I wanted to use his real name, timothee as the main character's name but it will not be exciting. Honestly, i create the male lead as a sophisticated popular person, a bit narcissistic but deep down is just a timid boy. I was inspired by how perfect timothee looks as a person. So, the male lead has such similar structure and he knows how hot he is. This story will be a bit cliche but who doesnt enjoy good old love story. For now, I only have half of the story in my mind. I hope I could finish this story over time. The female lead, just imagine who ever that may fits the description or yourself. I'm ok with that. LOL
Timothee has dual citizenship, American-French so im gonna use a common French name but full blown American characters. I mean, the kinda character you see in American teenage shows.
Some of the plots are also inspired by Never Have I ever season 2 episodes. Totally love that series! It made me mad, sad and happy all at once.
Here we go!
Julien Abreo, the infamous theater actor got made himself into Broadway during his freshman year and still goes to Columbia College Chicago. Some of the girls even went here just because they might be in the same class as Julian. That guy is soo popular, even the professors are excited if they get the chance to teach him.
I cannot deny how magnificent he looks in person. I saw him once when I came to register my courses in the office, he seems to be hiding from a group of girls in the office. I'm surprised how he still does things himself instead of hiring a bodyguard to follow him around. Hormonal girls in their early 20s could be such a brutal species and you might wanna step back when you see the aiming on something.
This is a story of how Julien Abreo and I fall in love with each other.
It all began when the President of Art and Craft Society, Heather, decided to collaborate with the Theatre Club who will organize the yearly show. Basically, we are in charge of the props, backdrop and anything related to making their set into reality. That's not even the worst part, Heather had been trying to get this chance since 3 years ago but now, she is leaving society as she will be graduating in the next couple of months. They made me president of ACS yesterday without telling me about this 'theatre thingy'.
Today i'll be attending the first committee meeting. Julien Abreo finally agreed to lead this year's show as his contribution before becoming alumni soon. He's in his final year. Lucky me...
During the meeting, i see girls drooling while they watch Julien did his introduction to the committee. Overall, the meeting was great until they said, we need to raise our own money to spend on what we need... Are you joking? Every material that we would need to BUILD the set requires A LOT of money. I asked during the meeting to the financial team,
"Excuse me, I have a question."
-Yes, go on. Tell me who you are and the question.-
"My name is Brienne from Arts and Craft Society who is in charge to BUILD the set from the scratch. Are you telling me, I need to raise MONEY to build YOUR SET?"
'We will be organizing a carnival to raise money. Each department will require to come up with something to raise money. We do have sponsorship and funding from the other parties. We will divide the funding accordingly. No worries about the money, folks! As long as you deliver your work well, we will ensure you get all the budget you need! Does that put you at ease Brienne?'
"Yes, thank God. Thanks."
I guess that is what caught Julien's attention on me for the first time.
As the meeting was over, most girls and some boys followed Julien to where ever he wanted to go just to get some time with him. I can't imagine how suffocating it could be to have people following you around.
I'm among the 'lucky' person to get 1 on 1 session with Julien. He requested to meet the head of each department in person to discuss further his ideas and what he would want us to do first. We will have another meeting about the details on how we will execute our work. On that day we will exchange ideas and see how everything could come together.
I waited 15 minutes and I almost leave the room because I thought he was not coming
= Hi, im sorry im late.=
"It's fine."
= Here's my vision board. Have a look and tell me is it possible?=
"*looking at the board* Erm... i can do 60% of what you want with the skills we have among our members, the rest, we might need to order custom-made or get professional assistance."
The discussion goes surprisingly well. I imagined Julien as a hard-headed person but he actually listens to my opinions along the way. In conclusion, he is a decent person and I can work with him.
For the carnival, we decided to do face painting and crafty for children. Everyone is welcome to visit our booth. I came early to set up most things before the others arrived. I just want to organize everything. I'm a bit OCD. I need everything in the place i had design them to be. My fellow teammates did not have the same insight as I do, that is why I need to assign them before they do things their way.
While I was counting the painting brush, i heard someone sneak from behind, in a split second I kinda punch someone on his or her nose by surpise.
=Owww!!=
As i open my eyes, omg, its Julien!
"Omg, omg, omg !! I'm soo sorry. Here let me help you up."
*help him
"You shouldn't sneak up like that! It's still dark, you're lucky I don't have my pepper spray with me. Why you're here very early. I thought you're 'too good' to be participating in the carnival."
= Do you have ice or something? =
"Do i look like someone who carries around ice everywhere she goes? I know a place with ice. Come on."
I work part-time at the cafeteria. We go to the cafeteria through the back door.
"Here, some ice for your pretty face."
= Thanks..=
"Leather jacket, blue shirt and those boots, is this a walk of shame?"
=What do you mean?=
"Relax, i'm not here to judge you. I know what you wear almost every day, you wore that yesterday. You never wear anything same in a whole week. Before you accuse me of anything, i happened to know these 'things' because my roommate subscribes to 'Daily Julien'. She will read most things OUT LOUD for some reason.."
= Am i that obvious? =
"Julien-
=Just call me J=
"Okay J, I'm not here to dig on your business but if you want to feel any better, at least people know you existed. People barely know who I am and i only have a handful of friends. No one invites me to parties and I don't have a sex life. Maybe too much information.."
= I want to be invisible. I want a private life. I want my own space. I want to be nobody from time to time... =
"I have an idea. Let me help you to be invisible today. Wait, you have 2 options! It's either you wear the Bull's mascot or let me pain your beautiful face into something else. I have an extra tshirt and I can tell my teammates that you're one of my classmates that volunteer to help."
=The second one sounds better. =
"Do you need to be anywhere today?"
= They'll get used to me not showing up anyways. =
"You need to listen to whatever i tell you to do. Oh, be careful with Fiona, she's obsessed with you so, she might know it's you once you show the Julien side of you. Even the slightest, she will know."
We went back to the booth. He changed into our club's tshirt and wore a snowcap to hid his silky curly hair away. I painted him as a tiger and gave him a fake spectacle to further enhance the character. As my team arrived,
"Guys, we have Peter, he's in Media course this semester. He volunteers to help us in order to boost his merits. He's allergic to a lot of things so if possible, leave Peter alone all day. He has strong arms so he can help you carry anything you want. Avoid talking to him because he's kinda .... weird in that way. If you don't wanna have an awkward conversation regarding 30 ways on how a man can kill a woman, just don't talk to him AT ALL. Trust me, he's a good guy with wide imagination and passion for anything related to crimes and killing..."
My peep talk managed to make my teammates avoid J all day. They even don't want to eat lunch at the same table as J. J actually has a normal day. He didn't say a word, if he needs anything, he would text me. He still helps around the booth. He's disguise works pretty well because no one actually recognise him. Honestly, im not sure why i helped him in the first place. We don't even know each other that well. I guess deep down, it felt nice to be needed at something.
We managed to raise a fair amount of money for the first day. I hope tomorrow will be better tho. We need twice what we get today.
"Okay folks, nice work today. See you tomorrow."
*ding!
= Can you take this 'tiger face' off? =
"Peter, let me send you home. Follow me."
(Do you think Peter looks familiar? His scent is very, very familiar. Kinda like Julien...) Fiona whispers to Mckenzie.
"Hurry up Peter! I'm running late or you will follow Fiona."
'NoOOooo! I'm fine B, i'll be off. Bye!'
J follows me back to my car.
"Now, look at me. Let me whip everything.. *starting to wipe his make up starting from his forehead. Slowly moves down to his cheeks, B realize he has dimples. The more make up wiped away, the more it exposed J's bare skin. J has some freckles on his face that B would never notice if she had never been this close to J. Lastly, B wiped the last paint on his lips. It's true when they mentioned J has this one-of-a-kind lips, not really cherry lips but masculine symmetry lips that caught a lot of attention without any effort. B kinda stares at his lips too long. J opens his eyes which wake B from her stares.*
"You're good to go!"
= Can you send me home? =
"After everything, I had done for you, why not.. Where to sir?"
= Let me show you the way as you drive. =
They have a silent drive. Both of them are tired from working all day.
=Turn left here and i'll be off on that building. Thank you, Brienne. I must appear tomorrow as myself so I wouldn't be helping out tomorrow. I really appreciate what you did for me today if I could-
"The pleasure is all mine. I'm just helping a friend. Why were you on my booth btw?"
= I was out drinking that night. I just happened to see a light from afar while I was walking. I didn't know it was already morning.. =
"Rough night huh! Well, i guess this is goodbye. See you whenever i see you."
=Wait, let me make it up to you. What do you need? Just name it. I'll get it done!=
" I know it's hard to believe but, i honestly don't need anything from you."
=Are you sure? I can get you a free pass to exclusive clubs or reservations to restaurants.=
"Do i look like someone who goes to clubs and fancy restaurants *laughs*? Just save it for someone else. How about this, you owned me this one. Maybe i might need your favor one day maybe i don't. Wait and see. For now, i'm good."
= Just, you know how to find me. Just-
"Yeah, yeah, im fine. Don't worry about me. About this, *looks at the surroundings outside the car* no one lives at a place like this, still, i wouldn't tell anyone about where you asked me to drop you. We're cool."
= You .... wanna come in? I live a couple of blocks away actually. =
"Julien, *pause* *deep breath* I know most girls are dying to see where you live and want to see how your apartment looked like but i'm not most girls. I'm done convincing you that you can trust me. I also prefer to be in the dark more, you don't need to show me things that you are not comfortable with people knowing. I'm not an act of charity. I'm just here helping a friend. That's all. Now, can you get off, i need to get back."
= *speechless* oh, yeah, thanks. See you around. =
Julien walked in the dark with feelings confuse. He had never met someone like Brienne after his debut on Broadway. No one has ever refused his favor before. No girl has ever refused his offer to come in. It's either Brienne is playing hard to get or she's genuinely not interested in J.
At the same time, Brienne drove away like nothing special had happened. She knew that no one would refuse anything from THE Julien Abreo but she is not interested in J. She can see how hundreds of girls in the campus would be dying to even breathe near J but she's not them. She can't see how an average-looking girl would be with A Julien. She wants to save herself from heart break and she also doesn't want to be the enemy of the hundred girls on the campus. Brienne always imagines her life as simple as she could because the last thing she ever wanted is another self-disappointment.
Today sparks the friendship ties between Brienne and Julien for Brienne herself but it sparks differently for Julien. His curiosity about Brienne might spark an interest in a tiny crush on her. He wouldn't admit it just yet.
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Is it okay or below average for this story? LOL
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