Lip syncing and typing at the same time is definitely not my forte..

*finally stops singing along to Disney songs after several failed multitasking attempts*

Hi :3

Hahaha, it's the same here, Imagine Worlds, well, most of the time anyhoo. They're pretty soft on some days, letting kid's go home with a cold and all sorts :L

Thankyou Lolidge *blinks a bit because she finds winking impossible" ;) and Happy Half Term to you too, Emily! :D

I believe that's everything covered. Oh, wait, there's a couple of swearwords in here. I guess I should mention that :L

~nellen, who won't say she's in love with that one song from Hercules. No chance, no way, she won't say it, oh no!

*dances of into the distance with her choir of singing statues trailing behind*

xx

"So... Crow just.. He just left you? For.. Her?"

Luke's eyes were wide, as he sipped his hot chocolate and listened intently to the girl stretched out on his sofa.

"Mmhm," Arianna nodded, wiping her red eyes with her sleeve. She'd explained everything to him almost as soon as they got through the door, after changing out of her blazer and shirt (Luke had leant her an old jumper of his, which she wore over the top of her school tights).
The boy had made sure she was okay, before making himself comfortable on the floor by the fire.

They sat and made small talk not long after that, and it was almost as though they hadn't just run away from a chemistry lesson. They asked about relatives and friends and how they'd all been, and talked about the weather and school and things they'd watched on tv, until eventually, curiosity got the better of Luke, and he just had to ask.

"When.. When we were talking at school, you, uh, you said Crow had... What happened?"

"He cheated on me, that's what happened," the girl muttered, voice suddenly growing as cold as the wind they were talking about not even minutes earlier.
"Oh... B-but you said.."

"I haven't finished yet," she mumbled, fiddling with a strand of hair. "He'd been cheating the entire time, the whole fucking relationship. With Chantelle. Chantelle! And Chelsea! Two of them! I wouldn't have known if I hasn't caught the latter and him in a, shall we say, compromising position. We fought really bad that night, a... A lot of name calling and accusations. But you know what? I was stilling willing to try. We both calmed down, and we talked it through, and I confessed... Well, I, I told him about... And apparently that was just too much. I could forgive him for not one, but two slags, but he couldn't let go of one drunken mistake-"

Her friend on the floor winced slightly at the remark, but let her continue all the same.

"And he dumped me!" She sobbed, although she wasn't really quite sure when she'd started crying in the first place. "Called me some more names, then rang Chelsea up right in front of me and told he'd 'finally done it' and that they 'could finally be together in public."

"Well that's.. That's awful.. What a dickhead..." Luke frowned, reaching up to brush a hair from her face. "I should have known he would do something like that."
"Wh-what?"
"Well, even when we were friends, he was 'that guy'. Broke Jessica Cullot's heart in year four when he kissed Lauren Whatshername on the cheek."

"Oh I remember her, well, them! Where did they go in the end? They never came to our middle school did they?" Arianna asked, almost forgetting about the original conversation. It was weird how quickly she perked up again, considering she was so upset earlier, and Luke was curious about how she'd done it.
However, he decided it was better just to continue with the new topic, instead of setting her off again.

"They went to York didn't they? Oh, no, Jessica did. Her mum got a teaching job or something. Lauren's family moved to... Didn't they go to Sweden?"
"No... That was Patrick's wasn't it? Patrick... Patrick Fitzpatrick! You know! The one with the weird name?"

"Oh yeah! Ah, Patrick," Luke grinned, as the memories came flooding back. "Remember that time one of the other kids hid his shoes, and he was over the moon 'cause he could walk around in his socks all day?"
"Yes! Oh I loved Patrick! I wonder how he's doing now," the girl smiled, staring up at the ceiling. "Reckon he's passed his GCSEs yet?"
"Didn't he have redo one of his SATs papers in year two?" The boy laughed, rolling over to jab the fire with a poker, "he left all the answers completely blank, but drew giraffes on the pages he deemed appropriate."
"Poor kid," Arianna sighed, turning over to watch Luke jab the fire some more. "His comics were always really good, too. Hey, maybe that's why he was so bad at tests. Maybe he just decided to ditch common knowledge in exchange for artistic talent. Kinda like how Crow decided to ditch me for Chelsea..."

Damn, I thought we were making progress..

"B-but, but he doesn't have a clue what he's doing half the time! I mean come on, he left you for Chels. That's like selling your Audi and buying a Corsa." He butted in quickly, nearly facepalming at his chosen metaphor.

Of all the bloody comparisons to make..

"I'm an Audi? What's an Audi? I bet it's the shittiest car in the world, right?" The girl sniffed, pulling her blankets up to cover her face.
"No, it's an awesome car. Trust me, one of the best in the world. It's also a terrible metaphor, so how about this one instead? Leaving you, for Chelsea 'I'm wearing shorts I promise' Pence, would be like leaving Lana Del Rey for Taylor Swift," Luke explained, seemingly digging a bigger, more confusing hole than before.
"But Taylor Swift's so good looking!"

"Not really. Besides, she's gone out with more guys this year than I've had hot dinners. Whereas Lana, well, she's not 'good looking'. She's absolutely, totally one hundred percent gorgeous. She's unique, she's wonderful. She's-"

"Nothing like me then," Arianna mumbled, a mascara stained tear trickling down her cheek.

"Well, I suppose you're right," the boy replied with a shrug, sitting up beside the sofa.

Time to stop pretending. Just tell her the truth.

"You're nothing like her at all. You're not gorgeous. You're more than gorgeous. You, Arianna, you are the most beautiful girl in the world."