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Chapter 39: Official

"After they took me from the alley, they brought me to some place. Like an old house, I think. I was tied to a chair. My legs and hands." I took a deep breath. "After Matteo let me talk to you, Chuck came and- and he drugged me. It was something called Venom. And he said you knew about it." I looked intently in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Belle. I don't know how they got hold of it. We only use it in our gang. It's not something you find on the market."

I nodded. "He came in every few hours and injected it in me all over again." A tear fell down my face, but Damien wiped it away. "And- and..." My voice cracked, thinking of what happened with Chuck. "Chuck, um, he kissed me again." I saw Damien's face instantly turn from sorry to angry. "H-He kissed me all down h-here." I pointed to my neck and chest.

"Baby. I'm so sorry. I'll make sure he never touches you again. He will never go near you again." Damien was clenching his fists.

"And- and he was about to..." I looked down at my lap. "He was about to-"

Damien cut me off by standing up and holding me. "You're safe now. I promise."

I held his hand to my chest. "I know." I pulled away from his hold and moved to the side and patted the space next to me. "Can you sit here?"

He looked down and back at me. "Of course." Damien slowly sat down on the bed next to me, pulling the blanket over both our legs. He put his arm around me and I leaned into his chest.

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"Naya!" Violet ran up to my bed. "You're fine! I'm so happy!" She put her finger out. "You better not pull a Mark Sloan on me."

I laughed. "Never."

Damien looked at me."Mark Sloan? Who's Mark Sloan?"

I gasped and looked at Violet, both of us equally offended at his lack of culture. "You don't know who Mark Sloan is?" Damien shook his head no. "We're going to be watching Grey's Anatomy together when I'm out of here." He groaned. 

"The party's here!" I heard Rocco enter the room, singing. I laughed and Damien sighed.

"Rocco. Shut the fuck up. This is still a hospital." Damien yelled at him.

Rocco came next to me and whispered. "I'm sorry you were stuck with Mr. Boring for the past few hours. He didn't text us you were awake until an hour ago." He glared at Damien.

"I'm sorry I didn't want your singing to be the first thing my girlfriend woke up to." Damien retorted.

"Girlfriend?" Violet sat down on the chair. "Finally. I've been waiting weeks for this."

I looked at Damien and then back at Violet. "Yeah. He had this whole speech and everything. I only heard half of it, but I made him say it again. Reenact it and all. He was like, Oh Naya." I put my hand on my heart. "I love you so so much. I would die without you. You're the peanut butter to my jelly. The cherry to my sundae. The-"

Damien put his hand over my mouth. "Ok, calm down Shakespeare. I did not say all that."

"Damn. My man is whipped. Oh, and here." Rocco brought his arm from behind him and he had flowers. "They're for you. I'm sure your boyfriend over here didn't give you anything."

"I'm sure I can make up for that. If you know what I mean, darling." Damien winked at me.

"Gross! I did not need to hear that!" Violet scrunched up her face.       

"Calm down, Violet. I'm sure Jake can make up for you." Damien smirked.

Violet dropped her jaw so fast, I thought it would hit the floor. "Wha? How? HUH?"

"I'm your brother. I know everything." Damien stated. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and pouted. "But I still want to talk to him."

"Yeah. Damien's been planning his interrogation for so long." Rocco chimed in.

"You both knew? How long?" Violet questioned.

"You're not very good at keeping secrets, Violet." Rocco said.

"What? I am, so!" Violet and Rocco continued arguing.

Damien bent down to whisper in my ear. "You weren't wrong earlier. I would die without you."

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39 CHAPTERS LATER, THEY'RE FINALLY TOGETHER! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Definitely expect a lot of lovey-dovey stuff now that they're official.

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