"I looked at him again and studied his face. I could clearly see the worry in his eyes that I might have been offended by our classmates' teasing. I smiled.

Aaron is without a doubt a good man.

"What are you talking about? I'm not offended. I'm actually happy. Don't worry about me and just enjoy this night, okay?" He smiled and nodded. Then one of our classmates started talking to him, so his attention was diverted from me.

I absentmindedly looked up, but Damien was no longer where he had been ...