I’m not ready Diego

Damon and I were lost in each other’s gaze almost as if he could remember our past.

I found myself stuck in his eyes, those beautiful eyes that made me fall in love with him back in the woods.

As I remained there, my mind immediately remembered the sharp feeling of the blade on my stomach which brought me back to present.

“U-Uhm, thanks for the save,” I stammered as I got up from Damon’s arms.

“Hmm,” He uttered as he let out a smirk.

“What’s got you smiling,” I said as I tried straightening my dress.

“Well, you look stunning I must say but isn’t my brother not meant to be the one rescuing you,” Damon said with a sly smile.

“Oh save it Damon,” I snapped.

“Oh hey guys,” Nadia cut in to our conversation with a happy smile.

Seeing her happy irritated me so much. How could she be so happy after what she did to me?

Even though I was in this alternate reality, I still wondered how Damon and Nadia couldn’t remember the evil that they had done.

“Hello? Earth to Elizabeth,” Nadia said as she snapped her fingers in my face trying to bring me to the present.

“Stop that,” I said while faking a smile.

“So, did Diego tell you about the party we are hosting this night?” Damon said as he grabbed a glass of champagne from a waiter.

“There’s a party??!” Nadia asked wide eyed.

“Oh shit, it was a surprise for you, Elizabeth,” Damon said as he drank the last gulp of his champagne.

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“A surprise party for Elizabeth?” Nadia asked with a furrowed brow and crossed arms.

You could tell she was jealous of the idea of Diego throwing a party for me.

On the other hand, I wondered why Diego was throwing a party without informing me because I have never been big on parties.

“Hey guys,” Diego’s voice popped up from behind me.

“Nice seeing you brother. If you’ll excuse me, I have somewhere to be,” Damon said and practically bolted out of our presence.

“That was weird wasn’t it?” Diego said, then gave me a kiss on my cheek.

“Uhm, Diego, when did you plan on telling me you were planning a party,” I said.

“Son of a bitch, Damon told you right?” Diego said with a stern face.

“Does it really matter who told me?” I said with my arms crossed.

“Uh-oh, let me leave you two love birds,” Nadia said then took her leave, leaving me and Diego alone.

Diego grabbed my hand and placed it on his. “You know I just want to make you happy,” He said as he kissed my hand.

“Yeah, I know,” I replied with a smile.

“Now come, your mum and my dad are waiting for us,” He said as he held my hand and walked us around the crowd.

I knew this wasn’t the time to be getting angry or causing issues between Diego and I.

We both walked together, greeting everyone and all that was on my mind was how to devise a plan to get my revenge on Damon and Nadia.

* * *

“I can’t wait to be drunk and dance with Damon tonight,” Nadia squealed in excitement.

The thought of her still being in love with him was sickening to me and I couldn’t even hide my disgust.

“Elizabeth!!! Didn’t you hear me?” She asked as she threw a pillow at me.

“Ouch,” I yelled.

“Oh, she speaks,” She replied as she rolled her eyes.

“Well, I got tired of hearing you talk about Damon,” I rolled my eyes.

“You know you sound like a jealous ex. Thank God I’ve known you all my life, if not I would have thought you were in love with Damon,” She teased.

“A jealous ex?” I laughed at her joke when deep down I knew that I was indeed a jealous and vengeful ex.

“Alright, are you ready to leave?” Nadia asked me as she grabbed her purse.

After smacking my lips together to blend my lipstick, I stood up. “Sure, let’s go.”

We then headed out of my bedroom to go to woods where this secret party was being held.

It was crazy how Nadia was an entirely different person but Damon remained the same.

After our short trip, we finally arrived at the venue and it looked just like that parties I attended in my past life.

“Omg!! This is awesome,” Nadia squealed.

“You look good Elizabeth,” Damon said behind me.

I turned around to get a look at him and I was in awe by what I had seen.

He wore this black leather jacket that matched with his hair and he looked so hot in it. We both stared at each other until Nadia’s voice broke the tension.

“It’s really a nice party Damon, mind showing me where we can get the drinks?” Nadia asked with a smile.

“Uhm, sure yeah. Come with us Elizabeth,” Damon said with an intimidating smirk on his lips.

Admist my whole plan for revenge, I couldn’t deny it that I was still very much attracted to Damon.

“Uhm, why don’t you guys go alone. I’ll look for Diego,” I replied with a feigned smile.

“Suit yourself,” Damon said as he winked at me and took off with Nadia.

Seeing the two of them arm in arm made me question if the moon goddess knew what she was doing when she gave me this second chance.

My feelings for Damon weren’t over yet and I was lost on what revenge plan I could take.

“There she is,” Diego said as he gave me a kiss.

“Hey Diego,”

“You like the party?” Diego asked me with a smile.

“Sure,”

“Come let’s go get a drink,” He said as he held my hand and led me through the crowd.

We finally got to the place where the cooler of drinks were and I grabbed a beer.

“You look really beautiful tonight,” Diego said with his eyes piercing into mine.

“Thank you Diego,” I replied with a smile then took a large gulp of my beer.

I liked Diego but at the same time, the guilt from what I did to him in the past kept on weighing me down.

What I did was unforgivable and he mustn’t know about it.

As the party went on, Diego and I snuck out to a more quiet place away from prying eyes.

“You know I really like you, Elizabeth,” He said with his eyes glistening under the moonlight.

“I do. I like you also,” I replied with a smile.

“Can I ask kiss you,” He asked as he held my cheek.

I hesitated for a second but I decided to let things flow.

“Yeah,”

Immediately, Diego’s lips touched mine and our tongues began to dance with each other. Diego grabbed my waist while I ran my hands through his curly hair.

He began to kiss me all over my neck as he slowly lifted my skirt up.

“Mhmmm,” I moaned out loud as he rubbed his hand all over my lap.

Things were getting heated up until he uttered three words that killed the mood of what was going on.

“I love you, Elizabeth,” He muttered as his lips caressed my ear.

Immediately, I lost all the excitement I had in me and slowly pushed Diego away.

“Uhm, I can’t do this Diego…”