Chapter 9 - Part I

'Well this is my...er, home I suppose', Brooklyn admitted shyly as she opened the tanned door to her aparuite. Lysander walked in with a bit of a shocked look on his face.

'You live...in a suite? How can you afford one?' Lysander asked the purple haired girl as his eyes swept over the spacious apartment-like living area. Brooklyn took her purple designer boots off and crossed her arms, walking in the direction of the kitchen area.

'For your information, Lysander, I'm not poor. And besides that, my mother makes a decent living, but...

Then again, she got this suite half off considering she's renting out two separate apartment areas~', the girl admitted as she got a tall glass down from the cupboard and walked to the fridge, grabbing a huge bottle of root beer.

Setting them both on the island behind her, Brooklyn finally noticed Lysander's jade & golden orbs watching her every move, which made Brooklyn realize something.

Lysander is in my apartment.

Alone with me.

Suddenly becoming a tad nervous, Brooklyn quickly opened the bottle of Root beer, which started to fizz like a volcano errupting. Squealing in surprise, Brooklyn quickly grabbed the bottle and turned to the sink, where the fizz quietly drained from the bottle. Turning around hoping Lysander somehow hadn't watched that, to her surprised mind the silverette had moved from the other side of the island to right beside the glass cup on it, turning it in his hand as if it were some kind of kaleidoscope. But Brooklyn saw the way his mouth was uplifted into a smile, holding back laughter.

'I know you want to laugh, so you might as well let It out~', she retorted, her ruby orbs sending daggers his way, but he hadn't noticed. Lysander just chuckled and turned to walk to the sink to stand beside the purple haired girl, patting her head.

'Now now Brooklyn, I am not our dear friend Castiel. Oh no, I wouldn't dream of laughing at someone as intelligent as you', Lysander retorted himself with a hint of sarcasm, making Brooklyn punch him in the shoulder; Lysander's hand suddenly letting go of the glass cup. The cup fell out of his hands and quickly to the floor, smashing to a million pieces.

Good thing i'm wearing socks, Brooklyn thought as she quickly bent down to pick up the larger pieces of glass.

What a stupid mistake; Lysander had also bent down to pick the larger pieces up as well. Leaning forward, the two of them banging their heads against one another, making them stare at each other and burst out laughing.

'Haa! You're face! I didn't know you could look so surprised!'

'What about yourself? The way your eyes shone with shock!'

After picking up some of the pieces, Brooklyn reached for another one, but the piece accidently slipped from her grip, a cut replacing the glass.

'Ow ow ow! Mother of God! Holy shit that hurts!' she yelled as she held unto her finger.

Reaching out to help her, Lysander grabbed her hand and looked at her index finger, which was the one that got cut.

'Hmm...there's a bit of glass in there. Do you happen to have a first aid kit in here?' he asked as he stood up, offering his hand to Brooklyn, who eagerly took it.

'Uh yeah, I think so. In the bathroom maybe~' Brooklyn thought aloud as she started walking towards the bathroom, then suddenly stopped.

I'm going to the bathroom.

With Lysander.

Alone in my apartment.

This isn't good.

Bumping into the now stilled girl, Lysander gently turned Brooklyn around, curious.

'What? Did you forget where the bathroom is?' he teased. The brunette looked at the floor, a small blush coming to her face.

'It's...it's not that...'

'Well then what could it possibly~' Lysander started to say, but stopped when he figured it out. 'Brooklyn. I may be friends with Castiel, and we may like some of the same things, but that doesn't mean I'm him. I wouldn't ever force you to do anything you don't want to, and especially not in a bathroom! For heaven's sakes what do you take me for? A ra~' Lysander started to say again, but Brooklyn's un injured hand quickly went over his mouth. 'No no, let's not jump to conclusions. C'mon, I'll lead you to the bathroom then' Brooklyn said as the silverette nodded and Brooklyn turned around, going to the closest door to the right in the small hallway.

'Alright Brooklyn, that should be the last piece' Lysander spoke as the tweezers in his hand took out the smallest piece of glass from Brooklyn's index finger, then made its way to the trash can in the bathroom. 'Thank you Lysander...', Brooklyn said a bit frustrated. She could've taken out the pieces of glass by herself, even if it would've taken longer. Hearing Lysander sigh, Brooklyn looked at him as he took her finger and kissed it, making her look away with a pouting face on.

'Okay I'll just put a Band-Aid on, and then we can get to the real reason why I came over~' he said regretfully as he took a Band-Aid out from the first aid kit and carefully wrapped the silicon protection around Brooklyn's index finger.

'W-What do you mean by your 'real reason'?' she asked curiously, her dirty mind coming into play. Fortunately for her, Lysander wasn't like that.

'Well of course, to help you study! Or have you forgotten?' he smartly replied as he got up and brushed his dark pants off, walking out of the bathroom, a groaning Brooklyn following him to the living room where their books were set up...

'In which country is the Kimono the traditional Garment?'

'Japan'

'Correct~

What is the name of the colonel in the game, 'Clue'?

'Colonel Mustard'

'Correct~

What is 3*6*2?'

'Ah...139?'

'Brooklyn, math isn't your strong suit is it?' Lysander said for the billionth time, Brooklyn covering her face in her hands groaning.

If there was one thing she hated more than history, it was math.

'Never the less, we have to continue~

What is the name of one of Link's fairies in the Legend of Zelda?'

'Ughhhh I dunno! I've never played Legend of Zelda!' Brooklyn cried out in frustration.

'Try Navi stupid' a familiar sound chimed out of nowhere, making the purple haired girl shiver. Lysander had noticed this, so he moved from the couch across from the brunette to the one she was sitting on and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, hugging her.

Shocked, Brooklyn didn't know if she should struggle or not, but she knew by now that Lysander wasn't Castiel, so she just stood there quietly as Lysander comforted her. And, surprisingly, the purple haired girl did actually feel comforted.

'Thanks Lysander...again' Brooklyn said smiling as Lysander pulled away slowly, smiling back at her and continued to pester her with questions.

'Oh come on! They were having a moment!' a familiar blonde shrieked out of thin air, but this time Brooklyn wasn't frightened, because she knew she was crazy. And at that moment, she was crazy in a different way...

'All right students, go to an unoccupied desk and take yours seats. Brooklyn, sit here please' the grey haired bat said the next morning. It just so happened that Brooklyn wasn't the only one who had missed out on taking exams. Of course, she hadn't purposely skipped…

'Yes Principal' Brooklyn said with a gleeful expression, which was very rare for the girl. So rare that the principal was looking at her as if she were off her rocker. In a sense, of course.

Sitting down at the mahogany desk, Brooklyn tapped her pencil in anticipation and impatience, wanting to be finished with exams so that she could go to their family cottage. Her Grandma had a cottage near the Amoris Lake. It had been built by Brooklyn's great Grandfather and had stayed in the family, somehow. So that was where the ruby orbed girl was spending her holidays, and she was pretty excited about it. Unfortunately, because of yesterday, the purple haired girl hadn't had a chance to ask any of her friends if they were going to the lake as well, or somewhere else for that matter.

Sighing, Brooklyn's leg started twitching along with her pencil, impatient as always.

'Miss Brooklyn, I do hope you don't do that while writing the exam' the grey haired woman said, making Brooklyn automatically stop and put her pencil down, shaking her head.

The last person to enter the room was someone Brooklyn knew a bit too much. Smirking at Castiel's angered appearance, Brooklyn watched as he went to sit in the desk diagonally across from hers, smirking at his back.

'All right, now that the miscreant has arrived, you may flip your exams over and start completing them. You have an hour to finish this.

Goodluck~' the principal said as she pat Mr. Faraize on the shoulder before leaving the room, Mr. Faraize walking to the desk to read his book.

Finishing the exam within the first half hour felt amazing to the ruby orbed girl as she walked away from the school, happy she wouldn't have to see it for two months or so.

'Aaaaah~

Now time to pack last minute stuff and off to the lake!' Brooklyn said to herself gleefully, feeling excited about the break.

'Ahh so that's where you're going for the break hey Brookie? Why, I might just join you there. Your mother wouldn't mind this time would she?' Castiel's voice whispered into her ear tickling it as she turned to face him and slapped him across the face.

'OOOOOOH NO! You are definitely not coming to the lake with us Cassie! Definitely NOT!' she huffed out angrily as she stepped back from Castiel who had his hands in front of himself, readying to grab her.

Suddenly a blonde figure with a blue galaxy cape came in front of Brooklyn, making the girl stop to stare up at the familiar blonde.

'Ah, I see the studying paid off! And there were much more questions about LOZ then you thought hey? You should've studied with me!' the girl said grinning as she stopped to glare at Castiel.

'Shoo vermin. Brooklyn and I have to go swim suit shopping!' the blonde spat at Castiel as she grabbed Brooklyn's hand and flew into the sky like superman..

Or well in this case,

Superwoman.

'You're nuts lady! I can't wear any of this! They're too revealing! I'll look like a whore!' Brooklyn started complaining as the blonde went from rack to rack in Leigh's shop, searching to find the perfect swim suit for Brooklyn. It couldn't be too revealing, but it had to be PERFECTLY revealing.

'Ah, what about this one?' the blonde asked the brunette, holding up a cute pink two piecer which had sea horses in the white trim which was just underneath where her boobs ended and stomach began. It would hang on the girls' body with spaghetti straps and came with a black or white shawl to either hang around her shoulders to protect her skin, or around her waist to walk around.

Brooklyn gagged.

'Nu uh. No way am I wearing anything pink' she replied as she crossed her arms, making the blondes cheeks puff out in irritation, but never the less go off to a different rack.

Following the crazed blue orbed girl, Brooklyn realized something she should've probably asked her again a while ago.

'Listen chick. I'm not agreeing to getting ANYTHING if I don't at least know your name~

AND why you're trying to set me up in awkward situations~'.

'Ooohhhh you don't know my name yet?

Funny. I thought I told you a while ago~

Or well, you should've figured it out a while ago' the blonde said giggling as she held up the bathing suit she was hiding.

This one was a purple two piercer with white strings holding it in a few places that it REALLY needed support. Not to mention that in the middle, there was nothing but a small ring with two beads going downwards to hold the top together.

Brooklyn sighed and face palmed, regretting ever meeting this chick.

'Fine fine. If you tell me your name right now, I'll buy this one alright?' she blaintedly agreed, regretting the minute those words came out of her mouth. The blonde grinned with full on cheerfulness.

'Oh alright! My name's Haley! You can call me Hal~

I uh...

Well I'm the one directing this whole shin dig, if you get my drift~' Hal admitted swiftly, then continued to shoving the swim suit into Brooklyn's face.

'All right...

Hal.

And no I don't get what you mean by that.

Want to explain some more?~' Brooklyn said glaring at her, but Hal didn't pay her any mind.

'Now now a deals a deal. A trade for a trade. A question for an answer.

I played my one part, now you play yours~

Go try that hot baby out!' Hal said as she shoved Brooklyn into the change room, making the ruby orbed girl forever regretting meeting this crazy blonde chick.

This is why I don't like blondes.

They're too demanding'

Brooklyn thought as she began to obey for once in her life.