A/N: Like I said in previous chapters...I had writers block so excuse the delay.


You wanna know me, well what's to know?

To amuse you, when the night is slow.

Do your eyelids ever close, Caught spirits in your waking woes?

I know where to find you, I know where you go.

And I just want to let you know, you can have me.

You can have me all.

-Wild Nothing, "Nocturne."


The next morning Milan was up before the crack of dawn, which was no surprise. She always found the beauty in waking up before the sun rises, there's nothing like watching the sun break through the sky to greet you with a blessing. To Milan, it felt as if the sun was granting her with the chance to start over...to get rid of any bad thoughts that wanted to be known. She sat on the carpeted floor Indian style with a cup of Pau d' Arco Herbal tea in her small hands. Milan became ecstatic when she saw that the restaurant from last night had varieties of teas on their menu, and when Milan asked the waitress if they made the tea themselves she was informed that there was a tea shop far into the country that they brought the tea from. The seventeen year old made sure to purchase as many as she could although the waitress gave her the last three for free. The curtains in the living room were drawn back giving Milan the view of Amsterdam's narrow streets, the sun began to rise it almost felt as if the sun was kissing Milan's exposed skin. She sat up a little bit straighter as if that were possible closing her eyes and with a tilt of her head, she felt as if she was reborn again.

"Milan?" A familiar voice entered her ears.

Milan didn't move until the sun completely rose, she pushed herself off the floor and turned to her roommate for the next few days. Claire stood on the opposite side of the couch rubbing her eyes, she blinked a few times getting her eyes adjusted to the bits of light in the dim room. Claire stepped backwards a look of shock on her face, "Why don't you have any clothes on?!"

Milan's peculiar eyes glanced down at her body before smiling at Claire, "I sleep in the nude."

"What?! No, that's-that's not okay Milan. You can do that when you're at home, but not when you have two roommates living with you!"

Milan sighed as she moved around the couch noticing how uncomfortable Claire was...which was a shame. "The body is a magnificent thing Claire. I am proud of my body and I have nothing to hide, although I do understand why this would make you uncomfortable. We are all women and we have the same body parts, I want to feel as free as flowers and that's all. I apologize if you're a little...creeped out. I'll put on some clothes and prepare breakfast for us all."

Claire placed her hand over her eyes nodding her head at the girl, "Yeah...please go do that."

Milan handed Claire the empty tea cup before letting out a small laugh before running off to her bedroom. Claire peeked through her hand letting out a long exhale relieved that Milan was nowhere in sight, she peeked into the cup noticing a small leftover purple looking liquid wondering if that had something to do with the strangeness she just witnessed or if this were a regular routine for the Portuguese girl.


Allison made her way into the kitchen area plopping down at the dinning area, crossing one leg underneath the other not caring that she had a dress on. Milan turned around after placing the breakfast onto the plate, she glanced over to see Allison staring right at her not saying a word. Milan gave her friend a smile dancing over to her new friend and placed the plate right in front of her, "Good morning! I've prepared Jumbo Chickpea Pancakes for us..."

Allison's dark eyes stared down at the meal in front of her, she picked up her utensils and dug in. Milan appeared to be a bit stunned at not receiving questions since every time she prepared something for someone there were always questions. Milan clasped her hands together turning to walk back into the kitchen to pour three glasses of water, she placed all three glasses at three seating areas before grabbing the two plates left. The two girls sat in silence enjoying their pancakes, Milan nibbled waiting for Claire to make an appearance while Allison seemed to inhale her food. Claire smiled at the two girls, she was dressed in a red button up blouse with white polka dots, a charcoal gray skirt that sat high on her waist with black and white stripes running horizontally and vertically on the skirt. Her red - orange hair sported a few curls and bounced a bit as she sat down at the head of the the table.

"This looks great," Claire smiled at Milan who returned the gesture.

Claire picked up her utensils just as Milan placed the pancake into her mouth, "Let's just hope I don't have images from earlier this morning pop into my head while I'm eating."

Allison raised a dark eyebrow as she slurped on her water, "What did you see this morning?"

Claire shared a look with Milan to see if it was alright to fill Allison in. Milan didn't seem the least bit bothered about Claire telling Allison, she considered the girl to be one of her close friends after all. She had nothing to be ashamed of.

"I came downstairs to get a glass of water but I saw...Milan." Claire paused leaving a dramatic effect.

Allison waved her glass around, "And?" She pressed.

Claire struggled to hold in her laughter, "Everything was just hanging out...she was completely naked!"

Allison snorted as she met Milan's eyes before letting out a laugh, "The look on your face probably was priceless."

"Well duh! What do you expect me to do, when you see someone naked sitting in front of the window?" Claire asked laughing a bit.

Allison shrugged her shoulders as she pushed herself up from her chair, "I'd just act normal...I mean it is Milan after all. That's probably normal for you, isn't it?"

The dark girl walked away from the table placing the plate and the cup into the sink.

"Yes it is. The first time I started walking around my Aunt Tina's house naked, she chased after me with a broom all the way back to my room ordering me to put clothes on." Milan laughed thinking of her aunt he reminded her of what a real mother was supposed to be.

Claire laughed along with Milan before placing the last sliced avocado into her mouth, "What time are we supposed to leave the lobby?"

"I think Mr. Watkins said by ten," Allison guessed as she finished washing her dishes.

Milan finished the rest of her breakfast and handed the plate to Claire who held her hand out for the dishes. Milan pushed her chair in as she looked at the clock...it read 9:45 AM. Milan's eyes went wide as she glanced at the other two girls, but they were already dressed.

"I need about ten minutes to get ready," Milan looked at the two girls as Claire waited for Allison to wash the new dishes so she could dry them, "I guess I'll meet you guys by the door?" She dashed off leaving the two girls to shake their head at their friend.

Milan found joy even though she was pressed for time. She slipped into a fuzzy half white long sleeve shirt and a black dusty rose maxi skirt, that had a split going up the side. She didn't bother to do anything with her hair since there was not much to do with curly hair in the first place, she placed a floppy wool hat on top of her head. She slipped on black knee highs knowing that the cool air would probably freeze her bones, she slipped on some wedges before quickly grabbing a jacket and meeting her two friends at the door. Milan noticed that Claire now had a silk pink scarf around her neck, pink seemed to match well with her friends skin tone. She also had a pastel pink trench coat tied wrapped around her slender body, Allison who leaned against the door now had a light grayish white sheep like coat draped over her black and gray striped dressed that stopped above her knees. Milan made sure to grab her bag which had her camera safely inside.

"It's 9:57 let's go!" Claire waved her hand holding the door wide open.

Allison causally stepped out of the room with Milan skipping by her. Claire made sure the door was locked before setting into a jog, she ran pass Allison but stopped waiting for the girl to catch up before locking her arm with hers and dragged her towards the elevator where Milan stood mashing on the button. As the three good stood there they wondered if the elevator continued to move slow on purpose. They knew Mr. Vernon would leave them and find any reason to get them in trouble or sent back home in any possible way. That man was pure evil and always in a bad mood. Soon the elevator welcomed the three into it's box. As soon as the doors opened Claire was the first to run out of the doors with Milan and Allison after her, Claire groaned at the set of steps that raced down. Milan noticed Brian, Andrew, and Bender waiting for them while the rest of the classes exited out of the lobby. Milan flew off the steps running into Brian's arms, she pecked his cheeks and lips.

"Nice of you to join us," Andrew mocked eyeing Allison who growled at him.

Claire allowed Bender to rest his arm over her shoulder, "Well we're here now. So let's stop the chit chat and catch up while we can."

Andrew and Allison walked side by side exiting out of the hotel lobby first with Claire and Bender following. Brian tugged on Milan's bright yellow suede jacket pulling her body closer to hers before slowly zipping up her jacket, "It's chilly out."

Milan reached up to peek underneath her blossom's shades, "Blossom baby are you high?" She questioned in a sing song voice.

Milan noticed that Bender's eyes were a bit red but they were nothing compared to Brian's. The rim of his eyes were darkly red and a bit watery, did they really smoke that much early this morning? Andrew seemed to be the only one who wasn't high but Milan wondered if Brian smoked this morning for the thrill or was something bothering him? Brian pressed his lips against Milan's was pushing her backwards outside, he held onto her back as he placed pecks against her thick pink lips. Milan turned to stand at Brian's side locking their hands together as she entered the bus.

"Johnson,Miss. Crespo...stop lolly gagging around and find a seat so we can get to the museum." Mr. Vernon spoke from his seat.

Milan tipped her head downwards after hearing Brian snort from behind her, "Lolly gagging...ha! That's a good one."

She dragged her boyfriend along hopping Mr. Vernon wouldn't have any suspicion or smell the small scent of skunk on Brian. Milan waved to Jack, Otto, and Budd before finding the only available seat which was in the middle. As Milan sat at the window seat as Brian rested his head against Milan's collarbone before squeezing her hand. With her free hand she played with Brian's hair before placing a kiss on top of his head and lay her head against his.

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The museum held a modern look to it, with touches of smoky gray on the outside. The building seemed medium sized but the inside proved anyone's assumptions wrong. Mr. Vernon and Mr. Watkins made sure to set the rules to all the kids at Shermer High but it seemed like Mr. Vernon directed the rules towards The Breakfast Club more so than anyone else. In shorter words Mr. Vernon snapped, "Don't embarrass this school or else we'll send you home immediately. Don't break anything or else you're paying for it, none of that money is coming out of my pocket or Mr. Watkins pocket. Do I make myself clear?"

He straightened up as soon as the two tour guides introduced themselves to everyone. The tour guides names were Gary and Farah, they would show the two groups Vincent Van Gogh's earliest Dutch works. The group would also discover how his approach changed in Paris when he met modern artists and how he developed his own famous individual style. Milan was one of the few who were excited that they would spend fifty minutes hearing the history of one of the most famous artists in the world and viewing his art!

Thirty minutes into the exhibit and Milan never felt more inspired by works of art than right at this very moment. She ignored Bender, Otto, Budd, and Jack's playing around since they didn't really appreciate art. That was okay if it wasn't in their interest but Milan did not have the time to scold her friends. She noticed that Claire and Bender somehow vanished from the group thirty-three minutes into the tour doing god knows what. Andrew seemed to distance himself from Tyler who spent most of his time with Brandi and took his chance to talk to Allison who seemed less tense. Milan noticed all of this during the tour but she remained on best behavior. Everyone walked ahead already but Milan reminded behind studying one painting in particular. She had a few paintings that she enjoyed viewing of Van Gogh's, one being the Almond Blossom which was painted in 1890. She also enjoyed Wheatfield with crows but the one in front of her unique bulbs was titled: Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds. Milan trailed her eyes almost every vibrant color on the canvas, the only source of life in the photo were the plants. The painting screamed loneliness with the right touches of blue, landscapes seemed to stretch on emphasizing how long sadness really lasts and Milan felt she could connect with this photo.

A hand latched onto Milan's waist and she paused lifting her head to stare up at Brian who no longer had shades on his eyes.

"What's going on in that pretty little mind of yours?" Brian Interrupted.

Milan wrapped an arm around Brian's waist glancing up at him before staring back at the painting, "Brian Johnson...what do you see when you stare at this masterpiece?"

Brian moved his hand around Milan's waist to rest against her shoulder turning to eye the piece. He scratched his cheek with his free hand pausing as he tried to think through the small fog that clouded his mind, "I see clouds...lots of blues and greens. I think it also says a lot about the countryside, how quiet and peaceful it could be yet...somehow people who live in the country may feel the blues. Since ya know the artwork consists of a lot of blue but the greens of the landscape can represent how healthy Van Gogh may think the countryside may truly be."

Milan nodded letting Brian's interpretation sink in, "That's a good point. It's almost as similar to what I was thinking, it's now became one of my favorite works from him...I connect with this work of art as well."

Brian figured as such. This piece didn't just stop Milan because she liked it, it had a deeper meaning to it just like all art really should. He believed that Milan viewed herself as the painting. The blue represented the sadness Milan felt all of her life and the countryside represented how Milan brought herself out of the sadness she's faced and how she wants to be better. The stretch in the landscape can be how Milan's journey will possibly inspire people, how cool would that be? To inspire someone. Brian believed she could, she was his girlfriend and he already adored her and maybe admiration wouldn't be too far along.

Milan walked alongside other works of Van Gogh's from The Potato Eaters to The Bedroom. She wanted to explore Brian's mind especially when it came to art, the teen was already intelligent enough and as the stood side by side at every piece they came to...it felt like it was just the two of them. Almost like a date perhaps. A loud grumble cut Milan's thoughts off and she turned to Brian who looked a bit embarrassed, Milan let out a small laugh resting the small of her hand on his stomach smirking inside as she felt Brian's muscles clench underneath her touch.

"Sorry...I'm starving," Brian grinned sheepishly.

Milan patted Brian's tummy, "More like the munchies! It's alright sunshine. Let's hit the cafe and then the gift-shop, we're already far behind so we might as well wonder off on our own?"

Brian squeezed Milan's shoulder, "And I thought you were going to be on your best behavior," He teased as they strolled down the opposite hallway from the group.

Milan smiled up at Brian, "I can't always be good."


After leaving the museum Shermer High entered the zoo. Although the zoo would not be as educational as Van Gogh's museum there was still a bit of history behind the zoo that the students should pay "close" attention to. The group also received a tour guide but The Breakfast Club had another idea in mind and that did not include following after the tour guide this time. Cautiously one by one they backed away from the group running off towards the aquarium section first, the fishes were colorful and in all different shapes and sizes. Otto bragged to the group about how he stole a Van Gogh lunchbox from the gift-shop to give to his little sister. Budd wanted to know how he pulled that off and stopped in his tracks to listen. Then Budd told Otto about how he stole a tote bag for his mom's birthday and how he would give it to her on birthday when they got back to Illinois.

Milan was disappointed in the two but she said nothing as Andrew nodded his head towards the group leaving Budd and Otto in the aquarium. Milan noticed that Jack spent his time on the trip flirting with one of Claire's friends, Amanda. The six friends ventured off outside on the wooden walkway letting the spring breeze say hello. Allison stopped on the walkway gingerly picking up a Gecko, she held it out to Andrew as Milan snapped a photo of the two. Andrew glanced at Milan who sent him a knowing smile before walking by him with Brian right behind her. The six students stood by the lions, Bender leaned over the railing growling at the mother.

"I-uh don't think you should do that," Claire muttered watching as the mother moved to protect her child.

Bender shrugged his shoulders, "Just trying to have a little fun on his extremely boring trip Claire." He answered before turning back to tapping on the glass in front of him.

Milan watched as the baby lion hid behind the rock as the mother stalked over to the glass. Bender growled into the glass pressing his face against the glass.

"Mother's don't like to be challenged, Bender. Their first instinct is to protect their child," Brian addressed Bender but kept his eyes on the tail of the mother.

Bender cocked his head to the side banging his head on the glass obnoxiously.

"Hey asswipe, would you cut the shit already before you get us all kicked out of here?" Andrew snapped.

Bender smirked as he turned to face Andrew, "Oh my gosh Drew! You're finally talking to me!"

Andrew scoffed and nodded his head to Allison, Allison cautiously placed her hand in Andrew's but turned to glance back at Bender who was laughing at the jock. That's when the mother pounced against the glass causing Bender to jump off the railing, his heart was hammering against his chest as he stared at the mother lion who was now back on the soil watching him.

"Told you," Brian mumbled holding onto his own chest.

Milan shook her head at Bender, he was so stubborn.

"Let's get out of here."

The six friends didn't know how long it took them walking around the walk-way outside, and going back inside than back out again. It took them forever to find the bathrooms before they decided to hit the gift shop. Milan was sitting in the grass area of the gift-shop enjoying the sunlight against her skin while playing with the koala bear Brian brought for her.

"What time did Mr. Vernon say we would leave here?" Brian wondered sipping on the shared drink Milan brought the both of them.

Brian could taste the pear, lemon, ginger, and kale inside of the juice as he waited for Milan to answer him. Milan covered her yawn as she opened an eye, "I think around four...why?"

The dirty blonde sixteen year old glanced down at his wristwatch, "It's four-thirty!"

Milan opened both of her eyes and shared a look with Brian before grabbing her bags, then the two rushed into the store trying to gather up their friends. The six rushed towards the front of the zoo noticing that the coach bus was no longer waiting outside.

"Aw, don't tell me we missed it!?" Claire stopped her boots into the ground.

Milan glanced at her worried friends and held her hands out, "Everyone just calm down. I'll figure this out."

Claire, Bender, Brian, Andrew, and Allison watched at the hippie made her way over to a old man sitting on the bench. Brian could faintly hear her asking the man in Dutch about the two coach buses that were parked out front. How in the hell did she pick up the language so quickly when they were only in Amsterdam for almost two days now? Milan headed back over to the group of friends, "The man said they left about fifteen minutes ago."

"This is just great!" Andrew threw his hands up in the air.

Claire glared at Andrew, "You're the one who wanted to venture off from the group."

"I didn't force you to follow did I? You made your choice!" Andrew yelled.

Bender snorted watching the two populars argue back and forth.

"You think this is funny?" Andrew spun on Bender.

Bender lit up a cigarrette nodding his head, "Kinda."

Andrew moved to get in Bender's face, "I oughta kick your ass."

"You've been saying that for a long time now Drew...and I have yet to see it," Bender replied blowing his smoke in Andrew's face.

Andrew drew his arm back before stating, "Well it looks like today might be your lucky day pal."

Brian jumped in between the two, "Come on fellas let's not do this again."

"Nah Johnson, let him go. I wanna see what the tight wearing man is made of," Bender instigated.

"Enough! Instead of fighting let's keep the peace and think of a way to get back to the hotel." Milan suggested.

Allison stepped forward, "And how do you suggest we do that?"

"We can use a payphone or ask the zoo to call Mr. Vernon or Mr. Watkins," Claire hinted.

Milan smiled, "That's a good idea. Anyone who has left over money locate the nearest payphone-"

Claire nodded, "Come on John. You're with me," She held her hand out for John to grasp.

John broke his gaze from Andrew stepping around Brian and walked off ignoring Claire's hand. Claire hid the rejected look on her face but Milan caught a glimpse of it giving her a smile for encouragement. The two opposites walked off leaving Brian, Milan, Andrew, and Allison outside.

"I guess we'll go inside and chat with the zoo workers," Allison muttered pushing Andrew towards the building.

Milan blew out a deep breath wrapping her arms around Brian's waist. Brian kissed the side of Milan's forehead squeezing her to his body, "It can't get any worse, can it?"

That's when lightening cracked through the sky, and with a rumble hard rain pelted over the couple. Milan lifted her head noticing Brian who had his head tilted up towards the sky with a scowl on his face, "Really?!" He shouted into the sky.

Milan laughed lifting her hand to squeeze Brian's cheeks and pressed her lips to his.


The Breakfast club made it to the hotel after two and a half hours. The workers in the zoo would not allow Andrew and Allison to use the phone after seeing what Bender did on the camera. Claire realized that she either misplaced her wallet or someone pick pocketed it from her so they ended up using a operator but the operator did them no good. So without money the six walked in the pouring rain back to the hotel.

"There. Is. Water. In. My. Shoes." Andrew announced disgusted.

Bender snorted shoving Andrew to the side, "Quit being a girl sporto."

Andrew glared at Bender before turning to Allison and pulled her over to the side, "I'll see you tonight?"

Allison swung her feet around looking down at the ground before meeting Andrew's waiting eyes, "Maybe." Before leading the way to the elevator.

Milan smiled at the two happy that they were getting on well. Bender chewed on his gum obnoxiously winking at Brian who blushed and tugged Claire towards the elevator as well. Milan poked Brian's cheek and squealed seeing the magic dimple pop out causing Brian to laugh.

"Let's go," Milan offered pulling Brian along.

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Milan stripped out of her wet clothing leaving them on a pile on the floor, she grinned at the purple, pink, and orange colored bath bomb water. She turned to the ajar door and moved to poke her head out the door, "Brian?"

Brian glanced up at his name, "Yeah?"

Milan waved her finger to him, he frowned and hesitated before pushing himself off the computer chair. He stood at the door keeping his eyes trained on Milan's, "What's wrong?"

She pulled the door wide open showing herself to Brian. Red tinted his pale cheeks as he quickly turned his back to his girlfriend, "Jesus, Milan!"

Milan laughed at how polite and embarrassed Brian was. She tugged on the back of his shirt pulling him into the bathroom before closing and locking the door behind them. "Turn around."

"I-I can't." Brian whispered.

Milan wrapped her arms around Brian's waist, "It's okay blossom. You can look, I want you too."

Brian tilted his head backwards looking up at the ceiling before taking a deep breath and turned around. At first he kept his eyes on hers, noticing something in her two different eyes. He gulped as he trailed his eyes from her eyes to her lips, noticing the small beauty mark underneath the outline of her lips. His eyes went to her collarbones noticing that they poked out just a slight bit, her skin was soft as he carefully placed a hand on her bare upper arm caressing the skin. He took another harsh swallow as Brian's bright blue eyes began to look cloudy as he eyes set on her two large breasts, which seemed like he stared at for awhile which made Milan laugh. She held out her hand for the boy and he gave it to her with a blush on his cheeks, and he checked out the curve and her backside while her back was turned. Not only was he soaked from the rain but he pants felt a big tighter at the sight. Milan turned to him helping Brian undress, Brian kept his eyes on Milan's letting her undress him. As he stood in front of her in all of his glory, he smirked as Milan stared at a particular area.

"Your body is wonderland," Milan whispered pressing a kiss to his cheek.

Brian carefully climbed into the tub and Milan moved to sit against his back. She handed him a sponge as Brian questioned, "What is this stuff?"

Milan leaned against Brian's back feeling his skin against hers. Brian used the sponge against Milan's upper arms as she relaxed against his chest, the two sat in silence as Brian tried to memorize the shape of Milan's body against his. He never knew when this moment would happen again, he was still in shock that this was actually happening in the first place. "I wanna know you better," Brian whispered against Milan's hair.

Milan held a amused smile against her plump lips, "How?"

"I don't know I just do," Brian stated his signature lisp coming into play.

Milan turned around letting the colorful water float around as she faced her blossom. She wrapped her arms around Brian's neck catching his eyes, she pressed up against him studying him. Then she started trailing her fingers from his neck, to his chest, to his tummy and downwards. Milan watched with interest as Brian let out a gasp his eyes going wide. If he wanted to know her better, for all one knows...this might be a start.


A/N: WHAT IS GOING ON?! LOL, I hope you didn't think I was going to continue their little fun huh? (Not yet anyways) ;) How was this chapter? Was it alright? Either the next chapter or the one after (Probably the next chapter) will be the REAL drama. Like I said I'm back in college now and the load of work takes too much of my time so updates will return to back to every weekend or every other weekend. So please be patient with me. I will update 'Homeboy' sometime tomorrow far as updates go. So last but not least, tell me about this chapter...your thoughts - feelings - etc...see you all soon!

-ALovelyEccenricSoul xXx