Chapter 7

'L-Lys~

Lys~

LYSANDER!' the purple haired girl said in between breaks as the silverette had started to pull her to him, locking her in place with nowhere to go but up.

'You have no idea how long I've awaited your presence, my lady~

Wondering about who this Brooklyn is that Cas talked so much about' Lysander said kissing the girls' jaw, leaving light as a feather kisses along her earlobe and then her face, making the ruby orbed girl shiver, but with what she didn't know.

'L-Lys could we stop for a sec~?', Brooklyn said as he slowly gave her room to breathe, smiling.

'Of course. But not for too long alright? You'll wake up soon~' Lysander said as he sat on his hunches, watching the girl as she settled her erratic heartbeat and her nerves. 'W-W-Wait.

Wake up? You mean...i'm dreaming?!' Brooklyn asked him making him laugh and lean towards her again, eyes set on her mouth...

Waking up to the Adventure Time Theme song as her alarm, Brooklyn gasped for air, feeling warm all over.

What the fuck kind of dream was that?!

Brooklyn thought as she swung her legs over the bed and padded over to the bathroom. The purple haired girl hadn't even remembered going to her apartment last night.

All she remembered was fading in and out of consciousness, sometimes in Lysander's arms, other times on the floor at Leigh's shop.

But why?

Brooklyn thought as she put on this new uniform/dress she had gotten. Rosalya had said that Leigh wanted Brooklyn to choose something that she normally wouldn't wear at his shop as a sign of thanks for bringing them back together again, so she did. The purple haired girl had picked a hand made one of a kind vested dress that ended just above the mid-thigh area. The vest was cropped off above where her stomach began and her chest area ended. It was black with a gold trim, a few buttons lining the vest, while the rest of the dress was a ruffled satin white. It was almost the same as Rosalya's, accept for the tie of course.

Grinning at her appearance, not used to wearing a dress, Brooklyn headed out with her purple boots, awaiting another crazy day at Sweet Amoris...

'Ah Brooklyn~

Just the girl I wanted to see', a familiar voice said from behind the purple haired girl as she was walking down the hallway to homeroom. Turning slightly, gripping her backpack, Brooklyn sighed annoyed.

Melody

'Hey Melody~

How goes it?' Brooklyn said as nicely as she could, a fake smile adorning her face. Brooklyn didn't like Melody. AT ALL. The girl found her annoying, a bit on the ugly side, and, well, she was friends with Nathaniel.

I mean, isn't that reason enough to dislike somebody?

Brooklyn thought as she looked at Melody, trying to hold in her grimace.

'Well, I was thinking of having a sleepover this weekend. In honour of the girl code, no boys will be allowed, and we'll all have a fun time!' Melody said to Brooklyn smiling cheerfully.

Could cheerfulness kill a person? If so, i'd be dead, Brooklyn thought as she fake smiled again.

'Ahh~

I don't know if i'll make it Melody.

See I might have a baseball game that day and~' Brooklyn started to say, but Melody interrupted her.

'So I was wondering if you'd pass out these invitations for me. Oh please Brooklyn? And make sure not to let Peggy know about this', Melody told her as she gave Brooklyn a few invitations, including one for herself.

Sighing in defeat, Brooklyn thought,
'Oh just this one time. But that's it...

'All right Melody, I'll go pass these out for you' the girl finally replied as she turned away from the annoying girl, happy to finally leave.

Walking down the hallways, Brooklyn spotted 2 of the girls she was supposed to hand out an invitation, and they flat out refused, making Brooklyn smile and tell them just to take it, but throw it away later if they didn't want to go. The two girls smiled at her and said they would, and that they should hang out sometime. Nodding to them, Brooklyn went on to find Rosalya, who was at the stairs as usual.

Now Melody had already asked Rosalya, but at the time Rosa didn't know if she could come or not, so Brooklyn just asked her if she could now and Rosa had stated she could, so Brooklyn would pass it on.

Next was Violette.

The purple haired girl found Violette in the usual spot at the Gardens, painting one of the flowers. The girl creeped up behind Violette and was amazed at the precision and detail that had gone into the painting.

Feeling a change in the atmosphere, Violette shifted so that she saw Brooklyn hovering over her head, so the girl smiled and put her hand on Violette's head.

'You're very talented Violette. It's beautiful~' Brooklyn said as Violette blushed.

'Ah, thank you Brooklyn. But I'm sure I'm no better than anyone else' Violette said as she started cleaning up, but noticed the papers in Brooklyn's hand. 'What are those?'

'These are invitations to Melody's sleep over party this weekend. Here~' Brooklyn said handing the purple haired girl one. Violette frowned and handed it back, but Brooklyn didn't accept it.

'I'm not going if you're not'.

Brooklyn blinked.

'What makes you think i'm not going?'

'Oh I don't know? Maybe the way that whenever Melody's brought up into a conversation, you start saying that she's so annoying and you end up switching the topic?' Violette replied, smiling. The ruby orbed girl groaned.

'Ugh! Fine fine i'll go. But I won't enjoy it~' she said irritated making Violette smile and put up her hand to hide her laughter, revealing a cute little stuffed animal. 'Awww I like your doll Violette!', Brooklyn replied pleasantly staring at it like a creep. Violette stopped smiling and quickly hid the doll behind her back shyly.

'P-Please don't tell anyone...

They'd make fun of me if they knew~' Violette said, Brooklyn instantly understood. Amber and her groupies.

'I promise I won't tell. It's not a big deal anyways though Violette' Brooklyn said, making Violette sigh out in relief, and then look up at the girl shyly.

'W-Well what if you got a doll too? That way I can bring my doll and the girl's will think we made a bet or something...okay?'

'Oooh okay! You should come with me to help me pick one out!' Brooklyn said happily as Violette blushed again, but happy now that she wouldn't be the only one with a doll…

After passing out all the invitations to the other girls on Melody's list, Brooklyn & Violette went to the dollar store and saw the long line of dolls that were available. Violette liked the bunny one, but Brooklyn had liked the dog one. Picking out the dog one, Brooklyn looked at the others and immediately put the dog one back. At the very end was one lone chibi doll of a girl with a shimmering ocean blue party dress with a galaxy cape and a mini kitty on her head. 'Awwww she's so cute!' Brooklyn squealed, revealing her truer self as Violette laughed and agreed with her. So Brooklyn got the chibi doll one, and made their way back to the school to finish up the classes...

The end of the week came fast, and so on the last day all the girls who Melody had invited followed the brunette out of the school and into a black limo. Looking from one to the other in confusion as to why they were taking a limo to Melody's, the hostess explained that driving home in a limo was much cooler than being stuffed in her family's jeep, which the girl's agreed with, however it was still strange.

Finally getting to Melody's house, the brunette told the girls to roam around freely and that the pop and juice were set out in her room. She explained where the bathrooms were and that they should immediately get changed into their pj's.

Brooklyn was the last to get out of the limo as she was trying to avoid not hearing Melody's shrill voice. As the purple haired girl got out with her Adventure Time blanket, a rough hand grasped her wrist, pulling her back towards the limo and up unto the roof of it.

Blinking, Brooklyn looked down to see that it was...

'Castiel?! What the hell are you doing driving a limo?!' Brooklyn yelled but was silenced by the red heads hand over her screaming mouth.

'Calm down! Relax alright? I heard that the girls were going to party tonight by Lysander's brother Leigh; Rosa told him. When he told me you were going to be there too, I just had to think of something to bomb-bard this party, don't you think so?' Castiel said grinning as he put both hands on either side of the girls' legs, trapping her to the roof. She could still climb up and go around, but...

'You are such a perv…

How old are you Cassie that you have to spy on a girls' slumber party? So you're going to come back with Leigh & L..

Lysander right? Well I'll see you in the windows creep.

And I'll be sure to entertain you~' Brooklyn replied sassily as she leaned down to kick his stomach, making him stumble backwards and leaving her an opening to jump off the roof and run towards Melody's door. 'I can't wait to see your jammies Princess!' Castiel yelled laughing as Brooklyn saw him get into the limo, her shutting the door to Melody's home.

I can't believe he even had the official limo drivers hat...
 Brooklyn thought laughing too as she went to get changed..

Walking out of the bathroom and padding down the hallway to Melody's room, Brooklyn balled up her Rosa dress & made a mental note to wash it once she got home. The purple haired girl was wearing a black t-shirt and panda pj bottoms with panda slippers, her blonde haired chibi doll in her right hand.

Coming into Melody's room, Brooklyn saw Rosa in her sexy-like purple & black night gown, Melody in her blue and white striped pajama top + bottom, Violette in her cute white tank & shorts, and the other girls in typical pj's.

Coming to put her stuff along with her blanket, Brooklyn sat on Melody's floor in the circle beside Violette and took a chip from one of the many bowls in the center of the circle. Brooklyn had heard Melody's panicked voice beforehand. Something to do with the snacks not being there...and then a slam of the door. Brooklyn had assumed Melody forgot the snacks or something, but they were there now.

'"Okay. First game of the night is Picnic. Everyone know how to play? Good. I'll start. ''I'm going on a Picnic and I'm bringing..."' Melody said starting the games up. Brooklyn got this game within an hour or so, her not being very good at games and all. But the other girls were laughing at her, and her at herself, so it was okay.

Somewhere around eleven pm, Brooklyn heard noises coming from the outside of Melody's room. Slightly turning her head, the purple haired girl could hear a familiar sound from the window.
Castiel's voice.
The boys have come, Brooklyn thought smiling as she voiced her opinion for one game in particular. 'How about we play truth or dare? That's always a good one'.

The other girls had nodded at this, but Melody and Violette seemed skeptical.

'Oh come on Melody! It's the best game ever to play at sleep overs!' one girl squealed.

'Yeah Violette, you can bring out your dark side and ask something naughty~'.

The girls had started peer pressuring the two, making Brooklyn a bit mad, but not so mad as to interfere. She wanted to play this game, not SOLELY to entertain the guys, but to learn more about the people she was going to school with too.

Finally after a few minutes of badgering, Melody gave in and asked one of the girls a truth/dare?, which the girl had taken dare. She had to run down to the bathroom and force herself to eat toothpaste, which wasn't too bad, but still a pretty good dare. The next one the girl had asked another girl truth/dare, and she had asked the typical, 'Who's your favourite guy in school and why?', to which the girl blushed and mentioned a guy Brooklyn hadn't heard of, stating that he was oblivious to everything, even her massive crush on him, to which the girls gave a dramatic, 'AWWWWWW!', too, and hoped that the girl had the courage to admit her feelings.

The night went on like this, till about one am, where it was finally Brooklyn's turn...

'Truth or dare Brooklyn?' Melody had asked the purple haired girl who hadn't even expected it. She was so absorbed in the other girls asking questions that she had completely forgotten that she herself could become involved in the game too. 'Uhh Uhh truth I guess' Brooklyn replied, hearing a snicker behind the window curtains. Brooklyn sneered at the window, knowing Castiel wouldn't see it, but still. Truth was better than a dare any day.

'Hmm...

This is an easy one.

Why do you hate Amber so much?' Melody asked her. It wasn't the question Brooklyn was expecting, but it was a good one none the less.

'Well she's a bitch for one~' she easily yelled out, making the girls start laughing, Melody start to frown, and Brooklyn swore she could hear the guys outside snicker. The ruby orbed girl smiled and went on. 'She's a whiny brat for two~

And the last one could be that her fashion sense stinks, she's a bully to my friends, and that she's a coward. Oh wait, that's more than one~' Brooklyn said in mock innocence as the girls' kept laughing. Even Melody smiled at that.

After Brooklyn's honest answer, the girls had kept badgering the poor purpled haired girl with questions.

'What's your favourite colour?'

'What's your favourite class?'

'Favourite family member?'

'Best club?'

'What do you do outside of school?'

'Favourite sport?~.'

It went on and on like that, until Rosalya held up her hands to silence the girls, and leaned forward to stare at Brooklyn, trying to make her nervous.

'Alright Brooklyn moment of truth. We all know your chummy with Castiel, was great friends with Kentin, but what about Lysander?

Which brings me to my actual question~

Who's YOUR favourite guy, and is he your crush?' Rosalya asked her still leaning forward.

You could cut the tension with a knife.

Brooklyn gulped and nervously looked from the window to the girls, to Violette, and then to Rosa, repeating the pattern.

'W-Well that's kind of an awkward question...

I...I guess it would have to be~' Brooklyn said but was interrupted by a groan outside. The girls had heard it too.

'Stay there girls. I'll check this out~' Melody had said starting to get up, when all of a sudden the lights went off and growls emitted the room. Brooklyn could hear the girls' screaming, while one was laughing and the other was sitting in a corner; you could see her silhouette because she was near the window under the moonlight.

Brooklyn didn't know where to go, so she ran to the direction that Melody's closet was. The ruby orbed girl opened it after finding the knob, and closed it, not letting anyone in even after all the protests outside of the door.

Finally after the seventh time someone tried entering the room, Brooklyn's hand went slack and the person opened and closed the closet door, locking it. Brooklyn blinked;

how did they know this closet locked?

'Don't say anything and I won't attack you~' a male voice whispered into Brooklyn's ear, making her shiver and say a hushed,
'Okay~'.
The male was quiet for a few minutes, and then spoke up again.

'Sorry to burst in like this Brooklyn, but I...

I didn't want to hear what you would have said~' the voice had said. The girl could feel his arms entrapping her on either side of her head, his breathes calm and even.

'Lysander?

Is...that you?' she asked him whispering still. She had never known these girls could make such noise in a home. Poor parents…

'Yeah it's me'.

'So it was you who led the attack then?' Brooklyn asked him smirking.

'Y-Yeah...

Like I said, I didn't want to~', Lysander started to say, but was cut off by a girl screaming to get into the closet, knocking Lysander's balance and falling unto Brooklyn. Shocked, Brooklyn noticed that now their shoes were flesh-to-flesh, Brooklyn's back against the small closet wall, Lysander an inch away from her face. His breathing now wasn't so even.

'L-Lysander?

Did...did you have a strange dream last night?

S-Sorry if this doesn't make sense' Brooklyn asked turning her head away, only to have it centered again by Lysander's hand making her look into his shining jade & gold orbs; she could see them even in the terrible lighting. They were like mirrors, reflecting the light from within.

'In Leigh's shop...?'

'Mannequins everywhere~'

'You and I~'

'With each other?'

Lysander nodded, but looked down at her thoughtfully.

'Scarily though, I don't know if that was actually a dream...or~'.

'Reality?' Brooklyn finished for him as he nodded, his lips mere centimeters away from hers. His shiny orbs looked down into hers, Brooklyn's shiny red ones looking up into his.

The silverette leaned down, closing in on the prey~'

Suddenly, the closet door opened, and Brooklyn only saw red before hearing a growl and feeling Lysander breathe hot against her lips, then not anywhere near her.

'You little bitch How could you?!'' Castiel roared as he was about to hit Lysander, who had his hands up.

'It's an invasion of privacy Castiel~

You knew it was wrong' Lysander replied, ducking as Castiel swung, making him grunt in disappointment. Suddenly, Leigh was in the room running to get in-between the two guys; Rosalya in tow behind him with the rest of the girls.

'Look guys, we can figure this out later okay? It's too early for this~

Let's go' Leigh commanded as he pushed both the guys towards the window, turning to give the girls an apologetic smile.

The girls had stayed where they were once the boys had left, shocked that that had happened. Finally, Melody had turned to Brooklyn with complete anger and disappointment.

'You know, Nathaniel was the one who told me to invite you to this. I told him I didn't want to, but he said that maybe a rebel like you could be tamed at a fun party like this, out of the way of boys and Amber. Of course it didn't work~' Melody blurted out, leaving the girls shocked. Brooklyn stared at her blankly.

'Hmm, still on truth huh? Well to be honest, I think you're an annoying girl who doesn't know how to take a hint when a guy dislikes her~' Brooklyn backhanded and crossed her arms, making the girls gasp and Melody stare at her wide eyed. The purple haired girl turned to grab her blanket, clothes, and backpack.

'I'll sleep at home. I know when I'm not wanted~' the petite girl replied as she headed to the window.

Before exiting, Brooklyn looked back at Melody with a smirk and said,

'And for my answer, I'd say Nathaniel, because he doesn't hide his feelings to a girl and if you hadn't heard, I have a thing for nerds' she replied sarcastically.

Laughing, Brooklyn swung her leg around to step on the branch of the tree the boys' were on earlier, throwing her stuff down and got ready to jump down when she heard Violette's voice.

'See Melody? Everyone enters from your window because it's a more hospitable area than your door'.

At that, Brooklyn laughed and jumped down, not afraid of getting some bruises.

Getting ready to feel the impact of grass on her fragile back, Brooklyn was shocked to instead feel steady hands gripping her upper back and legs. Realizing her eyes weren't open, Brooklyn opened them to see jade & golden orbs staring back at her, smiling.

'You called my lady?' Lysander said smiling as Brooklyn pushed away from him, but he kept his grip.

'Is that anyway to treat the person who just saved you from paralysis?' he retorted, shaking his head. The ruby orbed girl sighed;

'Can I just get my stuff?' she mumbled out as he knelt down and grabbed her clothes and blanket, Brooklyn grabbing her backpack and trying to get out of Lysander's grip, but he held unto her like there was nothing more important to him than her. Sighing, Brooklyn just held unto the bag as Lysander stood up again and started walking down the street. 'You can't walk to my house Lysander' Brooklyn stated the obvious, making him smile slightly.

'Oh no. We're not going to your house~

Leigh said that we'd have our own slumber party at our house.

Don't give me that face; Rosa will be there too' Lysander replied, making Brooklyn sigh in relief. She only wished Violette could be there too...

After a few blocks down the road, Brooklyn looked up at Lysander as he looked forward, a faint smile on his face to match his just-a-little-bit-flushed-face.

She had so many questions for him…

'Well this isn't fair~

You got to see me in my pajamas and listened to all my favourite things thanks to those nosy girls. And I don't know one thing about you besides having an older brother, you lose your stuff a lot, you wear Victorian era clothing, and you model for your brother for his fashion magazine~' the girl complained, crossing her arms. Lysander laughed;
'Well I didn't know all those things about you, though I did know quite a bit already thanks to Castiel~' Lysander replied, seeing Brooklyn's scowl making him laugh.
'Okay okay, when we get to my place, I'll tell you some things, considering you aren't nosy. I like that about you.

But you do ask a lot of questions.

How did Castiel put up with you for so long?' Lysander asked jokingly, Brooklyn swatted his chest with her bag as he kept walking in the street lamps lights, the moonlight caressing the two of them...

From across the street, a familiar red head and blonde haired male & female could be seen on a bench, lost in their own world. Not even noticing the man carrying the girl who complained about being carried...