Chapter 2
Janis chewed her bagel, staring off into space. From across the counter, Damian watched her with concern. "Jan, honey, are you okay?"
Janis's gaze snapped to him, and Damian instantly regretted the question. Janis swallowed slowly before answering.
"No, Damian, I am most certainly not okay, because the girl I've been pining for her for almost a year is moving across the fucking planet and I'll probably never see her again, meanwhile I just found out that she likes me back but now it's too late because I was too scared to make a fucking move until yesterday and on top of that this bagel is completely disgusting so no, I am one hundred percent not okay!" Janis smacked her palms against the table and glared at him, breathing hard.
Damian held up his hands in surrender. "Okay, got it. Can I have your bagel?" Janis pushed the plate at him aggressively and he gave her a look. "I know this sucks, okay? But don't take it out on me."
Janis deflated. "Yeah, I know. Sorry. I just..." Damian raised his eyebrows. "I love her," Janis admitted softly. Fighting down the smug grin that was begging to show itself, Damian walked around to Janis's side of the counter and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry this had to happen, Jan," he murmured.
"Yeah, me fucking too," Janis agreed, laughing a little.
"Janis!" The front door burst open, and a small redheaded girl came crashing into Janis's kitchen. Both Janis and Damian's mouths dropped open.
"Janis," Cady repeated breathlessly. Damian stepped away from Janis, becoming very interested in the magnets on Janis's fridge. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Cady take a step closer to Janis. "I'm so sorry about yesterday," she was saying. Janis began to speak but Cady held up a commanding hand. "Let me talk, bitch." Damian snorted, wishing he could see Janis's expression, but her back was to him. "I went home yesterday and talked to my parents," Cady said. "I explained to them that I couldn't just up and leave, not after I'd worked so hard to make friends and finally gotten some good ones. I also," She took a deep breath. "I also told them that I was in love with you."
Damian sucked in a breath, openly staring at the two girls now. Janis appeared to be frozen, standing stock still as Cady made her speech. "Anyway," Cady continued shakily, "They agreed that if I could find a place to stay, I could stay in Chicago until I graduate."
Janis still wasn't moving, and Damian's self-control finally hit its limit. "Just fucking kiss her already," He groaned, pushing Janis closer to Cady. And, miracle of miracles, Janis heeded his advice. She didn't even pause to flip him off.
When the girls finally broke apart, they both turned to Damian, looking sheepish. "Hey, Damian," Cady said casually. "How's it going?"
Damian stared at them for a long moment before bursting into gleeful laughter. Soon Janis and Cady joined in, after which followed a lot of cheering and hugging (and kisses, on Janis and Cady's part).
When they had all calmed down, Damian finally felt it safe to say to Janis, "I fucking told you so."
And for once, Janis didn't looking the least bit mad about it.