𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐌å𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧)

Chapter 12

How did you guys
like the previous chapter? :)
This one took me a bit longer
to write so I hope you'll like it
just as much as I do <3

And I wanna believe you
When you tell me that It'll be ok
Yeah I try to believe you
But I don't
(Avril Lavigne - Tomorrow)

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Flashback to January 2018
Damiano's POV

It was the first day of January and all of us were exhausted from the night before. We had booked an airbnb in Amsterdam to celebrate New Year's at and of course to explore the city a bit. Amsterdam was one of the most beautiful cities in the world and I was so thankful to be able to be there with my best friends.

"Wake up!" Victoria shouted as she marched into my bedroom.
"Why? It's still so early" I groaned and hid my face in the pillow.
"It's 11:38am. Did you forget we're meeting with Coraline today?" She then said and a smile started to form on my lips.

Coraline was applying for different art schools and one of them was the Amsterdam University of the Arts. The professors there were impressed with her drawings and asked her to come to Amsterdam so they could get to know her in person before they could decide if she would be allowed to study there or not.

After another five minutes of Victoria practically terrorizing me, I finally got up and made my way to the bathroom to take a shower. Most of our songs are based off the ideas I get while I'm showering.
I was just about to rinse off the shampoo when I started mumbling random lyrics.

Marlena, vinci la sera
Spogliati nera
Prendi tutto quello che fa
Comodo e sincera
Apri la vela
Dai, viaggia leggera
Tu mostra la bellezza a questo popolo

Marlena represented us as a band. At least that's what we agreed on telling the public.
The truth is: Marlena is someone special.
Marlena is Coraline's second name. Not a lot of people were allowed to call her that and we usually only did it to tease her but over time, it became completely normal.

I kept on singing these words quietly so I wouldn't forget them. Right after I got out of the 8 äh I wrapped a towel around my waist and searched for my notebook. I wrote all my lyrics in that notebook; from Chosen to L'altra dimensione. While I was writing the lyrics down, I heard someone knock on my bedroom door.

"Damiano? Are you ready?" Ethan asked as he tried to open it.
"Yeah, just one second. I need to get dressed" I quickly replied and put the notebook down.
I decided to go with a black button up shirt, a pair of black jeans and some sneakers.
"Finally. We're leaving now to meet Cora" he explained and I nodded.

"What took you so long, Damiano?" Thomas questioned.
"Oh...well I-" I was cut off by Victoria starting to laugh.
"He probably admired himself in the mirror again" she joked and I turned red.
We all made our way to our rental car and we drove downtown where we would meet our best friend.

"Oh my god! I missed you guys so much!" Coraline said as she hugged each one of us.
"We missed you too" Thomas replied and she smiled.
It made me so happy to see her happy again.
The past few months had been really hard for her.

I tried to unlock the bathroom door as I heard- Coraline sob uncontrollably.
"Please, I'm begging you. Open up the door, principessa"  I said.
All I got was even louder sobs. I didn't know what to do. She had never had a panic attack this bad before and I couldn't help her if she didn't let me.

"Amore, please. I really want to help you but you have to let me in. I promise you, everything's going to be okay" I then added, desperately trying to get her to unlock the door.
"How do you know that?!" she cried and my heart broke.
Those heart wrenching sobs of hers made me realize how serious the situation truly was.