Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. I also do not own Eidolon Twilight Princess' Ocs.
Something had been bothering her for a week and a half. Lilly was into her second week at Gardenia Academy. The blonde's focus drifts away from her homework to a certain violet haired rich boy.
She felt her breath hitch, distracting her thoughts away from Robert by making a loud noise. She slams her book shut, making the thoughts go away.
"This isn't normal," Lilly pulls a stray strand out of her eyes, "I shouldn't be acting like this…especially around him. Just what the hell is wrong with me?"
She just had to get the bottom of what was going on with her. She was getting scared because of all the heart fluttering, tingling, and blushing. Lilly recalls the first night that something weird happen when he walk her back to the hotel she was staying at.
Stupid gentleman…he so didn't have to walk me there…
But a small smile forms on her face.
But it was sweet of him to remember that I was there…I didn't think he would.
"I just have to talk to someone," Lilly sits back in her desk chair, "but who? I could ask Channon."
That's when she realizes that Channon was that good with it came to boys making you blush and everything. The silly apple girl was oblivious to pretty much every pick up line the guys at dinner asked her.
"Maybe I should ask Jasmine," Lilly thinks out loud again.
No, she couldn't ask Jasmine. For one, it would be embarrassing. The very thought of what Jasmine might say to what Lilly would describe to her. Her former captain and closest friend would either make a face or probably laugh, saying she was delusional.
"Though Jazz hasn't had any luck knowing that Johnny is crushing on her badly," she giggles out loud.
Lilly sighs, opening back up her textbook.
Just who was she going to ask for advice?
"Ah hem," a voice behind her clears her throat.
Lilly turns to see her roommate Riana standing right behind her. The brunette just gives Lilly a straight look before crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"I can help you," Riana states, "I know what is wrong with you."
"Really? Oh thank you Ria, what is it? It's been bugging me all week!"
"You are crushing on Robert."
"I'm what?!" Lilly felt her heart stop for a second, falling out of her desk chair. Riana continues to stand where she is as Lilly stammers over her words, trying to find her footing again.
"You like Robert…as in more then a friend," Riana smiles.
Lilly stares at Riana, surprised. She feels her heart begin to race over the statement that was giving to her.
I…like Robert? I'm crushing on Robert?! But that doesn't make any sense! I mean, he's sweet and nice but…he's so…odd looking.
"Lilly?" Riana notice that the girl had gone into deep thought, tilting her head to the side.
"Huh?" She snaps to attention.
"Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," she stands up, dusting herself off.
"I'm serious about what I said," Riana sits down on Lilly's bed, "you're really crushing on him."
"I…" Lilly frowns, "I know. I heard you loud and clear." Lilly frowns, with her fingers twirling around the hem of her skirt, "but…I…I'm indifferent about it."
Riana studies Lilly before answering, "What makes you say that?"
"I'm…well…it's just…" Lilly stops talking. What was it that she was against having feelings for Robert?
"Lil," Riana takes Lilly's hand, "we all can tell that you do."
"Oh for the love of…" Lilly blushes, as Riana lets out a small giggle.
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about," Riana smiles, "and we all are not against it."
"What do you mean, as in 'we'?" Lilly looks back up at her friend, wondering how many people could tell she was crushing on the violet haired blader.
"I mean, I can tell and Jasmine can tell, so can Aléa," to which Lilly groans, grumbling, "but she's not going to kill you."
"I know," the blond sighs, "but she is so protective of those boys."
"She trusts you," the comment makes Lilly stare at Riana, "well she does and I know she would tell you herself but…right now, I'm telling you because you need to hear it for the first time."
"Anyone else?"
"The boys can."
"Oh gawd, I'm never going to hear the end of it!"
"They're not like that," Riana tries to console the poor girl, "they won't say a word. Oliver thinks its sweet and Johnny thinks it's funny that Robert can't tell…" the last comment makes Lilly puts her head on her desk.
"Of course he wouldn't tell that I am, Robert isn't like that – Wait a minute! You made me just admit that I am crushing on him!"
Riana giggles, "knew you would admit it."
"Yeah well…" Lilly sighs, "I'm still not a hundred percent sure. I mean, he's been so nice me and everything. I…I…" The look on Lilly's face makes Riana look worried.
"Don't think like that," Riana replies sternly, making Lilly's eyes stop watering.
"No, I just…okay so I have a crush on him. I…just…not fully ready to accept that I like Robert in that way," Lilly throws her hands up to Riana to wait until she was finish speaking, "I hate to rush into anything and there is a chance that he might not like me back."
Riana keeps her mouth shut.
It wasn't confirmed if Robert did admit that he liked Lilly.
The newest plot was to get the guys to harass him until he confesses. Usually that involved Johnny trying to out smart Robert into saying it out loud.
"Okay, you have a good point," Riana smiles, "but don't give up completely."
"I'm not," Lilly makes a face, "This is weird…I just admitted to liking Robert."
"Yeah it is weird," Riana gets a look, "what? He's odd looking."
Lilly doesn't say another word. Riana tells her that everything is going to be okay before the two girls decided to put boys aside for now in order to finish their homework. For the rest of the day, Lilly avoids Robert, just for the reason it was awkward when she started to walk towards him in the hallway only to backtrack and 'walk' back in the opposite direction. She tries real hard not to look suspicious but all of her friends were beginning to notice. Especially since a week had gone by.
"Jasmine?"
The dark haired beauty finds herself looking up from her textbook to see Robert's worried. Her amber blinks as he sits down.
"Do you have any idea where Lilly is?"
"Honestly? No clue."
Jasmine was told by Riana everything that had gone on a few days ago. In her mind, Jasmine was happy that Lilly was starting to like one of the Majestics. She was surprise to find that it was Robert at first, considering how very different the two were, but to see that Lilly was happy made all the difference to her.
Now she was stuck with a very confuse violet haired boy who was the reason behind Lilly's avoidance.
"I haven't been able to talk to her much," his eyes look back up to Jasmine, "is everything alright with her?"
"As far as I know," Jasmine wanted to chuckle but Robert honestly looked worried, "is something the matter?"
"She's been avoiding me."
Congrats, Captain Obvious.
"The only time I know she avoids everyone is when her studies are starting to eat at her," Jasmine gets a confused look.
"I wondered about that, she said something to me the other day when I finally got a hold of her."
So that's what Johnny was talking about the other day when he mention Robert pretty much all but kidnapped Lilly to ask her what was wrong.
"Something about helping a friend commit suicide and then murder?"
A stray giggle escapes Jasmine, making her stop a second before continuing. Robert just stares at the girl. He knew Jasmine to take something like this serious but the way she was acting, something was defiantly up.
"I'm sorry…" Jasmine coughs, "that's funny."
"Murder and suicide?"
"The way it doesn't make any sense is why it's funny," Jasmine stops, "Now then…she's probably hiding in one of the music rooms or outside somewhere."
"Thank you," He gets up but before he leaves, he asks another question.
"Jasmine?"
"Yes?"
"Is she…did I do something to make her upset with me?"
On the outside, Jasmine was completely calm and rational. But on the inside, it was a completely different matter.
No not at all you moron…she's falling for you and you have no clue! Aléa was right when it came to Robert and girls…he's completely daft!
"Quit worrying," Jasmine gives him a reassuring smile, "you did nothing wrong. It's Lilly. When something is bothering her, she does some odd things."
"Like avoiding everyone?"
"Yeah, it's nothing we've done. Just how she is," Jasmine shakes her head, "she has her own way of doing everything. I'm just surprised that she hasn't driven you up the wall yet."
"I don't think she's all that bad," He comments, making the British girl look at oddly, "I like her the way she is. She has this personality that just lights up a room."
Robert ignores the look that Jasmine was giving him as he leaves the library.
Oh…my…
Robert leaves the library, hastily searching the music rooms when he stops at the third one to peek inside. Lilly is sitting in one of the windows, reading a text book with her ear phones in.
He creeps inside the room, trying not to grab her attention.
By the time he reaches her, he removes her ear phones.
"Gah!" Lilly nearly swings her book at him, "Robert?!"
He catches her before she hits the floor. Lilly blushes, getting put back on her feet as Robert hands her music player.
"Thank you," she tosses it onto her school bag.
"Is everything okay?" He frowns, looking worried.
Lilly bites her lip. He was honestly concerned about her and she probably made him feel like she was avoiding him for a bad reason.
"No…I…," Lilly mumbles, trying to think of a good reason as to why she had been acting weird. The whole crush business was driving her up the wall, and really not helping her studying habits.
"Jasmine told me that you sometimes have trouble with your studies. Is there any particular class that you're struggling in?"
"Well," Lilly rubs the back of her head, "history isn't my best subject. I mean I get decent grades from my old classes back home but…" Her voice drifts as Robert picks up her bag and books.
"C'mon," He offers his arm.
"Uh where are we going?"
"Someplace quiet to study. I'll help you with history. It's one of my best subjects," he smiles at her, making her inwardly blush.
"You don't mind?"
Robert turns back to Lilly, "if I did, do you think I would have offer?"
"I…no you wouldn't. I'm sorry for being rude," Lilly fiddles with her hair, feeling horrible, "sorry for avoiding you. It's just I have to watch my grades or I lose my scholarship. I rather not lose it, even after all the trouble you went through to get me back into school in the first place."
"Apology accepted," Robert moves his hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, making her heart jump. Robert felt a tingle past from his fingers to her hair and back. He had never been this close to her before, even when she fell outside of the school that one day.
"Uh…well…"
"We should – "
"– better be going."
"Yes," Robert clears his throat, leading her out of the room, and finding a place to quietly study.
By the end of the third week, Lilly had ace her history exam, giving Robert a hug for helping her study. After her test, she heads back to her dorm room for some peace and quiet. Dinner was less awkward, especially since Robert was the one who met her there instead of the other way around.
"Lilly…Lilly…Lilly," her quiet time is interrupted by Enrique showing up at her door.
"What do you want?" She was getting annoyed. This was her time for relaxation and he was ruining it.
"I missed dinner."
"Okay, so go to the cafeteria. They'll give you something."
"I know," his blue eyes plead with her, "come with me."
"Excuse me?!"
"I don't want to go all by myself, please?" He begs, actually getting on his knees and folding his hands in front of him. Lilly groans, hoping no one was watching them.
"Oh fine!" Lilly sighs, leaving a note for Riana. Enrique waits until Lilly locks the door when he grabs her arm and drags her to the cafeteria.
"Go grab your tray," Lilly just grabs an apple from the fruit bin, "I'll wait."
Enrique goes up to the counter, ready to beg and plead to whoever was working to feed him. Lilly raises an eyebrow as she catches the sight of familiar strawberry blond curls, held back with a green bandana to keep the curls out of her sweet face as her apple green eyes finally met Enrique's. The blond froze, eyes widening in disbelief.
"Hi," Enrique just stood there, absolutely stunned by the girl's presence. He never saw a girl like the one in front of him at school. No one that beautiful should ever have to work in kitchen yet she was standing right in front of him.
"Did you miss dinner?"
"Huh?"
"Well, are you hungry?"
"Yeah," was all he could have escape from his mouth. Enrique watches as the girl busies herself on finding him food. His mind was beginning to work, thinking of ways to impress the beauty in front of him.
"So…" Enrique leans across the counter, "are you a – "
Channon looks up to hear Enrique talk, only to have the spoondale that she was holding hit him right in the nose. The poor boy falls backwards, landing on the titled floor with Lilly running up to the counter.
"Was I hit by an angel?"
"No, that would be Channon, the apple girl." Lilly just stands there, shaking her head at the boy.
"Did I hurt him?"
It wasn't until the next day that everyone came to realize that Enrique had sprained his nose. Only Lilly knew what exactly happen, only telling the others exactly what had happen when Enrique was out of the room.
While Johnny and Oliver poke fun at Enrique for epically failing at getting a girl to notice him, Robert turns to look at Lilly.
"You know you should have just left him there," Robert chuckles, making Lilly smile.
"I know but," Lilly tilts her head, giving a cute smile, "you would out one player for your team."
Robert felt his heart pump even faster at the look Lilly was giving him. The cute way she was smiling at him was making him catch his breath.
What is this that I'm feeling? What is wrong with me? Why am I finding that Lilly looks so...so...pretty?