A/N: I'm new here! Please bear with my newness xD

Chapter One

She left, her eyes sodden with tears.

For ten or so years, Lucy Van Pelt had tried, time and time again, to get Schroeder's attention away from that darn piano. Every time, she would get turned away either by a sharp glare, a cutting remark or cold, icy silence.

This time was just like all the hundreds, thousands, millions of times she had leaned on his piano, as it grew in price and size, as the years wore on. However, this time was different. Lucy had thought for three whole weeks whether to ask Schroeder to the Graduating Prom.

She had gathered enough courage to make this request. Seeing his front door open, she crept in, to see the usual sight of Schroeder in front of his grand piano. Melodious music, dripping with passion and heart, filled the whole room. Lucy smiled. This was why she liked him so much. His undying passion for music and his unbroken concentration whilst he was playing showed his beautiful side, the side she never failed to see every time she visited him. That day was different.

Maybe it was due to Schroeder not having received a reply from Juilliard YET, but the moment he saw Lucy's black curls bob through his front door, he immediately slammed his piano shut, although not too hard (it cost him five years' savings) and went to slam the front door.

In her face.

Lucy did not know why he had done that, considering he had never ever done that before in the past ten years. She felt her eyes fill up. Through the stained glass windows, she could see Schroeder storm back to his beautiful sleek piano. His playing was not fluent anymore. but anger and frustration hung on every note.

Lucy felt shattered.

Was it because I came? She thought, her heart beating fast. Oh dear, does he hate me?

Lucy knew that Schroeder often did things to her that might seemed that way, but she knew, deep down, he didn't mean it. It was just his artistic nature.

But this time, he had shown true fury on his face and she could see it in his seablue eyes.

"Lucy! Whereve you been?" Linus shouted as Lucy dragged herself through the front door of their beautiful Victorian home. Linus was dressed immaculately in a blacktie outfit, his hair slicked back with shiny stiff gel.

"Why're you all dressed up like that..." Lucy slurred. It was obvious she had gone to drink again.

"Sally's meeting me at the gala..." Linus broke off, "Whyve you been drinking again?"

Lucy halfsmiled.

"Cuzz I feelt like it..." She laughed, a laugh that was tinged with madness.

Linus was extremely concerned about his elder sister. He immediately took off his tuxedo and tried to support her.

"Go away..." she tried to wrestle him off but failed.

"You're going to bed, missy!" He mockscolded and held her till she was safely tucked in bed and sleeping.

"Sch-schroeder... I... love...you." Lucy murmured as she tossed and turned. At that exact moment, Linus knew exactly why Lucy was in this state.

"Schroeder'd better apologize to Luce ASAP or he wont live to see tomorrow..." Linus growled silently. He was known to be a peacelover but NOBODY toyed with his sister's feelings, no matter how crabby she could get.

The next day in school, everyone was buzzing about the Prom, which would be held next week.

"O.m.g., Schroeder just asked meeee!" Lucy's good friend, Violet, squealed. She held up her glittering iPhone and beamed so wide her teeth practically dazzled everyone who looked her way. Sure enough, a grey bubble with the words "wil yiu g two Prom wiuh me...-schroddr x" was displayed on the screen.

Lucy. Froze.

Her mind had suddenly shut down, as she was enveloped in a huge wave of squeals and words dotted with exclamation marks.

How. Could. He.

"O.m.g.! Schroeder is like so HAWT! You lucky thing!" Janice wailed. "But why are his words so... typo-ed?"

"I.d.k. and I.d.c!" Violet squeaked, her face flushed with joy.

Lucy.

Lucy!

LUCY!

Violet managed to catch her friend in the nick of time as Lucy hurtled toward the ground, "Luce!" Janice screamed, as the pair of them held onto her cold, lifeless body.

Thank goodness she was still alive.

"Where am I..." Lucy's eyelids fluttered open. She saw a whole crowd of faces bent over her and she screamed in shock.

Sitting up, she realized she was in a hospital ward.

"Luce! Luce! You're awake!" Violet shrieked and pounced on her, squishing her in a bear hug. Lucy felt shaken as memories of what had just happened came back to her in a tidal wave.

"Get away from me, you blockhead!" Lucy shoved Violet aside. "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?"

For a moment, Violet did not understand Lucy. Then, reality sunk in and she realized why.

"oh Luce, I'm so sorry! I never thought Schroeder would ask ME! Everyone was betting on him asking YOU!" she wailed and tried to hug Lucy, but all she got was more shoving.

"So, are you going to accept his KIND offer?" Lucy snarled.

"I... I dunno!" Violet, dazed,stammered. Would she?

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