Evermore, chapter 14 (part 1)
In which Ever and Damien's relationship goes nowhere for about 10 pages and it's all because she's not sexy (hoodies are ok people!!) and Damien is a player (which she knew before this mess started!!). Wonderful.
Wow, it's been forever. So we start this chapter after the party is done and packed. We see dear Ever trying to explain why she refused Ava’s offer:
And the times she's not with me, well, I figure she's kicking it somewhere in Heaven. And even though I know Ava's only trying to help, offering to stand in as some sort of psychic big sister, what she doesn't realize is that I don't want any help. That even though I yearn to be normal again, go back to the way things were before, I also know that this is my punishment. This horrible gift is what I deserve for all the harm that I've caused, for the lives I cut short. And now I just have to live with it-and try not to harm anyone else.
Yes, very nice, except… THIS IS BULLSHIT!! If you really accepted your powers as punishment you wouldn’t go out of your way to block them. You wouldn’t wear your hoodie and headphones. You wouldn’t talk about how wonderful it is when Damien is near because he can “Silence the world,” or some crap like that! You would accept it and look to atone. So you know what this really is? A pity party.
(Dammit Ever, I’m not attending, so stop sending me invitations!)
Well, that and the fact that Noel can’t write conflict. She wants for Ever to keep being miserable to justify Ever’s desire to being closer to Damien since he can stabilize her (geez, I wonder why. *eyeroll*) But, really, is there a reason why Ever can’t look for her own way? Her own answer? I assure you you could still have a book that way. Heck, maybe we would have plot by now if she did.
Anyway, she then has a Bella-style symbolic dream of Damien and her running through a cold. She wakes up and Riley is at the foot of the bed dressed as Zorro. Apparently she now has a costume fetish. They start talking about Damien:
Riley: So why are you still dressed as a slob? Don’t you know that girls should change their look completely ?
Ever: Have you been spying on me? And he’s not my boyfriend! (Cue hole in her stomach)
Riley: Oh please, like you do anything interesting. I was entertained by your ex cheating on his girlfriend again with Heather, an ex-fatty dressed as a playboy bunny. I saw you by accident. But see, my point is that all men like women who dress skimpy.
Ever: Really?! Huh, what a-No! I mean, you shouldn’t spy on people.
RIley: Whatever.
Riley really annoys me.
Ever goes out and picks up Miles, in another bad transition. Miles starts asking for the 411 on the S4 (SUPER SPECIAL SALIVA SWAP!!!!). Ever states that he haven’t called her ever since the party which triggers the infinite sadness stat. You know, I don’t know what bothers me the most: Ever’s obsessive behavior or the fact that Miles is adding fuel to the fire by going “WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!” Miles then asks her what was the last thing he said and Ever says “Souvenir” which is code for “I don’t want to kiss you ever again, you crazy girl. I bet you have cooties anyway.”
You know, I would say “Just call him,” but she’s so crazy that I fear what that convo would look like. Then again, she has a point. Ever since her brain went into relationship mode, she has been stepping strong down the crazy ladder.
Ever gets to English class and sees Damien entering with Stacia. She’s holding a rosebud and being all chummy together, which enrages Ever. Damien then sits beside our dear heroine and…
"Hey," he says, sliding onto his seat. Acting like everything's perfectly normaI. Like he didn't pull a grope-and-run less than forty-eight hours before.
Um, what?! Look, I’ll admit he’s pretty shameless for sitting next to you acting like that, but you have most of the blame here. Neither asked for a romantic commitment, you knew he was a player, AND YOU KISSED HIM!! Also hon, you groped first and he ran only after you started acting insanely jealous, even though he didn’t invite Drina and he didn’t leave with her. Just saying.
Damien then starts attacking her with tulips because she’s tulip girl now not grasping that Ever is not pleased with him. Not really talking about anything important or smoothing out what happened over the weekend… TRULY THIS IS A LOVE FOR THE AGES!! Between the lack of communication, jackass hero, stupid heroine and lack of stable romance between the two, I can see why this is a soulmate story.
God, this is so annoying that it just gave me a headache. Until next time this is Shaolina, signing out!