3M3RLii3 UNiiV3RSiiTY [OPEN&&ACCEPTING]

[A B i t t e r Symphony]

[Bellatrix Raven Ja‘Dore]

Bella was in a slight state of awe when he told her about his tattoos, she loved tattoos. Something about them were just irresistible to her. She smiled warmly at him and stepped through the door he had pushed open. For one she managed to keep her thoughts in line as she talked, which brought an even bigger smile to her face ”That’s awesome that you have so many tattoos, I just love’m I think they are the sexiest thing ever. Besides piercings, those are even better.” Again Bella’s lack of modesty became obvious.

Bella laughed, she could tell he felt a freshmen because he didn’t know where anything was. ”I know were it is, I can show you the way.” She smiled up at him and started walking to the dining hall ”And if they don’t have coffee there, we shall try the town. I’m sure they have a Starbucks or something.” Bella pulled her hands out of her pockets and crossed them over her stomach, she was thinking about what Damien’s last hobby was ”Tell me!! I might like to do it to. It can‘t be that bad..” She had no idea what he was talking about, but she wasn’t modest and she was open to new ideas ”For fun I write and play music, and even sing a little bit…And also something I don’t tell many people is I dance around in my underwear using my hairbrush as a microphone singing while I’m getting ready.” She thought opening up more and telling him more about herself would get him to be a little more friendly. ”I’ve decided that your new nickname is Pinky. I mean its better than Mr. Sparkles..Or Sugar butt. That’s what I call my best guy friend, he hates it.” She laughed remembering how embarrassed Adrian had been when she called him from across the room by that awful nickname at a party.

Bella thought for a moment, maybe Pinky wasn‘t such a good nickname.. ”But..I won’t call you Pinky if you don’t want me to.” Bella was willing compromise, even if he didn’t like Pinky she would come up with another nickname for him. Maybe Depresso, because that seemed to be what he was all the time.. Depressed. Right then and there she set a new goals for herself, first she was going to find out what Damien’s mystery hobby was, second she was going to cheer him up a bit, and third she was going to keep her thoughts on track. The two music lovers made it to the dining hall without getting hopelessly lost and Bella smiled ”Well lets see if we can get a big cup of coffee.” Bella shot him a grin and walked into the large open space, her large blue eyes drifting from person to person

Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should take
It a day at a time

[Bleeding_Flame]

Damien Shepherd

[******** it all and no regrets,
I hit the lights on these dark sets.
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free.


Damien arched one of his eyebrows, Bella sure seemed to talk a lot. He just shrugged and listened intently to his companions words. When she mentioned piercings he thought over the many he had. But he decided not to say anything about them. For he was far to busy stifling laughter after she had made the 'I might like to do it to' comment. He spoke up after "I know you would, and If we could do that and stay just friends I would praise you." He let out a chuckle, if she didn't get it now then she was either very dense or very innocent.

He had decided Pinky wasn't so bad. It didn't really bother him, he did have pink in his hair it actually made sense. "Sounds fine to me." He figured she had a point, it was better than Mr.sparkles. He'd take Pinky over Sugar Butt any day as well.

I feel my world shake
Like an earthquake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

[A B i t t e r Symphony]

[Bellatrix Raven Ja‘Dore]

Bella laughed, it didn’t take much thought after what he said to figure out his last hobby ”How would you know that I would like it humm? For all you know I could hate it..” Bella teased slightly as they walked through the dining hall. "But I seriously doubt that I would hate it.. You're most likely right that I would enjoy it." Bella grinned a little as she walked up to the counter to see if they had her favorite coffee drink which happened to be Caffè Mocha. ”Yes I was wondering if you had lattes and other coffee drinks like that here..”Bella didn't get along well with adults, so she was awkward when ever she was talking to them. This was new side of Bella that Damien had never seen before, she was a little timid but she had a sharp tone of 'You'll-Never-Get-Be-To-Be-Normal' in her voice. The women nodded but discouraged her slightly on drinking them because apparently they weren’t that good. Then she gave her a stern talking to on respect ”Thank you... I'll keep that in mind.” Bella turned back to her companion and smiled ”Well we can either have the fake coffee drinks here or go to the Starbucks and get some real caffeine...I'm cool with either one as long as it warms me up and gives me energy it'll do.” Bella stood there beaming with inner confidence, she was getting more comfortable around Damien, which she hadn't done with anyone in a while. Her eyes left Damien for a moment to gaze around the room, people getting to know each other, people getting involved with each other and some people avoiding others. Bella thought this very interesting, she loved to observe others and that's what helped her right most of her songs. Just looking out on to the groups of people, gave her several knew ideas for songs, then she realized that college was just like high school.. There were cliques, and fights, and love.. It was all very surreal. She had expected something different when she came here, but now to her surprise she saw that nothing was different.

Bella was glad that he liked Pinky, because she thought it suited him. It wasn’t like the name had no basis, his hair was pink.. Although it seemed his personality wasn’t to cheery, like the emotion that pink was normally associated with. In fact it was the opposite, he was a smart a**, brutally honest, and almost evil sometimes but the name did match his hair. While Bella thought about his crazy hair, she though that she might get some red and yellow put in hers at her next hair appointment with Stone or maybe baby blue or a soft pink color. All that Bella cared about was the crazy factor, she loved being crazy. They say that there is a fine line between genius and insanity, Bella believed that she had erased this line. When Bella had finished thinking about her hair, and her insanity she shook her head and looked back up at her new friend with a grin on her face.

Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should take
It a day at a time

[Bleeding_Flame]

Damien Shepherd

[******** it all and no regrets,
I hit the lights on these dark sets.
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free.


Just the thought of Starbucks got Damien's boxers in a bunch. He couldn't stand that damned place, every time he went there they found another way to piss him off. "To hell with Starbucks! They can keep their damn over priced coffee." He gritted his teeth a little before taking a deep breath in an effort to calm himself. "I..hate Starbucks.." He glared off in a random direction before returning his gaze to Bella.

It only took a few seconds and a couple deep threats and Damien had calmed down for the most part. "I'll take the fake coffee, anything is better than.." He didn't finish the sentence. After his little outburst he didn't feel he needed to speak of Starbucks again.

I feel my world shake
Like an earthquake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

[A B i t t e r Symphony]

[Bellatrix Raven Ja‘Dore]

Bella couldn’t help but laugh at Damien’s outburst about Starbucks ”Wow, what do you have against Starbucks.” Bella walked to the counter and ordered a large mocha latte. She waited for a few minutes at the counter, while she waited she paid, and in a few short minutes she had a steaming cup of coffee. She walked to a small counter that had sugar, whipped cream, and other things like that that some people liked on there coffee. Bella put some whipped cream on top of her hot drink, and smiled ”I love whipped cream. I mean it can be used for everything!” She giggled and stepped out of Damien’s way so he could get his drink, and she put her nose right at the rim of the cup and took in a deep long breath of steam. A mixed smell of cheaply brewed coffee, and chocolate filled her nose ”Smells alright to me.” Bella smiled and walked to the exit door of the dining hall. She wanted to go outside, even if Damien didn’t follow her. She loved the feeling of a warm drink in her hands, and the cool wind on her face. Maybe she would have another creative burst of genius, or maybe she would just catch a really bad cold and maybe a stomach ache from drinking so much coffee. One of the side effects of coffee that she hated was that it made her tummy a little upset but that never stopped her from drinking as much as she wanted to which was usually a whole lot.


”Hey Pinky! You wanna go outside? Cause I’m going whether you follow me or not.” Truth was Bella hoped that he came, she didn’t like being alone all of the time. She liked talking with people, but she liked talking with them even more if they were good listeners like Damien. Even if he wasn’t really listening to her chatter on and on, at least he faked being interested very very well. Bella stood at the exit leaning against the wall out of the way of the constant flow of students that walked to and from the dining hall, she waited for either Damien to walk outside with her or go to the music room to be alone and brood some more and be depressed. Bella shot a smile in his direction one that said ‘I would like for you to come with me but if you don’t that’s cool to’ which was exactly how Bella felt. She sipped a little bit at her coffee, and a large smile came on to her face. It wasn't really that bad, she liked it pretty good. She had been expecting something awful, something that would make her puke with just one sip. She knew she would be getting a coffee in here every morning, and every afternoon, and maybe in the middle of the night.

Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should take
It a day at a time

[Bleeding_Flame]

Damien Shepherd

[******** it all and no regrets,
I hit the lights on these dark sets.
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free.


Damien watched Bella get her coffee and walk off. He then turned to the counter, "Iced mocha with white chocolate, and please just fill the biggest cup you got back there." A few seconds passed and he had a rather abnormal sized cup of icy cold coffee. He paid and was on his way out of the cafeteria.

He passed Bella on his way out, "Let's go tiny." He gave a chuckle and took a large sip from his cup. A sigh escaping his lips after he swallowed the ice cold mix. It felt good going down his throat, and didn't taste half bad either. He began contemplating calling Bella tiny as a nickname but decided against it.

I feel my world shake
Like an earthquake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

[A B i t t e r Symphony]

[Bellatrix Raven Ja‘Dore]

Bella gave a mock gasp ”I’m not that tiny, Pinky!” She laughed and walked quickly catch up with him, ”You can come up with a better nickname than that for me..Like..” Bella thought for a minute the only two nicknames she had ever had were Belle, Babe, and Angel Face but those were all by past boyfriends. She sighed as again she realized she didn’t have a lot of friends, it was slightly depressing . “Why don’t you just call me Belles or something… I can’t think of anything else.“ Nicknames were not Bella’s forte, it was pure luck that she had come up with Pinky but that one was just a no brainer! Bella sighed, she wished she was better at nicknames...

Bella walked along side Damien, she was humming now trying to get the tune right for her song ”Hey Pinky. Have you ever thought about starting a band? The idea just kind of came to me, I mean with all the musical talent around here there could be something..” Bella took out her notebook, and jotted down the last few words to her new song ”After five years…Its complete!” Bella was so happy, she had gotten more done in two days here than she had in five years back home. Maybe this place was good for her creative side, this brought a large happy grin to her face. ”I wrote the whole song from a guys point of view…I have no idea why..I started writing this after my first real boy friend ran off with my best friend of the time, Lauren. So I guess I was really depressed then.” Bella laughed, she was obviously over it.


Bella decided to take risk, which she loved taking but she had never taken one with her music.”You wanna read it??” She had never let anyone read her music before, but Damien knew a lot about music so she trusted him to be straight forward about its lyrical style ”I still have to write down the actual sheet music to it but I have the tune in my head.” Bella tore out a few pages of writing that no one was ever meant to see and she shoved them into her pocket. She jotted down a few more little changes here and there ”Holy s**t… I must be really depressed to right this stuff.” A soft pink flush came over her cheeks, she was nervous about letting Damien read it but if she wanted any advice about how to make it better she would have to let someone read it at sometime or another. She was so nervous because the first song she had ever writen she had shown to one of her guy friends and they said she sucked. Bella didn't like the song she had writen all those years ago, although it did sound pretty on the recording she made of it with her older foster brothers band..Still she was nervous about showing someone her work.

Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should take
It a day at a time

[Bleeding_Flame]

Damien Shepherd

[******** it all and no regrets,
I hit the lights on these dark sets.
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free.


No sooner had Damien been ready to answer her question he was bombarded with more. He took a long drink from his mocha and started responding. "I'm not really good with nicknames, and for some reason Bella seems to be a hard name to come up with something off of." He gave it another thought or two but moved on, a nickname wasn't all to important right now.

What had caught his attention was the proposition of a band. Perhaps a band would bring some excitement to this boring place. "Yeah that thought had crossed my mind a few times.." He barely got through his sentence when she started going off about something being done. A song? That gave Damien a few ideas of his own. But he stowed them away for now and took the notebook from her. He read through each line quickly, making sure to think it over well though. "Hmm, not bad..there is room for improvement, but you've got some talent as a song writer." He enjoyed the fact she had wrote it from a guy's perspective. It made things interesting.

I feel my world shake
Like an earthquake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

[A B i t t e r Symphony]

[Bellatrix Raven Ja‘Dore]

Bella nodded and gently took the notebook from him, she smiled at him as she shoved the small notebook back into her pocket. She was now in deep thought, not saying a word. She didn’t talk for a while, she was thinking very hard about something. The silence wasn’t awkward, but Bella had never been so quiet around Damien.

After about five minutes of silence, she turned to Damien and smiled again ”Thanks for giving my your honest opinion.” She took out her notebook again and jotted down a few more notes. She looked back at her first song which was about outer beauty being a lie. She laughed at her lack of self confidence, and then just thrust the notebook back into her pocket again. She had finished off her coffee during the moment of silence and she quickly found a trash can to dump her trash in. ”I like looking at things from different points of view.. I guess that’s what makes me so.. Open to people’s ideas.” Bella shrugged and put her hands behind her head. ”Well at some point you should form a band. I would so come to see you play, you’re really good at the guitar and it would also be a rockin’ show.” One thing Bella loved more than anything was going to loud, crazy concerts. She had two scars on her legs from moshing, and another from a broken beer bottle being shoved into her leg while some guy was on the floor drunk.


Bella saw a bench and quickly walked over to it, she sat down with a relieved sigh. She had been going all day today, and just needed a little break. Soon though her coffee would kick in and she wouldn’t be able to sit still, that would be the time she would go back to get her lip pierced ”Hey I’m going to get a new piercing later today, you wanna come Pinky?? I couldn't get it while I was getting my tattoo done because the artist had another appointment right after me that and he couldn't get a piercing in before it so he told me to come back later.” Bella didn’t care at all this time if he came for not, but she thought it would be fun for him if he got out a little. It was more for him than for her. Getting out and about always gave Bella ideas, and she knew that Damien most likely wrote some songs so maybe he was like her and took observations and made them into a song or maybe he just took them from his own personal experiences. She closed her eyes and laid her head back on the bench, she had a smile on her face a cool breeze rushed over her body.

Prescribed pills
To offset the shakes
To offset the pills
You know you should take
It a day at a time

[Bleeding_Flame]

Damien Shepherd

[******** it all and no regrets,
I hit the lights on these dark sets.
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free.

((Probably my last post for the night.))


Damien thought about it for a second before sitting next to her. Should he go? Why the hell not was his instant first thought. "Alright sure, I got no other plans." He leaned his head back. He then took one final long drink from his mocha until it was dry. Then once again showing off his amazing basketball skills he chucked the cup into a garbage can a good ten feet away.

The thought of piercings brought him back to his own. There was the two on his lip that he hadn't put in the past few days. The three on on his left ear, the four on his right, the one in his tongue. Then his final one which he hadn't put in for awhile, his right eyebrow. He chuckled a little, "Speaking of piercings I gotta start putting mine back in, I've been getting lazy about it." He was thinking about going up to his dorm and putting them in but his laziness wouldn't allow it.

I feel my world shake
Like an earthquake
Hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

[m o o s i e p o p s]

H3LL0, TH4NK Y0U F0R C4LLiiNG; THii5 ii5 S4444444M:

Sam ran the tip of his index around the cup a few times as he contemplated the question.Why had he quit? The brunet could come up with a few dozen excuses, but none fit. He had grown sick of it, just wasn't his thing anymore, the drumsticks gave him splinters, he was afraid of getting arthritis, all these alibis just didn't work. Biting the inside of his cheek, his eyes still downcast focusing on the white cap of the cup, he continued to think. There was one option, which Sam was avoiding. Sighing and seeing that it was the only honest answer, he stopped playing with his cup's top and leaned forward. Resting his elbows and foraerms on the table top, the boy met the dark eyes of the blond.

Clearing his throat, he lowered his gaze to his hands. "Well, ya know, it was hard. I didn't want to remember the p-" He paused, and restarted, figuring he was going no where good with that approach. "Drumming reminded me of the band. The band reminded me of you, and you weren't the safest thing for me to think about. So, trying to prevent a little less hurting, I stopped. People still remember me though, kind of weird. Just yesterday some kid asked me if I was in a band."

Now nothing can take you a w a y from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You k e e p me comin' back for more

[tangle buddies]

x3_14N-T41L5->[[I l0v3 S4ms0n J. S34rl3 <3 t0uchhimanddi3]] says:

Ian thought about Sam's reply. The more he thought, the more it made sense. He wasn't safe for Sam. He realized that he probably always knew that. As long as they were in a band, he wouldn't be safe for the brunet. Once they had "broke up," Ian had become even less safe for the other male. Perhaps it was mutual. Thinking about it, he had recovered from dating Kiyoshi fairly quickly. Sam, however, was a different story. He had never got over Sam. He had almost had a break-down afterwards. He decided it best not to mention this to Sam.

"People still come up to me too," the blond finally replied, "From both bands. Weird thing is I never wanted to play bass after we- the band- had broke up. But I played drums a lot. I think it was more of how much anger could I let out on the drums before my parents kicked me out of the music room." A faint smile came across his face as he continued but quickly faded,"I was angry at myself. Angry because I had let you go. ******** up part was the drums reminded me of you."

Quickly Ian realized he had talked too much and decided to sip on his coffee instead. He found himself glancing at Sam every now and then and found he was much happier now that Sam was back.

"You’re still the one I run to,
The one that I belong to.
You’re still the one I want for life.
You’re still the one that I love,
The only one I dream of.
Still the one I kiss goodnight.”
Shania Twain.

[m o o s i e p o p s]

H3LL0, TH4NK Y0U F0R C4LLiiNG; THii5 ii5 S4444444M:

The brunet smiled sadly at Ian's response. He noticed that Ian had done the very opposite of he did. The blond reminded himself of Samson while he chose to try to forget. He faced reality while he pretended he was just fine. He was only fooling himself though, the boy knew he would never be exactly the same without the other boy. Sam got attached, and would probably remain loyal to him for a very very long time to him.

"We're better now, aren't we? Together?" He said simply, tilting his head slightly as the question was in the air.

Now nothing can take you a w a y from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You k e e p me comin' back for more

[tangle buddies]

x_ZaNix3_[[>,>_isn‘t t0t4lly h34rtl355_<,<]] says:

Zander jumped at the sudden outburst of noise. He was going to scream a "what the ******** did you do that for" but immediately realized what it was. Yasuo had tourrettes syndrome. Those kind of outbursts were to be expected. That still didn't cause him to be any less shocked. Regaining his nerve, the raven haired boy turned around and glanced at Yasuo.

"Hey now," he said assuringly, "don't be so embarrassed about it. I understand. You don't have to worry about me laughing or anything. I mean, I may have an attitude at times, but I'm not heartless."

“Tonight is the alive
With the promise of a street fight
And there’s money on the table
Says your cheap shots won’t be able to break bones.
I’ve yet to break a sweat.”-All Time Low

[tangle buddies]

R3i [[& ii think ii n33d s0m3b0dy]] says:

Reiji looked up, realizing the couple she had been gesturing at were long gone. He didn't mind. They had little to no importance to him, and what they were doing was none of his concern. He listened carefully to what the girl had to say. He learned her name was Camryn, which he thought was a pretty name for a girl.

"Reiji," replied the blond, giving another polite smile, "But most people around just call me Rei. I'm here to major in law."

He had went ahead and answered the question that most people tended to ask after the names were exchanged. He figured it would save some time and pointless chatter. The basics of conversation did little to amuse him sometimes. Of course, he found himself slightly curious what the girl was majoring in.

“I look for the light through the pouring rain.
You know that’s a game that I hate to lose.
And I‘m feeling the strain, ain‘t it a shame.
Give me the beat boys, and free my soul.
I wanna get lost in your rock&roll and
D r I f t a w a y.”
Doobie Brothers