Seasons May Change (Romeo)

[Belle Harrington]

The last attempt Belle made to forget about Lucah she ended running into a dragon looking man that had almost scared the life out of her, although he did create enough distraction during the moment to help her forget about Lucah, she was back out again tonight, wandering again, trying to forget once again.

This time just throwing on a sweater and pants and her head phones, Belle made her way out into the darkness once again, this time she was heading to the pond. At least this time if something happened that scared her, she would be closer to the school.

Walking through the grass Belle's iPod changed songs, turning to a song that made her heartbreak every time she heard it, but she sang along, her beautiful soft voice floating with the air, tears in her eyes, as her mind ran back to Lucah. "Listen to my heart can you hear it sing? Come back to me, and forgive everything..." She sang loudly as she began to cry harder, "Seasons may change, winter to spring, I love you, until the end of time..."

Reaching the pond now, Belle slid down the trunk of a tree, placing her head in between her knees as she cried harder than she had in months. She just wanted to forget about Lucah, but everything reminded her of him. The color of the water was a beautiful blue, just like his eyes. The coldness of the night reminded her of his touch, the song playing in her ear reminded her of her heartbreak. She needed to stop feeling like this. She just wanted to forget about the boy who broke her heart.

[Romeo Buckland]

Romeo insists that no matter what Bryan might say, he’s not to be blamed in this particular scenario.

After all, the Irish boy says it’s not his fault that the electricity manipulator’s been such a tool to his girlfriend. That he hasn’t been tending to her needs, going as far as to neglect her completely. He claims that Bryan should’ve known that Vanessa would grow tired of him soon, and that she’d go looking. It was only serendipity, he says, that he’s in the right place at the right time when the blonde bombshell started looking around again. Vanessa was the one who asked him out two days ago, and one thing led to another. It was Bryan’s fault that they’ve been allowed to see each other for a good three days already right under his nose.

If anything, the only fault Romeo sees that could’ve been blamed to him was that he failed to lock the door. But then seeing the big lug’s face as his girlfriend reached climax from underneath another man was priceless, so the Irish boy really neglects nothing.

So if he can’t find any fault in himself for the chaos that’s been happening, why is he running around like crazy, tripping almost periodically, his clothes looking like they’ve been hastily put on? Self-preservation, he says. While he’s fairly sure his metallic armour can protect him from Bryan’s electrical discharges, he’s not sure how long he can hold it up since Bryan’s best pals – Jimmy, with super strength, and Leon, fire manipulator – decided to join the fray. He’d deal with the thugs when they’re slightly less mad and thus significantly less powerful. (Strong emotions equal unpredictable strength after all, or at least that’s what he discovered over the last few months in Hammel).

He had just found the perfect spot to hide and was just about to crouch down when the mud under his feet caused him to slip, pushing him down the pond and creating a huge splash all around. After shouting a few expletives, he quickly looked around to see if the Three Stooges caught his little fiasco. Thank goodness they didn’t. It was in this quick sweep did a seemingly familiar blonde caught his eye, face tucked tight on her knees. Deciding that Bryan wouldn’t think of looking in the pond anyway, he slowly made his way to the girl, trademark smirk on his face.

“Hey there pretty bird. Clipped your wings and couldn’t fly back to your nest?”

ooc:
Sorry it took sooo long Panda. Had quite the writer's block for a week. >.<.
- Jam

[Belle Harrington]

Belle had heard the splash. She had also heard the expletives that had come out of the boy's mouth after he came back out of the pond. Belle didn't care at this point, she just wanted to stay tucked away, hidden from everything. And plus she didn't recognize the voice, why did she have to care? She knew no one here cared about her, why should she worry about someone who was obviously fine?

But that's when the boy took notice to her. “Hey there pretty bird. Clipped your wings and couldn’t fly back to your nest?” She heard him say, and she couldn't help but bring her head up and see who this boy was. Obviously he seemed to know her, he knew she had wings, and he knew she could fly.

Looking up, Belle recognized the face right away, that smile. It was one of Lucah's roommates. Belle's heart skip a painful beat, when she thought of Lucah. With a small shake of her head, she frowned, wiping her tears away, "M-my wings a-are just f-f-fine." Belle said quietly, her glance falling to the pond.

"Out for a n-nice swim a-are we now, or d-d-did you slip in?" She asked a small smirk on the blonde's face, her eyes slowly glancing between the pond and the boy. She recognized his face from the night she came to stop Lucah from running back to Romania, this boy had been the one sitting on the couch when Belle rushed into the dorm room to stop the love of her life from leaving her.

Belle couldn't stop herself from crying again, she couldn't think of that night anymore. She knew it wasn't going to do her any good to just live in the past. She knew she had to move on, but she simply didn't want to. She loved Lucah more than life itself, and she just wanted to be with him. But something inside her told her it wasn't going to happen again, and it constantly broke her heart.

She just had so much to say to Lucah, so many things she needed to get off her chest, but he wouldn't allow it. Belle knew she just had to just walk away from it all.

Turning her attention back to the brunette boy, she wouldn't lie that he was attractive, but there was something off with him. Something she couldn't figure out. "S-s-sorry about th-this..." She said whimpering quietly as she wiped the tears away. "I'm such a-a-a mess r-right now."

[Romeo Buckland]

Of course Romeo would recognize her. Aside from the fact that she had quite the face and an unforgettable stutter, she went out with his beloved roommate. For more than a few months, if he remembers everything correctly. No matter how hard the Romanian princess tried to hide it, it was pretty evident that he got it for her. Bad.

Then she vanished. Just like that.

The brat became all surly and snobby again. Even went worse in Romeo’s opinion, if Lucah can even grow colder and more unbearable. A good friend would try to find a way to alleviate the boy’s pain by saying words of encouragement. The Irish boy is anything but, and instead helped poison the boy’s mind more, telling him that Belle’s just making excuses. That she’s actually whoring herself out since Lucah couldn’t satisfy her. The boy didn’t want to believe him before, but considering that there’s a new girl coming by their room nowadays – an insufferable werewolf, but a girl nonetheless – Romeo could say that his little tirade worked.

So of course he’d remember her. Not that he’d tell her that though.

In any case, upon her acknowledgement of his presence, Romeo slowly waded through the waters and walked towards Belle. Still dripping wet, he gave the girl a quick nod before sitting beside her, taking care not to sit too close so as not to get her wet as well. “Do you mind?” he asked as he removed his left shoe and sock, lying them on the ground to his right while wiggling his toes. “Having wet socks just isn’t that comfortable. Don’t worry, my feet don’t smell like Lucah’s do,” he said with a wink as he removed his shoe and sock from his other foot.

“More like I’m being chased to be killed,” Romeo explained, stretching his arms as he took his wet shirt off and wrung it dry. Decency’s a thing of the past for the Irish boy, believing that he has the right to show off anyway. “Bryan caught me and his girlfriend in his room. Now he and his thugs are chasing me like crazy,” the boy continued without so much as batting an eyelash, as if the whole thing’s rather normal, “If only he’d listen to the fact that she was the one who came to me. And besides, Vanessa’s a known slut anyway. She’s blown more than half of the school anyway.”

He simply chuckled when she apologized about being a mess. It was both sad and oddly adorable, to say the least. A clear indication that, well, she’s emotionally vulnerable right now. Hmmm. “No shit. You look worse that Amy when Oliver threw up on her during dissection.” It was gold. Thank goodness it was caught on video and was immediately uploaded on the web. “Let me guess, you saw the Princess with his new armwarmer?” he winked as he leaned on the tree, arms placed at the back of his head for support.

[Belle Harrington]

Belle watched Romeo as the boy came out of the water towards her, he was soaking wet, and came to sit down next to her. Before she could even answer his "do you mind?" he was already sitting near her, and taking his shoes and socks off. Belle just sat there and watched him, no words leaving her mouth. She had nothing to say, she was a bit taken back from the whole situation. She had just expected Romeo to continue on his way, and not pay much more attention to her, but here he was sitting next to her and removing his clothes without a sense of decency.

When the boy brought up Lucah, even if it was talking about his stinky feet, Belle couldn't help but cringe at the name. She stopped watching Romeo when he winked at her, and her attention fell back onto the water. Belle sat quietly and listened to the brunette boy. She was completely shocked, she didn't know what to say. He was caught sleeping with someone's girlfriend, and was currently running for his life. And not only that, he had the nerve to insult the girl as well! But Belle sat quietly, she found no reason to get herself involved anyways, she didn't know any of these people, so she just continued to cry.

When Belle apologized for being a mess, and heard Romeo chuckle, her attention turned back to the boy. He made a reference that she couldn't understand, but at least he was staying while she was a mess. That was nice of him, sort of.

But Belle's heart stopped when she heard him say that she had seen the princess with his new arm warmer. Belle wasn't stupid, she had heard what people called Lucah behind his back, especially lately with his moody attitude. She knew people were calling him the "Romanian Princess" or just the "Princess" for short. The blonde's green eyes widened, as they starred at the brunette boy. "A-a-a-arm warmer?" She said with a crackle in her voice as she tried to suppress her sobbing.

Had Lucah moved on? Is that what Romeo was hinting at? He had a new arm warmer, that must have meant that there was a new girl in his life. Who was she? Why didn't he tell her about this new girl when they ran into each other in the library? Belle was heart broken. Tears ran down her cheeks as she moved closer to the brunette, "H-h-h-has Lucah m-moved on? S-since wh-when? Wh-who is sh-she?"

Belle had so many questions to ask Romeo, she never thought of talking to Romeo about Lucah. Obviously, they lived together, so Romeo could let her know what Lucah had been doing. But she didn't want to be too stalkerish. She just wanted to continue on in her life, but she didn't want to leave Lucah behind. Not as who he had become, she wanted the old Lucah back; the nice, caring guy. But she was scared that Lucah was trying to kill off the good guy.

"H-h-he's changed s-so much..." She said softly, leaning against the tree and Romeo, as she starred out to the pond. "Everything h-has ch-changed..." She sighed, and started crying into her hands.

[Romeo Buckland]

He really doesn’t know how that boy does it. It couldn’t possibly that he has this secret allure or something, because really, Lucah’s one of the biggest jerks he’s ever seen. And this is coming from a self-confessed douchebag at that.

First off he’s cold. And he’s not talking about the Romanian princess’s power. In the Irish boy’s opinion, he’s one pretentious prick that just because he’s rich and supposedly ‘a gentleman’, he’s better than everyone else. Also, because he has these clichéd daddy problems, he has the right to be moody all the time. Then there’s also this poetry thing he does. Which Romeo thinks is a bunch of crap too. Hooray.

In any case, he thinks that given the circumstances, the only reasons he can think of on why the Princess would have two girls going gaga for him this way are either (a) they’re blinded by his wealth, or (b) he has a very big dick. Romeo refuses to believe the latter, so he’s going with the other one. Because that’s the reason why other ugly dudes have hot girlfriends wrapped around their filthy fingers right?

“What? You don’t know?” asked Romeo, trying his best to look ashamed that he’s said something some would consider taboo instead of laughing so hard. All the crying has been making her stutter worse, which only meant that it’s sounding more and more idiotic in the Irish boy’s head. “I-I’m sorry,” he added, frowning for a bit and shaking his head, “They’ve been seeing each other for quite some time now. Since, I don’t know, December or even earlier, I think?” Might’ve been an exaggeration on his part, but he didn’t care. Belle doesn’t seem too keen on the accuracy of his reports at the moment anyway.

He paused for a bit to unbutton his pants and wiggle his way out of it. He thought he could stand staying in cold, wet jeans for a couple of minutes, but no. It’s uncomfortable as hell, he says. “Don’t remember her name.” He didn’t really bother knowing, more like it. “I hear she’s like one of the new teachers’ sibling. Mr. James’s, I think it was. You know, the weird guy who hangs out with Verax a little too much? Rumour has it they’re seeing each other.” Odd pairing, that two. “Should’ve known Mr. James’s a fag. Knew he was checking my ass out the other day.” With that he just let out a loud laugh.

“Oh, and she’s a werewolf. If you ask me, I think Lucah has an animal fetish.” First a bird, now a dog. What’s next, a fish? “N’aww. He’s still his prissy self. Wish he’d change, but he didn’t.” He didn’t miss the way Belle leaned closer to him, and by the time she started crying her face out again, his arms are already wrapped around her seemingly frail form. “There, there, no need to cry. He’s a jerk, that’s what,” he said as he gave her soft taps on the back, “He believed the guys who said that you’re not away studying, but actually out whoring yourself out. His loss.”

Yes, carefully omit the part that he’s one of the guys who started the rumour. Nice one Romeo.

[Belle Harrington]

Belle had to ignore the fact that Romeo had just taken his pants off and had thrown them off. When he sat back down, Belle turned her attention back to the pond as she listened to Romeo talk about Lucah and his new girlfriend. Belle could feel her blood boiling, she couldn't believe that Lucah didn't tell her anything when they had run into each other at the library. He had been so cold with her, maybe this was why, because someone else was warming his heart.

Belle just continued to nod her head as Romeo went off about a Mr.James and a homosexual affair going on between a student and a grown man. She couldn't care less about this Mr.James or this Verax guy. She didn't care about who they were, and what they were doing. She just wanted to know about her asshole ex-boyfriend Lucah and his new girlfriend.

A werewolf? Belle thought to herself. That was weird. She thought those were mythical creatures, but then again she did have wings coming out of her back, and would have probably been considered a mythical creature if it weren't for Hammel. When Romeo said that Lucah had an animal fetish, Belle couldn't help but roll her eyes and scoff, "I-I'm not a f-f-fucking animal..." She hissed at the brunette.

When Romeo wrapped his arms around her, Belle couldn't help but blush a bit. She hadn't expected this boy to be so nice and caring during such a hard time, and it was kind of nice to have someone around that seemed to care.

But when Romeo brought up the fact that Lucah had thought she had been out whoring herself out, Belle pulled herself slightly away from the boy. "WHAT?" She said angrily. "H-he thought I-I-I was d-doing what?" She had to stop herself from screaming now.

That was it. The straw that broke the camel's back. Belle was done with Lucah and his bullshit. She knew now that she needed to move on. He was the one that dumped her, because some guys told him a lie? And the idiot believed it.

"F-fuck h-h-him." Belle said angrily, fire in her eyes. "If h-he's stupid enough t-t-to believe th-those guys. It's h-his fucking loss." She hissed, eyes glazed over as she thought of the wasted time with Lucah. "I h-h-hope that werewolf s-s-slut can deal with h-his bitchy mood s-swings."

Belle leaned back against Romeo again, and curled up against the brunette, wiping her eyes. "H-he was always l-like a little g-girl anyways. All pmsing and sh-shit. I'm s-sorry I don't m-mean to be so vulgar. I-I-I'm just s-so upset. H-He's your roommate, I-I sh-shouldn't talk about h-him like this..."

But she didn't care anymore. She didn't care if all this got back to Lucah, she kind of hoped that it would. She wanted him to think that she had moved on, and worse with his own roommate. She hoped someone would see them and assume something and tell Lucah. Oh she prayed.