Chapter 12
Unthought
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own MI or any of the characters, those belong to Cassie. I do own all original ideas and concepts.
I'm back! First i'd like to thank all you wonderful people who reviewed last chapter. I had a really long week with the new semester starting so reading the reviews made me really happy. Thank you! Now i'm sorry this took a little bit longer than expected, my beta got sick and it was her birthday, plus this chapter had around three rewrites until I was satisfied with it. But here you go and hopefully you all like it. Enjoy!
Songs:
Mess I Made- Parachute (Final Scene-Alec)
Love Alone- Thriving Ivory (Magnus and Alec)
Trip- Hedley (Magnus)
Shattered-Trading Yesterday (Final Scene-Alec)
"Come on Alec. I'm not going to laugh at you," Magnus said as he swiveled around in his chair.
"Yeah you are. It just doesn't fit right," Alec complained from inside the bathroom.
"I'm sure it fits wonderfully. Now come on or we're going to be late."
"Like you care, you pride yourself on being fashionably late for everything."
Magnus grinned. "True." He looked down at a bright green painted fingernail, playing with it as he threw his feet up onto the desk. "But one look at you in that costume and I might forget about the party, and even I can't handle being that late."
"Do I hear you doubting your abilities?"
"What? I would never doubt my abilities. I am simply stating that I have the inability to restrain myself around you and…" Magnus's eyes darted towards the bathroom when he heard the door click open. His breath caught in his throat when he saw Alec. "…and damn."
"It looks okay?" Alec looked down at his costume wearily.
"Okay? You look amazing." Magnus trailed his eyes eagerly over Alec's tight black Batman costume. The material gripped Alec's lean muscles, accenting each curve and line perfectly. He had yet to put the mask on and it hung, neglected, in his left hand.
Magnus had grabbed the costume for Alec last week when they decided they were going as the Joker and Batman, and had grabbed that precise one for the images of Alec it conjured in his mind. But the real thing, well, it was so much better than the images. Magnus' imagination started running away with him as he examined how the material loved Alec in all the right places. The first thing he thought of was throwing Alec down on the bed and ravishing him, but he mustered enough strength to push that thought away and focus on the moment at hand.
Alec crossed his arms to hug his body self-consciously. A blush was appearing slowly on his pale skin as he looked at Magnus. He caught Alec's eyes trail him over and he grinned at receiving the exact effect he had been hoping for. Now he wondered what thoughts were running through that beautiful mind of Alec's. Good thoughts, Magnus hoped.
"Honestly?" Alec picked at the fabric.
Magnus threw his booted feet down, standing up to cross the room to stand in front of Alec. "Would I lie to you?"
Alec looked up from the suit, shaking his head.
"Exactly." He took Alec's hand, pulling it away from the material before he massaged a hole into it. "I thought you'd like it; black being your colour and all," Magnus teased.
"Hey!" Alec punched Magnus on the arm lightly.
Magnus made a melodramatic gasp as he threw his other hand to where Alec had hit him. He massaged his arm dramatically. "What are you hitting me for?"
"What are you teasing me for?"
"It's fun. Plus the look you get on your face is extremely amusing."
"What look?"
"That one." Magnus grinned at the flustered look on his boyfriend's face.
"I do not have a look."
"Yeah. You do." And Magnus couldn't resist it any longer. He laid a quick kiss on Alec's lips and when he pulled away the look was gone.
"Was that supposed to shut me up?" Alec crossed his arms over his chest.
"Yes."
"Jerk."
"Hey now, that's just being mean." Magnus placed a hand on his chest, faking extreme offence.
"Oh, just shut up." Alec leaned in, taking Magnus' lips with his. Yeah, Magnus had gotten used to this. Alec could shut him up any day. Alec threw his hands around Magnus's neck as Magnus snaked his arms around his waist, pulling him closer. The thin fabric covering Alec's body left nothing to Magnus' imagination and he let out a soft moan as Alec's tongue slipped between Magnus' lips.
Ever since the moment in the library, something had changed between them. There was a new passion that Magnus was seeing in Alec. He was taking initiative and he was doing things he hadn't done before. He felt like that day had pushed Alec forwards and maybe, one day, he could go even further. It was a step for Alec, having done what they did and despite the one unfortunate circumstance, it had been an amazing and beautiful step.
Alec's hand wrapped itself into his dyed green hair and an electric current pulsed through Magnus as he pulled softly. Magnus pulled Alec closer to him, his hands wanting nothing more than to lose the itchy fabric between his hands and Alec's skin. At that moment, he didn't care about anyone or anything else. He was lost in a perfect oblivion with Alec and he knew that he was all he wanted. Alec was what he had searched for his whole life, what he had been missing for ten years. He made him feel like he was the only one in the world and he had never felt as happy and as at peace as he did with Alec.
Magnus softened the kiss slowly, moving his lips down Alec's jaw line. As his lips sucked on the smooth skin a distant thought that had been prickling in his mind finally broke through.
"God damn it!"
"What?" Alec looked up at Magnus surprised.
"Now we're going to be late."
"Only fashionably." Alec smiled as he held up his mask to Magnus.
Magnus grabbed the mask from Alec's head, placing it on his head as he pulled it down over his eyes. "I told you I couldn't restrain myself around you. You were supposed to stop me."
"Oops. Must have slipped my mind somewhere between your lips on mine and mine on yours. Sorry."
"You should be. Now come on, before fashionably late turns into missing the whole party." Magnus took Alec's hands in his and led him towards the dorm door. Alec held his hand down the hallway as no one was left in the building but them, but as soon as they stepped outside his hand was gone, and Magnus' was left to get cold as they walked to the party.
"And then she told me that it wasn't me, it was her. Please, like I haven't heard that one before. Bitch."
Alec sat amongst a bunch of Magnus' friends and acquaintances as one of them discussed how his girlfriend had just broken up with him. Alec really couldn't care less what the man was saying but he listened anyway. Not that listening was easy when he was distracted by Magnus. Magnus sat across from him, looking just as marvelous as he always did. Alec tried not to be distracted but his mind kept wondering off to what they could have been doing if they weren't there.
What they could have been doing there if Alec wasn't so afraid.
Looking around at Magnus' friends and the others at the party he kept thinking, which ones would accept him? Who would be okay with it and who would hate him for it? He knew he shouldn't be thinking such things but he always did in public. It was so easy behind closed doors but when he went elsewhere, he was plagued with these thoughts. It didn't help that every time someone looked at him he thought they somehow knew about him. It was like a waking nightmare, like the ones that stick with you for days after you have them. He just wanted it to go away. He knew what he had to do but he didn't know how to do it.
Alec stole a quick glance at Magnus. It was how he typically did it. If he didn't act like he was closer to Magnus than he was then people might not think anything of it. He hated doing it but it eased his fears and it made sitting there easier. Looking at Magnus he wanted to sit next to him and take his hand or have Magnus' arm around his shoulders, but those thoughts were dreams. Dreams that he could make come true if he could break through the nightmares.
Alec's attention was sparked even more when he saw a man walking towards Magnus. He was dressed as the Mad Hatter, his costume just as colourful and eccentric an interpretation as Magnus' was. His eyes were a piercing blue and his features were chiseled, angular, and perfect. He was tall and moved with a graceful gait, closing the distance between himself and Magnus in a few short steps.
He leaned down to whisper in Magnus' ear. "Hey stranger."
A shocked smile crossed Magnus' face as he looked up at the man behind him. "William! What the hell are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until next week."
The guys went silent, turning their attention to Magnus and the Mad Hatter.
"I got in earlier than I expected. I figured I'd surprise you." The smile on his face spoke miles of arrogance and the look in his eyes as he looked at Magnus told Alec all he needed to know.
"Yeah, you did that. Well come on, sit down. It's been forever."
"I know." William took the empty seat next to Magnus which Alec was dreaming would have been his. "Too long." His eyes scanned the guys around him before dropping back on Magnus. "Going to introduce me?"
"Guys, this is William. William meet Ragnor, Joseph, Zach, Nathaniel, and Alec."
"It's nice to meet you all." His voice was low and Alec couldn't help but notice a tinge of arrogance in each syllable of his words. He already hated the guy and he hadn't even known him for a minute.
As Alec met William's eyes he felt a pang of jealousy and hatred whip through him. He saw instantly the way Magnus and William looked at each other and it only took him a second to know who William really was. There was a past between them and he could see it in the emotion that flashed through William's eyes and the connection that was more than highly visible. He was Magnus' ex-boyfriend. But he didn't care much about that fact. He cared more about why the hell he was there.
Alec met Magnus' gaze for a split second but he couldn't bring himself to look at him for any longer. He ripped his gaze away, trying as hard as he could to bury the anger that was about to explode within him. Why hadn't Magnus told him about this? If he had known his ex-boyfriend was coming shouldn't he have told Alec, given he was the present boyfriend? He knew that Magnus had had a boyfriend before Camille but he didn't talk about it a lot. He said they had left on good terms with each other, as was clearly obvious here, and that Magnus had learned a lot about himself from the relationship.
The whole situation more than pissed him off. The jealousy that flowed through him was electric and with each smile and laugh from William's mouth, Alec wanted to punch him in the face. He had never felt this way before, but in seeing William and the way he interacted with Magnus, Alec just wanted to leave. He also wanted an explanation from Magnus. He knew he should wait for an explanation before jumping to any conclusions but what he was seeing was explanation enough.
Alec knew William had given Magnus a public relationship, something Alec had yet to give him. William probably gave him everything he wanted from Alec, everything. Alec knew it was too damn good to be true.
"So William, what are you doing here?" Alec was snapped out of his angry mental thought process as Ragnor turned his attention to William. Alec looked at William, waiting for an answer. Yeah William, what are you doing here?
"Well, I just got back from a year in South Africa helping build schools for impoverished villages and I decided it was time I started school."
Well aren't you just a saint.
"I planned on going to Alicante for their English program but then I thought Idris would be better, so I came here."
Great, he's an English major. Could this get any worse?
"Africa, huh?" Ragnor asked curiously.
"Yeah, I got involved there through my Uncle. He works with Doctors without Borders. I did three months in China before that and South America after high school."
Yeah, it could get a lot worse. Thank you God. Thank you for playing cruel, cruel jokes on me, I really fucking appreciate it.
Ragnor continued to question William and within minutes, he was everyone's new best friend. Alec honestly couldn't find a single thing in him that was bad, despite the fact that Alec got the impression he was real full of himself, but you know, that impression could just be because Alec wanted to punch him in the face.
Alec drowned out the sounds around him, as he looked at Magnus. Magnus looked happy, which wasn't weird, but there was a different glow to his happiness. A different glow named William.
He caught each subtle movement that William made that screamed, 'He was mine once and I want him again'. The gentle brush of his hand down Magnus' thigh, or the soft whisper of his voice as he and Magnus shared secluded seconds. You'd have to blind to not see the way William looked at Magnus. He was like a goddamned lost puppy and it was sickening. Ex-boyfriend. Yeah, there was nothing that rang 'ex-boyfriend' in William's actions. Everything about his motions toward Magnus read, 'Let's ditch the 'ex' part and just be boyfriends.'
And god, did it piss Alec off. Who the hell was William to just barge in here and think he could get back with Magnus?
Oh yeah, the ex-boyfriend who has absolutely no idea Magnus is taken because you're too cowardly to say Magnus is yours. Which is why Magnus will probably leave your pathetic ass.
No he won't.
Please, who are you kidding? He won't wait forever Alec. Relationships do not last in closets, because one day you will run out of oxygen.
Shut up.
Just telling you what you already know. Don't be surprised if he leaves you for William.
...
Alec tried to snap himself out of his inner conscience battle by downing a discarded drink on the table. He didn't normally drink but at this moment in time the beer was exactly what he needed to calm his thoughts. He looked over at Magnus and William and slowly, he grew tired. Not tired physically, but tired of being around people and hiding something that at that moment was screaming to get out. He wanted to yell at William to back off his man, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Not even the alcohol gave him the courage to do it. God, he was pathetic. He honestly wouldn't be surprised if Magnus left him for the perfect, blue eyed wonder known as William.
Alec took a deep breath as he leaned over to Magnus. "Hey, I'm going to go."
Magnus looked at him surprised, probably because Alec hadn't spoken all night. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I'm tired and I have a essay to write tomorrow. I'll see you in the morning." Alec forced a small smile as he stood up. He started away but stopped when Magnus grabbed his arm. Alec turned to look down at him. He really wasn't in the mood for whatever he had to say.
"Do we need to talk."
"Yeah, we do."
Magnus' hand dropped away as Alec turned and left the party. He started back to his dorm in a dark, depressed mood mixed with a disappointment that he wasn't at least feeling the effects of the alcohol. He had to say it would have made him feel a little bit better until the morning.
We need to talk.
Yeah, they should have talked earlier. Magnus should have told Alec that William was coming to the school; it was kind of something you informed somebody of. Magnus couldn't just say Hey, this is William, my ex-boyfriend, and just expect Alec to not be pissed off. Magnus should have told him.
Alec put his key in the door, pushing the door open as it clicked. He pulled his mask off solemnly, letting it fall onto his desk. He looked around the room feeling a sudden need to sleep fall over him.
Yeah, they'd talk in the morning.
"So how have you been?"
"Good. Never been better really."
Magnus and William sat on one of the many benches that littered Idris campus. The party was still going, although it was slowly settling down. Magnus and William had chosen to leave so they could go talk and catch up.
They hadn't really stayed in touch since after high school and hadn't talked much since their break up three years ago. Their break up had been on good terms and they had both gone their separate ways and Magnus was okay with that. Magnus didn't have any feelings for him anymore and had no intention of getting back with him. Magnus had given William his number and they'd corresponded maybe a few times since high school, but they'd never done any more than that. There was some hurt and some history between them, which was why they hadn't stayed in touch as much. William had said that he loved Magnus and Magnus had failed to say it back. He had failed because he didn't know if he did, and he didn't know if he could. That had broken them and after that, it was hard to rebuild a friendship. They were still friends, but not to the potential that they could be.
He had seen the look in Alec's eyes when William had come in. Magnus had feared it, known it would probably happen and he had mentally slapped himself a million times for not telling Alec earlier, but he just didn't know how to bring it up. Hey, my ex-boyfriend's coming to this school now. Not likely. There was just no way to put it without making Alec angry. So he had put off telling Alec the same way he procrastinated everything else in his life, and when William had arrived earlier than was expected, Magnus was forced to inform Alec the way he didn't want to. After it happened he realized it was the worst possible way of telling him and he knew now that he had a lot of explaining to do. Yeah, I'm a fucking idiot, and Alec will make me fully aware of that in the morning. The problem was that by telling Alec his story with William, he was opening up a whole other topic he wasn't ready to talk about yet.
Magnus didn't still have feelings for William. He knew that and William knew that. They were just friends-almost brothers at one point-but when he put himself in Alec's shoes, he realized how it could come off differently than that.
"Is that so? Who is it?" William asked curiously.
Magnus looked up at him. William had stripped off the hat and the crazy red wig, and now his black hair was a mess on his head. His blue eyes burned into Magnus'. His eyes were a dark, endless blue, very much unlike the soft light blue of Alec's. William's eyes held experience and a dark past similar to Magnus' own while Alec's were innocent and waiting to experience. Magnus hadn't intended to compare their eyes, but their eyes were his favourite attribute on both of them, and the comparison was a subconscious thought.
"What makes you think it's somebody?"
"'Never been better.' You've only said those words once, and that was when you were with me. So who is he? Or she? Are you still going both ways?"
Magnus rolled his eyes at William. "It's a him."
"Oh, good. Women never looked good on you, especially that bloodsucking blonde. What's her name?"
"Camille," Magnus answered.
"Yeah, Camille. I always thought she was bitch. Thank God you left her."
"You barely knew her."
"Still a bitch. Now come on, spill." William cocked an eyebrow at Magnus as he waited patiently.
Magnus leaned back on the bench as he looked at William. He suddenly remembered the one thing he missed the most was how easy it was to talk to William. "It's Alec."
"What, that one who was giving me the evil eye all night?"
Magnus just looked at him.
"Yeah, that would explain a lot. Here I thought he was just envious of my impeccable good looks."
"I see your time away hasn't eased the size of your ego," Magnus said.
"This isn't ego, this is fact." William grinned as he pointed to himself. He dropped his hands to play with his top hat. "Speaking of ego and one's sparkly good self, you haven't made a single comment about how marvelous you are all night. What's going on? Is it the fact Alec won't go public?"
Magnus sighed, clasping his hands between his knees as his eyes explored the dirt beneath his feet. "You noticed that huh?" William nodded. "Yeah, it is, but I hate to admit it."
"Why do you hate to admit it?" He stopped playing with his hat as he waited to listen to his friend.
"Because I told him I'd wait." Magnus let out another breath as he straightened up. "He's scared of what everyone will think, and I understand, so I told him it's okay and we'll work it out at his pace, but…"
"But you're tired of waiting because you want the whole world to know he's yours." Magnus nodded. "Yeah, I've heard these words before." He paused. "What are you going to do?"
"What I told him I'd do. Wait."
"Magnus, you can't wait forever."
"I will for him." Magnus fidgeted with a loose piece of nail polish, pulling it off. He looked down at his hands before looking up to meet the familiar blue of William's eyes. "He reminds me of what it feels like to truly be happy. He makes me feel like I'm special and he's shown me a new beauty to life. He makes me laugh, and smile, and cry, and he frustrates the hell out of me sometimes, but I feel like he's everything I need. He's breaking down my walls faster than I can rebuild them. He's touched a part of my heart and myself that no one's touched, and I'm falling head first for him. I'm letting myself go for him and I don't care." Magnus paused, letting what he just said sink in. "He's worth waiting for William. As much as it pains me to be ignored in public and treated almost like I don't exist I know he'll come out one day. When he does I'll be waiting and it won't hurt anymore."
"Are you sure Magnus?"
"I've never been more sure of anything in my life."
"Then just promise me something."
"What?"
"If he does come out and that pain goes away, don't get hurt by him otherwise."
"William…"
William cut him off. "Please. You've been hurt enough already by people you've loved, and I couldn't bare for you to get hurt again. Just promise me you won't."
"I won't."
Alec looked at himself in the mirror, his thoughts battling with his heart. His thoughts told him that William still liked Magnus and Magnus liked William while his heart told him Magnus didn't. His thoughts told him to run and they were corrupt with anger, while his heart told him to stay and let Magnus explain.
Alec was hurting. Seeing William that night had been tough, but seeing him in their European History class that day had been the icing on the cake. He saw the way he interacted with Magnus and he saw something different in Magnus's eyes when he was talking with William. He saw what looked like love, or a version of it. He saw Magnus with William, public relationship and all. The jealousy he had felt the night before was just a flame compared to the fire that burned inside of him now. William was everything Alec wasn't and he could give Magnus everything Alec couldn't. The jealousy overrode the anger within him but the jealousy just helped to fuel it.
Alec hadn't been able to muster up the ability to speak to Magnus yet. He had tried to bring himself to do it, but he was afraid he's say something he'd regret. He always did when it came to stuff like this. But, he knew he had to talk to Magnus. The tension between them was going to burst and if it didn't burst first, then the emotions in Alec would.
Alec took a deep breath before leaving the bathroom. He stopped when he saw Magnus standing there, waiting for him.
"Alec, we need to talk."
"I know." Alec looked up to meet Magnus' gaze. He tried to rein in the emotions flooding him but he knew before he even opened his mouth that this wasn't going to end well. Everything he wanted to say wasn't nice and everything he was thinking wasn't good. He was a fool to think Magnus would actually like him. He'd leave him for William, it was as simple as that. Alec took a deep breath. "I know he was your boyfriend."
"I figured as much."
"Were you planning on telling me that he was coming or was that your plan all along?" Ok, everything was going smoothly so far.
"I planned on telling you. I just didn't know how."
"You didn't know how?"
Magnus nodded.
"You could have said, 'Hey Alec, I just thought you should know my ex-boyfriend's coming to the school. Oh, and we're still really good friends but don't worry, the smiles and the eyes that are looking me up and down don't mean anything.' That would have sufficed." And there it was. He had said what he meant even if he shouldn't have. He saw the hurt that flashed through Magnus' eyes and instantly regretted what he had said. But only for a second, because within the lapse of that flash, his anger had ignited inside of him. Yeah, that would have sufficed.
"You know, this is exactly how I knew you'd react."
"Yeah, and how is that?"
"Jealous and irrational. Given that, you need to know that it wasn't exactly an easy thing to tell you."
"Sounds pretty easy to me." Alec crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's not Alec. Look, he contacted me two weeks ago and said he was coming. I haven't spoken to him in two years and I didn't expect him to show last night. He came early and I didn't have the time to tell you. I don't understand why you're making such a big deal about this. He's just a friend, nothing more."
"Oh please, I can see the way he looks at you. He still likes you. Hell, he probably loves you. I may be new to this but I'm not blind and neither am I stupid." And there was the jealousy, kicking in like a shot of whiskey.
"Alec, he doesn't…" Alec could hear the anger rising in Magnus' voice.
"Don't play dumb Magnus. He didn't just come to Idris for the English program, he came because of you. Anyone could see that."
"Goddamn it Alec!" Magnus snapped. "What the hell is your problem? He means nothing to me."
"He gave you everything you wanted didn't he? A public relationship. I know you want it Magnus. I see it in your eyes when we're in public, how it hurts you. You say you'll wait for me but how can I expect you to wait when you've got someone right there ready to give you everything you want." He scoffed. "I should have known this was too good to be true." Alec turned his back on Magnus. "You love him so you'll go back to him."
"Love him? Seriously Alec? Haven't we already had this damn conversation? I know you're scared and all but this is fucking ridiculous. You're being completely irrational."
"Am I?"
"Yes. You haven't once stopped to even let me explain, and instead you're jumping to conclusions about what I feel and about what I'm going to do. I know you're jealous Alec but I honestly thought you knew me better than that." Magnus let out an exasperated breath. "You are so wrapped up in your fears that you have become completely blind to the truth that is standing right in front of you. I don't love him Alec. I want to be with you. I've wanted nothing but you from the beginning. This isn't some fling to me Alec. This is so much more than that. I have given you pieces of myself no one has ever seen before. I have given you me Alec, because all I wanted was you. For once in my life I've had something that I never want to let go of, something that makes me finally feel alive. And that's you Alec. You. Not someone else. Can you not see that?"
Alec turned around slowly. "Magnus…"
"Forget it. I guess it's just too damn bad that this was too good to be true." Magnus turned around and Alec felt his heart break and shatter within his chest.
"Magnus, wait..."
Magnus turned around to look at Alec but when Alec couldn't form any other words Magnus just shook his head and left. He watched as Magnus walked away, the door closing loudly behind him as Alec felt his whole world fall away around him. This time it wasn't gone because he had Magnus, this time it was gone because he had lost Magnus.
What had he done?
He was an idiot. He was an idiot and he knew it. The best damn thing he had ever had in his life had just walked out the door and all because Alec had gotten jealous and angry and jumped to ridiculous conclusions. He had screwed up royally and Magnus would never forgive him for it. How could he? Alec was supposed to trust him and he had done everything but. He had thought the worst of Magnus and he had accused him of things that weren't true.
Alec backed up, feeling his back hit the wall. He took a deep breath, struggling with it as his lungs fought to reject it. He fell down to the ground as the world fell beneath him. He threw his head in his hands. He knew he should run after Magnus then and there as he kissed him and told him how much of an idiot he was and that he'd never do it again. That's how they did it in the movies and they all lived happily ever after. But this was real life and Alec couldn't just run after Magnus and tell him he was sorry and kiss him and tell him he was an idiot. Alec couldn't just tell the best thing that had ever walked through his door that he was sorry and honestly expect an apology.
If a heart could shatter, Alec's did at that moment. It shattered, and shattered, and shattered until the pieces weren't even recognizable. It wasn't a heart anymore, it wasn't even broken; it was nothing. Magnus was his everything and it had taken letting him walk away for Alec to notice that. Magnus was more than just a stolen kiss in a dark library, or a friend, he was a man that Alec had let his heart fall for. He was a man that Alec had given everything to without even realizing it.
He was a man that Alec was falling head over heels for, and he was a man that Alec wanted more than he wanted anything else.
Alec struggled to take in a deep breath.
Run after him Alec.
It's no use. I've apologized enough for being jealous. This overdid it.
He could take it.
He won't...he won't.
And so Alec sat there alone, thinking about the mess that he had just made of his life. His mother had always told him he needed to keep his emotions in check and think before he spoke, and he normally did, but something about this whole situation set him off. He was normally quiet and he kept his words to himself, but the way William looked at Magnus lit the jealousy inside of Alec and he just couldn't hold it back.
And now Magnus was gone.
And there was no chance he was coming back.
At least, Alec didn't expect him to.
Alright, so what did you guys think? I wanted to get you guys out a sugary sweet Valentine's Day chapter, but it just didn't work out that way in my plot line. Sorry. But hopefully this will suffice for now. Anyway, I will try and get the next chapter up sooner than this one was up, but I'll have to see how my life works out since my semester is ridiculously busy. But I will still make time to write, even if the updates aren't as quick. So bare with me. Anyway, let me know what you guys think. I'm curious. Thanks for reading. Until next time!
Be the change,
Amber