A/N Ok so I've made up the background for Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, imagine that! Lol, anyways this chapter a mini flashback to what happened after the woods, his current status (?) and then what happens when he goes to Art, and onwards we go!
Chapter 13 Guys like you don't get girls like her
Seth;
I got back from the woods a little after half past four, I hated going inside because it was only a reminder but I had no other choice. I snapped the door shut and sat down at the wooden table, I had to laugh at the irony of it, tables like these usually signifyed food or a family, I had neither. I lay my head on the wood and thought about what the hell happened, believe it or not but I wasn't usually the guy that did that sort of thing, I don't really make a habit out of fucking random girls in the woods, and by the way she bolted, she wasn't the girl who made a habit out of fucking random guys in the woods. I had no idea how it happened, it just did. There was no denying it, no changing it and certainly no defending it, it was just something we (me and her) had to accept. I ran my hands through my two-tone hair, girls like Harmoni were fiction, she was the fantasy that guys like me dreamed of, she wasn't real. It was a mere fantasy, although it certainly didn't feel like it. As my eye flicked to what I was forced to call home, I couldn't help but cement the more obvious, her and me? I fantasy that I couldn't have and that was just another thing I had to accept. So I did the only thing a guy like me could do right now, I went back to the one place where she was mine, that bridge over looking the water. Everything about it was something I would remember for a lifetime. Her smooth porcelin skin, those pouty lips, the little whimper she tried to hide. Ego made me glow, I was the first, there may be more, there may not be, but I would always be the first. Shame pulled me back to reality, it should of been something she could remember without shame, instead she had in the woods with a guy she didn't know. I had no idea what the hell I was going to do when I faced her, maybe I should do the only thing I could do, be that jerk that everyone expected, it was better than her finding out the truth. Roman finally came down the hall, book in hand. He was an avid reader, it was the only thing he did, correction the only thing someone like him could do. He plopped down on the rotted bad smelling chair, there was only one and so far it was his. That was ok, I was either in my room or at school.
"Where did you go?" He looked up at me, in the three years we had been forced together, this was the most private he had ever gotten. Our exchanges were usually more neutral, hello, good-bye, good night, see you after school. We didn't ask about each others past, we didn't want to share so why ask.
"Just out"
"Out where?" Roman asked, his dark eyes boring me like a drill.
"To the beach, then the woods"
"Woods huh?" He let a smile fall into place, why did I get a bad feeling about this? I didn't say anything, I just let it hang in the air. He didn't say anything else about it and it grew silent and cold, it was always like that. "Food come yet Roman?"
"No Rollins"
He always called me that, it was like Seth was too hard to say, it was more personal I guess. Calling me by my first name said that we were friends, we weren't. We didn't hate each other, we were just two guys dealt the same crappy hand, two guys forced into the current situation.
"Whats on the menu tonight anyways Rollins?"
"Pork" I hated pork night, so did he. We didn't exactly get a choice of what it was, or how it was cooked. Food was delievered to us every night at five-ish, breakfast came at eight. Lunch was supplied, the little money the state provided was meant to stretch over everything else, basically in terms you can understand, Roman and me, were dirt poor orphans that didn't have anything, no money, no food, no choice. Being this down on the scale cemented the obvious, guys like me and Roman were never getting out of this town or this situation, guys like us were stuck like this, with no choice until we died, or until we decided to take the same way out as Dean Ambrose, I hated my life as it was, but suicide just wasn't an option for me. It went quiet again and my mind went back to Harmoni, and thats when Roman explained his smile.
"So who was she?"
"Who?"
"The girl in the woods, I saw you talking to her. Seemed pretty cosy"
"You were following me?" I could only hope he didn't see what happened, wasn't that sorta shit meant to be private? Excuse me if I didn't want him watching.
"No." He let out a sigh, "A little. Until I saw the chick with the rifle"
That explained the boom we heard and another reason as to why she could of bolted. I had no choice but to button up and get the hell out of there. "So who was she?" He asked again,
"Just a friend"
"Does she have a name?"
"Harmoni"
"She's pretty" Roman mused still boring those dark eyes at me, I didn't expect the little pit of jealousy pouring into my veins. Roman had never showed any interest in girls or boys for that matter, he tended to stick to himself, but seeing or hearing him rather talk about Harmoni, it made me want to throttle him. "I hope you're not interested in her Rollins"
"Why?" I finally looked at him, not liking where this was going.
"Girls like her never go for guys like us. Girls like that won't touch us with a ten foot barge pole"
I wanted to tell him he was wrong, the woods proved that but I bit my lip. He continued with what I guessed was his dose of reality. "We are bottom of the barrel, we're the guys that girls look at like we're shit scraped off their shoes. We are destined to have nothing and be nothing, girls like Harmoni are the girls we'll spend our lives wanting but never be able to have"
"Your wrong" I tried not to yell, but it was hard. Maybe he was right, maybe I would spend my time chasing after someone that would just turn around and leave the moment she realised who I was, or more to the point what I was.
This was the most intense and private conversation we had had, Roman had been in this situation longer than me, two months may seem like nothing, but thats still a two month lead on me. "Trust me Seth, I'm not wrong. On the scale, it goes rock bottom, fifty feet of shit and then us." It was the first time he had used my name, in his own weird and intense way, he was looking out for me. Weird, because I've never had someone do that before, as long as I could remember its been Seth Rollins looking after Seth Rollins.
He got up and put a hand on my shoulder, just as the dinner van showed up, "Guys like us don't get girls like her"
And to Art... Still with Seth...
She was late to Art, I didn't want to think it had something to do with me. Still couldn't help the thought though. She smiled at me but didn't say anything as she slipped into her seat. Living the way I had, I had learnt to read body language and facial expressions, right now she was nervous, very very nervous. I was wondering about the right move, it was probably the best choice to just hurt her now so she wouldn't have the chance to hurt me when she found out I was shit, to be frank. But when she looked at me and asked what I was drawing, those eyes a beautiful innocent and different green, I couldn't. Maybe Roman was wrong, maybe someone like me could have her, and if I was wrong at least I had given it a shot. Right? We talked about minor things and I each glance at the clock I noticed the time slipping by, I had to say something before it was too late.
"Harmoni, what are you doing on Friday?" Now I was nervous, stupid human emotion, wish I could turn off like Roman.
"Um nothing so far,"
Amazing smile, eyes lit up and if I could turn off like Roman I would of ripped her heart out just to save mine. I couldn't, despite everything against me so far, I really liked this girl. There was something, something I wish I could explain, something about her that made me think different about everything.
"Would you like to come with me to the movies, like a date" Yeah I had to say it like that, to be fair I ain't asked out a girl before nor had I fucked one, but here we are.
She let out a giggle and for a split second I was expecting an all out attack lamenating that Roman was right. Instead she looked to me, almost apologetic that she laughed. "Sorry, I've never been asked out before. Just weird" Harmoni shook her head and loose black strands fell away, I was still waiting for an answer and my breath wasn't coming until she had said something, even if it was no. "Sure, I'd love too"
Pure awesomeness right there, I couldn't explain it but right now I was the king of the world. She had said yes! Even the reality of how I was going to pay for this night didn't get me down,
Harmoni suddenly tensed up, "Wait no"
What the fuck? Seriously, can girls even do that? Apparently so.
"Oh no, not no to going out with you. Just no to the movies, I don't like cinemas," She shook her head not wanting to explain so I didn't push, breath held in my lungs again. "How bout we go to the Cliffs?"
I just looked at her, I had no idea what the hell that was but I had an idea.
"Your new in town, if there is anything worth seeing in this stupid town, its the Cliffs. Trust me you will love it"
I had a date, I didn't care where we went as long as it was a date and it was with her. "Sure, as long as you keep the hunting knife at home this time"
Harm let out that giggle again, the one that was making me want to jump on her, even I knew that wasn't the right move. "Deal but you have to kiss me again"
"Totally done"
Harmoni;
OMG! I cannot believed that happened! Seriously, according to Raven who had a very harsh take on reality at times, Seth had already gotten what he wanted, it was a matter of time before the whole school found out and I was branded like that stupid whore that I was forced to call my twin, I can't blame Raven, she had just finished seething about the latest torture Randy had pulled. I still couldn't wait to tell her and admittedly rub it in her face, Seth wanted a date and for right now, before reality kicked me in the face, I would be a very happy girl.
A/N How was that? Lol
