Chapter 51 - Damon's Pancakes

"Good morning, roomie," she said.

"Good morning. Why are you up this early?" I asked her. She took out some strawberries and blueberries from the fridge. She closed the door with her hip.

"Well, my dad and I have an early meeting. And I want to show him that I'm ready to take over when he steps down. So if I have to wake up a little earlier than usual and beat him to work, then so be it. I really do miss my sleep though."

I laughed at her and she threw me a blueberry. "Hey. No wasting food," I said pointing a finger at her. I was kinda glad that she made breakfast, and most of all, she made pancakes.

"Seriously, Gwen? What's with the teeth?" I asked her, pointing to the vampire teeth she made with whipped cream.

"Oh, that's how Damon makes it. And Bonnie loves them. And so do you. Now, stop complaining, shut up and eat your food."

Damn she was bossy this morning. She wasn't the best cook in the world, but her pancakes were to die for. It was super good. "Gwen, I have a date tonight," I said and then she dropped her fork on the plate. What did the poor plate ever do to you?

"What? With who? And don't say Trevor," she said, pointing at me with her fork.

"Okay. I won't. But it's true. He wants to talk."

"How do you know? What if it's just to get you back? And for what? You were heartbroken when you heard what he said behind your back even after everything you did for him. Amabel, you ran to get to him. In the rain. You didn't take a cab. You went the extra mile to get him. You can have dinner with him, but so help me, if he does that again, I'm gonna break his face. Believe me. And he better have his mind made up before tonight."

I swallowed my piece and said, "To be honest, I hope so too. He called me last night. He said that he misses me. And I have to admit, I miss him too." Gwen gave me the death glare. It looks like she wants to explode. Never add fuel to the fire.

"Gwen, look... I've never been in love. And you know this. I've never been kissed. I've never been on a date. All of my firsts were with Trevor. And I love him. But also, I can't allow my heart to be broken again. And I'm going to tell him that tonight."

She's never going to let me out of the house, is she? "Just come home after work, okay? I'll pick you up. I want to see him..." Oh shit! She's gonna kill him.

"Gwen, he said he'll pick me up."

"I don't want to hear it. What time should I pick you up?" she asked.

"Seven o'clock. The front where you dropped me off yesterday," I said feeling a bit guilty. She's doing so much for me. She took me into her home and now she's driving me to work? What am I gonna do without her?

"Gwen?"

"Mmm?"

"Thank you. You didn't have to, but thank you." She smiled at me and then we continued to have our breakfast. After breakfast we grabbed our bags, got into the elevator and went down to the basement.

The sound of the car unlocking echoed in the basement. Someday, I'll get myself a car. Then I can drive myself to work. I'd have to learn how to drive first, but that's okay.

"Got everything?" she asked me when I got in.

"Yup," I said as she revved the engine. And then she took off. Man, I love the speed on this thing! After a few minutes we arrived at Walker Corporations. "I'll pick you up later, Bells. Have a good day," Gwen said as I closed the door.

"You too. And thanks again."

She smiled and winked and then drove off. I walked up to the doors to find Caleb. "Hey, Amabel. Can I talk to you for a second?" he asked me. Oh no!

"Sure, Caleb. What's up?" I asked.

"I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable yesterday... you know... with me kissing you..."

And just on time, Trevor came out of the building. He looked at us and then just at me. "Mr. Walker..." Caleb said feeling a bit guilty.

Trevor stepped forward and raised his fist. I jumped in front of Caleb and took Trevor's wrist and brought it down on my waist. "Trevor, hey. Trevor, look at me. Hey. Look at me," I said and took his face in my hands.

He forced himself to look into my eyes. "It was a kiss on my cheek to say 'happy birthday'. That's it. Okay? He was apologizing."

He looked at me... My eyes and then my lips. My eyes and then my lips. I cannot deal with this right now. I have to go to the office. "Come with me," I said, taking his hand and going inside. Jessica and Olivia had this weird look on their faces. Were they disgusted?