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rise of the natural mech warrior
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00:00Tyler Pemberton for so many years.
00:03The day he confessed to the pretty transfer student,
00:07everyone thought I'd lose it,
00:08come crashing in, crying, begging him to stop.
00:11But right up until the confession ended,
00:14I never showed.
00:15Tyler didn't know.
00:18The moment he confessed,
00:19I was wearing his roommate's hoodie,
00:21sitting on his roommate's bed.
00:23I got your bed all wet.
00:28How are we supposed to sleep tonight?
00:31Tyler was going to confess to the pretty transfer student.
00:36He'd given everyone a heads up,
00:39made them all keep it from me.
00:40But he didn't know.
00:42Someone with a big mouth had already told me.
00:45Everyone knew I was crazy about Tyler Pemberton.
00:49Marrying him has always been my dream.
00:55This time, Tyler had fallen hard for the new girl.
00:59Seriously.
01:01So they thought I'd probably cry,
01:03scream, throw a fit.
01:05That kind of messy love triangle drama,
01:10everyone wants to watch.
01:12They were all waiting for me to lose it,
01:14storm in to blow the whole thing up.
01:16Too bad.
01:18Right up until Tyler successfully finished his confession,
01:22I still hadn't shown.
01:24The bustling crowd started losing interest.
01:26Even Tyler's face didn't have much joy in it.
01:34Not a single call.
01:36Not a single text.
01:38Drinks on me tonight.
01:40Everyone's invited.
01:44I'd been standing behind the trees the whole time.
01:47Now, I stepped out.
01:48It's Amelia.
01:49Amelia's here.
01:51Told you.
01:52No way Amelia could stay away.
01:55I ignored the crowd waiting for a show.
01:58Walked straight up to Tyler.
02:04Amelia.
02:06You can't force my feelings.
02:10We've known each other our whole lives.
02:15I don't want to say anything ugly and ruin what we had.
02:19From now on, I'll still treat you like my little sister.
02:23If you need anything, you can still come to me.
02:30Everyone's watching.
02:31Don't make a scene.
02:33Just go home.
02:35Tyler.
02:36Amelia, be good.
02:41I just came to give this back.
02:45Amelia, what are you trying to pull now?
02:47Take the bracelet back.
02:49I won't come around anymore.
02:51This amount of money means nothing to me.
02:53If you don't want it, throw it out.
03:02All the gifts I gave you before, just throw them out too.
03:07I didn't look at him again, turned and walked away.
03:10Tyler stood there until I was completely gone from sight.
03:14Come on, Amelia's just saving her pride.
03:17She's putting on a front.
03:18Tyler, you'll see.
03:20Before the night's over, she'll regret it.
03:22Bet you 20 bucks.
03:23Soon as we leave, she'll be back here crying,
03:25digging through that trash can.
03:28Let her.
03:30If it weren't for our families,
03:31I wouldn't waste five minutes on her.
03:34It's like you're so busy.
03:35All right, all right.
03:37Don't let her ruin tonight.
03:38We're supposed to be celebrating.
03:43He tossed my annoying face out of his head.
03:46He thought I would act as if nothing had happened tomorrow,
03:49waiting for him at his dorm building,
03:51pestering him to go to class together.
03:54He'd seen this play out too many times over the years.
03:59By the time I got to the bridge,
04:01the rain was coming down hard.
04:03I stood there under my umbrella,
04:05thinking about my last life.
04:07Last time, I lost it the night Tyler confessed to Bella.
04:10Cried, screamed, tried to force him to break up with her.
04:14In the end, I jumped off this bridge that night.
04:17And what happened?
04:18Nearly died.
04:20Tyler stayed at the hospital for five minutes,
04:23then walked out without mercy,
04:25the blacks, the family that adopted me,
04:27were humiliated by the suicide attempt.
04:30And since Tyler had made his position clear,
04:33I had no use to them anymore.
04:35They pulled me out of school,
04:36sent me back to my birth parents,
04:38a pair of drunks who dealt drugs,
04:40ran a brothel, the worst kind of people.
04:43After that, my life just spiraled.
04:46I died alone in some foreign country.
04:49After I died, the one who buried me was him.
04:53The one I'd always been afraid of.
04:55The one I'd kept at a distance.
04:57And Tyler, he was a newlywed by then,
05:00riding high.
05:01He never showed up.
05:02Not once.
05:03If I hadn't already lived this once,
05:05I'd be blowing up Tyler's phone right now.
05:08I would threaten to kill myself and about to jump.
05:11But now, I have a chance.
05:13A chance to change my terrible future.
05:16The third time I dialed the number,
05:19he finally picked up.
05:21Damon Herdersen.
05:23The name rolled on my tongue a few times.
05:25Then, I finally say it.
05:27The rain was coming down so hard,
05:29shutting out the rest of the world.
05:32Amelia.
05:36Damon, it's really coming down.
05:38I'm stuck by the bridge.
05:40Can you come get me?
05:44The line went quiet for a few seconds.
05:48Last time, the day Damon buried me, he cried.
05:53Even in the dream, I could feel how hot they were.
05:56After the funeral, he gripped a pearl earring, silent.
06:00He stayed alone the rest of his life.
06:03I couldn't help it.
06:08Why are you crying?
06:11I didn't say I wouldn't come.
06:14Then when are you coming?
06:15Wait me.
06:16Twenty minutes.
06:18Okay.
06:19I'll wait for you, Damon.
06:21He didn't say anything else.
06:23The line went dead.
06:24Fifteen minutes later,
06:25I gave my umbrella to a mom and kid trying to take cover.
06:29So by the time Damon got there,
06:31I was soaked through.
06:34I grinned up at him.
06:36Damon, you're right on time.
06:38Amelia, you might as well just be done with it.
06:41Die of stupidity.
06:43He grabbed my arm,
06:44stuffed me into the car.
06:50Dry off.
06:51Don't get my car dirty.
06:56Okay.
07:01I couldn't help stealing a glance at him.
07:04When he wasn't smiling,
07:05he always looked unreachable.
07:07Cold.
07:08Tons of girls at school liked him,
07:10but none of them dared to confess.
07:12He and Tyler were roommates.
07:13I'd been to Tyler's dorm a lot.
07:16Every time I went,
07:17Damon acted like he hate me.
07:19Even now.
07:20He came to get me,
07:21but the attitude was still freezing.
07:23When he'd shoved me into the car just now,
07:25his grip had been hard.
07:26My wrist still hurt.
07:28A red ring of marks.
07:30There was nothing about him
07:31that said he'd been quietly in love with me
07:33the whole time.
07:35Everything from the dream
07:37had really happened.
07:38But because I'd changed things,
07:40a lot was different now.
07:42Would Damon still love me?
07:44If he didn't,
07:45wasn't I just dragging him into a mess?
07:50Back to your dorm?
07:51My heart skipped.
07:52Before I could stop myself,
07:53I said it.
07:54Mm, back to yours.
08:01Tyler isn't coming back tonight.
08:03I know.
08:07I'm not looking for him.
08:16Amelia.
08:18Don't fucking use me
08:20as part of whatever game
08:21you two are playing.
08:22I'm not!
08:24I'll call you an Uber.
08:25You go back yourself.
08:27Damon?
08:29Damon!
08:30Amelia.
08:30But there was no anger
08:32in his eyes.
08:32No disgust.
08:34Just something dark
08:36and deep.
08:37But suddenly,
08:38I felt a sadness
08:39I couldn't quite put into words.
08:42Damon,
08:42I don't want to go back
08:43to my dorm.
08:44The other girls
08:45all laugh at me
08:46and I'm afraid of going home.
08:50Can I just stay
08:51at your place tonight?
08:52I hid his phone
08:52behind my back.
08:54I mean,
08:55if you really hate me,
08:56if you really don't
08:57want to see me,
08:58then forget it.
08:59Damon didn't say
09:00a single word,
09:01but he started
09:01the car again.
09:03It headed toward campus,
09:05stopped in front
09:06of his dorm building
09:06in the end.
09:08I followed Damon inside.
09:11Bathroom's that way.
09:14I showered,
09:16threw the hoodie on,
09:18came out bare-legged.
09:28I walked past Tyler's bed
09:31and sat down on Damon's.
09:34My wet hair
09:34dripped onto the sheet.
09:36The shampoo and body wash on me,
09:39all of it smelled like Damon.
09:47Going for a smoke.
09:52I looked around his room,
09:54curious,
09:54clean,
09:55neat.
09:56I was just about to check out
09:57what he kept on his desk,
09:59then my phone buzzed.
10:00Tyler's name lit up the screen.
10:02I didn't pick up.
10:04It rang again right away,
10:05like he wasn't going to stop.
10:07I just switched the phone to silent,
10:11dropped it back in my bag.
10:14Damon?
10:16Damon?
10:19What is it?
10:21We held eye contact
10:22for two seconds
10:23before he looked away,
10:24but I caught it.
10:25The tips of his ears
10:26were a little red.
10:29I got your sheets wet.
10:31How am I supposed
10:32to sleep tonight?
10:34He glanced at me,
10:35then at the wet spots
10:36on the sheets.
10:44Go dry your hair first.
10:47I'll change the sheets,
10:48then you can sleep.
10:49He went to the closet
10:50for clean ones.
10:51I held the towel
10:52and thought about how red
10:53his ears had just gotten.
10:55I couldn't help smiling.
10:57By the time I came out
10:59with my hair dry,
11:00Damon had finished
11:01changing the sheet.
11:02Go to sleep.
11:03What about you?
11:05I'll play some games.
11:08Oh.
11:09I sat down on his bed,
11:11a little deflated.
11:12Damon picked up his headphones,
11:14just about to put them on
11:15when his phone rang.
11:25Tyler, what's up?
11:27Yeah, I'm in the dorm.
11:29You're saying someone
11:30saw Amelia at our building?
11:31My heart jumped.
11:34I...
11:35I didn't wait
11:36for him to finish.
11:37I got up,
11:37walked over,
11:38climbed onto his lap,
11:40and wrapped my arms
11:41around his neck.
11:42Damon, tell him
11:43I'm not here.
11:51Under my fingers,
11:52his skin went hot,
11:53burning.
11:54I could see the vein
11:55at the side of his neck
11:56tense up,
11:57pushing against the skin.
11:58His throat was working.
12:00His heart was hammering.
12:10No.
12:11I've been in the dorm
12:12the whole time.
12:13She's not here.
12:14Yeah,
12:15ask someone else.
12:20I could feel it,
12:22everything burning.
12:23My first instinct
12:24was to run,
12:25but Damon held me tighter.
12:27His breath was hot
12:28against my ear,
12:30my neck.
12:53Stop tempting me.
12:57I don't want to touch you
12:58in a place like this.
13:00I shifted,
13:00tried to readjust
13:01how I was sitting.
13:02It felt like something
13:03was about to blow.
13:05Scary.
13:05Damon.
13:12If you don't want to touch me,
13:13why do you keep kissing me?
13:16He closed eyes,
13:18tried to get himself
13:19under control.
13:19Also,
13:21do you even know
13:22how to kiss?
13:22My lips are swollen.
13:27Amelia.
13:30His fingers
13:31were long
13:32and strong.
13:34Through the hoodie,
13:35they dug into me.
13:36It hurt
13:37and it didn't.
13:39Damon.
13:42Amelia,
13:44stay still.
13:46I'll go easier
13:47this time.
13:48This kiss
13:49was longer,
13:50gentler.
13:51By the end,
13:52he started losing control.
13:54The kiss went deeper.
14:05Damon.
14:06His whole body
14:07went rigid.
14:10Amelia.
14:11The heat
14:12from his palms
14:13was burning
14:14through me.
14:16I'm sorry.
14:18Something inside him
14:20broke,
14:21then went quiet,
14:22but not for long.
14:23It was already
14:24building again.
14:27His face
14:28looked strange.
14:29The air
14:30smelled different.
14:31I didn't recognize it.
14:36Damon,
14:37what just happened?
14:38The cold,
14:39distant guy
14:40was gone.
14:41His eyes
14:41were dark
14:42with want.
14:43I'm going to
14:44take a shower.
14:48get some sleep.
14:50Before I could
14:50say anything,
14:51he was already
14:52in the bathroom.
14:54When the water
14:55started running,
14:56I rolled on Damon's bed.
14:57I already guessed
14:58what he was doing
14:59inside.
15:00Damon was tall,
15:02worked out a lot,
15:03lean muscle
15:04everywhere.
15:05He didn't look
15:05like the type
15:06of guy who'd,
15:07um,
15:08finish that fast.
15:09Had he never
15:10had a girlfriend
15:11before?
15:11Had he never
15:12been with a girl
15:13at all?
15:23Then,
15:24my fingers
15:25brushed against
15:26something underneath it.
15:27A pearl earring.
15:28I knew that earring.
15:30It was one of a pair
15:31I wore all the time.
15:33I'd lost one of them
15:34at Tyler's dorm once,
15:36searched everywhere,
15:37never found it.
15:38Turned out,
15:39Damon had picked it up.
15:41Then,
15:41I remembered.
15:42It's that earring,
15:44which had been with him
15:45in my last life, too.
15:47I sat there for a second,
15:48then put it back
15:49under his pillow.
15:54The hairdryer cut off.
15:55Damon came out.
15:57It was weird.
15:58He looked kind of
15:59soft right now.
16:05One of those voices
16:06was clearly Tyler's.
16:10Damon's face dropped,
16:11too,
16:11but he reacted
16:12faster than me.
16:13By the time Tyler
16:14pushed the door open,
16:15my clothes were
16:16stuffed in the closet.
16:17My shoes were shoved
16:18as far under the bed
16:19as they'd go.
16:23I was hidden
16:23under Damon's comforter.
16:25The lump I made
16:26was barely visible.
16:28Even if Tyler
16:28walked right up,
16:29he'd have to
16:30really look to notice.
16:33Why are you in bed already?
16:35Got caught in the rain.
16:37My head hurts.
16:39His hand slipped
16:40and caught my wrist,
16:41holding it still.
16:43I was pressed
16:44all along his side.
16:46I could feel my breath
16:47ghosting over his ribs.
16:49His abs
16:49were locked tight.
16:55He sat down
16:56on the desk chair
16:57and started making calls.
16:59A few in a row,
17:00no one picked up.
17:01He was getting
17:02visibly pissed.
17:03Damon,
17:04you think Amelia
17:05is doing this on purpose?
17:07What?
17:10I just told Belly
17:11I'm into her
17:11and now she's
17:12got to pull this shit.
17:15News just said
17:15a girl jumped off
17:16the Brooklyn Bridge
17:17over some guy.
17:19I thought it was her
17:20man.
17:20I left Bella
17:21standing there,
17:22floored it all the way over.
17:25They fished the body out.
17:27Wasn't her.
17:29Been blowing up
17:29her phone all night.
17:31Nothing.
17:31Nobody's seen her.
17:33She's doing this
17:34on purpose.
17:35Trying to wreck
17:36my night.
17:39I think she's
17:40just going to stalk me
17:41for the rest of my life.
17:43Maybe not.
17:44Maybe not?
17:46Damon,
17:48you've watched her
17:49chase me for two years.
17:50You saw it all.
17:52You can't stand her either.
17:54Never once been nice to her.
17:56Hearing these words,
17:58I bit Damon on the side.
18:00Right through
18:00the comforter.
18:04I bit down on his finger
18:06on purpose.
18:07Damon's whole body
18:08locked up.
18:19The second he pushed
18:21open the bathroom door,
18:23it hit me.
18:24When I'd showered earlier,
18:25I'd rinsed out my socks.
18:27They were still
18:28hanging in bathroom.
18:29Sure enough,
18:30two minutes later.
18:32Damon,
18:34you sneaking girls
18:35into the dorm now?
18:38Damn,
18:39real hush-hush.
18:40Who's the lucky girl
18:41that finally got
18:42our untouchable
18:43Damon Harrison?
18:44Don't talk shit.
18:47Going to bed this early?
18:49You got someone under there?
18:50Tyler!
18:51Okay, okay,
18:51I'm not going over.
18:54Then he looked at the bed
18:55with way too much interest.
18:58You got rubbers?
19:00I got extras.
19:01You want some?
19:03Under the comforter,
19:04Damon's hand slid up
19:05to the back of my neck.
19:08Don't make jokes
19:09like that about girls.
19:13You're serious?
19:16Yeah.
19:17If the light
19:18were a little brighter,
19:19Tyler would have seen
19:21how hard Damon
19:22was working
19:22to hold it together
19:23because he had
19:25my neck pinned.
19:26But every other part
19:27of me could move
19:28and under the comforter,
19:30no one could see.
19:31So I gave Damon's abs
19:32a slow stroke.
19:34Every time I touched him,
19:35his muscles locked tighter.
19:37I snuck my hand
19:38a little lower.
19:39When I hit the V-line,
19:41his reaction
19:41was so strong,
19:42it scared me.
19:44All right,
19:45I'll get out of your hair.
19:46I'll stay somewhere else tonight.
19:48This guy
19:49who looked so above it all,
19:51so cold to girls,
19:52apparently not as monk-like
19:54as he played.
19:55If him was reading this right,
19:57Damon had a girl
19:58under that comforter.
19:59Play or move?
20:01But Tyler didn't call him out.
20:03He and Damon
20:03got along fine.
20:05Sure,
20:05it bugged him a little
20:06that Damon was more popular
20:07with girls,
20:08but other than that,
20:09no real friction.
20:11Tyler turned
20:11and left the dorm.
20:14I yanked the comforter off.
20:16Damon,
20:17I was about to suffocate.
20:18Damon was leaning back
20:19against the headboard,
20:21watching me.
20:22The dim light
20:23hit the sharp lines
20:24of Damon's face.
20:25I just sat there
20:26and stared.
20:27People say candlelight
20:28makes a girl prettier.
20:29Turns out,
20:30it works on guys, too.
20:32A good-looking guy
20:33in low light
20:34is even better.
20:42I'm not annoyed by you.
20:44I haven't been cold
20:46to you on purpose.
20:48Don't take what he said
20:49to heart.
20:53Get some sleep.
20:55What about you, Damon?
20:57Smoke,
20:58then bed.
20:59Achoo!
21:03I think I'm getting sick.
21:05My head hurts.
21:07Let go.
21:08I'll get you something.
21:10After I took the medicine,
21:11I still wouldn't let go of him.
21:13Damon,
21:13I'm cold.
21:14The comforter's not thick enough.
21:16This time,
21:17he pushed my hand away.
21:18Amelia,
21:20Tyler's long gone.
21:21You don't need to keep doing this.
21:23What does this have to do with him?
21:31Why were you at the bridge tonight?
21:33That's when I got it.
21:34The thing Tyler said earlier
21:35about the girl jumping.
21:37He'd misread it.
21:39He thought I'd gone to the bridge
21:41to jump.
21:41He thought calling him
21:43and coming back here
21:44was just my way
21:45of getting back at Tyler.
21:47Honestly,
21:47it made sense he'd think that.
21:49The past two years,
21:50the Blacks had been getting
21:51more aggressive.
21:53After their real daughter
21:54was found and brought home,
21:56they'd tried to send me back
21:57to my birth parents.
21:59In the end,
21:59since I still had marriage value,
22:01they grudgingly let me stay.
22:04So Tyler had been my one shot,
22:07my way out.
22:08We'd grown up together.
22:10There had to be something there.
22:11I told myself he'd save me.
22:14I put everything on Tyler.
22:16But from the outside,
22:17it just looked like I was obsessed with him,
22:20especially to Damon.
22:21He was Tyler's roommate.
22:22How many times
22:23had he watched me chase Tyler
22:25like a lovesick idiot?
22:29Set an alarm.
22:30Leave early so no one sees you.
22:32This kind of thing isn't good
22:33for a girl's reputation.
22:35Damon.
22:36He didn't stop.
22:37Didn't turn around.
22:39I clenched my teeth.
22:42You kissed me how many times tonight?
22:45And that other thing just now?
22:47You're not going to take
22:48any responsibility?
22:50Damon stopped.
22:52He turned around to look at me.
22:55I know you don't like me.
22:58Every time I came here,
22:59you ignored me.
23:02But tonight,
23:03thank you for coming to get me
23:04and letting me stay.
23:07If you really don't want anything
23:09to do with me,
23:10I'll leave right now.
23:10I got off the bed.
23:14I couldn't find my shoes.
23:16I didn't care.
23:19Amelia.
23:21I told you.
23:23I'm not annoyed by you.
23:25Then are you going to take responsibility?
23:28You kissed me.
23:30Held me.
23:34You kissed me.
23:38And you did that thing
23:39in bathroom?
23:48Amelia.
23:49If you're going to start
23:50something with me,
23:52then go all the way.
23:56Of course.
24:02Over Thanksgiving break,
24:04I flew out to the town
24:05where my birth parents lived.
24:07Stayed three days.
24:09By the time I left,
24:11the two trash human beings
24:12my drug-dealing parents
24:14were in handcuffs.
24:15Federal charges.
24:16Hard prison time waiting for them.
24:20Trafficking,
24:20drug distribution,
24:22running a brothel.
24:23Thanks to the dreams,
24:24I had hard evidence
24:25on all of it.
24:27I didn't need to wait
24:28for some next life.
24:29This time,
24:30I could be rid of them
24:31for good.
24:32Make them pay.
24:34When the plane took off,
24:36I let out the longest breath
24:37of my life.
24:38The biggest weight
24:39I'd been carrying
24:40was gone.
24:41For the first time,
24:43I felt free.
24:44I felt light.
24:46When the plane landed
24:47at airport,
24:48I called Damon first
24:49to let him know I was back.
24:50He didn't know
24:51what I'd actually
24:52gone there to do.
24:53He thought I'd been
24:54on a quick trip
24:54with a friend.
24:56I'll come by tonight.
24:57You all settled in?
24:58Damon had moved
24:59into an off-campus apartment.
25:01He was already a senior,
25:02barely had to be on campus,
25:04and sharing a dorm
25:05with Tyler
25:06wasn't exactly
25:07working anymore.
25:10All settled.
25:12Want me to come
25:12pick you up?
25:13Sure.
25:14Amelia.
25:16What?
25:17It's Tyler's birthday today.
25:18He's having a thing,
25:19wants me to come
25:20with my girlfriend.
25:21I'd completely forgotten.
25:24Tyler's birthday
25:24was over Thanksgiving weekend.
25:26Babe,
25:27do you want
25:27to come with me?
25:28I didn't answer
25:29right away.
25:30It wasn't that I didn't
25:31want to go public
25:32with us.
25:33It was that the Blacks
25:34were going to
25:35cut me off soon.
25:36When that happened,
25:37my real background
25:38was going to come out.
25:40All of it.
25:41I knew Damon
25:42wouldn't care,
25:42but I didn't want him
25:44getting dragged
25:44through the mud
25:45like last time.
25:48People had said
25:48he'd thrown his life
25:50away for a girl
25:51who wasn't worth it.
25:52Broke his family's heart.
25:54But like Damon
25:54had said that night,
25:57I started this
25:58so I should see it through.
26:00You can't always
26:01have it both ways.
26:02Damon.
26:07Do you want me there?
26:09Yeah.
26:11Then come get me.
26:13I'll go with you.
26:15Babe,
26:16look up.
26:17My heart stopped
26:18for a second.
26:19I turned
26:19and it was like a movie.
26:21Slow motion.
26:22The smile was still
26:24spread across my face.
26:25The airport noise
26:26dropped away.
26:27Through the crowd,
26:28I saw Damon.
26:29Just Damon.
26:45Damon.
26:47Your core is solid.
26:50Lower back's not bad either.
26:52Want to test it?
26:54Just a little fast, though.
26:57Amelia.
26:59You wait.
27:01Don't bother begging.
27:03Don't bother crying.
27:05Tyler's birthday dinner
27:06had its usual crowd.
27:08Bella had gone
27:09all out tonight.
27:10She looked stunning.
27:11The two of them
27:12sitting together
27:12easy on the eyes.
27:14The other girls
27:15were piling on
27:15the compliments
27:16and Bella
27:17was eating it up.
27:21Tyler looked
27:22checked out.
27:23Tyler.
27:24Tyler.
27:26What?
27:27It's late.
27:28Everyone's hungry.
27:30Wait.
27:31We're not all here yet.
27:32Who's missing?
27:34Who's missing?
27:34Yeah, who?
27:35Damon's not here yet.
27:37Oh, wait.
27:38I just remembered.
27:40Amelia's not here either.
27:41Is Amelia even coming?
27:42It's Tyler's birthday.
27:43Amelia wouldn't miss this.
27:45I didn't invite her.
27:46And if she shows,
27:47she's not getting in.
27:49Tyler,
27:49don't get worked up.
27:50It's your birthday.
27:51Don't let some random
27:53ruin your night.
27:54Right?
27:56You're right.
27:59Tyler looked over
28:00at his girlfriend.
28:01Bella was beautiful.
28:03Truly.
28:04Amelia was pretty too.
28:06But not in this loud,
28:08runway kind of way.
28:10That was the thing
28:11that hooked him
28:11the first time
28:12he saw Bella.
28:14But once he had her,
28:15the spark cooled fast.
28:17The past month,
28:18Amelia hadn't waited
28:19at his dorm building,
28:20hadn't tagged along to class
28:21or to the dining hall.
28:23She'd just vanished
28:24out of his world.
28:25Even when they crossed paths
28:27on campus,
28:28she'd turn the other way.
28:31Tyler had to admit it.
28:32He wasn't used to it.
28:33He told himself
28:34it was just habit.
28:36He was missing a habit.
28:37That was all.
28:37He couldn't actually
28:39like Amelia.
28:41And no way
28:42was he going to piss off
28:43the families
28:44over a fake heiress.
28:45But they'd known each other
28:47their whole lives.
28:51Tyler figured,
28:52tonight,
28:53if Amelia couldn't take it
28:54and came back to him,
28:56he wouldn't even
28:57need her to grovel.
28:58A few red-eyed tears,
28:59and he'd let her back in.
29:08Guess who I just saw?
29:10Who?
29:11Stop teasing.
29:12Who?
29:13Yeah, who?
29:14Don't tell me it's Amelia.
29:17Actually, it's Amelia.
29:19Tyler told you!
29:20Amelia can't stay away from you!
29:22See?
29:23She caved tonight.
29:25Tyler didn't say anything,
29:26but the storm on his face
29:28was clearing.
29:32Tyler,
29:33can you make Amelia leave?
29:36She chased you for so long.
29:38It makes me feel weird.
29:40Tyler looked at Bella,
29:41and suddenly,
29:42she was easier to look at
29:43than five minutes ago.
29:45His mood lifted out of nowhere.
29:47But Amelia's behavior
29:48the past month
29:49had pissed him off.
29:50Even if he was going
29:51to forgive her tonight,
29:52she needed a little punishment.
30:08Damon walked in,
30:10big strides.
30:11His voice wasn't loud,
30:12but it dropped like a stone.
30:14There was a kind of pressure to it
30:16nobody could place.
30:18The whole room went silent,
30:19because every single person
30:22saw it.
30:23There was a girl walking in
30:25behind Damon,
30:26and that girl
30:27was me.
30:30Blood!
30:31Tyler, you're bleeding!
30:36Oh.
30:38Tyler?
30:40I said,
30:41get out!
30:42Are you deaf?
30:46The rest of the room
30:48cleared out fast.
30:50Blood dripped from Tyler's hand,
30:52one drop at a time.
30:54He didn't even feel it.
30:55Tyler was staring at Damon.
31:02Damon,
31:04you gonna explain?
31:06His grip was dry and steady.
31:08It calmed me down.
31:11Explain what?
31:13Why Amelia walked in here
31:15with you.
31:17You invited me to your birthday
31:19with my girlfriend.
31:21Forget already?
31:22Tyler looked like
31:23something in him had snapped.
31:26Damon!
31:28You focusing no!
31:30Amelia is mine!
31:32Yours how?
31:34Girlfriend?
31:34Fiance?
31:36Or because a girl
31:38liked you once
31:38that makes her your property?
31:41You knew Amelia liked me,
31:42and you still went after her?
31:44Tyler.
31:45He didn't go after me.
31:49I started it.
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