Take 2: Ch 19

Killing Time

Sorry for the delay in updating this fanfic...I just don't know what to write anymore for it...maybe it doesnt feel natural anymore or something. I guess that's something I need to figure out...but anways...I'll probably end this fanfic soon. Speed up the process and make the ending as painless as possible...probably no deaths or anything THAT dramatic...I think lol Anyways, enjoy!

Recap:

What happened in the last chapter was that after speaking to Leila, Ron felt horrible and went to the library to get some peace. Sitting there, with tears streaming down his face Linda comes over to comfort him...and eventually it made him feel a little bit better about himself. On the other hand Leila and Bosco had a nice walk home, as Bosco once again did something to make Leila light up.

At the end of the last chapter, Ron had written a poem...with the last verse at the moment being

Is there nothing more to us?
Than fragments of memories
Pieces of shattered hope
Masked with false promises
Moments frozen in time
Where there was
You and I, us...

His pen left his notebook as he stared at his unfinished poem...he didn’t know what to write...and only hoped that this poem could eventually end on a much happier note.
He got up from where he was sitting and decided it was time to head home...
~ Into the fanfic~
Time always seem to pass us by as if nothing had happened, nothing had changed...but it is obvious to us that during that time many unforgettable things occurred and during that time a lot had changed.

~ one month later~

Sitting in his room thinking to himself about everything that had occurred had become a habit for Ron over the past month. Sometimes happy memories would slip through his mind and a faint smile could be seen on his face, but usually it was a look full of sorrow, full of regret. He wanted to move on, he wanted time to be the healer of his emotional wounds...but time just seemed to have left him in misery and in pain.

He had not spoken to Leila during that month, but occasionally saw her from a distance so full of energy and so full of life like she used to be. For her, it seemed as though nothing had happened and nothing had changed...for her, whether or not time had passed didn’t seem to matter. Looking at her made him wonder, looking at her made him afraid to ask himself a question that continued to linger in the back of his mind and in the deepest parts of his soul ‘ did she ever truly love me?’ Fearing the answer, he tried to erase that question from his mind, he tried to forget that he ever wondered such a silly thing because he felt her love, he felt her warm presence lightening up his day and he knew she felt his love for her as well.

~
During that month’s time it seemed as though Leila and Bosco’s relationship had gotten stronger...and she felt that he was the right person for her to be with at the moment. He was always full of surprises making her feel as though she was falling in love with him each time they were together, a feeling of being in love that she did not experience before. He was there for her and knew exactly what she wanted...and she liked that.

Walking hand-in-hand on campus seemed to become a ritual for the two of them before Bosco would walk Leila home.

Bosco: Are you tired of walking around campus with me?

Leila smiled: Not really...it’s kind of nice...

Bosco: Aren’t you getting bored of this little ‘ritual’ of ours?

Leila looked at him: Nope...just because I know at the end of this little walk...you’ll do something special and different to make me happy...

Bosco laughed: How can you be so sure that I would prepare something like that?

Leila looked at him: Because I see it in your eyes...

Bosco: In my eyes? (He closed his eyes) How about now? How would you know?

Leila laughed: Well...I already saw it in your eyes, before you closed them...so...

Bosco took her hand and placed it on his heart: Next time, if you want to know...just place your hand right here...and you can feel it...but for today...I really haven’t prepared anything special, so I guess my eyes lied

Leila shook her head: They didn’t...

Bosco: But I didn’t prepare anything

Leila: You did...and I loved it (she placed her hand on his heart)

Bosco smiled and wrapped his arms around her: I love you...

~

By the time Leila had gotten home the warm fuzzy feeling that had overwhelmed her while she was with Bosco was slowly fading. She was in love with him, or at least at the moment. He knew exactly what to do to please her, to make her happy. There wasn’t a moment when she felt as though being with him was ‘boring’ but was that really enough?

~

He was now sitting in the library, browsing the web aimlessly looking at album arts from his favourite bands and whatnot. He only wanted to kill time, and keep his mind off of the pain that he was enduring because he lost her. She gave him the world, and seemed to have taken it all away too quickly...yet he still loved her, and wanted to be with her.

He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to look thinking that it was Linda he was about to greet her when he realized it wasn’t.

Ron: Hi

Tavia: Hey...you don’t seem too happy to see me

Ron: Sorry, I thought you were a friend of mine

Tavia: So...we’re not even friends then?

Ron: Oh, I didn’t mean that...I meant...

Tavia smiled: It’s ok, we’ve only met a few times...I understand

Ron: Oh, ok...I think

Tavia: I was just going to ask you whether or not you started studying for the final

Ron: Um, not exactly...I’ve been (He looked at his computer screen) a bit distracted lately

Tavia: Got into a fight with your girlfriend?

Ron: What?

Tavia: You lost some money in a bet? Though you don’t look like the gambling type...

Ron: What? No...

Tavia: Hmm...well you seem a more troubled than distracted, so I only assumed either it was something to do with women or money...those usually are the two things that trouble men the most...oh and there’s sports as well...but I don’t think there’s anything going on right now.

Ron: Oh...did you want to ask me something about that class?

Tavia: Well, you haven’t exactly started studying so...maybe I’ll ask you the next time I see you around then. Bye

Ron: Ok, bye.

Ron didn’t quite understand her, or her rambling...but at least she did help him kill some time. Looking back at his computer screen he realized the time and also a slight reflection of someone he knew. He turned around to look and met her gaze. She walked towards him with a smile on her face

Linda: You’re moving on?

Ron: What makes you say that?

Linda: The girl you were talking to...

Ron: She’s a classmate...

Linda: Well...is that all?

Ron: Huh?

Linda: Never mind...shouldn’t you be studying for finals? (pointing to the computer screen)

Ron: Oh...ya...I’ll do that soon...I’m just distracted

Linda: Well, maybe you should move yourself away from such distractions?

Ron nodded: I could...

Linda: Maybe you should

Ron looked at her: You’re acting like my Superego

Linda laughed: At least you know what a Superego is

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There we go...yay for an update! I know it's probably not the best, or even close...but I hope that the next few chapters will make up for it. I sort of have something in mind at the moment...but I guess I'll see. Anyways, remember to comment...the more the merrier.

That's all folks, thanks for reading!

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