A/N: I first of all must I say the reactions for the ending of the former chapter was just as I expected and the pleases for more I've received and almost received 100 reviews makes me proud of the story, it shows a certain interest in it and that's what makes me keep on with it.
Eugene couldn't believe he had seen and he was not to understate. Rapunzel always seem to be such a loyal girl and of course he had overreacted the time with Maximus, but this was totally different.
Maximus had not expected to be so down, it seemed like he had been hit by an mix of an avalanche and molten lava. He was cold sweeting from something that could seem to be too much alcohol harder than the beers the Party Community sold to the students. He walked slowly over to see what was going on with his roommate. Pascal meanwhile walked pass and saw Maximus with an expression more stressed than the time he saw him at the hospital after Eugene was involved in the accident. He stopped him by grabbing his shoulder. Maximus turned
"What's up Pascal?"
"What's with the worried expression on your face?" Pascal felt a little hurt when he saw Maximus giving him a look that could indicate that he seemed stupid or deaf.
"Haven't you heard the rumours that are flowing around students about Eugene and Rapunzel? I have never seen Eugene in so bad condition, the car accident is nothing compared to this, he looks like one who could commit suicide" Pascal stood speechless with eyes who looked like they were about to blow out of his head. Then his thoughts ran into an idea.
"Have you talked Alice since the party?"
"No, why?"
"Why don't we go check on and see how Rapunzel is about all this? Maybe she can help us settle things right, I'm sure she wants it back to how things were before more than anyone else" Maximus saw Pascal's point and nodded as they walked over to the girls room. Maximus knocked the door and Alice opened up, she embraced Maximus and kissed him and embraced Pascal before they walked and to say there were shocked at how terrible Rapunzel looked wouldn't be to underestimate things. She had eyes that seemed redder than molten lava just after a volcano had blown up or something like that. Rapunzel just looked at them and put her head down into the pillow. Alice looked like one, like Maximus with Eugene, who was about to get crazy from stress and out of ideas of what to do. She looked at the boys with a look of prayer to have a solution to the problem. Maximus nodded to Pascal who took her hand and led her outside the door. Maximus in the meantime started to talk to Rapunzel. Even though she didn't answered him at first he didn't stop until she gave him her full attention. He made her sit up while Alice was told what Pascal had in mind to get the problem solved. She found it a good idea trying to talk to Eugene about her. She knew that Eugene liked her very much and had his full trust and if she told him Rapunzel fell hurt, then he might wanted to try and talk to her. She walked over to his room and knocked the door. Eugene who lay on his bed and listen to Justin Timberlake's "My Love" only made him feel worse because he reminded him so much of Rapunzel, but he heard something suspicious, he turned down the volume and heard another knock. He walked over to open the door and was quite surprised to see Alice standing outside the door.
"Hello Alice. I'm sorry but Max isn't here right now, haven't seen him since he came back late" Alice walked by Eugene to see how they lived. Things had changed about how they kept it cleaner than the first time they had a visit from the girlfriend of his roommate.
"I actually wanted to talk to you" Eugene stood there with a confused look on his face. He seemed very curious as well.
"About Rapunzel" Eugene turned around a lay himself down.
"I don't have much to say about her except that I apparently wasn't good enough. If I were then she'd never have kissed that guy" Alice sat and heard at that sounded like a thousand complaints and there was need of drastic methods if he was to snap out of it. She therefore caught him by surprise as he felt a hand slapping his cheek. Eugene sat up and was too shocked to do anything, but finally let Alice get through to him. After that he stood up and walked over to her, Alice knew that she had just slapped him and therefore stepped back in fear of he might wanted to do something to her. She was a great friend to Eugene, but he had not been himself since party according to Maximus and she wasn't calmed down until he placed a hand on her shoulder and gave her a look of confidence.
"Sorry, I know you didn't mean anything evil with your slap, but don't make it a habit miss" Eugene gave a smirk as she giggled and nodded.
"Now, what is it with Rapunzel?" Alice told him how she had been since what happened and how she looked, a very ugly sight and Eugene was more than just shocked. He was furious at himself to doing such to a nice girl like Rapunzel. He had not lost his love for her, he was just afraid that she might have lost the love for him since what happened.
"I don't think you two could lose the love for each other Eugene. Please for her sake, go and talk to her" Eugene nodded and followed Alice out of his room and locked the door as he started to follow Alice to her room and became a little nervous before entering. Eugene looked at Alice nodding for him to get some privacy with the blonde girl. He sat down on her bed where she lay with her head into a pillow. When he put his hand on her shoulder, it was like the time stopped, as Rapunzel seemed to holding her breathe in disbelief. She turned her head around to see Eugene sitting at her bedside and smiled at her. She couldn't believe it; she got up of the bed and jumped onto him embracing him so hard. He gladly returned the embrace and she made clear eye contact and kissed him with passion and happiness.
When they parted Rapunzel embraced him again and cried onto his shoulder. Eugene pulled her closer to him and let her cry. She was in need of comfort and they weren't official broken up, so technically he was still her boyfriend.
"Easy Blondie, no need to cry anymore, I was a big jerk by not listen to you, sorry" Rapunzel looked up at him with a surprised expression on her face.
"Oh Eugene, I've felt so terrible, please tell me it's not over" Rapunzel sounded desperate and with pleading in her voice. Eugene seemed just as surprised at her pleading as she was by his apologize.
"Why would I end it? You're most beautiful girl I've ever known and I thought that what happened at the party was a sign that said I wasn't good enough for you" Eugene hung his head down, Rapunzel raised it on the chin with her fingers and kissed him with deep passion. It was obvious that they both were in a conflict of who weren't good enough for each other.
"I thought I was the one who weren't good enough for you after we didn't talk after that, but I promise you Eugene that I love you and you are the only one for me" she kissed his cheek. He put his hand to the spot she kissed and laid his hand on her cheek and kissed her forehead and smiled.
"Shall we say, we forget this incident and get back to dating my love?" Rapunzel embraced him and he took yes for his answer. He was happy that things were settled; their friends met them outside the door and when they saw they were holding hands Maximus and Alice embraced while Pascal cheered madly for them. They found it quite amusing to see how much the three of them had fought for Eugene and Rapunzel to get back together again.
They all went out for a nice drink. Eugene went up to order. He was the eldest of them and he was therefor the best to order, no one would reject him. He was getting ready for a beer as he got a soda for Rapunzel and Alice; they weren't much for hard drinks. Maximus had ordered double vodka while Pascal had ordered a gin. He was getting it all and sat down after the payment was taken care of. He sat there and as Maximus grabbed around Alice's hand, Pascal frowned a little while looking away in hope to just get away with it. He excused himself for a moment and took a sip of his drink and walked outside. The four friends looked at each other and saw hopeless at each other as Rapunzel stood up to go and talk with him. Eugene saw Rapunzel sending him a special look as he easily understood and walked out with her.
They saw Pascal sitting on a bench to himself with his hand to hold up his head while he didn't show a very happy look on his face. They looked doubtful, Eugene stepped one back for her to start, she was way better with talking to people according to himself even though his abilities on that was what made he and Rapunzel getting closer in the beginning. Rapunzel sat down beside Pascal and put her hand on his shoulder. He still looked forward like he hadn't noticed her arrival.
"Hey Pascal, are you alright?" Pascal then noticed her and knew he had to try and avoid the issue and neither was he in the mood to talk about his issue about being the only single in his group of friends.
"Me!? I'm totally fine, no problem with good old Pascal" Pascal ended his sarcastic response with a chuckle to try and change the mood and best possible avoid this at any cost.
"Pascal, this is clear to all of us that something is wrong, it's simple, we're your friends and you can tell us and maybe we can help you" Eugene felt like he needed to do something. Pascal knew he was right, they were his friends and they were always ready to help him if he needed it. He knew because Eugene helped him with the project when he didn't work along with Rapunzel.
"The girl named Erica that you might saw I had something for, texted me after the party and told me she wasn't interested in me anymore, in the meantime seeing you guys so tight, Max and Alice as well, it's kinda hard for me to accept it, I don't know why, but it just is" somehow they had the idea that it might be something like that, but to think Erica would ditch a nice guy like Pascal surprised them and they felt sorry for him, it was clear how much he liked her and he really hoped something bigger was up than just a normal high school crush. This time the old line "nice guys always finish last" really came out and didn't make it any easier for him. His special personality made him hard for him to get around girls. Pascal had earlier mentioned to Eugene and Maximus that he never had a girlfriend and it was irritating him a little. They sat and tried to cheer him up a little and assure him that he would find a nice girl sometime soon if he doesn't lost faith in himself and hope in life.
Sorry the lazy update. I needed to know how to end the chapter and therefor I used my own situation to illustrate Pascal's issues, I've had them a lot myself many times and it made a little easier to finish it. Hope to get 100 reviews after this chapter, to all those who review, you're so great.
