Heyo my looovely readers(almost wrote subscribers lol). Hope you all had a wonderful week! Sorry that this chapter was uploaded late. My brother got me sick and the medicine I had to take made me drowsy, I was fighting myself to stay awake and write but my eyelids got heavy and oml I'm sorry! Plus my life is just hell right now. I explain more on my Pirate Meet Princess chapter and honestly, I'm not in the mood to type that again or copy/paste anything so. OH, AND BTW I downloaded Grammarly(non-sponsored lol) so we'll see if it improves the quality of this chapter. Now I should probably respond to you guys' reviews.
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Anzlie(ch:10):
Thank you so much! An that's alright, everyone has different hobbies. I understand. I don't play many games often but I have a lot of games I love and play/replay(if story based) all the time(if I have free time because I tend to be super busy. Is Sims was running still since I last played, there would probably be great great grandkids I've never met.)
Fangurl DC(ch10):
Sorry? You don't have to be sorry for something like that... I'm very thankful that you feel that way but don't feel obligated to, okay? We're only human, right? Also I'm very sorry to hear that! I'm going through a stressful time too so I getcha! If you want someone to talk to I'm here. :) As for the story, it won't pass the first year of college so IF they stay together you won't be getting a wedding, not sorryyyy. And for your answer, that's fine. I used to be like that, its how I got into Markiplier and JSE and so on. But I love all the games you mentioned! Except Persona 5, never heard of it. :,D
Jelsa Lover 04(ch:10):Haha sorry if I shocked you too much! And thanks so very much, I'm happy you like it!
Now let's get the ball rolling!
Chapter: 11: Alone Together
Don't be nervous. Don't be nervous. You're just hanging out, right? No need to panic. She's just a human being. With gorgeous eyes. And silky soft hair. And perfect skin. And the most amazing laugh. And beautiful plum stained, totally kissable- Snap out of it, Jack. You can do this. You can do this. His index finger somehow found the strength to lift itself to the doorbell. He regretted allowing his skin to make contact with is as soon as he heard the loud cliche tone. I can't do this! He turned around and ran his fingers through his silver locks. He did his absolute best to control his breathing, shutting his eyes as tight as he possibly could to block out any distractions. Never in his life had a subconscious action become so increasingly difficult. What little progress he had made was immediately shattered into a billion pieces when he heard the door open.
"Hey," the familiar voice rested on his pale ears.
He took another deep breath before turning around and opening his eyes, "Hey, Elsa are you ready to..."
His sentence trailed off when he looked at her. Elsa was in a white lace cardigan that didn't do much to cover skin, seeing as under it was a black halter crop top. Her high-waisted daisy dukes didn't do much to cover her stomach but her grey leggings made sure not too much of her lower body was exposed. She finished off her look with black combat boots and a faux-leather purse that somehow strapped around her waist and thigh and the same time. She did say the cold never bothered her, anyway. Her platinum tresses returned to the french braid he knew so well. He had to do a double take, scratch that, a triple take. She looked amazing.
"You look amazing..."
A scarlet hue snuck it's way to her cheeks, "Thanks. Not bad yourself..."
"'Not bad myself'? A graphic T-shirt and a fake leather jacket from a thrift shop never made anyone a model but you look like you belong on the cover of a magazine!"
She let out a small giggle as her blush deepened, "Thank you. You rock that marked down accessory, anyway!"
With a hearty laugh, he lifted his arm, gesturing for her to take it and smiled. "Shall we, my dear dawned in dark colours?"
She giggled again and accepted his offer of an escort to the car, "We shall, my night in glistening pleather."
Tooth sat on the couch, a warm mug of peppermint tea in hand, the light of the television highlighting all the lovely features of her face. She was wrapped in a blanket and watching the movie 'Call Me By Your Name.' She had to read subtitles but in her opinion, it was worth it, since the film was going well. Her peace was disturbed when Aster came bounding into the room, on his way to the kitchen. After a few moments, he reemerged from the ajoined area made for preparation of food, a glass of orange juice in hand. He stood behind the couch and casually took a sip, taking a moment to catch a few seconds of whatever Tooth was watching this time. Simply, out of curiosity of course. After reading some vulgar and unnecessarily erotic dialogue he scowled and made a move to leave. He turned on his heel, then stopped.
"Tooth?"
"Yeah..." she responded, not taking her eyes off the screen for a moment.
"Where'd the annoying one run off to?"
"Who?" she lifted one eyebrow in utter confusion.
"Jack."
"Oh!" she grabbed the remote and paused her show so that she could make eye contact with Bunny(who she had just now realized looked like an actually bunny again), without missing anything, "He's out."
"Where could he have possibly gone at this hour? It's nine-thirty."
"Oh, it's some concert deal or whatever."
"A concert...?"
"Yeah, he took this chick, whats-her-name on a date."
Some of the colour ran from Aster's face, "A date?"
"Yeah... What's the problem..."
"It may have something to do with the fact that, I don't know, he's a guardian, love!"
At this point, Tooth had been stuffing her face with the popcorn she had set beside her. Her mouth full, and words barely audible, she managed, "Uh... So?"
"So, he can't be with a mortal, you bloody drongo!"
"Hey, no need to curse!"
Aster held the bridge of his nose with two fingers, "Bloody and drongo are not bloody curse words, ya 'ear?"
"I still don't like it. Besides, I don't see a problem, he wants to have a good time..."
"With a mortal-"
"So what, Bunny? C'mon, we were all adults when we died... Jack was only 18, let the kid live a little..."
"We're not going ta have a blue about this, not now... But know if this gets outta hand we all gotta have a talk, yeah?"
"Yeah."
The red, blue and violet lights shone in various places on the stage, showcasing each band member. The crowd's cheers only got louder as a stout man with a fedora and electric guitar walked to almost the very edge of the raised platform. He tipped the mic downwards and rested his lips on the very base of it.
In a deep low voice, he then said, "We're bringing back a classic for you tonight. This song is about how real Rock and Roll, will never leave you alone..."
People in the sea of people who knew what that meant, including Elsa, began screaming with knowing delight.
"Even if you really want it to! And sometimes you just end up Alone Together!"
More ecstatic scream erupted as the band suddenly began to play and the man, who Jack read online to be called "Patrick", began to sing.
I don't know where you're going
But do you got room for one more troubled soul!
I don't know where I'm going
But I don't think I'm coming home
And I said, I'll check in tomorrow if I don't wake up dead!
This is the road to ruin,
And we're starting at the end!
Say, "YEAH!"
Elsa jumped excitedly to the beat and sung along to the lyrics she clearly knew as well as the back of her hand. This made Jack smile. He loved seeing her so happy, such a shame she usually wasn't.
"Having a good time!" he shouted to be heard over the music.
"Yeah! The best time!" she shouted back after registering exactly what he said.
"Glad to hear!"
Silence fell over them for a few more minutes until the song was almost at the bridge until Elsa spoke again.
"This is my favourite song, by the way! In case you were wondering!" After a few more moments she added, "You probably weren't!"
"No, it's okay! Good to know!"
She headbanged to the rest of the song until the band stopped. Her favourite song, huh? They then began to play a different song Elsa told him was off the album "American Beauty/American Psycho" and after hearing a few notes and words, he remembered the song immediately. Even he sang along to this one.
I'll be honest as you left me
I miss your early morning company
If you get me
You are my favourite "what if"
You are my best "I'll never know"
An amused smirk played on Elsa's lips. "Somebody did their homework."
He laughed, "I think this one is my favourite!"
"Oh, I love this one too, I guess I just don't relate to it, ya know? I guess you do, huh?"
"I don't think so..."
"Oh."
It was the fourth of July!
You and I were
You and I were fire, fire, fireworks!
That went off too soon!
And I miss you in the June gloom too!
It was the fourth of July!
You and I were
You and I were fire, fire, fireworks!
I said I'd miss you, but I guess you'll never know
Where the bridges I have burned never really led back home
On the fourth of July.
The concert was wonderful; they both had an excellent time. After the music had concluded Elsa practically begged Jack to let her go spend money on band merch. In the end, she walked away with an autographed copy of the "Save Rock And Roll" album, a necklace with a fedora charm and a white shirt that had long black sleeves and the Fall Out Boy logo on it in a floral pattern. She even managed to get Jack to buy a hoodie with the phrase "Heavy metal rock my heart" from their song "Centuries" on it.
On their way home, Jack thought it would be a good idea to play Elsa's CD, to which Elsa eagerly agreed. It was roughly midnight and they had been driving down the freeway with Alone Together blaring from the car's speakers as they both sung along.
Let's be alone together!
We could stay young forever!
Screaming from the top of your lungs, lungs lungs
Say, "YEAH!"
Let's me alone together
We can stay young forever
We'll stay young, young, young, young, young
Elsa let a laugh escape her and Jack thought it was a good time to turn the music down a bit.
"Best. Night. Ever." Elsa laid back as much as she could in the front seat and breathed more than said.
Jack laughed a little, "I'm glad you had such a good time!"
"Are you kidding! Tonight was fucking amazing! Thank you..."
"You're welcome! We can have fun anytime," he took his eyes off the mostly clear road for a second to flash her a soft, genuine smile.
"Like... together?" she inquired softly.
A warm blush bathed his facial features in pure scarlet and he smiled to himself now. "Yeah. Sure, if you want."
"Maybe I was wrong about you..." he barely heard her say that, and go the feeling she wasn't even speaking to him.
"What?"
The seemed to have only just realized what she had said and stiffened a little. "N-nothing. Just forget it," she said coldly before turning away from him and gazing out of the window into the chilly October night.
He was confused, and was going to ask what had caused her mood to shift so drastically so suddenly, but decided against it. The rest of the drive was quiet and void of speech, nothing but the hum of the engine and soft sound of "Just One Yesterday" from the stereo occupying the silence.
After pulling up at the front of Elsa's house, Jack offered to walk her to her door. To that, she unbuckled her seatbelt, barely looked over her shoulder at him and gave a single nod. They both exited the vehicle and walked towards the chestnut doors. She stopped and placed her hand on the doorknob without a word or making eye contact with her company. He couldn't say goodbye like that.
"Hey..." he said, simply to get her attention.
She turned to him and he stiffened under her gaze. She looked void of emotion and just raised her eyebrows as a gesture meaning 'Yes, I'm listening.'
"If I said... or did anything that made you angry with me, just know I'm sorry, okay?"
Her look softened a bit and a small smile crept its way upon her lips. Then she spoke, "Don't worry, dummy, you didn't do anything. I'm just moody, it'll happen... Don't think it took away from tonight. I still had a great time and... I genuinely hope we can do this again sometime."
Her smile widened a small bit. What she did next shocked Jack to no end. She placed her hand on his forearm and tip-toed to place a soft gentle kiss on his cheek, that more-or-less ended up on the very corner of his lips. This immediately caused Jack to stiffen once again and his face to heat up.
Before she pulled away fully she smiled at her handy work, and almost whispered, as to not be too loud in his ear, "Thanks. You're a sweet guy... Goodnight, Jackson."
Without another word she turned on her heels and entered her home, giving him one last look with heated cheeks before gently closing the door.
EEEEEEEEEEEEE! Does that count as a first kiss? I think maybe it doessssss! And as you can see it is October in the story currently(sorry if the month doesn't line-up with when school starts, in my country school starts in September, for Americans its somewhere in August, right? Maybe?)
Also I tried a thing with how Bunny talks. If you watch ROTG you see that he doesn't just have an accent he also uses Australian slang like "bloody", "bromby", "mate", "ankle bitter", "chompers" and so on so I tried to get some Aussie slang in there. Blue means an argument or a fight and a Drongo is a fool or moron. Anyhow question of the day.
QOTD: I have original characters, okay. And a lot of you seem to like my writing style. But I'm also an illustrator. So I was wondering if after this story is done(maybe sometime at the end of the year since there's a lot to write still) if I made a free to read webcomic, would you guys read it?
So that's it for now! I'll see you lovely witchlings next week, this is Ocean, peacing out!~
