From Bet To Love

“I accept the challenge” Damon said. “Is it a bet then?” Steve asked with a smirk on his face. “That’s right. It’s a bet. Before the end of this semester, I will make that creature called Jennifer fall in love with me and take her to my bed. After that I will break up with her”. “And what if you fail?” Steve asked with a raised brow. “We will stick to our original rule. The loser has to do whatever the winner says. So, you can make me do anything you want.” Damon said while pushing his hands in the pocket of his jeans. Steve’s smirk widened as he said, “Perfect. Then if you lose, you will give me your blue customized sports car”. “Aren’t you asking too much? Does that Nerd worth that much?” he shook his head from side to side, “I don’t think so”. “Are you backing out?” Damon’s gaze hardened as he said, “Damon Kingston never backs out” “I’ll give my car to you if I lose. But don’t hope too much Steve because that day would never come. Because I am not going to lose the bet”. Damon’s lips twitched up in a smirk as he continued, “So keep your pop corns ready guys because this is going to be a fun semester. You will see how that tough nut Jennifer is going to crumble down in front of me”. The screen of the TV went black just as it was before Jennifer came here making her wonder if all of it really happened or she just imagined everything in her head. She desperately hoped for it to be the latter one. But her hope was short lived when she heard the most annoying laugh of the b***h who was clapping her hands so happily as if she has won the lottery or something. “How was the show our dear Jenny? Did you enjoy it?” Blinking back the tears which were threatening to fall out of her eyes and trying to calm her rapidly beating heart Jennifer turned her head to look at Lana and asked, “What’s this bullshit?” She intended on using her most deadly voice while asking that question but couldn’t hide the quiver in it. She would be lying if she said the video she saw a minute ago didn’t just squeeze her heart so painfully in her chest. She was barely holding herself from breaking down in front of everyone who were either laughing at her or staring at her with pity in their eyes. “Well..” Lana paused as her eyes moved from Jennifer to the person behind her who just entered the place with his friends trailing behind him and she continued with vile smirk on her lips. “Why don’t you ask this same question to the main character of this whole drama?” Jennifer followed her gaze and turned around to come face to face with the guy who she believed was the love of her life but after watching the video few minutes ago, she was not that sure anymore. It’s not that she believed everything she saw in the video earlier. Even though it was clearly Damon saying all those words, still her heart hoped that it might not be the truth. The video might be fake was all she kept repeating in her head. It’s better to trust Damon than to trust Lana who sees Jenny as nothing but as her rival. Damon who abruptly stopped in his track upon seeing his girlfriend here at Lana’s party, took in her condition and as soon as his eyes met with her teary ones the shock got replaced by concern. Seeing the genuine concern in those grey orbs of his loosened the knots in Jennifer’s stomach. ‘Yes, there is no way Damon would do something like this to me. He loves me, he can never hurt me’ she thought feeling relieved. He can’t fake the concern she is able to see in his eyes for herself, can he? “What’s wrong Angel?” he dashed towards her and the softness his voice held when the endearment escaped his mouth spread the warmth in her aching chest. A small smile started breaking onto her dry lips but it disappeared as fast as lightning when the video on the screen started playing again and this time Damon froze on his spot. His wide eyes moved to the TV in the room and the emotions that took over his features were not what Jenny wanted him to feel right now. She wanted him to get angry as he always does, she wanted him to ask what kind of bullshit is this, just as she asked Lana earlier. Or she wanted him to laugh out loud explaining to her that this is some kind of prank that his friends are trying to pull on her. But what she saw in those mesmerizing grey eyes of his was guilt and shockingly a hint of fear. And she realised that all of this was not some kind of prank. Everything that she heard a while ago was truth. The video was not fake, but her relationship with Damon definitely was. The reality felt like a fetal blow to her face and she couldn’t fight her tears anymore as a lone tear rolled down on her face. Damon turned his head and settled his guilt filled gaze on his girlfriend. “Jenny… let me explain” swallowing hard he whispered trying to take her hand in his but she instantly moved away from his reach and breathed out, “Don’t touch me”. “Angel please…” he again reached to hold her but was stopped when she swung her arm around with full force and landed a hard slap on his cheek, causing his head to whip to the side and gritted out, “I said don’t f**king touch me”.