Before you were famous

3: Love blossoms again

It had been almost two weeks after my date with Damian, He never called back and I was left to fight the storm alone after news broke that Damian was seen kissing a stranger in central park. Luckily they didn't know where we were staying or who I was. Unfortunately when we finally went in to the city I was recognized by someone in the street. A swarm of people surrounded me and Lizzy causing me to have a panic attack. We stayed in for almost a week before trying to go out again. I felt horrible that the vacation was ruined for Lizzy and I swore to give her another New York vacation in the future, She only hugged me and said this was her best vacay ever since she got to meet Damian even if he was a flaky ass hole.

Now we were waiting at the airport to fly home after the disastrous holiday. Thankfully people didn't recognize me any more and if they did they didn't care to pay any attention to me. “I’m really sorry about our vacation being ruined by one kiss... One perfect kiss!” I sigh and look at Lizzy sadly. “For the millionth time Claire stop apologizing. I had a great time and when we did finally get to go out we had loads of fun!” She tried to convince me, but I knew this wasn't anything like what we expected. “Yeah, luckily he went to the papers and sent out a statement saying 'we were just old friends catching up and nothing more.' You know because old friends passionately kiss each other, but since he never called me back I guess we are just friends.” Lizzy narrows her eyes at me. “I'm sorry he didn't call you back. I know you care deeply for him and it was a shitty move to leave you hanging like that.” I shake my head even if he left me hanging I did have one amazing night with him and I will cherish every moment of it forever. “No, it's not his fault we should never have kissed we have a very complicated past and maybe if he wasn't famous or we had gotten together before he became famous we would have stood a chance. Now all we have is regret...” Lizzy gave me an apologetic smile. Now boarding flight 242 at gate 6. Can all passengers for flight 242 please head to gate 6. Thank you. Both Lizzy and I looked up at the intercom they had just called our flight. I sighed softly my heart moments away from breaking. I knew if I get on this flight I would never see Damian Fischer again. Slowly we walked to our gate when from behind someone spoke to me. I could barely make out who it was and I was too scared to look back. “excuse me miss I said can I give you a hand with that bag?” A man with a thick southern accent piped up from behind me again. Annoyed I swung myself around, but instead of a random man standing behind me Damian stood there clearly amused at my annoyance (Damian did not have a thick southern accent).“Am I too late?” he asked holding his hand out to me. “What do you want Damian?” I didn't mean to sound so harsh and I could see the hurt in his eyes. “Sorry I didn't want to sound so mean...” My eyes fell to my feet. “Claire...” Damian put a hand on my shoulder. I slowly lifted my gaze back to his. “I'm sorry I didn't call you. I feel horrible... I heard you had a panic attack and I didn't want you to go through that again... Like a coward I thought I would let you go home and save you all this stress. Only I don't want to let you go...” Tears started to sting my eyes and I tried blinking them away. This only caused them to escape down my cheeks more easily. “You said I was just a friend nothing more... You said what happened was a mistake...” I could barely breath my heart aching with pain. “what?” Damian said loudly surprise in his voice. “Claire do not for one second ever think that I regret ever kissing you or loving you!” Before I could even think of a come back he was kissing me, wrapping his arms tightly around me. Every heart ache, fear and worry melted away in that moment. I completely forgave Damian for not calling me. “Thank goodness I thought you weren't going to make it in time!” I heard Lizzy's voice from behind me. I reluctantly pulled away from Damian to look at her. She was smiling slyly. “I sent you a hundred messages and you never replied when you left your house.” Damian laughed clearly something happened between him and Lizzy that I was not aware of. “I had a meeting this morning which ran really late. I honestly thought I was going to have to go after you on another flight.” Lizzy nodded in understanding. “hold on what's going on here? Am I missing something?” Lizzy laughs mischievously. “Well I kind of stole your phone yesterday. I took Damian's number off it and sent him a message giving him a piece of my mind. He apologized sincerely and told me how sorry he was so I told him that we will be leaving today and if he was man enough he would come and stop you from leaving. Also we agreed that you would stay until the end of the summer break.” Confused I looked from Damian back to Lizzy. “What do you mean I'm staying? Isn't your aunt coming back tomorrow?” Lizzy laughed, “No, babe I’m going back to campus, but you are staying here with your movie star. He already agreed to give you a room in his house.” Shocked I tried to object, but I was shut down before I could even get a word in. Finally I agreed to stay to make Lizzy happy.

After seeing Lizzy off at the airport we walked hand in hand to his car. “What about the paparazzi?” I asked nervously. “What about them? Let them write what they want too. I made sure they never find out about our past. It cost me a lot of time and money, but you are safe.” Damian smiled at me softly and opened the car door for me. This made me more nervous when he said it cost him money. Did he have to bride the publications to not dig in to our past? I hoped it didn't cost him too much. “Hey, beautiful why are you so quiet?” Damian held my hand gently tickling my arm with the other. His driver gave me a smile through the rear view mirror. “Sorry all this is just so unreal! If you would have asked me three weeks ago if I would be driving with Damian Fisher right now I would have laughed.” I shake my head smiling. “Is it because I’m famous?” He jokes. “Because if that is the case I should tell you that I don't go out with girls who just use me for my money.” He tries to hold in a laugh and I play along with his joke. “Well, mister Fisher I haven't actually seen one of your movies so I’m pretty sure I'm just sitting here because you are one hot guy who I had a major crush on back in high school.” We both laugh. Before long we arrive in front of a big, really big black gate that opened when the driver punched a code in on the key pad beside the car. We drive up a long driveway with a big beautiful garden and a fountain in the middle of the driveway. The house at the end of the driveway is a Victorian style brick building with huge white windows. By now I am staring out the window my mouth hanging open. Damian says nothing he is just enjoying my amusement. “This is your house?” I blurt out. “It is amazing. It's everything I always thought you would have. It's really beautiful.” I smile at Damian and he pulls me closer for a hug. “If you love the outside you are going to go nuts for what’s on the inside!” He helped me out of the car and we walked to the entrance of the house. As promised I did love the inside of the house. It was modern and decorated just as beautifully as Molly's. We went up the stair case where he showed me the master bedroom which had a view of his back yard and swimming pool he then walked down the hall to the room next to his and explained that this would be my room. “I’ll leave you alone to unpack. Mary my house keeper is busy with dinner I’ll call you when it's time to eat.” Damian closes the door behind him. For a moment I stand still my dreams were finally coming true. How was it possible that I was standing in Damian's house. Everything seemed so unreal. I decide to unpack my few pieces of clothing in the cupboard and then I plop down on the bed. I check to see if I have any messages on my phone only to find 4 missed calls from my mother. Oh, god she is going to kill me. Hesitantly I call her back. “Claire Daniels have you lost your f*****g mind!” She yells at me and I have to hold the phone a few inches away from my ear. “Hi, Mom I miss you too... So why so many calls in one day then?” She snorts at my question. “Don't play stupid with me it's all over the f*****g news that you and that Fisher boy are together in New York! What if that sick monster hears about it! How could you do this to our family again?!” Anger erupts out of me like a volcano. “How dare you say that mother! He didn't do it to you! He did that to me! All that happened to you is your perfect reputation got destroyed! And don't you dare speak badly about Damian he has treated me better than you ever will. I am not a child any more and I don't give a crap what you say! I will be with who ever I want to you no longer have a say in that ever again!” I can hear her anger rising as she breathes sharply. “In that case you can pay for your own college next year! Consider yourself cut off!” She abruptly ends the call before I can say another word. Frustrated I toss my phone on the bed. How dare she treat me like this. A soft knock on the door snaps me back to reality. I open the door to find Damian standing in the doorway worried. “Sorry to interrupt I heard you yelling at someone. Are there people harassing you?” I sigh with relieve at his worried expression. “No, that was my mom she has decided to cut me off.” Damian looked shocked. “Why? Is it because of me? I don't want you and your family fighting Claire!” I embrace him resting my head on his chest. “Don't worry Damian my mom and I haven't exactly been on speaking terms since she decided that what happened was all my fault and that I brought shame onto her and our entire family. Honestly I never want to go back there again. Besides I have a job I can finish my final year without their help.” Damian tightens his arms around me. “I'm sorry you had to go through all that on your own.” He soothes me and gently starts kissing me.

After dinner we sit outside by the pool drinking wine and talking about everything and nothing. Damian seemed so happy and carefree everything was perfect. “See those dark clouds over there?” Damian points up at the sky. As the sun starts to set on the horizon you can see just a little bit of orange. Right above it big black rolling clouds started to form. “Yeah, it looks like a storm.” I say looking up at the sky. “Yeah, We should head back inside that looks like a pretty nasty one as well.” Damian helped me up from my seat and we quickly headed back inside the house. I excused myself from the conversation going up to my room to take a quick shower. The warm water helped to release the last bit of tension I had in my neck. My worries with my mother fading away with every passing moment.

When I got out of the shower the rain had started to fall, big loud drops hitting the windows. Damian called for me to join him in the living room. His hair was wet from taking a shower as well. My heart skipped a beat when I saw him smiling shyly at me. “Come have a seat I have one of my most corny movies ready for you to watch.” I laugh and join him on the couch. “Do you enjoy watching your own movies?” He frowns and looks at me with one eyebrow raised. “Actually I haven't watched any of my own movies. I feel stupid watching myself being in character. It's like I'm this whole other person. Sometimes my character is a jock or a snob and that's not who I am.” I stick my tongue out at him to lighten his mood. “You just don't want to admit that your acting is really bad.” Damian acts surprised and start tickling me. “Fine let's play the movie and then we can see just how bad my acting is.” He lets go of me and plays the movie.

I wake up on the couch in Damian's arms he is also asleep the movie long over. Gently I run my fingers through his hair. Kissing him softly on the cheek. His eyes start to flutter open, he looks up at me smiling. “Hey, beautiful did we fall asleep.” I nod and kiss him on the nose. “it's late we should go to bed.” He sluggishly gets off the couch and walks with me up the steps to our respective rooms. Now that I'm laying in bed I can not sleep my head is racing. My heart pounding out of control thinking about today and how magical it has been. All I really wanted to do now was lay in Damian's arms kissing him until there is only the two of us left in the world. I can feel the heat rising in my body, the longing I feel for him, to be near him. I need to snap out of it. If he wanted to be here now he would be. I get up out of bed to go get some warm milk to help me fall asleep. As I open the door a figure is standing in it. It scares me and I give a little scream. Once my eyes adjust to the darkness I see it's Damian standing in front of me. “Sorry I didn't mean to scare you.” He sounds flustered. “What's wrong Damian?” I ask concerned. “I couldn't sleep and wanted to come check on you, that you're okay?” I stepped closer to him my body pulling at me to stand just a little closer. Damian inhales sharply, but follows my move. We are standing only inches apart both our breaths fast and raspy. I want him to kiss me my body urges him. As if his lips hear my plea he kisses me hard I can feel his urgency in his kiss. He pulls me up from the ground wrapping my legs around his waist. Closing the door behind us he leads me to the bed. He gently places me on the bed laying on top of me. His eyes warm with love and lust. “If this starts to feel like to much for you, you can ask me to stop.” I shake my head and pull his face back to mine kissing him again.

 We make love that night with the wind howling and rain pouring outside. Just like the storm of passion I feel inside myself. I had never made love to anyone before and I never thought that I would want to after I had been attacked. Until tonight...