I'm Not Daria
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At first I thought it was just my imagination, as it happened last night.I even blinked a few times but she was still there, she said, with the same expression of heartbreak and betrayal as happened last night in my imagination.

It was Luna.

I tried to say something but no sound came out of my mouth. He was furious and his eyes quickly filled with tears.

"What's wrong?" Devan asked, stroking my cheek that did not answer him and he followed my gaze.

"L-luna," she stuttered. "What are you doing here?"

Her lower lip was shaking. "How can you?"

I don't know to whom the question was addressed because he didn't take his eyes off me.

"You are my best friend" he whispered and then tears began to drip from his eyes. "How can you do this to me? How could you so easily betray me?"

Devan stepped towards him and grabbed his arm, "Calm down."

He pushed her harshly. "I won't calm down! Is there anything you want to say to explain yourself?!" He screamed and it scared me because I was sure he would wake everyone up

I can feel it. There goes. This is the end of my stay here. My secret will be exposed and everyone will know and I will be expelled from here. Devan will never like me again.

"Aa-a, I'm so sorry, Luna. Please, I'm sorry." I whispered, with teary eyes in fear of what he would do next

"I'm sorry? Is that all you can say? Do you even consider me a friend? Don't think so because a friend won't chase his girlfriend behind you! How long has this been going on?"

"It's not what you think it is. We're not together," I said, the panic was evident in my tone. My legs were shaking and I suddenly felt weak.

"Then what did you just see? Do you usually kiss people like that? Do I look stupid to you? I'm asking you how long have you been together behind my back?Answer me!".

Devan put his hand on his shoulder. "Luna, stop. That's enough."

He pushed it back so strongly that it hit the table.

"Oh," he hissed, grabbing his leg

He placed his palm over his forehead, covered his eyes and could hear him crying in silence. I could do nothing but look down, ashamed and guilty as I waited for my death.

She rubbed her hair and saw how red her eyes were from crying and her nose was also flushed red. Tears kept flowing down her cheeks and she looked extremely injured and crushed. I hate myself for doing this to her. He doesn't deserve it.

"I'm sorry." I repeated it again with my eyes down, because what else can I say, I can't say that it was a mistake because even though it was a mistake, I couldn't stop it. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I don't want to do this. Please, you have to trust me. I'm so sorry".

He didn't say anything to me.

"Luna, stop. That's enough." Devan said firmly. "You're gonna wake everybody up."

I looked up, took a few steps back to see his facial expression. He rushed towards me in a hurry

Once he was right in front of me, he gave me an evil sneer. "I never knew you were such a bitch".

He raised his hand and the next thing he saw was his hand sliding towards me with great force.tightly closed his eyes, waiting for the pain from the impact.

But it never came even though I felt the air flow towards my cheek which usually accompanies a fast-moving hand

When I slowly opened my eyes a few seconds later, I saw her hand just inches away from my face. He took her away from me and started cupping his mouth and then he exhaled a lot of air from his nose hard, which made me take a few seconds to realize that he was actually laughing.

I'm rattled. I looked towards Devan but he just rolled his eyes at her with my half-eaten sandwich in his hand. I wanted to scold her for eating the sandwich I made for myself, but I thought more about what was going on right now.

Luna was already laughing out loud with laughter now with her hands holding onto her stomach. "Oh my God, did you see his face?" Then he laughed again. "I didn't know I was a great actor. Where's my Oscar?"

I sat down because I was sure his laughter would not stop anytime soon.

"So you're not really dating" Luna said as she chewed on another sandwich.

Devan nodded and Luna sat down next to me, her little laugh still sounded. Now that his tears had been erased, he still had tears in his eyes, yet this was because of all the laughter he still did.

He's grabbing my shoulder. "Ew no, no, but your face when you look at me." And then he laughed again.

"Explain." I ordered Devan because it looks like Luna won't be doing it anytime soon.

"We were just pretending to be dating" she said as if it would explain everything

I rolled my eyeballs. "Yes, I expected that. But why?"

"Well, you know how Luna is. She was a playgirl two years ago and her foster mom didn't like that. She threatened to marry him off to a man she thought was a good fit if she didn't change her attitude, so this was all just to make her mother think that she had changed and had a serious relationship with me. I volunteered to help him. He didn't want anyone to know about this plan, so we didn't tell anyone, not even you and Bella. So other than the three of us, no one knows the truth"

Lina gestured me to move forward. "That's what she thought, but she told Daria and Bella the truth while drunk one night with them, so they knew but she didn't know that they knew. It doesn't matter anyway" he whispered in my ear

"What did you say?" Devan asked him and he just shook his head.

"So you're not planning on getting married?" my many.

Luna made a sound like vomiting. "Ew ew, no, it was just to keep the media busy with our news because I knew my mom would check out how our relationship was and I knew she would never ask it in person."

"But you guys kissed a couple of times."

I showed because no matter how much I denied it, it still bothered me

"Daria, how can we convince the media that we are dating if we are not kissing? So of course we have to do it and every time it happens, I just want it to end as quickly as possible. Not that Devan is a bad kisser or anything, but it's just that my whole life has taken him as my brother and doing all these things disgusts me."

"So how long are you going to have a fake relationship?" I relax.

Luna put her shoulder to my shoulder. "Wow, you're jealous."

"What's? I didn't! Nothing is going on between us" I waved between me and Devan. "Cannot be. It'll never happen."

"He denies. He likes me too" he said.

I scoffed and hit his chest. "No, don't."

"Look at that denial right there. "She said, pointing at me

"Oh whatever, you do whatever you want. I'm going home. I'm so tired". Luna stood up and spread her hands. "By the way, why are you here so early? It's only five." That thought didn't cross my mind until Devan asked him

It's weird enough for him to come at this hour. It's still dark outside

Luna suddenly dropped her arm beside her body. "I just want to drive early in the morning. And Anna asked me to take her on a trip"

"wait. Anna didn't come home last night?" much

"We're staying. It's just the two of us, didn't Bella tell you?"

"Ah, right, I forgot" I remember now that Bella mentioned about the sleepover the two of them had with me over the phone late at night.

"I'll meet him." I also stood up from my chair and was about to walk around Luna and towards the door as she grabbed my arm to stop me.

"No, don't." I was a little surprised by his anger. He seemed to be panicking in a way I had never seen before.