[OPEN] Love is a serious mental disease.

[jayden micheal green]

Back in the book shop sat a couple of comfortable chairs, where one was occupied by a young man. He dressed rather nice, and was reading a rather unusal book. A love story. Romeo and Juilet, in fact. Jayden was a regular at the BookRack, sometimes he just came in to read and other times he would actual by something. On this trip, he had no real purpose. He just wanted to get away from the dingy walls of his apartment and ge a breath of fresh air.

Jayden eyed around him, suspically. A low purr rolling off his lips. The smell of other people in the store alerted him. Looking to the front, he spotted know one and went back to reading his book. He was more of a loner. Not really having any friends except his sister and he wasn't even sure where she was right now. Jayden sighed, trying to focus more on the story in his hands.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

Aubri walked into the book store, a little too high to know where she was, or why she happened to be there. But she remembered something about August and needing a book. But she didn't know what book it was. She looked down at the piece of paper in her hand, reading it over. But she couldn't read August's handwriting.

She saw a boy sitting there, and as much as she was afraid of guys, he seemed nice enough. She handed him the sheet of paper. "You can help me find this?" She asked, brushing her bangs out of her face. "I can't understand his handwriting."

[jayden micheal green]

Jayden jumped out the sound of a voice and a paper being placed in his sight of vision. Closing the book in his hands, he placed it on one of the shelves behind him and took the paper from the girl. "Uh..yeah.." His voice was timmid, as if he hadn't spoken his whole life. The handwriting was terrible, even compared to his. His eyes squinted, trying to make out the individual letters instead of reading it as a whole.

"I think..it's this way..." His voice trailed as he began to walk down an isle of books. Shaking his head, he turned and headed up the side of another. His fingers traced over the bind of every book, his eyes much further along in reading the titles than his finger tracing over them. "Ah." He exclaimed, his fingers sliding to a stop on an old, dusty book. Jayden pulled it from the shelf, and wiped away the settling dust. Dark eyes glancing back and forth between the paper and the book. "I think this is it.."

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

She trailed along behind him, drumming her fingers on her legs. She watched him run his fingers along the spines of the book, and reached out to touch one. She had barely graduated, let alone actually read an entire book. Any book reports had been paid off, or she had gotten some nerd to write them for her. She took the book from him, sneezing at the dust.

"Well, if he would write like a normal person, we would know for sure, now wouldn't we?" She asked, looking up at him. He was kinda cute. Not really her 'type', but he was cute.

"You're always so quiet or do you, you know, have a voice or something?" She asked, then sneezed again. "Fuck August and his dusty books."

[jayden micheal green]

Jayden looked down at the ground at her comment. He sighed heavily, wanting to just leave and go back to his book. Confrontation never went well with him. "I'm a quiet person? It's not like you have to stay here..." He looked past her, down the isle wondering if what he said would strike a nerve. He hoped not. He was always told he said the wrong things though. His thumbs hooked in his pockets, and he looked the girl up and down.

By the way she looked, he could tell she was high. His mind wandering back to he days where he actually hung out with people. He had never tried it, but some of his friends, or ex-friends, had. "I'm just.. gonna back to reading.." He managed to get out before covering his mouth as a yawn over came him. Jayden gave a simple smile, before stepping around her and walking down the isle to head back to the chair he was sitting at.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

She scoffed, narrowing her eyes as he looked her up and down. She hated having people look at her like she was some sort of exhibit. That was the main reason she hated her job. Guys always gawking at the short skirts and revealing tops the girls wore. More often than not, she had guys slipping their hands up her legs, and more often than not, they had gotten a glass of whatever they had ordered poured over their head.

"So read then. It's not like reading is going to get you anywhere." She walked over to the counter, handing the girl the book. She handed her the money August had given her, then took the book and the change. Her phone went off, and she pulled it out of her pocket before putting it back.

[jayden micheal green]

Jayden seemed to scurry off to the chair, and quickly opening the book. Hating himself inside. He could turn it to a tiger, for crying out loud! It's like I'm the damn cowardly lion. He flipped the book back open, trying to find where he had left off. Without luck, he threw the book into the chair next to him, sinking back into his own. This was so messed up to him. He knew he should have reacted, he should have bursted out in angry. He was told for many years how he should have done things. And he was told in many different ways.

A huff of air escaped his lips as he stood to his feet, grabbing his bag. Jayden needed to relax, or at least go somewhere else. He rushed to the front of the story, and out onto the side walk. Looking up and down, he walked down a block and into the alley. He tossed his bag to the side of him, contemplating in his head.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

Aubri put her phone to her ear as she walked out of the store, nearly tripping over the door tracks. She talked to the person on the other end of the phone, obviously trying to get directions. She sighed and gave up, leaning against a brick wall. 'I'll be there in like, fifteen minutes' August had said. So she groaned, plopping down on the concrete. She put the book in her lap, watching people walk past her with disapproving looks. She rubbed her nose, her high slowly wearing off, and her headache coming back. One guy made a point to kick her in the leg, and she picked up the book, hitting him with it as hard as she could.

"Fuck you!" She spat, then sat the book back down in her lap. She ran a hand through her hair, taking in a deep breath.

[jayden micheal green]

His mind still racing of memories of the past. But before he was too angry, he heard a voice ring in the air. Why was that girl so angry? He bent down, picking up his bag and sliding it onto one shoulder. He began his way down the alley, back to the sidewalk. As he reached it, his head turned left and then right, stopping as he spotted the girl leaning up against the brick wall of the BookRack.

He walked down the sidewalk, ending up next to her after a few short minutes. "Are you okay..?" he asked, backing up a couple of steps, before sqauting down on the tips of his toes to be at eye level with her. He hoped she didn't yell, or try to hurt him. That was his biggest fear at the moment, seeing as how she looked and acted like she didn't want to be messed with.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

She looked up at the familiar boy, slowly able to think a little clearer now that her high was crashing; and crashing fast.

"I'm fine. I'm just waiting for stupid to get here to get his book and change, acting like I'm some sort of maid or something." She took in a deep breath, looking around. "And my headache is coming back with a vengeance. So I wish he would hurry up so I can go get coffee or something and hopefully get rid of this headache. But knowing him he's just going to be an ass and take forever."

Knowing August, he was probably banging some chick -or guy, the way he had been looking at guys recently. She sighed again, drumming her long manicured fingers on the cover of the book.

"'m Aubri. But everyone calls me Bee. Like bumble bee? Well, not everyone. My mom did before she died." 'Died' was a nice way to put it. Before she was brutally mutilated in the kitchen and her body chopped and scattered across the lawn with the rest of her family. 'Must have been a lot of work to kill nine people..' She thought, looking down at the book again. "I dunno. I guess I'd rather be Bee than Aubri. Formalities have never really been my style.."