The Master Plan

What Ville had said to her had made Destiny think. For two long weeks, she did nothing but sit in the room she now shared with Bam and devote hours to thinking over her relationship with Bam. Ville had noticed that she was unhappy. And while he wasn't interested in her in the way she would have liked, they had become close friends since their chat in the Pirate Bar, and she trusted his judgment. She knew what she needed to do.
She glanced up as the door opened and Bam walked in, sweaty and exhausted from skating with Novak.
"Hey baby." he said, walking over to where she sat on the bed and kissing her chastely on the lips.
"Hey." she replied, returning his kiss, but not looking into his beautiful blue eyes.
He seemed to notice how distant she was.
"Something on your mind?" he asked her, pulling his closet open.
She said nothing, merely watched as he pulled off his sweat-soaked Element t-shirt and threw it onto the floor, selecting a fresh HIM shirt and pulling it over his head. He glanced around at her.
"Babe?"
She started, jerked from her thoughts once more.
"Hmm?"
"I asked if there was something on your mind." he repeated.
She sat silently for a moment, contemplating how best to say what had to be said.
"Uh... Bam?"
He poked his head out from the bathroom where he had gone to freshen himself up.
"Yeah?"
"I think... I think maybe we rushed into this." she said hurriedly, all in one breath.
He merely stood and stared at her for a moment. He then let out a long sigh and walked back out into the bedroom, sitting on the bed beside her.
"I can't pretend I didn't see this coming." he said simply.
She looked up at him, surprised.
"What d'you mean?" she asked, eyebrows raised.
"Look, I know it was never me you wanted. And maybe it was selfish of me to make you rush into this. But I really like you, Des. You gotta understand that."
She nodded slowly.
"I do understand that Bam, and I really like you too. I... I'm just..."
"Not sure if I'm who you want." he finished for her, staring her directly in her big, brown eyes.
She nodded again, ashamed that she had to be the one to make him feel this way.
"I get it, Des. I see you and Ville together. And I know he was the one you came here for. I guess I just wanted to see if we could make it work."
"Under different circumstances, maybe it could have." she said quietly. "I'm so sorry, Bam."
He pulled her into a tight hug. She buried her face into his shoulder as the tears started to flow.
"Don't be sorry, Des. I just wanna see you happy. And we'll always be best friends."
Destiny looked up into his eyes and smiled.
"I know we will."
She stood up off the bed and smoothed down her short denim skirt, unsure of what to do next. Bam smacked her on the ass.
"What are you waiting for, princess? Go get your man!"

Watching her leave, Bam felt his heart break just a little bit. He had truly thought that he could make it work with Destiny. She was his dream girl. But he knew he could never compete with Ville for her affections. The dreamy Finn would win every time and Bam knew it. It made him sad, in a way. Ville was his best friend, and right now he was jealous enough to throw him out and tell him to piss off back to Finland. First Missy and now Destiny. It just wasn't fair the way that all of Bam's love interests always chose his exponentially better looking best friend.
Bam sighed and pulled himself up off his bed. The only thing he could think of to try and cure a broken heart was to torture Novak.
He made his way down towards Dreamseller's room, passing Ville's on the way. The door was slightly ajar and two voices could be heard coming from within. Bam leaned closer to the door in order to hear what was being said.
"Well, love, I did tell you he wasn't right for you. You did the right thing."
Bam's blood began to boil. He had known all along that Ville still harboured feelings for Destiny, but never in a million years had he dreamed that the devious bastard would sink so low as to intentionally get Des to break up with him.
And that was when Bam's Master Plan began to formulate.

Ville smiled. Destiny sat before him on his bed, telling him how she had taken his advice and ended things with Bam. A small part of him still felt guilty, but a larger a larger part of him was elated. Of course, he wasn't about to rush in, but in time he would confess his feelings. However, for the moment, he was content with being close friends with Destiny and getting to know her on a far more personal level.
She truly was the most beautiful woman he had ever met. Her brown eyes seemed to sparkle. Her pale skin was smooth. Her hair was shiny and the colours contrasted perfectly. Her lips were pink and perfectly rounded. She was perfection to him.
"So you're sure it was the right thing to do?" she asked him.
"Of course, darling. You weren't happy. You had to get out. You've been unhappy for long enough."
She was silent for a moment, seemingly contemplating his words.
"You're not just talking about Bam anymore, are you?" she asked, glancing into his green eyes.
He shook his head.
"No, love, I'm not. I know you've had a tough run."
She chuckled bitterly.
"You don't even know the half of it."
He shrugged.
"Maybe you should enlighten me sometime?"
"Sometime. But not today. Right now, I just need sleep. I'll see you in the morning, Mister Valo."
With that, she planted a light kiss on his cheek and then she was gone.

"Dude, you know what to do right?"
Bam was meticulously going over the details of the first stage of the plan he had formulated last night with his accomplice, a disheveled and naked Novak.
"Dude, do I look like a fuckin' retard?" Novak snorted, scratching his ass.
"Honestly? Yeah, you do. But if you fuck this up, I swear to God, I will fucking end you."
"Dude, why do you care so much?" Novak asked.
Bam shrugged.
"Just shut the fuck up and do as you're told or you're sleeping out in the tree-top casino tonight. Got it?"
Novak merely nodded and began to get into position. He slowly inched Destiny's door open, careful not to wake her, and waited for Bam's signal.
"Good morning, Valo." he heard his friend say from downstairs in the Pirate Bar.
This was it.

"No need to shout, Bam Bam, I'm just here. How are you this morning?"
Ville yawned and switched on the coffee maker, lighting a cigarette as he did so.
"Can't complain." Bam shrugged. "I'm livin' free an' easy again."
Ville nodded.
"So I heard. You're not upset?"
Bam shook his head.
"Nah. From what she said, I guess she wanted to play the field a little more."
Ville tried to hide the confused look on his face. Destiny had told him exactly what she had said to Bam, and he hadn't gotten that definition at all.
He jerked his head around as he heard Destiny's door open, expecting to see her gorgeous face any second. But instead, Novak made an appearance, naked and sleepy-looking.
"What the fuck were you doing in Destiny's room, you pervert?" he asked before he could stop himself.
Novak merely grinned and winked at him.
"Wow, she sure doesn't waste time." said Bam nonchalantly.
Ville remained silent, but his head was spinning. Surely not? Surely she didn't sleep with Nudie Novak, of all people?
"I can see why you wanted her so bad, dude." Novak said to Bam as he sat down and lit up a cigarette of his own. "She's a fuckin' wildcat!"
In spite of himself, Ville's jaw dropped open.
"Aw, whatsamatter Ville? Jealous?" he said, infuriating the Finn even more.
As he opened his mouth to reply, Destiny's door opened again. This time it was her that stepped out onto the landing and made her way downstairs, fully clothed and rubbing sleep from her eyes.
"Good morning fellas." she said brightly.
"Mornin'" said Bam, nodding in her general direction
"Wassup?" Novak said, slapping her on the ass.
She punched him in the arm and went about fixing breakfast. Nobody raised the subject of her and Novak, so Ville chose to ignore it as well. Even when they were finally alone together, he tried to act as normal as possible.

"Did you get any sleep last night?" Destiny asked Ville, who looked worn and tired as always.
"Not much." he replied simply. "You?"
"Oh, a bit. But, yeah, not a whole lot." she said evasively.
In truth, her sleep had been awful. The dreams had come back at full force and she rarely got a full night of uninterrupted sleep anymore.
Ville raised his eyebrows at her and took a sip of his coffee. She was a little confused at this gesture, but she let it pass.
However, as the hours passed Ville continued to be distant with her, giving short answers and not really seeming interested in what she had to say. She went to bed that night thoroughly confused. And people said women were strange creatures! Clearly, they had never met this particular man.