There is a differnece between Points of View (PoV) and just being with the chracter. E.g, -:Matthias:- means that we're looking at what Matthias is doing -3rd person PoV. -:Matthias' PoV:- means it's first person. Geddit? 8D I hope you do!
EDIT: Chapter has gone through some major editing. Added length, and hopefully depth. Enjoy and tell me what you think -Would mean a lot.
Act 2 : Matthias.
-:Nora's PoV:-
That Saturday was one of the best I've probably had. I have to admit, it was filled with constant Danisheness, bad jokes, ice skating failures, pizza, bad rom-coms and lots of other stuff I thought I would have probably never have done in a hundred years. But I did, and it was fun. And I kind of owed it all to Matthias. I think that we could be... friends... maybe. I'm not good at this stuff, maybe I'll leave it to him.
I glanced at the clock, only 9am. I sighed and shifted on the couch whilst trying to balance my cup of coffee. The TV was playing in the background, but I paid no mind to it. Maybe I'll go for a walk...
-:Matthias:-
"Mornin' Beautiful." said a very groggy Matthias. He rested his elbows on the beige kitchen counter and put his chin in his hands, and grinned a very lopsided, just-woken-up kind of grin.
"What were you doing?" asked a shorter platinum blonde boy (-I mean...) man.
"C'mon Em! Does everything I do have to be bad?" whined Matthias.
"No. Everything you've done has been stupid. Not bad. There's a difference." said Emil. Still not facing Matthias and probably making something toxic.
"Geez. Give me a break. Please" said Matthias. Rolling his eyes. Emil sighed.
"And you're the older one..."
"Yeap, whatcha gonna do today?"
"Work...? Probably go see Maria..." Emil shrugged "I don't know. Shouldn't you be at work?"
"No... Sunday. No work for me~" Matthias grinned. "You're still going out with that Maria kid? Sheesh, I honestly swear you could do better than that."
"One. She isn't a 'kid'. Two." Emil held up to fingers, "She's great." Then Emil turned around holding a bowl of... -What Matthias guessed was- Cereal.
"Geez, how hard is it to put milk in with bran flakes..." Matthias laughed whilst his younger brother -Emil- glared daggers into his face. Matthias slowly turned around and grabbed his coat and left, sensing the atmosphere for once. Mabye I'll go to the park today he smiled maybe Nora will be there. Last night they had went ice-skating, Matthias obviously trying to show off his 'skills' around the rink and failing, playing games, because of Matthias' constant asking and whining, and then ordering pizza and watching movies til late. I guess I shouldn't blame Em for thinking I was up to something...
He mindlessly walked to the entrace of the park, and drfited inside. He remebered when Nora first saw him... He was sleeping (or 'napping' as he claimed when Nora asked later on). He shoved his hands into his coat pockets and tried to bury his face inside his jacket lapels. He groaned out loud. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to get noticed by Nora, it just means having another girl to handle...
-:Matthias PoV:-
Man. Don't want anything to do with her. I sighed. Maybe Nora doesn't want to see me again. I'm not sure if I want to see her either... Last night was fun though… I looked up at the sky, the grey clouds never seemed to change. Maybe we can just be friends. Who ice-skate and eat pizza.
I shook my head. After having a break-up I don't think it's the best... Girls just don't do that kind of stuff. Sucks. 'Cause now the girl known as Nora -who literally walked into my life, who I hardly know, but had a nice time with, even if I don't know her- is starting to get into my head. I frowned. I don't even know her well... I hardly know her... Heck she probably knows more about me than I do about her... This isn't good, this is scary, I can't hang out with a girl. It's just not me, I would end up alone after a week or so
I kept on thinking til I walked behind a bench by the pond. I saw her. And my mind went blank. Oh-so conveniently.
She saw me. And my stomach dropped. "Hi" she said. I could only wave. A very awkward and stiff one at that. She furrowed her brow slightly. "Anything wrong?"
I stuttered.
"N-no... Everything's fine" and I smiled. A pretty fake one. But she probably wouldn't notic-
"Doesn't look like it. You can always talk to me about it..." she looked at the pond "Unless it's about relationships. Then no. Although I can help you with a divorce if that's what's on your mind." a... Divorce? How old does she think I am? I don't even have a girlfriend. Let alone a wife... Damn. She's pretty blunt.
"Y'know..." I slid onto the empty seat next to her "I'm only 24" she shrugged.
"Doesn't mean you can't be married. I've seen people younger than you getting a divorce." I just looked at her. How many people does she know? Or rather. What kindof people does she know? "I would stop leaving your mouth hanging like that. A fly could get in" I blinked. Then I laughed, she cares! -ish.
"Well, how do you know so many people who have been divorced?" she was quiet.
"I work at a divorce company. I help people get a divorce. That's how I know..." she trailed off. She looked down. She obviously didn't like to talk about her work. "…What do you do for a living...?"
"Me? Well I'm a relationship advisor, I help people 'fall in love' I guess." I shrugged and looked at her. She was still looking down.
"So does that mean that you're an expert in 'love'...?" Huh, 'Expert'... Never really thought about that…
"Well... I wouldn't say 'expert'. I can just point them into the right direction. Sort of like a guide. But..." she looked at me; her usually cold eyes had a little sparkle in them. She nodded slowly telling me to continue. I sighed "I guess love is a hard subject to crack, it's hard to talk about it. It's different for everyone"
"Different... Huh" She just looked down. Why is she so sad all of a sudden...? I mean, I can gather that she isn't the happiest person on Earth, but she's not herself. She seems different today. It's kinda worrying actually...
-:Nora's PoV:-
I must admit. For the first time in my whole entire life (as far as I recall) I have never been so depressed. Sure, getting a letter from my Fiancé, of whom I was going to get married to within a few more months (November 16th to be exact), about why I wasn't getting married anymore. Or when I found out that I never was able to become the writer I wanted
-:3rd Person:-
They were both silent. Only the faint sound of birds chirping and rustling leaves in the background. It was an awkward subject to talk about. Even Matthias couldn't say anything to break the silence. He was afraid he would say something to upset her even more, especially in the state Nora was in right now.
To be honest, Matthias never was an expert in love, he was just good at giving advice, and with his parents having a divorce and his brother always having relationship problems, he just understood how to make a relationship last. Apart from his own of course. He had a girlfriend, but Matthias himself didn't know how to use the advice that he always gave to his clients. So he was stuck really, with no one to turn to, he would've probably been laughed at if he went to ask for advice, seeing as he himself was and relatioships advisor.
Nora looked up at Matthias, her left cheek in her hand. "So," she started, her voice was hollow, almost empty of emotion. "Anyone special?" It was just two words. But Matthias understood what she mean, and he instantly looked at her with a bewildered expression. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She cocked her head to one side to add to the act, she knew that his gawking meant 'no'. She turned back to her usual expression, only it was just a bit softer, "I just thought…" she trailed off. "Well. Since you're so good at relationships, so…" she looked down again. Matthias had to admit. She was painfully shy; it was actually kind of cute how she would trail off and have a bit of a blush creep across her face and- Get a hold of yourself Matthias. You're a man. Men don't find things 'cute', they find thing 'awesome', 'cool', 'hot'. "No. I don't have a girlfriend. Because every time I do, I mess it up." He let out a large puff of air and leaned against the back of the wooden bench. "I… am really bad when it comes to girls. I mess up. I trip up. And I crash." He let out a sigh and closed his eyes, "To be honest. I don't think I'll ever be able to keep a girlfriend." He didn't want to think about his last one. Two weeks was a new record, even for him.
"That doesn't make you sound like a very good relationships advisor then" Matthias' shot open and he looked straight at her. "What? I at least expected you to have someone in your life. You're practically the opposite of me." It was true. He put people together. She tore them apart.
"But isn't there that old saying?" started Matthias.
"Hm?" Nora looked up at him.
"Opposites attract. Don't they?"
A/N
Thanks for reading this. I might edit chapter 1 as well. Either way thanks for Baby Godzilla for reviewing, if you didn't review I probably would be depressed about writing this story (since my muse has just vanished). Anyways, when I read your review I instantly go sad (no offence) and then after a few hours of mulling it over I finally understood what I needed to fix, so basically. That was my first ever time dealing with such constructive critisicsm. So yerp... I think I'll be working a lot harder on this from now on... (To be honest I don't even think this story is all that good :I)But! Please review with more contructive criticism! Or just a simple 'I think the story needs a bit more insert word here'. Tak!
EDIT 2: I've spent at least 2 hours on and off trying to make this better ;A; I'll work on it more tomorrow if I don't think it's good enough X(
