Several weeks passed before I accepted Matt's offer to take me on a date. A lot of things contributed to it — a) there were no better alternatives and Mom had been going on about the need to enjoy high school while I still had a chance to and b) a distraction from my unhealthy and f*******n obsession with my asshole stepbrother would be glorious.
I couldn't put up with reason B anymore. My attraction to Damien was unwavering, unreasonable and suffocating. We still had fights but it was the make-up tactic that always made me fall. Video games. Every f*****g time. It was also a harmless way for us to pour out our pent-up frustration toward each other without either of us getting hurt. The surprising thing was, he started initiating it almost every night since last week. The one night I deci
