We had a bit of an incident at her place so now she is staying at mine.”
Brody ~”Do you think that is a good idea?”
Damon ~”It’s that or her crazy ass sister.”
Brody ~”I will chose you then.”
Damon ~”Oh that crazy ass sister apparently has had the hots for you for years.”
Brody ~”What the fuck are you talking about?”
I tell them about my very eventful afternoon, even about her crazy teenage language, oh and of course posting my naked ass on Instagram. As usual the joke is on me. I cannot tell these two anything without them taking the piss out of me.
Brody ~”So do you reckon she is going to remember?”
Damon ~”I really hope she does but Maggie says maybe this is a good way for us to start over.”
Mason ~”But she is always going to be three years behind you, it is going to be scary for her to grow up so real fast.”
Damon ~”There is no guarantees what she is going to go through. The biggest frustration I think for her is going to want and try remember.”
Brody ~”Maybe she does not want to remember, I mean no one knows what really happened.”
Mason ~”Have you tried asking her?”
Damon ~”We are not supposed to push her. But fuck, I would love for her to have remembered.”
Mason ~”There is something I think I need to tell you.”
Damon ~”What is it Mason?”
Mason ~”I spoke to her that day, she phoned me.”
Damon ~”When? Why did she phone you?”
Mason ~”She saw you that day.”
Damon ~”What do you mean she saw me?”
Mason ~”She saw you kissing Tajsa again.”
Damon ~”How the fuck can she see me if it was all the way so far?”
Mason ~”She followed you, she told me that she does not trust you anymore.”
Damon ~”GODDAMMIT! I am the world’s most lousy boyfriend. I have really fucked up this time. I fucked up, damn I messed her up, I messed up her head. How can I do this to her. It is my fault, why did I do this?”
Brody grabs me around the chest and give me one of his brother hugs, I won’t say big brother because that is what I am supposed to be but all I am is a dickhead.
Brody ~”But how did she end up in this accident?”
Mason ~”She was crazy mad, she was shouting and crying. It was like she was beyond herself. We were still talking and the phone went dead. I just thought that she did not wanted to talk anymore.”
Damon ~”WHY DO YOU ONLY TELL ME ABOUT THIS NOW?”
Mason ~”I thought she was going to get better, that it would all sort itself out.”
Damon ~”JUST GET OUT MY DAMN FACE!”
Mason ~”Wait Damon, there is something else.”
Damon ~”WHAT MORE CAN THERE BE THAN THE LOVE OF MY LIFE FINDING OUT THAT I AM A TOTAL JERK?”
Mason ~”She said that Tajsa saw her when you guys were kissing.”
Damon ~”FUCK. How can she not say a thing?”
Brody ~”Bro I think you know what you need to do now.”
Damon ~”I am not driving all the way out there to give this women a piece of my mind.”
Mason ~”You don’t have to, she is up in her office.”
Damon ~”What do you mean up in her office? She still has another week there.”
Mason ~”She came out yesterday.”
Damon ~”Then I guess I am heading upstairs.”
Brody ~”Do you need us to come with?”
Damon ~”Yes because I might just strangle her.”
We all head up in the elevator to my office. This bullshit ends today. How can I be so dumb again and not see Tajsa play me. Fuck was she even really sick? Or was that just one of her stupid games?
Damon ~”Hi Joelle.”
Joelle ~”Hi Mr Chase.”
Damon ~”Please can you get Tajsa to come to my office.”
Joelle ~”I will do so immediately.”
We go to my office where Brody and Mason sit down on the couches while I sit down behind my desk. Then she knocks on the door.
Damon ~”Come in.”
Tajsa ~”Hey gorgeous, I see you figured out that I am back.”
Damon ~”Sit down Tajsa.”
Tajsa ~”What are they doing here?”
Damon ~”Making sure that I don’t strangle you.”
Tajsa ~”Ok what is going on here?”
Damon ~”You better be honest with me or I swear this is going to turn ugly.”
Tajsa ~”What are you rambling on now again?”
Damon ~”Have you heard about Skye?”
Tajsa ~”Shame that the poor thing is in hospital.”
Damon ~”Yes! Cause we put her there.”
Tajsa ~”How on earth can it be our fault that she totalled her car?”
Damon ~”Because she saw us kiss, but you already know that.”
Tajsa ~”I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Damon ~”What did I say about lying to me?”
Tajsa ~”So what! She should not be following you in any case.”
Damon ~”She would not have followed me if I did not give her reason to.”
Tajsa ~”She does not deserve you.”
Damon ~”Oh and you do?”
Tajsa ~”She does not know you as good as I do.”
Damon ~”Yes and now she never will.”
Tajsa ~”Damon you are blinded by something you think you feel for her but you don’t.”
Damon ~”Oh and I am not blinded by feeling something for you that I should not have.”
Tajsa ~”You are only saying because you are mad.”
Damon ~”No Tajsa, I am not saying that because I am mad. I am saying that because I regret ever touching you and letting you in my life more than friends should.”
Tajsa ~”What, are you saying I am a mistake?”
Damon ~”The biggest damn mistake I have ever made in my life.”
Brody ~”Tajsa, please let me walk you out. I think that this is all over.”
Tajsa ~”You are going to regret this.”
Damon ~”Did you not already hear me say that I do?”
Mason ~”Come Tajsa, don’t make this anymore harder than it should be.”
Tajsa ~”Just leave me the fuck alone, I can walk myself out.”
I should have stayed away from her when I was supposed to. I have messed up, I have messed up bad. I have taken Skye’s life away and I don’t know how to give it back.