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Post by dario on Oct 19, 2011 19:29:05 GMT -5
 These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
One week, it had only been one week since he had been dumped and it felt like it had to be at least two months. He was having a hard time, why was it feeling like it was two months instead of just a meager seven days? Was this ever going to get any easier? He did not want to think of the answer to that one, it was NOT going to get easier. She had not just been another girl to him their relationship had been so much different than regular high school relationships. He had learnt that he really had been in love with her the entire time that they were friends and that started to explain why he had been jealous when she had been dating Xavier even though at the time he was too young and too immature to have ever come to that conclusion. He loved her as more than a friend though at the time he knew that it needed to just be friendship between them since of course she had been with the German prince and he had been a key part of her healing from her fathers death, they had been so close back then and he would not have changed it for the world. When he had admitted his feelings to her at the end of the last year she had done just what he had thought that she would, pushed him away but what he had not expected was the night of the prank that Annalie, Xavier’s twin and Marie pulled on the Kings was that he was going to end up pursuing the girl down the hallway until the two ended up tripping over a strategically placed rug, that night had been the one that she had told him that she had the same feelings for him and the relationship started. Making their debut the next night at the Kings and Queen’s party as a couple this had been a slice of heaven along with the rest of their relationship. The two got along so well since they were also best friends, at first he had been scared to be involved with her since he did not want to lose her as a friend if they were to break up but that did not seem like something that was likely to happen, now he looked like an idiot since he felt as though he had been so fooled by it all. Everything came to end sometime and he had been so blind to it happening.
The four of them; Annalie, Bethany, and Matias had all taken a trip to Kenya in the summer as the one last trip before they were all going to be forced into starting a new segment of their lives, even though things were not going to change to drastically since it had always been in his plans to attend university in Montana in order to be close to his sister, whom he loved dearly. He wanted to keep an eye on her and what was happening with the Queens since he really did not like the group and he was very protective over Bethany who he really saw as being too good to be in a group like that the rest of them really were enough to make his skin crawl. But now that the school year had started things had changed, Annalie had dumped him so he was going to be attending the University of Montana, alone. Fabulous, how much fun that was going to be, he was even started to debate a transfer, at least then he would be far enough away that maybe Vineheart and the person that he was reminded of would be pushed out of his mind. Really the only person keeping him here was his sister and so far he had not even been to see his sister he did not want her to see him looking like this, he was a mess and there was no denying that. He could not sleep and spent most of the nights tossing and turning until he would get pissed off an either go swimming or go for a run. He was unable to focus in classes and he was bitter and moody, something that Dario was never known for, he was known to be level headed with a good amount of patience, now he snapped at even the slightest mistakes people were making almost taking them as something personal. He just wanted to crawl under a rock and ride it out there until these feelings were gone and he did not feel like his heart had been ripped right from his rib cage.
It was so hard for him seeing as just the month before she had told him that she loved him, told him that she was not going to allow anything to break the two of them up and here they were now, not even friends, hell not even talking. He could not bring himself to talk with her even though he did not want this all to be on bad terms it was just too painful for him right now. When Xavier had asked him to meet him tonight he had almost wanted to blow him off, make up something ridiculous that he needed to get done so that X did not see him like this but he also knew the man was a little too with it for that and was probably not going to give up that easily. Because he was just too exhausted to argue he had agreed. While he had thought that the Ice Box would be a perfect place to meet he also knew that there was a possibility of people being around that knew the two of them, he would make sure that he sat at the back booth then he had decided. His apartment he had rented was locked up and he headed out to the car waiting at the street, his mind was much too jumbled to even consider driving right now. He headed in the direction of the last booth when he arrived, even despite the mood he was in he walked with long and pride filled strides, head held high, this was part of being the crown prince of Denmark, people were not able to be allowed to see the vulnerable sides of you.
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Post by xavier on Oct 21, 2011 12:57:16 GMT -5
 the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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His eyes glanced in the direction of the clock, or well the time that seemed to be shinning happily off his iPhone. Xavier sighed and wondered whether it would ever move forward. He was running out of things to do with himself, and he couldn't really get out of the house yet, though Pirzi had already said something about punctuality that had made him bristle. He was never late, never had been, not to a class and not to a date or not to a drinking night. Not necessarily in that order, of course. So he wouldn't be late tonight either, no matter what he had to do to get to the Ice Box on time. Of course the distance really wasn't that far, after all, the whole idea with Pirzi and her friends renting a townhouse was to be close to the actual town. Still, he wasn't about to walk, that would just cause unwanted drama.
Being back in Rexford meant that he was exposed to the whole idea of the scandalous blogs and Xavier didn't need any additional drama than he would already run into. He'd already ran into some of it - a pregnant Lexi. Luckily, for his sake, it had been more than nine months since the last time they'd actually slept together, so there was no chance for him to ever be considered the father. It would have been more than just a scandal, Tarti would have blown his head off. Not even remotely figuratively speaking, and never funny. He shook his head at the thought, wondering what exactly Lexi had done to deserve this. She wasn't among his friends anymore, but he didn't want any of the girls he knew pregnant at such a young age. She wasn't even out of her teens yet! None of them were.
His phone beeped and he frowned, going towards it and seeing it was just a message from one of his doormmates at Dartmouth, asking where he was. He rolled his eyes. I left you a huge note stapled to your desk, jackass. In Montana. I'll be back in a day or so. His typing was fast and he smirked when he saw a half-hearted attempt to be funny from the other end, before sighing and grabbing his jacket. He didn't have his motor here, though he was thinking of relocating it back to Pirzi so he could use it whenever he was at Vineheart. He'd be here a lot anyway, no use pretending he was going to drive it at Dartmouth. Still, for tonight, he was taking a cab, nothing new for him. He'd been offered a ride, but he'd refused. He didn't think anyone else needed to be hovering over his shoulder.
It would be nice to see one of his best friends again, one of the Kings. Just like old times. Nostalgia hit dramatically once he stepped out in front of the Ice Box, knowing how many times he'd been here simply to have fun. Shrugging and squaring his shoulders, Xavier entered the club with ease, like he always did. The Kings had all held a certain way of walking - they were all first in line and they knew it, and therefore their manners and style were according to everything else people knew about them. No one could mistake them for anything but who they were. Spotting Dario at the far end, Xavier slowly wove his way through th crowd already in place, a smile on his lips as he clasped his friend's shoulder once he reached him. "Dario my man! It's great to see you - why the long face? I thought being in Montana would make you smile more." He slipped into the booth easily.
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Post by dario on Oct 21, 2011 13:32:35 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
Perhaps this had all been a mistake, coming here, he could not handle an outing like this so soon. After she had dumped him there was another month where he was able to bury himself in work that he was doing in Denmark and he really should have taken the time to switch schools knowing that there was no use in staying in Montana now, while he knew that he would be there to keep an eye on his sister he also knew that if anyone was capable of taking care of herself it was Bethany and he had not even been to see her since he had been in Montana anyways he could not allow her to see him like this. After a week of burying himself in political work in Denmark his mother had known the toxic behavior of her son and of course decided that she was going to make it even worse and send him away to relax though that only gave him more time to think about it, but he was never going to say no to his mother, he loved the woman and if this was going to ease her mind with thinking that her son was on a vacation to heal his broken heart and it would make her feel better than to see him moping around the palace then that was going to be what he did. He chose a place that no one would know who he was and even if they did it would not matter. He had made a trip to Dubai. A strange place to go in the summer but it was only going to add to his piss poor mood and right then in time he had not been wanting to feel like the responsible and reliable Dario that everyone who was around him knew of him as being. Another reason for the trip was because his mother did not want to risk the people of Denmark being exposed to the moody Prince, it was crunch time and they could not afford any mistakes when it came to what the people were to think of him. He needed all the support he was going to get since he had just been granted the time to attend university before he took the throne when it never had been a part of the bargaining chip and they were all expecting him to return right away after graduating and start the intensive training before taking the throne almost right away. That was the way that his parents had set it up for them to believe.
It was too late to turn back now though as he entered the Ice Box and made the walk across the area that was the dance floor but really just looked like more of a place for people to have intense make out sessions while stumbling around in something that would be embarrassing to them if they had been sober but rarely a person here was sober. He ordered a beer as he sat and waited for it to arrive and just as he was looking up he spotted the familiar man that he had become a lot more acquainted with after the last year in which they had been a part of the Kings together and Xavier had been their leader and really he suited the part. He managed a small smile when his shoulder was grasped and looked up to him taking a deep breath before speaking. Of course no one knew about the breakup since he really had not come to terms with it and had been keeping it a secret for the time being until he was able to struggle with the emotions. He did not know what to feel or when to feel it in fact he was feeling rather numb about it all and really it was not helping that he was isolating himself. He had not seen a single friend since it happened and he had flown straight from Dubai to Montana when the time came he did not want to risk running into people and hiding seemed like a much better alternative. He had been busy with university so that was his excuse when he received any texts asking, it was much easier to bluff that you were alright when you were not face to face with the person and he knew that it was only appropriate for X to be the first one that he was going to tell about this. It’s nice to see you as well. I feel like it’s been forever. He uttered slowly before addressing the latter part of the question. I thought that too, but being here alone really does not seem to have its perks. Annalie dumped me and went back to Sweden. There he blurted it out, wasn’t telling someone supposed to make it feel better? Then why was he not feeling the least bit better?!
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Post by xavier on Oct 22, 2011 2:27:31 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
won't be long till summer comes [/i][/size][/font] *******************************************
There really was no question about it, Xavier had missed his Kings friends. The fact that they'd spent the majority of their time at Vineheart together was only the smallest percentage of the whole. In their fifth year, they had RULED the school, no matter what the Queens said. They didn't get into bitchy fights for nothing, they didn't openly start any wars against anyone, and much less did they get involved in half the schemes the Queens had pulled off. Actually, the majority of the Kings had gone out of their way to avoid the Queens as much as possible, mainly hanging out with girls from their year who weren't in the group. Those included Xavier's own twin and Annalie, among a couple of others, like Marie and Frida. It was probably a good thing that their horizons had broadened as much as they had.
And it was also no secret to anyone that Dario and Annalie had managed to FINALLY get together during their last year at Vineheart. Xavier distinctly remembered having a talk with Nali about something similar by the lake one day, when they'd finally managed to mend the bridges that held their relationship together. They'd dated, true, but they were nothing more than friends now. She was happy with Dario and Dario was happy with her, which made Xavier happy for the both of them. Besides, he had Bella now, no reason at all to be jealous when you had what you wanted. The whole world could go to pot for all that he was concerned and well, he wasn't. And he wouldn't have noticed either. He would pay Bella a last visit tomorrow before his flight back to Dartmouth and a new study week. He probably wouldn't be able to make it next weekend, but the one after that he would try to.
Dario seemed to be down in the dumps over something, Xavier picked up on that immediately. It wasn't that hard, he was radiating melancholia in a ten-mile radius around him, so there really was no problem there. "It has been forever. I'm stuck at an Ivy League university while most of my friends seem to have chosen to stay in Montana. I'm telling you, it's way not cool." He grinned easily, sitting back against the seat and relaxing, pulling his jacket open. The club was warm, like always, and this too brought back memories. With a sigh of content, he shrugged the material off and ordered a beer for himself from a passing server, before his attention refocused on Dario yet again, not wanting to seem rude or anything of the sort. After all, what were friends for if not for catching up?
Dario's next words sent a red alarm spinning through Xavier's subconscious right before the last sentence hit home. He sucked in a breath, his grin fading from his face. "Wow man. I'm sorry to hear that." A tiny, tiniest voice in the back of his mind was telling him he'd been expecting something like this. Now whether it was Nali's way of running from something that was real or something else, he couldn't tell. But something similar had happened back in third year ... just not to Dario. "What happened? I mean, why'd she just ... end it? I thought you two were happy together." Everyone had thought that. There was no reason to believe that anything had gone wrong in that particular Scandinavian relationship. When he thought that, he stopped his train of thought. He refused to jump to conclusions.
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Post by dario on Oct 22, 2011 11:21:45 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
He wondered how the new Kings for this year were working out since he had not been a fan of any of them, to him the group had been composed, elite people who were respectful and ready to rule their countries and X, Mat, and himself had all been characteristic to fall into that group; the others in this year well he thought that they were going to be an absolute disaster. At least he was not going to be there to have to witness it, and really he had bigger things to worry about like getting back to where he could actually think about Annalie and almost want to burst into tears, his mother was really the only one that knew that the two of them had broken up and everytime he called her she would tell him that it was just going to take time and while it was reassuring that she had hope that one day her son actually might feel a little better he did not have the same hope, at least not when he was this far in the dumps. He could put on a pretty good act though, that was key because the people of Denmark did not need to see how he was really feeling and therefore this was something that he had learnt to do from a young age, they needed someone that was steady as a rock and always there no matter what so he was not able to allow his personal life to conflict with it all.
He wanted so much to be able to go back to Vineheart in order to visit with his sister since Bethany had always been able to make him feel better when he was feeling down but at the same time he knew that would mean that he would have to face people that he still knew since he had been friends with quite a few fourth years and all of his cousins were still in the school and he could not risk someone asking him about his relationship, not yet. Even though he had tried his best to make sure that when he spoke to X when he approached that he sounded cheerful and happy to see him he knew that his tone spoke of something else. It was not that he was not happy to see one of his closest friends it was just really there was not a lot that would make him happy right now. With a deep breath that he held in there was a new determination though, X did not deserve this from him he needed to get his shit together and stop acting like someone had kicked him in the ass. He needed to get over this and really moping around the university was not going to do him and good, the only way it was going to feel a little better was if he gave himself reasons to forget about her. It was a waste of time to think back on all the memories on hope for anything other than memories. It was not going to happen and no matter what the two were not going to get back together she had been so clear about that.
He had felt so silly now for thinking that he would have given up the throne for her in order to be with her, he could not believe that it had even crossed her mind, she could not be that special if she had dumped him anyway right? He chuckled lightly when he commented that he was stuck at an ivy league school while the rest of his friends were back in Montana. He was in desperate need of a change of scenery, it had been a lot easier when he had spent the rest of his summer in Dubai where no one knew who he was and he was able to take a little breather from the activities he had going on back in Denmark, returning to Montana though seemed to really be hitting him hard. He uttered that he was sorry to hear his next statement and Dario managed a weak smile that would tell him that he would appreciate it and really it did make him feel a little better knowing that Xavier had been with her and she had run from him too. He had never pictured something like this to happen to him though even though all the warning signs were there. He had thought that the two were too close of friends to ever allow something like this to come between them. I thought we were happy to. She told me she loved in, not even a month before she ended it. We spent a week in Kenya with Matias and Bethany and everything was perfect. He uttered softly before continuing with the story. She came to Denmark and called things off with me, apparently she needs to be married by the time that she’s 21. Of course being an idiot I even offered to step down from Denmark, Bethany’s perfectly capable and Matias has brothers, but even that did not seem to help… I guess she had it set in her mind. He muttered the last part before taking a sip of his beer in front of him though really the alcoholic drink was doing nothing for him. I guess it was just a little bit of a shocker, I loved her for five years. The entire time we were at Vineheart, I just never understood why I was so jealous when she was with you before. He raised his eyes to them meet Xavier’s gaze across the table with a small sigh.
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Post by xavier on Oct 23, 2011 1:40:13 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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This was bad news. Well, anything else would have been bad too, but this was certainly the worst so far. Of course he'd had his fair share of stuff told to him that he didn't relish, but Xavier didn't think this qualified as any of them. It was on a much higher level, much more complicated, unfortunately. Especially since both Dario and Annalie were his friends, and he didn't think this would ever happen. Everyone could see how happy the two were together, it was plain as day, or even more. He didn't really want to say that he'd been hoping Annalie would change the way she was; she seemed to run away whenever things got really serious, but with Dario, she seemed to have gotten a bit better, not that it mattered now. Everything was exactly as it had been about two or three years ago when she'd dated Xavier himself.
The time itself was a happy one, as far as he thought about it. They didn't really argue or anything, they didn't get into big massive fights, they had a lot of things they enjoyed doing together and they just like to explore. Like the one time when their car broke down in the middle of nowhere, that had been sort of fun and scary at the same time. But in general, Xavier couldn't complain about anything during his time spent with Annalie, except the way she suddenly ran from him. And after they'd slept together. He knew he'd been her first, obviously, but the way she handled things afterwards made him thim, for a long time, that he had done something wrong. Only in their fifth year did they manage to patch things up so that they were friends again. Now though, Xavier didn't know what to think really. Poor Dario.
I thought she loved me too. That sentence was slightly stretched, in Xavier's opinion. He was pretty sure Annalie did in fact love Dario. The question was, why she dumped him. Taking a sip from his beer which had just arrived, the German prince listened to Dario explain just what Annalie's reasons were. Marriage? Before 21? Xavier narrowed his eyes slightly in thought. "That smells like the Swedish Council to me, not Annalie." Unfortunately, as far as he understood Swedish politics, things were more complicated. Annalie was an only child, with her father dead she would have to take the throne early. He was surprised the Queen Dowager had managed to secure some years at university for her at all, really. "Wait - you what?" His thoughts had been interrupted, rather violently, by Dario's admission. Xavier just stared at him for a couple of silent moments.
"I gotta hand it to you, you know how to throw me out of the loop," he said after a while. That Dario was prepared to step down in favour of Bethany for Annalie should have told the princess how much the guy loved her. Apparently though, ith adn't worked the way he'd planned. "You're not an idiot, Dario. You're a lovesick fool, granted, but not an idiot." He was smiling softly. "You really do love her, don't you?" He shook his head, looking at the glass on the table in front of him as Dario continued to speak. Xavier's dark eyes met his friend's ones. "And yet you never said anything, not to me, not to her," he said in a quiet voice, though loud enough to be heard in a scenery such as the Ice Box, "why didn't you? I mean, okay, I probably wouldn't have reacted the same way as I am now, but still. We were friends. You should have told me."
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Post by dario on Oct 23, 2011 2:40:51 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
He knew that X was a person that he was always able to count on, and he knew what it was like to be in this sort of situation seeing as it had happened to him not even all that long ago with the same girl. He almost felt as though he had been tricked and really it was something that hurt even though he knew that there was not too much truth to it he really did not think that her calling it off had anything to do with the fact that she did not have feelings for him. It did not seem like it at least seeing as it was not even a month before that she had told him that she loved him and the two of them had slept together when they had been in Africa. But it did not matter what he told himself it still came back to the same things, that he was no longer with the girl of his dreams and there was nothing that he could do to get her back. Bethany had been just as shocked as X when he had told her since it was clear to see that the two loved spending every moment together and they were best friends long before they were more so they knew all the quirks of each other and there were no surprises. The two when they had finally come to terms with the fact that they both had feelings had transitioned so effortlessly into a relationship and really there had never been any sort of warning signs that this was going to happen, that had been the hardest part of the whole ordeal the fact that he had not been able to prepare himself for it and it hit him so hard and it hurt so much. The two did not fight often and when they did neither of them were able to keep it up for more than two minutes afterwards so everything was just so perfect, why did it need to change?
He glanced back down at the table realizing that his thoughts had been wandering and he felt bad since his attention had been away from Xavier and here the German prince was sitting in front of him and trying to talk to him and make him feel better though really he did not know how much it was going to help, not that X was not good at it but the fact that he was so down in the dumps that he did not see this changing anytime soon. He commented that it seemed like it would be something to do with the Swedish council and he nodded lightly he did already know that since it had been what she had said but that still did not change the fact that he knew that they would have been able to make it work if she had just allowed him. Would she rather marry a stranger? I mean why not give them a chance to make it work when she knew that he would do anything to make sure that she was happy, after all at the time she was not only his girlfriend but she was still his best friend. Meaning that no matter what he would have done anything for her and really the things that he had thought through in his mind all made sense and he knew that his sister would agree and it would serve her a purpose as well meaning that she would be able to get out of her own arranged marriage that he had been responsible for and still he felt bad about that entire predicament.
I know it has to do with the Council it simply does not change the fact that she did not even give me the time to try to make it work, to try to fix it… He uttered gently. He had felt so helpless and it made him sick to his stomach even thinking about it. I know I sound crazy, I offered to abdicate from the throne. Bethany is just as prepared as myself to rule Denmark… He knew that a lot of these thoughts that were going through his mind were enough to get him thrown into some mental institution somewhere but he did also know that while it would have been a shock to his parents at first that they would understand, the tended to get along with him well and his mother just wanted to see her son happy and really this was not going to affect them too badly though he did not even need to think that way since it was not going to happen anyways he was not going to get the chance to make any of this right. It was reassuring that X did not think that he was an idiot as he spoke about him being lovesick and added a small smile that even caused a weak smile to cross his lips. He nodded when he asked if he really did love her and he was sure that it was apparent in what he was willing to give up to be with her, but to him the only way he was losing something was by not giving it up, but none of that mattered now he needed to get that in his head. He asked him why he had not said anything about loving Annalie the whole time. She needed me as a friend at that time. She was happy with you. I could see that and I would never want to ruin that. He uttered he never was the type to step on peoples toes and really as long as she was happy it did not matter to him the only difference now knowing that neither he nor Annalie was happy and knowing that their friendship would never be the same. I didn’t really know at the time. It took me this long to even realize I had feelings. Even if I had at the time I would have been too scared of rejection to ever mention it. He told him truthfully.
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Post by xavier on Oct 24, 2011 1:19:15 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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He would be planning a trip to Sweden soon. Very soon. Dario could say all he wanted, but Xavier was pretty sure Nali was suffering as much as the man sitting opposite him. He didn't want to choose sides - they were both his friends after all. There was nothing that would stop him from helping them. He debated in his head whether or not he should ask Pirzi to speak to Annalie, but decided against it. He couldn't recall whether his sister and the Swedish princess were good friends - despite the prank they'd pulled on the Kings at the end of the year - and it was better if he didn't involve anyone else beside himself right now. He had a feeling it was hard enough for both Dario and Annalie already.
"That's odd," he commented thoughtfully, watching Dario's every move, every facial expression from his side of the table, "but then ... not so odd." He sighed softly. No, when it came to Annalie, it wasn't that odd at all, but Dario was probably too distraught to notice right now. He would figure it out on his own after his emotions quieted down a little bit. But when it came to Annalie, it took a special type of person to understand her; Xavier was sure Dario understood her better than anyone, which was why he was surprised the man hadn't thought of the most obvious and eye-blinding reason behind this all. He decided to stay silent on the topic, however. "I really am sorry." He wasn't lying. He was sorry, more sorry than he would say in words, because this wasn't fair. At all.
Xavier lifted a hand to stop Dario's torrent of words. "Dario, it wasn't crazy; you offered her something one of us doesn't choose lightly," he said in an understanding voice, "we were born and bred to be Kings someday. That you'd be willing to let that go just so you could be with her tells me a lot. And it probably tells her as well, but as far as I can gather, it also scared her." And a scared Annalie wasn't in their best interest, especially since when she was scared she didn't really think right. She only acted out of self-preservation, and with her it usually meant running away as fast as she could. This would mean that she would transfer to the University of Stockholm so she could stay close to home and not see Dario, if his logic was correct.
"Still, you should have told me," he commented softly, then shook his head, "but it's too late now. And we have a bigger issue on our hands now." Xavier tapped the glass of his beer and thought for a moment, before looking up at Dario again, "You're attending the university here, aren't you?" He thought he remembered something about that. Maybe Pirzi had told him, he couldn't be sure. Or Dario himself, who knew? "Will you stay here for Bethany?" he asked after a moment's pause again, wondering whether or not he could persuade Dario to transfer to a university which wouldn't be in the state where everything reminded him of Annalie. Dartmouth was an option, but he would wait a little bit to see what exactly Dario had to say.
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Post by dario on Oct 24, 2011 15:13:44 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
He knew that it would be the truth that this news had hit Annalie as hard as it had hit him and he had tried his best to be there for her, but there was just too much hurt getting in the way there were a lot of times that he would find him halfway through text message telling her that he did not care that they were not together but he would always be there for her as a best friend but he would end up deleting it to go back to whatever he was doing, he could simply not send the message because he knew that it was not true. He could not be there for her, he loved her and wanted her back and he had never felt so strongly about something in his life, while he knew that it would be a way to be close with her he knew that it would be simply too hard for him and he could not offer to be there for her no matter how much he loved her. He needed time to be able to heal long before he was able to go back to the way that they had originally been which was a shame since he knew that it was going to be putting a strain on both Bethany and Matias since the four of them had always been so close. He would never ask someone to take sides though he was simply not like that and knew that even though he did not want to admit it that there were valid arguments from either side but that did not simply change the hurt that was the most powerful emotion that he was feeling. Once he was over that if it did ever happen he knew that he would be in the clear but there was still the nagging thought at the back of his mind, she had stated that she was going to have to be married by the time she was 21 which was not too long from now, how was he ever going to stand to see her with another guy?
He knew that it was not so odd for the girl since she wanted to be able to fix all her problems herself and to her the first step of fixing things tended to be to run so therefore it was not something that was seen as odd to him but he really could not help the disillusion that this time he thought that it would have been different I mean it was the two of them they were talking about, even though they had only been in a relationship for a couple months the two had been so close for the last five years. He uttered again that he was sorry and this caused him to look back up at X with a small smile. Thanks. I appreciate it. Always the type for impeccable manners even if it was in the middle of a crisis, at least this was a crisis to him. Denmark had always been something that was so important to him and there was really only one thing that ever came before it and he knew that it was wrong but Annalie would always come first he cared about her more, plus it was not like he would ever leave Denmark high and dry with no future King it was the fact that he and Bethany had already had this chat that if something like this were to happen that she was prepared and ready to rule the country and he knew that his sister was just as capable as he was. He was the type to do a lot of planning so it had been a long while since he had asked his sister about this and she had expressed that she would be more than willing to take over the country and at the time that he has asked her if had nothing to do with Annalie. But really he knew that now that Annalie had turned him down that he was going to need to change the way that he was thinking. Denmark was back on the top of the priority list where it always should have been. He could not help but shrug when X commented that it probably had scared her and really he did not have anything that he felt that he could say to that while he was sure that it had scared her at the same time he did not regret it and wished it would have happened differently.
Their conversation then turned back to the fact that he had not told anyone that he had been in love with Annalie even when she had been with Xavier and he shrugged yet again when he stated that Dario should have at least told him. She was happy with you, that’s all I could ask for, it was nice to see her happy again. He uttered softly. All of that was forgotten for the next thing that was said as he asked him if he was attending university here and he nodded. Unfortunately since it seems to make it even harder to be closer to Vineheart. He then asked if he was planning on staying here for Bethany and he thought for a moment. I was debating it but seeing as I have not even gone to see her once yet because I did not want her to see me like this I really do not think my little sister needs me, plus I can visit. I have debating other options since Montana was never my first choice but it was a way that I could be with Annalie. He told him finishing the rest of his first beer only to have it replaced with another one, he would not be getting drunk but at least it would take the edge off.
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Post by xavier on Oct 26, 2011 3:09:55 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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The fact that he now knew one of his best friends had been in love with his then girlfriend made Xavier feel slightly uneasy. Not because he would feel jealous or anything - there was no way for that, he had Bella now, Annalie was one of his friends - but he felt bad. Bad because, if he hadn't been with Annalie, he probably would have been able to see Dario and Annalie get together earlier than they had. But then if they HAD, then breaking up would probably have been a lot more difficult for them than it was right now, who knew? All was fair in love and war, someone had told him a long time ago, and also one other thing. That the heart had reasons reason coudn't understand. He hoped things would work out at some point, somehow.
"Anytime," he replied to Dario, meaning it. He might not be in the same state or even the same university, but he would never allow his friends to think he'd abandoned them, especially since the Scandinavian countries were his northern neighbours and he would more than need them when the time came for him to take the throne in the couple short years that were left of freedom. Of course it was all a relative term, since who knew what could happen in the next years, or even weeks! For his part, he knew that he would be doing a lot of flying to and fro.
Thinking over what was being said right now, and the freedom that he'd been thinking about earlier, he was starting to make connections.Connections as to what he could do to make this situation slightly better than it was right now. Who knew? Maybe things would turn for the better. Obviously, Dario couldn't stay in Montana and it hadn't even been his first choice in university, that meant that he would have to use his persuasion skills. If he was right about his friend's current feelings, then it shouldn't even be hard, but rather easy. However, Xavier was always careful in making assumptions, knowing that things could very well not turn out his way if he wanted them to. Life was like a book of endless possibilities, after all.
"Well if Montana wasn't your first choice, why don't you transfer?" he asked after a moment of silence, "I mean, obviously you can stay here but everything here reminds you of her. Why not make a clean cut? You could come to Dartmouth. It's smaller than your average university, it's Ivy League so your parents would approve, and we could even get a flat together or a house or something. Meinrad is also there and I know Max is coming next year. Think about it. You'd be surrounded by friends. Plus, the club scene at Dartmouth is nothing without you." His smile turned quirky and more than a little mischevious.
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Post by dario on Oct 26, 2011 14:42:52 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
Things worked out the way that they had for a reason, Dario had really only realized that he had feeling for Annalie while she had been dating Xavier this year, at the time he had been jealous though he had not known why he was much too immature then and he was involved in so much that he did not have the time to sit down and think, plus he was guy therefore meaning that feelings and emotions were definitely not one of his fortes. Even if he had known that he had feelings for her does not mean that he would have ever acted if the girl was not with Xavier, he was far too shy to want to risk ruining the friendship they had, they were so close back then when it had been so much more simple and they were not worrying about leading a country because it was something that was not close enough in the horizon of the future to be held in their worries, they still had all high school to finish as well as university so why worry then not to mention the fact that she was still healing from her fathers passing and therefore he was trying his best to be in good spirits around her and do all that he could to cheer her up. He was well aware that he was one of the only people that she truly opened up to in that situation so there was no way he would have ever revealed his feelings to put them into a situation that might be awkward she could not handle that right then and there so even though she had been with Xavier and he had had feelings it worked out for the best anyways since there were all those struggles that they both had needed to overcome in order to be ready to date one another. That did not mean that he wished that it had worked out differently in the end since he really did not think it was fair to either of them since there were different ways of dealing with it than she had. He had even given her a solution to her problem after all he was willing to sacrifice as long as it meant that she was going to be happy, would she not want to marry someone that she had been close to the last portion of her life instead of being courted by some complete stranger?
It was nice to know that there was someone that he could count on and be able to talk to no matter what and he hoped that X would know that if the roles were reversed that Dario was the person that he would always be able to go to as well. He was always like that with his friends and tended to be very loyal. As X asked him about university he expressed his true feelings, he felt trapped by the fact that the University of Montana had never been his first choice first of all he really did not know anyone else that was attending it, while he was on good terms with Xaviers twin sister the two had never been close and he had never been close with the French and Icelandic princess, not in the way that he was close with Bethany and Annalie. Bethany was busy at school since it was her last year and she was a part of the Queens but if there was one thing that he knew about Bethany was that she was going to be able to handle it, she was not going to allow people to push her around so really he did not worry about his sister and knew that no matter where he was going to school he would always be able to visit her and he would make sure that he did since she was top on the list of priorities in his mind. Family always was. Already even though he had only been there for no more than a month he had been debating a transfer and it would be in his mind a good choice and a chance for a new start to make sure that he did not dwell in the past.
I have been thinking about it. While I wanted to stay close to Bethany it has become very apparent to me that she can handle herself, so I don’t worry as much and I would still be able to visit her I suppose. X then spoke about him thinking about joining him at Dartmouth and this caused his interest to spark, his grades had always been good enough since he was never the type to resort to pulling the ‘I am a prince and you would be lucky to have me” card and Ivy League had been something that he had always thought about since it would be the best way to get a good education. This caused him to smile a little when the idea really did not seem to have many flaws, perhaps this was exactly what he needed, to get away from the things that were putting him in a bad mood and start new at Dartmouth, after all X would be there and he would not feel quite so alone and he was sure that Xavier would be coming back to Montana a lot to see his siblings and therefore it would work out perfectly. To tell you the truth that’s the best thing I have heard all day and do not know why I did not think of it myself. There was a small glimmer of hope in feeling better when he looked up across the table. Ok, you have convinced me. Save a spot for me next semester roomie and I will get all the paperwork taken care of. This was out of character for him to just jump into something with both feet without questioning it and running it through his mind for days on end but perhaps that was his problem and he needed to just start taking risks, no questions asked. So now my question is, how are you? I feel just about as out of the loop as you did, only difference being it is my fault.
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Post by xavier on Oct 28, 2011 14:10:56 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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If Dario would want to stay close to Vineheart because of Bethany, Xavier would totally understand, though he would have a thing or two to say about it in the long run. Siblings needed breathing room as well, though in his case, Xavier would much rather know more about the lives of Max and Luna than he did now. Especially since everything reflected back on Germany, he recalled, and figured that maybe giving them a brief visit before he left would also be beneficial. If nothing else, if Max was really engaged then his older brother would have to know at some point, right? Especially if he was to be the best man at the wedding. Xavier was going to definitely hold a grudge against Max if anything like that occured, and he was someone that held on to negative feelings for a while until he was able to think about them indifferently, or as indifferently as possible.
Like with Lexi. It was all just something cool in his mind now, despite the fact that he still couldn't really bring himself to the position of being more than cordial with her. He'd been raised right, he knew he wouldn't be making any mistakes, but the fact still remained that she'd cheated on him, which meant that Xavier would never forget. Forgive, perhaps, but forget, never. That was something he couldn't do, not with how he held himself and what he wanted to make from himself. He was going to be a king someday soon and he didn't want to have bad relations with a country, though he could see himself making friends more easily with Bentley than with Lexi again if he was honest. There was just something about cheating that really got to him, maybe because he'd never really done it himself. Not on any girl, ever.
"Bethany can probably whoop anyone's ass without your help," Xavier teased Dario with a laugh, downing his beer completely, happy that his friend seemed to be moving towards a lighter side of thoughts. That he was agreeing to the propositions meant that the German prince would definitely be in a far better mood as well. "That's fabulous! All right then, I'll see what I can do about real estate. Do you want a house or an apartment? I think house might be better off in case anyone else wants to move in with us at some point." He was already thinking business, as was usual for him, he was so drawn into all of his father's plans that things just clicked into place once they were set in motion. Dario's situation was nothing short of that and Xavier grinned slyly and winked at his friend at the last comment. They would rule the Dartmouth scene, he knew.
At his friend's question, Xavier shrugged his shoulders, "Same old. You know me. Up and about and all over the place. Except, being single just didn't cut it for me anymore so I had to change that." Dario was the first one that would officially get the news from Xavier, actually, not that he was going to elaborate on that one yet. "I think my bad boy days might just be over," he grinned, though with his thoughts turned towards Bella now, his smile didn't quite reach the usual smirk quality it had, it was much softer than that and by far not something anyone ever got to see on Xavier's face outside his family circle. Xavier wasn't someone who fell in love - he was in and out of it all the time. But only those who really knew him would see the difference this time around.
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Post by dario on Oct 28, 2011 15:28:50 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
It was true that siblings did tend to need breathing room and really he thought that he was going to worry about Bethany a lot more than he had this year, while he still worried since that was just what brothers were supposed to do he knew that she was able to handle herself she was strong willed and even though the Queens could be persistent and a hard crowd to get along with he knew that she was not going to allow herself to get pushed around by them and she was going to do just fine after all even when she was mad at him last year so therefore she had been pushing him away she had proved to be fine. Usually she was the one in the family that was going through a lot of drama though last year it had been different he had been the one that was involved in it all; with the Kings as well as him and Annalie and the fight with both his sister and Matias that had left him and his best friend on bad terms for the majority of the school year but all of that was over now and he did not think that worrying about it was going to make any difference after all it was only going to get him more stressed out, it did take his mind off Annalie for a moment though and he was actually glad that he had agreed to meet with X since it was proving to be good for him.
He commented that his sister was probably able to whoop someone even if he was not involved and this caused Dario to laugh lightly. That is true, she does tend to be able to hold her own. And then after that he surprised himself even more by agreeing without even much of a second thought to move to Dartmouth and join X there, it would be a big change but one that he needed and he knew that Bethany would be able to handle it knowing what was best for her brother and there was no way that he was going to be able to get over his heart break by moping around in Montana and it was simply not healthy for him and he did not want to risk having to see Annalie when she came to visit Bethany he was in no way ready to see her and he could not imagine when he would really be ready for something like that. I agree a house would probably be more ideal. He said with a small smile, he knew that his parents were going to like this idea, well his mother at least since she was trying her best to make sure that her son was getting over the heartbreak and seeing that he was no longer shutting himself off from the world was going to make her happy since he was receiving ten calls a day on her making sure that he was alright and not as depressed as the last time that she called. While he was happy that his mother cared so much for him and they had a better relationship than a lot of Royals in the way of family it was getting a little excessive and only seemed a cause to remind him every time he answered the phone.
Being around Xavier at least that was going to mean that his friend would be able to kick him in the ass when he started moping and tell him to get over it and help him forget as well. He wished that there would be a way to just forget it all because that would seem like it would be a lot less painful but he knew at the same time he did want to remember everything about it since he and Annalie had some very good times together. The attention was then turned on him when he asked what he had been up to and there was an interested look written across his face when Xavier stated, the same old but then said something about a new girlfriend this was something that he had not known about, he was not too sure if the rest of everyone knew and he had just been too out of it and involved in his own problems but needless to say he knew nothing of this and was very interested. And who might the lucky girl be? He asked with a small smile. Ah we all knew that somewhere under that exterior that you were a romantic at heart. He joked with him adding a small laugh.
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Post by xavier on Oct 29, 2011 2:27:12 GMT -5
the jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
the nights are getting warmer it won't be long
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Hold her own? That was an understatement if he ever heard one, though Xavier wasn't about to argue, after all, Dario did know his baby sister best. But from what he'd seen of her during his school years, he was pretty sure Bethany could be a nasty nut to crack if she wanted to be. He didn't know her as good as he would have hoped, but then the Dannish and Finnish royals seemed to have stuck together more during Vineheart time, and Xavier didn't tend to feel left out, they included him as much as possible. Actually it had seemed after a while that the northern Europe countries had sort of banded together, with Germany forming the southernmost line against any other invading territories. It sounded incredibly political for something so simple as high school games.
"I'm sure she'll be fine - wasn't she a Queens protégé?" That would make her one of the Queens this year, not that Xavier would know for sure, he was a bit out of the loop when it came to stuff like this, mostly because Pirzi had never been interested and Lunara was too young to consider it, back in her first year. Max had never made any intent on joining the Kings either, so if their baby sister wanted in to the elite groups, she'd be the only one following in he oldest brother's footsteps. Not that Xavier would be too fond of anything like that, he didn't like the way the Queens were turning out, not with the recent people fronting them, though of course there was nothing he could do about it, he couldn't do anything about it while still at school, so little wonder there.
His thoughts turned to the house again, enthusiastically since Dario had agreed to follow through with their little plan. He would have to enlist Meinrad's help on this one. Maybe talk to Max about his plans, whether he would be coming to Dartmouth and whatnot. And generally, if anyone else from Vineheart who was going to attend the same university would want to become roommates with them, Xavier saw no problem with that, so long as they were on the good list. "I'll see what I can do then; my father's been persuading me to get a house there since term started, so I guess he'll be happy things are turning out his way at last." He chuckled and rolled his eyes with a fond smile. Anselm was the only one who could effectively boss Xavier around without so much as a meep from the prince.
At Dario's remark, Xavier burst out laughing. "Oh did you now? Nice to know that. I sure as hell never did, not until now." He grinned - he was grinning a lot these days, if he was honest with himself. "Her name's Bella - and I know what you're gonna say, that you saw it coming ever since I started tutoring her in German last year. But, I swear, it hit me like a trainwreck. I mean, it took me longer to figure things out than normally, which should be a good sign, right?" Not that he was doubting anything - he'd never been as happy as he was now, knowing Bella would reply to his texts if he sent them or answer his calls.
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Post by dario on Oct 29, 2011 14:20:06 GMT -5
These city walls ain't got no love for me, These iron bars can't hold my soul in;
He knew that if Bethany was any less fiery than she was known as that he would have hard time leaving Montana though he did know that there was a time and place that they were going to separated when he was to take the throne but he knew that it did not need to happen right away so he was wanting to prolong the process for as long as possible before finally breaking the ties. After all the time that he had left before he was going to be the ruler of Denmark was limited and now that he had graduated it could come with little to no warning his parents might decide that it was enough of college and that he needed to take his duties, after all he knew that they were thinking about it since the two had ruled since they were very young and handing the throne to their son when he was still young would mean that they would be able to help him along as much as possible and as much as he did not like the idea of his mother and father watching over his shoulder and breathing down his neck they had ruled the country for the last little while and he knew that he was going to need all the help that he could get, it was nice to know that he would have a support team by his side ready to give him advice. When Xavier asked him if she was a queens protégé last year he nodded slowly. Though I would have preferred if she wasn’t, I dislike that group of girls. They were nothing like the Kings were last year. They did not hesitate in backstabbing someone if it meant that they would be lifted up a rung of the social ladder and really that was a scary thought, none of the Kings would have done that they were all friends and loyal to one another. It was a hope that they would continue to be that way since all of them were first in line and really could use the allies when it came time to take their respective thrones. For the Queens there was no consideration for things like that and the future, what they were worried about was who was stealing who’s journal for the next party and plastering it over the school, how immature.
Finally there was something for him to be excited about and he was truly that, this seemed to lift him out of the mood of glum that had been hovering over him all day long and now he would have a reason to look forward to something again, strange how a good friend could change your day around so much? Sure he knew that it was going to be awhile before he was going to be able to transfer but each passing day would mean one more day closer to when he was going to be able to move there and be a part of the new gained freedom, he hoped that they would be joined by other people that were going to be graduating from Vineheart and attending the university since it was one of the most prestigious and so therefore he assumed that at least some of the Royals would be looking into it, it would be nice to have a few more people there that they had been involved with, it would be homey and a happy environment now his next goal was to make sure that by the time came that he was going to move there he needed to be over Annalie, he needed to make sure that he was going to start new and fresh and get off to a good first impression, after all you only did tend to get one first impression.
He smiled back at him when he stated that his father had been trying to persuade him to get a house there since the term started and he really knew how that was because even though his father tended to be a little more discreet he was always trying to do the same. Ah, well then it works out for the best then, trust me I know how fathers can be. He uttered with a small chuckle. He was pleased that even in the darkest depths of his mood he was able to make X laugh when he stated that they had all known that he was just a big softy underneath and he commented that he had not even known this. We all have to settle down sometime. It just took you until now, perfect timing though since it seems like now is a time for all of us to start getting a little more serious. He stated with a small smile before listening intently to who this person was. When he spoke of the name Bella he did not even flinch knowing that it was Dante’s servant and even though this came as a surprise to him that the crown prince of Germany was dating a servant in his mind it was completely alright, as princes they had a lot of their life set out for them before they were even born and he really believed that people should be involved with and love and marry the people that they wanted without their status ever being an issue, after all the only difference between a Royal and a servant was the fact that a Royal had lucked out and was born heir to a King and Queen this did not make them any better of a person than anyone else. Not to him at least. No, really I could not see it coming, last year to me was a blur. I was busy trying to make amends with Matias and Bethany so really I was quite out of it. He uttered gently and truthfully. That is great though, she always seemed like a nice girl. When did all this happen? He asked curiously.
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