A Story for the Broken Hearted...

[Ralph Lowman]

Once upon a time in a far away land… okay so it wasn’t FAR away but just around the corner from my house, lived a princess, with long golden tresses and lavender eyes. At least she was a princess to me. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. Too bad I was JUST her best friend. You know those cliché stories, boy meets girl, girl befriends boy, boy likes girl, girl stabs boy in the back by making out with his best friend…Ahem. Momentary rant… won’t happen again. Where was I? Oh yes, Well this story is just like that but more. At least it was to my six year old heart

My name is Ralph Lowman, I am now 15, but at the time that I met her I was 6. Young, fun energetic, everything a 6 year old SHOULD be, except one itty-bitty detail. I had a girlfriend. Well she was a girl who was a friend, but you know how little kids are, cooties was the most contagious illness of my entire sixth year of life. I didn’t think she had cooties, I thought she was cute. We met on the metal death trap that we called the Merry-Go-Round. Her name was Anne. Anne was the cutest thing I had ever seen, Little round curls engulfed her face as she ran, and the freckles on her face nearly leapt off her face as she smiled. She was an angel on earth… She was my angel

We became fast friends as soon as our heads stopped spinning. We did everything together, everything we could after we did our chores and before we had to be in before dark. We stayed the best of friends, other friends came and gone, but we stayed friends through it all. Then something happened, when I was 11 years old I was talking to her and she looked at me, and I saw something different. I felt like I wanted to puke, and that the butterflies in my stomach were creating a tornado of really gross stuff. I also felt like I wanted to carve R heart A on every tree that I saw.

It wasn’t until my 14th birthday that I had my heart put through a shredder. My parents had finally felt I had grown out of clowns and piñatas (though I detested about the piñatas) and let me have a REAL party. Balloons, music, dancing, the works. The first person I invited… Anne of course. Followed by a few of my other friends: Jack, Suzy, and Kevin…ECT. The party was going perfectly, until Jack suggested the elite birthday game… Seven minuets in Heaven. Who did he want to go with? Anne! That’s 420 seconds with MY Anne. My Angel. That should be MY 420 seconds. Alas, I didn’t protest, I figured that Anne was better than that. That she’d spend all her time in there trying to keep Jack off her. Still, those were the longest 420 seconds of my life.

As soon as the seven minuets were up I busted into the now defiled closet. My Jaw hit the floor and my heart jumped out of my body at what my eyes beheld, Violet and Jack were nearly sucking each others face off, and they didn’t even notice that I had opened the closet. They just continued to make out… the killer butterflies were now puking, causing my upchuck reflex to kick in… as I ran to the bathroom, my six year old heart that had fallen in love with the leaping freckles and bouncing curls was doing a swan dive off the empire state building to it’s death

Now a year later. Ralph Lowman sits. At the edge of the lake. a book in his lap, reading. It was as if the terrible thing hadn't happened. It was as if it didn't exist... but it did. Ralph was scared for life. He would never trust his own heart again. And for Ralph... that was a bad thing. You see, He's not like other boys... Ralph can read and understand any lanuage, but is powers are only tied into his emotions. If he's depressed or sad... his powers diminish...

[Melanie McVayne]

*Pokes*
Is this closed, or would I be able to join?

[Ralph Lowman]

[[ go ahead! ]]

[Melanie McVayne]

Melanie sat on her bed, doing what most considered to be slow torture for students: Homework. Homework was something that Melanie had mixed feelings about. If the homework was about something she enjoyed (say, writing, or reading, or even a report on vampires), then she didn't mind it. Unfortunately, the homework she was assigned was usually in classes that she wasn't doing so well in, so naturally she didn't enjoy the homework all that much.

At least she was getting some done. It was more than she could say for some of her dormmates, who were sitting around giggling and talking about some guy. Don't get Melanie wrong, she didn't mind guys, and she didn't mind talking about them either. She just didn't understand how some girls could go on and on about guys they thought were cute constantly. She recognized some of the girls in her dorm right now, and realized that a few of them fell into the above category.

Finally finishing one homework assignment, Melanie shut her book, leaving the homework assignment wedged in the book between teh pages Melanie had the book opened to previously. She put the book on the dresser next to her bed, then stood up and stretched. She was going to take a little break from this homework. She could come back to it later, but right now she wanted to do something else. She took one last glance at the girls going on about how so and so was soooooo cute, then walked through the door and out to the hall.

And soon found herself outside. Now the question was where to go next. Sit under a tree and read? Nah, she did that quite a bit, and though she didn't have a problem with it, she didn't feel like doing it right now. She'd been sitting around looking at a book for at least an hour doing her homework. There was a reason she was taking a break, and she wasn't going to do basically the same thing during her break. Looking around, Melanie realized that she didn't see any of her friends on the grounds. So chatting with a friend was out of the question, apparently.

But what about walking up to a random person and starting a conversation? Melanie smirked. That was an idea she could go for. She stared around the grounds once more, seeing if she could find someone who fit two qualifications: They had to be a) Alone, and b) They had to catch her attention enough for her to notice them. She found this in a boy sitting by the lake, reading a book. So, unless that happened to be a school book he was forced to read, that was something she automatically had in common with that guy. She made her way over to him at once, stopping right next to him and plopping down.

"Hey. Hope you don't mind if I join you here."

[Ralph Lowman]

Losing a long lost love wasn't the end of the world... just the end of that chapter. there would be many more loves and heartbreaks to come before he finally loves for true and never lets it go. It just takes time.... Love takes time. and it probably won't happen for a while... so for now... just let it live.

Ralph Lowman sat on the side of the lake, reading. No wonder he didn't have friends. Ralph was the Academy reject. He had no friends but lots of enemies. He was one of those kids that sat in the back of the classroom, got straight A's and only spoke when called upon. He didn't go to parties, the closest he's come to drinking was at his sisters wedding, and though he was rather good looking, he wasn't much of a ladies man. Not to mention that his power was basically useless unles you're trying to read ancient hebrew and learn their attacks. Nope. Ralph was a reject, and he was perfectly fine with being such. In fact, he rather enjoyed it. He didn't need to prove his worth to anybody.

Running his fingers through his hair Ralph sighed and turned the page. It was nice being alone by the lake. Calm, peaceful, relaxing. He ws just letting the silence take him over. Ralph closed his eyes softly, his white polo shirt clinging to his body with every breath. He was at peace. but he didn't stay there for long. Ralph fell backwards off the rock as a young lady spoke and startled him. Maybe another reason he didnt' have friends was because he was a clutz... Looking up to the girl Ralph furrowed his brow and shook his head.

"I can't stop you now can I?"