C H A R M I N G

“Crying isn’t like you.”

“I hope that you burn…“

“Nothing could be finer!”

“No, I got nothing to say.”

“You better be true to me.”

“You have torn it all apart.”

“You have ruined our lives.”

“I love you and I don’t want to.”

“I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

“I know that I’d die without you.”

“I’m here, nothing can harm you.”

“You have made my life complete.”

“You didn’t mean to say ‘I love you’.”

“But we’ll defy the rules until we die.”

“I try to speak, but nobody can hear.”

“Our hearts are too ruthless to break.”

“It’s not true… Tell me I’ve been lied to.”

“But I can’t help falling in love with you.”

“Will I ever be more than I’ve always been?“

“For my darling, I love you, and I always will.”

“You showed me feelings I’ve never felt before.”

“But they’re the ones that we’ll look down upon.”

“I can’t help but love you, even though I try not to.”

“I’d give anything to hear you say it one more time.”

“You taught me the courage of stars before you left.”

“And if we’re sinners, then it feels like heaven to me.”

“You’re safe, no one will find you. Your fears are far behind you.”

“And, now, how you’ve repaid me… denied me and betrayed me.”

“Be careful with that one, love, he will do what it takes to survive.”

The  books from that section  were  old   fashioned    and  battered in a hard leather cover, dust collected  everywhere as far as she could  see , making  her nose  tickle and her  eyes  watery  as reaction. The  loud  sneeze  puts  all  the attention  on her,  while  others  shushed her in  rush. An expected  reaction  from  desperate students during exams week,  but  it still made Snow’s press  her  lips together into a fine line. ‘Geez,  it's  just  a  sneeze’ she  thought  as  she  made  way  through  the  perfectly  aligned bookshelves and tables filled with students.

“ I don't  know  what's  worse,” she  said  as   she  pulled the chair  “   these  ancient    books or  the Ravenclaw wannabes.I just sneezed and it was as if I sinned.” the girl sighed as she sat, trying to keep voice low.” Alright,now tell me truth. Did you actually mean it when you say you 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 want my help to study? “

“If you ask me, we could’ve just found this stuff online and not dealt with the hassle of these stuck up ... er. “ He cut himself off before getting to the meat of his insult as he realised this wasn’t exactly the best time. 

“Besides the point, the last person I had helping me out hasn’t been around recently and I’m need of a new well, how you’d say ‘study assistant’. “ Chad spoke clearly but in a hushed tone to match the general vibe of the library. not wanting to witness another death glare from the people inhabiting the deathly quiet library. 

LOCATION: GYMNASIUM

Kim had been flat out all day, classes back to back since 8am, that was what happened when you did a double degree, signed up for more clubs than she had time for and ran the cheer squad. It was the latter that she had just finished for the day. Some of the others had already left, some were chatting amongst themselves. Kim was propped up against the wall stretching, the last thing she needed at the moment was an injury. 

She was off in her own little world, swinging her leg back and forth, up to touch her hand stretched in front of her and then back down, over and over before switching legs as if on autopilot. It was only when she swung her leg up, a fraction short of kicking someone in the face did she snap out of it.

“Oh my gosh I am so sorry.”

“No harm done, could’ve been much worse so don’t worry about it one bit.” the false-prince stated with a over confident grin spreading across his features, attempting to activate that ‘charm’ he was so known around campus for. aside from it just being in his name

“I can’t help but notice that you just seem so overworked, you really should relax every once in a while.” he added, his demeanour not changing one bit, this was just what chad was like on a regular basis, annoying as all hell.

Gabe chugged from his ridiculously big keep cup hanging from around his neck. He had purchased it at the carnival food stall over by the stage. It was shaped like a big slurpee cup in forest green, complete with an over the top bendy straw and lid. It had the university’s initials on it in Gold, S U. Originally it had only been filled with coke, however, Gabe had sneakily added Rum to the mix from his flask that he had hidden in his back pocket. At this stage it was more rum than coke. He ever so slightly stumbled into a clearing. He looked up, in the distance he saw it, the high striker. His eyes lit up, as did the machine’s lights. This was it, this was how he was going to impress the girls. He headed over to it, pulling his shirt off in the process. Picking up the hammer in his hand he turned, shouting “Ever seen such a man?” drawing in the person nearest to him.

“Only whenever I look in the mirror, but let’s see what you’ve got, see if you’re just all talk!” he added a small chuckle to his words, to show that he was taunting and not being serious - better to play it safe than to risk anything. 

now diverting all of his attention to the other over-confident man, Chad took a sip from a plastic cup he’d picked up at some point during the carnival, he prepared himself for what was surely about to be a true demonstration of manliness. 

Peter had been psyched for days for this carnival, bouncing around like a child on sugar to the point where everyone kept telling him to calm down. He didn’t. Watching the group before him settle into the ride and get strapped in, his excitement only grew, he was next.

“I just love rides, makes you feel like you’re flying.” He said to no one in particular, or perhaps to everyone. Turning around with a rather sheepish grin to the person beside him he pointed up to the frame of the ride above them, “Ride with me?”

admittedly, he’d taken to zoning out to try and be less infuriated with the loud screams of everyone around him, suppose you couldn’t blame them for screaming - it was a rollercoaster after all. 

besides the point.. he had to snap himself back into reality to focus on the voice that seemed to be talking to him. “Excuse me? Well I suppose that is how this works, It would take all day if they only had one person go on at a time.” 

THE LARGE PINK TEDDY-BEAR BALANCED ON HIS SHOULDERS as the curly haired boy giggled at nothing in particular. he was definitely on a sugar high, which only pushed his energetic self harder.

fingers gripping tightly into the bears fur, he worked hard for his new friend, not about to lose her now — green eyes lit up at the sight of more sweets. he knew his limit, of course he did but one more bag wouldn’t hurt, right?

“oooh, candy floss.” the previous sweets he had his sights on forgotten, as he made his way over to the bags of floss, beaming happily.

but alas, it was basically mandatory at this point - so he figured he may as well try and enjoy himself, at least a little bit. spending his time in this accursed loud land trying out some of the rides and attempting to impress those who’d passed by when he was playing any of the skill based games.  

he was sure he’d seen just about everything this carnival had to offer, until he found the man he’d been calling a roommate for quite some time now, with what looked like an overgrown pink ball of fur looking ready to take over his body. 

“Quite the uhm .. thing you have with you there.”