I'm so sorry for the delay in the chapter. I'm thinking about how to make it sound possible for timothee to play the character. I know he can act very very well but I want it to have a certain element to it. Well, just wanna address one matter, im sorry if the conflicts are ridiculously small amount. LOL
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There are three options that they can do,
First, call Brianne and ask for her explanation about this..BOY.
Secondly, ask the boy to come for dinner and surprise Brianne at dinner.
Lastly, just let it slide and wait for B to come clean about it when she's ready.
B's parents discussing. Finally, they decided to pick the last option. They trust their daughter and they figure, B never lied to them before. Sooner or later she will enlighten them about her situation.
That day, Julien when to rehearsal as usual but he realizes, B is not there. It is the full rehearsal, she played a big role in making sure everything was in place. He decided to ask her teammates about B.
=Hey Fiona, you see B?=
'OH GOD! Julien, er, I er-
*another friend pushes Fiona aside*
' B will not be coming because she's having her final assignments and examination this week and next week too.'
=oh...she never told me that. I mean, she should! Everyone is working their ass off. =
' My advice, you don't want to see B in these 2 weeks.. She's...mean and kinda crazy. I tried once... she pulled my hair for no reason....'
= Er.. okay. Thanks, guys.=
^ I don't even have her phone number, to begin with. I just told her parents that we're in a relationship without actually told her about it first. I need to meet her at least one more time.^
= Hey, any chance you guys can give her phone number? =
' Sure but she wouldn't be answering. '
= How do you guys communicate? =
' We don't. We never disturb mean B when she enters the nest. '
= Nest? =
' The library. She could even be sleeping there because its open 24 hours in final examination weeks. '
= 2 straight weeks? She wouldn't even attend the event? =
' Nope. The second she completes her papers, she will be off to New York for her vacation.'
= Wow, New York.. Ok, thanks. Can i have her number?=
They gave him the number. He feels kinda confused. Why did she never mention any of it?
Obviously, Julien is never her priority. He only spent another night with her, that does not make it her boyfriend. He just left her in silence for more than a month but now, he craves for her.
It doesn't make any sense. Yet, J is determined to grab B's attention before she leaves for New York.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It has been two days since Brienne kept herself lock inside the library. That is the limit because last time, whenever she studied longer than 3 days without proper sleep and food, the librarian called security to get her out as she smells plus distracting other people with her hungry-irritation. She knew that she couldn't drive properly back home so she decided to call her roommate to pick here up. As she was about to call her, someone approached her from behind.
= Hey!=
"GOD, you scared me.."
= I haven't been seeing you in theater in awhile. Where have you been?=
"You found me here so, you still can't pick up the pieces yet? Seriously?"
= They're right, you will be ... cranky. =
"I'm sorry but *sigh* I haven't been sleeping or eating well.. Please, can we do this another time?"
= How about this, let me take you home and we grab some early dinner later. After wake up. =
"It sounds nice but, i'm not sure. (pause) I know what you're trying to do but it can't, no, i mean, it wouldn't work. I'm not even in my right mind now."
= I just want to help you as a friend. You don't have to think too much about it. We can talk about that later. Can I just drive you home? It's the least that I could do. =
" Here's my car key, drive me to 30th Street Julien, I stayed at the campus. "
B sleeps as soon as she gets to the car. She even snores a little. J finds it cute.
They arrived but B seems to be in deep sleep. J waited another 15 minutes before waking her up.
= B, we're here. =
" Uh...5 more minutes..."
= It has been 15 minutes. =
"Ok, i'm waking up."
She raised her sit but her eyes barely open. J puts B's left arm onto his left shoulder and carefully guides her to walk. He barely knew where she stays so he asked B where she stays.
"..uhm...."
It's not helping. He asked the key-keeper,
= Excuse me, do you know which room she's in? =
" Miss Brienne? Room 20 on the second floor. "
= Thanks. =
"Is she okay? Is she drunk??"
= NOo.. she's just sleepy. =
The key keeper just stares in disbelief.
They don't have an elevator so J had to carry B piggyback to her room. Everyone was staring with their eyes wide open. It is Julien, the infamous theater actor, carrying a sleepy girl back to her room. A girl who no one pays attention to before.
He knocks on the door, no one is answering. Luckily the key was tagged together with her car's key. He lets himself in and he gently releases B onto her bed. J stares at B who is still sleeping. He smiles alone. He didn't even realize that he is smiling.
J moves closer to B, he whispers in her eyes,
= Sleep well. See you soon.= Then he kisses her cheek.
As J moves away, suddenly B grabs his hand with her eyes still closed shut. "Stay." She released it. Subconsciously, B actually wants J to be with her. Be by her side.
Julien stays. He scooched over to make room, he leaned beside B.
A few hours passed by, B finally wakes up. She felt like something heavy over her shoulder. She looks onto her right side just to see J is sleeping soundly. It took a minute for B to think. How did she get here and why is J sleeping beside her? The only logical explanation for the first question is, J must have had carried her.
"Julien, *B shakes his body* Julien! You're late for rehearsal. They had been calling you for the 30th time. "
= *J stretched his arms, slowly open his eyes* I'm gonna skip today. You need me. =
" I don't-
Julien hugs Brienne in surprise. It took B a minute to push J aside.
"What are you doing?"
= Being here for you. =
" I can see that you are here. I don't need you. You can leave now. I'm gonna do well without you. I always have been. "
= B, can we just stay in the moment for a split second. Just embrace each other without thinking too much about what it means. =
" Julien, you can't simply say something like that. It is obvious what it means. I'm not doing 'whatever it means'. "
= I know and I mean it. I want to be here, with you. =
B looks straight into J's eyes. Somehow she finds herself tearing up. She's confused and angry all at once. It is unfair for B. She had given him a chance before but he left her. Now, out of the blue, he demands to be with her. He just wakes up one day and decided to be with her?
"Why now? What makes 'now' significant for you to stay? I don't understand what's happening.. Enlighten me."
= Please, don't cry *wipes her tears with his sleeves*. I know it took me awhile to finally realize that I'm CRAZY about you. None of it makes sense. I close my eyes, i see you. I wake up, I crave you. Whenever I have time, I would find myself in the corner of the cafeteria, staring at you, working at the cashier. I wanted to talk to you each time I saw you but I can't move a muscle. I-
"Stop! This is too much.."
= Can you just allow me to be with you. At least for a few days. Let me prove myself.
I know this is not the right thing to say now but can we press pause to this conversation. Let's find a proper place to eat so that you can continue your studies later. I promise that it wouldn't be weird. It will just be a couple of friends eating dinner. =
As much as B hates putting anything on hold, she has to agree that she's starving. The conversation puts a lot of things at stake. She knows that deep down, she wants to be with Julien but she just got over him. She went through a lot to be in a safe place again. A place she feels secure in her mind and alone physically without doing the unthinkable.
" Pause... Let's get some tacos and pizza. You're paying for everything!"
= That's good enough for me.=
This is the beginning of Julien professing his love to Brienne.
I thought it will be the last chapter but silly me.
Hopefully, the next one is the last chapter. Nothing intimate in this chapter. I just want to be an introduction to how Julien tries to win over Brienne.
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