“Please, think this through! You’re the most capable student to have walked through those doors in years, Elizabeth. You can’t just throw it all away!”
“None of it matters. I just want my Damien back.”
>As tension rises and voices begin to raise, Damien is forgotten on the sidelines. He looks between the two of them pensively.
>Is… did he cause this?
>He could’ve stopped at any time. Said no to the Principal. But… he didn’t.
>He looks to his girlfriend, noticing for the first time the bags under her eyes. The dullness of her eyes.
>He averts his eyes, looking down to the ground as he runs a hand through his hair. There’s pain - real pain - in his chest.
>...
>He knows what he has to do.
“Stop!”
>Both women go silent, looking over to the Dilo-Spino as though they never realized he was there in the first place. His chest rose and fell rapidly, concern writ across his face. Just The Two Of Us began to autoplay.
“Please, stop fighting over me like this! I’m not a trophy, I’m - I’m a guy. A guy who should’ve done something about this weeks ago.”
>The cougar and the teen stared at him with… confusion. He turned to the former.
“I enjoyed getting to do all this stuff. I really did! But I have a girlfriend. You can’t just steal me away from her like this.”
“Damien…”
>He shushed her with a smile and a hand on her shoulder. His voice dropped low.
“Edna, you’re a great lady. You can find your own man.”
>The fourty-something lady’s expression turned tender as she looked into his eyes. She’d hug him if she weren’t still covering her breasts with one arm. A sigh escaped her as she shook her head, looking away.
“...Like, on tinder. Not your own school. That’s weird.”
“God, look at me. You’re gonna make a grown woman tear up.”
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