Pulse [completed]

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Now she makes me feel bad.

I sighed and grabbed her hand, pulled the sleeve up and put it to my eye. "Well, the eyeliner is in my dorm, so if you mess up one eye, you have to mess up the other. Do your worst." I closed my eyes, letting go of her hand. Was I really doing this? I'm never seen without my eyeliner on--never. Now she was going to see me without it. Dang. See what I do for this woman?

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
Nope.

I pulled away when he let go. "Nope. I don't feel like it anymore." I wrinkled my nose at the idea. If he was going to be a jerk about it, I wasn't interested. He could run back to his dorm for his eyeliner for all I cared.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Fine.

She was right--she could drive me nuts. I got up and stalked to the bathroom, fuming. She was literally pulling on my last string. I grabbed a paper towel and wet it, taking off the eyeliner that she smudged and started to take the eyeliner off my other eye. When I was done, I winced. It kind of made me look like a different person. I threw the towel away and walked back into the gym reluctantly. I looked at her for a second. Well, the water woke me up so I wasn't all that sleepy anymore.

"There. I'm just... I'm just used to it being on--sorry." I murmured softly. I walked to her and sat next to her. "Will you forgive my stupidity?" I couldn't help but smile at that. What? I can be stupid.

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
Bah.

I snorted. "You weren't being stupid." I don't know why I was being such a jerk. Something just made me feel...mean all of a sudden. I exhaled and stood. "I'm sorry, Alec. I'm not being very nice to you." This was a great way to start a relationship. Just great.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Just sit down!!!

I could feel irritation rolling off of her. I stared at her for a moment, frowning. I let out a groan as I got up. "Are you hungry? I learned crankiness comes from hunger... and being tired." I put my hand in my pockets and raised my eyebrow at her. I didn't care if she was mean to me, I'd still like her to be my--er, girlfriend. It's weird saying that, you know. "Girlfriend" feels so weird and foreign. It's something I've never touched on before.

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
I don't know...

"No, I eat enough." That wasn't really true. I could be described as a borderline anorexic. I just didn't feel like eating some days. Crackers were my main nourishment, but no need to alert him to that and make him worry or something. Maybe I was just tired, but I didn't think so. I had slept last night despite the pain. I sighed. "I don't know. I'm fine."

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
You sure?

I still gave her a worried glance before I looked away. I let out a sigh. "You don't look 'fine,' but it's your choice, not mine." I didn't know what to do right now. She was shooting down everything we could possibly do. I sat down, my back against the wall again. I stretched out my legs and put my hands on my knees. "You have to tell me the classes you have... Maybe we have some together and never really noticed it..."

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
Don't remind me.

I smiled at him. Maybe we did. "I probably didn't notice, what with being scared of things with a Y chromosome. I have Science, Gym, English, Visual arts..." I hadn't felt like listing all of them so I listed the ones I enjoyed, reclining against the wall. I waited to listen to his, scooting closer to him.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Fine.

"English, Visual Arts, Gym, Musical Arts--I play a mean guitar--and a bunch others I can't think of the top of my head." I closed my eyes and let loose another yawn. "I'd like at least two classes we're both in, even if it's gym, which I hate to death. I always sit in the back, though..." I wiped my eyes with my hands and looked up to see Ainslie, but I didn't see her. Alarmed, I looked beside me and there she was. I let out a sigh of relief. I thought she just bolted off like last night.

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
Together is a strange concept.

"Well, I like gym even though I spend a lot of time just jogging around the edge like today. I don't play an instrument. I paint well. You play guitar, really?" I hadn't met anyone with any skill in instruments before and I was intrigued. I wanted to hear him play, to see if he was good at it.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Fine.

"Definately. If you'll let me head to my dorm, I can bring it in here... It's electric, so... Yeah. I need to get new strings for it, though. I found it all trashed up in the dumpster on my way back home from school a few years back. I learned how to play just by myself. It wasn't easy... I still can't read music all too well." I looked at her and blinked, smiling. I had to remember where I put it, too. That thing happens to pop up in places I never remember putting it. It might be under my bed, or in my closet--I don't know.

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
Guitars and cadillacs. Ha.

I smiled and nodded. I could sit there while he went to his room. Why not? "Yeah, I can wait. No problem. It sounds cool." I was happy as ever and it had only been two days.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
Where'd I put the darn thing?

I nodded and jumped up. I jogged out of the gym and through the hallway until I reached the boys' dormitories. I went at a casual pace, looking at the doors for mine. Finally, I found it and opened the door, walking inside and scanning the room quickly. I didn't find anything of my guitar case. I looked under my bed, but it wasn't there. I walked in my closet, but I didn't see it there, either. I slammed the dorm door shut and ran into the band room.

I found my guitar case, next to the school's strings instruments. I let out a growl. Someone took it again and I hated when people did that. It was my guitar, not theirs! I snatched the guitar and stalked off, back to the gym. It took about ten minutes all together when I came inside. Luckily, my guitar had a cord and its own tuner. I put the guitar case on the floor, unbuckling it and glancing at Ainslie. I smiled and opened it up to reveal a completely black guitar the shape of an upside down 'V.' The fret board had red flames going up it.

I grabbed the guitar and plugged it in with one side of the cord and used the other side to put in the port on the tuner. I began to tune the guitar. Good thing, too. It was way out of tune. Whatever idiot messed with my guitar apparently screwed it up while they were at it. I unplugged it once I was done and put the tuner in the case. I then put the black strap with red flames all over it over my neck an my left arm. The original player of the guitar was left handed--so that was perfect. I strummed all of the chords and improvised a song real quick.

I looked up and smiled at Ainslie. "Okay, I'm ready." I said warmly. I raised my eyebrows multiple times and started to play expertly. I practiced whenever I was alone--which was always. I practiced until my fingers hurt and were covered with callouses. I practiced until I was sick of the guitar and practiced more. I loved this thing. I had the stance, too. My feet were shoulders' length apart and my left leg was bent and I kept my eyes on the girl before me as I played.

occ; Listed to Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria; that's what he's playing.

[.kiki.]

`Ainslie
He's talented! <3

It was lonely when I was alone in the gym, but it gave me time to think. The thoughts of our new 'relationship' tossed around in my head and I frowned, focusing my energy on them. What had I been thinking? This was an institution. And we were going to try and date? With my luck, I'd get thrown into solitary. I didn't want to go in there.

The negative thoughts disappeared when he stepped back into the gym, guitar case in hand. I waited patiently while he got situated, tuning it before playing. I kept my eyes fixed on the floor, taking my hair out of the stupid ponytail I had left it in while listening to him play. Apparently he was good. Well, I had something to write about in my 'diary'. I had a talented boyfriend.

[;Griffen;]

Alec;
She hasn't seen nothing yet!

I jumped in the air, doing a split, not missing a note on the guitar and I finished it with pushing the fret board upwards viciously. When I was done, I was smiling. "That was fun," But not close enough. I walked back to my guitar case, putting the pick in between my teeth. I shuffled through it and found the small amp. and raised my eyebrows at it and plugged my guitar into it.

I actually thought I'd be subconscious about playing in front of someone, but it was actually really easy. I liked playing in front of Ainslie. It made me feel unaware of the things going on around me. I set the amp to a low volume, but enough to drain out the guitar's on chords. I put the amp on a special notch, for an awesome sound that I needed for this song.

occ; Listen to Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold. <3