Is My Young Life Over?

Carmen's POV

"I TOLD THE WITCH DOCTOR I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU! I TOLD THE WITCH DOCTOR I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU, AND THE WITCH DOCTOR, HE TOLD ME WHAT TO DO HE SAID THAT-"

"NOBODY CARES WHAT THE FUCKING WITCH DOCTOR SAID!" I scream at Blair and bitch slap her hard across the face. Blair whimpers in fear and cowers away from me while I have a demon look in my eye. The host club isn't taking customers today so Kyoya said we can do whatever we want as long as we don't break anything.

"SHE'LL BE COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN! SHE'LL BE COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN! SHE'LL BE-"

"SHE BETTER GET HER ASS AROUND THAT DAMN MOUNTAIN IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE SEND TO ARGENTINA IN A PLASTIC COFFIN!" Jacque screams at Rose and aims to punch her in the throat, but Rose dodges quickly and just in time.

'Huh, that was creative of Jacque. I haven't heard 'sent to Argentina in a plastic coffin' from anybody before.' I crack up on the outside.

Rose and Blair have been singing the most annoying and random songs for the past twenty minutes. And most of them are the ones you cannot get out of your head for days. Jacque and I have been trying to kill them for the past fifteen minutes and everyone else is doing their own thing. Hikaru and Kaoru are harassing Tamaki as per usual. Kyoya is typing away on his laptop. Hunny is eating a shitload of cake with Stef. Haruhi is probably wondering why she just didn't go home. Takashi is reading a book at the table with Kyoya. None of our American friends are here anymore, they all reluctantly returned to America after most of them being recruited for the army. Bassy's at home taking a long nap. He doesn't need to be here with all the insane stuff we're doing and saying. I don't want anything to rub off on him.

"I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE!" Blair starts singing loudly and I grin like a maniac and join her.

"MY OTHER BROTHERS CANNOT DENY!" We sing together happily with our hands wrapped around each other's hips and Jacque slams her head repeatedly against a table. Rose hollers out in laughter when we start jiggling our butts in the air.

"Work those assets!" Stef calls out while laughing loudly as well.

Suddenly, I'm on the floor, gagged and tied up. I twist my face to loosen the gag and eventually it falls off after me repeatedly doing this. "What the hell?" I look around in a daze and see Jacque standing over me with a truly evil glint in her eye. I shudder and feel Blair tremble in fear as she is lying next to me also gagged and tied up with rope that came from no-where. "Where did you get the rope?" I examine the rope thoughtfully and Jacque laughs evilly.

"From my secret stash." She replies simply with an evil voice.

Rose steps over, "You have a secret stash of rope?" She snorts and crosses her arms over her chest, "You have too much free time, sis."

Jacque turns her evil gaze over to Rose, "Would you like to join them on the floor?"

Rose backs away with her hands held up in front of her defensively, "No thanks, I'll shut up."

"That's what I thought." Jacque has a chilling smile and cringe away from her.

"MY PICKLE EATS BUNIONS!" Stef randomly yells at her table and I stare at her incredulously.

"That was one of the most random statements I've ever heard." I grin broadly, "I am so proud of you! I would hug you, but the evil dark queen over here has me tied up." I sigh over-dramatically.

"If you promise to not annoy me anymore, I'll let you go." Jacque crosses her arms under her chest and I nod in agreement. The thing she doesn't know that I managed to cross my fingers out of her sight.

She unties me but leaves Blair the way she was, "Mhhpm!" She exclaims through her gag and Jacque and I laugh mockingly at her.

"I love loopholes." I cackle and jump up on a table. "Roses are blue, violets are red, I will make you stay together with me with the power of glue, and I will duck tape your head." I say all poetic-like and everyone stares at me like I just grew three heads on the spot.

"Better watch out, Mori-senpai," Hikaru says and throws a worried glance at him.

"Your girlfriend is crazy." Kaoru finishes and I grin like a maniac. Takashi chuckles after looking up from his book.

I sing happily, "Thank you!…." I twirl around on the table and knock a few things off onto the floor. "The world would be quite boring without some crazy people thrown into the mix!" I laugh cheerfully then almost fall off the table when I see a familiar person walking into the building outside.

A mischievous grin graces its presence on my face as I turn around to face Jacque, "Darling, I believe that some person that is special to you has found us all the way from France." I say in a particular voice and I can tell Jacque's blood just ran cold throughout her body. She steps away from me in fear with a disbelieving expression written all over her face.

"No, it's not him. You're kidding around, trying to scare me." She tries to plead but I just shake my head at her in mock pity.

"Sorry, dear, it's him." I smile evilly like she had before to me when I was tied up on the ground. Oh, I just love when the world flips around and plays in your favor. Well, my favor actually.

"Who's 'him'?" Hikaru and Kaoru question curiously after seeing Jacque with such a fearful expression.

"Jacque's FIANCEE," Rose sighs dreamily and Blair leans on her for support.

"Fiancee?" Kyoya glances at Jacque with surprise and anger flashing through his dark eyes.

The triplets ignore Kyoya and continue gushing over the European hoty, "He is so fucking hot, it's not even funny!" Blair gushes and her face is in a deep red blush.

"Hot? Hell no! That guy is gorgeous! A sexy French god!" Stef protests then melts just like the rest of them.

I smile dreamily, "I have no idea why you don't like him so much, Jacque. He's romantic, beautiful, funny, and his body, oh god, don't even get me started on that." I moan and Takashi glances over me in what looks like envy in his eyes. "Oh don't worry, honey, I still love you." I skip over to him and kiss his cheek affectionately. He smiles and wraps his arm around my waist. All of the boyfriends stare unappreciatively at their girlfriends, but they ignore them and stay in dreamland.

Jacque begins to explain, "The reason why I don't like him is-" She's cut off when the doors open and the beautifulest thing to walk the Earth strolls in with an incredibly sexy smirk.

"Jacquelyn, my love, I came to see you again! Your mother told me that you had moved to Japan and attended school here with all your beautiful sisters!" That queues the four of us to blush and giggle like a bunch of girls. Well, mind you we are girls, but still.

"Pierre, you're such a flirt!" Rose giggles and lightly shoves his arm.

"Save all the compliments for Jacque." Blair smiles and laughs at Jacque who is trying to get away through a window, unsuccessfully, I might add because she takes one look at the drop and backs away.

Jacque turns around and starts, "Pierre, I'm sorry, but I did not expect you to be here right now, I'm just a bit surprised. If you don't mind, could you just stop by my house later and we can talk alone?" She straightens up and her expression turns from hesitant to serious, "We have a lot to talk about. I've made my decision during the time we've been apart, I know if I want to marry you or not."

I spit out the tea Haruhi just handed to me and stare at Jacque in shock, "Really?! You never told me!" I exclaim.

"I wasn't obliged to." Jacque replies curtly. "And you should know that since Pierre is here, Connor is going to be here soon as well." She adds in her business tone and glances at me out of the corner of her eye.

I rub my temples, "I know that, Jacquelyn, I just wanted to have some fun before he came."

"Who's Connor now?!" Hikaru exclaims in frustration.

My voice turns grave, "My fiancée and unlike Jacque, I have no choice in whether or not I marry him. It was in my parent's will that I have to marry him if my older brother was to step down or pass away." I cannot look at Takashi, but I know he has a hurt expression.

"So the two of you went out with Mori-senpai and Kyoya-senpai even though you were engaged already?" Haruhi clarifies in a no-nonsense tone.

"Yes, for me it all happened so fast. And, and, I just don't know what to do anymore." I choke and slap a hand over my mouth. My phone rings in my pocket and I angrily rip it out and open it harshly. I look at the caller ID and groan in aggravation. It's Connor, probably lost in the many buildings in Ouran. I open the phone and hold it up to my ear, "Hello?"

"Hello Carmen, could you direct me to the room and building you are in? I am out by a large rose garden maze." Connor speaks and I can hear his heavy footsteps falling and rising as he paces in agitation.

"Follow the pink posters that say 'The Host Club's Ball.' They should have arrows on them and lead up to the room I am in." I speak emotionlessly and fall onto a sofa behind me.

"Thank you, I will be up soon then escort you back to the limo where we can return to the mansion. Pierre and I are staying there until the weddings." I freeze and my eyes bulge out of their sockets.

"W-When is that?" I say breathlessly.

"In a few months, everything still needs to be planned, but we've had the date set for a while now. I am going to hang up now, I'll be up in a moment." I close my phone and Pierre is staring at me with sympathy.

"I'm sorry we didn't tell either of you." He apologizes sincerely and then turns to Jacque. "Jacquelyn, I am sorry, but you no longer have a choice whether or not we marry. I would have done this differently, but all of us are to be wed in a few months time." Jacque's face pales and she sinks down onto the sofa beside me.

Kyoya's head snaps up in shock and Takashi looks horrified.

"Carmen, Jacque?" Rose steps towards us and speaks softly.

"A few months? We only have a few months until we have to settle down and be forced to marry the man I don't love and have kids, and, and-" I choke and hot tears stream down my face. I bury my face in my hands in anguish.

"And we have to, this is the price of being wealthy, you don't always get what you want. Money does not create happiness." Jacque croaks and the doors open again to reveal my fiancée.

He walks briskly right over to me, "I apologize if this has misconvienced you, but it is what your late parents wanted for you and the company. So I believe that you should be more than happy to go through with this if it were to benefit both of our wealths." He hisses in my ear so low that only I can hear. To everyone else, Connor is a respectable and fair man, but he shows his true colors to me because I can see right through him at any time.

My head snaps up to be inches from his and my eyes are filled with rage, "I DON'T CARE ABOUT MONEY! I HATE IT! THE ONLY THING MONEY HAS DONE FOR ME IS TAKE AWAY MY PRECIOUS OLDER BROTHER! AND I DO NOT CARE WHAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER WANTED FOR ME! THEY'RE DEAD, AND I'M SICK AND TIRED OF STILL HIDING FROM THEM! I AM NOT THE REJECTED, ALONE LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE, CONNOR! DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT! I DO NOT BACK DOWN OR GIVE IN SO EASILY ANYMORE!" I explode at him then sprint at full speed out of the room.

'I can't do this! My life is over! I have to stop all of this!' I race at full speed down the hallways and out the doors to outside courtyard. I whip out my phone and call Selva. "Selva, I want you come and get me with the car and take me back to the house."

"Yes, miss." Selva replies respectively. She knows what is going on, but she is my maid. I hired her myself and I made her swear that she would protect me and never betray me in anyway, unless it somehow cost her life. I wouldn't make her go that far.

'I am going to stop this. I will not let Jacque and I marry the men we do not love. We have boyfriends, and I know Jacque cares about Kyoya, and I want to be with Takashi. Don't worry, little sis, I'll get us out of this.'

Selva drives us to me in the car and I climb in the second Connor and Takashi run out. I glance at Takashi and meet his eyes through the window. I give him a look that he understands. 'I will fix this.' He nods but he still has a worried expression. Connor is furious and yells and chases after the car as Selva drives away.

"Step on it, Selva, I want to get their quickly." I order and stare out the window as I think of what I will say to my 'parents' when I get there.


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Sorry it's been so long again, there's no WIFI at my mom's currently and that's really pissing me off so I can't update during the week. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!