The strange boy in the hallway (Hilde)

[jayden]

Jayden sat in the hallway, he had an old marten acoustic guitar in his hands, and though he was much much better at piano he was still decent with a guitar, fingerpicking the chords of a guns n' roses song, "don't cry". beside him sat his little cat, the tuxedo print glistening in the sunlight streaming through the windows of the hallway, casting a melodramatic beam of light across jayden's chest, illuminating the black shirt he had on, his eyes where closed, hiding the two seperately colored blue and amber eyes beneath. he had no desire to look at the people passing by him, it would only make him desire to not play guitar in this setting.

[Hildegard Merquise]

It was finally the day.. Yes, the one she had been waiting for! many would probably dread it, but there was just the idea of going back to school.. it sounded so wonderful to Hilde. Time to blend in and join the crowds at her new school. To learn and make friends, gain worldly experience! Or something like that. Regardless, she was excited. A smile curled across her lips as she looked out the window of the car, watching other people walk to school. The streets were alive, for the most part. It was just students, walking in groups, spaced out. As if to hit the school in waves.

"Have a good day Hilde, if you need anything. Don't be afraid to call." The middle aged man smiled as his daughter. A little weary about how things would go. He could only pray they'd go well. he didn't wish to see his darling Hilde sad.

Leaning over to him, she'd hug him, smiling brightly at Abel; if only to tell him not to worry. "No fear father! I'm going to have a wonderful first day!" She'd laugh before getting out of the car and leaning down to say another thing. "Have a good day at work father." With that she'd close the door, turn and walk towards the building.

A smile sweet enough to give you cavities, but genuine. Long braided red hair swayed behind her as she walked, along with the side skirt. No matter how odd she dressed, or how many odd looks were given.. nothing could dampen her spirits! After all, if they look, it makes more of a chance to make friends; yer?

Blue eyes scanned the hallways, she was lost. After all, it had been the first time she had stepped foot in the school. How strange. Who to ask for help? It wasn't until she saw the rather melancholy looking young man with the acoustic... HIM! No reasoning behind it, she just picked him.

Don't bother, its going to end in failure... You should know this by now Hildegard.

Standing nearby for a moment, just to listen. it wasn't a tune she knew, regardless it sounded nice. Taking a few steps over towards him, not cramping his space. "That was very nice." Smile. Smile. "What are you playing?" There was part of her that couldn't help but wonder why.. Yes, why there was a cat in the school. Perhaps his pet? Cute.

Hmmm...

[jayden]

He felt the guitar strings on his fingertips, it felt so natural and relaxed to him, some things could really be quite relaxing. he heard so many footsteps, each playing their own little rythym into his fingerpicking, he couldn't even tell that a girl had stopped in front of him to listen for a moment. Dio got up, walking over to the girl and rubbing against her leg, a soft purr emitting from deep in his chest.

upon feeling Dio get up and hearing his purring Jayden quickly gave a finish to the song. he opened his eyes and looked up at the girl, now blocking out the sunlight from the window behind her, she had an angelic glow around her. Jay's eyes widened and he took a deep breath. she was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, long red hair, and those perfect blue eyes that he stared into with his own curious assortment of silver blue and amber eye, little did he know they both had the same strange eye defect. she kept a respectful space as she spoke

"That was very nice." like a chorus of angels

"thanks" a strong but breathy response, jayden's palms began to grow a little sweaty, he had never been good with girls, and why this angel of a girl would talk to him was completely beyond his comprehension. she smiled, Jayden instinctively smiled back

"What are you playing?"

Jayden's mind drew a complete blank for a moment, "uh..." he thought for a moment, deciding to stand up to maybe help his thinking. as he rose to his full height of 6' 5'' he got a feel that she was taller than most girls, but still not very tall compared to him. his black hair fell in his face for a moment and he reached up and brushed it away, pushing away the slight lightheadedness he got from standing too fast. "That was just some fingerpicking I made up for this one guns and roses song... um, it's called don't cry, its a really good song" he said, in one breath, very quickly, tacking on a little smile at the end

total goofball

[Hildegard Merquise]

She smiled down at the cat, listening to the young man and petting the cat. It was adorable. Quite the odd pair amongst the masses, a young man, his guitar, and his cat. She couldn't help but smile at the cat and young man. He thanked her, it was nice. "No problem, I'm sorry for interrupting you." Pushing her glasses back up into place with one hand, while the other was petting the cat.

"Oh... I'm sorry!" Hilde felt a little silly. Watching at the young man stood up. Boy was he ever tall. She'd stay crouched down, petting the cat; for a little while longer."Oh, I'll have to look it up at home."

the soft fur of the cat touching her finger tips, made her smile bear white teeth. Sadly because of all the moving, she could never have a pet. So, it was nice to actually have one pay attention to her. The strays ran away, unless she brought a few cans of tuna with her. The purring was loud enough for her to hear. Even with all the people wandering the hall. Her blue eyes would one again search for the young man's face.

"What is his name?" Stopping once again, she thought it best to introduce herself. "My name is Hildegard, it's nice to meet you." There was a part of the girl that wished to pick up the cat, but at the same time she was afraid of making it unhappy. Or over stepping her boundary as a stranger in the hall.

[jayden]

Jayden's heart was beating quickly, what was this nonsense? this girl was yet to call him a nerd and walk off, or simply ignore him... must have been the cat. yes, the cat was keeping her around, that would make sense

"No problem, I'm sorry for interrupting you."

"you didn't interrupt, I was just finishing anyhow" jayden said with a little chuckle, he honestly could have played that song all day, but she didn't need to know that. he looked at her as she was crouched petting dioscuri. "yeah, I would definately suggest looking it up, its a really great song... I don't usually like Axl Rose's voice, but its rather good in that song" jayden explained with some excitement as she pet his cat. she looked up at him, such kind eyes

"What is his name?"

"His name is Dioscuri, its the name of the greek god of brothers... we call him dio for short" he explained, his hand coming up behind his head to scratch his neck. while his left hand did this his right hand came down and wiped the sweat off on his jeans as she introduced herself.

Hildegarde must be german or something, thats a cool name though.

"I'm jayden, its nice to meet you too" Jayden said, holding his now dry palm out for a handshake

[Hildegard Merquise]

"Oh okay," Smiling, regardless or not if she felt like a loser for not knowing who he was talking about. Regardless, she was going to look it up. " That was Don't cry... Guns and roses? I'm not very good at keeping track of music. Sorry."

Dioscuri


"You have a very nice name Dio." The girl spoke to the cat before standing up straight and looking at Jayden. Feeling bad for neglecting him to pet the kitty. "A lovely name choice. I was afraid his name was going to be something silly." She chuckled at the comment. Feeling a little more at home in the school, merely by talking to a person and his cat.

"It's very nice to meet you Jayden." She repeated herself, taking the young man's hand and shaking it. Feeling a little stupid for her repeated comment. he was really tall, she needed to look up at him; which she had no problem with. But still. tall!

Ohhh my oh my.. A boy and his cat. This could turn out to be pretty fun. I'll have to play with him sometime... hah ah ha ha ha....

For a while, school slipped her mind. The excitement for a new school and new people had taken the back seat. For the time before class she wished to befriend the young man. Maybe, it was a little pushy. Or maybe she was being over confident and annoying. But he seemed like a good guy. Why not? Right.

Smile. Smile.

[jayden]

Jayden looked up at her, she was so... enthralling to him, this was the most he had ever said to anyone, let alone a girl! He could suddenly understand why Victor felt the need to do this all the ti-

Jayden stopped himself after he thought his brother's name... he would not become... that. Jayden took a deep breath,

" That was Don't cry... Guns and roses? I'm not very good at keeping track of music. Sorry."

"Yeah, its don't cry by guns n' roses, you got it" Jayden said, then added "you don't seem too bad at remembering music... if you want I can remind you later though" Jayden said, then closed his mouth, a loose line of indecision 'too far, you definately went to far, you just insunuated that you would be friends after this!' he thought to himself wildly

regardless she moved on to the next topic easily enough. Dio certainly did have an interesting name. Jayden smiled "Yeah, Dio was originally the family cat, and... well... my mom named him... he kind of..." Jayden trailed off, not sure if he was comfortable with telling the full story of dio yet. "long story short, he ended up liking me the most for some reason, and so everyone just decided he was mine" Jayden said with a shrug

Jayden smiled as she smiled at him, he felt entirely electrified and alive being in the redheads presence...

he was at school!?

could have fooled him, he thought he was in heaven

[Hildegard Merquise]

The change of tone and the flow of words made her feel bad. Looking down at the ground, she'd smile. Although, it was a little more forced. Guilt. Perhaps she was being annoying? the horrible feeling set in for a few moments as she listened to him talk a little more. In fear of looking sad, she'd look up at him, playing off the fact the cat was on the ground. Why not look at the cat while he spoke of it? She returned to herself, being the overly happy looking person. it was just who she was.

A quick recovery.. Try and be less annoying. I want this one to stick around..

The voice was different, although it sounded the same. It's words had a different feel. They weren't foreseeing her failure. it was being helpful, for once. Hilde didn't take it to heart, there was no point in listening to it; she had already planned on making a friend."Well, your mother picks lovely names." She chuckled again. Trying her best to tone it down.

Trying, but failing. It was wonderful to hold a conversation with someone new, learning things about them and of course; chases for becoming friends. She'd not be alone anymore with friends.

"The teachers don't say anything about Dio being in class, do they?"

Of course she was curious about it. Normally pets weren't allowed in the school, so it was puzzling how he got away with it up to second semester.. If he went to the school for that long. She smiled away, adjusting her bag. Behind them there was laughter and negative chatter of those who passed by. Which usually meant people were secretly poking up at Hilde and her clothes, it was always like that. It didn't matter. She'd merely smile and wave at the people in question.

[jayden]

Jayden blushed a little as she mentioned his mother, deep down he wanted to take it as a compliment that she also liked his name, seeing as how his mother named him, but she didn't know that so he tried to push that fluttering feeling away. "Thanks" he said, a little smile coming to his lips as she suddenly grew curious about if teachers noticed the cat.

of course the second hilde stopped paying attention to the cat it redoubled its efforts to gain affection by rubbing against her leg even more. Jayden just smirked at the ridiculousness of his kitty.

"Not really..." he said, teachers rarely even noticed he was in the class, he was usually so quiet, so they barely noticed when Dio was in the class. "and when they do notice he's in class I just tell them if they can catch him, they can throw him out, cause I'm not doing it, Dio's very fast when he wants to be, hard to catch" Jayden explained, his hands waving through the air as if to illustrate the velocity of dio. Jayden caught himself and let his hands drop to his sides, felling foolish.

[Hildegard Merquise]

He's so cute...I..Just want to cut him open! I bet his internal organs are just as cute <3

Hilde could help but giggle at his expression, it was adorable. She had never seen a boy blush before, heck she hadn't talked to one for so long... Well, not many at least. She smiled again, trying to keep herself from laughing again. After all, Jayden could take it that she was laughing at him. Which was not the case. "You know, you are cute when you smile." Looking at him once more before turning her attention to the cat at her feet. Petting it once more as she crouched down. "Smiles suit everyone more."

Upon starting the explanation of Dio, the girl would look up once more. Watching the silly gestures that went along with it. Laughing once again, while petting the cat. "So Dio, you are fast when you want to be, eh? I take it you are often lazy?" Once more her smile would grow to show teeth. "I hope I have class with you and Dio, Jayden! I have to see this."

Pushing her glasses up once again, her blue eyes would focus upon the tuxedo cat as it purred away. I want a pet! Maybe she could actually get one, now that San Diego was their home. Hopefully! She always did like animals, loyal and they don't tend to leave you for silly reasons; like people. "What grade are you in? Maybe we have classes together?"

Part of Hildegard felt like she was being too pushy, but the other part was happy with the pace. Friend. Friend. Friend! It would seem nothing could dampen her spirits.

[jayden]

Jayden's pale complexion went scarlett as she complimented his smile, he let out a little nervous chuckle, he wanted to say something really smooth and cool like 'not as cute as you' or something but Jayden really wasn't any good at that. "I like your smile too" he managed to say.

STUPID! AHHHHHH!
STUPID!
STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!STUPID!

still she continued, talking to little dio about being lazy. the cat was far from lazy, he had so much energy, but usually he was quite calm... she'd find that out eventually. Jayden just smiled. "Yeah, that'd be really cool if we had a class... I'm a junior" Jayden explained with a smile, he couldn't tell what grade she was in but maybe if he was lucky they'd have electives together at least.

Jayden then smirked. "Actually if you want to see how fast he is... I could show you now" Jayden thought, Dio looked back up at him, almost with a smile in his little eyes.

[Hildegard Merquise]

"Thanks." Hilde spoke softly, looking back down at the cat to his the light shade of pink her cheeks had turned. He was a junior, just like she was. Perhaps the fates were smiling down upon her. The chance of a friend and maybe they had classes. Well, she could hope at least. No harm in doing that, right?

"Me too!"

Perhaps she sounded a little overjoyed, looking up at him, her face still a little red. But she was smiling none the less. Happy to have a friend, they were friends.. Right? If not, she'd work to becoming his friend."I hope we have classes together." Her comment was spoken in a quiet voice and basically lost to a group of passing girls. It was really quite an embarrassing thing to say anyways.

"Really? Can I?" Looking up at Jayden with a bright smile. She noticed he looked excited. Perhaps he too was having fun, or at least it looked that way. That alone made her happy. From melancholy looking to what seemed like happiness. Laughter followed the thought as she stood back up and adjusted her messenger bag strap.

[jayden]

Jayden looked, his seperately colored eyes of amber and blue shining with glee, she was really... she actually seemed happy. did she mean it? someone must have put her up to this, there was no way a girl this beautiful, and confident and straightforward would want to approach jayden and become friends with him. she still had a little bit of the rosy colour in her cheeks, it made Jayden feel warm inside. he could just sing.

his hands still wrapped around the neck of his guitar, a black full bodied takimine with intricate drawings in white out along the side, a lion, whose main exploded into hundreds of small pictures and shapes.

classes... yeah, classes together would be cool.

she agreed, now she'd catch a little glimpse of Dio's incredible speed. Jayden reached into his own messanger bag, quickly ripping out a piece of paper, he balled it up and showed it to dio. "not too many cats play fetch, but I've always thought this was kind of cool" Jayden explained, then threw the ball high over everyone's head

Dio exploded forward without warning dodging between childrens shoes and dissapearing into the crowd until suddenly his form burst out of the crowd just ahead of the paper ball, jumping and bouncing off the lockers and hitting the ball out of the air and on to the ground with his paw, then playing soccer with it all the way back to the two, tapping the ball gently to Jayden's foot. A satisfied purr came from dio as Jayden reached into his bag and gave him a little treat.

"what do you think?" jayden asked with a proud smirk

[Hildegard Merquise]

o___o

Watching the cat in disbelief, she could barely believe what just had happened. Such a speedy cat, man did she ever feel silly for calling it lazy. She just stared at the cat, following it with her eyes. Of course she remained silent for a good duration of it. Pushing her glasses back up her nose, she'd turn around and look at Jayden. A rather large smile plastered across her face as she looked up at him.

"That's sooooo COOOL!!!" Cheering while she made pawing gestures at the air in front of her. Her gaze turned down towards Dio. "So fast! You have an amazing Cat!"

Seconds later she crouched down once again and pet the top of the cat's head. "I'm so sorry Dio! I didn't think before I called you lazy." She was lazy so it was easier to remain in the position and pet the cat. Plus, it was fun.

"So, apart from play the guitar, what other musical instruments do you play?" Looking up at him with a grin, the girl was curious. Genuinely of course. She loved music, maybe she wasn't the best at popular music. If it sounded good and she could sing along, she liked it.

[jayden]

Dio purred softly, quite proud of himself before dipping between the redhead's legs, softly brushing up against her with his long fur. Jayden just smirked, pleased by his little friends good tastes. "Dio normally doesn't take to people this well... I'm really surprised" Jayden commented softly as she spoke to the cat, as if in response Dio flicked his tail, curling it around her left leg and laying down upon her shoes. being a fickle little cat as cats are oft to do.

Jayden simply smiled, though was a bit thrown off when he heard her pretty voice ask

"So, apart from play the guitar, what other musical instruments do you play?"

he stammered for a moment, almost dropping his guitar but his long fingers wrapped around its neck and brought it back to his side. Jayden never liked talking about himself, and his music was mostly a private thing... but she was SO NICE, it was hard to just say no...

"I dunno... I like guitar... I guess my real love is piano though... I play a lot of piano" Jayden said, that was all he could think to say even though he also played drums, bass, and keyboard quite well. he easily could make a one man band if he applied himself. though he did have a point, piano was his greatest passion, second only to his love for animals, he probably could be a famous pianist... once again, if he went out and just showed the world his skill