better half

Rechel Hedly's P O V

"How do I look?" Rose stared up at Damon with her eyes filled with excitement, mirroring her voice, and a huge smile covered her face as she took Damon's hand like she was the rightful one. He didn't resist or push her away, but he took her hand.

His head titled down to look at her face, and then his eyes wandered around her dress and he replied with a smile so soft and warm that she was the only one who deserved that "pretty."

Her lips widen with a smile as she snuggles into his arm like a little kid while they both walk to the office, leaving me feeling like I don't belong here. I don't belong in their lives. Not in their world.

The little happiness and the hope that I felt for the first time today were crushed like they were never supposed to exist. Like they are just my wishful thinking.

My fingers clinched into a fist, forcing myself to hold back whatever feeling came up in my head and my heart. The pain and the anger.

I stood there in the same place, sti