Clipton High

Lauren smiled a little when he explained about the rain. He moved to accommodate her, and Lauren rested her head on his shoulder, huddled under the canopy. "Me, too." She told him. He placed his hand over hers, and Lauren instead laced her fingers through his gently.

Then he asked about her past, which was a little bit on the touchy side. She bit her lip slightly, and then shrugged. "Apart from the abusive boyfriend and drugs and arson? Not much really. I was just the daughter of the Vespen's. Not really much else to tell." She bit her lip again, a little harder. "What about you?" She asked him softly. She didn't really want to intrude too much, but she felt it was polite to at least ask. She looked away slightly, looking up at the moon. "You know, I haven't felt this for a long time." She paused a little. "I haven't felt safe or wanted for a long time." She sighed, looking up still. She didn't know how he felt, but she felt like she was flying on hope and possibility. She felt... happy.

" dont focus on the bad i mean your real story about you things you think about, things you felt dreams all the beauty i see in you " he said with a small smile as he put his hand on the top of her cheek and caressed ever so gently " i am hyuset Levi mahler i was born to a unknown family who left me in the streets at age five." He said with quiet tone, " i survive for 3 years on my own until i met doctor mahler, after i tried to rob his tires " he chuckle and look at the girl " i thought i was gonna go to jail, and then out of nowhere he hugged me, he told me he knew i was in need and he open his door to his house to me " he said with a gentle sigh " mother was sweet gentle a lawyer and doctors mahler soul mate, after some years i started to study, i was able to test back into my correct grade from them on i work hard for my new family, until they had a baby on their own my youngest sister, things changed a bit i was left more on my own and i understood but then it came the whole issue with a certain drug dealer who handed me his gun i was charged with assault, but even after i was proven guilty i decided to remain here to figure who i was," he said pausing he must sound like an idiot he didnt have to be here yet he chose to remain.

Lauren listened carefully to what he said, and tried to memorize it. Sound like he had a rough past, and that saddened her a little. It especially upset her that he had been framed. She wondered if it was Daniel that had set him up. She hoped not. She knew that it would be something he would do - she just hoped he wasn't a jerk enough to have done it to Hyuset. She frowned a little in thought, before she started to think about how to tell him everything about herself.

"My full name's Lauren Paige Vespen." She began slowly, taking a deep breath. "I was born to the Vespen's, my mother Amarie and my father Markus. I played piano, guitar, and read a lot. I was a good girl. And then... I made friends. And I did a lot of bad stuff under their influence. The thing is, my parents thought my friends were real. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 11." She paused to let it sink in. "You can run away now, if you like." She bit her lip. "Then I met Daniel, and I've already explained the rest."

" Run way, but i feel more attracted to you now " he said with a smile, he pushed his body back to the tree and looked at her " your past is in, your past can still hurt you thought if you let it" he put his hand up and showed her a scarf in the from of H " you have much more to look foward to, dont let things like this define you because you are alot better than all of them." He said confident in his words almost speach like before his tone went back to normal" i have, inferiority complex, abandonment issues, and a fear of heights, but thats not gonna stop me im going to be the best i can for everyone around me, im going to love even if i could loose it, and im goimg to climb as high as i can, i dont want to be just a labeled human, i want to continuously change and redefine me" he smiled and pulled his note book out he rip a page with the drawing of a rose and hand it to her " please crumble it"he said as he put the piece of paper on her hand.

"What, even though I have voices in my head talking to me the entire time?" Lauren joked, but then changed her mind and sighed. "How does that make you more attracted to me?" She shook her head in disbelief, creasing her eyebrows. She listened to his speech, and smiled. He had a way of speaking that was definitely admirable. She gently touched his scar with her index finger, tracing it gently. She had plenty of scars of her own, but they weren't like this. She bit the inside of her cheek and listened as he defiantly told her what he hoped to be, before giving a drawing of a rose.

Crumple it? Why would Lauren want to crumple up a beautiful drawing? So she decided to do something else. She took her scissors, and carefully cut around the flower, and the petals on the inside, before folding them all up, so the paper soon began to look like a real rose - just shaded delicately and made from paper. She smiled again at the creation and balanced it on his stomach so he could see. "I think that looks much better than crumpling it up." She whispered. "We need to keep beauty for as long as we have it, enhance it even, so that the world can be that much more beautiful... Even if it is only one or two people." She shrugged again, snuggling into him. She felt a little cold.

" it is definitely better but i was trying to show you something " he said with a smile as he crumble a different paper " see imagine this is the rose " he crumbled it and the paper banish as it change for a real rose " little magic, to show you that when a nameless flower is trample is not dead its just waiting for someone to help it flourish again " he said as he put the rose gently on her hand and hugged tight " beauty is just a concept we are all beautiful some more than others " he said kissing her forehead as he smiled. "I better take you to your dorm you are going to catch a cold " he caressed her hair and kissed her forehead without knowing just acting on impulse.

"Sorry." Lauren apologized quickly, but at least he managed to recover smoothly. She took the flower and slid it behind her ear so that the stem held her hair back, and also so it brought out the redness of the flower. "For a long time I didn't feel beautiful." She began, before a little pause as she bit her lip. "But with you I feel beautiful." She smiled as he kissed her forehead, and Lauren tilted her head back, sliding her arms around his neck. "I don't want to go back. I want to stay here with you." She whispered, just loud enough so he could hear her. The canopy slid down from the branches above them, and rain soon soaked her through. She didn't care. She felt warm with Seth by her side.

He smiled and as the water rain down his face and hers, he smiled and kissed her forehead again, " i'll be here with you then, for the night " he said as he held her tight and tried to keep some of the rain of her face. He smiled and he gazed into her eyes " you arent beautiful because of me this beauty was in you all along and is always present, while it wasnt appreciated it i can promise you it was because you were to much to handle, i dont mean tha in a bad way more in like you are amazing" he chuckled and lighty poked her forehead brining her close " even with all those voice in your head, i just hope they get along with mine" he smiled and stole a small peck from her cheek as he caress it afterwards, he just looked at her as if frozen in the moment.

Lauren's heart skipped a beat every time he kissed her. His words were taken in a kind way, and Lauren could help the smile that spread across her lips. She didn't need to be beautiful, just accepted, and with him she was. She was accepted by everyone that she needed to be. She knew right then that she didn't want to spend time with anyone else in the world - just him. She didn't want to make the first move, though. She couldn't read minds - what if he wasn't comfortable with full on kissing?

She laughed to herself slightly when he tried to shield her from the rain. "I don't mind getting wet." She laughed. "And I'm sure they will, because I'll make them." She smiled again.

" thats good then " he said with a bit smile his hands moved to hold hers " you mind if i try something " he asked a bit shy he squeezed her hands lightly " just close your eyes and dont open then till i say so please" he said with a nervous voice trying to not sound shaky. He got infront of her his eyes fixed on her angel like face the rain came down, the water felt hot as it was fire his heart raced he didnt know how to kiss and this was going to be his very first kiss. He shaked a little before he composed himself he waited for her to close her eyes.

Lauren did as he asked her, and closed her eyes. In the darkness, everything became hyper aware. She could feel the heat of his body, and the cool of the rain on her face and in her hair. She could hear the sounds as the rain splattered onto the leaves above them, and the smaller sounds of even smaller animals, just beyond them in the trees. Her stomach flipped over several times, and tightened into knots. Her hands drifted down from his neck, trailing along his arms. And then, she waited. Waited for the perfect moment to come.

He took a deep breath and held her hands, hr slowly leaned in and his lips touched hers he was shy he slowly moved his lips pushing more against her gently conforming to the shape of hers. He moved his hands one to the girls hips and another to her cheek gently caressing it, he held his lips there for a couple seconds. He then moved away slowly opening his eyes a bit shy, it was his first kiss and it must have been awful his cheek turn red. He waited for laurens response, his eyes fixed on her.