Picture This.. [O//A]

[Loving Lolliderella]

Elli

Elli wanted to say something in return but words seemed to have escaped her as they always did when he was around. Even when he would say hi in passing, Elli could barely get out a “hey” in return. Even know it was difficult, Luckily Evie came and gained the spotlight, she always had. Elli’s feelings towards the girl were mixed. She loved their friendship to death but she often found herself jealous. Evie was everything Elli would never be and sometimes wanted to be. Elli was short at five feet nothing and would probably look fourteen for the majority of her twenties blessed and cursed to be a cutey never a beauty while Evie was exotic and while she didn’t know her exact stats, she was taller than Evie and would be a great beauty, who could easily follow in her mother’s footsteps and be a great actress. Not to mention the station of their families, Evie was exactly perfect for Paul and that would always get in the way of them ever being able to be close once more.

But none the less when she walked up, Elli was thrilled until Evie’s eye turned to her and Elli was scolded.

For a moment she truly believed Evie angry with her. In fact how Elli over looked her she just had no idea. Soon that façade of anger faded into laughter, Elli knew she had been had. Her punishment was one she had suffered time and time again and to a degree Elli had missed having her cheeks pinched together. She managed to get a “Nice to see you too Evie” out before the older girl’s hands dropped and she greeted everyone else. She touched her cheek and could feel warmth on them, she guessed that they woudl probably be red from where Evie's fingers had been. Elli knew it was supposed to be a reunion of sorts but she really hadn’t expected everyone to come. She was so glad they had, though it did not escape her notice that a few were still missing, but with so many showing up she had hope that they too would join them.

“Well if you’re in room 123,” she said to Haerin with a smile. “Guess we’re not rooming together. I have room 120. I didn’t catch who everyone was rooming with so whose my slumber party buddy? Is it you Evie?”

[markerMAGiC xo]

【 Ⓣ Ⓗ Ⓡ Ⓔ Ⓔ, ᴛ ᴡ ᴏ, 𝓸 𝓷 𝓮! Say Cheese 】

Alizee vibrated in her seat, sitting on her hands. She was excited to see everyone again. The fact that they hadn't stayed in contact hasn't bothered her. Friends grew apart, but real friends were those who you could not talk to in years, and when you finally do it was like nothing has change. She hoped nothing had changed except appearances. Before she left on the trip, she compiled a scrapbook of their childhood and in the back she had a page for each of them. A picture of the last time she had seen them with a space for a new picture. Their new identity. Alizee could see the hotel growing larger in front of them and squealed in excitement. "Drive faster!" she yelled as she basically stood in her seat so she could get a better look. "We are almost there, just contain yourself until then." He mother said from the passenger seat. She was trying to be strict but she couldn't help but smile at her daughter.

"Are you sure you don't need our help?" Alizee's father asked as he grabbed her bags out of the trunk and handed them to her. "I am sure I will be fine. Thanks and I love you both." She said as she put her Polaroid camera over her head and proceeding to give both her parents a kiss on the cheek before waving them off. Heading into the hotel, Alizee suppressed a scream as she saw all her friends gathered by the elevator. After a few seconds, she was unable to contain herself. "AHHHH ! I miss you guys so much!" She screamed while running over to them and jumping on Jason in a giant hug. Only after a moment, she was already hugging Eli, Evei, Paul, Gabriel, Haerin and lastly Zelo. After she had hugged Zelo she smiled and held up her camera and snapped a picture of him. As the picture slid out, she waved it off to the side and smiled at the blond boy in front of her. "I missed your curly hair. How have you been?" she question, ruffling his hair gently.

[Warning_Risk-Of-Injury]

P a u l R e m m yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TheAllAmericanBoyツ





Paul, standing just shy of six feet, was probably about a foot taller then he had been the last time he had seen his friends. His hair was longer too. He went over in his head what might be different about himself as he surveyed his friends and the things different about them. He wondered if he was the only one as nervous as he was. He wouldn’t go so far as to say he regretted coming, he just wished he had planned things out a little better. His decision to wing it was not working out in his favor. So far no one seemed to be mad at the lack of contact. Was he the only one that hadn’t stayed in touch?

So there was Evie, Elli, Jason, Haerin, Alizee and Zelo. Kennith wasn’t there, neither was Gabe… He wondered where they were, if they were coming at all. They were all so.. Different. Basically the same, but changed by distance and time, Paul could already tell. Granted, he didn’t know if that would change anything between them, or just make them stronger. They were different then the people he hung out with on a daily basis. He ate lunch with his team mates, partied with his team mates, practiced with his team mates, but he couldn’t say that one of them was truly a friend. Paul gained status by being the son of the Coach, not to mention a fairly decent pitcher, and filthy ******** rich. He hung out with cheerleaders and debs, but didn’t exactly find them interesting or attractive, mostly just fake and annoying. The people he hung out with were shallow, there was no doubt about that.

Paul was almost relieved that he hadn’t seen Gabe. If he didn’t come, he wouldn’t have to face him. Paul was a traitor to his friends, and he knew it, and some where deep down he knew that they knew it too. After all, those people who Paul calls ‘friends’ were shallow jerks. They had made life a living hell for Gabe, and Paul knew it. But what did Paul do about it? Nothing. Not one single thing to defend one of his closest friends. The thought was stomach wrenching. He wouldn’t even begin to know how to make that up to Gabe. The guy had moved, so Paul hadn’t had to face him in a while, but he thought about it.. a lot. Probably as much as he thought about Elli. Paul was suddenly cursing himself for being one of those selfish, shallow pricks he detested so much. Why had he so easily sold out his friends? Why.

Before Paul could figure this out, "... I have room 120. I didn’t catch who everyone was rooming with so whose my slumber party buddy..." wafted to his ears. 120. Paul looked down at his card. Roommates? The concept hadn’t really occurred to him. Room 120. ‘that’s my room’ he thought as he looked down at the bold numbers on the key, ‘no…’ He wondered if it was a mistake. It had to be. There was no way his parents would room him with a girl, much less Elli. They hated Elli, made it perfectly clear. He cocked his head to the side in a moment of confusion. ‘Not possible. Wake up Paul’ but no, it wasn’t a dream, Elli was there asking Evie if it was her, but Paul knew it wasn’t Evie. Maybe it was supposed to be Evie.

“Uh.. I’m in room 120..” He said, with a slight hesitation in his voice. His face was a little pale, and he didn’t seem thrilled at the idea of sharing a room with Elli, which really he wasn’t. For one, he needed to collect his thoughts, and sharing a room meant no alone time to unpack and get it straight in his head what he wanted to say to people. Secondly, this was Elli. ELLI! How was he ever going to get a moment to concentrate if she was right there?? And it wasn’t as if he didn’t want to be around her, he did, but what if she didn’t like him? What if she was mad at him for brushing her off in the halls with simple little ‘hellos’ but not a single ‘how are you?’ after all, she really managed to put herself as far from himself as possible, or was that just Paul’s imagination.

The elevator dinged, and the doors opened. ‘Thank god’ he thought to himself and quickly poised himself near the back corner with his suitcase, deciding not to discus the room arrangements. A first test of sorts for feeling out how Elli felt about him. If she stayed in the room, well that was good right? What if she wanted to room with Evie or insisted it was a mistake? Well then, there was no hope anyway and she probably hates him. …. He leaned against the wall, feeling a little light headed. It was a lot to take in. He was overwhelmed. ‘How could my parents have agreed to this?’ he thought as he looked down at the casino-like carpeting that lined the elevator floor, awaiting the other to join him to travel up to their floors. He felt a little bad, he’d only been there a couple minutes after not seeing these people for years, and he must look like he was trying to get away from them. If Paul was a weaker man, he would be in tears. His head hurt from all the processing.

ooc;kind of long, sorry

[- Demon Master Alex -]

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Gabriel moved towards the elevators slowly as he did not want to be attacked with hugs or questions from his friends that were standing by the elevator doors. He knew it would come sooner or later. He did get hugged by Alizee for a moment but she ran off to the others. He smiled just a tiny bit. Seeing his friends again was nice. He had only seen patients and doctors for the passed few years and his parents for the passed two weeks. It was nice to see people he got along with since he was small. He stood by the elevator behind everyone. He looked at everyone one by one. Each one gave him a good memory. It made him wonder what would have happened if he died that night instead of being saved. The thought made him let go of the suitecases calmly by his sides and he moved his hands up just a bit so he could open and close his fingers. His sleeves were stretched to reach his palms where he cut a hole in for his thumb to fit so he wouldnt have to keep pulling them down. It covered his wrists from peering eyes. They hurt even after four years of not doing anything. It hurt every time he thought about that night.

When he found his hands were still working, he put his hands around the handles to the suitecases again and turned to go down the hallway to the stair way. He was not a fan of small crowded areas and an elevator full with people was too crowded for him even if he knew them.

[-chocolalalove-]

███████████████ ███ ██ █ ϻɪss qυεεɴ ʙεε - - - - - - - - - - - - - -〔 ♚ 〕

╔═══

indentEvelyn answered Elli's inquiry with a few shakes of her head. There were still two more girls left so maybe it was one of them. Of course, there was always the possibility she was rooming with a boy, like Evie was. The only logical explanation Evelyn had for her and Gabe rooming together was because there were an odd number of boys and girls, which meant one boy and girl would end up rooming together if there are two to a room. Yup, that definitely made more sense. At least it did until she heard Paul say room 120 was his room also. Now Evelyn was confused and the look on her face said as much. It wasn't a big deal; she was just shocked their parents would make such a decision.

Whether or not the assigned rooms were a mistake or not, Evie wasn't going to trouble herself with it. She made sure to give Alizee a warm smile as she came onto the scene. The gang was almost all together now. Just in time too because the elevator finally showed up. She hoped there would be enough room for all of them, otherwise some of them would have to wait for the next one. Evelyn assumed she'd be amongst the ones to wait, since she was one of the last ones to show up. That was alright with her; Gabe hadn't showed up yet, and she felt bad leaving her heavy suitcases with him. Speaking of Gabe, why hadn't he shown up? He should've been there by now. Evelyn looked around to see if she spotted him. She knew he couldn't have gotten far, unless there were another set of elevators she didn't know about. Evie spotted him in no time but he was going in the opposite direction of where they were. Maybe he did know of another elevator.

Evelyn pranced over to where Gabriel was and walked alongside of him. "Hey where ya going?" She asked casually in a cheerful tone. "You're missing the little reunion, and the elevator just came." Evelyn pointed to where their friends are as she spoke. Gabriel was being just a little too distant for her to be comfortable with. The real Evie wanted to just stop him in his tracks and grill him about what happened in the past three years. It was obvious something happened. The only thing stopping Evelyn from unleashing her true self was her respect for people and their privacy. She always spoke what was on her mind but only when the time called for it. In the middle of a hotel hallway was definitely not the place for that.

═══╝

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

【OOC:】

[iiEzio Auditore Fan Girl]

. x ⇣ ⇣ ⇣ x. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ x❤x █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
kid I'LL REMEMBER OUR PAST.XOX YOU WERE PLAYING AROUND WITH ME.
XOXOX ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 「THANKS TO YOU, EVERYTHING'S CHANGED FOR ME 」x⇣ ⇣

████ █ █ ██████████████████████████████ ███████
XOX THE SIDE OF ME THAT USED TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH x DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE
XOXOXO ..「 LOVE IS A JOKE TO ME NOW」

XOXOX MY CRUSHED HEART
XOX I tried »every thing t-to forget YOU.
xox I became better before anyone else.
xox I became better before anyone else.
//////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
xxoxox I h o p e d t h a t y o u w o u l d r e g r e t i t a l l w h e n y o u s a w m e
________________
BANG SUNG JOON turned to see Jason. He smiled brightly. It was so great to see all his old friends again, it made him so happy. They had all grown up together, and it sucked that they were all so scattered nowadays and couldn't see or even speak to each other anymore. Sure, they could go on Twitter or Facebook or whatever else, but it just wasn't the same. He missed not being able to go a couple houses down and just barge in to any one of his friend's houses. They were all like a tight-knit family, but the ties had loosened and some had come completely undone.

"Great, how are you? I missed you guys~" Zelo said, spotting Evelyn next. Damn. He had forgotten how beautiful all his old female friends had been, or maybe they had just become more attractive over the past three years. Who knew. "Evie!" He said, waving at her happily.

"Hey!" Zelo said, hugging Alizee back. He blinked a couple times after she had snapped a picture of him. He would have to get used to the constant flashing of the cameras. "Ha, thanks?" He said, taking that as a complement. He really didn't think people would like his hair as much as they did. Not that he was complaining or anything. "Amazing, you?"

[Loving Lolliderella]

Elli

Elli was the first to be hugged by Alizee and she was so happy to see the girl. Though it was short, it was still sweet. Elli watched as she moved from person to person. Everyone seemed to be so legitimately happy to be there, all except Paul. He seemed tense, a bit uncomfortable. Maybe it was too much to hope for, for everyone to want to be together. She’d be lying if it didn’t sting just a bit. She had always known that his friends didn’t like her, or at least enjoyed making fun of her and her own group of friends. But she had always had some sort of hope that Paul was different, that he didn’t par take in the mocking and the physical altercations. Her own run ins with the jock crowd had been minimal, almost nonexistent as of recently.

Elli’s freshman year had been the worse. Just before summer break when lockers had been completely emptied out, Elli had been running late as was one of Paul’s friends. She had no idea what she had done to set him off so badly, but it was the first time she had ever wished to be taller. While she was no midget, she was just short enough and slim enough to fit into her school locker. She could hear him laughing as he walked away. She didn’t know how long it had been but eventually someone had come to help her, she told him the combination through the locker and soon she was free. She couldn’t help but cry and of course it was Paul who had to be the one to see her cry. She had never told him who had put her into the locker but after that the physical bullying had stop, at least towards her. She sometimes liked to think Paul had something to do with that, that maybe just maybe he still cared the same way.

And then she heard him say “Uh.. I’m in room 120.”

She would have been excited expect he seemed so the opposite of it. Like he would rather anyone but her. Her thoughts were only confirmed when the elevator came and he entered it, moving away from the group. She saw Gabe and he seemed to need some alone time, some just couldn’t handle crowds and one was starting to form and besides Evie was doing her best to look out for him, Elli could tell. She was almost tempted to follow Gabe’s suit and try to take the stairs but she was never one to be a coward and if she and Paul were going to be rooming together for this vacation, then she’d have to figure out how to say more than two syllables to him. Why not start now.

Grabbing her luggage, Elli entered the elevator as well, making sure to give him the space he seemed to want. “We should all get together for dinner later, once everyone has settled in that is,” she said to the group as she pushed the button for their floor. She hadn’t expected everyone to be so entranced in conversation, soon the doors began to close and Paul and Elli were headed up. Elli stood in silence, unsure of what to say or do. She could feel herself beginning to mess with her hair, a habit for when she was nervous. Elli had never been so full of nerves in years.

[Warning_Risk-Of-Injury]

P a u l R e m m yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TheAllAmericanBoyツ





If you asked some one about Paul Remmy they would say he was a sweet boy. In a sense, he was. Paul went to church on Sundays, he wasn’t a bully, he treated girls with respect, he had never done drugs (although he has been known to down a beer or five) and he was still a virgin. Yes, in most respects, Paul Remmy was a sweet boy. Some haters liked to call him gay. A big insult to a jock. This rumor mostly circulated because he didn’t date. He liked girls well enough, but the girls he hung out with were… unappealing. Pretty enough, but most were spoiled, rich girls that didn’t know how to hold a conversation that didn’t include Facebook or MTV.

“Ahhh…hum” Paul said as the doors closed. He looked over and kind of smiled at Elli. He rubbed his cheek nervously and kind of laughed. “I guess every ones a little… clueless today..heh..We‘ll have to ask them about dinner later I guess” The elevator jerked as it started up. He fidgeted with his bags, not sure what to say, to do. “sooo….” Elli looked about as nervous as he was. She was messing with her hair the way she did when she was nervous, like a lot a girls do when they‘re around a guy they like, which was a good sign for Paul. So was the fact that she followed him into the elevator, and she hadn’t brought up the room.

Paul began to relax a little. Maybe everything would be fine, maybe she would even enjoy being alone with him, maybe when they went back to the real world they could go together. His eyes were far off and a smile crossed his face, but he caught it quickly, hoping he hadn’t looked too much like an idiot daydreaming. He adjust his hat for the umpteenth time and leaned against the wall of the elevator, facing Elli. “How’ve you been?” Paul said with a certain sincerity in his voice that said it was a question he had meant and not just small talk that two people make in an elevator.

Paul had done his best to keep an eye on Elli. He could spot her across a crowd with out even trying, hear her voice in a cafeteria full of people. She was the first thought that came to mind when he was alone. When he was busy it was easier to pretend that it didn’t matter to him that they didn’t talk anymore. She had always been his favorite, the first person he called to hang out, the only person that gave him chills when she called him. And while he gave his friends s**t for picking on her, it was more of a general ‘why you gotta pick on little girls’ approach instead of the ‘mess with her and I’ll cut you’ response that he had wanted to give, but it seemed to work.

[Loving Lolliderella]

Elli

“I think you’re right,” she said with a smile. “It’s been so long since everyone had been able to spend some time together that I just don’t know what to do.” She looked over and noticed him, wait was he looking at her? She could almost feel a blush come on when something distracted her. She saw Paul messing with his bangs. She had forgotten that they shared a nervous tick. She just couldn’t help but laugh. He seemed to be relaxing and he gave Elli the opportunity to prove she had more than just two words in her vocabulary, who know ‘how’ve you been?’ could be such a testing question.

“Uh, well okay. No more locker problems,” she told him with a half laugh. “I don’t think I ever thanked you for that, so um, thank you. Same old same old really, Momka had me dye my hair but it’s starting to grow on me. Math is a killer, I would very much like to destroy whoever decided Algebra was a necessity to graduate. And I am talking way too much,” she said as she ended her own rambling. She let out a sigh of relief when the elevator doors opened. She moved her hand to the open door way, keeping her hand on the edge to prevent it from closing. She nodded her head, waiting for him to go on ahead of her.

“What about you?” she asked. “You know, aside from the obvious, Mr. Baseball-star.” She added the descriptive name not as a negative thing but one of pride. He had always been good at sports and now he was getting to do something he loved and be recognized for his skill. She’d be lying if she didn’t say at first she hated every sport activity. It was a few weeks when she started to realized how separated everyone was getting. Now most of the group moved and for that Elli couldn’t blame them, and she was unsure what had happened with the others but with Paul? Elli blamed sports. She would try and call or set up a time to hang and his parents were always telling her he was at a practice or game, it got to the point where she believe he had simply just forgotten they had even been friends. Now that some time has passed, she’s no longer angry and doesn’t blame anything but the way of life. People grew close and then they parted, it was just how things went sometimes. She’s accepted that now, but it didn’t keep her from hoping they could get that back through their stay here, even if it was just a fraction of it. The truth was, she missed him.

[Warning_Risk-Of-Injury]

P a u l R e m m yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TheAllAmericanBoyツ





Paul nodded his head slightly and looked at the ground when Elli thanked him, but didn’t say anything. He didn’t feel like he had really deserved a thank you, it was the least he could do. Literally. Paul laughed, “Yeah math sucks, But your hair looks nice” He looked up at her and smiled, and soon was laughing again. “Talk as much as you like, I’ve missed your voice.” He had a shocked look on his face momentarily, but recovered quickly with another smile. He hadn’t really meant to say that, he had been thinking it and his mouth decided to say it with out asking permission.

Thankfully the elevator arrived. He reminded himself to breath and walked through the open doors into the hall. Paul read the plaque on the wall “121 to 140 that way, 101 to 120 that way,” He headed in the direction of their room making sure to keep even with Elli, the closest he could be to her with out looking obvious. “Ahh….Heh.” Paul blushed, “Yeah that’s pretty much all I do…. Run in the morning, practice before school, practice after school, then I get to go home and practice some more.” Paul didn’t exactly say this with joy. He didn’t hate baseball, he just hated that his father was his coach. He hated that his parents were so strict.

At home his mom mapped out his clothes, carefully selected every meal (going so far as to lock the fridge and pantry) When his dad was at his real job she made sure he was on schedule. He got free time every other weekend to do as he liked from noon until midnight. So Paul went out enough to look like he had a life, but in reality the only time he was away from his parents was the sacred six hours in class at school. This trip was supposedly a reward for pitching a perfect game, he hadn’t argued, but was starting to have suspicions about that, the whole room thing was still confusing him

“Here we go” Paul stopped in front of a door with the numbers one, two, and zero plated in gold. He unlocked the door and held it for Elli. He looked around the room with little curiosity. It looked like your averaged room. He shut the door and asked, “So which bed do want?” as he walked over to the window and let in light to brighten the place up a bit. He turned around and surveyed the room in the light. The carpet had a rather interesting circle thing going on, but all together it was a nice room.

[Loving Lolliderella]

Elli

Her face must have looked as shocked as his. Of all the things he could have said, none would have surprised her more, except for perhaps a marriage proposal because that would be clinically insane. Elli wanted so badly to tell him that he had never needed to miss her voice in the first place. But that would be playing the blame game, a game no one wins. Besides there was a plus to his slip of words, it let her know that he didn’t hate her. It gave Elli hope for their friendship.

The elevator doors opened up so neither address his comment further. It never did any good to read into what people say, they often misspeak. Perhaps he had meant to say ‘Talk as much as you like because I’ve missed hearing from everyone.’ That was probably it. After all why would he miss her voice when he was surrounded by less annoying girls who didn’t sound like the fourth missing chipette.

He pointed out the way to their room. His movements reminded her of a country song. ♫I want a man to stand beside me♫ Not in front of or behind me♫ She’d had more than one daydream about something similar to this. She would be brave and grab his hand. Paul would gently pull her to him and look into her eyes, seeing no one else but her. He would sweetly move her hair from her face and lean in to - - - WHOOA Whoa whoa!!

That needed to stop now! She could feel her cheeks heating up and was becoming increasingly embarrassed, Elli mentally kicked herself and began to listen to what he had to say.

“Sounds kind of boring to me,” she told him honestly. “Not trying to be rude or anything but everyone needs some variety, some fun. Sooo while we’re here I’m going to make it my mission to make sure you have fun!” she added as she entered the room, making sure to thank him for holding the door open for her. In Louisiana, chivalry was far from dead. You simply have to love the south. He had asked which bed she wanted and Elli knew exactly how to answer.

“The window. Being the jock that you are, in case of a thug or burglar breaking in, you would be our best line of defense. And with my immense knowledge I would be best choice against a ninja who would scale the wall and enter through the window,” she told him. Elli looked over at his face and laughed. “Just kidding. It doesn’t really matter but I do like looking at the sky when I fall asleep.”

Knowning he meant she could have her pick, she decided to forgo the “you pick” “no you pick” argument. Deciding to leave her baggage in the middle of the floor, knowing she would pick them up later. Elli moved over to her bed and jumped onto it. Her face landed in the pillows. “This. Is Awesome.” She said excitedly through them.

[Warning_Risk-Of-Injury]

P a u l R e m m yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TheAllAmericanBoyツ





Paul could not agree with Elli more. His life was boring, and while he had every thing he need, it was nice to relax. Though, he did use base ball to relax. It took off steam when he was mad. Instead of acting out or having shouting matches with his parents, he went out to the cage and hit at baseballs until he no longer wished to crack them over the head with a bat. Last year he dislocated his shoulder breaking a bat against a tree after a kid killed himself because of something the team did. The team had been punished by having the season canceled, but there was only one game left anyway. Paul wanted to quit the team then, but that was out of the question.

Paul laughed when Elli spoke. She was a silly girl, and Paul loved that. He wasn’t sure how good he would be against a thug, but the ninja thing was hysterical. So he laughed and dropped his suitcase next to the other bed and fell back on it. He looked up at the nondescript ceiling. He turned his head and look at the girl as she buried her face in the pillows. She had said something, but it was muffled in the pillows and he couldn’t quite make out what she had said. It was nice to have her there, it was nice to have this chance to be alone, things were looking up.

He looked back at the ceiling and took a silent moment to think. He had a million things he wanted to say, but couldn’t possibly convince his mouth to say them. If he was drunk he could say what he wanted to say, but then it wouldn’t sound as sincere as he needed it to. He wanted to tell her how much he had thought about her, how much he missed her, how sorry he was, how he wanted things to be different. He rolled over onto his stomach and crossed his arms then lay his head on them turned towards his friend. “Hey Elli..” He felt weird saying her name, “I’m sorry.” There. He had said it, now the door was open.

[Loving Lolliderella]

Elli

She looked over to him when he called her name. She liked the way he said it, nothing special it was simply Paul. He had become very serious and for the first time since she’d known him, he apologized. She wished she could play dumb act like there was nothing to apologize for but it would simply be an insult to the both of them. She had after all promised to make sure he had as much fun so they needed to get this out of the way, but she wasn’t sure if she was ready for this conversation.

Elli sat herself up on her bed and grabbed one of her pillows. She moved off the bed and headed towards Paul’s. She lifted the pillow up and slammed it on his head playfully. She jumped back onto her bed sitting criss cross looking at him. “Now we’re even.” She tried to joke it off but she needed to be braver and she continued changing her tone to a more serious one.

“I understood, you know. People grow up and drift and I could have tried harder,” she told him honestly. She had called, stopped by, even greeted him in the hall, but there was always more she could have done. “You just seemed so happy, I didn’t want to mess it up. I missed how close we were but I didn’t want to be selfish. It wasn’t just your fault, it takes two to grow apart.”

She hugged her pillow before continuing. “I have a confession to make. I don’t want to make sure you have as much fun as possible just for you. It’s mostly for me. It’s be nice to pretend like it was old times because once we get back to school things go back to normal so I want to make every moment count that I have with you and the rest of the guys.”

[Warning_Risk-Of-Injury]

P a u l R e m m yxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
TheAllAmericanBoyツ





Paul watched helplessly as he was whacked in the head. Elli sat back on her bed and Paul smiled. Slowly his smile faded. And he was shaking his head slightly. Had he really looked happy? Had he been happy. He supposed at first it was pretty cool. There were a lot of privileges. Teachers were nice, he got prime sitting, leniency when he messed up. There were plenty of times that being a jock saved him from big trouble. But then again, had he not been a jock, most of those times wouldn’t have even happened.

Elli hugged her pillow and Paul blushed. She was too cute for her own good. He smiled as she spoke and he slowly shook his head back and forth. “If it’s alright with you,” He paused for a moment choosing how to word what he wanted to say. He took a breath and looked in front of him, resting his chin on his hand, “I don’t want things go back to normal. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things since I’ve arrived here today and… and I don’t really like who I am.”

His body was tense and he looked straight forward. He was too embarrassed to actually look at Elli face; he was scared he would be able to read it too well. And it wasn’t as if he wanted to kill himself or anything, he just needed a drastic change in his life. “So, when we go back.. It doesn’t have to be like that… not if you don’t want it to be..” He tilted his head slightly to peak at the girl, “In fact, I think a little time with you …all… could fix me in no time.”

It was true that Paul missed all of his friends, but at the moment nothing else in the world mattered more than of what Elli thought of him. If Elli didn’t hate him, then the rest of them could and it wouldn’t matter. True, he did hope they didn’t hate him, but if they did, fudge ‘em, at least Elli would.

[- Demon Master Alex -]

-------------------------------------------------------------------

He continued walking towards the stairs then heard footsteps behind him. He turned his head to see Evy walking beside him. She asked him Where he was going and telling him what he was missing. He gave her a slight smile. "I want time to settle down in my...our room before I see everyone officially. Being stuck in an elevator with everyone will just make me uncomfortable." he was not going to meantion as to why it would feel uncomfortable. It felt strange being there with Evy. He was picked on by a lot of people, the jocks and the cheer squad was most of them, but he knew Evy never picked on him, though the thought of all those kids treating him bad because he was friends with people they thought he shouldnt have befriended.

He looked back at the staircase when they made it there. The bags were not that heavy. He had no problem carrying them up the first row of stairs. "Evy, you should go see the other girls. I am sure they would love to catch up with you. I have a few things I need to do before we all decide to do something for our small reunion."