Second Chance

“I don’t know, Lilian, you might be trying to trick me,” Damon murmurs bringing his eyes back to me, “It sounds like a trick.”

"It’s not a trick, dummy. For example, those notes on the flowers were a really bad move. And calling yourself my Dumb Papist was extremely, extremely weird. It wouldn’t have worked on any other girl… but I’m a little weird too, so it made me smile and now I feel like I know you a little better. I don't want to get wrapped in a relationship with you based on lies or you trying to be a perfect romantic man. It would be a lie and that would only make us fall apart sooner rather than later. I want you to be yourself, even if it scares me off. I have a right to choose if I like the real you or not," I say, deciding to let everything out. I was expecting him to roll his eyes and make a mean joke out of what I said, but Damon just blinks for a few seconds, without saying anything. And he's giving me a look I can't quite describe.

It's like... relief and exciteme