Cuts Heal, Bruises Fade
Summary: They both know this is going to end badly, and they don't care.
Pairing from last chapter: Percy/Piper, mentioned Percy/Annabeth
Note: Sorry this was up so late. Got unexpectedly grounded.
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION: Go check out Faces of the Forbidden by yours truly, review it, and I'll love you forever.
25. Red Riding Hood and Her Affairs
There was once a girl; little Red, we'll call her. And we'll say she has red hair, because red cloaks are in no way related to this story. Little Red, however, had hair of the brightest red and eyes that shined like emeralds. She is naïve and that is what breaks her. Or what will.
If you are imagining there is a girl, so there must be a boy. And there was a boy. He was a rosepetals and iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou type boy. He was a gentleman. And that is why he is a monster.
. . .
They meet at a coffee shop in November. It is cold and snowing outside and she doesn't have a scarf so he gives her his. He offers to buy her something but she has more money than she knows what to do with, so she says no.
Little Red realizes she kind of recognizes him, the boy. "You're . . . you're . . . you're that guy! The one who painted my jeans!" she says, realizing she never caught his name those many years ago. He doesn't mind.
"Oh, yeah, that was me." He pauses for a moment, as if deciding what to say and how to say it. "You . . . um, wanna go on a date sometime?"
The girl mumbles something – the boy can only assume a yes – and blushes.
. . .
Slowly, slowly, the boy and girl become a couple. She paints things for him and his sonnets are inspired by her. He opens doors for her, carries her things, listens to her. She lets him call her at three in the morning to say iloveyou and doesn't hang up. For the moment, everything is perfect.
And that's how they know it isn't.
( london bridge is falling down, falling down. london bridge is— )
. . .
The boy and the girl, they know this is going to end badly.
( but isn't the fall half the fun? )
. . .
Hate to break it to you, but this is reality. Sorry to cut the fairy tale short. Disney is a liar. Hope we didn't ruin all your hopes and dreams.
. . .
The boy, well, he breaks Red's heart. He leaves her. She realizes the world of relationships isn't all rainbows and butterflies – it's just as bad as her teenage years. Maybe worse.
The girl, she's no longer naïve. She dates the boy's father and a screw you but also partly because she's had a crush on him, anyways.
. . .
There is a boy and there is a girl, and they chased away their happy ending.