One Step Closer (Venn)

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna clung to him tight, and wrapped her arms around his neck. To some people, Venn in this form was scary, but to her, this was normal. It was her Venny and she knew him well enough not to be afraid. She knew he’d never hurt her, not in a million years. As they went back to the auditorium, she just kept her face pressed against his shoulder. It wasn’t until they were back at the stage, that she risked a glance up at him. They were both a wreck. So emotionally unstable when it came to each other, yet they both could fix the other’s problem with just a few simple words.

His fingers brushed across her cheeks and her eyelids fluttered shut. Her hand held his pressed against her face for a few moments, but she released him shortly after. Adri looked up at him, her eyebrows pulling together in the middle. His words had her frowning and she shook her head. “No, Venn. There’s nothing wrong with you…I shouldn’t have said it like that. I should have told you in a different way, or maybe strapped you down or something,” she said with a short laugh.

Adrian sat with him, soothed by his touch and thankful that all destructive behavior had been stopped before anything too bad happened. She took his hand and held it in both of hers. “You don’t have to worry about me so much ya’know. I mean, I’ve gotten stronger,” Adri looked up at him. “If I tell you something…something that upsets you, just think of something, anything that makes you happy. Something that would calm you down in an instant. It might help, at least, that’s something I’ve read about.”

[Venn Hensley]

He chuckled as she made that joke about strapping him down. He didn't know what to say .. He was embarrassed at himself for letting his temper get the best of him. He needed to see Dr. Neville about his temper, whether he liked it or not. It was the best to do at this time, his temper has gotten worse recently, having to deal with his younger brother, and his nagging mother.

He put his other hand on top of theirs, and clenched it tightly. His warm skin was creating friction with hers, and he loved the feeling of holding her hand. He knew almost everything about her, and he knew she loved that romantic scene they were having. He loved how faithful she was, but not at the moment. He kept the smile on his face, just to reassure her that he's all calm n' good now.

"So I'll just have to think about you."

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna relaxed further as she heard his laugh. It was nice hearing it and she was glad that it had been something she said that made him laugh. Honestly, she did believe that Venn needed something to keep his temper in check. It was so sporadic sometimes, but she didn’t want to be a jerk and suggest he get help. It just seemed harsh. It didn’t help that he had so much stress, in fact she was sure that had a lot to do with it.

Her heart leaped against her ribcage and she had to take a deep breath so that she didn’t react in any strange way. One thing she didn’t want to do was lead Venn on if by some miracle her and Lani continued dating. She’d feel absolutely awful if she did that to him. He didn’t deserve to be strung along. Adri curled up beside him and draped her legs across his. Unfortunately, she didn’t understand how torturous her usual behavior could be to him.

Adrianna smiled brightly, but shrugged, “I guess. Only if the thought of me makes you happy. I wouldn’t want to cause you to be sad or anything.” She rested her cheek against his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his arm. “Now it’s your turn y’know. To tell me about your summer. I wanna know everything, good bad and dramatic,” She smirked up at him.

[Venn Hensley]

"We should go back to your dorm. Don't think it's safe goin' back ta' mine. I might sleep at yours tonight, I don't wanna' end up killing him." He chuckled, being quite smug. He used to sleep in Adrianna's room all the time, not like that, but on the floor, or on the bed. It was a regular thing for them. Sometimes when Adrianna was going through tough times, she'd pay a visit to his dorm, and sleep over a night.

Hopefully she'd let him this time, he wasn't sure she would let him because she had a boyfriend, and he'd totally understand. But he thought she would, due to the fact that he'd really hurt Lani. He didn't want his rage to take over him again. Once she rested her head on his shoulder, he stroked her hair gently, and moved the nearest arm to her and wrapped it around her waist.

"I'm glad we're friends."

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna had been used to Venn and her having sleepovers. It was a friend type thing; she and Neila had them all the time. Honestly sleepovers with guys weren’t that much different than girl slumber parties. It wasn’t like her and Venn talked about boys or anything, but they would watch movies and eat popcorn. It was a typical hangout situation. Nothing too scandalous and it wasn’t as if she’d do anything with him while she was dating Lani. All drama aside, she wasn’t that type of girl.

So what was the point in saying no? She didn’t see one. “Probably a good idea if you do. That way if you two decided to randomly start fighting, I’d be able to be there to keep you apart. I doubt Neila will mind, she likes you plenty,” She smiled at him. As long as they kept their hands to themselves, everything would be fine. If anything, she could make him sleep in the common room on the couch. That was only if she got any urges. It was a possibility, but she knew Venn would never do anything to screw up her relationship with Lani. Even if he did hate the other boy.

His words brought a bright smile to her face and she blushed, “I’m glad we’re friends, too. And we always will be, no matter what right?” She looked up at him with all the innocence in the world showing through her eyes.

[Venn Hensley]

''Yeah, we'll always be friends, don't worry." He hugged her tighter, and gave her a real smile. Venn has never really gave off a fake smile, he would give off one if he didn't want anyone to know what was wrong. But Venn was always the optimistic, sensitive type. It's just that whenever something involved Adrianna, he'd somehow snap out of his good and sweet side and become a reckless, tempered, sadistic.

He always wondered why .. Was it love? Of course it was love, but what type of love?

Venn thought of his costume while they sat there, and he smirked towards himself. "Neila won't do anything, I'm sure, although, me pranking her isn't out of the picture." Venn didn't prank people often, but it was funny when he did. People were too intimidated due to his size. That was one of his advantages, but Venn was just a big sweet teddy bear, or so Adrianna said.

"Let's go." The brute got up, and exited the auditorium with Adrianna.